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Show 411 H MATT( Tbe ft until I Itenttri uf Xerralary Iter-beri Iter-beri le ilia lreniui W AHiu.N(n)N, Ueo. 1. Tiie annual report ol the eiH'rstary .if the navy la a very exhaustive ducumciit ot lt,00h wurd, with numernuf tablet. Alter rroltlnf the faot of the oomplutloii and romruidiilouuig of the new wurahlis Dlympla, Minneapolla and Indiana, built by contract, and tbe Maine, Tuxa aud Amphltrite, built at guTaruuiem navy yards, the seorutory eal'a Blteo-turn Blteo-turn to the failure of Ibe ram Katuhdin to make the rate of apord named lu the oo n into I lor her onueiruaiiou and re ftta the muttrr toCoiiKroat. Of the vessels uuw lu o urte of con. structiou. be predlute that the flrs:-clais flrs:-clais baitleabtp low t will be completed about Ooii)hir, 1 Sl7, Tbe Ural-clui battlvtbip MatHachuactts Is practically comploted, except aa reitards tbe armor. It Is iMllniiii'U that tbe vessel cau b oompleied in ftboul eight Weeks After the delivery of her arm nr. The tirn-i-.au baltltshlp Orejou it as far advanced aa la prHoticanla before be-fore tiie Unlivery of armor aud kuii-motinK kuii-motinK About six muntba will be required fur thrlr Inatalhttiou, mo Hr .eiilyu will u t be ready for trial In ltas tbau one year. The furmtr recomuioiidnllon offoOO,. Utld fur armament of the tt Louis aud the Hi. 1'aul la repeated, as it one In luv or of providing for au ordinance r aurve, si uialiy at the goveruuiunl la pay I n subtldtea tu seveial stt'aimr companies to bold tbulrveamii lureniiN nets to be utsd as trauaporis or oiuiueit lu note of need. The ()iiewtiou of producing Bruokulea powder tout will not Uso jiue uioh-a with age kas beou solved at the nsvai turpedu slatlon. ibe report says that by June 1, lBKo, tiie govurninvn. will have d' eki on thr Atlantla cjaat ( i'ort iijy il, 8. C, nn Hruoklyn) laige enough for docking the Jaryet vcaicls, but ri!ommetu that another be built at Norf.iHt ami one on thu (iult of Mexico. lr.r tb lciflc coaet the oplnl-u It exrcfvd thntlhedooh now ttultig built on tbe TugelB und la sulUslout fr tbu near tutu rr. Ihe comparl"nri nf foreign naval (iUtpuieut Is quite txh mt'.ive. Tit) report tln.wt tnat Ihe Dnilrd Htle has in B'-rvIre of the armored cl-4.i, tbree baitlesh1 t, slxte -n comt-Je;ei. vepaele and on oiulars; ot Ihe un-armored, un-armored, thlrtoeu prt cu-d or u tat;. a, twenty unprotected oiuiacra, einhl gun-boata, gun-boata, one dyuarniie crala- r and iwj torido buats, mrtklug a Kill ol twenty twen-ty anuormorrd aud foty-two unar-murod unar-murod Vetsols, exclusive of turpeJo boata. ilia present ita'ua of the prluoija) lurlMi neviea Is showu. Ureal liriiain, as uaual Is leidlur both tu the number a.iu r'rctiutb ot at. t pi In service end In ttviblln.; pro-tram, pro-tram, witn U14 am, lu t'rv.c-, uot Including torpoJo bjsU. Hh na 4;: Veasels HOW Ulldor cousUCtlou, oi Which leu are huCc'titi. France whb 141 rlltutive Vna lain servus), txcluvlVttoi .riedo boala, luw a building program calling fir au In crease of i-H Viaiut, ul which five (posaibly six) are biL.ltahlps aud four are armored uiuiaera. Himu baa la alilps building, ot Which 14 are arm rj; in aervicr, 1 tht. Italy bn In st-rvice 71 Vihsm.; the numusr building Is, armored, eight (six batlloablpa) aod unaruioted, Uorniany bat 74 sfllcent iblits, and Is building fuur ftrmurvd aud four uu armored. Hpalti is showing; Increated activity snd Is buiMliig tn ftudit.oiial vevine, of which one unit are armored, which will make a total Uucttve alrei.glUu: till;. -two. Ibe tables show that while fifteen othe oouuirles bavi altogether l-'-ti torpedo boats In iervt ( Aruenliiia, with the atualjett uumiur, alio wu. ft twetily-utie), Ihe United K.alfa ba ouiy two. ihe average nunnn r building build-ing for thetH other oountrlea H fourteen four-teen and ft fractional. W baveau-tburlxed baveau-tburlxed and building seven. The secretary urgua luKltlallon tbUobing the parsoiiuel of tbe navy. Considerable space It devoted to tbe i recenlly-ettahllahed naval war college, 1 wtiloh the secretary rrgards as a Vtry Impirtant institution. Ihe report sayfi The Increasing Inlerrat In the naval mtllila nirvmei t lu Ihe lake and aeabuatd states give such prumiso that the Uapartmvitt recomiuends Ibtt ates now be taken toeaiBbllab thla arm ol the uationel dBteiite uu a definite fooling." J he aeoretary r c dnmeuda, regarding regard-ing liiveiiiioiis nit-nte l hy nval i til. orra, thai tneerutich aa th Ulcere owe their education and facilities for research re-search lo the ynvernmeut, devices patented by tlit-m aluuld become Ihe proptMty of tbe government, if desired, de-sired, upon tbe payment of auub com-penatleu com-penatleu as Ibe secretary of the i.avy drtiiia beat. Tue estimated expeuars fur the year lSUOare giveu as follow: For iu niug exepua-e, $17 o4J,7U1.w;; luorraao of navy. 1 1 .i.L'.iVKM. In la la about II.OiKJ.ood more Uau the appropriation appropria-tion For 1S07 tbe estimates am Huti- lug sxpenM-, $IH,07i,ta:i,u; Increaa) of navy.l.tlusH, Tne at element for tba flacal year sndlug June 1, H'Jbf Is glveu ms follows. fol-lows. Apprupriaiions, exclutiva of public works, ft 4 1M-,hoI.,7; drawu to Juue .'."Hi, IJ.M9.:7'l drawn tu Ocluber HUI, $t,l:::tj7.1-i ka'aocea lu bauds of disburslug olUoers, $l,7i'i 1, avitllable balance JNuveuibur 1, Ibli, |
