Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-12


uscxRrAIN WHAT Thea WILL po--IHsY nAY
BE sEsr TO PARTICIPATE IN cRarAIs csLE-
sRArIoxs TO TAKE PLACE THIS FALL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAVAL axsEavEs
Correspondence Of Ths Evening Star
SKw YoRK, August 10, 1891.
The Chicago and Atlantis, all that are left Of
Admiral Walkers big squadron Of last summer,
are baking In the sun At their anchorage in
North river and nothing definite 10 Known Is to
their probable cruise or its destination. 1t II
generally expected that the ships viii proceed
TO Gardinsr's bay at the gateway 70 the
sound" and have the usual quarterly target
practice With great guns, after which they will
so to New London for two weeks, where Admi-
raj Gherardi's north Atlantic squadron has
been lying for several weeks until last Satur-
day, when they departed for . cruise to the
eastward Is far a. Bar Hsrbor. and probably up
the ST. Lawrence 10 Montreal. Bar Harbor has
ever been popular with naval officers. and the
receptions At the beautiful Kebo Valley Club,
and Admiral Gherardi will probably remain
there several weeks before the start for British
American waters. The presence of the white
squadron last summer at several eelebsations
along the coast has created q desire for their
presence at many events this fall along the
coast.
oLoUcksfxRs CELEBRATION.
The first celebration that has requested the
presence OF the squadron will be ut Gloucester,
Mass., on the 25th Of this month, On the oc-
casion Of the two hundred and fftieth anniver-
sary Of the beginning Of the fshing industry
there. In these two centuries and half
Gloucester has built up the largest fishing In
dustry on the American coast and every year
the coast Is picketed with her boats. great and
small. from the blue fsh meters OF Cape Cod
to the cod fishers of the banks, while the
whalers 60 north to Iabrsdor and south around
the horn, and the good fisher folk of the
staid old town think that some Of their PRO
tectors'' of the navy should be present among
the fleets Of fishing craft 1t 10 understood that
Secretary Tracy will order the Chicago and
Atlanta to Gloucester for the occasion.
NAVAL VETERANS AT BALrIxoRE.
On the 17th of September the Naval Veterans
Association meets at Baltimore, aud the old
veterans naturally think that the government
should take enough grateful interest in their
past services to have some men-of-wsr In the
harbor during their meeting, aud Baltimoreans
claim that the Chicago and Atlanta have bees
promised. Baltimore ia one Of the most i'm
portaht cities from Q maritime point Of view In
the country, yet il il seldom visited by meu-of-
war, presumably because those In power on
board the vessels Of the home squadron prefer
the cool broszss Of the Ne. England coast to
inc summer neet Oh nnfs anu Ing .naro ceie-
,1...a, appy . ss. c,'as n ,,.his an.
Netropolis FOR the fair ths Nav forkers intend
to celebrate the discovery Of America in Octo-
Der by . demonstration in New York harbor,
and ct the earnest solicitation OF many promi-
nent New York men Secretary Tracy promised
10 send all available ships here st that time,
which viii bring the north Atlantic squadron
and White squadron together once more.
LAUNCH OF TIE AMMEN RAM
The launching Of Admiral Ammen,s ram at
p.,h Ne iii al, N. ,,-.h l,I.,.,. .,,,.a,o,
a' me- WIZ 0"A 'ne noi " S'AsnS' saeA"ion
10 'hss port, where naval vessels are always
sure Of q warm welcome. This quaint old town
on the banks Of the narrow but deep Kennsbec
has been the very home of wooden ship build
ing for over Q century and some Of the proud
est ships that ever sailed the seas were built in
its ship yards. The launching of the Ammen
ram and the Machias marks . new era-the in
auguration Of iron ship building in the city 30
long famed for Its wooden ships, and one can
not but hope that career in the new line may
% Is long aud fruitful as was the old. lhe Am
nssx .,,n on ~. .aa s .nS may P.o shs
entirely by rammine and has n nrobshle sneed
of sixteen knots. Against modern war vessels
with an eighteen or twenty knot speed IT would
seem hopeless to place ram of fifteen knots;
stu shs may develop some unforeseen proper
aSe'
REPAIRS NEEDED on rHr .r,.xr.
-. -. =. IL, an,
~Hs Asi" upoA 'As A&Ah.s
anu many extensive repairs were recommended
The ship u ordered to proceed TO the Brooklyn
navy ward tomorron, but whether the repsirs
will be commenced ct once or after the intended
maneuvers Is still matter OF doubt Among
other things required for the Chicago and At
lanta are the torpedo fittings appropriated for
hy the last Congress- These two ships and the
Boston are the only ones of the new uayy0 mot
fitted with torpedo tubes and as thsy were mot
a part of the original plans the work will
occupv some time and four or five months NAV
be spent i'm the navy ward The rscent COM
pe,itiye trials of the Watched and Howeil
torpedoes at Newport torpedo station have NOT
been acted upon a. vet. 80 that there 4. some
doubt as to which kind will be used- bnt nroh.
ably the Whitehead apparatus will be chosen
Cn'n recently was thought that the squad
III - .u ~ NeNPor. 70 oIlli ,ne hhode
that the re,rr,e- ar. NO. va, tS,rona,,, ia a..
ganized the plan has been abandoned
NM W.. n.avn,,r.
Ane i''SA SERVES are becoming 90 numerous
thai some more organized method Of drilling
them will have TO be resorted to than that fol-
lowed for the ,a.,txo xsars n, thaa.st.r, .o.s.
,he re.srye. aIrea5y nnmher nssrI, sf.sa- -,
tired ON the,- .ni; .tment rar. s..,,..s, .io".,
m. coast from p.ston 40 Say.nnah ,r;,s ~