Show IN COMMISSION The new Kearfmrge has gone Into commission under command of Cnpt Folgcr a scientific ordnance ofllcer who will at once give the great Hhlp her first sea trial The Kcarsargc has superposed turretsone above the other and there Is a strong controversy contro-versy or at least difference of opinion among naval men as to their utility the one class claiming that the upper turret will make the ship lopheavy and that the concussion following the firing of the upper guns will be liable to kill the gunners In the flowqr turrctH the other class claiming that there will be no danger to the men below I that a ahlp of the size of the Kcarbarge will not be disturbed by the weight of the upper turret and guns and that the ship equipped as It Is can hurl a more destructive force against any craft or fort in front than any ship that was over launched The result of the trial la looked forward to by nayil onicers with the utmost Interest as 11 IB to determine de-termine a now and startling atalllnS experiment experi-ment nnd at the same time Bottle Llie Halle tho matter of how to build the new ships Speaking of the Kearsnrge I Is I only thirtysix yearn ago that the I Kcarsarge sunk the Alabama1 i A picture of the old and tho now Kbur1 I sargc would be an object lesson of the I progress made In the construction of warships and SUIt during those years One of wood of about HOD tone small oldfashioned sidelever engines and bollere carrying a pressure pf fifteen pounds and no armament suvo soma I oldfaHhloned and mal cannon The new Kcarsargc is twelve tlmea as I large built of steel with tripleexpan sion compound marine engines 1 > ollrs that carry 150 pounds of steam lighted by electricity with electric entflnen lbltet everywhere to do the i heavy work of ihe ship and guns all limo way from 1 lOU Rir rapidfire up 1 to 12i1lqi rl 1 MCH one shell from which would sink l n fehlp Ilkn thn old KVyirsnrKo lna L moment The first was an Inferior craft even In her day the new ship is more terriblf than any ship of any navy But the men behind the guns of the old Kearsarsrc there are no grander men now ships may be Improved Im-proved but there Is no Improvement over the men of 1SG1G1 I |