| Show lip f 11 t P TARANTULAS OF OUR NAVY a 111311111 I I 11 L I il I Its I Uncle Sams Monitors Are Slow Going Creepy N Monsters but Their Sting Means Practical Sin Isle Annihilation to the EnenlYs Ships Itfact fact WI Its st The Powerful Aontcrcy Which Will Re an lox I enforce Admiral Dewcys Fleet 0 0 i In the Philippines 1it itiI Nil JT ICeprrltht IMJ C Whether or hot Spain contemplate III any attempt In retrieve her III lorlunea I by an allot k on Admiral I > ew yi Betl to at Manilla It U I certain that Ihe presence uf the Charleston and the Monterey now on their way to I Join the I American I I ItetllU will be a lullltlenl bar In any effort I of fort ah so may make In that direction Co It ahe often bailie or give 1 the Amrl Ito came the opiKirtunliy to fight her It I I ineana virtual annihilation to her ship ard ties practical extinction of her naval It na-val force V The done may end their combine I T nl lo the hlllDplne lout I with Ilia if Monterey then leant laver may c I laugh confidently ul the falling power and futile efforts of an elf l calculi If The Monterey according In Iht almost 11 unlnwl testimony of naval experts t It I 1 Me KrMteit fighting machine on earthS S Tit Puritan Is I of a similar types but la I It really an old Urn monitor nmodld It li appear ai a sister ihlp of tile Mont 1 I I try Monterey la I a glorlnua again recallIng recall-Ing Ih Hen of trio victory achltved by 1 leneral I achary Taylor In Mexico on I HI t il IHI still It was alxi 1 the deals me I Inn of tile capital nf upper Callfnrnla the first apol occiilel by our army and navy on the Paillk coat In the fox Iran war II la I the latter which la I honored In the ram of thla great war ihlp lowered Hhermin In bli book IrA v < a iplritxl dewili lion of the in plarancia of Mvnterey tiny l and Ihe Inn on lilt arrival then AIL lieutenant of ailllltry In January HIT etploilv and the wisdom nt uniting II inch and II Inch RUM with a two mottle tub on the Ounce ahlp wo houll queithmed Th eiptrlne of Onat Urltain with lit ton guna has not own encouraging and reflection suggested that It was an ovninbilioue projea la carry ordnance of thai caliber oa a 4000 fare ship The Ma chila its Indliina land on nn ham no rum heavier than I be II Inih It was th ratings aMtltd I that with two U Inch Run In Mr forward for-ward turret and can 10 Inch RUM In her after tin the Mi nleny would have aa powerful a lottery u hr djipuunnunt I would warrant Tow Muniimnmoh of 2UO long < ar room four II Inch RM on ton main hat tory wall la encountered in ba hnvlly I aimed Th 10 Inrh mn we lilt a charge of 3ia pound and a proilk o t Mt pound effect a innetrallon 1 of over CS I inch in wrought 111 Iron Itt II Inch guns with a l jilvalrdal churm of 860 Patients olll IMH Mali Ault H tin IT Inchta I Th Mont < r y woo lautntiod In the misprint of im I Mrs Caiolin Wait Harriman the vitro of Ih Own laval that tiurhlna the olertfl 1 I butt n whlrh I I met the monitor In I in IIn town the late onto that water ill one ho lainte horn tporAPd as the moot defender or Ih lllKM on th Parlltr rfMUt In further 4111 It may be nlalt1 that the Monliry viaso runatrwltd on the km hcl nyalrrn having A il duhl hut lions hurly tier Poithre l > nrili Ind I I < liiilln up In the armor ilnllni Th lw In ram hapril 1 nl olll lit I pro I l < t d fir