Editing USS Newark (C-1) (section)

===Boxer Rebellion, 1900–1901===
[[File:U.S.S. Newark, 6-inch gun LOC 4a14470v.jpg|thumb|left|6-inch gun on USS ''Newark'']]
On 19 March 1900, she sailed for [[Hong Kong]] to rendezvous with the [[Monitor (warship)|monitor]]
{{USS|Monadnock|BM-3|6}} on 22 March and [[convoy]] that ship to Cavite, arriving on 3 April and staying there until sailing for [[Yokohama]] on 24 April, arriving three days later. The ship then hoisted the flag of Rear Admiral [[Louis Kempff]], Assistant-Commander of the [[Asiatic Station]] and sailed on 20 May for [[China]] to help land reinforcements to relieve the legations under siege by the [[Boxer Rebellion|Boxers]] at [[Beijing|Peking]].  Arriving [[Tianjin|Tientsin]] on 22 May, ''Newark'' operated in that port and out of [[Taku Forts|Taku]] and [[Yantai|Chefoo]], protecting American interests and aiding the relief expedition under Vice Admiral [[Edward Hobart Seymour]], R.N., until sailing at the end of July for [[Kure, Hiroshima|Kure]], Japan, and then Cavite where she hoisted the pennant of the Senior Squadron Commander in the Philippines.  She sailed for home in mid-April 1901, via Hong Kong, [[Ceylon]] and [[Suez]], arriving [[Boston]] late July 1901.  She decommissioned there on 29 July.<ref name=DANFS />