| Show 9 fI fIti M ti i i j t IT ITI F I AS IT I AN L j I f 1 AS rr I j p w I I 4 rj I i k jt I I 1 V rl I 1 k r rZ rk g Z 1 L 11 q r t 44 I 1111 iii s THE BATTLESHIP DELAWARE FIRST AMERICAN DREADNOUGHT fl mum ot of the bat batI TIlE I ot tM the Stat I to aUM atti a or of the hi wall wai an another other fla pam added to the naval hIstory ot or Ute te world M all a It was wa wasa M a iOU Of 01 am ae It II a and aad avar will be It Ie ia only a part ot of tile Mory etory et at tM lii United Stat navY which 11 hia nd place aa a fight INg IHK tree free On tile th day or tho th return of U tha flat tM th keel ot or another In the claM ot or was 11 saId laId at N fl NJ S J Thin ThIll will lie b known ae aa tM th Utah Uth she Hh will be the alit ship or of the tha Ita dL The without annot annor or armament Is Ie Her ton nag be tons ton grater t n thi North Dakota ot or In the tha Dreadnought c cA eIs s sA A few lew day before rt yr 17 the ue United nale voted voled for the tho eon con ot of two Iwo ton u two are completed and nd the UtAh ut I Is tM ft UnIted SIt will ha have with the completion ot first battleships In III 1881 the United Stat States navy w wIb wg to Ib reo ll a that went fOund the globe glob at that Um The laughing tek ot at the world It w was below MY oral 1 or of the South American republic The present showing recalls another H quotAtion lie Ito who laughs last laughs to Put In another way w was the ot of the worM rill as a naval power It baa hs spent Cr Cor the ot cl dais bat I k nearly Tb This dO ll not Include the contract ni At th v Utah Uth nor ot or IM the cot cost ot of th the i two It 2100 ton battleship for tor re b th the Unit United With the ot of the lat last two IWO the navy ot of this Auntry will witt hay hv tb this two biggest sea fighters tn in the world With du due respect to Us Ii army every I nation 0 of th the globe obe I Judged d today as asi i S a power by the th rank ot of Its It navy This hall ha the glory ry and the at o Great Britain NW We come com nit I Is spoken i pride I every evry The cows w trY fore lorce on nn the sea IA Tb I II I for tor 11 eta battleship only oly and the thc sost ot of each ach la 1 It Its pro proper r bania I aw 81 U t ks x x i I XI It liD a Ma tere I 11 j M t tX Nari X T TW aw W Jersey I Orson Island louth rolina 4 V I IVI VI W a I 4 are the a ni i of 01 th the firM 11 battleship under I I south CUo Carolina ilia rI North North Care CarD 4 Ian Montana The Tb Ice ot of the Dela te II n of II 11 of 01 tb lb North ft h keel kNI 0 of the Delaware w was laid 51 NT ot of the lb lu In INS iii th the l ota I miNT III I The cruisers ot of the us v Pr 1 Tile Tb California r New Nw 1 To ToNe Ne CaNUM e n asid West Virginia I 1 a of 15 lIt I V I and a oM c fl 17 armored c ceru i eru first Oret class L ul class T 1 cru third clams II wr tur 0 heal iI 11 W boats boat U 13 3 ii 10 t eru 4 U II T I supply hl 7 I C III Li 11 NilS collar I 1 converted yacht It top tup 4 training MIll sidling I 1 It t p I lb I un for Io Co 1 10 us 01 1 t t I I I 1 1 L 7 Ui 0 bual u f rill rIts I II I T I TI I I 1 I u II M MI Olt re on the active lIt lilt are re 1711 1111 and UI warrant on the retired list rn and 14 warrant 0 s The enlisted strength allowed by law I Is men and apprenticed seamen men menThe The marthe corp consists onI of and men MaJor General Genral George I Elliott I ii the commandant Besides on one admiral G George orge Dewey there are IT 27 rear admirals The Tho navy yard are at Brooklyn Charlestown J Portsmouth Kilter Kittery op I PhiladelphIa Mars Island blAnd Washington D C and 1 Pu 1 get Ket sound There ar are 19 naval val In inthis this country and nd its Ite