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THE UNITED STATES MUST BUILD MORE MEN-OF-WAR.
Proposed Increase Through an
Expenditure of 5250.000.000
Is None Too Great to
Maintain the nation's
Place Amons tfie
Powers.
TROM ft statement based on the nu
merical strength of ships, the
T'nlted States navy occupies
fourth place among the navies of
th« world, and authorities
that If this country Is to maintain its
standing as a world power Its navy must
be largely Increased. In the recent debate
on the naval appropriation bill, Congress
man Loudensleger. of New Jersey, point
ed out that never has thcr*- been so great
competition among the nations for for
eign commerce a« now, and foreign com
mere* rannot be maintained to any con
siderable extent unless a nation is pre
pared to protect its interests against en
croachment. In clinching his argument,
Congressman Loudenslagrr submitted fig
ures and tables, which are reproduced on
this page.
On the topic "Our Fighters of the Sea,"
Rldney Graves Koon, In Iy-slles Wee&ly,
demonstrates that the fighting
value of the American ships, due largely
to the adoption of the new high-powered
guns, is very evident. Not one of the
foreign ships approaches the new Maine
in this respect, and the N>w Jersey Is
still further removed from European
standards. It may be of interest to note
that the Oregon's fighting power, comput
ed on her condition when she fought at
Hantlago, may be represented by 21H.&56
foot-tons per minute, which has been In
creased by the adoption of smokeless
powder and the installation of six-inch
rapid-fire guns in place or her six-inch
slow-Are guns, to 319.2JW. This Is far be
low the figure for any other ship men
tioned by Mr. Koon, but it is only fair
to remark that the bulk of the Orion's
battery consists of heavy, slow-firing
guns, capable of great penetration and
execution, but not showing up To great
advantage when it comes to a compari
son like the above. In all the ships the
heaviest part of the energy may be trac
ed to the six-inch rapid-fire guns, which
gtve, in the from three to five
times as heavy a discharge per minute as
tfo the monster pieces heading the lists.
Our now armored cruisers* will prove to
be the peem of any afloa't. and could at
tack, with a high chance of sufrees, any
but the mos-t powdWul battleship If, a»
Is reportfwi. the armor-belt is to be ten
lncht*4 thl'k. It will at once be seen to
offer a far more formidable resistance to
inquisitive shell* than the of the n*w
FJnglleh, Tlueslan Italian and Japanese
IwittleMilps The design not bHng com
plete, however, the jparticulars are not
fully *<*ttled, and a thinner belt may fin
all v t»e decided upon. The FernKHoi, undrr
construction by Italv, is Interesting as be
ing a slightly enlarged and somewhat
modified Cristobal Colon, of Santiago
fame Mr Koon ways:
In protected cruisers we do not fare so
ba.ndwom«!v WTille the other powers are
building fine ship* of 4.ft*) to 11.000 tons,
otir efforts havo culminated In an anti
quated design of S.l«X> tons, slower by two
knots than modern battleship* The now
Russian cruiser NovSJc Is Introduceed for
comparison The hatterlo* are approxi
mately equal, protection favors the Rus
sian, In ooal capacity we are ahead, but
in Sfieed !
On \fsrch 8. congress authorised the
construction of three more first-claM hat
tleah'ps, to l»e called the Georgia, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania three large ar
mored iruleers, HaJifornJa, West Virginia
and Nebraska, already described. nnd *lx
T«artlally protected cruHers. likewise de
scribed (avxioualy. The battleships are to
l«o of tons displacement, with a
of eMrUt'-<mi knots, and will much
n«emt>la the new Ma ne In ?i fipeerarv-e.
ttevoral deaigiut have evolved for the
dlst rfbuttion of the battery and armor, the
chief depart urea in this respect from the
Main** Vising the subatitutlon In the adopt
ed design of fm»r elaht Inch suns for a
similar number of six-inch gun#*, ar» 1 a
iwtisotion in the thb knees of the armor
belt from eleven Inches to nine Inches.
