Show our it avys wr war strength reneth St san francisco dec dee IS 18 irvinc IL scott vice president ident and mind general manager ot of the union iron works who hai has built gome some of 0 the tile best war ship 3 in the tile navy expresses t the belief that although the phe present resent strength of 0 the navy n avy ie Is not great there could be extemporized a sufficient fleet to enable the united states to maintain the prestige of 0 the flag continuing he be gave rave in detail the number ol 01 veasel now ready and those which could be beadil y prepared for or war saying ll 11 we e ea can count on thirtyfour thirty tour four now rea ready bwy b besides asides six ix tur turreted retea monitor monitors eix six CUQ u a boate and anol two battle ships n now ow b being e i n g bu built il t m making a k L n g a 1 total 0 t a 1 of 0 forty y eight abt then h t there b er e a are r e t thirteen li i r t e e n of 0 the old 1 d E Erica r i co oti m monitors 0 it 0 r a t that b a t c could 0 u 1 d be put in operation by having their turret turre t arrangement ran gement removed and two inch 8 ine h 1 appearing abd disappearing guns placed I in n a L barbette la in tile hold making them y very ery formidable ormi dAble ves vessel ele in the defense ol 01 our hays and harbor five of 0 these turreted vessels being completed just at sit the end of the civil nar vier were never finished the mian tou to nomah omah puritan terror and they are similar to the monterey and very erv powerful vessel vessels there could be extemporized for cruise cru ieee and commerce destroyer destroyers the new york city of pane paris st louie louis and st paul they would renk rank up to the tile top notch it would require only the time necess necessary arv to furnish them with gun guns I 1 phoui d think eliat within thirty daye days they could be put into shape v |