Evening star., 1903-07-15
THE VISIT TO LISBON
ROYAL HONORS TO BE PAID
AMERICAN WARSHIPS.
Misconception Regarding Composition
Of the Squadron-The Brooklyn
to Be the Feature.

The royal honors which have marked the
visit of the European squadron at kiel and
at Portsmouth are to be duplicated at Lis
bon, when the squadron visits the Portu-
gueSe capital next week The Secretary of
State received a cable message this morn
ing from United States Minister Bryan at
Lisbon saying that the King of Portugal
has informed him that he Is preparing fes-
tivities for the kearsarge and the other
American ships expected there.
Misconcertion Corrected.
There seems to We been some miscon-
ception regarding the composition of the
squadron which Is to visit Lisbon. The
battleship Kearsarge which was the lead
ing feature of the American squadron at
the German and English ports, is not going
to Lisbon. She will be detached from the
squadron in a day or TWO and sail from
Portsmouth direct for Frenchmen's Bay,
Maine, on a record-making trip across the
Atlantic designed to show the speed pos
sibilitfes of vessels Of her type and tonnage.
The kearSarge belongs to the North Allan
tic fleet and returns to the United States
in order to take her regular place with the
fleet In the joint army and navy maneuvers
off the coast Of Maine next month. Her
assignment to the European fleet was tenn
prearranged visits to kiel and Portsmouth.
The invitation from the King Of Portugal
for the squadron to visit Lisbon had not
been received at that time
Since the Kearsarge joined the European
squadron, She has been used by Rear Ad-
miral Cotton. commanding, as his flagship
and consequently has been the scene of all
the principal functions given by the Amer
lean officers in return for courtesies re-
ceived. With her detachment the squadron
0Tn1c nly
lyn, the protected cruisers San Francisco
ana Ch1cago and the gunboat Machias.
The Brooklyn to Be the Flagship.
Until the arrival of the Kearsarge, the
Chicago served as Admiral Cstton's flagship
and will undoubtedly again serve In that
capacity until the arrival Of the squadron
at Lisbon.
The armored cruiser Brooklyn Is already
at that port, having recently left Rear
Admiral Barker's maneuvering squadron
at the Azores, and she will take the place
or the Kearsarge as Rear Admiral Cotton 9
flagship during the festivities at Lisbon
ana In the subsequent cruises of the SQUAD
ron in European waters.
Although not battle ship in technical
sense. the Brooklyn is warship of the
first rate In the United States navy. the
same as the kearsarge, the difference be-
ing that the kearsarge is of the battle ship
type and the Brooklyn of the armored
cruiser type. The important part taken
by the Brooklyn in the war with Spain
Will undoubtedly make her an object of
unusual interest at Lisbon and such other
European ports as she may visit.
First Visit Since Spanish War.
This Is the first time that the Brooklyn
has visited Europe since the Spanish war,
with the exception Of the brief visit to
England last summer, when she performed
the sad mission of transporting the re-
mains of Sir Julian Pauncefote, the former
British ambassador to the United States
from New York to the family homestead
In England. hen the circumstances nat
urally preclued any official festivities The
Brooklyn had previously visited England,
however. on the occasion of the queens
Jubilee In 1897 and was the flagship of
Rear Admiral Miller then commanding the
station. The last previous time the Brook
lyn made foreign cruise since the Spanish
war was when she visited Australia in
1901. with Rear Admiral Remey aboard as
the representative of the United States at
the celebration Of the imperial federation
of the colonies.
The cruiser Chicago is in need of an
overhauling, and will be ordered to the
United States for repairs soon after the
conclusion of the festivities at Lisbon.