Show THE GREAT LAKES DEFENSE P v dormi abio auen cutters cat aviv in I 1 WHAT H UME SAM CAH N DO ABOUT ABDUL IT r rel lit car t that tiny no be used tor for U S war avar Strong th and nf if tile anis I 1 two tivo Alro nily and aind othart to be launched I 1 I 1 1 1193 by janas W V jobia I I 1 I 1 the united with all its im I 1 dien amensa q interests on I 1 ilia lie shores of lite iho I 1 rest lakes lie lias no ships on ol its waters to defend american comi com norco A tow few I 1 coclis yee its aeo go mil if sent it 1 1111 senate a letter of 0 re cc or of state I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 1 k V i I 1 I 1 1 0 I 1 4 5 I 1 1 i it V Is 5 it X ta al 1 1 I I j I 1 s v 1 4 U W 41 f 5 W 1 i d V I 1 r v W I 1 4 II 11 I 1 5 11 I 1 1 I 1 i OL I 1 N I 1 1 FF 1 I I 1 I 1 bolot craib of the boats foster in accordance accor danco w with till a resolution adopted at the last joslon thern rn for information about the iho agro agreement ement between great britain and tho the united states as to lila iho naval nay a I 1 force of oath finch nation on the great I 1 alces it Is a revival ot of the old contention as to lo what rights great Grent britain and the united states have to keep irinod firmed v vessels where under certain emergencies they might bo be used tor for offensive and do defensive naval operations along the border secretary foster states stales that canada Is maintaining armed cutters on 01 I 1 the groat Great lakes although alt honch they are operating under tho the disguise dij guiso of ordinary revenue cutters the so vessels lire are supposed to bo be constructed for the pur par posu of suppressing smuggling ank on the yi st Law lawrence rento river and the lakes but they arp are in ili reality capable of adaptation 16 wai al purd ses A united states officer reported to the ibo war depart merit that thebo boats were bu bajt it at owen sound georgian Geore laii day bay ont and are most formidable craft under the iho 1817 treaty tho the naval defense to bo be maintained ou on the grant lakes Is limited to one war vessel tor for great britain end and ono for the united states slates groat great britain has never found I 1 I 1 ll 11 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 j I 1 11 I 1 0 I 1 I 1 P I 1 q 41 A I 1 4 C 14 1 4 pip v t I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 V MI I 1 1 aron jams faines W 11 Aih hj E ex x governor of mont autt and ex congressman it necessary to maintain lor liar single warship 0 owing ing to hor her ability at any time to run fifty or more gunboats gun boats into tile lakes from tho the ocean by way of the canadian canal tho the naval force of 0 the united states on tho the lakes lit is now and las has boon been for many years tho the single boel beel steamer michigan now DOW rates tons and carries tour four howl hoelters now let us seo sea what great tareal BrI britain tall haa ha thoro there are tho the two gun boats constance ind curlew s I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 i I 1 I 1 1 mpr da 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 V I 1 I 1 1 ir I 1 I 1 v I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 IV 5 I 1 I 1 I 1 4 1 1 Z I 1 1 10 0 k I 1 sl t I 1 I 1 I 1 k 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 if I 1 vicc james I 1 H thley jr of lie file coals boals 4 munched alili car aud and which hivo have just pono gone lulo into winter fl warters A third gunboat tho the petrel laa ached at OD unon olson sound during ilia ho bionta of november lint lart will not before the opening of spring navigation ahe Is now at tho the yards yarda ot of her builders at t owen sound nad will raccho liar hor hattory battery during iho tho present winter tile will reel keep the Con and curlew lit in throughout the winter both shirld will bo be ruady ready for acthia it 11 any moment inurn tile petrel rel rel whon when corn at will tt also roina 11 I 1 in ilk service cathis Is like birst little in ili the llie history lil alory ot of great Brit britaina ains control of at Ca Ciu Kila vitila that three modern highly offlie lent gun gunboats boats have beon been declined necessary for ilia protection of ot lako lake frontier ron llor thoro there was wa much secrecy surrounding surround inc tho the construction st of the bo ships still and ciro care nus nas taken liken to 10 avoid their inspection by byona out it would appear that groat Vs bri emins policy Is I 1 that thaler of a general defense 0 i the canadian frontier fro ollor and Is the if 11 outcome of tho the growing anno atlon feeling both in canada and in the united states for military purposes aos earland muss S 7 V ae I 1 I 1 Z j 1 12 i 2 r k j aar 7 0 t I 1 I 1 W fr P f 4 i aa 4 gaw i N N I 1 afif a a N Q 37 1 a baal a a a i a 2 a 0 a a a a a a a barj c D ta I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 9 ml 51 I 1 N i 13 y A I 1 17 f airl t I 1 qa f I 1 A r my UP rl I 1 1 r I 1 4 ol 01 I 1 14 P 1 I 1 va 1 I 1 sg n I 1 I 1 X h A toc 11 I 1 ga pa w a O k 0 S egg 2 zal W I 1 I 1 L I 1 za i ESS p 11 iw W taz I 1 ip P 1 ka jv i M a n jn 23 I 1 ah iams I ams ailer le criff fur for launch