The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29
WE HAVE A NAVY
AND IT HAS GONE F0R11a TO PsOvns
1T TO THE wORl.D.
Tho Squadron sailed from Bostsa sbr :
Long Cruise-A Col cotton or Boats Note
DO Despisea-Direct Newa from Stanley
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Tho Squadron sailed from Bostou Tor .
Long Cruise-A Col ectlon or Boats Motto
DO Despised-Direct News Hrom Stanlsy-
Other Matt~rs of Interest, ,
The squadron Of evolution, which sailed
away from Boston the other day, repte.
sents, with the exception OF two vessels.
the combined force If commissioned var.
SLIPS known as the navy. It also repre-.
sents . higher degree OF excellence than
can be found In any other known squad.
ron composed Of cruisers Of similar ton.
mage displacement. The feet is pre-emi.
nently American, aud will excite the curl.
osity, II not the wonder, Of all forSiRni
powers under whose observation It may
come. The idea Of sending abroad thii
teet OF new warships was not . suddenly
formed idea, nor was it the outcome OF
any. imperative demand that q fore Of
sueh . showing was urgently needed In
European waters. For years foreigners
have been accustomed to see the Americen
nag fly from antiquated wooden ships-
handsome craft, but totally unfit to. en-
gage in active service ct the present time.
The calling Of many Of the old
wooden SHIPS home for repairs Of
late had left nearly all the cruising sta.
ions ho:s OF American vessels. It was
at first contemplated to send the different
vessels of the new navy to foreign stations
as fast as completed, but Commodore
Walker thought that by sending all the
available ships to Europe together u much
better impression would be pro ;uced.
Although the vessels Of the squadron Of
evolution do not represent the speediest
warships OF the new navy, they ore all fast
ships. The Yorktown can make over
seventeen knots an hour, the Boston aud
Atlanta can make over seventeen knots an
hour and the big flagship Chicago can
DO very close to sixteen knots an hour.
In other words the mean average speed Of
the feet is more than sixteen knots an
hour.
With this force of ships it is intended
to show Europe that the United States is
able to build slips of war equal in point
OF efficiency to ANYTHING that can be built
abroad; and as to the armament, it is al
ready understood in foreign military aud
naval circles that tho new ordnance rifles
velocities for projectiles equal to come Of
the very best attainments Of foreign pro.
duction. Blu tho most potent argument
for sending the fleet abroad is the tactical
lessons that will he deduced from the
operations of q fleet Of modern cruisers
acting in company. An opportunity will
be presented to the officers Of the sd1lad.
ron to acquaint themselves with the very
latest operations iu naval warfare by viz.
tue of the facilities presentedto the equip.
ment Of the different ships. Then, too,
the rivalry excited between the individual
craft stimulates men to the performance
OF work not likely to result when q ship is
operating alone. TO drill and maneuver
in the sight of foreigners auNi under the
very guns of foreign squadrons and forts,
with the eyes Of foreign military critics
constant y upon them, will tend to keep
the discipline and condition Of the crews
of the American ships in the highest state
| of efficiency.