Show 1 I A POWERFUL NAVY i FOR UNCLE SAM I I I Plea of a Retired Naval Officer For a Marked Increase In Our 1 Fighting i if j Strength on the Water i Supports the Departments Plans After Explaining i What They Are 1 I I ICopyrUM With expansion vf territory unit ei 1 001117 when Ih lands acquired are AI for from the Im elation a art the I possession which hare recently come under lilt control at the United State It 1 ll ntcciiiry Iv maintain a large navy to retain the hol < l won them Utfore I Iht HlipenoAmerlcen war the United 1 1 States poiieiiloni wert limited la the hon country and lite navy was con Idered I to be ample l for the protection 0 t the land over which tin star mid stripes nits With new territory la bt looked after II li I different and an Inn In-n or our naval forcei both In ships and mh U I necessary Prorloua In the war the United States tu tar ai her navy was concerned was conilde red A mall factor among the nation uf the world The change thai the war mad was marvelous and the United States A they are worthy of all the respect and honor the United Slates can bolow upon up-on theta Klnct It 1 flag become one 01 file policies 01 the government increase Hi natal force and plate It on a footing with the more powerful onto of lurope our naval expetto have been nl work dnlllnll plan fur the construction of the new nI which a r 10 bo addd from limo 10 time rally Interesting problem have been brought out In the matter of the Lest mellKxIl 10 bt employed and the mol valuable l pVofihiii for the ervlct These lublec have Lean JI hauitlvely illicuwd fly Ih iperli but Hit null of their finding so for a l the pracllcablllly or the piano to I concerned will not bt known ulIlII the still olive led the way The theory of the Steel nanhlp has been thoroughly tested and I the constructor will nu longer have 10 work In IW dark Theme ships hay II III ft otnmindallOB will be favorably acted upon I TIlt new vessels that III It I proposed 10 add 101 Iht navy will be of from 100 to 1110 Ion greater displacement than thug now on the active list or provided rtrlhat It la MY the atmomi l cruisers will haY a displacement ef ItWl and the utllihlrn of about 11000 Ion earn The ciulcr Ilrooklyn It I Hit largest vs Ml lor her clan 1 now nn the active Hit lltr dliiilncement li tltj tons The bat lIuhlp Iowa has A tonnage of lt land la the Israel of thai class of vreet on Hit tic t Ire Hit while those now under conilruetlon have a lonnmt of IIWO The batllenhlp 1111 Vale Wisconsin Ala Uma Keariurgt and KenlucKy which art rapidly nearlng completion will each bt of about II WO lone The plant and ipeciruatloni for the new teMli Mil how a dcdde1 ad > vane over those that were until fur ently arranged II is I nol unlikely that tits halllllhip and armored erulaere Kill have nrnor plates extending Ihe entire length of the tlilM Instead of at heretofore only over the vital II was shown during the war that while none I of our shifts wni seriously damaged armor placed all along their sides would I hat added greatly lo their pmlectlon With the now Krupp practice of hardenIng harden-Ing the plant It will not bt necessary lo have Iht bells of ai rent Ihlkn tell iii nt pretenl This will b a great advantage ad-vantage In the construction of the heavier heav-ier ships at Iht Having In weight I can bt ulllliKl In the engine and boiler space and to add lo the real carrying capacity The plain now In use on the lutltleihlpii and armored cruliera art harveylied and nrt from 10 to II Inches In thickness while Inc new Krupp prates will not be more than 10 Inches lu thickness for the battleships and I I = oat h less for the armored cruisers The hootp114 I plebs hate a hardened harden-ed r a imtun while iurlnra ui a law with the Kiupp I extern of treating the plt too fit pr 4 penetrates entirely I I through hard n ng them from ont side I 10 the other The minor aluiic the aid i of the shits wilt not ht of equal thick HI II wilt no graduated at tht bow And stern who in the center and over the vlll it mil reach Its l maximum hlckn i The thinner plates will bt hick enough In keep out projectile from the rapid nit tuna while those lover the tltali I will ht capable of with Candler the larlll shells The armn of all classes of veg elm will bt distributed differently Th heavy turns on the beam of the ships ulll bt iliiptni 1I1Ialld Iht weight hUt Mtrd will br utllliod III pacing armor un thu upper work of luinclen IhlikilM to keep out the fire uf small prolniiltt and give the mm behind the gum extra prlorllon The arena must will thus really hi Increased rather than diminished and will be in pUtd I b r s I don ai to give the vessels I greur action Turrets will be used n + r ward and list deck in oh 10 heavier cum will bo nv into TII of the vtwla will l ha gum on the side 0 nlt n > in I of smaller caliber than urne me but there will be more of mm and I with I the new device