The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-06

have. a remarkabic. citizen n Mr.. stranahan;
who has accompanied the Sity up from s sha,
raised to man In his lifetime. stranahan's
statue stands in Brooklyn Park" , >
Were You much about The brooklyn Navy
Yard when you lived over thereF'
:. Oh. no; do not think was eyer In that
SaSs Ssr1 arse ssS Navy NY One
We Scsd not get BslanS ne veal waS sSn
some Of our political friends put IN; There was
one there. whose name | forget. whose hea ia
wnt Mas tie matter told him
man was not IN Administration man. on
said Delano. YOU al. mistaken. gsntIemncn.ii I
time he has been an Admins tra,lon man"
The Secretary laughed With Kind OF roar r.,
proper place. and is it big enough. considering
It's POSITION, .,,,,.r,ror,or
possicil yfs y, seeom nj" s iii; larger YES It's
u big piece OF property
OR sew NAVY.
Can our new war ships 60 out to sea
through the Sound from! Brooklyn as well as
Some time ago the whole squadron. with
tas csd SMS hraSsE HS G . %
blasting away ut Hell Cato to make the inlet
dEse Wsiss f' are the great Navy Yards Q, tho
enough Of them The r Sd%inH
S Nais Ssss a,i Nsm the hsrk SS% side
Mare Island on the Pacific. The Portsmouth,
Navy Yard IL not any ssE. "nI
our war ships at Port Royal. New Orleans, and
Puget Sound. League Island is another Navy
It is on fresh water, and those, modern ships OF
iron and steel must lie 10 fresh water to keep
a hs G s0u and
IL Lss,nene Jslard lies nearest to the materials
"":f rs not a modern navy creature OF fuel'"
Just that. These great ships consume
much goal. and their, ii,mpreEnability depends
w. ss sos short Of o0.'ns stations all over
I'VE, sre without any: We have stipulated
for rshtfsd II the Islands, but they are
What view do you take Of Gen. Grants
4 %s sSa fna.s s9a'ins hsF'0r In samana Sss
That question. at the time was involved
examined the matter sufficiently to express
some som kind r. the West Indies 1t is an a'so.
sons express the view that il case Of war
THAT is not true. The moment wo came to
war the trenties Of all other countries would
compel them to be neutral and to exclude our
DO not the American people exhibit lam
guor ON oil external questions!
WHY WE NEED A NAVY.
IF they do. It is becoming time for them to
look abroad Hitherto We have been absorbed
In home development and hny y; NV wit tII
more than elsewhere The Indications are
that that time has passed. The Americans
people like the Chinese. We are growing rich
faster than any country on tho earth the in.
that Of II the h' Tn IL Kingdom Gcr@any and
people are applied to production and invest
hnn N-nh cnA NaN
even in Wall street. drawing but two to two
and half per, cent. interest. and find money
three and ,eI halt pSr cent? You may be sure
that the time has almost come when American
wealth will 60 to the foreign place, where re-
Then this lethargy on tho subject Of foreign
afYnirs will DO changed and the nen,and will
afford and which the navy secures
Have we really as good ships as any other
"Wo have better ships. The three ironcads.
ships OF war. two Of which the Cramps are
building and tho other under construction ut
the as word ire ships Of wsy Of tbs Kind
throughout the. world ore built on the same
in the llndersta nding TINT tho turret principle.
modified by higher ireehoards to make the
ships h mere seaworhy is to ne rl
high seas rolled over them and prevented the
use OF the tnrret guns; their turrets wnro
Vow tho turrets are raised, aud tho
freeboards or gunwales and decks are built
Of t a and Ster, r
sides exposed US formerly. In the, cruisers.
platforms are built out upon the hniIs 50 as to
How would You coal such ships in war;"
Just as was ready to coal them in the late
to last for iifty days for ten GuttIe ships and
mspPt to send It It slong si I the
fT bonr st ali tho 6 English a coal could find
in the markets Of the Pacific States and put it
on TRANSPORTS to go witt, the navy
1T was better than the Pacific States coal
as ssssa IA and SS sF f IN
What /, to be done with these ships in time
THE largest Of them and the most eypen:
sve such rs the three iron;Hlud battle nm Sh,ns
apiece will have to be laid up until an cmer-
gency: they are too expensive t. to-, be used for
Il time Of nfaSs They e MI 1 t6c
custody Of a small number Of men who will
keep them. ready. and occasionally exercise
'isthcre not oxdation in these metal shps:''
No: they viii not get out of repair II kept
What atont the Naval .tradcmy:"
1T Is undoubtedly the host naval schno! in
the world at tho present time The ONLY mis-.
many officers. and. bcin: always at peacc.
they become Hid before they have ave. reached the
rank when Sn0tllu nave como from ac''te ser
vice. Promotion is wholly by seno GRITTY in the
navy. and. therefore. with full list rank in,
creascs too slowly for many Of the best men,
THE QUESTION OF THE GREAT LAKES.
Does it ever occur, to you. Mr. Secretary.
that on our great lakes where we have ~
many large and growing cities. we arc next TO
defencclessi'
THAT is in accordance with treaty ,recula-
tons. which prohibit either tho United States
or Canada from Keeping more than one war
vessel ON the lakes, and that ono OF very littlo
account in there days. do not know that it
would he ncGnssaryto or this state Of Things.
Hitherto It las worked very we'll for both
countries. II we were to increase our arnn-
ment on tho lakes, the other side would 10 tho
same. think. however. that tho treaty should
be extended to embrace tho st. Lawrence
River rs well ms the lakes for now British war
ships come into The st. Lawrence. aud thcy
can lie close TO the entrance Of the Wellana
Canal. and they might pass through sud:
denly in cnse 81 Il quick sprinGins M OF
war as war. in these days hanlnn. Iongrcss
President cannot % So He might exert i an an
that is not probable. II tho British. under Tho
treaty. would keep the lower st; I.awrence
al 81 l,.;. ,,u. 5,i .,v. abo hnI tass