New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-08
THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
NEEDS OF THE BUREAU OF ORDNANCE.
WHAT COMMODORE s1cARD REPORTS AND suo-
GEsTs.

WHAT COMMODORE sIcARD REPORTS AND sCd-
GEsTs.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 7.-COmmod0re Slcaro'
Chief Of the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department.
his annual report submits estimates for the nsc !e
ending June 80 1885, amounting TO S2,7lO0I' VI 'n'
amount 81 .O73 900 viii be needed to supply inc ~
nance outfits OF the monitors Puritan, Terror ahtoho
moh Amphitrite and MonadnocEj S44o,oSf lor tuo
ordnance outfit Of the four steel cruisers; S4oSzl
for fuel TOOLS material and labor, small arms etc. anu
the balance for the general expenses OF the
DEPARTMENT The work OF preparation OF type guns Vi
high mower has advanced fast az the difficulties IN pro
curing a proper quality Of steel would admit VI Iols
ings ordered only two sets have been receiver VI
quality suitable for making guns. Ihese guns
are OF sx-inch cabre and Will represon.
the booped and the wirewound system The former VIII
no conloted shortly and with It win be settled all quea
ons Of kind Of powdcr weight OF charge md proecthe
for the NAVY siynch guns The bureau was not 70 ior
tunate I'm orders Given manufacturers IN inc uhVou
States for the manufacture OF tubes Or eghInch gum"
There Is some prospect Of one being received ere o anu
~ II masses insnecton more prObshly be obtained
rmportont nrores has been made toward the determine
ton of the character the powder suitable for use IN the
,vincb and eiphtinch calibres The press,lres thus
far obtained are moderate not exceeding l52 tons per
souare inch and tho yelOciics are hgh-2Oo5 lee' PEI
second.
Forcipgs for the battery Of the Chicago have been
ordered, and they now DclhR Hahui"o'ui'
II they prove 10 be Of suitable quhhtJ'
the machine fnlshings will be undertaken at once
Considerable delay has been experienced IN the pfoduc
tIon OF orqings and found necessary order those
Of the cight.nch guns from abroad The attempt 10 oo
tain suitable quality of hghgrade wire Tor windihs
ouns has been attended with difficulty and delay such
wire has not been manufactured in hs country Expert
ments have been he-un with seeailn"r pleicihE pIu
Iectilps both forged and unOTged. varying results wcC
otained the hest being the performance o an uhnal
nared cast steel x-inch sheu. which passed through zen
inches of iron backed twenty inches Of oak ana "S
feet f earb heInR upset only Gnrtenth of an mon Inc
Rurrau has ordered two experimental compound aIlh2r
MATES from two Sheffield hrmsl ana WIN use lhrti VI
grading and determining the qualities 81 rrhOr P'Icns
A great deal Of attention has been gwen TO de,
si,ps of monitor turrrts, and several nave bceh
nerfected which IL l. thought viii unlle ue
adyontars OF moderate size, sufficient interior space anu
Convenience for manipulating The guns The hFee ho'ch
hiss revolving canuOns ordered last year nave brth ~
cciyed and will hc put ahoJi me bureau nd7 ul
dpvcd from Mr.. Iiotchs- two single shot am, udt "l
pe,io guns, which will PROBABLY form an ehc'h pa,
ihp defence AGAINST automobile turp"dus' ahl VIII w
much employed in engagements between ships MaRH+hc
small arms are stll la a state o. transition. one OF tho
Wsnn proectors will be sent 10 the torpedo stat 0n ana
other Win be equipped with dynamos and engles ana
ie.ue 10 the service They considered o be power
rl factor In defence against orpcios, aud are also Wy
uec mn for purpUscs shTbOarl. lhc dc8icins anu
construction of un-cOttuu spar iorprdoH Tor -hp- anu
ata has been -sfIlly accomplished a. the toiPuo
station and there every PROSPECT Of the Nays Dong
ali. soon 10 manufacture IT, own gun cotton