In sny eve««t. theee ehlj«s will lie most
fiowerrul Mper-im> ne of their class It Is
to lie regretted that coturres has delaved
their eonstr\w*ion by requiring that their
armor shall be purchased at an aliaurdly
low fWrtre Their construction has not
been ootn mewed: thcrofure they are not
lnclu<ted in the Mat of navies, tsK are in
eluded, for comparison. In the list# of In
dividual ship* The armored « ruiwers sre
un !» r h like embarg and It U to he
de«ply deplored that w»» are t » wait for
these fin* vfH*»l» until cotvgrces seea fit
to remove the ohetruction
The new programme, rerommentled by
Aggregate Present Strength of the United States Navy
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WARSHIPS TO BE BUILT BY THE UNITED STATES, ILLUSTRATION SHOWING THE $250,000,000 ADDITION TO THE NAVY.
Speed in
No. Name and Type. knots.
1 Kearsarge, battleship 17
2 Kentucky, battleship 17
3 Georgia, battleship 19
4 New Jersey, battleship 19
5 Pennsylvania, battleship 19
6 Illinois, battleship 17'
7 Wisconsin, battleship 17
8 Alabama, battleship 17
9 Missouri, battleship 18
10 Ohio, battleship 18
11 Maine, battleship 18
12 Plunger, submarine torpedo boat 8
13 West Virginia, armored cruiser 22
14 Nebraska, armored cruiser 22
15 California, armored cruiser 22
16 Arkansas, monitor 12
17 Connecticut, monitor 12
18 Florida, monitor 12
19 Wyoming, monitor 12
20 Albany, shoathed protected cruiser 20
21 Denver, sheathed protected cruiser 17
Secretary I.cm*. and Incorporated In Pres
ident M< Kfnley's message to congreiM,
contains no mttlenhlpe, but Includes threw
armored cruisers, even larger than the
California cla*«. three protected cruisers
*llg"htly larger than the Columbia, and
twelve small gunboats, recommended by
Admiral Dewey for service In our new In
sular possession* No action ha* yet been
taken by congress in the matter. In this
connection it is Interesting to note what
other nations are doing in this respect.
Heoretar.v l/ong'a re[K>rt for 1899 shows
the new ship* laid down during the year to
bok In tons:
Torpedo
Hattlnlilpa Cmtun. i-rnft.
England lIMW WT.W «•»«
France «.#* IO.MS «.*> »»•!*?
UuMia nr.ttt «.3R !*•s
United Wat M.. 'l9 910 ■ » g.JM
Italy 32 000 1.800 33,800
lKil**ny M.»l 2.W0 4.200 51,324
•Including f'»ur monitor*.
The total tonnage under construction
during the year Is stated by the secretary
to be:
Torpedo-
BattietMi* Cnli.eii craft,
tctuftand W.TM Mt.M 12.900 W.W
Prance M.»l ».««•
Knaal* H».TU 52.6»t t« •>»
t'nlted State* *107.055 1.9* K'.M# |2'ri!
iuit n.m s.i« m.iu
iltrrmnnr **» »!.»> »•«
Jnpau 59.?® «•»' 7 ' 133 ISUU
•lnrlndiuf four numMor*.
A* all the vo*b«»!h called for l>y Japan'*
l>utW)lnK pro*ramme are either completed
or under way, no new vessel* were laid
down during the year. Of the other pow
er*. only Germany and Italy laid down leu*
tonnage than w«> d».l (Germany by a very
narrow margin) while Italy alone has les*
under construction.
