| Show i THE CRUiSER BROOKLYN IN A BATTLE 1 in is How the Powerful Armorcad Manipu an lated Dangers and Difficulties and lot lift an Methods rf Overcoming Them Ir l EVERY EMERGENCY ch lot f GUARDED AGAINST 9 9jT jTit We i tCeprrtiht inti A battlwhlp or crulfcr In her bratill for white cant of paint with touch of or chrome about the mail Vtafi nnJ rJge a ol the woodwork the forecast I late and covering iwllihcd till they glem 0 like gold In the sunshine only I the Milk 4 tiles of her Nunn I protruding llghlly 416 l ei moil coyly from porthole or mounted tn bnrbelle Is I a thin of beiuity sell 1 their swinging al her anchor chains or It dishonor ahead through the water If which life Propeller churn Into foam 01 tT 4 the dim Hut In day ol battle when T the while color had been chatered to It if dull lead Hint oon look grimy and ci gives her the appearance of a Rolled ft dove with gun staring at length from t will I open exits the holiday attire strip If post from her the make a forbidding 1 and omlnou picture In lime of actual t TAX cement she seems 10 bo nothing I more than a metal I hull 1 that has been It converted Into 1 a dMlh I dealing Iniliu I I men In work havoc and destruction upon up-on then end regard as antagonize The Cove has been metamorphosed Into a vullurt The genial crew are mm and rtlentlei apparently Inspired with a murderou fury As they light this gl antic machine of nr 10 sweep assay all that obstructs their Passage or Mew I and even with Refining wanton cruelty to Pounces upon a helpless adversary The latttr however is I only Hit poet I Ir The drum boats 10 quartets The NMliwnln whistle ties Its meanIng mean-Ing Kvemhlng movable on Hit upper dk Is I placed wlihln the tontine of Ih buhalke IIr boosted In twist dits I titillated romi > artmenl The captain mount Into the conning tower and wllh him Iht eitcullve oltlcrr and the nol gator and Perhaps a oman gunner In this Heel cage about six 1 feel In diameter di-ameter are the wheel n signal board marking the lube and an electric button but-ton or 10 by which the captain may hoot a torpedo If he desired The corn minding oncer may remain In here during ties Ultle and deer the ship with his own hand ur like Dewey he may stand out on the Irld In front a target for all the enemy ihlnn Ham of the men tailor and ma Cones art poled In the lighting top with their fUlllni and rifle Other the great majority In I fartare shelter ed In the forward and after turret with the big gum In charge of a lieutenant or lieutenant commander The hatch u are screwed down send about the I I magazine active rcparulhm 1 art male for Hit coming oomtul Hoeme of gun powder world diritmlle I and patkugr ul gun eullcn wllh pile of willIbe I and out Ir rujtcilln hue been emitted up the liatchnay There Is I im longer a line ton t-on emending from file gun lo t lose rivagazine ready lu rolv order 1 for further nlIIunlllon unit execute IIwIII Alth great celerll n > there wood In I th days of the told frlgult Machinery ut learn und hydraullt niolUt power fur retail the obtlio nnd even fire the gun There ar till howtter tucket Or water for Iht wahbtng of the gun and tn mop away grime 1 powder And wMlhir blood Thco are regularly iluied In certain wltlon while every IMII und sanest has him dlilliul plait and duly to perform Julilly they all commit Ihe Planet for firing from the inrniuandlng officer whn had through his commiinkatlng lube ordered engine tu Iw 1 tbmed down or thi > PM I In lit I ImrcuKd ni lull the emergency Iiown In I th very bowel ot ties hip unler the glare 1 of He lrlo rights else eiutlniwra the lire men the nloker send Hit bum chnnera are all hard al t work wllh Mill knnl Iduo J of thai may be going on ubote towns unlni I an etphullng shelf r < urhe thi hum mighty lung dlwirraiiglnit the machinery or on I Inch projectile Ilk itself if Itowe I a past I letter ul Ma nllla bring death ur overwhelming de iiriuiion to them