Show I 1 OUR NAVY TO THE FRONT I 1 i 1 I 1 I 1 Colum foin iNore dore folger reports on anele 1 sums boals defenders 1 1 Is L RICA MAKING GREAT STRIDES I 1 ew or of armor conr filtering Ilter ing a truo motion tion avid 1 gat gun S 1 appropriations 92 21 BOO needed fertile for alio with steel I 1 boreali experiments r D C nor az 22 commo date folger chief ot of tile bureau of ord acot in his hh sonnet report to tho the secretary a abo be N anvy mry chieff to it very y lea thy due 1 1 lats 1 appropriations agg rA gating nearly two and d is half millions million at 0 dollars for his hl bureau moderate in 1 view ot of tho the abo request 0 of the present year and prom lit for the future the tb voluminous report ii i tiled filed with interns t log details a as to how abo ib american navy compares com piros with tho merino of 0 the 11 foreign atlon nt lon and how I 1 n mir skill and nd inventiveness have placed alir lit country in advance ot of all 11 ll others other in it now n as far its the united twi rates Is concerned flold bold of armor construe 1100 and crent ka gun maklon ini to arut tile vessels ot at th ba dow naty runs bob varyl tryl IDS in u caliber from rom tour ar to lobbes athea are required and of 0 thoo lee r cot afloat A worked stop lo in tilie advance b bus boon I 1 made lail la in improving breech mechanism bud aud 12 inch RUM guns so 0 o they may be b worked easily tasley and rapidly by IMIO band the ilo Is now building it a nickel steel tun on now ne do boien arns invented by wll afra sellers which doubtless will luaulu rate the entire use ure of nickel steel tor for naval tun cooRt ruction I 1 it t Is 1 stronger and dd better than ordinary gun a ceol and the designs permit le rill the tl reconstruction of 0 a gun gua whenever noor the iho tube IK to 1 when W used in guns euna up to six ill inches in it resulted so that it Is sold letl to t be t croly merely a question of ottine time bordris tile tho idea will ila ao tilled to larger col caleden ab e a a the rapid fire ari much antom 1 as spittle d to fhe loats guns gum lina has are shots to bo be fired front from one in ilea DIDO second itco ml ti hot but the result or of tho the application of 0 this mechanism to tour four inoa goes will tie bo followed by results still more ro for it his been bleto fire rit apts SHOTS is II seconds secos Ds improvements its noted in tho the quality of 0 dows otlo brown powders supplied during the lur isar toil and it Is blared that the bureau IK bad taken step to establish the tare 0 of brown powder ponder on art tho the pacific coast supplying tho the powder company of i basin cruz cal with d tasting amplo meat and guns and scouring for it the che uso otlyn dupont tonn ulai marked progress bas beu been made jn jet the of smokeless powder during the year it lit IH now ta made to in large lareo quito Is aber than other powders by conditions unit udd superior in a marked degree to tile bet best european Eurn ioan less powder tests with high bleb explosives and filled with thim mater maternal lal aro are fired ut at the be bagh velocity ut of 2000 to feet at a from ruin rifled guns und exploded upon water at MOO yirda yards range etli au all other americus Ameri cuu explosive baa have shown that common filled with this material can be 1 bred brad through bix oue ou boch plates plate and tent ut at will kill boband them these experiments aro are regarded as aa ug the discussion with regard to the relative morits of 0 bring high explosives from clr ir kuns guns or of powder guns kunii report ivcak in terms ol of praise of 0 abe to la this country of tho the manufacture of armor perola projectiles project ilee arid says la in a lct recently made at ludlan head kiich tholan two of the ibo celebrated goburn Holl two of tho the Cur and 1 tiro w 0 lat ol 01 tho the product tile abo h 0 a were clearly equal to it if not erpf