The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-06

manseed facility and fatal effect rhe reports
OF their great service recently In China very forcby Illus
mept
But forbesr 10 pursue this subject-Iesvug IT IN the
hands OF able ordnance officers The cautious )und
Judgment Of The late Commodore Morris approved the
new ordnance The six frgates presented at once
the question OF supplying them with the guns after the
usual old model or in accordance with SUGGESTIONS OF
able ordnance officer tested by years OF considers
ton After investigation, unhesitaungy sustained the
TO lit out the new irgaes with their pre-
sent formidable battery Ii Ia true the guns are very
heavy but experience and practice and aid OF labor
saving inventions daily made will render them as man
sgeabe as thirty two Founders twenty years ago.
sIw fHiGArRs-PRoPosED ADDITIONAL Ioois TrC
In my last annual Report informed you that three OF
me pleasure 70 state That they are ali .aoat
The machinery for each will be completed ready for
trial IN alew days The Aerrimac and Wabash are now
IN commission Thus far the most sanguine expectations
Of the Department have been fully realized
The performance OF the Merimac impressed favora
bly, he teverest architectural critics The mach nery
and boilers have exhibited remarkable evidence OF
the material and workmanship superintended and
approved by the engineers Of the government although
euit OF necessity IN private establishments The speed
10 greater than usual in auxiliary steamers, 10 which
steam by no means the chief motive power. but the
Preat desderaium 10 attained OF preserving unmpaired
I'll me essential elements and capacity OF the sailing
vessel
of these rigates modelled by the Chief of the
Bureau Of Construction nc and Will each carry bate
ry of eehtnch guns the spardeck, inch the
Punoeck, with ter inch pivot gun box and sern The
Niagara built 10 New York, was modeled ana unpletet
In the Navy Yard by the late George Sees whose ge
MUS and great capacity for chi -oadiDg so highly
recommended. that he ar,0ntea a temporary naval
constructor for that purpote she will carry the naval
mnmeDt OF twelve eeven-inch guns, each throwing
sbell OF ls5 pounds.
tuits the history OF the United States Navy and
while they may well stimulate the energy aud vaior 81
it's officers they will also excite emotions OF national
pride IN the bosom OF every American peholder.
know Of no rea'on for Withdrawing the recommenda-
ton heretofore made 10 build additional sloops of war.
capable from their email draft OF water Of entering s1c1
ports New Orleans Savannah and Charleston. AS wall
New York and Boston formidable battery Of from
fifteen twenty guns would them very efciivs
They could annoy the enemy at sea and penetrate
defend our harbors along the coast Inaccessible to the
larger class of heavier draft
The arguments and considerations for Q STEADY and
gradual of Navy have ost Of Their
force. Our EXTENDED coat, multiplied commerce
tbs ear,h all speak loudly favor OF this policy But
for bear the repetition Of the views often somewhat
deliberately presented heretofore think II proper 10
remark however that the passage OF The bill for
the construction or sloops OF war Will be but tse
very little actual increase, many old vessels are nov
necessarily to be laid up as unworthy OF repair
In sdditon TO the establishment for building AMI
pairing machinery and boilers at the Wa shngton Navy
Yard the department persuaded that during
year those In process Of construction a. Norfolk
and Brooklyn will be nnished The difficulty in MAXINE
. sae ioucdstion will some~hat delay ibe foundry at
Boston. When these completed the government
repar and build It's own mAchinery tor nsional vessels
take pleasure in stating that the boilers and entire
Navy Yard and have thus reflected credit upon pro
jeciors And builders.
is very important that .uch policy should he adopt
ed In gard 70 eeamen viii insure supply when need
ed Tor regular service. and promote the enlistment OF
OF country men the coniiderations IN favor OF
which latter proposition cannot but occur to toe
est observer. The recommendations of the deparmsn
of system Of honorable discharge and OF increased pay
have been generously adopted by Congress. Ine sup
ps Of provisions and clothing have Tor the last few
years been OF the substs and wholesome pro
ducts OF the country Since the Introduction OF the
., stem OF inspection the or The department lon
annoyed by complaints IN regard to worthless cloth
Ing and spoiled proviioIs The medicines are not spu
drugs bought up in haste In The shops, but
tarefuy under the immediate super vision
OF the Bureau OF Medicine and surgery.
