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T or ef d 8 i A f. f ET or x 5 Y r M r y wh h r f 1 1 5 lr Yr s oli 1 r J JY h 1 P p. p t ir Y r L i y 4 w 1 tAIr S 7 p f sf r r y n X p 5 v i iv 1 L 14 L ri vY H tiC y 1 I i L v L Lr z c r a t. t 4 1 r f w 5 j 4 l iy r f C v T S Lh th 1 3 lIt the t ft Iv 1 appear r u. u ha have Vl br- br brn n seized d 1 during re recent frH ar yc-ar with a perfect mania for adding lo tu their the Heels is o ot of fighting ships shil Nor Kor or has national pa patriotic ambition in an any case been satisfied I lJ by mere In Increase r c In the number num num- bee ber of loath floating fortresses s Larger Jarger more powerful and atH more heavily armed w Ival warships hips ha have been demanded until I Ithe the sums expended upon 1101 H new W naval would have appeared r raft are such mch as unbelievable a few years ago ngo I The United States tate has not been one whit what behind her hr sister I m nations In pursuing pur pur- pursuing suing this policy for the ofa of or ofa ora a powerful na navy If anything she has been ahead of he her European an rivals for fui r whereas t- t some tum um of or the Old World p powers have hav larger navies than the theone theone one to be IH found under the Stars and there is no government o be beyond beyond hr- hr yond the Atlantic that is 11 now adding addingto I Ito to Its Us clad steel warriors o of the sea so soi soi soi i rapidly lr a as IK Uncle t o n very 1 many Time lime 1 me was wa and United when the years ago aCo either near hear 1 ar the foot fool of or the States State a was pretty list o of principal Ial 11 naval a I powers but hut the phenomenal development of the American navy y during during- the Uw nast decade eca e has his enabled the republic to advance b yond beyond Japan Italy haIr Hussla Sla and stand In fourth place In Inthis and Austria Great I International contest conlest this Britain with a It IH navy equal to the combined com conn- om I r fleets of oC any three threS o. o rather 11 na nations nations nn- nn would appear appeal to lo f secure In f long Icing time to lo come first place f Or r a l Franco France Is second ani and I Germany third But In making this comparison on the I of the statistics tak account on only warships that are ar completed complete l' l ready encl t for u use e. e or 01 In commission If all the for 01 the thc various navies vowels Is building I could 1 be completed simultaneously and a a. a new cen census us of or fighting strength taken the status of or things would be ber would States changed for foe the United r then be in third place place and and not so J whereas reas very far behind France whereas France would drop rop back to fourth Germany place The secret o of this Is lis foun found of or of ot warships war war- number new cour course e. e In the Columbia has under con- con Miss tI ships the Measured In tons ions o currency of or naval al and shipbuilding shipbuilding ship ship- standard the United States I building parlance lime time a i the present has hus under wa way at of oC new aggregate considerably greater grealer 1 Great B r naval construction than JI n and as at much as ns France and und Germany combined not the number of new fightIng fighting fight fight- Is lIt jit which Uncle Sam Is buildIng buildIng build build- ships Ing that thatIs weight and power but their Ing this nation upward In tn the sending Is 15 or To thus Illus Importance scale of naval na that there be bc explained It U may United States Slates navy something some sone the nib are in thing like vessels fit lit for 01 service num- num ships building number numb num num- whereas the new than 30 yet thc these e uncompleted uncompleted uncompleted I b ber r less of men together with th the 3 s finished craft which have ha gone gon lately latch commission slon during the past few Into well nigh equal in lit aggregate months the couple of humid hundred ed armed tonnage the on Oil upheld our rights craft of the tilt Span Span- high seas alter after the close war ish Ish United States State alike to n nother most not lh The firmly nations Is other othel committed pro progressive rc to lo th time the policy of lIf building ln heaviest hea class carrying carry carry- the war warships of or and the greatest reate t power 5 ing lug guns Juns of f the lilt armor The rime protected by professional taught rat our 11 with Spain war wal men that thul the time battle battle- Ional fighting rl i L t I l iii- iii t r 1 I 1 j 5 x r r o. o Jr 1 t 1 PY- PY ar d rEE E I II I L J hd I o I ship is u easily car pre eminent nt among all naval craft and the J lessons s ons of the Ilu Japanese so conflict but hut confirmed this conviction The dea deadly l torpedo craft and the fleet cruisers In which h nearly nW everything Is to speed assuredly have their helm place In Inthe In Inthe the scheme of or naval na existence but but Jt JL is In the heavyweights of th the seas that reliance must be he placed for the tile thede 1 decision decision de de- of or issues between nations 0 Uncle Sams Sam's preference foe Cot the thick-skinned thick ships th that thai t can give Land and take hard blows Is c evidenced b by