| Show employment FOR OUR NAVY our white squadron Equa dron has work on its hands bande that was not altogether expected when the ships were built the situation at rio bio do de Is ia such as all to dt demand mand the presence of two or three tareq war veti vessels sels ut of the united states and more recently rec eully gustems a has haft beau irr ying on in ILI a way as to require lu id receive tue lue at attention Lendon of the he navy apartment at washington it seems seem at the alliance which some time i oe ce was huir hurried ried trum san ban francisco isoo 0 cariote because of the fou blots in nicaragua thence to callao because of the condi uon lion of things in peru and back again to 10 corinto un on account of N nicaraguan affairs resuming lose their normal disturbed nas recently been to san jose the expected revolt in guatemala through the prebi dent theriot thereof ais assuming suming the dictatorship making we the vessels presence necessary aa a precautionary measure it is ie a wooden hoat of 1876 1875 tons carrying in the main battery tour lour 9 inch smoothbore guns one 60 and an 8 inch muzzle I 1 admi rite rifle with 18 officers aau mon men she in pronounced pronoun ceu not a very tormad able craft by comparison but still we should prefer tu say bay thai nor her trend ship wa would uld tie be a long way preferable to her ber hostility abo busy fitting out of old vowels vessels and now new says faya the now new york sun un is gradually enabling secretary kirbert to lo ret rein worce orce tle tile most needy deady stations slat loua W wf now have the san ban francisco and Kear kearsarge earge to look after affairs in the West I 1 ludis udie 9 including hayti and to keep an eye on Grey Orey town we have the chicago and bennington Benning too at malaga or thereabout there about ready in case of international trouble at tangier or tibe the further III treatment of american missionaries to lu asia minor we have the charleston at rio janeiro and the newark and dantic yantic on their way thither to watch too the struggle between peixoto and mello while the newark will afterwards be available with the ivantic yantic to observe the chronic troubles in argentina on the tao station the concord Cou oord at bangkok Is ready should hould fresh trouble break out francs france and slam biam and the baltimore will soon reinforce admiral irwina squadron equa drun to look after missionary riots in china the philadelphia and adams adama are on guard at honolulu one of our most moat important stations while the yorktown is at callao to protect american inte reata ain in peru samoan giff alre are fortunate ij quiet for the present but perhaps when practicable a vessel may be spared fur for apia abia while during the coming winter the cantlin sent bent tor for next year s sealing patrol can be made up it is pronounced a piece of good fortune that the machias will soon eoon be ready for loreign foreign duty the cardue a tow tew months later wallo several other are coming along it seems beems that tha t even it if lur ur merchant meru baut marine has haa practically disappeared from the greater highways we are pretty well weli provided lor at last in the matler matier of bellicose craft anu and more are yet to corn |
