The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-04
R0BESOk'S COSTLY NAVY.
HHAr ms mas TO SNOW ron THE
s2OO,000,0 900 ExPEEDED.

s20O,000,00O ExPEEDED.
NfNty-ninc Lces War Vessels then when he
Assumed Control of tho DEPARTMENT. sit-
Ina for ap Jncrensc OF the Appropriations.
WAsrfNoToH, Dec. 3.-Tho report of the
Sc Of the Navy viii show that there arc
belou Ring to he navy i6 vess, IL of EO.l51 tons
ue suremon'. Exclusive Of howitzers and q t.
ling sup.. they carry Liz guns. OF these. -,
car lug Ul3 guns, with measurement OF E-J,eVo
| tons, nave steam POWER. and 20, earring nouli-
naiy 10 guns, arc sailing vessels. Tn 1897 there
we're 2Oj woes els. OF thos,, tOere bave hcen sold
~; broken ~, IL; lost at sea. 3; making 81 YES
| sel q IA reducing the number to i2t Vessels.
| % wnicn add new vessels, ~; purchased vessels,
O. thus maurg the whole number on the regis
Ter at the prescnt time 40 vessels. or our pres
| ent forco OF every class. 40 are built OF iron.
! namely: fve douolc-turrcicd ironcilds. huecn
! single urreted monitors; two torpedo honla
| AMI eignttcn steamers of Na,ioua classes. or
the re ~ aindeT sixty-nv0 re of live oak u melyi
one ironciad. i've steamers ~ the hret rae,
| steamers of the thitd: rate, and twenty SAILING
| We sce. The remaining fortS-unc re- white IL
| ships of almost every class. OF the whole num-
! h, r. seventy Ave are In actual service and Four
| are preparing for sea; sixteen may be cohsid-
| cred ~ entirely unht for future service. ana the
| remain Ter are az ne various navy wards tnino
| requiring slight. and Others extensive rcu"irs,
| but most Of tn IN could Oe mad re- idy fJt any
| epeci service IN short time. Seventeen "
| our steamers have been furnished with COM
pound engines aud boil "a OF the best vlHsa, anu
| WITH the latest iuprOvem nts, and ne fly all our
other steamer have. during tue last eirnt years,
! been suppncd with new boilers, ana thtir ma
| chi cry xtrnsiveiy repuired. Inrre IA ais" nn
| h nd, u RCD q the vaiious navy yards, live OAK
timber sufficient Tor thirty i've NV shi OF
| war. tceides u laige quantity OF other v,luable
| timbcr a. d unvai material of every KIND.
1his statement shows that after eight years OF
| nctive service OF every kind, our navy IA now In
the character and condition Of liza shius aud
m,teri /, IN con ttiOu far superior to that IN
witch II was Ia 1859 and inc ced far more pow
| Tful MaillkV pIfuO~pa than " mas ever ne
fore Dean III time OF peace. IL docs not compare
eithst in the nu Der or character OF its-Nessels
with the expensive establishments ~ th'ee Eu-
ropean nations whose mutual relations Keep
thcm always In armed arr, 81; whose
CONTIGUOUS coasts ad deep foors AZ
home aud sc,tored colonies all over the
wo ID soem 20 r,duiro mat we, should
,A,n in The SAC ami power Of their naval vc'.cl.
~ a., poopie without co,oSics, Win
oast saa ss1.w Anors sepsIa,st ~ ny ~ gS M
strength ana. when IL iron-ca q vt Al be O. u'-
ana cs snsc--sad " ,r roe dppich.entca b, cam.
n Sd ., ony foree wien eo wl' pS
or ugh Gro the ocean TO att.ck US, nd poS,iiul
the Is anus when liz eon,isucus to our own shorcr
econ Sci, tu eceat naval force has prcscaica dur.
Ing It. pas isw ,ers 50 sny Sspc w ye
not olowed siep oy step r. me practical but snen, e
IAtioLs have been engaged. The quetuon constantly
tssUrs' honaver orors" ~ Nv fo+piT S,oi
The expensive ana u.satisiactoy construction q
/
OF oo ar IN tic cost vi each oAe CT slal v. be go
ne M ans OF dcsroyia, such We ses should tie, ap'
N NE attn" on our eo'stS sr "a our nrf
IN % ICE 81 hr living - cnoo o., ne ttaSI'il
tomncroo ~ uc 81 war are, 9nder ~ naition - Z
vcc-ble ne Monitor ass ,i VI ~ ,ss ~ A., -le
hct,s 20 9ins VIA ever hefs /. IN tns m t en-.
