| Show Amm liE 1t i t j ON 1 A T 0 I riP ED 0 BOAT Q I mmI I I c I tAll t-All I The Little Hornets of the Navy Are as h Great a Menace to L Those on Board cb h ran as to Those Whom It Is Their wi Purpose to Destroy art CIS Cramped Quarters on the Insutferably Hot to Death Dealing Cockle Shells of he Cuban Squadron Make Life at Well Nigh Unbearable J Copyright ItHI Our navy 10 I full of heroca whose nauct are vclltm heart and are cer vainly nol familiar to any one ulelde i > t official circle Tit n wpair art given up In 1 the achievement uf the iNrwey 9 sell joys unit 1 Hatp < on < i of the naty but Hit iimmandru or the mile horlowils or rpllnree vllli the Cuban llockadlnir 1 xiuulnn are rarely 1 men It 11 Dentil and > et Messwe mtn art charged With Hit Insist perlluu work lhal tan 3 Ivis1bly fall lo any on un board any I let uf a warihlp Un lhlr little cockle t hell tuliirnce l well nigh puiinttory No anl yet lifeliles l the dlecumfort they I Puffer under normal con < Illlon they are required Ito am affairs for the commander command-er it Hit larg I ant ttalely vetol 1 which Its mo I fit Clio fluhllng and In I cllenlally got all I uf tbo friary Jul What the enemy it uboul Htairrly u night lee Hal the IrselI lo tntl or tin blMkadlng fleet ate nol sent npwn oIn gerous rconnboariIii Uo In Von mouth of Havana 14 i u At Hi I > h bill eanhllghl on if lIIu rn > < iwuuia tn i ta In vry direction I f Me preetioN putpotr if tpIM Mil Ih M hlI l In traders ned lIh 10M tIrots horeivith how Owes I qtilrtt the > 0 Iw attL pameiiiii 1 I nb td cad t b 10 r OJ I r 1 74 14nown II 1 OJ I 1 IV IOU I on More I o 111 I powe 1 J light I of I 111 1 I goI J it 4 zilbworf 1 1 101 0 IW II I II 1 Iylll tv I i n I is f1 n 10 un lInw < 1 h I I It ur u II Thade are the eipeilnw uhlin Irv mm colotoisd course There ii no lialit I of klury nsa Ilossibility uf victory nol non the does I1mnl of beagle mod jet Hit Officers awlgneil lo I 0490 mlnlu lurt deathtrap no about their duty no cheerfully an though In lommund uf file nneil warship that over fair l id her btwain lo Oill embract or hAd lea h-Ad verily Ible la I Ihe day of iie lor pdrh Their I Is rially nothing new In lisp use uf Iho w ked niliille as an agent It of tturlaie ullh u < h II did nil fully begin Its career and wi rk of deitui 1 lion till our III ft war and I the lorgwdo boal hu bn txnetrii IHI aoiely tot Hit purpoat it foupplying file ban or t acllon the nnlvi llement train which the torpedo to I ttrQ 7 A battlmhlp or a eitilsor or even H U gunboat title ample I aiiommmlull for the utll rra und trett On the larger j men of wur horse Is I frequently mutli usury In l1w airangemenli of tin wardroom and the ialuln or turn if I mWores or adnilralo al In Is I a nor I eco at1101131 I With VIiery aceralcory ot file m1 1111Iftwly arron01 hatioll f r There fire hot flood cold later n ithimer Iwih rlnttlr lights n > k 11 tubM I noK iolliilitil furniture mid haroliefolt r allawis i ml mlrrnc Tobtle enumvinill 0 r isolate still paintings lunx UIn Hit walls The loot mittmtnt would tv Iwrllciitarly applicable lu tbwo cabIn of Cutuin Ch dwkk of Hit Nw York for ht It I rontld AUy I more than in nmntrur artist In how nil and wn i raloni lilt work has king ilnct 1 4ze111 fnvnr blt comment from ari those HM I 7 and while tho looter i nltl N York city horn 10 I 04 n I with I i dtncM for his Intent Hitn iw J I1 I hat I tile lilM 1 of Mo vispos i 4 II aimorxl criilcr Iwv 00140 1tlkN l olie them iktlrlini III I 114A < ruitiirt In nwn wist i t limes 11h An the 11 I hip sIwr rwpWoi < I a tell 1 I com mm Hows iltrt um 1A gunboat II rr latllll MI ramfMl a I the hcvpwse i hit little floctingoirs4 I I hrloaDm djny 911 MI = IrY trwto left fain Ctei Hut Mill IM bNlwut