ramuilnir I When the nt HPIn l rvoluirris Th Intrrl f lh < hull II dl vhlnl title nunirioui water light com lxinninl Th < flight mil r uu < iim ul I I ready iiirntlonnl ittdo from bathetic Ili Iwrhrtlr hll the nrmorxl Ik qir the nmanisinvol PrintliI anti me y for orking Ih la source u I I toilln In h Ih k Th 111 I no 11 III I 1 JIM I 1111oa I Th naotl it intdoIl me their nin IMlllM it l 191 i It Ilir lop hut I I nil II oh11n a Icmel ly mal I cuiuliwlota slid mil 11 to the Plain P 0 A I 110A i il 1 Z 3400b I W 10 I 4 r 1 = Z1 1 I 7 = A I 7 I 1 4 I I I otl I 1 I I I I 1 of I A 1 L 1 I I r V 0 Is I Vu P Ij 1 jls1jmjjm1ljI I o omalook I f Ir I I I P j I riinikj 10s 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her wllh every piuipnl of ittmalnlnii iat tlwlly unscathed In > h > n Ilia Xlnnu i ly In I almost lnvuln rull and there I win bi little shell lu Uo limn irj an an tlolpaloiy niiulim rr the e uagonlil whu Vnllll 10 tip little at mn flirt with her I lo rectifier Illustrate her powers of destruction It U well known I I I I that the hoavleit armor un the Hi nlah Or 1 vessels to I II 1 Imh i thick The M tumor Ity shoflis vote sowtrats u Inch cap later ut 1 too title I To tig reea It vo totally the priijoc311m i firej I from Ilas Monterey guiw will pinetiat the ar in r of any Hpanlnh shift afloat They an neatly ai rnitllvu aa Ilia II Inch shell which win paw lhrwin U feet ot mild oak four feet of lllaIIIl and atvtn Not of concrete There K In addition mi the UonWrtr a fuprrtiruciur from which aam rapid fire RUM all I poumlera two MUlnn and lour I poundmi I nh help lo nuke an enRanmtnt interesting and lain ran of any torpedo boat or destroyer that may come within roan bat It U I un n thiHu four awful tuna that procia dep 1 Kndii In annlhllat any enemy that inn dare In I oppoee her li uld Its it auMlnii apoctaele In gee ho Montny hnvertnR off rglfr 1 land in the harlow Ir Maniiln m testing I an entire Hpanlan Mel whili ur American nolllla monologist In the bark ground near Cavil merely 1 Inlereated ipectalora of what wag known to IH I a pfdedine1 nault Ties I Mlble f Par of the doing InlmilnR overwh IminR aside Against our Bailor buy In llnne walera of the laclDr may IH I llm lled line 1 ibis monater lrIN Vor la I on the way to them tilerThe Th 11m I l or InilMInK the Monterey had lit In 11II m testing Hie noil m f tho rOrlynlnlh runittecloo hun anon a general approprlatl nf 1210011111 for RoHllnR batlerla ram or hr naval after team for map 1 and hoI r Irf ni Affor much IIMI l by lh lH r ni point M l fr the 1Irpumo Il at < lm 11 Ito I-to call rr r hi la fr lh I nlru onto If a veaael 1 IM feel Ih I mth I if 0 i mn and a mean dralt if IIS fr i Hh In have K Illih f > lrl 1 in r W I I hln dlmlnlaliln it lr I il 10 in belf IItt al 1 how and fatten I it n i UIIM mn thlcknwa wad lo cover tht vital parta Including lhe otaam nmiorwy and the magatlnee Rb wm alo to to of the I low rneboard type Items lrmallng the miulmiiiii uf eutface to an enemy A curved iteel duk of suitable Ihluknea use to give further protection All those detail war carried out though the Numerator now lute what Ie I I railed a II Inch armor belt and from Ito I-to 14 Huh aleel plate la protect htr barbolte and conning timer Thu bid fur her Invited In I lv unbrr IOU win upend 1 on April 3 1419 the Crump Ihe Qumluid