Show LACK OF destroyers NAVY IN NEED OF TORPEDO COAT BOAT WRECKERS lipkin LIP kin well suppell upp liti 1 of ft fro n atrall Is alt al t asure A sure pt 1 I al 41 akle I 1 th i tree bf by it llulu ly 1 tu U 11 i in daled the purchase 0 fit the torpe lo 10 boit bot destroyer from front th clr government 1 Is rl now practical all assured the rupy with ith two to sister craft Is be ing ng built at the armstrong Ariu strong works at lis ick F upland uhland re the guzonas nu zonas and her coun counters coi interi terl irl win constructed and not at kiel ni 1 state stat e I 1 luch gratification grail la Is felt by the a ImIn IstrA ion over mer t tl I 1 e pros pert peet 0 of m euring the tup anil and others 0 of her class for tone tort e it io boat destro era are bally N number of torpedo b bats ats ha haip P bren been added to the effective force of 0 the navy but not one has been built or tor for HI 81 akin ln via 1 trl 1 i 1 SP all la Is fairly well mell supplied with these terrible water itel es which are dangerous alike to the bir big battleship and the little loit boat they have attal attained ned a steed of more than knuts knots the 91 finish intosh ti otilla now held at the canaries pending the adjust merit of the diplomatic question iti estion relating to its assipi n ent to adja rent cent to th the united states includes gome some of 0 these destroyers the are more feared by naval off officers lepri it than 11 n battleships 3 and armored cruisers an ani I 1 every energy Is being shown shon to ret some of if them read made abroad to the spanish contingent need 1 of anord rn ord it was pointed out the othar dy dv d v that the naval administration anted A more battleships armored rul sera torpedo boat destroyers and torpedo boats this was as the he conclusion by the war board of which ssi assistant stant secretary roosevelt ROO REvelt Is chairman As no more armor dads except the carlo alberto owned by italy appear to be of the unprotected ships n now ow with 1 ln miral bicard sicard it has been beer L determined d to armor the 1 irger of t these hese vessels with a band of steel extending around the sides aud and near tho waiter water line for the protection of the vitals machinery and magazines to be improvised this armor will consist 0 of two to inches of nickel steel and will be four inches less in thickness than on the armored cruisers lew new lork and brooka Broo it Is equal to the protection afforded the machinery by pro protective teethe decks deeks on some cruder cru liers ind would render tender the vessels vessel f orly safe from six poun dera and light tire guns F 1 I 1 rev I 1 to II 11 irry orders have hae been issued to many ot of the army engineers in chairge of coast fortifications to hurry the work mork now in m I 1 rep are already under way may for placing in position posit n the new aled foist voist defense guns purchased in ing land it Is expected hit thit they will be Idl vered erd at ne new york within ten tell days the guns are thirty two in number and are of the late latent at rapid fire tire pattern the new pieces ire fully mounted and are aro pro provided sided with about rounds of ammunition rhey are of comparative hort range an I 1 will be used in harbors and channels eh ch innels on the north ern coast pilly contracts were made by the war department depart met t saturday for the delivery of a large 1 of aimer I 1 hercing ler cing and deck piercing steel projectiles ut of large caliber ships for Au illary rivet by order of t the b of the nivy lieutenant commander ro heeler com minder of thu tho babool ship bt mary 9 and passed assistant inginger ing ineer danforth assigned to duty at the brooklyn Uro oklyn navy aard ard sat the other day as a i members of the blaid of aubill iry cruisers these additions were made to tho board because it had been reported to secretary long that the board was not large enough to do the work expected nt of them speedily enough the steamships orizaba iba seneca saratoga and of the nard ard line were acre carefully inspected unofficial information aai awi to the effect that all four of these vessels would be ic ie commended for lease as auxiliary should an VESUVIUS THE TIIE UGLIEST FIGHTER IN OUR NAVY in the market the war board la in doing all that ran can be done to secure torpedo boat destroyers deit its members believe belleve that this class of vessel will augment the vessels now under admiral siford to such an extent that no force spain can bather gather would be effective against the file american neet fleet A denial Is made hero here ot of the statement ement that spain has bought the italian armor clad varese nt fleet n t at roads the announcement that the efm masa sa causetta chu setta and the texas had bad been with drawn from the squadron at key est and jent to fl hampton ampton roads as the subject of an inquiry at the cabinet meeting and the most positive