Round-Up | 1896-08-07 | Page 2 | Local News

the remark of tappan ot of the n navy avy lit in referring to the speed of 0 the oregon that battleships are built to tight fight not run away is only partially applicable to the conditions of naval warfare of two battleships of equal battery and armor the one with the th greater speed will have many advantages in an engagement and if it should happen that one battleship had to choose between running away ami aird fighting two or four equal battleships an advantage of a knot an hour over the opposing fleet would make the dl difference between having a battleship and not having one in any naval vessel tessel speed is au an element clement not to be disparaged pa raged