br the fact that nearl nearly every e one of or the numerous slops ships which have been heen added to the nov navy during the the past past year or two t has been cn u a first class battleship bal bal- or um else an armored the latter a first cousin of oC the battleship battleship battle battle- ship and lU pretty nearly as capable of t i taking raking C core cere l' l of or herself in a prolonged I range close contest of arms arms To To purI pursue pursue pur- pur sue RUe the subject further urther It II may be bC I added ad ell that of oC the 28 8 w warships uncompleted uncompleted at ot this writing 17 11 arc are arc battleships battleships battle battle- I ships or armored cruisers whereas ith ItI It Itla I la h PI proposed to lo submit at al the next session session ses ses- 8 sion slon o of congress the tine II plans ns for a new battleship intended ell to be the the most powerful fighting machine ever cr devised de- de and that will outdo John DUlls Bulls s lately completed master of or the seas the Urea Dreadnought nought Building battleships to keep the peace is however rather nil ail expensive expensive sive luxury The general public appears apI appears ap ap- ap- ap I pears als al's to have an impression probably dating from the lays days before the Spanish Spanish Spano Span Span- ish war Ivan that a first class battleship costs complete and Ie ready ci for COI service Ir about However er the price of battleships like almost er c every other commo commodity U bus has advanced during recent recent re re- Ie cent years To be surer sure the hull huH o of such 0 a ship ship- the ship framework without armor or OJ armament costs armament costs less in proportion proportion pro pro- portion pOllIon than formerly heln being available a In Im most must Instances Instance at less than but more moro guns are ale carried on the up-to- up date up-to-date ate battleship than thon wore were provided provided pro pro- vided in days dut gone by and this increase in increase In- In crease together with the Ow other added frills 1 that are arc considered essential runs the cost up to or 01 there there- The life lIc of or usefulness of or the average average aver aver- age battleship Is 18 much more brief than thanas as formerly the case and this furnishes furnishes fur fur- another interesting factor In the tine recent development of the time United States na navy nay y Thus a large proportion ot of tho the public wa was surprised th the tha other announcement that the battle battleship bat bat- i lY the day y by bv tle Tt Texas a which played a a. rather prominent purl Part In fu time Ibo Spanish war wal ha had been retired from the lighting lineas line lino as obsolete Lund and would henceforth be beut ut used d only as all n a stall station on ship at al one pf pr prOw the Ow navy yards fhe hc throe three e sister ships the Indiana Massachusetts l and near neal as old as us the Oregon are pretty i i i i 1 t JL Bw t I II SG i na narI r-I r r r f y f fw w I II b ArH rf 4 I t. t t ty tI J f I 1 L 7 1 i ii i i 1 st t nits r Y J r rN x h hr r I II I 2 I II I Texas but by hy liberal expenditures fur for overhauling anti and reconstruction these e battleships battleships' have been kept up to In date dUll and t the he same ia ta t true lUl of or the l Iowa u t the thelast last battleship to he be added to th the iU navy prior to 0 o the outbreak o of th the w war WUI ar with with Spain I Whereas Uncle Sams Sam's experience In building battleships covers orN only about a quarter Juaner of or a century the recent de- de I of or the navy which has aroused such tucH enthusiasm on the part palt of- of President I noo Roosevelt evelt and thousands of or other cither patriotic J citizens dates dates' only fJ from om the thc year 1900 when those mag mag- magnificent m twin lighters fighters th the Kcal Kearsarge and Kentucky went Into co commission m lon These vessels were novelties among the fighting ships of or the world In that they Inaugurated the idea lelea of or the su superimposed superimposed flU su- f turrets or two story clad armor clad shelters for fOI the heaviest guns gulfs four Inch Inch eight guns being staIn stationed sta eta hemmed In In turrets placed on top tOTI of oC the thelt lt regular turrets containing the four tour thirteen Inch weapons The c and K Kentucky were followed b by the tho battleships Illinois Alabama and und VJ Wisconsin a n trio of or fortresses ct that pare Piro JIO virtual dul du du- l Then came another u other group of or three sister ships t me Ie battleships Maine I Missouri o and Oh Ohio q which brings tIo record of or battleship progress al almost rd- rd must most down to the nt day It has r been within th the past nast year or BO ws that the I C another uatI bat bat- 5 J I I S. S r. r I 4 t- t iw J tl class daS Joined Uncle Sams Sam's fleetIa fleet In Ia being hein- This group Is composed of ul I Ithe the Nebraska Georgia Now NCI C Jersey Cy mid and Rhode Island 1111 and they I lire are bigger cr and h heavier ier I. than any ve l ves hal heretofore had place in jn I M i avy The Virginia and amid her lu r sister Pips nee each elch feet In length and have hn a