iny hold fa at all it II gives her bor a dockyard it at her only naval station oil oi tile iho an torii ode id of 0 fit lari and it cumb enables leshor her troops to I 1 nd lit anil and tier her ol 01 oilier tier asiatic lift s motia siom by tile iho Caul canadian diall inclan ln I 1 Kall road through tier lier onn posses possession slon tile armament of 0 the iho cutrel Pu trel la Is avii evidently for aggressive ahu wilt carry in her battery on 17 inch binchi maxim rapid liro firo gun 3 sip lp by it a battery ot of O J gusi alio 7 inch I 1 diflo tile throws a projectile weighing inK forty live five pounds ti 1 I distance di stanco or of live miles at a 1 rate of tire of livo pr per biln I 1 WP r r the 1 mail ni gun goa can throw forty livo five shots lion por per Dilill it and con can 4 I 1 inch steel platea it at 1 a I ran rano o a of yard tho the other oilier boats havo have zi nillar batteries bat lorios thug iliin in tile event cf a a war walli ilia united rifles lilio like ch chicago I 1 cago milwaukee and Clove laid would bo be at al tho ilia mercy of great britain anil and we should bo be practically to ro oppose tile tho im british fleet kloct which could ho a brought broucht into the lakes the unit oil slates h as th a t three h roe re ve it ito oil t t ers I 1 13 johnson oil it son fessendon ind and pervy perry and tho lite lory chyi x ca k w war ar 6 e asel klebig an tho sit liaison n would indeed bo be very serious beio it not tor for tho the happy thought afi 0 mr J ill ashley jr the vice president I 1 ot of tile tho toledo anti ann arbor S north nor alti michigan Rill nall ballway ivay way who conceived tile tho idoa idea ol of gigantic ff antle ferr tro boats for lili ills road which boats can an be converted v into warships at twenty four hours I 1 notice two to of thorn them hava nl roady ready been launched they are ot of great strong strength th and carry twenty four freight cari each from Kowa unco WIS to mich tic across lake michl 1 gao gan a distance of 0 sixty tittles iiii lri without breaking brcak ln bulk this route Is operated by several companies including tho the green hay bay winona st paul tho the grand trunk the tha delaware lacka western and the iho owners owner 0 tho the boats the toledo aun anti arbor company these companies are lit very close relation alth each other avid and tor for traffic purposes it Is practically ono line there them aro are a anum num berof steamers mrs in the ibo I 1 her of schooners ners and steamers from mer chantlen chant men mou to gunboat after carrying on business near detroit 1 lie removed to toledo and equipped his yard with an and complete plant for the iho construction of iron arid steel ies vessels sels the firm lias bas dono done touch much bork ork for the ibe or of the united states lieutenant godfrey L cardon reports that any one of tho the boats can call bo be converted into a harbor defense run rain and with a rapid oro fire battery well protected by stoel steel sli shields ran justly bo be expected to silence any craft tho the british are able to send through tile tho welland or st lawrence river canals canal the bow vessels have a displacement of tons they are foot fool in length with a bamin of 52 i i sect they havo have throe three screws crews fc ono one on pach each quarter find and tile the third to in the bow the engines are what are known as the horl zon tal coin compound poll nd tapo which mill ill develop a speed ol of fourteen four toon hoots per hour the adaptability of tho the new 3 for ramming purposes will L be b best understood when it Is known that the bull construction 1 il 14 4 0 of oak up tip to two feet feel abao ilia water title line at tile tho water linn line there has beon been provided A bolt belt ol of iron oxton dlug all around tho the diesso and having a uniform width of six foot feet throughout Mt endIna art from the bow tor for a distance of fifteen feet Is a solid and luas sive backing of oak A steel cord runs round tha asid ease nipping together the tha oak backing it very low few feet feel this 5 to cord is connect connected od with steel bics tics running to tho the reel keel a steel klalo ln ano 0 ft feet aldu A tile slid and three lors of ili inch thick strengthens the lot reckon kenison tons ions 01 roil coal Is thu the rapacity capacity ot of ilia coal bunker tor for shay days continuous i hig without re coaling tin nn ports can call bo be marked oil off and oil cut through sov for ilia of broad broadside sido tho rho b of 0 these vessels they ato io all called ann arbor numbered one two iwo and so on can be ba made ill lip by is as heavy ordnance oril nanco rifles as ai tho lite navy apartment may desire tills this cannot bo be said of oilier on oil the lakes altheir ia their decks iro ire too ton light to 0 o boar bear tile heavy guis tho rho naval nail authorities havo lava long been of that hit a few fast Kiin boaK i bained brined riold pliay with tho ilia lake shipping and tha lite lake ports En glanda glands ability to and is a 1 carpa larpa arga fleet boet tile the lakes has bron it ft mattor or of 11 ginto and consideration lit in wahington