Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-01
WHITNEY's REPORT.
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Continued from First PGge.
ment under severe penalties fos failure
with compeDssting premiums in case o.
attaining better results. l. results tbs
Gil coptrs CTS for the construction of chips
which have been entered into since
March, 1885, csil for produc
ton & power. The mschilery /:
equal to the higher standards
The efforts Of the department
10 this matter have been cordially sec
onded by tie bureau chiefs, and it IL
believed thss At the present time the de-
psrtment has reached point where en-
tire rsiis' ce Can be placed upon 1. for the
production Of war vessels equal 10 char,
acter to those Of any other country"
"It is gratifying to be able to report"
says the secretary, "thss 1t will be seen
from the following table Notwithstanding
large expenditures for
THE NEW NAVY
in the last three years, the reduction In
other directions has made the total ex-
pendisures OF the department less for this
year than for the three years ending June
30, 1884, the ordinary expenses OF the
department having been reduced over 20
per cent. The year 1ss4.s5 WAS emit
ted from the table or not having been
wholly In either administration
The total expenditures OF the de-
partment for the three years ending
June so, 1884, are compared with the
three years ending June 80, 1883, the
items being taken from the reports OF the
fourth auditor of the treasury and dis
tributed under various objects Of eXpend-
itures. For the years ending June 3O,
1882. 1888 and 1884, there wers s27,
1888 81, and for the years ending June
80, 1886. 1887 and 1888, s46, $50. $50"
Under the head Of "Coast HARDER Des
tense Vessels" the secretary states :
"rhst in the LAST annual report OF the de-
psrtment considerations were given Lead,
ing to the conclusion that 1t would be
unwise for the department to follow the
course OF European powers in building
UNPROTECTED TORPEDO BOATS
and in the present uncertainty regarding
the practicability of submarine boa.s
and while waiting practical trials Of
dyr amite gun boats, IL has beeR deemed
wise for the department to build one OF
light draught, heavily armored. The
hsrbor defense fosting battery
or ram flor which designs
have been prepared by the buresu Of con-
struction and steam engineering In con-
sultstion with the chief Of the bureau Of
ordnance. Advertisements for this vessel
cSll for the submission of bids In the
month Of February next. The character
istics will be found stated In the table of
srmored vessels before mentioned"
The business methods of the depart.
msnt are discussed at some length and
history given Of the Efforts being made
to simplify. systemasizs and improve
them. A chsTter Is devoted to naval
progress durlI g the year at home and
abroad, and 1t is statement made that
the niece sslty TOR an increased M nber OF
fast protected cruisers, whether for pur-
poses OF protecting or destroying com.
merce or for seIv.ce with its
feet IS scouts, has been emphasized
during the naval msneuvres Ct TIE year,
and Is fully recognized by eli pc acrs.
That with increase OF the number OF
cruisers 1t has been rec0gn'z I'd III vlew Of
the recent introduction Ct high explosive
Pre- jecSiies, end en- Increase OF power and
ra2ldIty OF fl ing ana other guns that re-
coiled, attention mas. De g;vsn to the
s.mored fact. and tie prevailing opinion
IN EoglaId, France, Italy, G-lminy spd
Prussia, lie strongly In favor Of
ADDITIONAL ARMoR2D SHIPS
TO be built at IN esriy date. In these
new vessels the armor will be much more
widely distributed, and will certainly
protect the battery and crew as well IS
the water line and machinery. The des-
Effectiveness OF high explosives shall fire
against unprotected sides, emphasized
the peculiar advantages OF the monitor
type for coast defence service.
TIE secretary considered the subjects
Of improved powder, projactiles and
torpedo boats, saying in re
gard to the latter that recent
naval manouvers abroad have sho WI this,
they must still be regarded as most use,
full for coast and barber defense.
The estimate for the navy and marine
corps for the current fiscal yesr smounts
to 1923, 003 624, those for the nexE fiscal
year smount to 6,767, SIT, 5 difference
Of IS. 7s4,05S. The appropriations for
the current fiscal year amount to 3d..
s42. 4Sl, being $6.825, 1876 lees than the
estimates for the next fiecsl year.
The secretary closes by giving the main
points Of reports submitted oY the admiral
Of the navy, chiefs OF the various naval
bureaus and the board Of visitors to the
United States naval academy, abstracts OF
which have been published from TO time
before they were placed In the hands OF
the secretary.