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NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The prototype Of
the new vessels to be called for durlag the
coming session Of Congress for the revenue
mari le will be craft If 500 TONS displ.ce-
M Mt, 1856 feet long by 20 feet beam, and .
draught under 10 feet. Thu speed required
wil be IL knots, ith siesmiBg radius of
5000 miles a,at II snot speed. The motive
power will be a triple exD6nsion engine,
~orkiIg twin screV- - compile ment Of sew, n
officer ard fifty IN. n viii be cirriei The
tatery will be II Itchkiss rspid-tire gus
Some Of the best shiphulding talent in the
country is at work drawing plans. The
prototype will rsseInble greatly the Rattle
snake Of the British NV, Ia calling for
the above type OF craft. Cap Shepard, the
chief of the Revenue Maine, propo,e
fnrrIehiog a ne Of vessel which
will be service Bile in time of war
In this wsv true C ,nony will be pr.cticed.
The Benniogt 81, no~ at the BROOKLYN
rsvy yard, has beer trobb ed the past wet K
with d sernons. Her men Complain Of
harsh Treatment the slls gsd treatment re-
Is,,ng to dep'ivati "a OF berty. Ii is the
usual rule 10 st,n~ fire. class coGduct m an
ioerty &tbore every sfourth day In port
Thu Bsnni' g on, sople Complain that
hey are unable to Vet m r tla1 ooe day
en- SEVEN |: is ALTO slleged by he sesmen
that they are compelled t. have 500 to
their credit on thu bo k, before Aoi. to
draw any al o ssrce whateyr. o. other
v, sseis one II onth'sps IS Usually sufficient.
FIJI best ~ pc OF rspld Are gun for A.
men lsndi0g parties Is the Hotchklss 81
mllimetsr revolving cannon. The gun is
mounted Oh fed carriage. the car.isse
Importing two bikes of ammunition in
sdditit n to the piece. A lin r mounting
reserve ammu liti1n i, slsO supp lied. The
proj sctiles from A 81 nil,imeter will knock
down auy bar ide mob cau throw up Ia
the streets IL is in this respect that the
Hotchki.s gun is mCr. servicible in iiuts
than Calling pun Tne bullets from the
latter are usually pJwstlyss against barri-
csde ma erlsi
The navy department is DESTROYS Ct max
ing the lsuLch Of tie new cruiser New
York gala sfii The vessel will be got
ten into the water from the yards Of the
Camps IN Pbiadel phis early IN November.
A specisl train .ilI be- run between New
York and Phlad, lohi. to sccommotse
people here tesiring to be present. The
Prtslt, mt, it is snuo unced, will b. in At
tendance
IL looks ntw as il the much talked o.
rapid fire gn1 competitive test is altogether
off The H1tchki.s ard the briggs people |
have heen willing all along to enter The
test. IL seems, though, that the Maxim
firm, for whom the to at WAS especially got |
TED up hiss drawn out. This, at least. is
the TAX among department ordiDsl ce
tfisi-ls an others il Washington.
Il has been announced a. the Navy De- |
par me { that force Of $50 marines would |
b. stationed at the Washington School OF |
A. plicstion. To date, the force Of marines |
Al this school numbers abou % men. The |
rs gulsr complement Of the barracks is
placed at 70 men.
Mr.. VIM McAdoo late OF the House |
Naval committee, estimates that at least |
so 900, 900 is due the navy as an sggte-
gate Of money authorized for ships, out
not IS yet app o rated as avsil,be. The |
pa ment of this money will have to extend
over several yesrs.
The new cruiser New York, the triple
screw sh p, Nos ~ and 10, a I'd the Monte
rey will be provided with Dickel steel
plates. Ord is to thi. effect we're issued
from the navy department last week.
10 the event of an adverse report on the
next qua test Of the dynamite cruiser Ve.u-
vius, it IL probable that this vessel will be
into a torpedo vessel.