Mont ominoUM le the attitude of Ger
many Four battleships laid down in IMW
make a total of nine under construction,
Mxalnet which we have thre* and eight.
t«*pecttve!y. Hut the new German pro
gram me. fitendin# over eighteen years,
-ontemplatee «uch at» addition to the
armored fleet that It shall tupial the pres
ent force of Great Britain Four hundr*sl
million dollars are to be expended. The
designed increase will include nineteen
flrnt-class battleships, eight first-class
crulseis. some of which will he armored,
and fifteen second-cla.-s cruisers. Our new
navy, begun, say, in Kv>, has tost us s4*v ■
MVMftXt for ships completed, with an esti
mated H'ldltion of K&SilO.OOO to cover ships
now under constructl »n, while the pro
gramme of March i. I.W calls f« r 130.(*>>,-
Oti> more, a grand total of lI^I,OtM».OUP
The ships just now under construction
for the I'nited Slates navy form an imn -
THE SEATTLE SUNDAY, MAY R, 1900.
NAVAL TONNAGE OF THE GREAT POWERS.
\ i i *"n!Sßrf ]
_ I Ercland. i France Russia. States. 'Jet many Italy. Japan.
Bunt- | j j | ,
J*■ 5M.83S 296, Ml ' 117.210 j (MM i lIJ.SS9 i 1(8,588 I 31,971)
■y r ' I 131.600 44 (WO 1 6V?16 ' 17.41 21.713 I 1T.203 I 21.560
J. r <> 181.185 125.8*8 11.977 61. .*39 ■ IV .189 42.112 51.802
J, n| i r ' 38.510 #1.063 8.401 11.397 13.5W 2.279 ! 23.778
' " 80.080 43.328 41.300 51.884 12.001 None. 10.280
H » f ° 15.660 5,984 5,160 "29 4,026 11.512 4.1 JO
'<*P- Vm 27.790 8.898 ' 11.191 Nrnr. 1.8P2 11.672 *SO
T - B. D 23.375 I 590 240 273 :«)0 None. 2.300
r U 7.C50 15,222 11.156 1.891 1 12.993 1 8,218 2.10*
Huh* Hon*. ! 438 | None, i None. I None. ! None. ! None.
Total 1 ,*8,748 1 584.333 \ 281.280 I 193,967 MUIS 211.614 j 148,957
Building— |
K 8 238.750 ' 43.765 145.672 135.625 102.620 41.516 60.450
\r. C 187.600 111.207 i 19.984 36.0(10 • 19.312 21.882 38.534
Pr C » 41,008 ' 18 311 14.518 25.200 19.180 j 5.082 | 8,808
ITnpr. Cr I None. None. None None. None. 1 None. None.
C. I) None. None 1.128 12.940 None. None. None.
8)m { None. I None. ! 5.008 None. I None. 1 None. I 6,740
Tor® Vea i None. None. Nonr. N«»ne. None. Nw. None.
T H I) 10 --J0 3.022 6.970 7.-607 4.580 M7S 1.200
T lj None. 3.945 I.MO 2.188 None. 1.380 3.084
None. 936 None. None. None. None. None.
Tot*i mjn ! ifi.ui | -.T jim qmm ilmm J 76, bis i 115.478
(■rand total l.itlW ' MMtt I 808,928 j 413.5*5 ! Wtt j MM* | ».U»
Built «im« mo- j mm j 1710*3 i vs.ua j im.im ! m.i«o | 7i,as | as.no
.. c, ',.'.'.'.1 167.000 i 136.811 ! tJ.wr I 53,41» i 19.342 »,«« i 60.184
, linr & I Soar. Km. I Hon#.* I 9.687 ; 9.540 , Ntm«. | 1.800
,i u I None. 3.534 1 18.316 19.179 None. None. I None.
Ltn-c None. 8.994 I i.605 None. 2.022 None. 1 None.