ling g to the last omell orders of 01 the department the ot of ottile tile the navy wa was Atlantic list first Rear fleer Admiral Chart Charles s perry command commandIng Ing First division Connecticut flag flagship ship Kansas Vermont nd Minne SOiL Second Roar near AdmIral Rich Richard ard commanding 11 flagship Nebraska New n 1 Rhode Island Second squadron third division Rear near Admiral Seaton Schroeder Schroder command commandIng lug Ing Louisiana flagship VirgInia Ohio and nC Missouri PacIfic fleet t near hear AdmIral William WilliamT T Swinburn commanding hint JItt squadron first division West t Virginia flagship Colorado Maryland and Pennsylvania Second division ReAr hear Admiral Uriel commanding Tennessee flag liag lp California Dakota and Second nd squadron third division Mil and t Louis Loul C C noera commander ot of the Milwaukee Albert OIa commander or of the Bt t JAU Louis Fourth Irth divIsion no Third squadron first division Rear near Admiral Gibe B Harbor commanding Rainbow Charleston Chat Cht Cleveland Denver and nd Gel 01 veston second division Concord Wilmington Helena Callao lamar It I is In this connection In vie view of the leap lup which the Ule Untied tate navy h has made mad to ta recur to the early history or of tb tie de The Tb origin of the depart meat from Oct 11 1 lIlt At Al that tha time Ume con the equip equipment mint ment t t f two arul cruisers r ps tn ten and aul fourteen gun Un Be Bei B ION for the end of Dr that year vets i eel or of from to thirty gum we Tb stain at 0 of the tho navY won ere then rei referred to a marm The Tb Dav navy wa was created In 17 hod I dart being tb the first I At the eisa ot of ISSI 1111 the may took tooka a back et t for tor some IOme time Congress la out down appropriation and navel were at t low ebb In only a few lew wig Ply moa of 01 mom from to toI 01 I to ere and about a doun dOMn en old 1 W was 0 ord 4 to bs be paIred It wa waat was wasI I at 1 time that w we Ute the of all 11 tIM the world work I Its IQ lUl lUI a board was appoInted b tb the secretary ot of tile lb MV navy to mend n tM th 0 tal the service The b I loud board mm the construction of v of various tUI jiS Con Congress wea ae not to a receptive lIve mood I i at the thac and nd made mads appropriations fur only two to but at the lb axt session Oft It Inore Increased the to tour but ul reduced tIM lb at alas which the board bard had hII recommended It also mad a cut its III the lb num number r of and this blocked f for r ten y Work WArk on five monitors which bad begun un In the Its was Ita In IlU interest was revived It Iti by all i appropriation 41 of sod t the 1 n 0 of oon La of II b but tu lb In r all 11 un unI I balance of Ibis appropriation tion Oc from that tha Ii eta 01 cu gross ruM m made some me ad cone s 1011 It t 15 v III 1 LU the le Main Ual Ualand and T wig tot tor Id and In U of the Oron t nero Were re all allt t II Then t I II hi low Iowa was MM was II a sea Ing lb war with ith Al 41 AlI I I It t hY was 16 I w attention n quickly railed t trYl Mat Ita ot of SO far lar as fighting JL I on the sea HI were concerned ConR realised the with commend commendable able ble suddenness Several hey heavy bat battle batI I tle anno armored cruisers and nil torpedo boats boate were authorised In for the first time In twenty years yean c congress n passed ot of concerning the officers ot of the na navy Prom From that time until the I pre present ent evoy add appropriation n for the betterment ot of the nay navy has ha met with stubborn resistance In some aume tre The Th present prent efficiency ot of the do de b baa come about through groat trIbulation but It has steadily advanced