force new element The marin. IA which prua SEES,
Nh. ,ru. cd upo" se'enu9c prneie',s "a i.rns
81 -peci tfnsth iur - tittituar ~ .lt .pil-te
Tue eon.trucii1n OF this cla.s II ss.ls las oeon
srciuiy d,rcd several ysas- pas, ny naval
iad a pi.a are pGt at tnc ,efScc Of lie Dep rnrnt
S as S TSs oi thu 6e,t ma c and q Sacsi
sG ~ ncc fa a. prois,s to pe' L aia AID
ue~ ele"eu iesd.s to make or io.ss e,,np',te
with ,u.h force, ana W ~ r"3"e- to Ir,rnp we
n NAV, ann req ana unsisdy iroac,cS Of Europe
latous $50 hso Win IN nons et cannon n.cess-ty Ia
seas to en,er ,ur asrbo.- Or lie wiz be
ea S"e er ie ihe nc vet amor VII no, ro,cs ~
iron Gtseks9i torpedees nianascd ~ urss aud We
por'sa ), N ine eonie.ndea " enierpri-'as
=, ,uc r, AID rem orcsd BY the d'a dy rp'do "a
| seii.l nj &c. ltar hAnls WI tains. SUPPLY
'"r "i oui ,o's, ,cac, ssd vii be found eacisni
en- r,ac ''a Goa T. CO.. c.ic, our ubor. ~ Il n,ts
Ne ma, rest eo1teut iDr ~ pr ny nt IL me- .,
In constant ,tate Of tr nsilion ana rsre-si"a az
e 1pon rd ecreiuiias IN me q'et um,s OF pra-e cic'
!, a. pine. pi warl~e pr, ,fes d. IL aii-es' -
re,, nom 5oa t. : 500 IN ~ nd tot the ruff-,-'
u, ~ ANN .'l' tae Si"; ~ r, 20 fcl Az
s, a., css ~ .ut6ory to cnst iann, ;S5 rolsi
q numb Of u men nov aiow,d lie stem. OF ha
Ma,.4s " ,aen me- a,, my by An Nd al
0u ~ OF co,L,nz bahS NJ ~ taln iet tao nav.
u l1ro c,c.-r, rrucNs he mmcnienon made II
l. h. ,t'e sly , fo' 10 ' , ,., =, eur y
e tg' an s,Ni' r. anu 10 IN 'n -" MI o. M
n ~ be- hei."s,1 M a, VA lgr. ny sti - ~
II u,y t' moe N, h,,p IN. IN ~ M, va W, 800. i" AZ
u u'n, a,,n. g. f, nsca :, ar endius jan, g. is;t
4, wa III 5i.7al-a lie sctasi eNpcuiiur,. Of llr-
At u ua s is7. q" va. l5 bs a Or aSou
= s5Ui ~ .5i.r- tnaa TIE "hor nnuunt. rae spplo
Il PnS''i'7 Te. ID, .hc Gser sstc' s55i5a6
n wno.e Mount o I'se rp'', nations, er- VA np e. l.
e N ' De- .c.art,d ur amount IN III iand- q ,so
e '' 'r tr ", rioi Dove nenionci ic
- tho amount OF acse ApurOprAu "a. "ctu,
., ani iLriu- he wrcsrg months o ,e,s tn 1900 a.
"a nav, or TIE ntAt a. are ,I,ti6o o. Tho nnoaa, -
- n,e new , sn. "a, INV I" Hs1a ' u rn
- Tte ere sGSittei by the Burcau o. Ordnance
p um",e Tor IN um o. ,'s9'1', S"'SA IA gee ~
"a ron.i,'is aui othcr ship. now clne htlei Tor
~. s'|s S ~, sks Tor ast Ike iI
D. la .r.,ri the ply - Officers Of "a" navy ne cr'
- tarS A,s mat ait careful consecl ot his ~
" p, a. cYnyi.esd 1onsr,.s shrn 10y in.y nsae
10 st,nd t.. VII nivr 90 uetle 10 "iihh2i. nom ~
~ panch OF tht tetsice ihe "n4yh "oad accrue 20
10 uy Iun4 tao actuntf tn d.pnr.ncut and viii ut
WI .tprltt We'll Gtfrrytlg m GERS vince llN
cOuhrcrai 40 their country service, and 10 Nhom
~ r. IA eu,tis uputea, ~ tue mcans Tor the pro
IN IA, pur nd education ot th'ir taInIlcs lie has, t
1id6s the ,rDilfY estimates for the h'At nsGtl "a
tuun ttud au audluOu for the sum OF ~ hAO
"a 10 cam tnc lnnNl.. BE- dch,icncY thc laY ~ Va
printOu.' tnaOlc the department TO te-clui
W order pacing AL unemno, ed olhcerH On ia loui IN
H. a Il go MA 60 those Who have teen ~ Ay De
~, rcGucei Slth ut fault the amount 4 ps
" MAI,.. fAef would have re eiNeu. tufErr
u viii pee rnc-.ly pressed 70 max the provision.
u ito 60, the Department "ll have ErcAt tiali' ZION
Is carving u cur, the rylce aud m" drhar
a. mrnt viii .inatVe tut 10 -uD nl to the d
o. n.tcuc, aud the reduction wntca IL entails.
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