Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-05-10

make trip to Lima, Peru, where she
remained about two weeks, returning
to Panama on April 1. She left Pana-
ma April 16 for Acapulco, where she
arrived April 22. She LEFT Acapulco
fer this part April rs.
The officers Of both vessels are ex.
ceeGingly satisfied at coming to Homo.
lulu which, they say, Is the first civil
lied port they have called at since
I they left San Francisco last year. Tho
stay at Panama was exceedingly dull
! Owing to the enormous fall of the tide
4 at that place the vessels had to tie
about four miles from shore. A great
part of the time the town was in quar-
antine and eyea when 1t could be visit
ed 1t was very poor place to stay.
The squadron is under the command
of Rear Admiral Henry Glass, the New
York being his Clsship. The New
York and the Bennington will prob.
ably remain In this port about three
weeks. During this time they will be
joined by the third-class cruiser Mar
blehead, the gunboat Concord and
probably the gunboat Petrol, which are
| to come here from San Francisco. The
entire squadron will then sail for Kis
| ka, a coaling station at the extreme
end of the chain of the Aleutian Isl
ands only about three or four days
steaming distant from Japan. The OF
I flcers on board the New York were un
'able to state for what purpose the
squadron was being sent to that far.or
! ,lace.
| Admiral Glass staff consists of Lien
tenant Philip Andrews. flag lieutenant.
and Lieutenant Simon Fullingworth.
aide.
Captain John ]. Hunker, command.
Ing; Lieut.. Comdr. Simon Cook. exec.
itive officer; Lieut.. .Comdr. Howard
Gage. feet engineer; Lieut.. Comdr
Robert f. Lopez, navigating officer;
Lieut.. Alfred w. Kinds, Lieut.. Clar.
ence s. Kempff, Ensign John II. Walsh,
Ensign Wallace Bertholf, Midshipman
Fred. II. Potret. A.idshipman Chas. T..
Smith, Midshipman Dillon, Midship.
man Sharp. Midshipman Post, Surgeon
David o. Lewis, fleet; Asst. Surgeon
Earl NJ. Brown, Pay Inspector John
8. Carpenter, fleet; Captain of Ma
rines Dickinson p. Hall, Boatswain
John Z. Murphy, Acting Gunner Har.
old V. Barr, War. Mach. Herbert Z.
Kershaw, War. Mach. Joseph ]. Bur
CESS, Act. War. Mach. John |. Ballin.
ger. War Mach. Auberlin.
1 Tho nH,a.. 80 tho nnn,i,ut,,, .,a
as follows:
Commander Kessuth Niles, com.
handing; Lieut.. Comdr. Wilson w.
Buchanan, Lieut.. George r. Slocum.
Ensign Chas. T. Wade, Ensign Neu.
man X. Perry Jr, Midshipman Leo
Sahm, Midshipman Lindsay II. Lacy,
Surgeon Jas. G. Field, Paymaster Chas
Morris Jr.
The armored cruiser New York Is
well known In this port, which she
visited last year, She was built by
VIM. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia. She
has a displacement of $500 TONS Is
furnished with barbette turrets and
two military masts, measures 3S0.6h
feet length on load water line, 64.10
feet beam and 23.3h feet mean draft.
She is furnished with twin.screw> yer.
ticle triple-expansion engines capable
OF generating an indicated horsepower
OF l7,401, and driving the vessel at the
rate of 2l.91 knots (eQual to 25.21
miles, per hour. The main battery
consists of six S-inch breech-loading
rifles disposed in pairs In the barbette
turrets eight inches thick at each end
of the vessel, and one on each broad.
side, and twelve finch rapid.fre guns.
Her secondary battery consists OF
twelve rapid.fire and four gatlings. She
has four torpedo tubes.
The Bennington has a displacement
Of lilo tons with engines capable OF
developing 3,436 indicated horsepower
She carries a main battery of six
guns.