displacement of nearly nearl Urns whereas the bl biggest of or their preC ro- ro have ha a u. lon length th of or only 88 little more niort feet and a displacement of than 1000 1 tons tons However this quintet of battle th their h skips ps were wore permitted to wear laurels for but hut c. c short time for the autumn of ol 1906 1006 witnesses es the cat entry irlo l cr service c of ot the tho Loul Louisiana and anti the tic Connecticut the must most formidable craft that have hn ever er hoisted the Star Span gird Banner Bonner These champion battle battleships a ships hips on one of which was built buill at the Brooklyn n navy yard while t the other was wa constructed at a i private ate shipyard l' l are nr each ench feet feel in length and amid have hav havea a n dh displacement of tons the tho lint lino two newest ships of pOl possess an un added ll ut Interest from tho ho fact that ono one Q of them then will wit convey Pm President Roosevelt ctt to the tilt Isthmus of Panama for fOl his ing In Inspection I cllon 0 of tho thu tho oceanic Intel battleship is Hs- Hs canal anal This type lyp of d d 1 d for Its terrific gun power er erIt 11 It can turn lurn against l an enem enemy four o of I Ithe the monster inch 12 guns with C. C cur l' l 11 newer er battleships are itH itI in it I I r H 1 w. w k preference to the former favorite 13 ieh ich barkers ci eight ht of the Inch eight guns anI and a dozen of ot the de destructive inch seven b ht loading ech rifles JUles to say a l of ot fifty rapid lire guns uns and f t submerged torpedo tubes Rut But even time the Louisiana and Connecticut ConneCticut Connecticut wonderful as th they y are ue do not con constitute the last word In Yankee battleship hatlI hat hat- lI construction h by any n means There are cl eight ht other big fellows that will 1111 be ready to take their places Inthe in inthe inthe the American fleet within tho the next few I years yc Nearest completion Is a trio of or thun cle that bear the names of ot the slates states of Vermont Kan Kansas ml and Minnesota Minne Minne- sota ota The e. e al' al are also ships that flint meas mens- measure arc ure feet teet In length and each of which when afloat will displace tons of or water The They are quite as nt heavily arme armed as the two ships Just I de described Aft AfU r como come tho ho Mississippi Mis and Idaho ships scups that t ore are identical In ht every el respect They are building at ut ti th the famous Cramps shipyard ship ship- yard tit at t Philadelphia an and each Is more mOIo somewhat somewhat some some- titan than half completed These are what smaller vo vessels sols being of or but 13 tons displacement but the time guns gun they carry will compare comparo both in size Ize end and number r. r with the thc of or any ony of or tho ho othor other new lI lightens fighters rune New Hampshire another new now battleship which is half hal wa way to the point of or completion stands tun 8 In ht a clan clasa I by 11 She Is IJ a ton Ion ship shill I and carries much tho the same Name sort of ot ar ar- J. J I t t 1 J i 4 1 t Ij ray lay 01 oi giant shooting In irons u as un tin mt yea sea a warriors lately enumerated numerated Alike lII e etu to tu must most t of the newer r battleships sin she h has lias three c funnels or smokestacks In Instead Instead Instead In- In stead of two as ns In the ol older r first class s lighters fighters but then lien It ll must be bC remembered bored rell that the 1 tj O horsepower engines enines en en- gines ines of or the New cw Hampshire or 01 the 1 horsepower engines of oC each o of the rim battle battleships In the Virginia New e Jersey Jers cla class clans s would cause to lo appear appeal r weak by uy comparison the 1100 horsepower that that sent ent the Oregon Ore Ore- around con gon on that memorable trip Cape Horn Lost Last but lJ by no means least in the tilt lIst of battleships now under construe Mon lion are arc twin lighters fighters South Carolina and lad Michigan an contracts for which were weri only recently awarded and one of of which will be built buill at Philadelphia white while the ether will take lake form orm the river at Camden N. N J. J Taken asa as am asa a a. a whole the tho new ne battleships are art de de- de ned to be speedier than an any of the old time heavy y cra trait cratl t. t most o of them their c lag capable of a gait of twenty one or more p per 1 hour which is considerably con con- better than the average performances per per- of the battleships that pard par par- l In the battle of ot Santiago warship community a as ng Then hen too a represented by the Inhabitants Inhabitant of or on one u of the new battleships Is a much more moo populous floating settlement than thon ll it The pioneer was a few tew years ears since battleships of our new navy nay such sueh a as the Indiana and Massachusetts as carry in each Instance men an and 30 to U and 35 36 officers whereas the tho Louisiana several of or the other twentieth cent cen cen- t tiry r ry masterpieces of battleship building build bull ling bag ing each boast a 0 ships ship's company comprising comprising com com- 41 men and A new note nole has ha been sounded |
