. The Cuba review. THE C U B A R E V 1 ]•: W 11 Gomez, christciu'd tlio "; The young ladies were assisted in their task by Sr. Dn. Julio Morales Coello, ranking officer of the Cuban navy, and \Ir. Charles T. Taylor of Cramps. Among the guests were Commander Vassilieff, Imperial Russian navy; George W. Andrews and L. G. Buckwalter, of the New York Shipbuilding Co.; E. G. Grace, Bethlehem Steel Co.; Captain Robert Crawford, U. S. N.; Naval Constructor Elliot Snow, U. S. N.; Charles H. Cramp, Admiral Edwin C. Pendleton, Philadelphia; Captain Frank W. Kellogg, U. S. N.; Antonio Ma
. The Cuba review. THE C U B A R E V 1 ]•: W 11 Gomez, christciu'd tlio "; The young ladies were assisted in their task by Sr. Dn. Julio Morales Coello, ranking officer of the Cuban navy, and \Ir. Charles T. Taylor of Cramps. Among the guests were Commander Vassilieff, Imperial Russian navy; George W. Andrews and L. G. Buckwalter, of the New York Shipbuilding Co.; E. G. Grace, Bethlehem Steel Co.; Captain Robert Crawford, U. S. N.; Naval Constructor Elliot Snow, U. S. N.; Charles H. Cramp, Admiral Edwin C. Pendleton, Philadelphia; Captain Frank W. Kellogg, U. S. N.; Antonio Martin Rivero, Cuban minister, Hon. Mariano Rocafort, Cuban consul general, New York; Dr. J. J. Luis, Cuban consul at Philadelphia; Dr. Gonzales Perez, president Cuban Senate; Matthew Baird, Jr.; Rear-Admiral Capps, U. S. N.; Frank Steinhart, Gabriel Diaz Quibus, Louis V. Place, Colonel J. Morales Coello, Jose Perez del Castillo, etc. Two new 200-ton gunboats, the "Diez de Octubre," or "Tenth of October," and the "Veinticuatro de Febrero," or the "Twenty-fourth of February," were let for construction to the shipyards of Samuel White, Ltd., at Cowes, and were launched last September. The first-named has arrived at Cuba, been given her trial trip and ^quipped with her artillery, consisting of two 47 mili- meter guns mounted on the prow and poop, besides two other small rapid fire guns. The length of the vessel is 110 feet and is 20 feet wide, her draft being only 10 feet to allow her to travel among the keys which surround the coast. President Gomez has signed a decree providing an appropriation of $40,000 in; payment for the artillery for these new gunboats. The general opinion of the United States press on the new navy seems to be pretty much as follows. That the islanders should not spend their money trying to build up a fleet strong enough to whip any outsiders. There is no one in Cuba's vicinity that is of her size except Hayti and San
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