The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-21

jackson and st. Philip. She also took part
in the engagement at New Orleans.
tons ae wss built e @ sbe n 2 be
receiving ship at Philadelphia. This YES
sci was assigned to the West Gulf Squad
ron, ana took part in the attack on Pen
sacola; and on Forts Jackson and St
Philip. engaged the ram Arkansas in Mo-
bile Bay, and was present at the capture
of the gunboat Selma and the ram
Tennessee.
The St Louis is sailing sloop. and
Is utilized by the Pennsylvania Naval
Militia. During the civil war she did
special service in search of Confederate
privateers in the South Atlantic.
The sloop Saratoga was built in 1872;
LES tons. and is the Philadelphia Public
Marine Schoolship. In a successful boat
expedition. during the civil war, 70 Mac
| fntosh County Court House. Ca. where a
meeting of reserve militia was IN pro-
gress, she captured large number of
Confederates. and held them as prisoners
of war.
The Vermont is the New York State
receiving ship. and was built as ship of
the line in 1878.
The Wabash is the receiving ship at
| I;oston. She captured some schooners off
Charleston. and took part in the capture
of the forts at Hatteras Inlet. She was
| in the battles of Port Royal. Fort Fisher,
l'and Hampton Roads.
The monitor Wyandotte did excellent
| service in assisting troops at Fort Pick
| ems and in patroling Pensacola Bay She
| is now used by the Connecticut Naval
| Militia
The Yantic (gunboat served in attacks
| on Forts Fisher and Anderson in 1869
| She is now the Michigan Naval Militia
| boat
The monitor Passaic was struck twice in
| the lower part of the turret by the guns
| of Fort Sumter The plates were bulged
in, disa bling the l1-inch gun carriage. She
| was struck thirty-tiVe times at various
| times. and had her pilot house mashed in
| She is now at Philadelphia, and is used
| as popular summer beer garden.
An interesting bit of naval history is
| that connected with the double turreted
| monitor AnOndaga- She was a double
| screwed boat of 80 tons displacement
| She was built at Brooklyn \. Y, by G.
| w. Quintard in 1863. She was turned over
| to the Government for $7G0,522. After do
| ing excellent service during the remainder
| of the civil war the Government opened
| negotiations with Mr.. Quintard with a
view to having him buy the vessel, the
| Government claiming that the monitor
was unsatisfactory. Some vigorous oppo-
! sition to the proposal was expected from
| Mr.. Quintard. but great was the Govern
| ment's surprise when he offered $3.50. 673
| for the boat. The offer was at once ac-
! cepted. This was in 1861. The officials at
! Washington We're in high spirits when
| The United States was then disputing
| with France over the attempt made by
| Napoleon III TO establish an empire in
Mexico with Macmillan as Emperor. 1t
! was a question involving the Monroe Doc
| trine. Macmillan was still in Mexico, and
| we We're perilously near to an open rup-
| ture with France. America was the only
| country at that time that had ironclad
| war vessels. and as the monitors had
! proved by their record in the civil war
| that they We're formidable fighting ma
| chimes, it was. therefore, with great as
| constituent and chagrin that the officials
! at Washington heard of the sale to the
| French Government of the monitor OnOn-
| daga.
| 1t was learned afterward that Mr.
| Quintard had sold the Onondaga for a
! sum far in excess of that received from
| the United States Government in the first
| instance. As soon as the monitor reached
| France and her structure was studied
| Europe began to build ironclad vessels.
| Thus a little incident paved the way for
! the modern battleships of the world. The
| Onondaga is now at Cherbourg, France,
| and is utilized in training OF French naval
! officers in torpedo work.