| Show I V r I A ffrf H f r I Ellhusia I 1 al Hampton Roads With li lie FIjing Squadron 1 TROOPS ARE SENT BY SEA Cruiser Montgomery and Gunboat Vicksburg are the Convoy I ATTEND THE PANTHER TO KEY WEST Eight ludrod Trml t the VlI 1to Id I Uodr War UeKultn On Hoard Flagship Brooklyn off Fort Monroe April rxThe stirring Incidents Inci-dents of tills morning In Hampton tot I f 11 Bonds made mens blood leap In theirs I their-s and enthusiasm boll up to fever hent Hiortly before 8 oclock one of the little guard boats that the government will use hereaftir to conduct friendly steamers through the linen of mines and torpedoes shot off to the north and the signal man on the after bridge ot tho flagship almost simultaneous called Montgomery approaching sir Sweeping along nt a rapid rate her beautiful lines showing up veil In the quaker gray paint the cruiser came down the roads preceded liy the little picket boat guiding I hr between the dangerous lincei nf rploh When near the Brooklyn a salute was fired to Commodore Schley and returned by the flagship Then the transport Panther with Its SOO men rained anchor and with the formidable cruiser as an escort started fir sea It was then that the enthusiasm enthusi-asm broke out The marines on the transport crowded the decks In lone lines and walng their hats gave vent to mighty cheers while sailors marIn ma-rIn and even firemen on the bIg war ships crowded < to the forecastles and returned them with a vlll The Montgomery Joined In the chorus and the cheers resounded from ship to chip continuing until the transport and convoy were out of hall Hardly hail tile pair gone than a booming afar off announced another Approach and the gunboat Vicksburg come along on her way out firing a salute to the commodores flagship The flagship homed a sevengunt anr and then the men on Aboard the Vicksburg swarmed Into the rigging and almost lost their hats In their enthusiasm ncry MAP of the squadron returned the cheer with a will and the mm vent back to their duties with an aching de sIre to follow tho billion out The 1unUier goes out with splendid protection on her Journey ta Key West the convey being large and able to care for nnj thing while along her route are strewn active and trmldable members of the mosquito fleet The order for the closing up of the harbor 1 here after sunset end until sunrise goes Into tree fully tonight Captain CeY cf ot engineers has Iud an order which ra ys Nc Verret 1 Will be allowed to prize through lh channel on either ride of the rapid between the hour of sunset and mender During thH Interval easels ea-sels 1 muijt n Ilt approach within three miles of Kurt Monroe Iatrol boats vlll be placed above and below the defenses These boats arc authorized to stop ve5 < lg t inquire In-quire Into their character or to trugruct them how to liner thru the minefields mine-fields The orders of the patrol boats must be Precisely obeyed galling veosels slid all small vessels drawing thf fed or less I can safely pass throut any part of the channel during the day time Sl < > m vessels must Pass at slow speed through a special channel wh It will bo marked by buoys wi 0 vessels mill he allowed 10 anchor beluw the mharf at Fort Inroo without with-out special authority Vessels are warned hat If they die rl < ml these regulations they will expose ex-pose themselves to serious damage and will bp liable 10 be fired 00 by the batteries tr |