assurances were given by secretary long that the orders to these ships were not due to any suggestion from maln there was as no intention it was mas explained to detach the north atlantic squadron from horldt waters naters to satis ty fy sp tin a qualm in the pending emergency the establishment of a ond division of the north atlantic squadron bec long said was wait a move and the massachusetts and the texas have been detach d to form part of the force to be assembled at hampton ampton li readi captain phillp of the massachusetts will COM the division for the RAPID FIRE GUN CRUISER CAGO time being bein no comm anding inding officer of the new formation has been selected eleard in I 1 ilraith the condition of admiral sicard a herlth has ham given the navy department a great deal of concern and it Is t probable that he will be detached from the command of the north atlantic squadron it hostilities should occur very soon as it id believed bell pied that he be Is not physically able to mange marige mar ige a big 00 0 tt 0 in an engagement it has been practical ly decided that captain william 9 sampson of the battleship iowa ioa the president of the maine court of inquiry will III relieve sicard if the health of the latter does not improve the faith falth of the administration in his courage cool headedness and ability is perfect and he be will in all probability receive a flag nag rank it if war Is declared protection for thoe merchant ships taken by the navy md and equipped ae as auxiliary cruls re will be well protected vessel and in fighting efficiency euper super tur to many emergency require the aclus of commerce destroyers two schooner schooners and several y lichts offered by their owners were inspected today amoni among them were the conqueror owned by V W the atalanta Ata tanta by G eorge gr uld aud and the tb corsair Cor eair by pter pont morgan contract for 1000 horse the black milillis ranges are being scoured by the united states agents for or horses suitable for the cavalry A contract has his been made with one large horse company near lort tort meade to furnish 2 WO horses as sot n as they can be brought in from the range negotiations are also being made by the government agent there for several hundred more hor norea hores es from othar ranches the army officers think these horses are to be shipped south and from the hurried orders and the fact that the animal animals are nut not up to the army stand aril ard that it means war luly akal destroyer NI M 1 I ormsby of nipple mr pie park kane han a county III claims to have perfected an invention I 1 ly Y which everything sery thing afloat IL every port could be destroyed without the he log loss of a man and at a cost of only the navy department part ment has written him fur for details WEST IN CONTROL congress can lie flo tr apon ipoa one of the curious developments in congress Is the way in which the con arol of affairs relating to ar seems to be grad gradually willy drifting into the hands of western estern men who represent a sentiment distinctly different from that in I 1 new ew england of late das money bills in con congress gres are maue mate the medium of a vast sast amount of important legislation and besides tint thit the voting of supplies Is 1 an facenti il to the conduct of war it la Is worthy orthy of notice therefore that the two to great appropriations committees are headed by senator alli son of iowa and anti representative cannon of illinois the direct work mork of equipping the army falls upon the mill tary committee of the house at the head of which Is general hull of iowa while the militia committee in the same body which in the case of war would I 1 p almost equally important Is managed by colonel marsh of illinois pastern hat frt lima the naval committees of the house and senate were exceptions to the genera eral rule both being in control of old members from the state of maine chairman boutelle on the house side let set his face with curious persistence against any preparations for war ar and the result was as that the committee ran way away from him and inserted in the appropriations bill a pio proposition position to build three new battleships battleship i and twelve torpedo boats on the senate side the naval committee has been practically reorganized owing to the absence of hr mr hale itale whose policy has ha been ident leal teal with that of boutelle Dou telle and the ro r sult Is that senator perkins of callton nta nia a practical ship owner and bailor tailor has been placed in charge lis kiey ll 11 patriotic the only eastern man at tre pres present rit time at the head of a committee which has directly to do with war la Is senator hawley of connecticut who aho fortunately for the coun tr to Is progressive and patriotic having ben been the first one to take a step to strengthen then the army by providing tor for two to new artillery regiments