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Show Dill , H The Wo.den 1e..ele ! III. appear- ; j H Inn auel tr..el. I.eqiilre.1. t I M WAtiilNUTu.t, Deo, 1. Commodore , C H WHhii, Chief of the Uuroau of Con I f B ttniillon, luhlttnnual reiairt, reevm- I meuJe that the "(lalrna" bo old, ai I MH tho la uirteia to the government and u ( I ,BJ iourcoftxnie. HJ Touching tho old woodtn navy, the ) rrortaa)t: " The veimti are rapidly t I illiappearlngfroraacilveeervlce, Only " i ,JHJ twelve aro now available for cruiilug ItwJ purputea, aud they, wllhln Ave or tlx ! 1BJ yeara, will be muttered out." 1 Concerning tbe now contlructlon t , I thertiortttkiuf the uiofulneee of i thu toriilo vrukert audi it engaged and rank the "lllanco J.ncalada" In I the Chilean war; and, after recounting ' C the fact that the department It u utile I 1 to eecuru bldi fur the romtructlnu of a tuchaveiitlviltlilu thellmllt ef the i approj rittlon of the lait Congrcat, I jj reeiumua'ida that Ihu appropriation be 1 I K limited to toi:,000. At thla price a I voirlof TSO tout may In obtained, f i I i cajiable of running twenty-three knola H J an hour and keeling at lea. J i ' . 1 Htma la laid ujiou the tlgnltlcance v of the contract made for the ! ' conitructlon of Inrpi-Jo beat No, 2 with I . thu Iowa Iron Worki, at It Indicate I I tlte l.etlblllty ef building theae valu. ( ! ablecrafla at iafo Inland point. Tho ( report itatat that contraott have at ', ) j nady Iveu made for 11,211) torn ot the j ? 13.0W tout of armor icuulred for th I I vruelt now building. i , f J Attention It called lo the fact that I j 1 with the advent nt uioJern iteel vol. , 1 tela eiomet a reeling necrtilty for a . 1 large lucrtaae lu the machine depart- I I I ineuttef Ihe navy yardi to make un i . avoldtble rcpalii. To tlilt end appro- I irltllouaara rerommendeil of fin.OuO . for the Fottimouth navy yard, i H.OOi) J t for Ltaguolalandtlf.ooo for Norfolk ( i aud J100.000 for Male liland. 1 Ijeiilug tho o rlunlty afforded by , tliuufoituuateexrlrucuof ouriteel i I t mlicrt In Chilean watert, the rrport tieattat length of Ihe uecteilty for t I ttrtnglheulng tbu bottom of eteaiu veeMlf Ilia) t Iho lmiorlahcu of Iho i j piteervatton of the bottom! of itetl 1 I A vielt from corroilcn and fouling cau v 1 hardly bt evtreitluated, and It con . ' ' tlnuafly eiupliulied by rrporla of loat j -V uf iitrdandlucrtatedcon-uiuptlonof , A cval ttreirrd Iroru our new un 1 J, thtatbed tteel venelt now la iMmmlt i( Uiileii wear willing to admit tlut I i SL theroleof ourcrulnrilu time of war f tATMT abtllbeentlrrlyroulliirdtocrulirriuf t' tbtituuratlou in the neighborhood of I I VB our on n rtt, It would appear that I I " , tiny aruuetlcieut tna moil laiortant I ' .aH iitialll),uamely,tbuabllltytomalatalu 1 nblgbiltedatteaforlovg period! of : time. Itefereece It mtdu tu vtluatdu r 1 ImBtefl elttaliearlngoii thlt tubjret eolircted y VeSJ by naval Couilruetor lllchburn, and I 11 an earnett nromutendutlou It made I I ffH that Congrcti adopt hit concluilotit, f rt VI ummarltedaifullowil i, l'lril All cruklng vriarlt Intended , I iPB for general ictvlco Ju foreign water I , mU tbould be ibetted, If above 10OO tout f MM Uliplacemunt. 1 V, S riwtind NcMtlt of Im than 1000 ' B'a tout dkplaceiueut.lntinded for general j Bv airvkeat gunboati.etc, eboulu be of H comitjilte evuitrtictlon,vts.t With eleel Xranilng, wood Inilde, plinklng and ' coiiperihralhlng. ; bljureiateglleukilbow tbatuitat j Hftt I Hflff J ) I i Britain hua.loi led three Ideta In new Kt ', conttructlon, that T5 percent of III" IW i ! to boelwathed, and that allot the nun KmLt 5 Inula laillt since las are or roinpotlto HJ I , cnu.tructlon, emMIng Ihera to keep T . I ' ,t rra (or lane periods without dock- |
