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Show " ANNUAL IMPORT Cf hfcrcurj nf Hie N."J Trarjt Sew Cunitmctlons nf lie Pail iritr. CUTIS AND1 ARMOR PIERCItlO pnoJccTiits. . Inc. rlH"l tnclitent.-Oiir Hlplo malic iinr Willi ('lillc Oilier llcmi. Itj-Taleirtr-tihittia stm. mil niiirN. tertiary or III lavr Trrj' Anneal I!. 11. Wabiiikutun, Dec. 0. Hccretaty of (he Navy 'I racy, In hit annual tepotl, tta-akt lint or Hip new construction un. dettiken ilutluic the past ytor. or this by far the moit Important la, hu tava, the protected cruiser No. 13, ol 75W) tons dlatlacement, and u filter ship to No. 12. The peculiar adven tagea of these twu cruisers consist lu their extraordinary coal endurance and their speed, In both cf which to siti Ihry havu im rqunl among thu large orulwre of tin world. Tim ho end veael In point of ilzu ai 1 Import mice U ttio harlwr defenao ram, of 110.10 too displacement, now lielng lulltby the Iltlh Iron Workt of Maine. I'm injialt for th construction of A torrcl i erul.or of 750 tous, authorized by Juno t), 1&90, tin Invited, but uo bid a received. On the armor quraHon tho tecretary note! tlio growth of lt mtaufetluro here, tic., the trial which have been fully re'-orled beforo In these dls. patches, etc. Tli tests, ho sayt, i inorofcoTi.ru than ever applied at foreign trials, an I llm remit were In tlio highest drgre tadtfailory. Ilacli of Iho ilx plates manufactured In Ihla country wan tupcrfor to th Kugllah comiund plate, while tlio nkkcl , Harieylzcil plate and high carbon nickel 1 1 tie weiu tuperlor toall foreign plates. Inder tholiead of ordnance, the re-report re-report aaya that 317 urj.iSAiutnrqciiau to arm tho vessels now In courso of construction. Of tbb number ISA are (oni letcd. Tho toil u made or tho fjur Inch rapid flru gun with succist-fui succist-fui rinull. The hurnber of heavy ruui wa Urgely Increa-ed during the pail liar and ehow niarkl Improvcmntit. 'riia mauufacturo of tllit.lich guua la In udvaLcu of tbo hlj ujioii Hlilch limy will ho placed. Tha ten.lni.il I'M lantononuhv' battery la uoni letrd and ptaceil on loard. Four ottiera am lea ly for tho" Ti rror," aud tho two for th "Monterey" will ihonly ! flu-Inhed. flu-Inhed. The first twvlvvluoh gun. A.1! calilie, la completed uud now at tho pruviMic r;roundi; throo moro are lu rouiMi of coiiktiuitlon. Tho forging! for tlio tube and Jacket or the fltat uf tho thirteen Inch cunt Intended for tho armament of hl of the "Indiana" data uro ccnipletrj. No alxtoonlncli pun An. lit psllrd liir In Ihnalma- menta of llm now alili. If th-y thotild lie found iletlruito tuo Run factory la ready to manufacture them, nnd n do alKii for Ihla caliber li completed, Mch, It la belleTt-J, lfro from tho hen ua d ficta Ihat rmaed tha failure of many gum of tlm larger! call! re. llroHti towdcr for Keueral rovlc uao lu the honey (-una coutltmea to Kteea oxntlleut reaulta. Thoronatlm )oitniit advauca during the year la tlio ih eclcpmi Dt ot tlm vmokilea owder Ium uted ly l'iofeaor Alonriu or tho IiaTAi tDlpeifo ktatlon, (ho reaulh ex-leidln ex-leidln tho untlclimtlout. With thar.ua of half (ho welcht of tlioio uic 1 with ordinary powdirt tho Telocity Teloc-ity Inert Ased nearly 200 feet h second, with noluireaxriof chimWr priaaure. The powder on.alna nu vouullo cou-rtltni':. cou-rtltni':. la, li not alluded by repiati-d lirnUuic for lour, periods, Is unlnjuit I ctpii by bolllnir In water. i(lTe liltU and regular Telocltlrs mKIi modirato and -ej,ularpriauri, and thin far hi thowu Ml tho tvmMHliU requlrementa tor a lilgh-ilaaa podir. Tlin arcio-arv arcio-arv alia (hut II Is sifo to say that IwllhtUDihort llinuths uio or orJIn-nryuuui'OWiler orJIn-nryuuui'OWiler will bo Ahaudonl In callbrea tf six Inchia aud lilow. Mention Is rnade or tho contract with Duponts for 60,093 pouuda of cun cotton. Tho caacltlea of lh kuii I'otton fjctory In (ho Torpedo station have be eu enlarged, and hi Ihls respoct tho nsoiircea of the f-ovornuntnt sum pie of hUh exploslvu (emmlultv) Is also touchud upon. Mention h made of tho nxperlmenlB with It and It Is atatod that