New-York tribune., 1892-11-21
FOREIGN ARMY AND NAVAL NOTES.


FOREIGN ARMY AND NAVAL NOTES.
within n very few months the British Navy mas
met with unusual number OF misfortuhes'
which, had they happened to American war vessels
would have been followed with the loudest deniinci-
alton OF the professional incnpacy Of the officers who
are entrusted with such valuable public property.
The latest mishap to the British Navy is the strand
Ing Of the armored barbete ship Howe. The vessel
was seaming alonl at the slow speed OF seven knots
hour when She struck. 1t has since been r.
ported that she will BE- total loss. Here Is one Of
EnGand's ilrstclass warships that cost more than
- 3COo, 900. totally destroyed by running upon the
rOcks The taxpayers OF Great Britain have been
singing the Admiralty like nest OF hornets Tor Il
long time for their eXtravagances and mistakes In
naval administration. Including those beasty mon,
strc,tcs-the l10-ton guns. and they will now feel
more poisonous than ever. The Howe had been com
tremendous success she was Ollt under me
Naval Defence act of l732, at Pembroke;
She steel armOrcd barbcttc vessel Of
300 tons displacement. and her main battery con
i,cd ~ four 3 IL inch guns. and six 6-inch guns.
licr sdcarnOr plating was eighteen Inches th'ch
The loss Of the 0,99Oton warship sultan, with
nearly everybody on board, a few years ago, Will
readily be RECALLED by readers Of The Tribune she
was badly damaged by running on tho Comoro
rocks in the Indian that when she pulled
on without having first taken precautions to stop the
leaks. she sunk a. she got Into deep water.
When about 70 be abandoned an Italian contractor was
authorized 10 raise her at great expense. Another
niscalculaton I'm nav cation when the Victoria.
nng,ldp Of the Mediterranean squadron. lO470Ion
bate,hip stranded on the island OF piatoa. Greece,
While engaged In torpedo practice. The problem rs
10 how to gct such eyIatan alOat was sO.Ved altcr
applying consl icrahle mrchancnl Ingenuity and Sic
finally aiken 10 Malta. where II cost abont SO
OCO tO patch her damaged bottom. Admiral lIcncagcs
dispatch boat Wilinre ran aground near tn" Chatham
Dochtard In June last. ana received so nllch damage
That II was a question whether She would be- worth
repairing. She Wa finally eot or and Is being re
palr'd Another peculiar accident was tmt OF
Of torpedo boat that got under the stern of the
Arcthuse, and wns 20 lady damaged by the propeller
that the crew were taken OIL BY the Areihuse. IN
edition to these mentioned there have been large
number Of minor casualties to Bntalns great Navy
Two more Of Engand's fleet will soon be ready
for Neptune To play the mischief with. The Revenge
one Of eight nrs-class battleships. Ike the Royal
sovereign launched nearly two years was launched
AZ Jnrrov-On-T Tyne on November 3. Another Of the
same class. the Royal oak. launched at Brken
head on November 5. The hull and machinery Of
each Of these vessels cost S3,750000. Their dimen
sion, are: Length. $50 feet breadth. IS feet mean
draug - IL f"ct displacement. 4,15o tons maxi.
mum speed. under forced dFauEht, II IL knots
ma ximum horse power, l3OOO. They are Duiu OF
stcl each having 22O water-teht compartments. and
the double bottom system Is followed In their con
5'rictcn. The armament ~ each VIII consist OF four
~ 2-lnch rhe~. ten 6inch Quickhring guns. sixteen
Gpoundcr qu!citring guns. nine 3pOunder qickiirlne
guns two pouudcr m,zzle loading field rifles. eight
5-barrecd machine guns. and seven torpedo tubes.
A correspondent Of "Thc London Times speaking
~ the naval part OF the Columbian celebration at
Genoa saws: "In the meantime this unique spectacle
Of gathering % warShips Of fifteen nations worthy
Of note Here upon This breakwater are thir-
teen great hon clad, Of all yps from the low-free-
board British battlc>hp of the sans Partl type TO
her exact Opposite in The armor-hclted French iron
clad Amlr Courbrt standing twenty-five feet o''t 81
water Close 10y is heavy Austrian vessel OF the
barbce type: then She Paayo. built for the sannrdS
by the French heavily aimed and strange contrast
~ Nh. Vtora hy h. Sid. an old wooden ship. which
war taker hN The British Channel squadron OIL ,hriua
,, In ~ ,,r nor nrnrcal proceedings and handed
ovcr to th, >uansh authorities. In The inner port
aro TWO smart American cruisers the Newark and
Co9corn very much Ike our own representatives.. ly
81 NAV cons 'rictod I'm England. Anchored at The
old mode I, tie Dutch wooden ship Willem FriSo a
tre ~ oth~ days, md at he Co 1nho Mole lieS the
Princess Wl''am. 'orvceah" hiilo cruiser the only
representative here Of the German Navy.
The Fnei.h ravy officers looking forward to r"
ceiving q 10, of b1c, pay. which they are given 10
understand was Illegally deducted nom their salaries.
ha, been the law for year' 10 d"dnct from the
officer an income taN similar to that taken from
American navy officer, during the time that the in
come aN law r"man"d in the Revised >'all'"S. \
clr,ulay .irncd y one In authority in England has
cen pnblished informing "all naval officers concerned
crivcd or rcccyal, when serving ont OF the United
Kingdom ana any such officer from whose pay the
duty has been deducted can obtain repayment upon
application to the proper quarter
Among the naval news IN The French papers IS the
announcement that the division of small roncad'.
which for several years has constituted portion OF
the French Mediterranean feet Is abont to be legated
fo the Reserve Nobody" says Le Yacht" "will
rrgrci s decision of the Ministry Of Marine These
vessels have often been source OF trouble 10 fhe nd
mIrals rs they nrc not capable Of steamns than
"von knots and they are I'm every way inferior to the
other ships Of the Mediterranean SQUADRON
According to the war budget for 1893. recently |
placed I'm the hands OF the French Deputies the military
expenses since ISL without counting the navy amount
10 >? GOO 100000. OF this sum S5Ts. 100000 has |
a3I3 C2q 932 has been expended for armament. $l5G
3I2IO7 for Notifications. SiG377146 for subsistence
and Sij51S SO4 for clothing. In forncai)ls the work
has been pressed on with f'vcrih activity Vast in
trcnchcd camps have been established Mt Lllle |
Nauhrugc, Besancon. Tclort Neriun and other points
The forts aronnd these places completely shelter them
from bomharlment. and the railroads and all I'm |
portant routes al-o supplied with forts The |
french fOOts 2-3-2 officers, - i.Olj ard
/ 80 so horscs. This represent, fighting force OF |
so battalluns Of infantry. 800 SquadrOnS OF cavalry
and 80 batteries Of artillery. In addition - this
NAV hc added 10000 men enrolled In hc reserve OF |
the territorial army. II /, very probable hat Emperor
" Ham realized the great numerical soldier strength |
l; France before h. began 10 cry for mOrr soldiers
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