Iron wikand role Union hun worka 01 Hun Kramlato bring the comix IIIOM The latter Sign onac Award ed 1 the uintiail oil a bid of Hint Th old I torn of tvisirmict wa hph1 by hh Inn runlractur reloolves flOO premium for every unit of jularecollawror In ex est of the stipulation and flirtation lino Mr 4 ioiry unit In d taull Th ma thlntry nf the llnnlen has an InUr I sitting feature In the fait that II em Pill l roll bollera which an supposed to itlinw en nouiy In weight collagist occu plod and use of fuel Ai urlglnully dnluned her battery wua in In lul a W In h 110 Inn rifle In hi r forward barbell a II Inch 4 < Vt tun I rlite in her ullr turret awl al her l wa u u Inch limminalU tub for Ihrwing I gun IItton hut the iuvlua had hilt I fast fired tour l pneumatic Same with high width would allow a shot ar shell from the assay to bt dropped upon the I Run from above that II was dMlo4 to put a initial turret o > er I htm that la a Moping all ralotwhisch now offatO TV904protifulling Tnr la an armiml favorites tile qulvaJonl of the lonnliiR lower plact1 abaft the tcariI I barUite in proi it tlw managing gone telvgtaph teltuhonim and apeaklng Intense Th commandur I and navlnlor the third utHctr In men Ireland are ainlloned here Jib possibly I ono ur two othrrt when the munltor la I Hi action Hot mllllao most hike two lop In one of hkh la I a powerful elo 1 trio HHirilillehi and In the other her tcundary better > of rapid An nun Her evemplotal111 latitudes commoila lion for It mil it arm anti in n nTh n-Th hounttys tr p to the lhlllp pin la I an unir crlenlcHl vnyai tier a monitor No Iron lull of her type line ever undertaken much a Journal > and tile Rrvalml interest In I naturally mnnifrat nt In naval tin lea over her progress lly way of Honolulu U la I T TM mile to her deailnallon Hhe iiirrlea only Jo tuna of coal and at slight knot an hour although the It I capable uf making almut US fur a ihot run will ba nut of fuel MO mile this aide of Ih Build wkh Islands Her ex irtt an a culllor and II its ocean going lug irogiMlg Th latter puts In give a tow or any other UlII to the M nlirey In iaer of rgency The f f rrnr nlll filrnleh the monitor engtncn flh f l wh n hr Irtlnkerii ar empt > h1 I the three via ala will take ill n Itlllyr 1 voralnt IInnlulu and Hoimkong An Man Ila Is I I to faclo an fin lour I at present there cannot bv any d hrlln fount the ut hir HI to furniahlng last to a vex Nei 1 on rI Of ur lIt al joln1111 no II 1111 PIN Ino houl liar < IS III 0 V Nln ierily ntrit < thr I I f M l > I Will hll i > right pit I l hllm Oi is hll l In l 4 h nunAnl I l mdioig I ihechul I j In ml 111111 In fivilL I il Is 1 NJPIll r Mil ullnh hath H I IIng IIoJ as a diaiMtch boat or the mix llary rruticr yinm Lor hl flotilla III III I Incrrnefl bv the IttllnoVlnhiH fns fun h mm K making n total if I n I I n i > IX i criticism 4960 Tref Old KII t far armed fit no ot Or it mil try craftier and to u i r t i l i I nun atMl gunboat Call I Inn I urtr the Rival haul of Man I If Ppu I ot mlt the unlllcahlp Ivlyt tier moil firml daI I nov il rcpn I nlatu Anti I Ihrc or I four Other rmll1 raft 10 the Philip falmos the American aiimlrul wouii ix I I cnnlronlml by a unwrrf il 1 onjundrini hut III I II mid that the adlninlelritlin tins an Roar of the rull And neither surely has the nrfrn m nninln