oiherwlai 1 the fact 1 nf victory la own shouted to them anti then they com up Into ties light ol day ta rejoice wih their comrade true nf the buttl who can tell The uhlp 10 I teaming along In I an Irregular ullliKM perhapa In lonimlrln vilvIcia I pouting n broadMe from the port ai ih cot by at ih > fort fortiniatloni or hip and then after puttlnc flat balm d Inn hard either to the light or left thundering a alarboard broadside at tht enemy The Coca In the forward ur All er turret See continually Showering hot and short Inln their antagonists while from the flihtlnit a Counterclaim never nev-er reaiinx enniadlng fire In I going on for while the men up Inert carv nothing for the points or flat offerings Old Ising minx of Hit mail at the nanhlp roll dlMtinrerli their aim at time and tilde 1 I the constant ImpreMlon of being < about tn topple over Into the briny depth ht I low I Hut the enemy art not Idle If their ballle < ihlp ore being wonted their dt fanciest of Hone and Iron rumbling under un-der the moniler Projectiles thrown Against them they mil have hopt I Hut whit Is I this new danger Just as the llrnoklyn put her helm hard sport to swinir by a hedlind or a Interests on the point a long low rak lich looking loiptdo boat Mellon out from along the ihort until II reaihe what It regard As a coolant of vantage unit from Iht cover of a bank or from behind a sheltering nivo or pethap cition from the open water project an aulomobll torpeitn a o itt II to travel five or ten feel Wow the surface of Hit water wllh sure aim toward Old mode of the big ur inoreU cruller 11111 li not ttn In Unit another David has perhaps lln III la Hath Hut there have been men diUIIM for r flue tuprett tutpa of walthlnK Hill Inh1 Of Allack Mory lot I Soon un Iht Phil to I now del rtM d and a Reform of Iron hill lielche from the muult while Hit rapid fire gun cartel use fill men In the ranting top all direct their eiiermea aealnel this moil drcadeil of I fimi Hhootlng II use molellkt I I trail I of the lor > eio III Is I truck and demolished The mlulle of dtttriicllon now begin lo rain upon Hit lorpulu boat lly mIn m-In still allies IM Inlured or ctlpplod and one lucky shelf ur lull In her ma ihlnery or Ifftlim gear will tender her I uuleu fur the remaliidir ut the tn Knnemnl ut least I t 11111 nut possible ta link or ra lur her Then to Sort lo the horror of the Polls Stews artery Is I Hit appalling terceske for hilt mmikKM imttdrr to I bring 1uooJ un Panic of our var vicla Its use to I far from general unit I the Hvinlard 1 do not fifteen lo I have stay knowlotit 01 It HI the dtp poll of battle lower I and there art lutld lUrnt from totaling still or burning foil 10 nd < t a further element of m Mlt drtalfulnw The magazine must bt watched with wide open I ejee for ilnalt Solely spooks would entail IneUtit annlhlliillon The rlek of the enemy1 Shelf pent I Confiner Hi chamber must perforce IK accepted hut there I cannot lit a iwwndsi 1 respite tram ettinal Mullance 1 A failing or any other lapld tire gun Is I likely lo become ovirhenitil and will I then lire outwit uhoul even the action uf Hit automatic movement though title would nertH rll > ninlliiue Its Ira llon There Is I dunctr of ipliwlon then for the brwich may because 1 log 1 geil I and Hhllt Hit creep would not IMmaterially IM-materially Injured a half cloten men may be blown Into fragment If there If no opportunity to reenforce and II would be taking delptratt chance In mount to this lop distinct tti I > train of battle the crew there wow i bt male tllly weakents1 In offlelenty and this mlmdventirt might delay aucceM or von actually turn the tide of Until A box Run In the turret ur an the nun dock assay Course from ties constant firing ur from memo cause It may become Ineffective In-effective Then 1110 nutrient more than ussolemn steel and a hindrance Instead orAn or-an aid There atios tragedle enacted from bunting gun that strike