The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-19
WASHINGTON.
CONTRASTING oonoasssMEn
WIS want 10 no nehiad tbs netnfns''
nspsrs on ths Cssditien % tho
Army Con -sodsrs -essrs o"
ths rsvJ WHIST tie sssds
Are-.-Apgsistmeats
c.-m.sor. s..Ara's Report.

WAsMINo1OF, rev. b.-CoLnnouOTo
Montgomery sscard, chief OF the bs-
reau OF ordinances OF tho navy depart
~ ent, In his annual report 10 the sec
rotary OF the navy, sabmits estimates
Tor expenses Of the noxt nsesl year,
which placos them NJ 81. 463, Si2.
Among the items are. fuei, tools,
IA stsrials, labor, potiorier, new
types for nix rhips, now IN service to-
ward the general armament OF the
navy, win modorn secondary batteries
and small srlus, proof OF naval guns
and thair appendege snd tho ehtab-
gsounde, sll2, $50; S2b0.oo0 IL arked for
tho general expenses or the
torpedo boat aud auto-Mo-
bils torpedoss; 100000 for ordnance
outfit, 1906 COO TOR ouiitt Tor the PuTi-
tan, Terror, AmphTitouto and Mona
dsnoc, s87eT7 for tre armament OF
,our new vessels authorized ct the last
sassloR OF Congrete.
Then follows the report OF tho re-
suits o. trials OF cannon and vxperi-
mems with foreign aud demesiio pow
dor,, showing favorable results from
with shOi!s are reported, among them
thas OF controlling tho action OF qua
cotton when used IN armor-pierciRs
shella WITH sucens. Under the heading
armament of now vessels tho report
hps tho following:
SlnoS mo last report 1vs e-inoh and
two b,iuch brooch oadinr, high power
steel guns have baen completed At the
ordnance aepaftmout OF the Washing
ton navy yard, and arc now
at tbs naval advance PROV
Ing ground, Nhsre they perform
sat, %iI S work. nou nns ' n.
Atlanta whom ready TO receive
.hem. Nlnoieun ssts OF steel forgings
for 6-inch boros, made by the Mid
vale steel mpany passed inspection,
leaving one set still TO DO delivered.
or tho two private works under con-
tract to machine Huish aud assemble
furainQs ftirsiehed by the bu-
roau, tho South Roston iron WORKS
received nix ssts of 6inch forginRs,
and thu West Point Foundry assosie-
ton four sets. Both have made aatis-
factory progress, and VIII have
several G-iDeh gnDs finished before
be mnchined by these companies, Just
arrived from Sir Joseph Wkttworlh d.
Co., Mancsoster, England, and the
two additional chase rings for
each S-ineh gun or lao
Atlanta and Boston have recently
psep sydersd from the Midysls STEEL
company arc get So be resolved, AfLer
watch tiisso gave can DO speedily fn-
ishcd.
Ths broad aide carriages fer the At
lnntz and Boston are all finished, and
tho Bartiette carriages are being
pushed as rapidly as possible. Con-
mander Secsrd gays:
"Tbe third-rste ships last built are
good sea boats, and in the most I'M
portsnt respects good examples
pf the best class Of wooden vessels.
They will last aomo years, and must DO
dependcd upon 10 do most OF the work
Of sac navy until asufiicient number
of the new ships arc built.
IL aopsgrs desirable that
they ahould resolve modern
armament az tho impression
they produce without it ia slight.
There are eight Of tho clans referred TO,
but the bureau has submitted essi-
mates Tor six, assuming that two may
become serviceebie beforo tho arna-
ment could DO prepared"
The report embodies letter fron
the inspector OF ordnance In charge
of the proving ground 1t Annapolis,
setting forth the unsuitspility OF me
positiOu for a proving ground, and tho
burssu caused to bs made the auto
mobile torpedoeS on the dosign Of Cap
tein J "A. Howell, Uaitcd Statss navy.
Trials wore made with two in the
Potomac and Newport harbor, chow
ing thxt they possess valuable quail
ties, The parchnse Of q swift torpedo
boat sropu a celebrated maker abroad,
AS a model, Ia again urged.