to 10 cap the climax of western estern influence in the tho crisis it Is worth orth noting that the two committees on foreign affairs v which aich supervise the diplomatic negotiations tiati ons leading up to hostilities anil and which would have direct control of a it proposition to declare war mar are under tinder the leadership of senator cushman K X paris davis of minnesota and cepres representative alitt of illinois took dentral ito I 1 r advice aili f th the return of the cruiser montgomery to key west ts has caused much speculation cul cu lation atlon which the authorities have bava declined to end by riving giving reasons the real reason reasons are interesting and show how grave the situation IB Is the accuracy of this statement cannot be questioned the montgomery was as ordered t to 0 return from havana harbor at the s suggestion ug of consul gemeril lee ho ile pointed out to the authorities that the retention of the cruiser in havana harbor was the source of circulation of 0 rumors a and nd a menace rather than a protection in case lame of an outbreak she could not land suM sufficient elent force to be much it iny tny protection to american interests while she was not powerful to cope with the guns of tho forts and the spanish warships in case of a sudden declaration of hostilities in view of these circumstances general lee recommended the withdrawal ot of the Moritt montgomery omery and the substitution 4 of the aern 1 ern or tome other vessel of the same character the I 1 bern ern can perform equally good s orvices as the montgomery in the event that general I 1 ee or other americana americans have to dicave havana in a it hurry and the vern stands in less danger of being fired on than would mould i assel of war ar why tho th I 1 ion 0 WB was field flock general I 1 ea detomm recommended abed the bending of the iowa to Ilav havana anit to I 1 ring back the court of inquiry it will be remembered that rumor was printed that ati the administration lind decided to alowa send th the Iowa to havana to impress the spaniards with the power of our navy this was at general lee a suggestion he ito told the government that the spaniards could not be made to believe that we had a formidable navy unless they had an ocular demonstration of the fact the spaniards ho he re ported believed the maine was thee th finest ship in the Ame american navy aid and that her destruction made it impossible tor for the united slates states to think about fighting spain to correct this imbres elon eton general lee suggested that the tho iowa should go to havana harbor makek tak the court of inquiry ou on board and anti speed out again an operation which would give the spaniards some material for sober reflect jn in when the fact of this recommendation came carne to the knowledge of a very high naval officer who Is familiar with every word ot evidence brought out by the court ot of inquiry he made a vigorous protest and objected most strenuously to the government s taking any risks in bending sending the finest battleship of the navy into havana harbor he ile gave rea reason sonis for making this proter protest and pointed out the dangers that tale 1 I 1 be incurred the details would not be proper it 1 only necessary necess irv to add that the ar busmente advanced by this distinguish ed naval officer were so urgent that the tb iowa losa was not sent to Ilav bhavani the he banquet the brilliantly lighted banquet room was a scene of 0 wild tumult in an in slant stant the joyous cheers of the emotional spanish officers could be heard far beconi I 1 the guard lines which held the approaches to 0 o the he palace against uninvited guests for a block on each bide side were crip 4 to tho memory of neither austria nor spain pain can forget hie his fate and anti will stand together against those 14 ft 4 bogl 1 J rj k I wk IV V hiir minneapolis whose unjustified threats of intervention brought about his cruel cruet and untimely end I 1 the austrin jackles Jac klea are retting drunk in the water front cafes at the expense of the spanish net M et it Is a case of the russian ua ain in the havre and calais abtin on a IL small scale ahe only people who have no nn pa part t in iii the general joy are tle te editor editors of the havana papers and the he dents of the journals ot of madrid they were not in incited cited to the east feast ind every effort has been made to 0 o keep secret the event of the banquet only young blanco correspondent of 0 el of madrid was present As s a member of the governor a family he ie was there as a it ma ar r of courtesy the he other editors held an indignation meeting and not one of the paper papers mentioned the banquet in any way in their lews news columns inspired leaders in the spanish morning papers insist that austria germany and france will stand with spain in the event of war or be the seizure and annexation of cuba |