flust ittiroof o i I hat I 1111 1 IK tr l I r I I > 14 a I 0 oJ I I o v Ih I r r so I tI j l to 10 II 41P low 11 I 0 lluunt tl > 0 i n 11414 i only a fvw quart ru > a < hi in I u > i < i I j 4itiir4lnif to ibt hour of 4u > ui nifnt u living ur sleeping quarter Tht at I en Unl llacuiufort 0Ji U almotl un onoolurablo I In u 11 ol 1 limule or In Tonart tooth or the torpedo lowtmt l would b < ixaiilM us barely Ht for hIIII out un ler ilM IfIIo l un of CuUn water wllh tile grout 1 boiler Wl I hjic forth adjl llonul I heatan Old llroa art never vs llnguliheil when HB the boat I to in duly tht ontilrolifflos < must Approach l 3ifon alnuyt t lo a condition I ot ihyiltal for iute Oil Van wurm night It IS I Im IwMlblt lo limaln llow dollop ni of lliru and crew misfit find what oipor lunlly they can lo gel sohrep 1 or ret on what ny be termed the outside but There urn no aocoinraolaHon their and Use picture at u nun Settled lo a nun chiin or davit to prevent Slid lolling or I iodine wanhttl ttrlxiard as lit sloop 1 Is I I not un Infrniuent light rise lorptdo boost Is I only an Iron hell wllh large bilhr anl engine ti give her the great t roi uUlon Tell i lire I it I enable her ti dath aluad wllh light nine inrel ui ihe seeks file iKilnl of battle Thent rnclnta and boiler oc IY I all the enl < i t the rtttel I ixlcnding fore and art of amllthlpu leaving but a tramped space for living quarter in Iht item In the bow art the torpedo lube two to four In mans lir AM I a enull Black of torpedo thai Mil nearly all Hit available tport for served Th upp r deck K M thin thai In Point Inilanc II product 1 the Im I firttaion of living way beneath Cho fttt an on walK on It The lornedo boat U not heavily built No thick ilatttj of armor ifotKl htr 101 l extrept ellnhtly bout HM machinery and Phle Is I of Tough Sulfate ntratlon that a rift bullet can l nenUe her iwlbly dltairmog Inn tin machinery 01 Injuring the itetr In Without hi aiit who hi as gear awfliolip > t 1111so at lea Illtrly 1f I XIII 1 1 he I I our n i a h 0 tu qr I I hand Th l 1 mMfeUut I = 7 on H I r M J f > fnt lnl > H If IN > 1 > i > ni > > k > IJ ft i l tiomt 11 r Whit ft D ah so te h tt > I New vll 1 u 11 J l far toG I i jj jjj I 11 I I G ulwxti riirdtx its Jr t > iu ur Ir HI ths tub411 ui pHtunwlli tfiiuo visa me mtn ur iftnt lo lived slid Minium to r anil 10 amnar for the illolirg ur the torpedo Thti cannot b uny target praotltt for oritdi u are ex liutlvt itnilng from utoe lu IIWO h anti with ih purailveiy small Supply tie iioat hWe in her forward compaitwol i i t II nt tan bIt waited b-It It 1 It fousiolllow I 10 at ild 0041it The Maimn 01 it t coaitlng vexel 1 an1 I steeliness tt our Atlantic port may think their lot Is I not an envlablt orso The ur of our men haul marine 10 ur 40 years ago houlhl lip 1101 powilly every alit > tlM I that ht led a doors life but iltM the hlp sit being driven bf a hurricane he had a cuniforubli pot lowing lo-wing hl hammuck anti I hill nightly rest wa under aa cheerful conllllone aoinhhorworoctiltionsfoothind He nev ir had I any iwicei llun of Hit nilteroble life on heard u tori ttlo boat where call ra unit I m < m Had nliiht and day u call mm effort la eacaiw from the urtlll iiul nl heat around Ihemand benefit their feel I duly accentuated during the day by the burning travel of a I irrld sun I U hen Ding I In port Old crow or a torpedo tor-pedo boat art allowed to remain a larger portion or tile Hint on abort When on mntlon away frnm fie they I usie UM I hal I In In Una un ah m here on III them mo amp for the nlghi Fi rtunutrly for the health still I rtMo l of them nil tirt 01 Nino I In quest rn wim w I 1In Hi V r l tin to Tmpa r Kv W i iKit u fit Man AIm A-Im aintion 1 r a t w dasil