TW"v« m 'ik iiimm .... ! «.«* 1 JM* 1 gg | "■«' 10 *" i j
Tntil 1 1.182.1# 437.940 | 330.384 .'138,145 280.713 | 145,332 196,390
II A 11.111. Uhti». I ».. THttli nmnlly of I.iro lonmw <th« prawni rra.tlce glrine h».w<w RSOO and
15000 t..,„ .Hh nt.xin.nm nft.na* and defrttae. protection to hull by '1 ..d» armor; prote.-ti™ dorks
oval In.iik,- and wlluto.. • f»m I.rot«t«l I.* harbetlM, turrvH. ra«.u. ~nd .I.U-lda,
Kr ( t v , .rni-.-ia. i. f vesaelt of moderate to large tonnage, with pio'ectn.n to hull and battery
similar t thai of battle <ihij.fi. except that the thickness "( metal n all .-e< i« much le*«. which with
111. tieiwia *aved by carrying lighter guns gives opportunity to make tt>< peed and steaming radiUH oI the
armored < ruiser much greater than the buttle ship.
l»r Cr l'r<>te<ted rroisera. i. e. veaaeis twtmlly*of -mail to moderate tonnage, with protection to hull by
protect)** .1.-rk. r«al iMinkera and cellulose. No tide armor. No turreta or barbettes or casemate®; guna
protected bv gun shield*. . , w ... , ... _.,» ,
I'npr «'r Vnprot ted nii«er*. I. e., t.iwela without any of the pttMectioo of the nbote c'a«sea. It he
nfti-ed th'»t vt.«n*ry haa constructed a of this cl»#* f<a many year*.
C. !> « ..-t defetiAr, i e . v ~«1« with many of tlie characteri«tit.i "f It. f*., in haTirnt thi<k arrmx for hull
and lottery piote< tion large gnn*: small ipeed: limited e<wl mp|ily a whi. h meana wnall steaming radius.
r«uall> tbe«e rebels have low freeboard and are not |«M neagoiag »<
K-tjio'cial att».nUcm »•» inrited to the faet that no eouutry. c«'ef>t the ITnited and Rmtsia. has
•.-<n«tineted HUi'h a *e«*a*-l many jeara. Thia point is rctoitded na feiy imiiortant in estimating the
naval «trength <»f the several timers.
The eapre»%k>U ' -.sat uetenao" as iippUed to shi|» i* altno«t nukaown abroad It api-oors in the
Onit».l Htaii.- in the iion of the motkHor claas and in Fiance in the furor with wtifch the n
strnrtion >< submarine in undertaken.
A -tiuly of the i»oJi<of the real maritime nati«»ns England and (Wnnany- shows that the riefeo**
is slwar - to !>e offen*. Both th«*e countiica arc building '*01? seagoing t>attlr ships, large cr*ii<wra, and
all *• rln>«t construction has l»een abandoned f« r the mo-lnution "f torped'- ' at de»tii>«ra
T.Mi \e- I'.'p.M. \i-sioeU « ln-« "00 to I.'VK) ton-.. whi< h » \|>erieiu.e 1*- to have ifeither 11 « mriß
<>f r. 1 rt'* nor of « Vi iet-r. *!»■« 1 to <*:.h torpetio la»at». and therefore o nstniUnin of this rlst. haf
«err 1
T II l> Turpedo-Wnat deatrorers. vectsets of 310 to 400 tons, rtrong countm. tion. good seagoing qualiUes,
»»»j hig speed, and l»iga steanii.ig radtus.
T li !'• -do boata. fnin .*) to 200 tons, no longer being built in England or Germany, which, as
above staled, are bo tiding only the destroyer.
Ing force nny. a powerful squadron, able
t<» set at defiance the combined navies of
the world outride our six greatest rivals;
tut wt cann<<t stop here. Other nations
«re building heuvtly. Germany Is close
jp'-n ;f heel* at present, and unless «e
' < !■♦■,!«.» • 1;r fPi>rlß we w ill be distanced
w ithtn a short time.
U may t»e noted Jn panning that England
will have under construction during the
« ileniar y»• hr t «*} seventeen tlrst»<*lass hat
* « sbu »*. twenty armored cruls*
er» f Mir protected orulser*, five sloops
and gunboats and twenty-une t<»rr»eH3o boat
ix?sJdes smaller craft.
