Show g NAVAL EXPERIMENT IN CHESAPEAKE BAY BA New Mew Monitor Florida Will Be Attacked by Big Bigi i 1 V r Guns TORPEDOES VS ARMOR i Distinguished Washington Officials Officials Of- Of 1 All Interested in L WI First Actual T Tests ests p New Ness CW Tork York May Ia 2 The Thc The new Florida will ilI 1 be attacked cd early alI next week b by great guns and amI I II I exploding torpe torpedoes oe in Che Chesapeake UJ cake I e ba lay bay Th The Tue experiment will be bc the most sensational ever over attempted b by bythe the American navy will Distinguished naval JUl leave Washington on Monday 1 to w witness wit wit- V ness the daring experiment Every Y effort fiort is to bo be made malIc to prevent prevent pre pre- vent cut newspaper correspondents from flom learning how the Monitor will bo be torpedoed tor tor- tor- tor and antI what effect two sho shots from l inch 12 inch loading breech rifles I wIll vill ha have upon the forward forwar turrets c Tho The experiments are planned to gal gain practical Information as to the effect of of- feet of ot a bombardment up upon n tho the In InterIor In- In and other portions o otho of tho 1110 ships ship's structure The Thc Florida Florid I was picked because her Internal dl dl- dl visions bear a close relation to th the theW W framing and interior subdivisions lons o otho or oC 4 tho the latest t t type po of or American battle battle- i r ships I. I The Tho experiments are to be bo undo under Z tho the direction of two naval boar boards s th the tho bureau of ot construction and aud repairs and tho the bureau of or ol ordnance n Arkansas Will Attack fh The Tue Arkansas as twin sister of ot tin the Florida It has hris CHI b been breit chos chosen n to lire th tin the hots against the monitor S turret It is thou thought ht that attack on t. t tl Mo turret will be mode made Tues Tuesday ay probably S ably ubI in tho the and anti that Clint the c hammering hammering- of the skeleton by four four- inch guns un will wll be finished the same A afternoon and umi that tho the torpedo ulo attack at attack at- at tack lack will be completed Wednesday z d 1 For 01 tho the torpedo o attack It is proposed pro pro- posed to tow low the ho Florida over O a sand bar fco o that she sho ho can call bo be casU easily raised If Jr sunk The Thc monitor has been preparing for tho tito experiment for COl eight weeks an and special p cial armor almor has been placed around her Ier sides aides I es at al a point where whore tho the Impact Im hit- pact Jact of oC Iho tho torpedoes will be ma made e. e torpedoes are to be bc used cd Careful Record Record- I E Cl Every shut shot will be he I photographed hoto hc J mid and officially recorded accorded by experts I They will wIn note whether the turret I i fr Jarred oft off Us Its roller path whether th the I sear scar electrical apparatus lire conI control con con- I ti oi ammunition hoists and antI guns gnus are arc inJured inJure Torpedoes will ill be uC fired at each side t-ide i e 1 of the tho ship In a way to determine the correctness of the Idea that filling the 1 water compartments affords protect t Ion Hon o fc-o o as not nol to tI destroy tro the turret the tIte 1 l 1 laii Is isto to us use use- sixty p of explosive sire sive D powder for each cuch twelve Inch shot The range range- will ivill be lie a II short one and anti because of the re reduced quantity of I th the charge chargo the shot will be with a nominal low muzzle velocity There will be no human being In Inthe Inthe Inthe the turret when it Is tired tire at Volunteers Volunteers Volun Volun- from all over o the country ma made application to occupy th tho thu armor plate Plato I chamber chambor but tho the navy nay department de decided de- de e- e elded to take tale no risks Some of the Ilie volunteers belong to the battleship fleet no now in these wa waters ter Xo No Animals in S An Idea entertained for some days ap at the navy y department to place live 4 heep sheep within the proposed target aloI also ali I has been rejected on the ground that if it the lived they could not tell teU what occurred and that their 7 death eath would prove pro nothing new Among Amon those who are to view the bombardment are ale Admiral George Goorge GeorgeI I Dovey president of ot tho the general board oard Rear Real Admiral John E E. Pillsbury Pills Pills- bur bury chief of or the bureau of navigation tion lion R Rear ar A Admiral George A A. Conen Con Con- ere en e chief constructor R Rear a aAd Adl Ad- Ad l I. I 11 Washington L L. Capps Newton 1 12 3 Mabon lason William illiam S S. S Cowles and anti Richardson Clover Captain Raymond Ray flay mond P P. HOJ Rogers rs and antI Commanders a William S. S Sims and anti Washington I I. I Chamb Chambers Hs H's It i Is not nol yet et 5 settled whether liesl sl- sl dent ent Roosevelt will wUl be present Sev Se oral eral members of his cabinet are arc ox eX- x to be bo on hand |