New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-16
FOREIGN NAVAL NOTES.

The British Admiralty seems to have become
alarmed lest, with the Navy 1t is expected to be In
1895, 1t will be impossible TO supply Englands coanG
stations with the fuel necessary for its vessels in the
event Of The English collers have to pass along
the coast of France to get to their coang stations
and these would need strong convoy in case of war;
and for which England has not got the cruisers. The
French have promised TO give chase to all English
Navy vessels il should come, and they would
do England considerable deal Of harm by sallyng out
Of their ports against the English coiers Just when
it suited them In the meanwhile the English cruisers
would be obliged to keep at sea most Of the time to
protect the merchant vessels, and would need to have
convenient places for coallng Coal VIII In the future
dominate all sea affairs with all nayes ana dehclenGy
Of coal at the regular English eOalnS stations would
paralyze Engands naval and commercial movements:
And this would be quite embarrassing don-cherknow''
says the Admiralty.
Admiral de Horsey, writing on the loss OF the
cruiser Serpent repeats what several OF the English
service journals have asserted, that few commanders
Of the ships in the Royal Navy capable of navi
eating them that IS, that they know nothing Of the
science of navigation. This is a serious exposition
of the English Navy practice of detailing officers to
command who must because OF their incompetency.
leave the actual duty Of navigating their ships to the
officer specially provided to perform It, In this par
ticuar England is way behind the United States for
not only the commanders Of the vessels, but also the
junior line officers, understand naylgaon thoronghy
and very large proportion OF the engineef oS S
a
Command the ships to which they should be detailed II
the emergency should arise
Mich discussion has occurred recently as to the
difficulty of getting full compliments Of crews for
vessels OF the United states Navy but the reports OF
the British Admiralty show that the English Navy
Is deplorably short of both officers and crews for
their vessels and much embarrassment Is felt on this
account.
The Admiralty has under course Of construction at
Portsmouth Dockyard eight second-cass protected
cruisers of the Apollo class. They to be completed
before the of this year. They are to cost ABOUT
million dollars each.
The Admiralty seems to have gone further than the
commandant OF the Naval Academy at Annapolis
relative to restrictions placed upon the cadets relative
bo the chops and the English cadets have sent up
wall % indignation at being deprived Of their natural
allowance OF dancing exercise 1t Is expected that the
ladies living in the nelghborhood Of the Royal Naval
College at Portsmouth will protest against the order
not 10 grant leave TO the subs" TO be out atter hu
NIGHT 10 attend either private subscription, or charity
Dances This order is an innovation az inc Naval
College and the cadets naturally protest.
The DAYS OF battleshps are past" said an Engllsh
admiral recently But battlc-ships continue to be
huiIt 70 take the place Of those that become obsolete,
and now the German Navy is to have eleven battle
ships with an aggregate displacement Of 10000 tons
Contracts have been given by the German Government
20 have three built at Bremen, two at Garden near
Kie one at Wllhelmshafen three at Dantzg, ana Two
AZ Iiredon near Stettin At Elbery, no fewer tlpln
seventy torpedo boats being built for the uer"n
Navy.
The German Navy officers have reason to be grate-
On, for tle greater consideration that they receive