ed recent cruise arule of lr the world seas Which had a splendid wit wel Mm come In Hampton Roads Road has haa revived In the tint steeL It had a corre effect on other countries The ead or of the navy II a civil a as Is Ie hi assistant department consists ot of eight ordnance equipment cnn and repairs steam and enlI cog yard a and docks supplies an anI i medIcine and nd iI iII I advocate general and nd tactical matters are Iw IwI I the th general board 1 which I is similar to U the start staff ot of l foreign Ilc I icea do w we comp compare re with Ith other J pow W fire or In respect to sea fighting nhUng essela A brief Mume ot other ther first class POW powers 5 on the sea wilt will answer the Great b U II old battleships hll t armored cruisers 38 31 first tret ela class cruisers 19 second nd cl chase 1 32 third elaM class 14 scouts 9 torpedo IT 11 torpedo host boat 1 destroyers torpedo boat submarine 61 United battleships ii old battle hips 4 armored arul cruisers S first class claM crul cruiser I 5 second cl 7 I third da class U I scouts s 2 torpedo torpo gun gull gunboats boats boat 40 torpedo boat destroyers 11 16 torpedo ll boats At SI IS submarine 19 I II I monitors 10 unprotected tl cruisers 10 H I 4 01 old batU 4 armored cruisers 14 second ond claM cruisers ii 11 third In 10 torpedo 11 1 do boat buat M 41 r Ji 11 Vi 1 i t 0 p i 4 i s Y y 4 c s sI I t I 5 1 I Ie d 11 p i iI tr f e I 4 I t t ti Pt 1 I IC C I II It I t i I 1 i 1 f a t j j I f fj ff c cJ cI b J a f b t if l o 1 1 o I t ec 4 f 4 Ii u 1 t 1 It Itt i 1 I JI L j 5 t C tt J JI I t I 4 C f fi fA I If A S i M Mr r 5 r i r I I I fj s I 1 j k 5 r t I i I ii 1 n e L LC i C f i I I X I Is s I Ia Irr a c rr e 3 i t 1 t u V S 7 t 14 P r REAR BEAR ADMIRAL AND THE ATLANTIC SQUADRON destroyers 91 Ii torpedo boats beats 47 au Sub marines 4 JRp 14 I 5 11 1 tint class claM cna cruisers Ii 3 con class claM U 13 third class claM 2 scouts torpedo boat destroyers 82 2 torpedo boats 95 91 sub aub submarines marines mannee l Mocel battleships 21 C battleships I 3 armored cruiser lt 23 first t class I I second toad d dais I third oIa I torpedo boat destroyer tro 76 16 hosts boate submarines SI 11 t 5 0 old bat Uhl 4 1 first c cIs cruisers T 7 eec ond cl 3 third class clau II 1 torpedo gunboats 11 10 torpedo boat destroyer 29 9 torpedo boats boal submarines II 1 9 armored It j I A 4 torr torp d 1 7 tar tor O ra tI 13 boat boa 4 44 I 2 I battleships LI II old ok 2 armored eru I arM class cruisers I 4 second 4 a class S I II I third clasi J 2 torpedo gunboats I 1 torpedo boat destroyers 10 0 torpedo beats t 1 15 II 1 The ot of other pow powers ers are is follows tollow Sweden I 6 Nor Norway I wy way of 4 Denmark 4 Netherlands S Argentina I i Chile 3 The navy of 01 China Chin con coni consist i of 01 I 1 first rt cI class cruller cruiser S I second nd c class cruisers said d 15 10 scout l K H IN THE THI AWKWARD Th 11 50 In 10 the awkward alf agi wants III ill sad d tI n nI I Is vr F of hard or nr Ht H 1 hints hint In ivery ry dl di but ut nothing must mut be t tm Ion long continued us ur tall HI mind 10 comes io k list r in i ItS I y In S 0 elI all that mak 1 ol 1 pi Ht receptivity I is at Its Ita ItaI vel very l I ha I is st t I low ebb Thus be can by bt sad gt expert I enoe ce b by bolter t now ow t than n EV ever before or DC I later er lie larks i la In his hll own power to his Hla cu au curiosity Is II tnt intense e concerning I things adults are re most reluctant to talk about HE abhors method and I system but I is greedy eedy for mat matter mator ter or or III as of 01 them said Asi Am old olda way a that 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