, 1876-12-04
TIE NAVY.


measurement, exclusive OF howitzers ana uat-
tihes' ihcy carry liz" guns VI these, -
carrying 0i1 gunBt with measurement OF 1IO,'
e9S tons have steam power; III ore In tctunl
service. nnd arc nrcna,Ine f>r acn. Eixaccn
r,nv y, ~ a",s,,,o.o5 o,,,src1y mt. for frt,,ro
may oo eons'aeFea ent'Fe'y ".''lt ioE 'uluso
service, anu tnc fenlal1lucf a!e ~ 7afous navy
ynrds, some requiring slight and others extct,-
siye rrpatrs. hut most of them could he made
rsodr ~ mo sr,.,,1 .crvt,c IN n ,hort t,oc.
ready LOT any spec'al ecrVNe III anor1 tsn1e'
"NfnNtAh'
There is also on hand, stored 1T the various
navy-yards ltve-oak lumber sufficient for thirty
se new snps o. T%1 nssaats 'a'sa aua
- otus, '.'o"0'e @''''"S' ~''" ""'"A A"'~@' ~
every Rlna.
COMPARISONS.
nur nnyv Ia now far marc povcrfnl for war.
,,,.o nj, r,,csc. t,on r. hoa crrr hcfor, hccn IN
,"s 49,, ~ .. '"1 =. ;, s.o s ILL.,. -.
tlHle ol Pcacs' ~ uocs hot eo"pate e1hnc' u"
nutnber or Character Of vessels with tho cx-
pens'yc establishments OF those European na-
In or,,sa o,r,v. ,rhcso rnnI,cnona coosta and
w. u'"eu , u'l"s, ""ese .ls, o.s.".a.s ~" ~,
dcep hafoors u homo M" 1eat'cfeu CO..
onics all over the world seem to require they
e.ncnsc IN Tho sze and ,,ovcr Of their naya res.
-. .,,J h,,t r.. ~. 1.y.,a,r. ,,,,~
se's a'" alp'a"ets' ou' iui 'as acl.Ael'e p''l'
poses u po"efAuA Pcol"c "!tHVat cp'ou'cs'
scparatetI by 4 vast ocean from waYliko naval
p,,,v,re orr novv ia pot u,thout a.rrnr,3 nn,1
,yIrn IT, froncin;. 1ect a,nii bn rnmnlctejr r.
naircd. Work recurring uow bit littls tIunu and
n4ns.sc .n, it, for"r a,,',nirmrntc,l hv I'm
,p'n"rat,vnir t.,vnn adf,itinn rrroInmcnIie,, Il
iii hc fa,'nd afiiri"nt to resist amy frco Witch
co,1l he brought across tho ocean to nttaci; tbs
Ss!ied { s!ate:; ed Ias o...s.,,., w - an.n.~,a~. ~ w
aso so rGn ts, r.
~. s s"o sh"rc. in vo~ ~ IL" fort f,ot tl,c
our ',nromtat%n f,r tn ~ tas, nrncInaI wnrkfn,s
bpreais @ Of Tie departments average hut littlc
uvar a. Mk1 to nnn,,oiiw. a1d ,r',,si.Irrnr- tht,
onst ~ mcrrly ,nnintaitinr n nav cnnsistiur
issr+o1g 1osr ~ ~ ana urrIrdv h,i of ncrishahlt
,naierIa,. witch after rcoufrIng for Few ycars
.s,nstnnt rcnnfr tinalir tro,, nnt nj thn seryice
fsn,., ,,tsar twnr+hIcss1cna
A'o"' a'scA wv rsr N.,rsr,ou
o,,,,,ort,v rec,,rs hron,rtt. m hr connc+lnp In
tor.sann torna;. n,d onns Xiii wc ~ yntcr ,no the
exnsns,vu ] W. and ,Insatisfac,ory co,lstr,etou % of
ii,,,s ~ .io,iora IN H." cost n cac, nne ,r
.ni r.' ~ M c"ntcut wt nrnv,1tup nI,rsclv"s NJ
S ,,,,,,,n,' ~ cnst win ft,c cnns n tisstroy
Inn .' s.'..l. vessels should they nppcar
~ ~ ioei,nra1 % Fast wcil-huit. WoM1en cruisers.
nar " fnr ~ no,;,, ~ ia ssss scrvinn ~,
s.9i, ~ ,rs.1uctinn IL, t,mn ri ncat. n,m1 ~.
uae o. uesnroSIS n' III c''ni, t',us nar,., ~
snlo liz oA ""'' 'Ao 1''"e' "'-
o'e' ,,ox,nor 40, NJ ,.raoz,a
7,o. tor H. timitni sIoias anrro, nmI rntnr1,1c
.,ses ~ T., c,n,,n"tion viii, otrr fnrcs. Tir fnr
1,, s,.1,nn{s n;v" mr. nnl,crs thr irat,rrtnn
,t.e.snr - Hntiivc u,,ntnvnr trrr IA in this
t.sSes s t'',t y. ar'' ~ "tt"ct mr., cfcnsc nnI
.s5 iUss LII ~ tho ~ ror'n = NOW nicmr1tMt,c
,aua rmu ra, ~ .ni ,ro,,srs wi,c,, ''str,ctrt
unon seeh.e p'ncp" ~ n3 au,s y, ss'
$1,000 ns.shf5 ~ - ~ ,cnorn, ,noat
sisstr,tve ~ worfar, rbo c,,str,ctiuu of ts
sansu NJ vcaqcis Ins hcen carrf,illy cousii}creI
& ~ eaa,.tea IL "l,lo .rn"ris mi irtnjlci
tina, Tina, ~, .,' t to snrsrH ~ tfc mrnt
ps,to,t p,to ~ cast ~ ~ csrpc ri ay Einas Thp ro
strnc+inn of s,,ch yt:shci of thc hest n,nterinl
. s..sn ~ pnt sssn fsn anil II s,,rrsssf, nd Il
r'sl.,tt.na rsnsI ~. Iro ~ ~ T. w6~1,, a.,d
''o'''is'' ~ ' NEW siEMtsr,
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si ns iatr1v antc1 to nlan nt retntinr ali shns
ts M.u nn,, I'll ou.t mnI
otta!nnii ~ I'm N"rth Atlnntir sn,,arnn Tor n
TY ,,,.,n+ns N nrcvnns tr nrdnrinf- them nhroa.
-" - .4oIH ,s,Itarrpt shot thn cTYcct h,s hncr,
io,c1,,,ai a. nuv ilrTcr,s h shins or tI,rtr i'm
a,inaua ~, 10 ny ~ rn,n,.,sie ~ hn nm" fhr
sia.s, ~ t',a ncrsnu,,"i ,ur In ,,fcrfcrfci IN
n,,r hun watrrs, Tho ijrnarimcnf hus alsu
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a. hsah NV om ssInro,ln mt I,oaton Mni INV York
u,I . ,rnnnses u tn nlacs Tho FrnnfI.n at Sorfolk
tt .4 ~ In tpfEs fnrmrriv ,,sn, fur fh,s
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nutfus.' .nss1 ' e..re .r, ,,nr,.r,,1. mo,a ~~'
" pcuc1v w far ~ tnc rrlurtinm II TIM frre of
az az III tc ipn T men, " anl MI M Tor Il thu
ssi,|"n IN " thrr .,,,tirs and devoted 10 ti,cir
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