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Show SAILORS ENTERTAINED. Fortress Monroe. Vn., June 5. While Rear Admiral von Robeur-PaBcwltz Robeur-PaBcwltz and tho higher officers of the visiting German cruiser squadron, squad-ron, were visiting Washington, to the sailors of three foreign ships who were given shore liberty, were taken in hand by sailors from the American ships and squads of coast artillerymen artillery-men detailed by Col. Strong, commandant com-mandant of tho artillery district The sailors, acting as hosts, mot the German sailors at the wharf witr their band and escorted them to the post parlors. At noon they were treater to an old fashioned army dinner din-ner and during tho afternoon a game of baseball was played by the teams from two of the artillery companies. -oo |