terror tn men hearts It li I Close n barroom brawl on the frontier only accentual td In horror and nol and casualties twentyfold Again there Is a limit to human endurance The menial and phyilcal lenilon Is I enormous It little matter whether the nun Is I beating down with tropical heat or the cold wind of autumn are iwlrllng about the waves The rnondln the Iollnlnll of gunpowder the rapid Jumping lifting lift-ing I pulling running lo and fro all result re-sult In much violent asserted 1 that In food ttiningly close quarter whert the attl tidal temperature lion risen to 100 degree de-gree or more Iht men working the gum Shirtless bareheaded sometimes without Photon art bathe In the molt profuM tvriplrallon As Admiral Deney did In the bay of Manilla a halt must then It 1 called or the men will drop dead at Their poet from tihauitlon A rest and meal may then It provided ending In a Intake vocation and feeling the dignity of em br > a tleitrlclan If the admiral or commodore or who ever may be In charge li wounded ie rlouily 1 hit fleet captain Immediately assumes command In turn It that cm Mr htcomti Incapaclialed Hun the nlt ranking c plaln become the leader If the emcee In succession li obliged to quit hi a poit or die among hi men h1o orarndkllnsgracrallpotflAglnholor coen then Ih not ranking captain or commander com-mander or lieutenant commander ash I as-h it east may be lake charge of the fleet and direct its operation and nu ntmeri nouWhll While the officers Are all miter of tetmanihlp and gunnery an1 are cap bit of deviling new and original meant ot attack and detente It would be unfair un-fair to ornate I the htimhlt gunner upn whom much deptnJenct li placed lit direct I the hl the Cavorting or raising or giving 01 the Run and hn II Is I at the exact rolllon he announces the fact to the omr in charge Who given the tummond to net flat there are neccuntlly variation from ruln of rrocedurt In the heal of balllt The action Is I teploo4le Most dependence 14 I rivers 10 told range Cinder Its complete nime Is I the rang position and d preinlon nnder Apropos of the subject sub-ject I It may be dated that the IIOV rn ment some month ago contracted for the placing uf range rambles at All the principal Seaports of the country Shore practice consists In ploltlng the water ot tied adjacent bay lake or ads Into Imaginary Im-aginary equates each of which li I nun tested Then the gunner auppuilng an enemy to bt located on ont of Choice squares nets at the spot 1 The result of till trial hooting Is I that wt art rapIdly rap-Idly creating gunner ot experience At son when the eiiel 1 to I In motion lite hunt 10 I fined and measured upon the deck A telescope Is I placed at both 1 Jill AP r A r flow q f IL J i 1A IZZ fors ZX We 1 1 f to 4 so s r low so T TIII rJinAitttATiON or UNITIIU RTATHS Tiioorfl rnoii rout TAMIA 11 I U test Idea It they did not ilaih and file i Unit stab the enemy would I It to All It I Hick or the rule I low loss tht hlp flCht In UttlT What are Iht ci re tim 1 lance and condition urrnuiilliig her 4 t In Cold beat of content Iuaelbly ties Woo r following theoretical nnnlyil I may the Rome Idea of a light on tin real There art Coca Ships In I our navy known dlllnclltely II arrnore crult ere the New York und file Brooklyn There arc acti mal Protected I crulter I II all I theme leittl litlng IIi after 1 II-i cities as art alw Hit uni ralecied cruisers and there card till other known Imply no iruleK The armored cruller Hrooklyn for In started has a left hull an Indkaled hor epuwer of 11711 I In I ruiwlinl i by twin screw a mesa hu ft main luttery of M gun and a secondary battery ut the Mine number Her dillliouncnl 18 I JII Ar Hht tan iimkx u knom whKhti I more than > i lund rolbce un In ur 1Ir coit Ads I2HOCW in I use inn I n luiiiery are eight I Inch and twelve t Inch rlMe In the ftvondnry battery ur Ivtrltt < Ixiunder rlllw four I luunder and four Uatllnu