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Show If NOTED WARSHIP MAY BE SAVED U. S. S. Oregon May Become Stationary Floating Memorial I WASHINGTON, Feb, 15. Under I .'crappinc provision of the naval irei - ty, the historic l.aitleship Oregon prob- ably will became stationary floating I f nicmnrinl to her srent days as "Bull- .1or i', ihe NiiV. r Ptr big gunn that roared in trl at Santiago, will be silenced: the pulse of the huc engines that drove her H.-noo H.-noo miles to rrach the fighting front win be nii(ld fotwef; but in appear-niico appear-niico she will remain a she Is to stir (V the pride of future f. it rations of Americans. The iregnn ,nil the Illinois may be returned under ''provisions of par 2. j ll. B)." .1 table attached to the treaty says. And pa rt L' III. I' 1 ' f Ihc document roads. "A vessel 1-1:5.1! be considered Incapable Incap-able of further warlike service when there shall have been removed and landed, or else destroyed In the ship 1 "All guns and essential portions of guns, fire control tops and revolv-1 revolv-1 1uk parts of all barbettes and turrets. )2. "All machinery for working hj -d draullc or electric mountings 3. "All fire control liistruments I and range finders 3 4. "All ammunition, explosives and j mines. . 4H s "All torpedoes, warheads ind sflj torpedo tubes. Je' mhos. 'M "All wireless telegraphy In lations. jjH T. "The conning tower and all sldei I armor, or alternatively ail main propelling pro-pelling machinery. 8. "All landing and flying off platforms plat-forms and all other aviation processes" The special board planning details of the scrapping program has given some thought to the problem of bringing bring-ing the Oregon within the requirements require-ments of the treaty when it becomes -fferthe and yet retaining the ship as much as she was in the Rays of her arcer. Board membei-s are satisfied that ample authority for this has been provided and the future of the ship as a monument io the valor of the " who gloriously sailed and fought her under Clark In f98, sedms assured: WILL ll Mil l GTCNS It may be necessary to cut slits In i he barrels ot the 13-Inch main battery bat-tery rifles and oiher guns, filling tho slits with soft material and painting over to preserve appearances. They could not be fired thereafter. Moving parts of turrets would be similarly disabled dis-abled and to avoid stripping of the conning tower and side armor, the main shaft that drove the Oregon on her great voyage from Kan Francisco to Santiago probably will be cut and left to lie Idle In its bearings ll ap-pears ap-pears likely that efforts will be made to restore the hero ship as nearly as possib'e to her exact appearance in the day She evacuated Colon, racing down the Cuban coast after the last Survivor of Cerv era's fleet. The Spanish Span-ish cruiser failed then to keep up the high speed for Which she was built, while the Oregon, despite 14,000 miles of gruolling running behind her. e- 1 ceded her trial speed, and 'he roar ofi her first 13-inch shell, Bailing ovei the Spaniard's decks as th( Bulldog ran1 down the greyhound s nl the Colon to I her death on the lw:n.h rather than) surrender afloat. The Oregon had no wireless equipment equip-ment nor aviation ai-cesforles In those' days She has been refitted pinny! times as naval fashions have changed, but when she becomes ;il la:, unuer the treaty, an Impotent relic Of the; rr-at fighter, she will look as she did j when in her prime oo |