Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-07

| torious- that the administration decided thaG3
| the only way to demonstrate the seawortht.S
| ness Of the criticized vessels was to sen! |;
| them on a long cruise. That was done, ana
the fleet of four sailed nearly around the
| world under command of Rear Admiral
| Walker, since retired, visiting ports IN
| South America, Africa and Europe. They
| returned to the United States safe ana
| sound. little the worse for their experience,
| The Dolphin was the smallest ship of the
| fleet and stood the severe test in the most |
successful manner The cruise disposed
| effectually of the reflections on the vessels
| and the scandal died natural death.
The Dolphin is a steel dispatch beat with
| three masts and has speed OF nearly six
! teen knots. She is 30 feet long, 81 feet
| broad and IA feet 3 inches draught, with
| total displacement of ,4S6 tons. Her orig
| inal cost was $4,000, but considerable
money has since been expended In bringing
her up to modern requirements. She carries
two four-inch rapid-flre guns In her main
battery and one six-pounder rapid fire gun. :
six three-pounder rapd-fire guns and two
Colts In her secondary battery. Her COM
plement Is seven officers and no men. She
Is commanded by Lieutenant Commander !,
| George NJ. Stoney a native of Alabama. !
who entered the navy In September. 1870.
Her other officers are Lieutenant Charles F. /
Preston, Lieutenants Gunior grade) Edward /,
II. Dunn and Earl p. Jessop. Passed Assist /,
ant Surgeon Charles f. Riggs and Passed I
Assistant Paymaster David V. Chadwick.
Washington city is the regular station Of
the Dolphin. and she frequently makes trips
to the naval stations on the Atlantic coast. ;
During the administration of President
Cleveland she was deliberately fitted up for
his use, but for some unexplained reason !,
he preferred the smaller vessels of the !
lighthouse service when he wanted to take
trip on the water. The Dolphin has al /
most invariably been used by the Secre-
tarleS of the Navy since she was put on
this station, many years ago, in making
the usual summer inspections of the navy
yards and stations on the coast between
Norfolk and Kittery. Me- AS a consequence
she passes most of the summer in the Vi
| cinity of the Naval War College and tor
pedo station at Newport. During the Span
| ish war the Dolphin OF the Cuban
blockadng fleet, and while on that Inn
| portant service was commanded by Captain .
| Henry w. Lyon. now commanding the ,
| Olympia Admiral Dewey's flagship at Ma
mia bay.
o. S. S. Mayf1ower.
| The Mayfiower is one of the vessels bought
| at the outbreak of the Spanish war. She is /
| a steel schooner of 900 tons displacement !
! and was built at Clydebank Scotland in .
| 1896 for Mr.. Ogden Goelet the New York
| millionaire. She was purchased by the gov
| eminent from the Goelet estate for s430 900
| in 1898 and converted into a cruiser at the ;
| New York navy yard. Her battery consists
| of two 5-inch r. F. G.. ten 6-pounders and I
| two Colts She is 213 feet long SO feet !
broad and has mean draught of II feet 2
inches. Provided with twin-screw triple
expansion engines of 4, 700 horsepower she
l
The Mayhower came into port yesterday
evening and anchored off the mouth of the
Eastern branch, intending to go up to the
navy yard today. The Mayfower is the last
| of the war vessels expected here to take
part in the G. A. R. celebration.
Her officers follows: Lieutenant
Commander Albert Gleaves. commanding; :
Lieutenants Charles E Rommell and VIM. g..
w. Phelps, Lieutenants Cjunior grade) Ed
ward McCauey. jr.. and n. l.. Jones, En-
sign VIM. c. Watts. Surgeon Eugene p.
Stone and Paymaster John H Merriam.
| During the Spanish war she assisted in
| the blockade of Havana, under the COM
| mand of Captain Mackenzie After the
declaration of peace she was stationed at
| San Juan, Porto RICO, the dispatch boat
| of Governor Allen, and was afterward
| brought to the New York navy yard and re-
| fitted for the use of the President Of the ,
| United States. President Roosevelt took a
cruise on her in Long Island sound this
! summer and was a witness to a contest OF
| gunnery among her crew. AT its conciu- !
| sion he awarded prizes to those having the
| best records at target practice during the
| season.
| Built as a pleasure boat without regard
| to expense, the Mayfower is probably the
| most luxuriously furnished vessel in the
| navy and it was that account that she
| was detailed to the special use of the Presi,
| dent She will remain here several weeks
| after the close of the G. A. r. encampment,
| and may be utilized in taking the Crow0