Japan, on the opposite side of the globe,
has. as already mentioned, substantially
«Minplete l ht-r gr* a: !*uiMing programme
IWH But vvhat wlch the unsettled and
«t times le»,Uledl> threatening sute of
affairs tn the East, the boundless ambition
»*f the \:k rous islanders, and their un
l.ving hasrtd >f the Russians and of Rus
•ian m* hois, wo may expect another
> -»r«. : t , announced at any
'ii m- nt. Ja; .n ha? become a factor to bo
ret k-r ed with In the Pacific at least.
! i;n*. ically m'. her interests are concen
trated in no quarter, and a given force
f slaps wiU therefore "go farther" with
la r than uith a nation like the United
*'•••- with tw. Unmense se-a coasts to
: i* t to say t.othinf of a prospective
r t. roceanic eunal distant seme 1.300 miles
Jr m our nearest ivjrt.
'apt. Alfred T. Ma.han. whose authority
n r.aval strategy is unchallenged, main
tained. in his rev nt interesting contribu
t :i t« la. >■.!<» « Weekly, that unless our
s..ivy is to fall into the passive state of
beinf one for defense only. t« must keep
>.;-on the Vm .tic a force always superior
o :;iat >f Japan. Its Atlantic counterj>art
being of twice that strength. With this
• ":imat» t«» work on. it may be said that
w " need at once, in addlti«>n to all ships
t w building or authorised, three flrst
« ass battleships, ten arnwred cruisers and
nfteeu protected cruisers. This would
ring our righting fleet of forty-flve ves
sels up to seventy-nine, or well ahead of
Russia, and would place us upon a firmer
footing than we have enjoyed since IR*.
Speed in
No. Name and Type. knots.
22 Des Moines, sheathed protected cruiser 17
23 Chattanooga, sheathed protected cruiser 17
24 Galveston, sheathed protected cruiser 17
25 Tacoma. sheathed protected cruiser 17
26 Cleveland, sheathed protected cruiser 17
27 Unnamed gunboat for lake service
28 Stringham, torpedo boat 30
29 Goldsborough, torpedo boat 30
30 Bailey, torpedo boat 30
31 Bagley, torpedo boat 28
32 Barney, torpedo boat 28
33 Blakely, torpedo boat 26
34 Be I.ong, torpedo boat 26
35 Nicholson, torpedo boat 26
36 Blddle, torpedo boat 28
37 O'Brien, torpedo boat 26
38 Shubrick, torpedo boat 26
39 Stockton, torpedo boat 26
40 Thornton, torpedo boat. 26
41 Tingey, torpedo boat 26
BUTCHERY BT FILIPINOS
Revolting Crime* Committed By Rebels
at Camansi—Fiend t«h Murder of
Five American Pmoncrs.
ONK f the most devilish crime* of the
Philippine (ampalgn, go atrocious
that It rained a cry of horror even
#*mong tls* m •• - . n.; r
th« revolution in Manila. was ooma.i;ltd
by a regiment < f rebels at Casrvaml Janu
ary *. ainj&#t In to pre»#nce of i buitalion
of I'nited troop* Fhp Amvncan
*o Idler*. primmer* In th.* hand* >f Oeti
Aklno of Mourn Arlat, were shot without
mercy and butchered with boloa. To com
plete the catastrophe, the rebel* e* 4 pe<i
without an opportunity t* Ing afforded our
men to avenge the butchery.
It was a right that will live in the mem
orise of all ih «*e who wltnes* 1 it walle
life lai»t*. Tner» have been engagements
on the Nland wh»r- th» 10-* of life i- »ee i
much greater Injt no Incident f the <am
clearly »rnpha>vj*» < the gavagery
of the native* than th* mutilation of Ave
American Four f them on
the ground in different position* co\ re<d
with blood One nai dead another d>ing
rapidly, while tr-e agonising con r^f
tm » more wan nuoh that de«th mi.fiit 1.
expected at any moment. Th» An. *Smn*
who wCftred NO horribly at the i;a".d* of
their captcf» w» re:
c*har>ji I'.i private. Company R,
Ninth Infantry Home at Fort Scott. Kan
Shot through a? men i lia right temo »»
Bvlo-wounds ' heat. !ega, head. aj;d me.