for dirrhargmt I of hr i capable them rapidly they win I throwing more pounds of metal in a given time than those on the ihui noon I on the active Hit The foreign navies art nol only being Intveaicd In thi number of ships hUt their lulterlii art being reamed an ferently and their shed materially Increased > In-creased Tt I transatlantic rom to art s lnnles are building larger and faster I vessels for their service They At ron strutted under the uponlln of little respective governments ont In rd i ante with Chair admlrall laws won a view 10 having them ullo the standard I so they MAY bo used 01 auxiliary < Tula r Vessels 1 of this class 1 dUrlllr the 1I1noAnrltftn war save a loud np OInl of themselves It 1 is for the urI ur-I 01 rUIlnll with such raft and the high pood culoro that ore In added add-ed 10 the navies of the world that our government is looking 10 flu Trnrtruc Uon of 11 armored protected and unprotected un-protected cruisers In no particular hAY the learhlncs of the war been molt ilrlklng than in the demonstration of the value of armored ar-mored cruiser Wt have but two of this clasp the New York and the llroK lyn They performed moil valuiuli I I itrvlrr not off the coait I of Cuba only but In bringing out ne ot the faittrihlpij I I to a atop when they undertook to run kn 1 the blockade 1 J At moderate fighting machines they art unsurpassed Thry showed their worth at the ualllt I with I I tin swift rpanlih heft off Santiago I For all round itrvlct I the armored and Irol clad crulMit art the Wit type tut naval itrvlct and the government will do welt la add many or them lo the Hit llunln has a large number of this type and other European countries art rapidly building them 1 The new armored rulers for the Unllrd States navy wilt bt larger and more powerful than any wt now have The lypt will bt similar lo the Brooklyn Brook-lyn but many Improvements will bt made The war hat shown the dancer of using wood on fighting ships This material will bt dlipenird with In ever 7 department possible and where It U I employed It will bo subjected la ore prooUnc All the fire merit will bt placed I 1w the protective deck The ships 11 I hO a CIII Itamlne radlua and wilt l < t able to keep up a higher vole of speed than tits vessels ot this clan now In the service The record made by the Uiooklyn on her trial trip will tit mad the bull for the computation of Increase of speed that will bt iiiulrrd In the now vessels The llrooklyn made a Irllle lees I than 32 knot and the new ships will ht required re-quired to do from two lo three knot moro They will alto have a coal carryIng > Ing capacity which will JIve them a turning radius some thousands of notice creator than our present ships This will bt necmary to Insure having enough fled 10 luhI from one of our new iioiiiMlont to another without having 10 purchase at high price from other countries while crulrlng It hat been suggested that the larger I vmeli bt fitted with torpedo tuba ot the submersed type If I they carry any This In Itself li a very Important prob i Ism ii Iht tubes at now arranged are i not only dangerous but take up vain 1 able space hat might be used fur mounting guns There art non ot our I ships now In the lervlct which art nt1 Iit with undrrwatur tuition while many f 1 r those In the foreign navies art tqulp Painty with them I i Thi danger of torpedo tube above I the Water lint of 1 A fighting Ship well itartllngty Illustrated during the battle I near anllcu harbor on July 2 On that I cvrailon n hell from an American shin struck a torpedo which MI In ont of the Vltcftyaa lobes and n don mn wr blown Into eternity by Iht resultant 1 result-ant Another matter thai will bt taken Into conildnrallon by the board of construe tlon In the plan for the now VMMI will bt the location of the coal 1 bunkers awl magailneii Home trouble hat if mired from havlrur the bunkers and magnates flare lo each other Some of the accldrhta that han occurred by ipontaneou combustion of coal have nol only caused anlltly hut conaldee able damage In moot of the ships the coal hunkers And maeiilnea art close Hrhor This is wptclally to In the care of the cruder New York and the battleships of the Oregon clan rises hn been discovered In Ih hunkers and In soma eases the holt In which the rued ammunition li I kept In the magntlnea adjoining them have been charrrd Of the more serious fire that have occurred although hO damage wn done to the nmmunlllin were those on the crtilitra New York Minneapolis 1 Cincinnati and the battleihlp Inllano Theme brought lo the notice of the dt vartment the danger of placing the masaalnes and bunkers too near to esch other Wllh the Increase or 1 coal 1 apace the magailnea will have lo bt dlilrlb utol and great cart will bt taken to correct the old fault mill another matter thai will bt ronildercd by the board will be that or Increasing the magiilnt pace lo l permit