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Show I submarinFfor tee army! m r - - -" H The submnrlnc for the nrmy la the H lnteet proposed adjunct to our mill- X tary const defenses. Anumulotis as H this may seem Mill, from tho view- U point of nn especlall) appointed board of experts, there arc many of the H soundest reasons for this novel propo-fl propo-fl altlon. Just whether or not the navy H will talto kindly to this apparent tres- pass upon Its hereditary prerogatives 9 Is not for present discussion, hut the fact remains that tho army experts H have been cunning enough to grasp H the significant possibilities of a good H thing and to place to their credit tho H olllclal record of prior recognition. H For months tho J.nUe Torpedo Boat H company has been seeking recognition E) from tho navy department, and on l Jan. 12 the naval board of Inspection nnd surey visited Newport, where tho Protector has been since tho mid die f Novomber last to put tho craft through an Inspired schedule ot competition com-petition with an "Imaginary" submarine sub-marine of n rlal order Ico In tho bay, on that dnte, prevented pre-vented speed trials oxer the measured measur-ed mllo course, and tho board, being a much engaged body decided to nbandon tho tobts until weeks later. Tho next day tho bay was clear and so remained for flvo du)8 following, but tho bonid uad turned southward. Tho nrmy, hoeer, was nllo to tho occasion, nnd Just a week later, with tho thermometer below zero nnd the bay again full of Ice, arrived at Now port and nctunll) put tho boat through a most convincing series of tests Tho result of that da) a work was n report tnat recommends tho Immediate Im-mediate purchase of llo submarines ot tho lake pattern, nnd this recommendation recom-mendation Is now receiving tho serious seri-ous coiibldcintlon 01 the military general gen-eral staff. Standing as tho last bulwark against a possible foe are tho submarine defenses de-fenses of our seaports These nro Intended In-tended to effectually stop such of tho enemy's craft ns may bo able to es-capo es-capo destruction by our gunfire They aro planted In tho Ileitis, mi to speak, 1. e., In symmetrically disposed groups, and so arranged Mint It would bo well-nigh well-nigh Impossible for a hostile ship to pass them If the mines were In proper I working order. Hubert O Skerrett In Boston Herald H Inboard Profile of "Protector." M 1. Omnlscopc. 2. Armored Bightlnghood. 3. Hatches. 4. Smokcstnck of gas engines. 5. Vcntllntors. C. Con- am ntng-towcr. 7. Torpedo tubes. 8. Anchor weights In their wells. 0. Hiding wheels housed. 10. One of tho gas B engines. 11. Pantry. 12. Folding bunks and transoms. 13. Air-cock. 14. I)llng chamber. 15 Diving door. Hj 16. Submerging tanks. 17. Storngo batteries. 18. Emergoncy drop keel. 19. Air flasks and gnsoltno tanks. 20. NS Ilnc of spindle-formed main hull. |