tho poaillillltUa of these luvesllga thus point o oxtrAonllnary develop luiiiU In (ho near future. The firm manufacturing AHUUII I ICKCINU I'ltOJEOTILia Iist ruado IniproTemeuts and tho dlf-firrueclnlhe dlf-firrueclnlhe etTectlve force nf tho navy today, oomparud with tho situation situa-tion a oar ago, when It had no( n sin Kle prnjrclllo lhat could plerio modum armor, Is Inralculalle. The hopes held out 111 tho lut report, ofthe esUbllshnuut In tho United Ktates of a new process of minufaitur Inir forced steel shells, Iiuto been real, lie I, and a contract niacin with tho l.'ulktl Hfatsa rrojectllo Company of Ilrooklyo. As to torpedoes, tho atreoous tflorts nrihodejart'iient risulted In thu its lalillalunent by the HIIm Company ot Ilrooklyu nf u riant for Iho manufacture manufac-ture of Whitehead torpedoes lu this country, and the contract entered Into last May for one hundred 18-lncli tor-) tor-) udoes of the m?st ruceuttype. It la excttd that uucce-eml exirlmeuts M Ith the Howell lorpnlo will bo made soon, and the Hall lori-rdolsatproAch jug couiplullou. Tho throe 1'atrlck torpvdora onlered tlitee years ago hao In en delivered. Imirtant work lias beendouoln tho preparatlou for lauuclilnR tlio lul es and other details roiiueittd with the uso of torpedoes, and thupriseut ttalool the work It tucli as to Justify the belief that Uio torpedo oitrlle may Imi Installed ou our vetntla within n abort rlod, and that tho tori a Jo eiUlmeuta ot our navy will ision tijual. If iiotsurpaas,thosopoaatBHl by other nations. UN 1IIK OHDNACB U61 AlII.IBIlltrNIB, the iHicrotary rats that the Uovolop. ment of the Run factory hat contlnuod iliuluff theear, and many Improvt. Iiieuts ImVo lieen made, rlio Rrowlni; demands for tho uaval dofeiuo of the l'ocirio comt and thu great expense en lallud by tho tranitwilatlou of l,vy urdnanco In frelchti across tho con. tlnent, point to the thaolute imvaslty of -taill!ilif lo tho near future an crilnanni factory at tomo point In that , ni I lilirhcod, riuch Aiiittahllaliuient I should beiiiider theeuiral control of the war and navy departments, and do the work of loth. rim iaU (wohe months Imvo glvon lhoTielaof the navy SlUHU AOTIVr I Ul I.IA Ml'.NT than they Imvo seen fur many years, Ii-llli lu Ilia raclflc. Tho denund oil the fleet haa lx-ell lilinterotla anj tonstanu Tlio srtritlary details Ihn work of tho various vuwrls now lu coiiiDi (salon lilt. VAM'AIIAIlKI 1NCIDRNT. Coming down to tho nsa'ilt on llio "Ilaltliuoru" sii.ii In Valptraho, tho secretary details tho story, aa It haa al-leady al-leady lion told In this country, nnd aaysibat tho sailors thirln," tho nttaik wc(o without arms, nnd, therefore, tie-fin-rltn. Of Iho men airesteil and exnmlu-dt all wero discharged, there lelng uoiroof ofnny violation of the pctri'on their I art. A JuJIclii invettl-cation invettl-cation lillo tho conduct of the men fallod to show a lncle ono found drunk or disorderly. It la dear lint their only oflenae lay In weirliifr the uniform of Iho country to which thuy bilongod. Whttheriliu attacks Uon tho "lUItltnore" teamen wero recou. celtd or not, their real caue tan only bo found In the bitter bottlllty of tho Chileans towards tho United Htales. The feelluir Is largely due tu Die (the and mtllLtulis accusations which had Imeu ut forth at Iiiul'iUtf, and later at Valparaiso, In refrreuco lo tho action oftho Unllril Htatrs durlnx thu ) ru- frest of the revolutlan. It It iIjo to ho navy to atato th-it rarfrom havlnsitlvrncauao for such feeling, lit conduct under tho Inttructiont of thu department In every reapect has been lair, Just and temperate. Tho secretary then gives A copy of tho urrrin uf iNsmucTiuNS sent March :ttli last, to admiral Mc-Cariu, Mc-Cariu, and afterwarJs te Admiral llrown, aftsr rrrelvln throuli the Htate Depirtment udTlcen from Hal tnart-da's goTcrnuient re retentstleo lu Washlngt'iu of tlm resulmr n dlvla-lou dlvla-lou or tho Chlleiii navy, declaring It outlawed! ote This lXTTEKiUr I.VSTKl'OTIUIt declared lu pari: Thu Insurgent via. te). Although outlawed by tho Chilean Ruvernmtnt, are not