at least tr m the cwifiws ot the metal calortnrr The best vi folbittm on board our Inrx Ion ballteil tin I-on cruloors even with their epftjal 1 Awningo lit Ilufk sisititig over the mailnwr uppor tire k their large niarter 0 t open pace tentliatlng apparatus air funnel and all the convenience for minimum tile iHnromturt of Coast at limits atlll dI lisp great meet an I Ii Iron I hull uncomfortable but In the torpedo boat with nol on nf thew racintltt for remedying 1 extremely distressing else r rounding thai brnom actual mlt ry 1 Ihe lift or men nltnched lo the wicked I vlcloue sneaking hornei or the HO can only bt iltecrlbtil 1 an deplorable 111 la well known that I In Jim if halite hal-ite I there H I no more eminent poet or danger than on the lorptdo boat In lex ToM It an 1qfoodsorto within To-M mma rr its dtlnvd victim Its work will not be accompanied with a great protptct of taccta still at that did lane from a warihlp It dlnooveml It requires 1 only one well almost shot from It rirM gun to path i Ito haltered hulk dutrn bontalh the wave trebaMy drowning tvtry Mon MUry while 4 1I1r almot pot 411111 rtilh In I live hoI of ntnni I1 M th > iiTtt easily It bell r t ministers as II I I Y gain 1 IlicIII I QUh I Ir am 0 or tit r powerful t Anallotoo 1 ti r > ml the Mrwl h to hI I t T N > OJ f U J 1t t 1 < 0 I 1 Is I I t jy 1 ti 1 n 1 tIt a I It ft t I Kul lie I h wro is I II u dolosittwo its withorytholij old I Nospoluji floswi own a nuiiptvr IIIl 1t1It the Vft WI into Veritable mountains linn tiltltm 1 Oil turpdo Result It at nearly Unbearable IRS human mind uin tonttlve pliew craft are built far speed and are nau rally vr > harp at the U wo Coffee qutntly when they lunge into a sea Instead ot Ironing out the water No live tAr Penrose II they go right through unit the wave break over thilin and fall on 10 thoirdcloo In huge volume Which threaten Imminent disaster dis-aster to the lull vailools I tcry man to then insists into ht I be laiU1 la Ihtbulwuikiort something eli about Hit liability nf which there can bt no doubt Naturally too every 0114 un board In I Ih roughly drenched and even after tile torin favor Pointed over H i cramped quarters will nol udmli uf Hie taking of iroirr precaution lo guard against t114A and resultant neumonla It I IN Pretty tat its uaterl that every olllcer In the navy weliornei I any 10 ptct of flghtlnr but It I a equally true that not more than one In ten care for II It II 10 I to castle ui tin result of service I on u torpedo boat I Aiuillcr element ut danger Is I to bt I I IlIn1 In the ml Nation of dint hleh I halt lownatm entry Ienrril n tl I I by the tot they are like let a Iftal menace lo Ihone whom they urtdealgn Ml rtc An unlucky ohl Hi turnIng I turn-Ing I f n ilttt of stations meet n > or iiny one of a hundred eonimom I ict II cidtnu would be tuOloltnt lo dead I all I I tands I Into eternity In it trlct There I art several torpeilota In general ua font of he bit known is l the llowell levleeil by Commodore John A llowtll It li a favorite one In the nllttl I Vtalm 1 navy Al the end to I a propeller wl kli gmi churning about no the torped i filed j I under or at file turfact of the water n not Its movements are naturally mort erratic than those ot the usual nh lot Ido Th hllehead torpedo with Its wn detful Obey gear It the only automobile torpedo which lists ever bn ud 1 In war The United States van the loot I welling nation to adopt It the navy det itment delaying action wllh lh hope Ihat wmt Inventive American grnlu would drvlM one equal It not 0 uperlor to It but the hope lassil valli and a fw Years aim lmi > cratlt ne < l compelled the selection et Hit White hoI I The germ of the device to I to two found In I floating powder