The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-02


accompanied by positive appropriation
extending over series Of years, should
be made by Congress, all doubts as TO
the feasibility of the plan would be thus
removed. renew my recommendation
that such action be taken by Congress
as viii enable the government to con-
Struct its own ordnance upon its own
territory. and so provide the ornaments
demanded by considerations of national
safety and honor.
The Navy.
The:report of the Secretary of the Navy
exhibits the progress which has been
made on the new steel cruisers author
lied by the acts of August 5th, 1882, and
March Sd, 1883. Of the four vessels IN
der contract, one, the Chicago, OF 4 800
tons, is more than half finished. The
Atlanta, 3 900 tons, has been successfully
launched, and her machinery is
now fitting The Boston, also !
of 5000 tons, is ready for launching, /
and the Dolphin, a dispatch steamer
OF 800 tons, is ready for delivery |
Certain adverse criticisms upon the de- /
signs of the cruisers are discussed by |
the Secretary, who insists that the cor !
rectness of the conclusions reached by |
the advisory board and by the depart
ment, have been demonstrated by re-
cent development in ship-building
abroad. The machinery of the double
turreted monitors Puritan, Terror and
Apaphitrite, contracted for under the act
of March Sd, 1883, is in process of con-
struction. No work has been done dur
ing the past year on their armOr, for
lack of the necessary appropriations.
A fourth monitor, the MOnddaOck, still
remains unfinished at the navy yard in
California. 1t Is recommended that
early steps be taken TO complete these
vessels and to provide also an arma-
nent for the monitor MiantOnOnlOh. {
The recommendation of the naval adj !
Vlsory board, approved by the depart
ment, comprise the construction of one
steel cruiser of Z, 500 tons, one cruiser !
of 5000 tons, two heavily armed gun !
boats, one light cruising gun-boat, one 9
dispatch vessel armed with HotchkisS :
cannon, one armOred ram and three :
torpedo boats. The general designs, all !;
OF which are calculated to meet the ex-
listing wants of the service, are now
well advanced and the construction of .
the vessels can be undertaken as soon
as you shall grant the necessary au- L
thOrity. t
The belong Party. il
The act of Congress, approved f
August 18th, 1882, authorized theremoval o
to the United States of the bodies of Ii
Lieutenant Commander George W. De = =
Long and his companions of the Jeanette o.
expedition. This removal has been ct
successfully accomplished by Lieuten- G,
ants HARDER and Scheutze. The remains
were taken from their graves in the
Lena delta in March, 1888, and were
retained at Yakutsk until the following -,
winter, the season being too far adj "
vanced to admit of their immed ate Oil
transportation. They arrived at New an
York February Goth, 1884, where they ~,
were received with suitable honors. IF.
Lieutenant Greedy. iu
In pursuance of the jsint resolution t "a,
Of Congress, approved February 18th, wi
1884, naval expedition was fitted out CO..
for the relief of Lieutenant A. w. 70
Greedy, United States army, and of the Iu'
party who had been engaged under his Ru
command in scientific observations at Ln
Lady Franklin Bay. The feet consists RT1s
IF the steam -sealer Thetis, purchased ~ -.
rom England, the Bear, purchased at slI'
st. Johns, n. F., and the AEert, which Iro
vas generously provided by the British L Il :
government. Preparations for the.ex- &c .
Iedltlon were promptly made by the 1et
'ecretary of the Navy, with the active acl
of the Secretary of War. Pr
commander George W. Coffin was III
laced IN command of the Alert and Pn1
lieutenant w. II. Emory in command IA a.
D the command of W;n6e15 9 Go-aTI1 Pay
0 whom also was assigned the superin-l
endency of the entire expedition. q
Immediately upon its arrival at Upper :.
avik the fleet began the dangerous WI
aVigation OF Melville Bay, and in spite the
every obstacle reached Littleton 70
sland on june %, a fortnight earlier
ian any Tesselbefore had obtained that pr ~
ONT. On the same day it eDessed over pei pei
Cape Sabine where Lieutenant Greedy S ~
nd the Survivors of his party were dis ny
0Yered. After taking on boapa the liv- WI. y
lg and the bodies. Of the dead the relief y Z
1ips sailed for st. Johns, where they E Soi
rived on July 18th. They were APP ~. =: y y
ropriately received at Portsmouth, S!u
:. H., on August 1st, and at New York sa "A
q August 8th. One s0f the bodies was Al = i
nded at the focmer place, theothers &c
ere put on shore at Governors Island,
ad with the exception ef one which was -
TERED IN the nGtiona etery, were u
awarded thence to the destination in refe
Gated by friends. The organization To 4
i'd conduct of this relief expedition re- -
actS great credit Upon all who con gan
ibu1cd to its success. , 1t s
In TINS the last of Ghe stated messages prir
lat SnaII nave the honer to transmit und
the congress OF the United States, dire
nnoS TOO strongly urge on your attea prol
On the duty of restoring. our navy as a DE
pidly as possible to the high state Of and
icieney which formerly characterized vast
AS the long peace that has Iulled us tura
to sense of fancied security, may at raw
y time be disturbed, 1T is slain that mar
e policy of Strengthening this arm of proc
e service is dictated by Considerations ssuffi
use, eeenomy, OF just regard for our The
ture tranquility and Of the true APP grea
of the dignity and honor of eIas
e Republic. pers
POetOfice Departaent. Of ana :
The report of the Postmaster-G General citiz
quaints you with the present condi- ;eg =
n and needs of the postal sarvice st COVE
;closes the gratifying fact that the whiC
.ss of revenue from the reduction of whiC
, rofo IN iaffar 0OStqRo &c roaOp1.I the