The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-04
THE NATIONS NAVY.
A Partial Synopsis of the
Secretary'S Report.
TOADvANCE THE CHURCHsUITS
Hon, F,s. Richards Before the United
States Supreme COurt-Other In
tercstiDg Telegraphic Items.

WASHINGTON, December 3.-The re-
port of the Secretary of the Navy, of
which brief synopsis was telegraphed a
few days ago, contains several inter
e3ting features which could not be en-
bodied at that time. Of the work of
the Asistic squadron it says: Owing to
the continued unsettled condition of
affairs in Corea, part of the force on the
station has been kept during the year
constantly in CoreRn waters. In Jnne
last an outbreak of the populAce IN
Seoul was threatened, and, at the re-
Quest of our minister, an armed force OF
TWENTY-FIVE seamen and marines from
the Essen under command of Lieutenant
Galloway, was landed in that city TO
protect American residents, and with
drawn few days later upon affairs be-
coming again pacific. The Brooklyn
and J1gniettG have been detached from
the squadron and ordered to the United
States, the former via Honolulu and
Cape Horn, and the latter by way OF
the Suez Canal and Mediterrean SEA,
The Jllniettd Joined the SOU ldron from
the Pacific in March last. The Pacific
squadron continues under command OF
As
slsts of the Trenton, VGndGI5G, MOhicGn,
adams, Alert, Nipsic. Dolphin, Pinta.
and the storeship MOn0ngehaLI. The
Trenton, NipSic and Dolphin have joined
the squadron during the past year, and
the IrOQuOiS and JatniettG have LETT 1t.
THE FORMER NEEDS EXTENSIVE REPAIRS.
and was ordered to Mare Island Navy
Yard in March last and was put out of
commission, and the latter ordered to
Asiatic stations. Vessels of the squad
ron have visited during the year the
principal ports on the west coast OF
Mexico, Central and South America
but on account of political disturbances
in the Hawaiian and Samoan Islands
and in Peru, almost the entire force on
the station have been kept constantly
in the waters of those countries for the
protection of the lives and property of
of our citizens. The MOhican having
been oyer three years in commission
mas new officers and men, and is now a.
the Mare Island yard reftting for ser.
vice. The MOnOngGheJG is there,
UNDERGOING REPAIRS,
and when they are completed will re-
ceiye st ores and supplies for the Pa
eiic squadron and return to her station.
The Pinta is still employed in the Alas
kan waters. Of the steamer ThetiS, the
report saws: The TbetiS has been en-
ployed during the past year on special
service in the North Pacific. She ha;
been actively engaged in visiting the
principal settlements on the north and
west coasts of Alaska, and has
rendered valuable services to our
whaling feet in the Arctic and to
numerous destitute miners in Alaska
through the exertion of her command
ing officer. The American schooner
Jane Graz, abandoned in the Artic, was
Aoated and repaired sufficiently to be
sent to San Francisco, where she was
turned over to her owners, the officers
and men of the ThetiS generously
waving all claims for salvage.
RECOMMENDATIONS RENEWED.
Recommendations are renewed t.
build large proving and testing ms
chimes at New York and Mare Island
navy yards, and to establish centra
steam and electric generating plants II
the navy yards, which should supply
all of the points where steam power and
light are required.
Chief Constructor Wilson reports
that the navy yard at Mare Island is
being fitted with a complete outfit Of
modern shipbuilding tools. Mare
Island, our only yard on the. Pacific
coast, is particularly well suited for
shipbuilding purposes,