tiny I who would only r > post Isfis M I iv < Iy pa I rod over Ihi n 01ro of N 11 ilia > any I Put more armnrr I xhlp ni III i IH nt him aa Pull n aa the < Alu I It if the I Cuban question will pemm Alto l coetto sum = I I he really n do them i ut imply to mnk aeeunnc dnuM our I Tit iliirbsoll i 1 n lii I It Inf i ln1 crooner Ilk Ih llnll lure II land Hlolh i i > lng eight gum In hr main Imlter I she loss an Indicated horsepower of lkN thai monllnra are lndni ntall < nuitl Inrim to the torpedo boats guniotic cmln Anti natll ahlr a of their un IV1111 t Floor hard heavy I nan 1 Ilia n-an I I OOPtoohore fighting agnlnet Ilia < terltn anti foria they an pirn uiitiy valuable at they ar almost Imi rtl In In lh ululla which may In thr an nt them And which uauoJIy rcl nnl ant rlcoihil from their dtcki yr r ml and hartr doofloom l they an ab ilut ly u i Hint I nnd ran only Ill I dlllurhed If oi nil It i > t 10 crafty torpd I 101 i a h n lh opiHtlunlly la I Main iho latter l hurt Ha il II h testing ml > M < nl th n Hut I it torpI l I rmiit can IH I i is04 l w lh al nail u Hint an a bloopiir ulII I all I a iilngl pmjortll from the jaunts w II mnItr could blow no of them out if ih u Ir Into infinite ma fravminte Th < Impala I boat la only an an nl It 1 u u ml 1110 be torpedo It months that I It Itt TI ol i letters that are In lh navy r i i 11 i e the Mean i if 10 > nil trio 0 11 n i l rUn aa ptielhle factors In II lilt t If fnpp uilementd by Ir plbd Prip and rnrtlltcatloni than II ir itirfn In actual bolt I II I Tito Volitint for instance mannni by lh hcio y1i naval ervtt carrying tio 15 In 10 1 Viont11Or 011N genii tnl rni 11 linn l stationed nt the enlrar 0 of S Vnrk harlnr Just what pi io 10rtninni l 1 etrurtli ilnnRlh a 16 In1t a IhIr Pat hall In mmln tlih nn > town or Pn a A Inrh rtn1 Inn I I-nn n le I yet n iillrtitl nf ionjo < ttiri Tl ithIorm lo u > iry eillcbnt in tier lny but the rind Run I mi im Of nistrat I Its PlAnal II r Tit length I of the gun nloo nIo 1 l th penetrative power nf the prJIIIt The Alan is I another r the ilnKh ort or-t monlti liullt n yiiira ago ihni I in 1 load of twins alloP4 l to roil In mud woo Used by tile naval mlUUn of Cam I M 0 e e a5 I I I I I I I I I 41 i I 7 I I III I X I I I I I Ai I 1 1 r I I I i I I I Zoo I TxXiiii I I I 4 < ommorllAly U a caluable pailiffitiout 1000 r1P4t In thuw ttitprn was but It Ig that > oerful cngtn of death Ih MaMarey that Innur a rapid did 01400M at vu IOK in allies the Lattllian iiravct dialln to alt aipt the nltM 1 of the assm Ital ally nr I rr IhlllpiHoe nuanonloNa TM lIhl < rvy will practically vindicate vindi-cate We theary of the luvtutcr of this type nf el 1 Krlimon that thor an till hen In the world not only for roast iloni im I for any Inihin tliliiing They are ru how I In the muter that lltllt mur travel their deck la I exploited la the riwinys tit and appliance Injury lo them u I Imam Inincnnubl whll Ih machinery 10 far beneath the I waves wmleia It unllk ly thai that portion uf like i rl tan be rippled Th ti 1 so and olflcera of lamiiaoni Ht ttiiniiulned loudly beiaue Iht moullor Tirr ir and Puritan thai wen with lh > in ileluyed the ml of ipeitf on the run lo Dm Juan and returns aa they Could only meam an Average of eleven knots to the milurn 14 and Ihtn in they requited pmpurtlunatily a greater qiwnllly