Hrown waa d** when the Uuttalion rta
ed him.
Charles A. Cook. Company H. Nm-h in
fantry Home at Haverhill. Ma-i. t?hot
through abdomen and chest. Alao from
riuht angle of lower Jaw through nead
ahiie he lay on the ground. Boio-w - ,;.d*
Speed in
No. Name and Type. knots.
•42 Wilkes, torpedo boat 26.5
43 Dahlgren, torpedo boat 30
44 T. A. M. Craven, torpedo b0at...., 30
45 Chesapeake, training vessel for naval academy
46 Bainbridge, torpedo boat ilestroyer 29
47 Barry, torpedo boat destroyer 29
48 Chauncey, torpedo boat destroyer 29
49 Dale, torpedo boat destroyer 28
50 Decatur, torpedo boat destroyer 28
51 Paul Jones, torpedo boat destroyer 29
52 Perry, torpedo boat destroyer 29
53 Preble, torpedo boat destroyer....: 29
54 Stewart, torpedo boat destroyer 29
55 Truxton, torpedo boat destroyer 30
56 Whipple, torpedo bo*t destroyer 30
57 Worden, torpedo boat destroyer 30
58 Hopkins, torpedo boat destroyer 29
59 Hull, torpedo boat destroyer 29
60 Lawrence, torpedo boat destroyer 30
61 Macdonough, torpedo boat destroyer 30
—From Leslie's Weekly.
in several parts of ht» body. Cook died In
an hour.
Joseph I*. Cook, private. Compar.y H,
Ninth Infantry. Home at Hom.'sburg.
I'u. Two penetrating wounds in lit east
made by Remington bullets'. Holo-wounda
on neck and logs. Died five days later.
Edward A. N'orval. private, Company n.
Twelfth Infantry. Heme at Gordon 'lty.
Mo. Shot through right groin, left thigh,
light leg. Abrasion from bullet across
stomach. Also suffered severe bolo-wounda
on body and legs. There is a chance of
Nojval's complete recovery.
The Holland submarine boat, recently purchased by the United States government
<"hrl»tlnn Pflfrnoa, rommlseary r-ttvenl.
Twelfth Infantry. Home In Denmark,
through right thigh. Ha* chance of re
covery.
Joseph Cook, between g,*»ps for breath.
*x plained that at the first valley Pet«-r#m
iuid fallen over an embankment, anil >, ouid
d« nbtleas he found In a ravin? fit-) or
fifty feet below. They fotind him, atd It
w«s a superhumaiv tai-k to move tho
wounded man to the plateau up n w,ilch
hi* de«.t and dying friends teated Ttj#
million of Ihe men wue awful, They hM
. . slurvi 1 and 111-tl > ilt 1 «i:i tii«%
i .pture two months liefore Tliey ha 1 lieeti
denied wa:er and food until tney were ho
«(nk they > *»ld : .udiy Rtaiwi woftt they
were led out to be executed, ft -*»t* a
hard matter to question them, but ;ifter
their wound* had lieen Mr- m d, Ji>«*eph
Cook. "»r>e if the murt liaJly woun.leo, In-
M- r ed upon reia.Lig th*. egpcrleoce* < t the
day. The ptovlouf morning they ha I be*»n
i iken, in Aklui'i ..rdirs, fnm th« .•■ ,tf
In which they were lmprtwned and t>een
compelled lo kneel before a firing party.
