New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-20
NEEDS OF THE NAVY.
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=. Admiral David d. Porter has been sahm'''" w
sssrs,sry Of the Navy, There IA genera a,n, Al
eAroughout the country he says hs' an ,ns NAVY
-ouev lover $780, 600 0O0) has men sw"' ~ ma ,h,s
go IN. war without anything to show LOT ~ "". =,
s,ors~ss,ou has hindered the advance !" '"s "a nm
M, hs remembered, however, thai ai'e' Wv 49,. ras
N AGO large suip Of money was "'"" o., the main
,v a nav war debts well as 10 pio sao ,,a, IN.
ssnancs of the Navy and u was 10, annronia
Nsvv VAS supported on reason"oe ""ne IN. 90 ,ne
NAVY W. ,n,snauce During this time biiis 10 the
son M 90 900 600 in round numbers had 10 oe p"o
g. ,sort contracted for during the neisn. VI .'o '
-. $50 100000 was refunded into 'ne ireas"i!'
-, :, 4. considered he says, that all the naval appro
"'. |" 49,. ESQ were simply for the maintenance OF
- ~ with the exception Of about S5.OOO,ooo ior
- o., c,uisers the amount expended VIII be found W Do
hing more than reasonable. Since 1869 the average
,ual expc pditure has been about $l6.OOO,Ooo Com
are our expenditure he says with that OF any other
NAVY ofmporance and 1t viii be proved that we have
re, within reasonable bounds yet half the people In the
country are convinced that naval appropriations arc
-etklcssly expended
A SMALL NAVY NOT EFFICIENT
=. A copparison Of the expenditures In foreign naves
with our own will 60 far to puta stop 10 the cry ta'
tasteful extravaganza has been shown In the aamh's
,,on of its financial affairs, and VIII snow the heces
.,v of our doing something toward building Navy
,n, % teep pace with the spirit Of the age and 10
Nd ourselves ready maintain the respect OF orsign
nations das SS, cover the case No small navy can
he an efficient II consider the needs vi ie u,
NY mss, naval pcwer Op to 1850 policy was to
nrd Saer vessels than were built In any part OF the
woa s and vs g' effective sr s0 navy All the Of
Europe have engaged for the last twenty
leaking on not even taking trouble 10 pr9nt ny ,ner
successes failures m modern shD ' b, odbers
this time some grand ships have been ouil Mne
have been sbo wn be unequal 10 modern requirements
MODEL SHIP
Admiral Porter proceeds to describe the FEATURES OF
modern vessel citing the Esmeralda ship Of three
thousand TONS built in England for the Gillian Navy as
the most perfect ship of her class ever constructed she
will proye he thinks, formidable vessel than
either the Boston or Atlanta and shows herself TO be
unsurpassed - commerce destroyer; there Is no
reaso he SAYS why cannot build snip OF oooo IONS
on The lines aud plans of the Esmeralda. that Will
give a speed Of nineteen knots an hour, when wo4iu
ha,,s Mans for GOOD boat which, when completed
b. says VIII be match for anything III our Navy anu
He estimates that hull and engines will cost sooOoo
aud requests that appropriation for that amount ne
asked for He says Thai we have only one torpedoboat
and thai she is not completed lie recommends her com
pletion and that she be put in condition Tor offensive
the building Of tUrpedoboas France Russia. and Eng
land have about 100 each and now England proposes 70
probably complete the whole number OF them while we
are considering the project of building three or four
WHAT ~ NECESSARY TO BE DONE.
10 do in the next two years Complete the unfinished
monitors and arm them with heavy riied guns. max
them rams IA far as their models will permit ;
appropriate money all the vessels that were proposed
a. Congress last Winteri build as pesnhils i9ar 3
The heaviest monitors uf great endurance aud speed each
to carry -four sSinch rifles IN turrets build twenty tor
pcdo boats of not less than 100 tons each win speed
ottweny knots; cruising iionclad Of NOT less tha
aDO toms and have MI ships Of over ,25o TONS supplied
with torpedo boats fitted with noiseless conden-ihg en-
vines 80 that they he heard when approaching
Az enemy. The ships launches. which are now called
t.tftts tlp It,tgta Ia a. "A a.
Admiral Porter appends to his report tsnle ehhplt
Ing the expenditures ~ the leading nations uf the world
fur the maintenance ~ their nsses during the last W
teen years ~ well "a for the construction of rev shrs
since 1870. " shows that the expenditures ior
maintenance ~ England we're fauD,OMuuul liancp.
sntn 900 tnssia f14B, oonouo italy eitg uOOuuu
tptinsnt siti, OuDObo United Htates fS0 .uuouvn
el ,he ,ens,ip,lon o new sls sgnland nas ME-
Ials, s.ia,uu,,Nnni sweden, #it,ono,unni ueimsnt
spu,uo0,uuu aud the United states #ipoftei4
MoNiioHa ~ nan CONDITION
The Naval lizard Ut Inspection toiadain 10 hfaht'
president. IN report the Admiral ~ The Navy. calls
speois attention the condition of tho monitors Ma"h
paes Canunons, Lehgh, Manhattan, calsklli aud AJaf
now al Cy Point Vs., aud says that II the country de
ponds upon monitors important elements ia The de-
fcuco 0f lis haIb0rs II s OF vital Importance mat hy
OF lhen could put active service, tue report says II
would be necessary 10 dock them and overhaul thrir
are not in condition with their own sleal ana IL
H. believed that they can be put III condition Tor even
temporary active service until they are supplied Win
The Thetis Bear Alert have been ordered out of
commission at New-lork, and the Ounalaska III san
francisco.
Paymaster F. N whitehcuse has been ordered to duty
rs Inspector of provisions and clothing at the Washing
ton Navy Yard Mate L. b. Gallagher 10 duty at the New
York Navy Yard Mate Hugh knhl To duty at the Nor
folk Navy Yard Passed Assistant Surgeon H. T.. Ames
has been detached from the Bear and Passed Assistant
Surgeon +. s. Nash from the Alert but ordered to con
from the sur geoii-General until December 81, when
they will proceed home and wait orders