of coal they were al tlmi taken In 1w I lo to them hum l > cn up 1114 the None taranlulai of the navy but they are alto uxHirgM like the von came cnuturna from which they lake float pneudi nym All naval uulhorlllei an now agreed do n K J Her moment at praMflt foe ah la I In Commission 10 I almUar to that of the variant location hiirlwr la I defended by the old time mnnlt it Lehish and Oatakill The latter ii taken tu ihe UaJMChuMlle cupllul by naval relativist and both uf tli m will ihy usual l armammt o f a m ihiuiii and rapid lira tuna art anneti by the naval mllltla The u high Iulll by Ionian Hucaaon In Mi aw uniiilernbir service 1 luring The followIng follow-Ing three Years and the Catskill In the attack nn Vort I Wagner during the civil Star Wag luiuk nearly it times by tan nonlwlli fim the fort Tbi MInk irnwd wllh two old ainiHithl ne guna haa been acutigint11 I I to the d4noo of Portland M A nllc of IMt vice till preatnt H vallum ui > pan pa-n Thor Jaaou another of u h I > iun a torts haa been In I ordinary ulnce the Phil war but will probably prave of gnat service als a coom d fuite ship though I two anuullibon gum luiniirln lur union rmgmnt Ijirnr than litany nf her lompanlong ihe lui a dlipiac Mont of nil tort and diveiupa 910 laorIsoer llul it u I In 1hoo modern Refitting t Mont Ion 1 iht aggrnaalve ihipn Oil lIt In1 pun Iy uVlomuvi i uw Ilk lh n luurlluu our luirbon Ikal tlIullllc 111114109 reniira With tin Cut tiffevisar tht Migration mob th Terror tb 0 Puritan and the Amphlltlle Th Puritan It I n I remodeled veagVI 1 her keel having been laid in ins but with her iwwerfulnrma Lur two in nl if four 11 Inch solid two 4 Inch I guns In her main battery And ill II IH under four Galling and two 17 mil I llntftera In her eeoon lary I battery ahe It I a focnian worthy the reaped of any en I i myTh my-Th Mtantnnomoh li I another remodeled I I remod-eled Brlninn monitor bough I pigs Ileal ly a new ahlp Her l con ruJ lon was h gun in tin but before eh Mil flnuh I IOlpin I vn tiw1 In Annntollia I There ihe visa I in the mud of the Severn I river for noveral yean her taollera rusting rust-ing until he was taken away And n I built of Pool I I Th Ainphllrlt li I a modern doubt tumltl monitor ostensibly Intended for count rtefenee only She carries four 1 10 Inch rifle monnletl pain find two t Ihh prime banking n UY heavy am mini y battery I Tit Tirrnr Is I of the Mm clan Ih iiRh hr kl was laid II years ago On nl i nurlee four 10 Inch guna and has nn I sctptlonally low freeboard that gu 11 tier an exceedingly formidable aim poartainP Tho nndnork la I another powerful monifor with an nrmomnt almost I Idhhlll with that of the Puritan sox Pill final ehe haw four 10 Inh Instead of I rnr I Inh iruno Theme tire atttl pm j ill a lining I mon than 100 jalundo I in Pff ithi at a dlalanc of mats than Mt mike and will carry several 1 miles fnlh r iven than that I ThlIh they an the eailnra bugnhoo Iouo of their unwiel llneaa the mon train usual luMlhllity nf their engine I iiernmlng dltarrangiHl In a heavy e n II their comparailv slow rnte nf apieil 1 I and their vunuloua 1 appctli far coal I they an iMihtmi of great ilm i blllly veritably IVaaUng Instrument that ar superior unutr otttalu Mndlllon In I death dealing energy in any other cbUM of Warships In etiatem IICX1KK A llMINIIM |
