Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 94, Number 134, 3 January 1898 — The Navy and the Filibusters. [ARTICLE]

The Navy and the Filibusters.

Apropos of a statement made in this paper a few weeks since touching the j m inner in which this country has per- j rmed Its duty toward Spain in the! matter of preventing filibustering, we ' bave made inquiry for the exact details j rrorn the Navy Department. The Government has maintained a patrol fleet on the coast of Florida for the last two years, consisting of the following vessels: Raleigh, Cincinnati, Amphitrite, Maine, Montgomery, Newark, Dolphin, Mohead, Vesuvius, Wilmington, Helena, Nashville. Annapolis and Detroit. Most of the time three vessels have been on duty, and the cost of the ! has ranged from ?fo.ooo to - 100,00!) a month. If Spanish troops and war ships had been as efficient j nst the insurgents as our navy has j been against filibusters, the insurrec- j Hon would have been conquered long ' ago.- Harper's Weekly.