Telegram-herald., 1891-11-10
FITTED OUT FOR VAR
What . Cruiser Costs Before . shot
Il Fixed.
LARGE suns sFEsT Oh OrR SaIps
Assy ssssss "a the BFsssiy. nasy haxa
s.a blS bilis 80 Do fs-a ~
tsess sAA-las fhss4as1-
oAaa ls1 fox &a44l.

uatss, hundreds 0l men viii De a. Dasy
"a Dees a. the aayy yards They
Gle4a, too, an expenditure Oi many
thousands OF doliaFs. anu when it .
remena Bered that the Gillian dlifieai-
teis caused the Ua-Ged states uoseFa-
meat 20 MOBILIZE It's entire aavy,
graad total OF aDOut one mLii-oa dol
iars has been dLsbursed for the pur-
pose OF getting ready for Z sht, In ease
s0cA &c aon becomes a necessity
-Four whlre cru sers are now being
fitted out for war at the navy yards
All lie along the bg docks in the river.
Bur what a hustle of hurry .ng men
there = on each cruiser. There are
mechanics In the engine ROOM
mechanics exam ming each ships steel
hull. sailors and sa.lmakers up in the
rigging: carpenters making necessary
r~paMzs. while the big dock In front OF
the ship - lined by teams hauling
wagon-ioads OF p ov sions-eoal. wood
and everything that could be wanted
IN q years cru Sc. for that Is the aver
age time for which a ship goes out
ca station duty.
when the Navy Department at
Washington decides 20 put a ship In
commission. the order Is accompanied
by the ships allotment" That ~
the Department sends with the COM
MISSION order the llst OF articles that
che ship must have aboard when she
steams ty Sandy Hook. These vary
greatly in quantity. OF course; the
ieaE-th Of the cruise on which the ship
a. 20 so and her size being the two
detrrm NJ rerSoDs guiding the Depart
meast n max ng out the list
For Ailstance. stores for the Chicago
OF Atlanta. row being fitted up for
q years crus-e. probably IN Chilian
waters. w0rld be- more than those for
rfe Petrol. as the two former cruis-
ers are nearly twice as large as the
latter. The two first uamed sh .ps
carry n crew OF about 400 men, while
the Pe.rei only has 200.
The allotment list" for the Phi
sGelphia. TOO. was larger than the
ones made ont for the Newark, Chiago
or Atlanta and when the Philadelphia
started for ST. Thomas. West Indies,
yesterday. e had cost IN round num-
bers $500. 900 10 TT her for a years
cruise
After receiving the first allotment
list" which would take more than
q column 20 prln, n This paper. IL
is vided into l.st OF articles that
are n storage In the different depart
nenfs INTO which the general store
house at the navy yard = divided. For
Instance. all examination and repairs
for the hull and general fittings OF the
ship are attended 70 by the construc-
tion department. As the ship that
h being made ready had been thor
orshiy inspected by a board q survey.
prior 70 making out her allotment
list" there sat \ single missing bolt.
or REQUIRED nail. that doesn't appear
on the list.
The repairs of the rigging. sails.
awnings, etc. all come under the care
% the equipment department. and.
like everyth in1 else. the allotment
ist'' tells what = needed. The steam
s-sv-fne ds-partnent looks sfter THE ma
crlsnerv on hoard. and the ordnance
Department furnishes all the powder
and pro,ertsies. the r,Ees. revoivers.
cut fasSes swords anf bayOnets and
fr fact. all OF tt,e Implements for war.
The equspmrrt de0artment. besides.
has a duty that requires hundreds 81
articles 20 be gct n readiness. and
that - the gerrrai stores that the sh.p
~ bacon. pork. ham. and sausage
carned meats ~ the dozen boxes
ships b'scuit. bread. -four ny the
barrel. sugar Ay the .on. ost meal
IN sact. nearly everything that vsa.s
eveS heard of "A the eating line is put
aboard The ship. Four hundred peo-
pie. eating three zines a day. Il a
pretty blg family 20 provide for. aud r.
doesn't require n great stretch of the
ina r.nation 10 fancy what Pile OF
prpvender fer n. r. iors has BE-
taken on aboard.
Then there IL the question on food
Cor The halfssosen furnaces that gen
erata the steam down IN the hold. far
below the water lsne. It = ques-
tioB that - vital one iust now TO
ships that are cg The way 20 Chill.
a. the United states owns no eoal,n0
stations out there. and has 20 depend
upon a purchased supply. II would
te extremely awkward n war with
ch1i should break out. and the big
feet "a warshsps that Unrie sam shall
rnd down there SHOULD have no coal
Talk about a chained CANT
So the coal bunkers are fiiied TO the
very brim. The supp'y for big ~
s24-ton crueer like the Philadelphia.
used with care. and helped along By
the an ps sails would possibly take
tie vessel rom New York 30 vaIpar-
rlso. about 1000 miles. without Civ.
tnx cut but the smaller cruisers
would have 70 stop several times oa
she vsy thpther 10 buy fuel. The At
fsats. with coal supptv Of t9f tons
could steam about 2.t2O miles at a
speed of ten knots sn hour.
Then there = another vital nrces-
ssfy. That is the armament supplies
oas ou board couple Of tons ~
enar>r. hix. obloux shaped pow der. IL
carefully put "a the powder mags
.lne> fAst are. according % law. at
1.asf or se~t below the water line
rast. cf eoars.. the powder supply q
rsxuisfed By TIE ships armament.
r-ea Philadelphia. which carries a.
hAawv an armament a. sny Of the
new nsvsl vess'is, when sas sa2ed
,srrs~s about two tons 81 pow
ser aaa 10000 pounsi- of snn cotton
ser forpedoe> The voald sive
A. 400 rouade 81 ammunition
a. asr m.in battery. making 500
sh,+. fe- aaea eirht-fach gus. These
80. throw a prnleetile that weigh-
SEQ p.wuFe. hiie her ssxlHch hrr~ehs
ic,a'rx rife throw a tis pound pro.
,.rsfi.. re proketihs alone weigh
.aoes fso. coo pcunds quite . mass
O. iron