Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-29
DICKS DEAL.

The Secretary OF the Navy Submits Ills An
nuai Report-The Estimates for the En-
suing Year. as Compared With Previous
Years-The Present Condition of the Navy
Protection of Our Commerce.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-The secretary Of the
navy, in his annual report, says: There are
now in commission twenty Eight cruising ships,
one steamboat and five sailing vessels, all in
condition for active service except the Gettys-
burg. There are six vessels. including one
monitor, which can be made ready for sea in
q few months Besides, there thirteen
more needing expensive repairs; but ali can be
put in thorough condition with present appro-
priations, and those asked for the next fiscal
year. In case of necessity ninety-one vessels
of all classes, including monitors, can be put in
service. The secretary submitted the follow
ing estimates, with the remark that the depart
ment has not felt itself justified in going be-
yond the estimates of the last fiscal year:
Fay OF navy. i,Sou.UUU
Pay of civil establishment in navy
yards. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lS9, 999
Ordnance and torpedo corps ........ 273,000
Coal, hemp, and equipment. 80G, 600
Navigation and navigation supplies I04, 800
photographic work ................ 10000
Naval observatory, nautical almanac 1880
Repairs and preservation of vessels. 1900 600
Steam machinery, tools, etc. 600,0D0
Provisions for navy. 1900, 600
Repairs of hospitals and laborato-
ries. ........................ 10000
Surgeons necessaries and naval hos.
pital fund Observation-Disclosures. $1,000
Contingent expenses OF department
and bureaus. Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Naval academy. Observation-Disclosures. 1856 694
support OF marine corps ........... S62 37S
Naval asylum at Philadelphia 6O.8O9
Maintenance OF yards and docks.... 10000
Repsirs, etc., OF navy yard ........ 375, 600
Total. Observation-Disclosures. ,562. ssl
From the tables contained in the report it
Will. the secretary of war says, be seen that
the total estimates of the last fiscal year. in
Guiding the amount appropriated fos deficien-
cles of previous years. were ST., 46S.392. After
dedUcting the deficiencies OF 1877 and 1878
which were 81, Isl, Ats. the amount ctargeable
to the expenditures of The year was Sl330G, 9la,
which was 1851, 1879 less than the actual ex-
penses of the previous year, and 54926, SIT less
than the expenditures, including deficiencies
that year, and 81, 6so.430 less than the expendi-
lures of the year ended June 80, 1876. Score
tary Thompson discusses the relation of the
navy to commerce. and says: sOur rapidly in
creasing exports have demonstrated
that this country must become
the greatest producing country in the world
The area of our i'm proved lands is annually en-
largiDg. keeping pace with our rapidly increas-
ing population and giving assurance that the
surplus of our agricultural and manufacturing
products will become correspondingly greater
every year. The consequent skill of our man
ufactur, IS, artisans and laborers, will in the
future OF our history be called into further
requisition. and as experience has shown that
no nation afford to have its commerce I'M
guarded upon the seas, the duty of protecting
ours IS now greater and more urgent than it
has ever been before The secretary shows
our dependency upon foreign nations for the
transportation of our surplus productions to the
markets of the world and says: 'If this con-
dltion OF affairs ia to continue, our industrial
interests must be left to suffer still further IN
jury. Our iron and coal and timber will de-
crease in value, the enormous freights we now
pay will continue TO press upon producers, our
surplus exports, our merchant vessels, will in
the end be entirely driven from the sea. If
on the other hand, the government shall adopt
such measures as shall put the country in a
| position to reap the full bene6ts of it's
commercial enterprise, and secure the profits
| OF our own carrying trade which properly be-
| longs to ue, by means Of such fostering care az
the national government alone has power to
give, then our navy should have such strength
and character given to it that it will be able to
furnish protection to our commerce wheresosyer
/ it may be needed" The remainder of the re-
port Is devoted largely to the account of the
condition OF tho various navy yards of the
/ country. the naval academy and torpedo ser
vice. suggestions regarding training schools fol
boys, etc.