vinile < wbHh were fl pot u ed ul Sias efolva at Antwerp Into In-to and ree4nd Their hloo applies Don In I Havana I luriwr m Feb u litt thtl4 nnehnell an Anwrlnui Captain r eiglnten jiirlnf ttw B ff made Wit tt prartiwii at nIt ai n-It I idea hr uirispa11no f 1 Social 110 1voi 1 1 1R1 I A t jl I Tit 1 < t n i 4X il r 1 I IN II It HI I h j h 1 bou How II lm14 a ar 1orowmt to I II I in ijr I < 1 10 at mul t or N N k I n I 11q I taut liuotvor fultst It Imiuuclcuulr 10 nil oh ikn lorvnio Which Mai lien mil kiimt und flown tiplixled wlllioul Jurtnif allY oit lu 171 foputn UIUIIMII llrHIMl K drlfllir IXTCUWIOII iorirdi milnit tit frltutt CtrUnn off New Jiuwn and It destroyed Unintentionally K a hllOn r moored l atoniildt Similar torts Ion wolf Ml floating In tht Uelawart liver but tfffclM no hbrm The overall lorptdg was Invented by Hobart lulloik Alto about 1MO made vigorous utttiniti to brine the law weapon Into un Un ui iitul In Iran t lie want to ndund In Ik04 and the nut year wai aulhorlird to make an atlimpt to destroy the French float ut Houlocne which piovtduniuot Mfu1 In II e Mnie Year lit blew up the brig DoruthU aoiintd to file eiptriment trial In the harbor of pal Motives nt policy caused nilanl I to rejtil tin Invention and the American government likewise refund though hli demonstrations met eminently aucccii till Just before the close ot Hit war of U1J preparations i veto made for an ei tended defends of our harbora by tor I rwdoM Colonel Samuel Colt tint prae H 11 ally applied Ilin Ue of tleclrltlty lo Ihe ignition f torpcd l Hut after all role nearly 900 l tire the I Ira hud been trellised nl an riperlmenl irKl unlll I the Confederacy ma It news of i 1 I tit water bomb for harbor dtfenie In 11ft I the torpedo was Illlle more than n I nom In the lucceedlng tt years M or veeeel hAVe been dttrn > td II I y this i lurking I foe j Ml nation have now acpepted the t irndo ai Itglllmite In warfare but I h it coal mint li I labooed The coal min Is I a package ot ten pound of 1 powder noted lo look like n lump of coal 1 and either lentil in the bunker or In j Ii lie I tui ply nt coal I whlth a ship la lak I I sit on board 111 14 I generally unknown perhai that while the detlrucllon t He ram Al Iemail I by lieutenant William It Cunhlng wisp the only lucreMful no riHnillehmenl of the rderali In the use of trip torpedo He Confederates blow I up 7 monitor 11 wooden wunhlp C army traneimrti and Kteral other tt pusho I in I addition lo dlMbllnR many I Store The torpedo hnat hAl were emPloyed em-Ployed in Hie Inner > e r nf the war were n rilepmportlonate In nine lo their anlaginlm that they win nicknamed IMvlde and were known as such In both the northern and tnulhcrn line The r avw nnl the viltivilliro uo > It well worn war phravo hI li to i atruuge the I In thie du fn r a r mid lower aliiri i n inHiot none r I Jews uulanu i ink 11 nuvuulafc of tin 01 i 14 n rttrenr ittrrjc I n 1 IT I U 1 0 < I i 77 1 Ij t j I 1 I 1 I f j 0 uh I h I I too emi y foussr4 tun lu IMM 0111a list attIN Slid dogwriusic 10 ik v i Us 11 I the itiueU No pm il 1 in 4 who oxlru Hun 41 tile 101 U it t u this be coualutiW Ui Ie cuiutiA it the type ot wurahl or the fact whelbni me deumi ti a visa I wrought Critics wilt In n Attroluit II t first tir II > eiloa In ioltlon war dUtuv I elect 1 In tlul river near Pin ilankl I I In February tAft The Federal ituiiboat I t ri1 Commodore Jones Si Inn end nix gun which wax blown liP In Ihe James river In HIS furnished possibly the rollout fearful meclucle of Iht power uf Hit torpedo 1 Lieutenant Commander Counsel cave wd 1 lucclnct account of tint eiiloloi luddnly And without any aPparent rue mile apiwurtd be lifted bo Illy Iltr I wheel rapidly revolving In midair