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Show How rapidly Iho now United Staloa navy Is grow lu j can bo ju Igc-J from tho number of first clus new warshli-s which this country conld bllo ready for action lu a menth's tlmo In casoof war with Chill, Altogether thcro ars llvo already In I'aclllo wnlcrs. They nro tho San franclsco, tho lultlmore, tho Yorktown, tho Iloston anl Ih) Charleston. Tho old wooden ships Yan-Ho Yan-Ho n,nl lUtex can bo added, making even In all. Intwomuiths this number num-ber could bo Increased by Admiral Walker's tnuadroti of evolution, consisting consist-ing of tho flagship Chicago, tho New ark, tho llennlngtou and tho Atlsntai nnd in addition Admiral (Jherardl's round-rou round-rou In tho We.t Indies, the lino cruisers Concord and Philadelphia, and tho old woodsn tldp Kearssrgo, All thcts vessels ves-sels oxcept tho evooCen shlpa named uia of His approved now steel naval vessel 1 utteru. |