i the vessels la carry a larger II iu ryl I supply or ammunition and projectiles J The ships at present In the lenlct In 1 a hard fight could fire all the ammunition ammuni-tion they can now now away In lose I I than mix hours and some or them In much lose time To Increase the mass aloe space means la give the veiiell 1 more righting ability and It will bt lull as nenaury aa Intimating the engine and boiler rapacity The new ship which will be added 10 the style from time to time will bt of the bIIIhIP armored protected and 1 unprotected class 1 Wt art now strong In the protected clan but before the wovernmrnt slope adding the Hit II should hn at lean W battleships oft Ih of-t rnl class a large number ot are Ii Olt l tl h t I I 1 1 I i A g I T Ili 1 I h t 1 t I I I 01r I I I II hl I t il I yw t t < GT t a 1 I III AI 1 l 1 I 1 t1 I I ILiCi afl t I 1 t l 1 11 NA 1 1 1 I I 11 1 a tir + a IlV i 11 1 Y o as pa gam 1 r I rat eels L iotmr TYPE OF OUR PROPOSED 13000TON BATTLESHIPS bas > Jumped to a place that pull her for In dvanit of tomt ot tht nalloni which w ore looked upon at all powtrful Some wof thin ot licit now look upon thli country not only anxiously but with fear fur the has I risen to the dignity or a factor In the hllllmnl of the affairs of the world It she caret to tierclit her pre > togatlvt Tilt policy of the government heretofore hereto-fore has seemingly been to nmlnlaln a mall an army and nary at 1veaihle and nhllt our population It I large and our ana of territory la I great our fight Ins fortes hay been smaller than some of the powers which art not ruled even AI third class It It I now the Intention 01 the government 10 Increase tooth the and and naval force and to hatt 1110 I latter always In a condition that will command respect l Our ihlpi isle al rendyshown the rnalrlal IIIIY rod ro-d or and the oilleer And nn 0bv taught them their oIIIU as Seeman r And Runners They have opened the I eye < f the world und have proved that prayed their quality and have shown when the weakness lie and where I Improvement may be made The type of tesstl 1 that demonstrated Ihdr worth 111 the lIovrnl1lnl are the bat IIl1hll and the urmulld Protected and unprotected crnro Several powerful batllrehlpa are 011 the ware under COIIllu lion while lev oral more hat been aulhorlied Ap proprlalloni amounting to many million mil-lion of dollars have Urn niinle by eon greit for the purpott of budding mon vessels 1 These however are nol ulll cleat to put his navy on an equal footing foot-ing with the more > iwerful unfit of Iu row The orHieri of the construction board have worked out several plant by hlch Ih Increase nl the natal force may bo med and II Is I stated that Sea or etarY of the Navy lonll will request Courtroom to add IB ooo KM < tu tn amount alrtady appropriated The will bt ue l for the construction of nine veered other oth-er than thott now building or author lied I Thor li I little doubt that the rtv > the pr nt shins of Iht serve t The I i auto ot Lull adopted by thu gnv i nment will nit it maUrinlly ihangra The I new v ii nut be uniid > > rabl > larger I than tltliur rte old once or shun now I under contlrnllln or protdd loran lor-an new detlitt uliUh will add la emclency and lighting ablllti will ut Installed In-stalled Two of the mart essential tea turns of the new baltltihlpa will bt the spare allotted for foal bunker engine and tnaaaslnea They will be tonldlll1 bly Inner than thou of tin chops now In use Th nectiilty for a large gleamIng gleam-Ing radius hat been tmphailitd by Hit war notably ny the demand made upon Iht luittlmliip I I I Oregon In her unprect I dinted run from the Ion la the At laniu This alone has hon the need of large coal carding capacity und In creamed speed The dale or the 19 knot I battleship are 01 Nothing lee I Than U knots will do for the modern heavy armored short of the lint and even greater speed will bt striven for Armor and armantrnt will bt differ morel cruise I ot high I spend and a number ot protected and unprotected I I riinn of about WO toni neater dli I laament than the largest yf Ihalrelaee now on the active Hit It will bt hoar h-oar to maintain a large and powerful I navy It the government Intends 10 keep I the poiHiilona taken from Spain and I hold Hit ixulilon she has gained The Hit of ihlpi hat begun lo grow There art several battle ahlpa now on the WAYS or nearly ready to bt put Into atlllt airrvlce Added to these will bt II Ware of the torpolo and destroyer can besides the number that art rap Idly I nearing romplllun As yet non 01 the new armored miller clam 1 hat linen provided for but here U I no doubt that when congress tonnn appropriations will be md for 0 number 01 them When thttt hall hon been completed Iht liters and striper will bt carried to flu ends ot the earth on ai One ships at were ever built and Uncle Bam will have a navy of which hi may bt justly proud |