Iron declared they 0uM I a < Hit green ledge of the lank beneath her bel nn through off what to sextant height un Immense fountain ot foumlni walr followed by a dander column thick wllh mud Him absolutely cruin llel 10 lcei < lliiolvcd as It wire In ml lair enveloped ly falling spray mull water and and In 1IC7 there wait eilublUhed at Hit Naval academy under the supervision I or the present Hear Admiral n o MullhtiMi then a lieutenant command er n preparatory and expelinsrR 00 hool or offcnilte torpedo hurty trj dev pment which Inter resulted 1 H oft4 cilabllehmenl of the lope atatlcn at Vwporl It 1 Novel officer have become III tully ncnunlnle1 with torpedo tactics ai they art wllh raman hlp nunnery and 0 SRI cr rfiilremenl a of that profeMlen The clu ol for defenilte torpedow li nl 11 i leulclnt V Y Till Inltllutlon Ihe Iden I I of and In controlled by Ine I wir apartment Hit following to I a Hit ot eineli dh iim > r < l by mine and torpedoe In the pant I 16 ream IN Dec IttTnlteO Btflte lrotowj Calm sunk In It minutes by tall n rr torpedoea In Yams river llrr dlroMl ty torpttloe In the civil if or any other war 1IQ July 21 11nitoIl BiatM In I a I gunboat liarou De Kalli 1 stank in if 1 n u too by submarine mm In Yatoi r 1ICI Feb 17 United Wastes fit i 1I IIoutnnl Punk nl Charleston A r > marine boat wa ut1 l and nln 11m wit t he auction hoi mn le by her tot ej going down ttilh Hoihlp IMI IIIUII1 States tratip I Cattle laAf Hunk by floating 10f1o4 14 Kt John river I lorl la IHl April IIInllod follatep or r a Jill Ibitpurt sunk In lied liter MIMI se R ullon mine INC May gUnlld States rI 1 ommodnn Jones dnlroyrd In J rrq rlter by an electric torpedo ItCI May 9United Million trv 1 II A Wool destroyed by ul mine In HI John liver I lorl la INC Jun IVIlnlted > Stites trimq i tt A lice Woool deatroyed by P11111114filot mine In Nl John river Ilorl la IMIAug S Unlleit Rlnle t m 1 r Tecunfih unit In Mobile har I lu I 1 1 I lowsopearinc almost 11141antati rut captain unit 70 ot the clowl To I lost lostP44 IM Oet rOnly Union lorpelo Sol nt the rlvll war Cuilllnmi leMr i nt the ram vlbemarl neat 11 I > nt lot N With the Wood and JAV dis I In owir ftsilfis 01 e is he wo t111 01 r 186 t rf0 II I f t I I 1I I 1 t i J IL II I I A I 0 I like IUI 1 < iq an4visit l visit I 10 I it I 01 1kJd 411 Sao 00 I in in ot like Load Loa-d 114 I Au I ti IR ntrot 1 tr III 1 ilim chw a tl < l 1 M l Vii4 WOO V u I u rrcli lunk the Ctl I tin i 4 r i t UK by two spar for I willk1a l 10 twill file frlcatt wi > > I 4 ai Khlpu China < irril II FUlmactdlit lorptJ i a Lynch unit i rurdell nd PCt PC-t 1M to OJ yard al C otifrrt I 0 hip Illanco I I ncalada at to tIi it cloudy morning before delta era bay Chile Tht ihlp 12L I nell woo lilt four lime but Act I 10 t I I lipril l Is I eUotlolntitotH l jI olr at Hnmialo and three lonJ I i flred four torprloc W r 3 11141 njo I at Melhlil chip AiiulJ1 f l nndior al flight oft HauU CJI rim llraill The Aiiultalan bank TlieBB ilo was lilt its lime I en < rllnlJ I to Trumbull Wille bIO lor > of Hit Cllna Jiian war Ills Jf Amino rank two Chinese ihlp tit nit Ifoito and Hit last Yuen IhoujH Hit latter to I mid lo have capoll j I bf loneloe In Hit battle of wlIalWL Feb 3 and t lUG Only ont t rp 4 did they use In the forest balllt of Of kalu In Hit previous Hepttmber uJ Hat was at a ihlp which Ads IeoJ lr partially destroyed In the July L Core i the transport How Hhlnir wag 611011 L1 Hit fire of the Japan a a 4 Manlwa M a and Hit one torpedo which Iht letter sent after Hit transport i proved Incfi f uul uulMM Ten nTh a United 1 BtatM Ml tleahlp Maine In Havana harbor 161 dtilro > ed by a torpedo or unken 1111filf with u tons otU men and two ontO Oil WILSON ont-O IOWHJ |
