Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-12
AFFAIRS OF THE NAVY,
Secretary Tracy Makes His
 Annual Report.
1e NEW SHIPS PUT IN COMMISSION.

Eighteen Nearly Finished - Made Inde.
 pendent of Europe for Armor or Ord.
 nance-Developments in Manufacture
 Estimates for the Coming Fiscal Year.
 WASHINGTON, Dec 12.-The annual re- port of the Secretary of the Navy will be submitted to Congress to-day. It is a voluminous document but very interest ing and important one.
 During President Harrison's administra- tion the following vessels will have been added to the Navy: Chicago, Yorkt town, Petrel, Charleston, Baltimore, Cushing, Vesuvius, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Newark, Concord, Bennington, Miantono- moh, Bancroft, Machias, Monterey, New York, Detroit, Montgomery.
 This makes total of nineteen vessels of the new navy put in commission dur ing this administration, of an aggregate tonnage of 54, S33 tons, mounting alto gether two 12-inch, six 10-inch sixteen S. inch and eighty-two 6-inch guns, all of which, with the exception of five of the earliest, have been manufactured in this country Three new steel tugs have also been constructed and put in service dur ing this period.
 Eighteen vessels are in process of con struction and certain to be completed, should their armor be delivered, within the next year, of an aggregate tonnage of 93, 497 tons, and mounting altogether twelve 13-inch, six 12-inch, sixteen 10- inch, thirty 9-inch, thirty-two 6-inch, thirty eight 5-inch and thirty-four finch guns, all of which have been or are to be manufactured in this country.
 During this period twenty-five vessels will have been launched, thirteen of them, including the three tugs, durin4athe cur rent year, and of all the new ships the construction of which has been begun during the present administration only two will remain on the stocks on March next.
 An exhaustive review is given concern ing the developments in the manufacture of armor, torpedoes, rapid firing guns and explosives.
 The progress both in ships and in ord nance, by which the United States has emerged from it's condition of helplessness at sea, and by the employment of it's own resources, has distanced its more eXper- fenced competitors, marks an epoch in the naval development, not only of this country, but of the world. In connection with the development of nickel steel for armor, the Department | has undertaken series of experiments in | the application of this material to other purposes of construction which promise | important results.
 The estimates for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1894, for the Navy and the Marine Corps, including those for public works and for increase of the Navy, amount to $24, All ,49S,21, being $2,713, 141.59 less than those for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893.
 The estimates for the running expenses of the Navy and Marine Corps for the ifs, | cal year ending June 30, 1894, amount tC $14, 767, ,S41.21, being $135, 59 less thar the estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893.
 The estimates for the increase of the Navy amount to So, 7O3 657 for the tisca year ending June 80, 1894, and are $2, 511, | 19S less than those for the fiscal year. end ing June 30, 1893.