Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-12

Wnshugtou, Dec II Thu secretary
Of tho navy Ia His annual report suyH,
During my administration rirhtenn ipw
vessels have heou built, hEgrrgutng u
tnunnge Of DISC tors, mounting forty
two l2-ineh guns. nll with the exception
of live, the earliest that have hcpn
manufactured In this country rhrce
new stonl tugs hnyr also been construct,
cd aud put Ia service lh3ro arc Ia pro,
cess Of construction olghicpt nuW Vcssela
cpriHin 10 he c0mpliHOd Should the Hr-
NOR bo delivered within the rest yoNG
Of mn aggregate i0nnngn Of IiH7 inns
aud mounting altogether twelve l3inch.
six l2inch, sixteen lu.meli. thirty Smrlt,
thirN'two G.lnel, tltigty.Wght Din IL nnd
thirty -four 4-inph guns. an of which
have hCeu or nrc TO ho manufactured in
this country The development has rot
hucn confined 10 ships alone AZ lho hc.
dnuing oi thc administration the nashl
establishment wu5 otiiVly destitute OF
certain clements 10 efficiency. eloi mdis.
nensnhr "a its practical tmuluymput
ng hghung force, nuN ilN iNnenco Of
Which, il the navy lnl pusFAsapd 100
ships, Woull Nill lave lpli Il In % rundi-
ton pnruh9cl, These were nrnnr tor-
pedocsl heavy, rapid firing rnns. armor
piercing shells. amokelc-s powder high
explosive.
The SECRETARY deals at length IN note-
WI wy AffhtHN W NN' lNNfANfiiNW ~ lIiifNN
thlnpsi md says progress " noted hy
which the United States has emerged
from its condition of being helploss at
sen,nnd by the employment 81 its own rc
sources, Inns distnnued the most rApo.
ricucrd competitors, marks an epoch in
naval development not only in this cou1.
try. but Of the world. II ~ ilie belief
of the department, ~ common with the
naval committee Of the present hou9a,
that three additional bnttlcships nrr es-
soulinl TO The projection Of the United
States
The aocrcinry speaks with much salls-
fnciiun ot tho acttp encourage Ameh-
can shin building under which tho
City OF Paris aud the Ciiy Of Npw i0fl.
are admitted 10 American registry mud
uudcr the terms Of which HeYurnl 81 the
finest lines viii be- built here, and cnr.
neHtiy recommends TINT The snmp priu-
clrle now embodied In bin 10 grant
Nh American register 10 The steamship
China Of The Pacific Mai company, may
be carried out not nuly 10 Ills, but I'LL
similar eases by mchns NJ which Aineri.
can owners ~ foreign built etennshipH,
whose high qualities are such aa TO mnke
them desirable ncquialti0u, may be
permitted 10 obtain an American register
upon condition That a vessel Of equal
sizo and tonnage bo ordered Ia br built
IN the United States VIII reference
10 unprotected ernisnrs Of The second
class, from four 20 I've thnugand tons
displacement, tic department does not
recommend my present increnHe Of mum
her.
Much spnco Is devoted TO Interesting
details as 10 the operations Of ships put
IN commission the past Year IN Behfiftg
ecn aud elsewhere. on the work Of the
narinc hospital bureau. IN connection
With cholera. etc
Interesting statistics are given nv 10
Tho growth Of the movement toward
establishing naval militia. the creation
Of which " characterized ~ que Of tio
must important steps Ia rerrHt naval
progress
Tile report coirlu1cs with the state
mrnt That the utmost effort Of the do.
partment 81 the Inst administration
10 hdyauec he best interest Of the navy
aud for tho most part the lines followed
have been those laid out ~ the last all
miilihrnti0n, the department preferriuK
10 make hn advance In tho work begun,
10 starting Il on new lines, nnccssitat-
ing many radical changes.