The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-23
Russia,s Naval Armament.

to what we gave yesterday concerning her military
and naval establishment will be found important
and interesting.
Russin's Naval Armament.
The Russian fleet consists of two great divisions
the fleet of the Baltic and that of the Black Sea.
Each of these two fleets is again suodvided into
sections of which three are in or near the Baltic,
and three in or near the Black Sea, to which must
be added the small squadrons Of galleys, gunboats,
According to an official report, the Russian fleet
last n eag qqSs S5 2T ssSas %
sells, with o5 guns. The greater and more formidable
part OF this navy was stationed in the Baltic The
Black Sea fleet numbered 43 the Caspian, 80; the
Siberian Pacific 80; and the Lake Aral or Turks
tan squadron. II vessels. The rest OF the ships
either stationed at Kronstadt and Sweaborg or en-
gagged in cruising in European waters.
The iroD-clad fleet Of war consisted, at the CON-
mencement of 1868, of "a vessels with an aggregate
Of l49 guns.
The largest Of the ron-clads are two armed fri
gates, the Sevastopol and Pojarski The Sevastopol
nearly equals the British iron-clads Black Prince
and Warrior in her. dimensions, and exceeds those
the French Gloire and Normandie. AT the time OF
Notation the Sevastopo measured 300 feet in length
and her greatest breadth is so feet inches. The
ship draws 26 feet at the poop and "a at the chains
Her plates are AZ inches thick, fastened to double
coating of teak from to inches thick.
Her engines have nominal force Of SO0-horse-
power, and she is armed with steel guns Of the
greatest calibre. Her PROV has a beak OF formid-
able kind attached to Ii. The Pojarski's armament
is placed in central battery occupying about so
ends being completely armor-ciad The armament
consists OF eight 90O-pounder steel guns, four on
each Dr0adSde.
The Imperial navy was manned at the beginning
OF 1867 by 60,23O sailors and Marines under the
command OF 3791 officers, among whom are 119
general Military Details.
Russia, as may be seen by the foregoing, controls
in time OF war an army OF more than 1,0000 900 SOL
commerce and innlcting extensive injury on an
enemy. The annual expenditure for the army is
and er the nenay herself to
present system OF warfare. The army was to have
been fully supplied with new weapons by April last
and by the end Of the year the War Department
would have at its disposal 900 breech-loaders-
622 600 according to the Krink system and the rest
| according to the Berdan.
The artillery branch of the service has received
special attention. The mountain and field artillery
are now completely supplied with improved bronze
| guns OF calibre from to 8, riied breech-oading
| and mounted on iron carriages. The siege and
battery guns for the attack or defense of fortified
places and the coasts comprise ri1ed mortars and
guns from S-inch to 11-inch calibre, throwing pro
| jectiles up to $50 pounds. The use of pris
manufacture is being extensively carried or
| at the Ohkta Works. The foundres Of
St Peters6qrg, 6g M BrlansS' and Petrozad0ysl T
factory at Vass Ostrow already turns out 300,00
cartridges per diem, and will shortly be able to fur
nish 500, 600. The small arms manufactures ablC
| to transform in twenty-four hours 1000 muskets o
the old pattern to the rapid firing system Kruka
and the number OF continuous fire mtrailleuses
| whose range exceeds that OF infantry weapons il
| amply sufficient for all eVentuallttes. New estab
| lshments are being formed at Krasno, Selo, Riga
| Moscow, Warsaw, wilma, Kharkow, Kazan, Odessl
and in the Caucasus. Finally, the Academy of Ar
tiery, OF which Lieutenant-General Platow is tn
director, is in perfectly satisfactory state as
shown by the constantly Increasing standard OF In
struction among the cadets, sub-ofcers and troops
| The Imperial Corps OF Engineers, at the head o
| which are placed the Grand Duke Nicholas anC
General Totleben, is also progressive and its lite
| tend TO show the immense progress which militar
| science is making in Russia. New defenses In irol
to be placed at Kronstadt to resist the attack
| iron-clad vessels. All the pontoon detachment
| have been provided iron boats, and 1000 submarin
| tOrpedOes are now manufactured annually.