After Undergoing t le moat awful ■■ er.tal
ai>#uish tor several minut<* 'ru<y were
• iken back to the jell. with the Informa
tion that If the American <r<>op* attacked
the barracks they would lie shot. Cook
told the story la the»e words:
I dl In't can much whether they killed
me or not. Aklno had misused us «u often
and had starved u* so much that I prayed
for death. Why. we have only had a hand
ful of rice a day for two weeks I was
big and strong. but thl» treatment toon
reduced me to a ntal<- where I thought my
mind was falling. We were not aiMowe.i
to bathe. The} kep- u* >n a flithy hole,
and sometime* we suffered for a drink of
water. Thi» was. all on a'count of Aklno'a
order*. Some of the natives tried to be
kind to us, but Aklno would punish Ihem.
It was awful. I tell you. and growing
w.iree until this morning, when *heart
firing and knew that we were doomed.
At the first volley some one of our guards
i <tme to our house and dragged us Into
: He open. I wanted to break and run for
It, but was too wewk. They were all yeli-
Inp and excited-like. Befor* we knew what
It was all about 1.-wy told ut to kneel
down. We could not help It, and did aa
w> were told. As I was going d wn on my
kiites and praying Qod to take my soul.
I heard Peterson say: "I'll be d d If
I kneej down. If I've sol to die I'm going
to dip standing up." Just then they be
gan tiring. I felt a great pain 1n my )'?est,
and fell over. It seemed that somebody
had struck me over the breast with a ball
tnt. Then 1 henrd yelling nnd firing, and
closet! my eyes when 1 «aw that Brown
had been killed nnd mutilated. I woke up
again to see the colored soldiers about us.
Cook nank back, while Lieut. John J.
ti. huley. acting assistant surgeon of the
Twenty-fifth regiment, cared for him.
It was a solemn crowd that looked upon
(••ink UK hi* body wan covered with a
Mu.uk't —|'hlllpp4ne cot respondent of Let
llc'* Weekly.
Comparative Strength of the Principal Navies.
(Statement hattd on tht numerical ttrtngtfi In »hlp».,
THE data which follow are taken from a Brlilah parliamentary paper
Milltled "Keiurn 'nhowlnn the fleet* of Ureal Hrltain, Kran.•. Runtla.
u~i k r , , *" , " y, n. t ' ily ', V'" 1 ";' 1 # l *«ea «f America and Japan. dletlnfulahln*:
Italtleablpa, built and Ijulldln*. crulaera. built and hulldlnx -oaat d-f. one
v«aM*>, built and bulldln*, torpedo vtaeela, torpedo boat dealroyera and tor
pedo.boat*, I'Ullt and bulldln*,'" which a* therein etated, la compiled from
1 each navy, and have been h implemented by at.me filler and
Hiir 'lata on hand In the office e f naval Intellle. nee (I'nlled Htalea). It l«
iRK«i(Htt correct.
It rau»t be clearly borne lr» mind that there are In every navy Certain
whl h appear In thij official navy Hat. but whl li cannot
■'"•I '■" '"imlr.K paW of that navy'* flglitlnK fin.'
I lies ■ re <m obsolete *hlpa; <b) receiving ahlpa; <c) nalllns and tr.-ilnln*
shipe. etc.; (d) tu*a and mlncellaneoue.
AJ. hen" i la- «• * are omitted the tonnage Riven l»elnw.
Neither are there Included In thla data any auxiliary v>p-N. Audi «•
yacnu or merchant veaeels. for It would mean, practically, the > ntlon of
tt- merchant marine oi the nevcral countrlaa, all of which la avail,' ie
I 1 f ClMUtDdfiSSi
Altered I'r.i.rte.l rnpratactad .i.<J "
* "I'* '*iuU«rt. IYuiaere ( rjiaet*. Hp*. I*l
NATION. j TotaJ T'dal T.,. a l Total ' THal
v DU- lb- l«t»
No date So. pj« . No. ~t a. s o. plate No. ptaat- ■
inent. meut. . mcr.t awiit meet,
. . j Jjjl t [Tone I ;T nt 'j T<»ii f~ T TnSsS
J,'" * »••*.» an iv >r i ui ni.ut jt uau is ii;N
S""" t . * «•»« »:*.«• li k.m> i iw a «uE
t • '!"t aulei . .« !M l« J H! m II ViaM ( 11 T»f I 4 I ti "J
*'• i"*" v •' * * II * 3 U.» » 13 M |« ' ,'tt
• U J' ? ~' ' "■* " I'.ut i ? iiin
••• -I * I * *>« Ml 7 1 r.l« M »77« f j 21.1*
j Torpedti J Torpedo-boat Torpedo I |
j Dwtruyeta. Boat*. ; ( Sul>marlae» 'l nr. A TuWl.