wa hington for some years tho the building of u ilia hoat boats described goes a 16 long way toward tile settlement of the or of efficient dc ainu on oil alio llio tho the UnIted an ann ar arbor with is a battery or twelve 6 ine lucli it slon breach loading I 1 fifles w cold be a most mol powerful war ar and aad that tile united L states will wl use tho the boasts bosts for or war purposes there can bovery bo very little doubt although everybody may not net agree with senator gorman german that this his canadian Ques question tiou Is the iho most import mil ono before the country secretary si foster lit an any raw seems much eon on berned about tile matter ile ho states that there never was ft a real treaty liot ilet e t alio llio I 1 pulled stated and froal fly I raInIng both pou powers ers front froni maintaining war vessels 0 oa u tile treat lakes but bin there certainly Is in an agree inoel implied or that thai no naval ii ival force shall bo be permitted pern la ilk those water the now british ro eio cutters in alio llio of 0 united suto naval ex cx pork constitute a naval dorco boreo and it behooves ilia united suites states to be watch rot ul the uon lion J M ashley As liloy the preg president ident of this toledo is aai awi an arbor was member or five congresses front from 1858 to MIS mas governor Go vornor of 0 MOn montalba tAlla in anil and was also aliu al iu gover dover nor ot of ohio ll it wai wa lila ills son J SI II ash ah ley icy jr ir tile vico of tho the road who planned the coast construction ruction of ilia boils boats it il WM was a doci dodly original and bold idea to build a josol capable of carrying heavily cadei fr clil 1 l cars a c bosq the lakes tn lit the stormiest leath walli or cr and to hat hai 0 tile hont boat ot of such smith ind and character cha rictor that thai she bho would bo be easily convertible into a worship warship it was by no nn nn an afterthought on tile thu part pan of tho the junior ashley ashloc long heroin tile first boat was launched lio lie stated that ilia ann arbor xo no 11 1 could be used as a dospel and naval davill exports experts hano mr ashleys Ash leys judgment thus thua with this gent lemans i forethought and undo sam way may fl pl secure cure on oil tile like lake border As ii wi with lit cr car lorry ferry boats th llin 0 united states slates will havo have tile buclous of 0 a suitable fleet of 0 vessels which had they been baen intended exclusively for war purposes pur could not have been better desia designed ned to resist any on tho the part cc 0 t groat britain on the B B PIE C EN gItAl THOMAS tile gallant vermonter awarded a medal hedal of honor flonor tho war department recently recon lly awarded to the iho venerable veix bablo bri gad or geu oral thomas a medal ot of honor la in recognition I 1 P I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 0 I 1 1 I 1 t I 1 I 1 i I 1 i i in 1 H I 1 I 1 I 1 40 i I 1 I 1 it I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 awe I 1 CZ 71 the ann Alin arbor as a gunboat bont brilli merchant tho the liella lin lla and other 0 hsi seas that din bo bil tak Si by this bom erni nent tor for warlike pur poRel rho ilio binnian cloyd paris avid thild lila city of 0 now york como come under orr arr a n g c in c du w it I 1 c h at as I 1 a a 3 a w h a ra it I 1 I 1 c T were building tho the united states stalls government ern ment so BO tar far as Is known has not yet contracted with ilia iha toledo ann arbor company to use the latthers boats in the conlin contingency geney of 0 hostilities but bill tho the navy Dop artmont tent sent naval officers to inspect them with a low lew to their being utilized utilised in caso case of wr war they were bnell at tho yards ol 01 thecial the Cral cragg S lo building company of toledo ohio craig the iba founder arid and present iro sont head of 0 the ibo craig shipbuilding inz company pany was born in new york city in I 1 IM at the brea breaking klog out of the late lalo rebellion lie ho was engaged to rent rant anum a num ollila brilliant brillian army record particularly for distinguished conduct at ac the llie battle ot of cellar cedar crock creek october 10 1801 1834 stephen lil thomas was ft as born at Il othol vermont december coniber Dc C 1809 tilt ills i ia va 11 I 1 VI I 1 11 I 1 S 1 A f I 1 earlier years were spent at that place and indeed most ot of his bla life except too period ol of active service lias has boon been passed in ili ills native on november 13 isol lii he was appointed a colonel ni 0 ila iio entered tho ilia service of 0 his country at tho the ago of 0 53 being mus borod in january Jini iary 21 it in coure ot of tho the eighth vermont begin regiment on t agn oral thomas had over three years ot of hard and almost constant fightlin g and left tile the service august 24 IMS 1865 having been commissioned brigadier general tile tho previous february in ili 1867 8 lie ho was lieutenant governor ol of vermont and from 1870 to 1877 ho he was united states pension agent in 1377 general thomas thomaa left washington t on vt where ho he it had ad been living and moved to montpelier which Is still his home |