pirates, tiuUu-t committing acts of plrjc). Obtirvu ttrht neutrality, take no sirt In thu troublus further thtn to protect Amerl can InterttU, tat.u whatovnr nieAiiirea that aro neieasary to pmvi nt Injury by tho Insurgent vessels t tho llvttor proirty of American citizens, In-cluJIug In-cluJIug thu American telegraph cables, endenlorlng to delay l-ombard-ment by the Ins irfeuta until American citizens and their proferty nru ro-movid, ro-movid, uslnicforcu lr neces-ary, only at a lat resort and when serious Injury In-jury Is threitcnod. American vessel eelzexl by the Inslirgen'wlthout title factory coiupensalion, aro liable to be recovered forcibly, tail you about 1 In vestlgato iho matter fully before tahlog xlruue roiaaurta, slid na-i evwr pre caution to avoid tuch measures tf Pot llhle: Thu liiatrurtlout coutlnue At much length to define the course to t- pur tuel by tin Admirals, unlarln on thn points mentioned above. Aa to tho granting of uiylunilo political po-litical rerugces, tlieTualructlous aaji Iho obligation to receive political refuge! ami atlord them asylum Is lu general ono of pure humanity. It shiiild not bo continued btioud tho urgent necessities of lUesltuattuu Aud bhouM In no iaio buconie the meuni w hereby Ihu plAiit of thu contomllug fiicttona or their leadera nro facilitate 1. Vrui are not loluvlteorencouragwtuch refuguea to com on board your ship, but, should they apply to you, your nciloua will be governed by consldera tlom ot humanity nnd the t xlgsiuh a of tho. tMlc- upon which tcju are engaged. en-gaged. When, howortr, n Mlltloal refujeo litt embarked, In the territory of a third jower,on board ou American ship as a pastuger for purKsetof Innocent In-nocent transit, and It apt tars upnu tlio entry of such ship Into the lerrlbirlst waters that lilsiifo Islndangtr, It la your duty to extuud to htiu an otfor of asylum. hit losing thu Instructions styt Innll casvtwhorolt becomes neces-airy neces-airy to takn fotclblo uieasures, rorco will only to uud as A lift resoit, uud (hen only to the extent necuusry tu effect ef-fect tho object In vlow. Tlit-au Instructions, eaya (bo report, which weru prepared In the navy do partment, an 1 1 arofully considered by thu Cabinet, allow com lutlvely that It was directed lo preserve uu attitude of abinlulu fAIKNIJil Attl) IIM'AUIIALtrV. Ill tin so lustriicllous the Impllrl as sumption by tho Chilean guvtrumuut, that the lusurgeot vestelt should be regarded at outlaws, was repudiated andslrlot neutrality wot oommauded. Ho careful wai thu derailment to prevent pre-vent any orroueout conclusion that might be drawn by tho ofllcers aa to thelharacter of thest vestels, that It expressly ruvlsed and torrccted Its regulation for Iho treatment of a 111 pi of war ailing without a regular commission. com-mission. TUCCI11M1 UN TUB "1TATA" INCI UK-ST, the tocretary quotes the letter of l'orelgn Hacretary Krrazurlx of the Chilean Junta to Admiral llrou or MsylSth, tlvodaysafter tho "Ilata" sliipod away, ileplollug tho action orthu vitsel, aud saying that she Mould be given up upon hor arrival, with her cargo. "It was thus," says tlm report, re-port, "lhat the 1'iul'iue government Itsilf, which, wlthlu tivu days oftho ocurrvnte, distTowtd the act of thu "llta"aud stated Its lutentlou to put her with the aruit tho hal taseu on board, at tho disposition of thu Unite 1 Htalu. A wantnf clearuest In refer euto lo the arms to bo restored 1 f (o a brief correspondence, and as soon aa this point was sidled, no tlmu waalottby the Navy department In roToklng tho "Charleston" ordera. A niftaagu from Admiral llrowu to Honor i:rrtzurltexrretaed the grallll cation of the United Bute govern-mental govern-mental Icirnlag that tbcao for whom the "lluta" acted disapproved of lirr conduct. Tlio secretary toucbet briefly ou tbo lucldtnt of tho cutting and spllolngof IKK AllrlllCAN COMPANY'S CAm.lt, which was lu noway the act of tho United Hlatet government, but of thu cablvcomany. IttferrlDg to the vWl "f Admiral llrowu to (lulnteiuoa llay, about wlilcli tin Ulillenns hove mndo so muoli ro-nplalul, the eeiretsry