I Total ( I Total | Trital ! T *»i; Touf
i>u. i rn. r,i, D,V ™
No. plate- No. plate- ! No. plat.- No. plare- No. i*m*
------------------------- ni«ut. j rrse.it nictit. | j nimt, n,rnt,
r . . ! _ ! I i ! "lia. I rtiiri I'TtauT:
t!-.' Ji . •*} H OH x 19187 I i: i,wj i t ri»
, ' u . W j MJM * 7 750 MB 12.13 d» ! » jh SUM
.." •• 0 9 * ' 7*» • » J.fTT I « I « IU tusa
•tervaojr 1 : m li « tL r to iu i:.»® « ti -jo tiin
, '* l! i* i*-'« ii in im a iTh o a jr jitw
, ' p * a I » I » I a I im | m i sub i a | « i iu | m.im
Holland Torpedo Boat Purdue
6y the Government (an Re
main Under tfie Water
lor Honrs complete
ly InvisioieDuriniS
Attack.
nOW that the Holland ha* beet put.
chased by the government and |i
11 vessel of I'ncle Sam's navy j n
gr>od and regrti'.ar standing, a trwh
interest is taken in her hlstnrj
characteristics.
The Holland is shaped like a sweet po
tato. is R4 feet 4 inches I n* and 10 fe« j
Inches in diameter at the broadest part.
When erulslnir abott one-eighth of )„,j
bulk would be above the surface, nnd Hit
would draw about eight feet of water, ghn
lan be wholly submerged and yet operate
In a <ie:>th of twelve feet.
Propulsion Is effected by a screw that
derives Its power from a gasoline engine
when the boat is running at the surface.
When she Is submerged the screw lj
driven by an e>etric motor and storage
battery. This tv-ittrry would be prevtouMy
charged bv the boat's own engines. Onj
charge of the battery ought to enable her
to run seventy-five miles under water.
When submerged her spe. 1 would not
exceed four or five knots When cruising
she can travel a little faster. She has
made a speed of seven or eight knots on
the surface,
As originally designed, the Holland had
three weapons. One was an expulsion
tube of the same type that the ordinary
torpedo boat carries. This delivers th#
torpedo without any special violence. Tha
Whitehead projectile Is an automobile; or
self-propelling affair, it carries a tiny
screw and automatic sleeting apparatus,
and takes care of itself when one*
launched. The Holland is planned to car
ry three Whiteheads 12 feet long nnd II
Inches in diameter. One would be placad
In the expulsion tube ready for xervlo»,
and the others would be arranged along
side the tube within the boat. The tuba
opens out In front.
Beside* the ordinary rudder, a vertical
plane to direct the boat's course to tha
right or left, the Holland lias a second on*,
extending In a horlxontal plane, nnd in
tended to alter the level.
The chief virtue of a submarine torpefo
boat Is that she can render herself mors
completely Invisible than a vessel that
always stays on the surface. She could
certainly deliver an attack by night with
out detection, and It 1* even possible that
she could do so by day. The latter li
altogether out of the question with isy
other type of torpedo boat. Of Count,
such tiny craft cannot navigate In rough
water. They are fitted to live and «ork
only In or near harbors. They are meant
for coast defense only. They require spe
cial skill and courage on the part of otß-
fern and crew Hut (hey can do wh»! WO
other torpedo boat can, ami have it <SH»
tlnct field of uaefulneaa before them.