Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-12-12
U.vLl onA'S NAVY.
Interesting Features Of
the SeCretay's Report.
THE AMERICAN REGISTRY.
Should Be Granted in All Cases
Where II lis Practicable.

WASTING ro,', Dec la-The annua, 70
port # the navg department Is male pub
lie. Secretary Tracey has made docu.
nent OF about the usual length. and parts
OF 10 are "a follows;
Another year Of experience Of discus
sion and II criticism both at home and
abroad confirms the department in the
views which it adopted In the annual re-
port Of 1889, as to the policy of construc-
tion which the navy should pursue. The
policy then lyocnted, which was radi-
cal departure from any view previously
presented in this country. consisted In the
roluction ofthree principal types: First,
the armorei battleships of 10. 100 or more
tons; second, the armored cruiser OF from
5000 To 5000 tons, and. third, the commerce
protecting and destroying cruiser. OF ex-
treme speed, of - Dtnn.
In pursuance Of these views congress au-
thorzed the construction of one nd H.
tional battleship, TO he of the 8 going
type, and provided with n greater Goa. in
durance than those previously aut horized.
In reference tO vessels of the or iinary
monitor type, as distinguished from the
lcvrloDment OF that type which recent
gears have seen Ia the brttleship. the de-
partnent r'iterates the view which It
has previously expressed, that there Is
No Advantage to he Gained
In building v sSels Of this description.
In the class of unarmOred, as in that of
armored cruisers. il shoul / ba the object
to bu III only vessels OF the highest type.
TIE Columbia and her sister ship, the
Minueap lis, stand at the hea Of this
class OF vessels in speed. In coal endur-
ance and in every other essential quality.
An act ~ great Importance, approved
May 10 1872, entitled AN act TO encour-
aye American shipbulding." provides
that the secretary of the treasury shall be
authorized u grint registrars ~ vessels
OF che Unitrd Suites to certain foreign
built steamships of not less than 5000 tons
and capable OF q speed of not less than
twenty knots. belon sing TO fore q corpor-
ations, not less than 30 per cent. II whose
stock is owned by citizens of the United
State, upon the acquisition of com
plete transfer aud title by the American
owners of such majority interest to the
steamers, with this provision, that the
American owners shall build
In American shipyards
steamships 4 an aggregate tonnage Of
not less than the amount of the steam ships
50 admitted To re 'istry. each steamship 40
built aud contracted for to be Of a ton
mage OF not less than 7O10 tons. IL L. earn
estly recommended that the same princi-
pal, which j. embodied in a bill now pend
ing, to grant au American registry To the
steamship China, Of the Pacific Mail
company, may he carried out not only in
this. but in all similar cases
The creation OF the naval militia is one
Of the most important steps In our re
cent naval progress. In the short space
Of three years body of meh has been or
ganized, trained aud dsci plined. whose
nunIber IL alrcaly equal to oue-fourth OF
the regular service and is rapidly grow
Ing. viii its efficiency has earned for it
high reputation in the localities where it
sxists.
The Estimates
Tor the fiscal year ending June 3d. 1894. for
the navy and marine corps, including
those for public works aud for increase Of
the navy, amount to s2i,4Il, 1881, being
&, 1l3. l4l 80 less than those for the fiscal
year ending Junt 70, 1893
The estimates for the running expenses
of the navy and the marine corps for the
ascal year ending June 80, 1894. amount TO
fl4, 761. .sil2l, be ng Sl3j,9i3 50 less than
the estimates for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1873
The estimIt for the increase Of the
navy amouuts To 9,703.657 for the fscal
year ending June 80, 1894, and are 81 ST.
lgS less than those for the hsc Al year eud-
Ing June 80, 1893.