| Show AUXILIARY WARSHIPS WITH RECORDS will be retained in the service but other ships will go back to the owners washington sept 7 it ie Is the desire of the navy department that all vessels that won fame in the late war with spain shall be kept by the government the board appointed to consider what disposition should be made of the auxiliary ships bought or chartered ered during the war is now at work and have already recommend rec recommended ommen ded the selling ol 01 a number numb er of vessels all ot of tiie cie auxiliary coast dreu defense so fleet has ha now disappeared disposition tiou having been made of the vessels Te asels and officers and men have been diec discharged harg but here are a number num berof of boats like the gloucester which bought for temporary service and for service that was not dot supposed to be warlike bare have ii made ads a lasting reputation and will remain tor for ever as glorious na names mes in the annals of the american navy the navy department thinks it would be a great misfortune it these ships should be allowed to be cold sold the G gloucester ou rester has become already as much a part of the lory glory of the navy of this country as the constitution or the oregon or the olympia other vessels in equal or less decree degree have won fame in the recent war it would be a distinct losi los to the navy to have these go back to their od role as pleasure yachts or traffic traffie carriers it lt was said at the department today that if the board should decide it best to dispose of the ships the list oi of them will be turned oyer to other bran branc bea ot of the department euch such ae as the revenue or light house service to eee bea it if they coad could not be purchased 1 tor for use along the coat and thus be kept within the count rys gervice it ie is hoped by the department however that this will not be made necessary as it is very anxious to have the gloucester and her beeri beere rota retained ined la in the navy itself there ie Is room for them and plenty of far for ahou teem to 0 o per 7 form besides Be Bes eldea idea they would add to the glory and prestige igo of the fleets of the country just as a veteran corps adds to the military pria prestige tige it ia is exceedingly probable that if the gloucester once yacht Corsair the property ot of J pierpont morgan of kew new york waa was put on eale sale her former owner would be clad glad tobay her in for a much larger price than the government sovern ment paid for her it would add to the pleasure and ot of a yachting cruise in ia the mediterranean for instance ine tance to make it in the little craft that bad had won so much glory in the battle of santiago but it ie Is the confident opinion jot lof the navy department part ment that chete boats can be retained in their present places in navy and it is probable this will bo be the result of efforts to bold them |