The arrangements for berthng the men on our ships
have been gradually mprovtne, render them
comfortable and from diseases and decay of
constitution incident to the pers ADD privaous OF the
Excellent surgeons are assigned 10 every vessel
The following exiact from the report OF the Cd lief
OF the Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery. atsests
the shin OF surgeons and the excellence Of the san
tary regulations on board OF anopsl ships
The Constitution, friga'e with compliment Of AS officers
tAfca terminating in June 1855 lost but by
thirty SIX were Sen, hone Is syds ne s,ms Inn
veste's compos ng the squadron
s,ss in iny @oSfs hat IS from January KS 20 july 1886
eighteen o. her crew while stationed IN he ~ m
class cruising the Pacific lost but OF her
sse Cruising % Ss E. ns r se mo
lgs os but u men y disease aud accident s The
coast Hraz reports eu, i've Deaths during thirty monih.
eyer of serious character prevailed at various paris Of the
Trus seems that every incentive held out to invite
cpistmepts and secure experienced seamen abundanty
kr home and ioresn service.
have hesitation In stating, and the records and
turns will sustain the statement that there has been
Improvement 70 plumbers aud character. still the
wonderful increase OF commerce and demand for sail
lbe comparative shortnees OF the cruises OF the
Dcrchai marine, and the very high price paid, render
easy matter TO Keep hand sseAdy and ebcieot
supply for the relief OF squadrons Such, too, the
soncerfui attractions presented ny country
great the facility with which peaceful and ha ,py hon
procured thai the increase Of sailors has am-ax our
citizens especially no, kept pace with the progress
am aware that occasionally the sailor has had
complain Of berg detained abroad beyond the term o
his enis,meni although fourth additional compenss
ton allow ID for that period Of detention Every effort
been made since The return OF the Jaran expedition
remove this source q complaint. Had the rule been
apr strictly TO that squadron, the purposes for
which was formed would inevitably have been pos,
POI ed perhaps defeated forever, National vessels
he only been detained by hgn considerations OF public
ROOD and then was a. painful W the Department
Doyipe 10 the sailor has not been, aud not now the
policy the principle OF bs Department 10 detan
f0rgn sIatsps Indefinitely Until they could be
relieved. On The contrary numerous vessels hsve been
ordered home from distant stations before their rhe
we've sent The Cumberland, the flag ship Of the Med
squadron the Ievsnt and the ST. Louis OF the
,sme station al returned before their reiefs mad ronc
out Inc savannah the sg ship Of the Brazil squsdrco
lust returned, ordered nome 10 July la,-but by
accident rregusy Of the transportation OF the
mails the orders wire not received until ocooer Her
relief the 81 fAwret ce. only left the Untsd states
the l3ih day OF October. The Germantown Of the
SQUADRON hes been oroercd home without being relevef
The terns the stmen Of the o. the 81 ksrys
Of the Pacific squadron, have nearly all EXPIRED
but had the Department ordered her home from Pa
mama | have positive assurance lat the
qutpces would have been iaa 20 tue ves and properly
Of the thousands Of our conntrymen p&ssInr
that route. such, however, the anxiety of the
department 10 relieve the aud officers OF thai
ship the, officers and have been sen;
Wabash 10 Aspnwall. and arrangements have been u
fected With the railway company, 90 that the present Of
hcers and Of the 81 ksrys will reach their homes
in the United states without the delay and osure Of
voy eye around Cape Horn. | am, however, Of opinion
that cruises Is long aud that should
be reduced instead ~ three, and have do
termined and directed thai shall constitute part o. the
ssug nstr uoous "a Commanders In chief o. the squad
ron g. that they shs that when the term OF enis
meui the majority Of the u any vessel attached 10
their fauadrou about expiring that shall reiurn
the United statee 10 due time for the discharge OF the
men, and that this rule shall never be devated from
csps N emergency involving the honor Of the dag
BY the special orders OF The department
But confess look 10 the fostering care Of the appren
uce system and lie gradual enlargement the sureet
means Of making radical Improvement Of this branch
o, service and the only mode Of Incorporating into
the corps Of fair proportion OF country
men