Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-15
PRIVATE OF THE PRESIDENT.

The precidep' of the United States does not enjoy the luxury of a pleas ure craft which is known distinctively as the private yacht" of the nations highest official. in the sense that the term is applied to the royal yacht of foreign rulers; but the handsome dis patch boat Dolphin, to all intents and purpoes, occupies that position The main difference between the vessel at the disposal of the president and those which fly the flags of the king of England. the emperor of Ger many, the czar of Russia and other crowned heads, is one perhaps, quite typical of republican form of govern ment. The private yacht" is not re- served exclusively for the use of the chief magistrate, but is the common property. as it were, of the various high officials the nation. The sec re ary of the navy, Admiral Dewey and other dignataries use the ship at will and thus it may be termed Uncle Sans private vacht,' rather than the presidents.
 
 full fieiged naval vessel in every sense Of the word, and is designated officially as a steel dispa ch boat. Tn character the vessel is unique in the United States navy. She was built at the ship yard of John Roach & Sons, at Chester. Pennsylvania, one of the birthplaces of the pioneers of our new navy, in 1883 and 1884, going into commission for the first time in 1885. The vessel. which cost the govern ulent, all told, about s35O O,O00 is of the three-masted schooner rig She is 40 feet long on the water line, 32 feet extreme breadth fl feet 3 inches drafc srd dtsplaces 1,4S6 tons of water. She has engines of 2.250 horse power. and has on occasion developed a speed Of about seventeen miles an hour. The vessels coal bunkers are capable of carrying nearly 275 tons of fuel. and the ship has a steaming radius of tea knots an hour or considerably more than 5000 miles.
 King Edward and the German en- peror.in their recent order that their private yacht be painted white, were but following the example of Uncle Sam; for the Dolphin has had cream colored dress for some time past. The Dolphin is also in a position 10 defend her distinguished passengers should occasion ever require; for she is equipped with two four-inch rapid l fire guns, one six-pounder rapid-frer, 1 six three-pounder rapid-fre guns and two Colts. ]
 The Dolphin has a new command ! ing officer in the person of Lieutenant i Commander John H. Gibbons who has been on duty in the office of naval in diligence at Washington, but who 1 was recently ordered to relieve the | former commander Of the Dolphin, | Iieutenant Comm ander George NJ. Sto- | 2ey. who has been transferred to the | Santee. N
 The ships company of the Dolphin "the presidents jackies"-comprises 137 men, with several officers. The ! sailors on the vessel, which is kept at | the personal disposition of the presi- | dent and the secretary of the navy, have a mascot in the form of a hand some Schotch collie, which is the es- pecial pet Of everybody on boarl This lively dog usually can be found f in the vicinity of the galley, where a Japanese chef and three assistants prepare the viands for which the good ship is famous.
 This trim dispatch boat. at one time or another during the past eight years, has carried pretty nearly every official of promine ence in the national government. The late President Mckinley made many trips on the yes sel, and President Roosevelt has used the boat repeatedly.
 During the present administration,