Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-06-21
From the New YORK Tribuns.i

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| From the New York Tribuns.I
We publish to day q clear and eonnr.-
hensiVe epitome and analysis Of the MARI
time force Of the United States, ss repre-
sented BY the Naval Register for 1884
From the facts and figures therein exhibit
ed comparison can be made between our
eWn navy and those Of England and
Frence. - -
England has in commission TODAY. atalF
her ports and cruising stations, some two
hundred vessels, one-fourth Of which are
Destitute Of steam power. France hsa
ninety-eight steam vessels in commission.
with shout an equal proportion oftAoss
dependent upon sails alone. The Unifed
States have in commission thfea hundred
and thirty-seven vessels, and Of these lss4
than dozen are sailing ships employed
IN active service. or course one.half q.
the three hundred and thirty sevea oanaat-
be rated as ships Of war. Thsy have been
mail steamers and merchantmen, pur-
chased or chartered to supply q pressing
eed, and, though answering the tsn66.
sry purpose 70 which they are put, thsV1
must not be eonfounded with Yeassla hniit
expressly for the Navy,
But It VII JIH H' Igsg sen In tbs HAFtSrH5
hitherto apparent, the remedy is bsinr5
applied We have wanted more first olssS.
wooden ahips to compete, If necessary,
with fleets which have been aeeunuiafin1,
year oy year, In foreign dock yards
These are building with sll possible expe-j
dluoni and In twelve months from nov
We should be able to command our own
waters, ct least, with such squadr5ns. IN
numbers, organisation and equipments, sS
viii give us the calm assurance Of success,
In the unfortunate event Of host;lilss
from foes without Our foes near home
We can take care Of, so far as the sea Isl
concerned, with the means now st cur
disposal. Around g nucleus OF regular,
nAVy-buit vessels, We have gathered
sWarms OF suXilisries from the commercial
marine, which are quite good enough for
olookading purposes for long range skir-
mishing with land forces, ana, lst iE bs
hoped for the task Of some day c7srhauI-.
ing and disposing Of the rebel pirates
that are prsying on our commercs. For
fortresses upon the coast, for the oau4urs
Of sesboard cities, and the defense Of cur
own ports, there are the iron-clRds-some.
fifty in all-most Of which are in commits.
sion, or 30 nearly finished that they could
be made available in few weeks.
In the essential matter Of finding ersWs
with which to man our ships when they
are ready, We can compare favorsbly with
England and not unfsYorsbly with France
Out Of the sixty-fVs to seventy thousand
men for which the Erglish naval estimates.
provide, some thirty thousand are perma-.
nently employed in dock yards, revenae,
and other land servics. Few OF them can
be called upon in case Of war; and 90
distasteful has the naval service been
made in various ways, that in sn emer-
geney, II would be difficult 70 find compile
ments for one half Of the wooden and
iron walls, without which England is ss
unprotected as lobster that has oast its
she'll Now We have in the service be-
tween fifty and sixty thousand blue
jackets; not sll Of them old salts, but such
ss furnish excellent material for future
sailors. Excepting France, which has /.
magnificent marine reserve, we are better
of IN this respect than any two other
countries on the face Of the earth put
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