| Show OUR NAVY the wires say eay that tho the chinese viceroy and his suite bulto were greatly interested in tho the war fleet which saluted them oft off new york harbor the new york surl sun has an interesting account ot of that fleet fiech it has baa just juat come in from I 1 its is annual anva I 1 cruise tile tho following are arc some soma or of tho the ships or of thu the peel the double tur rot ret monitor the ilia cruisers cl cincinnati I 1 ll 11 raleigh mcw newark ark and columbia the battleship andt units ana tile the flagship new york the battleships massachusetts texas and malno the ra ram ill 41 ICat abdin and th ahr double turret monitor terror they had a great erect target practice at sea and they in line column echelon and double echelon tile the officers rr purt port that the concus slon blon ot of the great areat guns was waa something tar rifle to give an idea of 0 it the 2000 pound anchor ot of tile In Ind liina unbent from the cable mas blo blown 1 I 1 from 7 the port liow bow thirty feet into the air by the hie shook shock cause caused d by tho the discharge ot of the thirteen inch sun gun brad ahead at a triangular canvas fargot fared set in the tat get mas about flye dve feet high and fifteen feet beet wide at the ilia base the ships in the squadron raised passed and re passed at a distance a 0 about 1 2000 yards running about eleven knots tho the now new yorks york led the way and fired first her forward battery then the waist battery and finally from the guns of oc her after division ivery every shot elicit would have lilt a ship the indiana followed the tha new york tori and ahen the blie lot let go eo her main battery she fairly shook the sea the concussion made the men at the great rifles temporarily leaf deaf the nitre ditre from the powder blistered their faces powder grains more than one rich in thickness dropped on oil the decks every vessel asset assel was cleared tor for action before pam ing the target tho the blabs were nere in tile same condi condition tiou they would be it cn nc in actual battle most of tile shots of the indiana In dianas struck so near the that it if it had been a foot ship there would not have bee been 11 a ealise ot of the ship ngoat the rifles used on the indiana and massachusetts are the biggest used by uncle sams warriors afloat or ashore ashor a and their racket is unapproachable the law tot it an aej indiana missed tile tho target the raleigh Ilal elgh which followed allowed oll owed the indiana demolished the target at the first fire and holds the record tor for gunnery not only in our navy but among all tile the warships of tile lv a ld rear ilear admiral bunco signaled tile tho raleigh to put out a new targets target which aich the she did and ana sit all th the ships passed and roared at it four times the signal at train from the flagship well lvell done raleigh was displayed several tunes times from the main battery thota were fired within eight minutes the next day front from every ship of oc the squadron a life buoy depre seating a manawas was th thrown rOII into intal tho the and ami tile signal given man ian 0 board ocic lie slowed down and finally stopped and lifeboats life lire boats were ivere swung down lit in a hurry tile the raleigh men inen beat the test lest in this trial also their lifeboat life ike boat bout went nent down dovin first and they ila had the suppositions man aboard before any other boat the cincinnati was tile hie first to report ac secure cure 1 meaning I an ini that their lifeboat life ike boat boal was b back ack and on the chocks but the raleigh boat was ahead ot of them and would have lad ilia credit had not the officer 0 of oc the deck failed to signal secure until two minutes after tile the boat was aboard tile the final test was mas for torpedo patio practice buoys acio placed a short ships lingtai a part apart find ani at a speed ot of esix i t nine aud and oleen knots caeli ship banged away X w till her torpedoes the target was waa yards from the MAP ali and each ship lad had three shots at it avry torpedo did not between the buoy but every one would have lave lilt hit an all ordinary warship the united states la Is getting a large beginning bab tor for a navy |