says! "How illtielhelewaalnlliis Incident lojusilly dm extraordluiry nssoola-tloti nssoola-tloti thit hat been mide In regard to It a pears from the reirl of Admiral Hrown." Inclosluililsrevlewof the Chilean affair, the secretary aajs In lrt. "It a I't-ars, Iheretire, Hint lu none ot the imlute enututmtcd, was tlitro any ground of offense given by the i avy lo any K-rson, ittv or governmint thou existing In Chile; nor was any tsslst-ancuorenoourtaeinent tsslst-ancuorenoourtaeinent of any kind reuderid tu whit wns nt that time recognized by all tlm world r In fsct Rovemniontof the oountry ttt Ills lmNislble la account ror the sellia of outrages urpittateil ml lb crew of Iho lialllinore'on any otliir supiwiillon than tint those who concerted them wtrn Intluviiiml by tho calumnlei which have be. li actlvily clnulalod, nnd lint they wire aldtd and abettel by the pollen guar I, which should hive suj pressed them., ll.-ITIIElNCIlCA5i:oi IIIK.NAW, the sccielary sayt that thu old wooden ships liai pracllcall passed out of t listener. The sole reliance of tbo country today fur the prcticlloii of lis olNifed seaboard, Is the new fletl. This la developing satisfactorily, and theim "itliuceM continuing this dt Veloi mi lit Is dwelt upon. rite rapid exttu Ion of uur comintr cial relations bat doubled th Import anin of our Interest-, eslieclally In tho raclflc. It was said a few jiArsogoby n keen foreign ottcrTer: "Someday or other there will Mi a great rivalry of three or four na1' ma In thu I'acllio for the romne-rce of those seas. An! thu country whkh has cultlvtl. d Its itriligth with A view tolhattontlii goncy will carry oil" Iho chief part ot Hut price." Tlm rivalry luia already iHgunaiid ilntareevldcnt uu ever) hand or sharp couiielltlnu. In thla umerueut naval asceudoucy plara u largo psru Iho secret iry ssj a that even when th present authorized diet Is completed to protect sillier sea. board will liivolvo thu stripping of the other at u critical moment. If the MliAra,m canal weru completed, thu ttmtolo situation won 1.1 be largely modified. i"ho press of the country, rei resenting thn people, stye tho icero lory, does not believe that cltht llkn Hati I'ranclsco, riealllo AtidiacuuiA tlui'lld bo upell to thu attack of A third-rale power, wlioo lil, by u tuddminovenuut, nuy enforce con-trihullons con-trihullons that wouU imy lu advauce tliuexicnsorif a war. if any onnho-IIotim onnho-IIotim such rapidity uf innv. scntpos. t'.hlc, let him Ice ill thuclicuiust'iuies under which the ". labia" ap (wared lu Aptll lost, without warning, close to Ihn I'lliforulan coast, sending on Ibe "ltata" 1 1 Dan Diego. Aa ll'.llo doit public U InlDIl te)lov tliat cuu menial eeaporuuf thu gull andAinn-tlcthiuldln andAinn-tlcthiuldln unprutecttal from attack by any uatlju, whoso fortlflcd batlsira and fully e.Ulp-ed naval diok yards arawlUilnlorti-eight boura of aie-.ru lug. Ills crroneoui to sunsno that IhoafaooastHlatet almo havu a direct Intircst In the instil r. 1111! 1-HUUlKKIlV tlK THK IVJlOLl. I.STRIIIUU dopoiidsuponthounlnturruptediupply of thu demands of u foreign insikei. Ily a blockade of of tlio griat outlets, the gnat Induitry of tho Interior would lo ptialjzed. Tho seen tary goes Into on Arutnent roran Increnstof thu navy and coast defenses nt length. Hourg a tho con structian of fniiri ship ot tho type of the "Indiana" battleship, ami sayt that they are lilUoubtedly the Iuoht powirful t lenient of rotit!oii this tountr can possias. In rtgard toonllalbd mon, tho secretary secre-tary n commends tliat the nuinbi r of apprentice ho tuorcaeed from 75) to 1C0J. From emergencies a four-year term of enlistment should bo atopted. Other reooumeudatloui of lat i car are renewed. TIIK .1AVAI. MIUTIA It prosreaslng well am now comprises atl clllcleftt orgnultad fcrco of 1100 men, dbtrlbutedjnelx Ma tea. Other Btateswlll esttbllsii organlzlloua at nou as Authorized by jhelrlcglslaturis. 'Iho movcmLiit, ty th aecrttsry, shoiilJ be aided lu every way. Thu recommendation fqr the consolidation of thu revenue marine service Willi the navy Isrouencd. |