Tht ifrooklin It I a model manoMiar and at whil ra r rim practliall all file Dpea t of mini that Are round on Hit hip of nor ntvy her iirimim Ml u I at Iratt peculiarly Instructive Tint li I 1 Hi Im the gum esivplinii the U Inch that ait 1 Lurried hr first 11 Ionic liallli j hljit tcond title I battleships erulavrf antKunbuat In caw of Immediate battle her main I deck In In the vernacular ut lh < inal Conn ileared for section Tic dock J I below that volitch vials originally Hit 11111 cleek In I now knoun am Ih berth dICk und U ninny kept in perfect or J If JJM 0 J U j tOfjnghl IM I fur Ulf an hour ur ao Then It Hit HriHiklyn rrtu load wrought haoo willi file entmr and It to I only a iiutitlon of another thit cannonading to tnd the struggle th I men no back with Joy oils heuillnoi to complete the work There art lielloui of total 1 money bt fort the eyes of Jack Tar as ht re lurri In the iiint wllh a tonu need ui elf matloflI l a demeanor as It ht wera lloor manager of a private wcla I I amvriK film Inllmatea at humt Ilia al 1 Influent uf little i money Is I noinellme n troeol l Itself tiu four liutance Hit oallnroci of the N > w York wlm raplUlml Ihe Vim will retch 0 U IK each If on tho i ntrnrj liters tax not limn Bin proniMinceil > uicta It Ihiro U nolthtr inttiireil nor dtdruyed hip II und OI hut llttlx diiinagu load btvn Inlllci I I Hd upon Hi i wqll > It there Is I any doubt uf ultlniau victory 1 Hit rnanof Muri nun ulll gho hlo trotKer n Mutant hllih and gu back I to tile duty nut so threrfully iwrhap hut just us force till Door ly Tin Suisse Uhn roll the powder keg and irui its Hi big shell is I nl > resettle M 110 display urdlnary Inlelllgenot The man who iwauiunl prime and work the training mrsr tnd other apparatus Is I merely Calling evidence of Strength read Ullenco tu order but Iht gunners gun-ners mutt and the leaman gunner art of trained eiierlenit proud of their end of that lint and the tests lenses are focuieil upun the ubjeit against which the holl Is I ta be fired Then the observation Is I taken n mathematical calculation Is I made a effeteness to the Console of table li given und Molecule nor Immediately Concision whether Hit cruiser ur fort It I I4 or Hi mile ur any other dlilame Away The apiwratu Is I k > > extremely sensitive and reuuUlcl lu t such a line degret Hal by I turning a key n gun weighing 100 ton ur inure tan Ite I Instantly ndjuilod 10 that with a iiecllltd quanllly of wwdrr II will hunt A irojHllle of a given weight six ntlly Old dltlantp that the range Under lead determined The gunner mint net eotirlly know the contents of file car trldie for that li I an essential 1 factor In Iho solution of this iiuhlem Then there must bt Allicoanreas media 1 for Hit rtiliianct of the wind which may bt I senator or lose I for Hit curvature uf the earth and for the muement ot tht ob JKI It II U I n hip or u body of cavalry on here The rants finder Is I much more accurate than the human eye ThoM filed on shore art attached In disappointing carriage I an that tile levelly d Iowa not o i fine cannon nr 1 file gunner low We target Hut It to I not shooting In the dark Absolute llablllty to I assured and the gunner feel thai ht go I doing superior work at he manipulate the delicate machine Po while the dmlol the commodolf the captain and all the centers gain 1M cr1II or ollum Hit rttponilblllty l 01 lIhr victory air r defeat the Pallor A ho hag rln lidvt his primitive Mobil 10 that 01 a protty officer to I deserving 01 much commendation for the part he Plays In the few hour turmoil when the hlrhln nm and shining ball Ih a so her I it alithoills and the rattling din ot clatilres terminated I with the pip fifty repOrt or tine are lettllng the qullun 01 naval supremacy ur demonstratIng dem-onstratIng the eakneM ot Iron wall a n d lion t rmln against modern rroJW forced with minl3ut row at and Itullna wllh almoit Incredible speed TIIOIAA II JAMIHRON |
