Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-11

were only ,0V0 men IN the service. At the
close of the war this number had been in
creased to 5l,50O. In addition, the aggre-
crate Of artisans and laborers in the navy
yards was 1880 in 1865. against 3,S44i in
1861, This is exclusive Of those employed in
the private slip yards under contracts, who
constituted an almost equal number Dur
ing this period ten hundred and eight vessels
have been commenced, and most Of them
completed. Only steamers, the propelers
also bearing sailing power, have been built by
the Government during Secretary Welles ad
ministration of his department Since March
4th, 1851, four hundred and eighteen vessels
have been purchased, Of which three hundred
and thirteen we're steamers, nj cost of SlS
366,6S SO, and Of these there have been sold
three hundred and forty vessels, for which the
Government received Sj,62l 800 21
coATlNG STATION
Abiding to the fact that steamers have
been substituted for sailing vessels in our
sqnadrons abroad, the Secretary enforces the
necessity OF having suitable coaing stations
and ports of supply in foreign countries, as
steamers ctnnot carry the requisite amount
Of coal and supplies for any long period,
! REBEL CRUISERS
| The rendition of the Stonewall is described,
aud tie "neutraty' Of the British Govern
mont noticed us mainly mnnitesting itself in
tender care Of. and solic;tule for the rebels
The report then passes to the important sub
jert o! an
! EELARjEMENr OF THE NAVY YARDS.
| These yards, it is conterd 3D. are of limited
area, and wholly insufficient for our present
navy. Not one Of them present: the requisite
conrcnicnces for promptly fitting out in
rapid and cificacous manner more than one
vessel at a time, thus vexatiously delaying
the departure of vessels which should at once
be made ready for foreign ports. There is
not public ward whore an iron vessel can be
constructed, or iron plate made, or where
shatting can be forged, or steam machinery
manufactured, except on moderate scale
nor with the exception of Mare Island in Cal
ifornia, and Norfolk, have we. q navy yard
with sufficient room to erect tlia necessary
works for even present wants. England is
greatly our superior in ,'irSc respects, -
Any future wars in which we may be in.
VOWED must be Of maritime character, and
unless We make in due season adequate prep
arations requiring no inconsderahlc eXpcn.
diture and time for their completion, the
country will not escape modification and re,
verses and serious disasters The most for
midailc iron clads are those Of the class of
the Passaconaway. The turrcts Of these YES
sells, which are fifteen inches in thickness,
and the machinery, which is of power to
drive them eleven knots an hour, is pain and
Of moderate size, and yet they cannot be CON
trucIed and sent to sea in three years. So it
is Of all work out Of that ordinary routine for
which our establishments, public and private,
are exclusively designed The immediate
Indispensable and truly economical remedy
for all this disadvantage is to charge the
II, w yar's at Boston and New York, to COM
lete the yard at Mare Island, on the Pacllc,
rebuild those OF Norfolk ana fenSacola, ana
sell the present rrS'rctcd grounds at InlIa-
uelphia after e&tahlisnins yard oil su!hcPht
capacity: at League Island or some other prop
er iscat'on on the DeiaWare'
Irne economy would be promoted were the
'ioTernmont to have the necessary workshops
ana machinery to execute Its own repairs IN
al! cases, Almost all OF the machinery ana
engines lor the navy nave been constructed at
private establishments, ana they must continue
TO be SO constructed until the Government
shall conclude to change It's pohcy
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-. THE NAVAL AcADEAi'
ne encouragement ana enlargement OF
inc N"''l -!cairmy Is strongly recommended
4 ana us removal from AhnapoIls 10 less pop
!'o"s neiSnnorhooa urged, from cohsiarra-
'iohs '2r IHe mera's OF me s'u0ehts inc
S"or:S os oneSaFe"Ho LAY o''er many me TO-
c''''eS ior 'he purpose
NAVY YARDS, AGENTS AND AsYLuMs.
Come change in the manner of paying the
woT&mcn at the navy yards, and the reforma-
ton of existing abuses are held to be needed
The substitution Of purchases by paymasters
Tor the open'purchase system by naval agents
mas done much good,
naval aaSSyInms should be huiIt tor sailors
alone soldiers and sailors not harmonlzns
together II 'he Naval Academy should be
removed from Annapolis, the buildings there
coula be rented at small expense Tor a
sailors Hone' The education ci naval APP
prGntlccS has thus Tar been and should be