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Show The additions to tho nary proposed by tho naval board on construction contemplato nn oxpondlturo of ?33,-100,000, ?33,-100,000, distributed ns follows, says thn Scientific American. Threo 13, COO-ton battleships, to cost $3,000,000 each; thrco 12,000-ton nrmored cruisers, to cost $4,000,000 each; thrco 6,000-ton protected cruisers, to cost $2,150,000 each, nnd six 2,500-ton protocted cruisers, to cost $1,141,000 apiece. Each of these vossals Is to carry "tho heaviest heav-iest armor and most powerful ord-nanco ord-nanco for vessels of tholr class, to havo tho hlghost practicable speed nnd grcnt rndlus ot action." It the nntlon has nny conception of tho vnst responsibilities which the acquisition ot tho Philippines has placed upon It thero will bo no difficulty In securing the necessary appropriation for making mak-ing this addition to our navy. The naval board shows wisdom in recommending recom-mending that every one of theso fifteen fif-teen ships wo wood sheathed and cop-perod. |