ELPEBIO Il TO TUB TILE DEST BEST d catha ilia Boll Hol izilor manufacture thus thuel tar ar do livered lu its llila bb country ono or of the stirling of a very su au artor 0 by br torpedoes have haro boon delayed by alo dlf dit unity experienced it in be curing suitable I 1 luk asks but those at lutt last lave laro beau obtained from domestic do nillo and aad u dun built of 0 howell Whit whitebead ebend nod ud other tor tar aro are expected to be presented for or testing ft at KB ka early data dalo CoMm commodora odors folgar speaks approvingly 0 of the submarine bout boat now DOW the iu subject ut of ex cx perl menu at chicago whilo wallo mil full bad not been atu ancil the tion I 1 li and lie he suZ gesta A combination pith 1111 it Is IQ of controllable ewins for torpe doi ora submarine gnu uri L n vier fler the tb bond d ut or torl torpedo cdo boll bots abo roburt a strong ro commendation petro it kun u As bo be used re or I 1 fuel la in these bonn boats increasing their effectiveness tho the report days the labor troubles cj at ac homestead put a tem tein horary top stop to at met u fractured by wo LArm gany bat bum t work wo rk had bail bo be oat aa and ott it i li Is helped that to la a bhart LIWO the ib total armor product of tile tho carnegie rall nil bethlehem bomp will reach ra ix X or ato hurl dred lou ol 01 of vor por orders for armor tu to alio llio tie full it i both contracts have boon baon placed and befog abu tons still needed lor for the authorized by low law the tha to advertise for or bids bid for the abo hion 0 of armor steel and attel irea led by the darroy 4 at this diree time ot at ih tie department g the developments at 0 armor in ry abo hertl vel izIll leclech tull lec inch lach wells tol stool on ove cye tigh tInch holgor she acl Is were 1 ar inc rin rES tbt tests were dioro ora brero v e than any anny be bir term ever tor made tho C 0 ia modora thinks tl the suit ot of lilt rii great dovel osmon ut or arna win will doubtless doubt lesi M bo be to chock check ibo to tou lou doey lo 10 a EC efroim to 10 it ban closs muria of largo rat aloer be was WB ell amod d by tho the bilor bellof that e guns lunE were lnolan more aban to go beL atoo pt a othil heaviest informs borno L H ta lla ad i t it in gua making IQ i and iid also have far r removing eff 0 t s if other LLO directions Is lu ill tho the P art r t kopor which I lokel ii trouts tit of tain stell alloys oy following up car lilt suggestions nd illde by ja jamba ems il ty of r glasgow Irs sow lite boldn buoo 1101 1 l 1 succeeded I to la ma Allig an 0 ully 0 r ell the with ls 23 per ft cantor 10 lo nickel that hiim IF beat od all strength of 0 steel throughout ot ha a and ad bot bass ot of nil all li Is catty alaor nan in air lr aud gniot so DO its u gun ua and apt 1 its to be fc made of title material aler lal at S e aud it in believed the lb run eun barrels bi irrol w will ill r otay y be rua proof but I 1 im tile abo corros action of r powder bocak tile tho luethal bit y ono donth if abo 0 of M to ot goolbis iun go tio ollis forces taking I 1 up chigo n land landd tf tta to 1414 nov 2 tho 0 o door a of t tal office was a polled oll el at 10 this a receive all SS filings all tile abdull land i 1 i on newly y grant DI TI the w soared a outer onier victor lon was u let in a 0 two 7 he ea I 1 11 or slid tile liters kllc verb eab hai 12 no gutru ha a tl line and 1 I formed 1 1 new title llo ill wits I 1 rush and 1 tho the original a tilde 1 0 mus broken H b rol error it aloo L wl lr I 1 auto aw a da had been denit dl nit in tile 1 the di 6 w had ly ablo t to I 1 aside take k with th tho the rc N it 80 uch ch cold cd in 1 tile treasury Tre nury n I 1 the treaso TS 2 1 abe of t eold old it tile ito tie abw I 1 y to day at mount to 12 GOI me ah nora ahau it million lilt it I 1 11 leoz allom since abo L llo 4 L slightly flight ly less than a I 1 |