| Show TI I E NgW IF I OnLA S lINS 013 Recently Purclnsed Cruiser Is Now with the Flying Squadron solapyl feet 1 So on fee rtiner a rr lh blinlone Crle Itiousho Coco 10 lilaanis > far Iho Allilk ThereOn There-On Door tho Flagship Brooklyn oft Fort Monroe Va Flp Commode SChley arid his start watched vvlth great Interest this following from the bridge ot the flagship the arrival of the nw Cruiser New Orleans She came up Hampton Roads nt a pretty lively gait and about ten oclock anchored About three miles distant from the squadron The New Orleans Is In command ot Captain Tolgcr and when she dropped anchor hero nnd saluted the commodores commo-dores Hag became one of the flying squadron Commodore Schley and officers of the fleet expressed admiration nt the general gen-eral appearance of the new cruiser She In evidently better fitted than the detached de-tached Columbia although not so fast Commodore Hchley decided not to have her go up to Newport News for either coal or painting 1 and she will remain at anchor here getting her coal from lighters The Minneapolis will came down this atternon fully printed and the squadron will then consist of three cruisers two battleships and a converted > acht This formidable dynamite cruiser the Vesuvius got away finely this morning the filing Iy West accompanied by fcuanee Both boats will Join the blockading block-ading squadron In the vicinity ot Cu Ill |
