New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-14
ARMAMENT OF MEN-OFWAR.
BATTERIES FOR THE NV CRCIsrRs AND TIE SHIPS
NOW Il SERVICE.

BATTERIES FOR TIE NV tlt ~ ~ MD I'M Nii4I7
NOw Il SERVICE.
W,sruXGTON Nov. 13.-CommodOrc Mont
romery scard Chief OF the Bureau Of Ordnance Of tho
Navy Department in his annual report the Secretary
OF the Navy submits estimates for the expenses OF the
next fiscal year amounting to S3,iG-si2 Among the
items are Fuel tools, material aud labor batteries Of
the new types six ships IN service toward the
general armament Of The Navy with mo Tern secondary
batteries and small proof OF naval gun, and their
appendages; modern armament OF two practice ships
for the training squadron and establishment Of prov
! ing and ranging ground. Sl.li2.75o.
Two hundred ny thousand dollars are asked for
general expenses of mo torpedo station, purchase 81
torpedo boat and OF auto mobile tOrpcloc, S-o1 900
is asked ontht Of the Miantononah and
S.CG.OOO for the outfits Of the Puritan, Terror Amph
trtc aad Monadnock IS 30 Is required Tor the aina-
ment of the four new vessels authorized at the last
sion OF Congress.
The number of rounds fred by the first slx-nch type
gun IA, carried 20 It, behavior has continued
to maintain the merits the design nve-ncI gun
has been completed aud had a preliminary trial
which proved satisfactory. Five six-inch and
two hye-nch. broechloadine. high power
steel guns have been completed al tho Ordnance De-
artmeut OF the WA,niu.t1n Navy Yaru ami are now tt
the Naval Ordnance Proving GIOunl, whore they have
fired ten proof rounds each They perform satisfactorily
and several viii be mounted the Atlanta when che ].
ready 20 receive them Nineteen OF steel i0rglug5
for sX-iuch brccchOadug rifles made by the NIdyalc
Steel Company passed inspection, leaving
to be still Delivered The forgngs cghlinch guns
have Just arrived from sir Joseph WhltwOrh a Coz Of
Manchrstci, England This steel ~ more than q year
overdue from the English maker aud the delay re-
cent furnishes excellent argument
establishment OF heavy guuiorging plants In the United
The hrOad>idc carriage Of the Atlanta aud Bos
ton are all finished and the barbctte being
/ pushed as rapidly as possible.
Comman Icr sicard " the third rate ships last
built gOOd boats, have compound engines aud
in most important rspccts good examples OF rne best
class of woolcn vessc They will last years and
depended upon 10 do most OF The work Of the
until "A sufficient number OF SHIPS hilt to
replace II appears desirable that they should
ceivc anOdcrn armamcn The Impression tryprOducc
without j slight. When they finally replaced the
| armament win answer for vessels. There are
eight of the class referred to. but the bureau
mtted estimates Tor six, assuming that two may become
unseryicedble before their armament could be pre-
pared"
The purchase OF swift torpedo boat from Of the
celebrated makers abroad urged such craft,
saws Commodore ~icard. combine qualities which
only be- judicOusy ited and skllfuly and cc0uO,ni-
Cay embodied by builders who have had large expert
Ia this special branch OF construction. There
several nrm. abroad that have had such experience,
and really fine boat purchased from OF them would
furnish example Of the almost that has
thus been made IN This dllcult hrllch nf
tiou, and could be examined and tested by our ship
builders and would DO Ibtlcss be source OF great
benefit TO them. IN designing AMI competing for the
numerous boats Of this class that require immed-
atcly,"