Show OUR FLEET IN THE ORIENT II Vessels Which Will IVill Safeguard Uncle Sams Interests In Iii Asiatic Waters T II IB now nearly 40 0 years sines I the JT I Americans America taught the Europeans a alesson lesson the they have taken to heart and showed them how useless el and anti were their navies that tingle light between In the Monitor and the Mer Merrimac Ir Inn lied naval warfare and anal rave gave birth to A brood of vulcan which may at any allY time turn lurn upon the parent Uncle Barn gam And rend him the States has bu Mid held It Its own on pretty rett well except III ht the mat teteo swift torpedo hosts and destroy destroyers ers and nd when the fleet recently ordered to kt Chinese waters shall hue have we will lIa have v no cause to laid our leor reasons of state t the JIM pres dent has d c Ideal that while withdrew withdraw ing U tit la Th portion ot of our land forces from Tien hI he wll wal all tug tile the number ot of warship to be gathered within lulling distance or of Chinas coast cout Admiral had bLI al already already ready a gallant fleet since till the repairs repaIr to the Oregon he have lIMn been made maLle but bUI aft ACt after Ir er the arrival ot of those that have ben been ordered to the Asiatic station he will have a squadron of which no com commander mander need feel ashamed in III the armored cl class there will be the first class clUI battleships Oregon and Ken lucky the armored cruller cruiser Brooklyn and the Ibe monitors and Mon Monterey terey lereT In the protected cruller cruiser clue are till thus or of the alor squadron commander Admiral tf and the New eW Orleans Of small mall crull crais era en there will lie be the Concord ton tOil Manila Yorktown Nash Nuh lie and There will be 36 25 gunboats the flotilla consisting of oC the Callao Ion Don John of Austria Isla de Cuba lala IliA d de bison Annapolis Marietta Monocacy bury Princeton Petrel General lyala Buco Basco Dorothea Ma Ia Leyte Nashan Mindoro J Pain m mpa paga pa Panay Pana laralla Quires Quire and these thell there III lie be seven n sup ships anI and u loan colliers bringing briDling I the ht grand anc total toti up to 63 vessels ot of all kinds with at t least 16 15 of that number real sea fighters able ble to hold their own In almost any n kind ot of tussle that In may maybe he be Near Nearly ever every name cited I la a tribute to 10 American prowess rowell In some IOme of f peaceful ll or warlike achievement The majority ot of lames applied to the gunboats attest a S tin Ih nationality and recall the heroic deeds ot of 1383 In Manila bA bay While no noone one nt needs need to be told what Interest at t inches lache tP the Brooklyn rooklyn the Oregon the ck and Monterey Each ha lute performed its Ita service In defense ot of this country ant anti performed It well The giant Int or of them all the Kentucky width hu been ordered to 10 Join lh the fleet deet with is II considered the finest battleship In our navy at t present completed com comI I the superior ot of any ny foreign wr war warship ship now In Chinese waters and probe probably ably the peer ot of any that will be sent he sou launched at t Newport Ne News In March ISS and At her trial In Novem her ber Int showed n a speed or of 17 11 knots knole over oer the course between ton and Cape Attn nn the Kerle II a sister ship were built on A plan which provided I them 1 with turrets turret This even en now my may be considered experimental mental as 1111 neither ha boa been In action Should any occasion arise II by which the Kentucky tt test the or of her novel double deck turrets turret the experts will be greatly relined relieved a as the disposition ot of her batteries and nd her general armament have qa ased ed no end of oe discussion While however there Is IsA isa A difference ot of opinion as to the special features mentioned there is III no doubt an to 10 her when opposed to toan an any vessel eel afloat for her armor le Is al almost III most impregnable and her batteries ar are u exceedingly powerful Next to the Kentucky ranks ranle the Ore Oro son gon which ha has been styled the Queen ot of American the love loe ot of the InUre entire country when she b made matle her unprecedented run ot of miles mile from California to the West In Indies dl dies In order to ty In at t the death on onI I the roast Out or of Cube Cuba It is 11 quite eary ar to detail her gallant achievements at when wIlen she he helped chase chue the fleeing warships of Cervera fleet to shore and destroy them with her shells There weaned to the American people then a special In the unparalleled voyage oy ot of the Oregon arriving as abe lite did Jut just In time to take part In Inthe the destruction of the Spanish h war warships ships A As Secretary ot of the Na Navy Long cabled 1 to her had the misfortune r ann h II I e to I in II wi II the Chine Chin coast coalt last Jul July th n II ret r ll k 01 gaM ard her u as tbs 1 UI r re present nt time U of t tilt the ft Repaired alred at l Na Nagasaki Ihu country Ourt ot of Japan the h I the ors n h has turned to the Station for 1 III tt was W steaming tin at 1 the Unit time or of It tin dent and has baa already arl II I n IT her quondam companion thu t I t 1 r ot of tile commander hi mint Remey tile a We ive might recall In th this certaIn features of that I no Ill I o off the Cuban coast COUt bI beta II I I e I lab and American I II I Sure lure to recur the J I I I neck and nd neck AlCk r sal between th the Brooklyn CIllo and I Y r I They t meet Ht again In raw no t I I miles distant from th Ih u I II world famous exploits and an 1 I rounded by a halo balo ot of I pl I F I II u J I to the 1101 glory or of u III 1 r rI will command the r I lied fleets I When the Oregon was R I III u I I she wu was said laid to lit to ti Ih I in morel hip III the lilt Wor world I Ithe I the same else u II the basal J I art ana and tn III I I Ithen then the largest our n mats I I I g tier displacement ww I length over all frt f t t I and coal ceal capacity 1104 t n II tt 1 The flagship at t fl rt I I trial trip a speed peed ot of tl l kit hll I I I and aall under forced draft i making her ber the fleet nett st M I IcI I cI class In the navy Ii H r i r n I h t I feet over alt all men mean draft I Mr face oral coal AI capacity IO I nr II n ginee 1000 horsepower it 11 h II J t l ha has a wA water r line of f t tc It t feet 0 Inches iii I t I t t with engines of hr 1 r t Ican I Ican can average Iii 16 knots I Ir I n Oregon Oreon and the hI r n n built hullt for speed however oil 1 I urn that may be hut but were wen sal III 1 b I n a floating fort fortresses 1 t attack of any vessel tile of Urdu y I Iera era shall Iball prole proe unavailing As 1 for the old k n I 1 Ire I n re rey monitors of a class rot t 1 considered impregnable II at 0 g f ships afloat that cn can mak Inh n t I a aan all an impression en them u If I II I bawl a lul shell rollin rolling ore off th thI I h 11 I II I decks almost flush w Ith t r I II I Ilk like raindrops from fl a au I II g I They are re not rood good I I I a II I and nd for l speed Hd are erit rt I Out But when wilen It comes comel to th t J 1 tt a r there to stay ta to lh the finish TIM The armored ships hl ll will cr It r th ale fortresses the citadels 11 of 01 t n nour our navy In the nit China Chin sea lIa ua u will form th the rapId mOl I III r P n r batteries batten and the gunboat t 1 I scouts And j I r I I i rivers and bays bay where the a II cannot a 11 not go 0 While It j is I u a u I have a line of II a hi t I I b band and cruisers along th I Ime Same me lino there will prat th h n It I real neel need or of th the light lIht draft for patrol and river wot WOI k I The moral effect of this 1 rr r be doubted doubled or its value as IIII a J Ia a I tooter moter 11 be oven overestimated MATTHEW It I |