Show ERICSSONS DESTROYER Hit ovuriniiciit Sullcltetl lo llu tell oflliesc VcsscU WAsniNeiTON Jan iLCapt 0 A Hush I ncll who secured for Ericsson tho contract for the first monitor during tho war is in Wnshinptou for tho purpose of presenting the merits of tho gront inventors latest discovery dis-covery in tho way of n marine ciiRiiie ot destruction de-struction Cnpt linshnell f says that the Inventor in-ventor is now eightyfour years of age and that it is important for tho Government to take action nt once Ho says third Ericsson his refused to sell this vessels plan or model to foreign navies amid that ho built it for the protection of this country iho Captain Cap-tain will nsk the committees to nnthome building of ton of these easels Ho wants tho committees to act nt once so thnt they nan have tho benefit of Kricssons personal per-sonal supervision Alley can bo built at n hoh9tl om ltw 13 cost of < CO000 each ibis number would bo suthciont to protect our entire Eastern const against the foreign navies of the world Cnpt liushuell says ho is perfectly confident that n vessel like tho Destroyer could sink the Invincible tho most formin biD vessel of tho British navy within fifteen minutes lbs building of these vessels hoI claims would do away with the necessity of expending tions great sums on coast fortilicn |