| Show Nt cnNr iii7NSI 1Str 0 01 the Mool Ierlot r Unlit to he Ueoo t Uce New York June 3A special to tho Tribune from Washington nAn n-An even dozen In the preponderating figure In the designs Just practically completed by Chief Constructor Hlch born for the four renal defoosovescels nuthorlz In the latst naval apro 1t1allon bill Those vesel Ia are to boa tlt mot levorroostrue trd foe heir particular purpose and Iwll Include In-clude mny novel iboa In modent naval arebli rotary Under the provisions of he bill their cost excluding nrmamenl lIe limited to SI2SOOOO each They will hve 12 knots speed 12 feet draught 2Inch barbettes 12Inch Hlchborn Inclined In-clined turrets > llncli guns 12Inch armor ar-mor nnd each of their taI screws wIll toe driven by 1200 horsepower engines Their displacement will be Just twice 0CM tons The guns wll be mounted In pairs In turrets ilaced a little forward of the I mldshlp rrotlon and will he an arc of lire of 300 degrees which 19 unequalled un-equalled In any vessel of the navy The turrets will be the first constructed with Inclined surfaces which are cat misled to deflect them Tile hulls wll have three feet freeboard covered with armor nnd the englnen will be more thoroughly protected than those of anv battleship afloat The chief objection to exlslng monl ore the lack of berthing capacil for the men will be obviated on these seat ieli by a inpreehmoo i tame on deck ex tending tho turret to within a few fet i of the stern In which the men will 100 In lime of pellc i In aotlonnnetrdle I 1 ulal hrm will be done If this Is I hot away by Ih oonrcnaa 01ron000snoaf rite recta I that a w1ll be below dck workln the chlfo It Is epeted that SI oveovr mole will be bgun In a few I weeks nod romlolotrdln twelve months I To Tet ole tlull New lorlt Juno 3Th nay depart I mnt nuhib mak un cxhausllve host Ilals wek at the Indian Head roving ground of an autol1Ullic nepoundel nIb said to he ujaWc of firing HO shot a mInnIe cape the Wi shlngti corrpondnt of the Tribune Thc hrmendoaa advantare to the gained by such n apon may bo appreciated sotaen It Is aid that the best guns now In the naval service capable of Hiring Hir-ing onepound projectiles are operted with well drilled crews at a upccd ner exceeding 15 to 20 shots a minute and i at that rate for a very brief period The terrific effects on light annor of such a gun tan hardly be overestimated overesti-mated cspeclollv In action against torpedo tor-pedo boats which would be rendered altogether useless In the daytln and perhaps 0 night If a vigilant watch 0 0 malnlalnlll against th rebate a Iorrenh Tile err clive range of a torpc do Ic I neareely hull a mil and conires a tocdo boot cn approach wIlMa Ihnt dlnnCe of a bntllHhlp or OUII object of attack Its rescnce may be practically Ignored ylectlleH from a oteImonder howovor can pentrale any armor It hoe et been feacliole to plume on torpdo dtroyrs and a gun that ran threw over B hundl1 one Ioullli shU llthln a mlnuto would nn nlhilot 000yeu llln > torpedo heat bo fore It could nter the halt mile rIms cle icniriila ofllii Piirlllc Saiiiilron New York June 3A special 1 to the Tribune from Washington sa > s Hear Admiral Miller I commanding the Paclllc station who In lAte oJicnce of a flagship for the lost four months wu under Ute necculty of njlng his ling from the start of a i nonolulu hotel and who afterwards was Ompelled to transfer It to San brace lam In an ef fOrt to plce It auc000enays I veusel In order to comlly with the naval rog ulatlo Which roqulre him tb he at least InactIvely aUollt In order to fr uweeo pay has at last noone all the flsn commission stenmcr Albatro for that purpose and for tho first 11111 In Its history the navy deportment hs had to go out of the regulir service to find a lligahlp nlnlkld has been the effect of the 1 Philippine I he p cxpodltlo on p7r Pacific coast naval affaln I in the course of a month the admiral will be able to utilize the Phllidetihla as his llngshlp Irrnporallly at least If that visert Is I nt Immediately ordered or-dered to Asiatic waters IntrucUan have gon fur ward to Admlrnl Mtller to secure tho Immdlato rel1lm of sloe gunboat lInnlnwn rom lInoulu In order rhaut cIte may oe oVCrIl1lUJ at Mare UInll nvy yard prior to her permanent assignment assign-ment to duty In the Philippines Uvery effort will he made lo have her ready to convoy the third lImo of transports currying troops to < Jneral Irltl department She Js I eolnc ed at Han Pr aneteco anal shlmld be ready to sail a week later In 1k eneuo itlme the 2cfotubonoy will get assay and Jend a week at llano lulu to be In turn relIeved there by the Monadnock in order that tho Jre enc of American warships In Hawaiian Hawaii-an waters may be practlcilli continuous contin-uous the Idea being that the Phlladel Ihla will remain there succeeding ala months Spall 11 < Cncea London June 3The Blandard Madrid correspond sepal At tudys rhursdnj cabinet coullell thee lUtn regllt pretldlog the-e Alma ovor dc Hlo foreign mlnlsti re orted that all the cublm vvera v olklng In tho Antilles Atdlspatch wi oat end sncrtlng that Admiral Cervcr wo dIll ut Santiago Setior Baga de lied the story of a night attempt by lIon torpedo boats against the Amerl clln i neet It rumored I that CnpL Aunon min baler of marIne hs rechI a 1I1tch 0 Onvemt bog the state of Admiral Urn eras ships which has not been com munlented to the Ireu then Correa minister of war soldl There la no doubt whatever Hint Ad mlral Cerveras squadron Is I at Santiago Santi-ago Although It Is I not knunn there I no doubt that Admiral Ceerli I as on the Crlslobal Cololl atreltoeto d In prlvto dlsllItche The dlslatch from nen nranholnt onlv news 1 reedy pUbllhed bInd l the ttlk boen rtneod tOrn manco would doubUo hae leolld th oam n un nmn rno 141 london June 2A letter recelveol here from Paris says conslderliblo luanUtie of large I and small ammunl lion aro trovenac log Sloe 1lonecs from Imnc Into paln and that titer ls I no ttempt to stop the trodlie ron lur oluole W < 1811Inl < ton Jane hnntor Taulk nor hoday Irntodnced a bill auhorlolng Oh sterno nary of war to awolnt tlO main to oach reglmont of volun terms Their duty ls I p eoacm bed as follows To mend dan waoh thc clolhln ancl sce tn the sanltal condition 01 the men of Ihe Irmenioe vttcO commanI The bill provIdes that the jatron must be between She ngr of 23 and It and of gnoot menal etooaaotee Oacoahar Faulkner explained that the bill wn I Introduced at the request of a number ot worthy ladles |
