The Washington times., 1902-06-08
Steam Yacht Mayhower to
Be COnnrniSS Oned as
a Cruiser.
IS HANDSOMELY FITTED UP
VIII Take Part II the Maneuvers Off
Long Island and Later in the Drills
to Be Held in West Indies-Move-
meIts Of Ships.

The magnificent steam yacht May
flower. which was purchased by the Gov
ernment from Mrs. Ogden Ganlet for
$45O.000 at the beginning Of the war with
Spain. is to be placed in commission as
cruiser, partly for the purpose OF haY-
ing her participate in the coming feet
maneuvers and partly. for the use of
President Roosevelt during the coming
summer.
The Mayllowcr is al the Brooklyn Navx
Yard. and the orders to place her n
commission were forwarded to Com
mandant Barker yesterday.
While no definite decision has been
reached in the matter President Roose-
Welt wiz probably use the Mayflower to
witness the war games to be played by
Tie army and navy in the eastern en-
trance of Long Island Sound. The May
flower Is sDlendidly fitted. and very fast.
In the Spanish war she had service rs
a gunbont ana dispatch vessel and
Hhan Charles 3. Allen. OF Massachu-
setts went to Porto Rico as its first
American civil governor. the Mayfiower
was sent there for use by him.
The dispatch boat Dolphin. now at
Washington, will go TO West Point for
the commencement exercises next week
to take on board President Roosevelt.
who will 20 on her to Oyster Bay. The
Dolphin may bring the President to
Washington.
Torpedo Boat Flotilla.
BY direction of the Navy Department
the available torpedo boats and destroy
ers are TO be assembled at Norfolk TO
be formed into iotilla under Lieut..
Lloyd B. Chandler. The flotilla will join
the North Atlantic squadron, and will
participate in the joint army and navy
maneuvers in August and September.
having for their object the defense OF the
Long Island Sound approach 10 New
York from a supposed hostile fleet
In the fall the fotilla will go to the
West Indies to participate in the war
games of the combined North Atlantic
South Atlantic and European squadrons.
1t is expected that most of the tor
pedo boats and destroyers now availa BILE
will be placed in commission at Norfolk
tomorrow. Yesterday the Gwin and the
Talbot left Annapolis. and the Barney
and Bagley. the Biddle. the Thornton,
the Shubrick. the Stockton, and the
Bailey left Port Royal for Norfolk
Movements of Ships.
The training-ship Topeka has ar
rived at San Juan, p. R., the training
ship Prairie al Lazarote, Azores. and the
collier Ajax at the foot ot Forty-second
Street, Brooklyn. The training-ship
Monongahela has sailed from Newport
for Queenstown, the collier Sterling
from Norfolk for Port Royal. and the
training-ship Alert from Monterey for
Mare Island.
OF the vessels in the Philippines the
guDboat Arayat has arrived at Cavite.
the gurboat Isla de Luzon at Olongapo,
and the distilling-sh Arethusa is MAX
ing her monthly trip around the islands.
The training-ship Monongahela, which
left Newport Friday, with seven appren-
tice boys on board. will make a four
months cruise, stopping firspat Queens
town. where she will spend twenty days.
leaving there on July 10, and then max
ing stops of two weeks at Plymouth.
ten days at Cherbourg, and nine days al
Madeira. She is scheduled TO arrive at
Yorktown on October l and at Hamp-
ton Roads on October IS.