The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-29

that makes Ea9lssd miasress Of Che seas aud sSls
70 control al the 0tneF Aeets OF the word com
bined, costs her $50 600 per annum. ' I-T
According 20 the Secretary or the Navy we have
nov IN oSmmsssea and sitting out Cor relief ships
efficient, and utterly unit to cope with any. even
the poorest neet q Europe. TINS navy costs us
fooiish enough to ask, Why Is this thus It Is all
very well TO talk about the absurdity OF keeping up
powerful and expensive navy in times OF peace.
nave something for itS ft is conceded on all hands
taat We. are smarter than the Engiisn We are
T TSssea better more aeSeS
Dy everybody that he Is q slow. stupid old granny,
whom we would whip with our little nnger. and
governments the cheapest. best and most admired
that the mind Of man has ever c0nceived And
set can II Dc true taas ooan 1s IN nbse eG q d ns
notions realy manages TO get about ten times as
much for hld money as we DO for ours 7.
take into consideration the workings OF our form
OF government the pecuitaraies OF our politicians
original manner Of managing the adsirs Of the ns-
ton. IL must not be forgotten that congressman
not only must live themselves, but that they have
q large number OF friends. rotainerA employees
and servants who must live, and that living the
times is dear. Now 1t cannot be expected that
for t as supporf The current rsSass Of SaS
tngs, docks and Incidental expensestn navy yards,
coal, hemp and equipments, repairs AID preserva-
visions contingent expenses OF various depart
ments and bureaus coat In the aggregate about
sum Of money should DO expended Without CON
tributtng to the support or our statesmen, and
when account IL taken OF the PROFITS to govern.
congressman OF a. e..ln
rHE HEAVY FHns NOW BxrORrBD BY LoBBYBrs,
iatinS proceedings between the dtfisrens parties,
It VIII be easily understood shat the Navy Depart
ment cannot really, with the best viii in the
world. do more Tor the money than lt now does.
Besides, Congressmen have very peculiar ways OF
supervising the management OF the navy yards
suit is ffsS a. ruie. Jour wortmen do the Work
OF one and receive the pay OF eight 1.-THE on1oer
In charge discovers any OF them misappropriating
naval stores, as Is often the case, and expresses
MS sentiments on the matter, congressman put
their heads together. he Is sent on three
years. cruise In the South PaCinc and the
rights OF Congressional constituent pr0teOes
are maintained. Shoemaker are employed as
iron workers. and country carpenters are trans
Congressional frAenda. Transformations such as
were never dreamed Of BY Nibl0's take place in
or curiosity, except on the part Or naval oicers,
who are always In foolishy chronic state OF sur-
prise and indignation on the subject.
DO not refer to these matters to tmpugn the
motives OF our honorable lawgtvers and legtsla-
tors far be 1t from me to tnstnuate that they are
msnss sSas can mi BREAST aoa
forbid that should for . moment reflect upon the
honesty Of our Senators and statesmen. l only
that more cannot really DO expected Of the Navy
Department, ana that things could not be better
RAWLINGS OF AN IRRESPONSIBLE AND DnsoLurl
1.sls. PRESS. n
The Enelisn, It Is true. view things Inherently.
terest IN government contracts are frowned down.
premier who would appoint his personal friends
and w;is's brothers to nisn ofices and then PRO.
their accounts show large dedcits would be looked
upon with disfavor, and putting wood workers to
cred. owing to the interests involved, highly
dangerous as well as expensive experiment. Par
lament would BE- indignant Il asked 20 give away
erty TO Imaginary railroad companies; the ieger-
demain and DISQUALIFICATION Of Credit Mobil1er
Judges are never the property of rings or other
private corporations. such proceedings would, IN
es sss the but F sn
the English nave strangely antlquated notions,
which every true American would be ashamed or
old fashioned English government gets so much
more for its money than the best government the
sun ever ~, saons upon and TINS Is wny England
OF money, 10 mistress OF the seas. She can build
an ironclad for 600, whereas II we should
undertake It, what with the fees OF lobbyists the
EXCESSIVE PROFITS DEMANDED By RINGS
the profits OF contractors and the necessary ex.
r ne Nsy1 pc 11
win readily be seen, Ii lsboring under great dis
advantage, and cannot be expected to produce the
English Navy.
LIFE ON MAN-oF-wAR.
As few OF my readers have perhaps, ever lived
ABOARD OF q man-Of-war VIII give short descrip-
ton OF our way OF life on the Wabash.
And, first, something with regard TO her size and
dimensions She is over 800 feet in length by forty
feet breadth of beam; she draws twenty feet Of
water, and her whole depth. froom her poop to the
keel about aity feet or the HEIGHT OF a., moderate
from the spar deck, and the length OF her main.
yard 10 feet, while her spread OF sail on the FORE
each side is $50 feet-a beautiful and graceful pyra-
mid OF sail 200 feet higD As to her interior arrange
ments, she is divided into several stories. First,
from the top, is the spo0p," that ee-
waited portion of the deck Immediately behind the
where the offlcer OF the deck
S; Dack wns anu ,oea aoG neniSo the
walk, talk and smoke. Beneath the poop Is the
Captains cabin, which opens out on the spar
In addition to great coils Of rope, rigging and two
or three boats are ranged Is 9-inch guns and one
are Is UD
and here are sung at nights the hammocks OF the
crew. On this deck Immediately beneath the
Captains cabin, is the Admiraps cabin, and here
Of an afternoon we set around q vacant gun port
and talk read, quarrel, smoke and play at shovel
board stlll one STORY lower EMS. Is the berth deck
''sck bay" There are no bad smells, no suspicious
odors, no disorder, no coniusion-everthing goes
on like clOckwork, and the whole ship Is kept
scrubbed secured and polished an way that
would do a Dutch housewives heart good to see.
THE CREW
Is composed OF about 700 men, who receive rat1ous
ana from SIS to $50 per month. They have break
fast at seven, dinner at twelve supper at hve and
their bugie call to 'hammocks" Ii strut me In my
little bed.n
The wardroom OF the Wabash In large, roomy,
well lighted, well ventilated. and did not ind lie
In it during forty days by any means az dull a.
had expected. The mess consists OF about twenty
oficers all good fellows, and making up o very
merry little society. There are ave lieutenants
one nag lieutenant the executive Of1cer the navi-
eating officer, two marine Ofncers, three surgeons,
three engineers, the paymaster, the admrsrs
secretary, all presided over and kept in order In
dignlned manner by Chaplain Henderson. In ad-
iition 70 the table-which Is supplied exclusively
from the pockets OF the oficers, and not from the
government excnequer, as Is too often asserted
there is "wlne mess" and q ''ctgar mess" by
which means wine and cigars are furnished those
who want them at European wholesale prices. We
take conee at eight In the morning, breakfast at
twelve, dine 1T SIX, and all lights are put out at
midnight.
We nave an excellent band Of music, which plays
every day at dinner, and serves to i2hten the mo-
notony OF many weary nour with the Prophet"
the 'Huguenots, !, "rroubadour." Rigoletto, ."Blue
Beardn or ia File de Madame Angot." There Is
religious service every Sunday. at which I was
sorry to observe that few OF the crew assisted.
The influence Of the chaplain in the ward room Is,