Show HOLLAND SUBMARIN P TERROR It is Now Property of the United States and is a Prize Indeed Washington D C May lSThp United States has just acquired I through purchase the most formidable war vessel according to experts which ever ploughed tile salt seas Some months ago the Holland torpedo Boat company brought to Washington a little vessel whIch had been talked of In every newspaper in the United States almost and which was looked upon during the early days of the war with Spain as a hkelyiobe Important factor in that contcHL The vessel was tile submarine torpedoboat Holland For xveeks pas two yachts have been lying HI the wharf in the navy yard prepared at all times lo make a trip down the Potomac as far ax Alexandria Alexan-dria where an exhibition of the powers and proxvcfs of the Holland would be demonstrated at any time Members Mem-bers of the Cabinet members of the Senate members of the House army otjicers navy officers Justices of the Supreme courl officials of every degree de-gree and peopie without official title were taken to the exhibition and every pared by his aid Lieut H H Caldxxoll upon the recent tests of the boat He was aboard the little craft during her porformances The fact that Admiral Doxvey Indorsed thc report probably had a great deal lo do with Us subsequent sub-sequent purchase by the navy Lleui Caldxvell expresses the belief that a doimninrd onemy with a submarine boat of the Holland type could have made Impossible the occupation of Manila Ma-nila bay by h Dfxxviys uiuadion In his report Mr Caldxvell says Throughout the performances there was no accident nr hitch of any sort and the ease xvlth xxhieh either part of the mechanism was manipulated was parllculorly improssixe I 1 Each member of the crexv had a special spe-cial station when he remained during the runs Although these men ver all l highly sklllfd and showed a confidence due to their long service In the boat I think time duties could be easily performed per-formed by the petty officers of the naxy after a short trial The boat did not roll she only pllched slightly at the time of diving and she righted Im flt 3 R if J II y Afl It M 1 ff1P1r thilf IJf Ji L 7i77 ibtVf TJ VfrSfi I onf llp Oi J SttttiWteS t I W44 3 0 J l r I l1mtIl If4 i ol E j L 7 a J Ar L X JS 71 Z = r I f I Il 1 f L to r 1 > i UIIJIj = ol I i UIllIllllUI UrM Ir j = 1 S tW r k l II IU rJ 1j Ii 1 I r a rl to r > > J I IlilV rrI iffII F 7wJt 1I11fTRjl rJJP I t = o s I i < J r u l v W I 2rOj 3i Itt f m lt d f = d11 xi f I f J h l t 1 ff Jil vf n The Holland on the Dock one agreed after seeing what the Holland Hol-land can do In the way of existing under water that at last thc problem of submarirp navigation first dreamed of by Jules Verne in his novpl Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea had been solved After nearly every official of the Navy department had witnessed the contest and after Admiral Dewey had made a report on the vi IIltCi 1 tho Gn ernment has bought her for Slr0000 unu has ordered two more of si similar typo with some Improvements Tin Holland can go fifteen miles on the surface of I the ater without renewing hor supply of gasoline She can run forty knots I under water without coming to the surface and there Is enough compressed com-pressed air In her tanks to supply acre a-cre with fresh air for thirty hours The little terror of the seas can dive to the depth of twenty feet In eight seconds and can stay at sea in an emergency for a week The Holland mediately after attaining the required depth The torpedo was discharged with the greatest ease Only a slight shock was felt when the torpedo was firedTho Tho Captain gave orders to the engineer en-gineer by i the ordinary method of bells and to the torpedo men and pumpmen by word of mouth Tbr loud noise made by the gearing of the propelling engine sit all times when under way made It necessary for the word to be I passed by several men but at no time was there the slightest confusion or hesitation in obeying orders When submerged the boat was kept at the chosen depth without any dim culty by means nf the horizontal rudder rud-der The evenness of the immersion was well shown by the depth gauges but must also have been apparent from the other vessels from thc positions of the flags It Is worthy of note that from the 1 t I 7 j = 0 = I = > = j c = = rJ I J 5 I J1 = = LIl g IIfm 1 7t o = = c E = 1 i1 ofJJr1 J > 0 v s 1ln J S z Frti 7T0Ja C 0 > 0Ja a it 6 4 J 1 o po kc i = S O o = V I = C L a 4r im = The Beginning of the Dive Is In othei words n torpedo with human hu-man brains Inside of her She Is flightly I over fiftyfour feet In length and some ten feet In diameter and her I displacement when fully submerged la seventyfive tons Her armament consists con-sists of an expulsion tube and three Whltehead torpedoes and with ibis supply she can destroy three of the largest vessels of any mty in the world and what Is more to the point when properly officered and manned the Holland would be absolutely safe I from tin guns of any vessel which she might attack Admiral Dewey some time ago sent to Representative Foss acting chairman chair-man of thc Committee on Naval Af fairs of the House a memorandum pre r I first immersion the water as seen iluougn me ueaaiigim v ua cntiiciy I opaque ana ui me maximum aoinn itS t nj auiiusL IJIUCK juurnig tile neany three nours i e were m me ooac tile I an was exceeairijiy sveet Another vessel UL somewhat similar I type l known as the Plunger Is being II constructed at the yards of the Trlggs i ShipBuilding company in Richmond I and will shortly be added to the navy I as a sort of sister ship to the Ilof land With these two powerful submarine sub-marine vessels In commission the United States will be supplied > as no other navy In the world Is equipped for offensive warfare against a hostile fleet C A HAMILTON I I 7 > 0 J 10 c1 jJi eo f c o J i t = oQ I < j = l f to = v = Z e r S 4 = Zt n t7 j 5 5 = 5 1 = r J co iZ J 4 11 = = r i C J C k t L z = 1 i L i Thc Holland Entl rely Submerged |