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Show LAujsfci viiTjrj lb oio sAxrori rcrearriD fcwr-lir 1 WWflOl MliSM'KINUY llfcS A 'wtieowH And wAmp f- v, Tht lllnesi of the 'VrV 1 f the presl B VfA dent very natural O "&H, r nttrtctea the at- $ , teitlon of tht pub- B ' Ho, from the eenl a JJ. (hit brought abou( " .,. th presidential iJ. "y Journey namely W iA-' tin Unaehlna; of i-rv tht magnificent Mi, J batlleillp Ohio. TB, Cf Tht at Imple- . Mi mtat of sea war- T fnrt It not the flnt jgjjj vessel of our navy wi to bt named after tbl Buckeye tta(e. On (ht ::d of fl7 1120, Jutt Borne pictures o tllbty-ont years ago, tho old line of , battleiblp Ohio wia launched at the llrooklra navy yard It was for (ha( m the 8aes( war veseel of Its class float, tail wit famous for Its perfection perfec-tion and beauty When fully ready for !. It carried 110 guna and spread l 000 yards of canvass With lis talli 'Prtad It pretented tho handtomeit ipecttclo ever teen afloal. i Our country waa at peace then with ill tbe world, and It was eighteen I reart before tbtt veaicl waa put in ' ttmmlsslon or mado a voyage It iUr(fl on Ita tint emit- October 10, ' IMS, bound for the Mcdltcrancan, tinier tin-ier command of Commodore Isaac lull, he who had won renown as the ommander of tho Constitution In tho I var of ISi:. kThVerhlie In tho Mediterranean waa qultalent to a triumphal progrest. I i: " i ' I y SI A I I CI ' (I 'J 8 a 1c c i UjSf'GOF 'THE I 'TLESHIT OHIO. I VVrJlLVM wk iWNk PREOIOENT And Maa. MKIML,EY dmWKvlLXh Hl IVam aPoUjraphiatti4aaTftBtiowilW, JrWjWiJKaJtjL. av. .Wt ,W?F.",i!J2l7Bri Hiaa IDAOACTON I I CrjrjooOO3' THE PRESIDENT AND MR8. M'KINI.EY. f tho President and tils wlfs taken at different periods tho past thirty years. verywhero the vessel went It waa vised vis-ed by thousands and waa unlversal-' unlversal-' admired and praltcd Sho out-ilted out-ilted everything (lint camo In rom-ptltlon rom-ptltlon with her, and became n model ir other nations to Imitate In the lextcan war she saw her only war rvlce, and was tho flagship of tho mcrlcan fleet nt tho sclge of Vera rux When tho steam era began sho be-ame be-ame elfeto and took her placo with lie old Vermont and tho old Constltu-Ion Constltu-Ion na n receiving thlp Finally In 883 alio waa aold to ho broken up ho had long been na useless In war s tho galleys of Julius Caesar Buch was (ho Ohio of 1820, and now ntert (ho Ohio for 1901, a magnificent icewn Keel fortress that depends on either wind nur.tldo..but.can stenm ut In the face of a ttorm as rail! as the old Ohio could sail with favor- Ing winds Tho wooden walls of tho first Oh la would bo splintered Into fragments by a elngto shot from tho now veuel, I, while all the guns of tho old vessel L that could bo brought to bear could I no mora Injuro the sides of (bo now I (han If (hey wero so many pea shoot- j ers. Nothing so vividly Illustrates the ' marvelous advance that hat been made i In tho art of naval construction and I naval warfare In tho post four scorn I years aa tho contrast betweon thcto j two vossels. t Nor would It be strange if nfier (ho I lnpte of another eighty years, the I parallel then mida would bo aa much j to the disadvantage of Ohio II, aa It M Is.notrjlo Oblo'llVogrcta is now ad- - L vanclnymorernpliIlyTthanTenSJ''isiajMitM.Jpsg |
