Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1916 — New Orleans Entertained Whole Honduran Navy [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

New Orleans Entertained Whole Honduran Navy

NEW ORLEANS. —The Honduran navy pufTed and churned its lonely way into the port of New Orleans, up the Mississippi river, a few days ago. It warped—-just like a regular dreadnaught—its way to a berth at the docks

of the St. Andrew street landing. A few minutes later Capt. Francisco Sanabria, the commander of the "navy" proudly marched on to the wharf. A dozen or more barefooted sailors scampered about the deck to tidy up things after the trip from Honduras to New Orleans, while the commander went looking about for a suitable place to rest his dusky, weary body while the navy underwent repairs. The navy was so small that it

was three or four days before the port officials discovered that it was here. It consists of the warship General Barahona. Once a private yacht, then the United States ship Siren, veteran of the Spanish-American war, the General Barahona is 146 feet long, 18-foot beam and 11-foot draft. She is capable of the speed of an average torpedo boat, however, the captain declared. He explained that republics of Central America do not go in very ' strongly for navies. Revolutions down there aren’t financed on sums of money that would make much of a showing in warships. As a private yacht the General Barahona had quite a reputation. She was originally built for an unnamed Philadelphia millionaire. For several years her decks and saloons were the scene of gay gatherings. Not long before the Spanish-American war the boat was stripped of its finery and Uncle Stun called it the Siren, Captain Sanabria says that the overhauling of the navy would increase its efficiency about 50 per cent. The General Barahona mounts two guns forward and two aft. SLe has a crew ot 25, including the captain, Chief Engineer George P. Barned and two petty officers. .. . . , ;