Deseret Evening News | 1900-03-19 | Page 5 | Must Stay in Asiatic Waters

Sta Stay In Waters NewYork March 19 special to the herald from Washington says Secretary ot of th the Navy Long Is pox pm over oer the report from Admiral Wat Watson son eon that extensive repairs are required or time tile protected cruiser New ew Orleans no now at Nagasaki lie He has cabled Ad mimi Wat Watson on declining to permit ex cx r until he knows whether the they ore are necessary This refusal nl groWs out of 01 the tact that just before till the shIp left Now New York for tor Manila her om reported 1 that her boilers were In n d ot of repairs which would nt necessitate two months work A board of at which inspected the vessel reported that she sho could Get away In two weeks and the work was fin nn in that Admiral Vatson cabled that he had ordered a board to make a survey sune ot of the ship There Is Q a In naval to b believe the report thAt the New ew Or leans lean Is In need of extensive repair grows out ot of the d action In ordering the vessel ell t to PIO proceed 1 t the Asiatic station without nil all the repairs h her r deemed necessary The d department to keep the tho ship In Asiatic waters not notwithstanding withstanding its III that her would duty on the tho North i M Atlantic AW station I