Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-12-12
The Navy Department

me report OF the secretary of the navy
contains history of the operations Of
ms department during the past wear and
EXHIBITS thl most gratifying condition of
.le personnel OF our navy He presents
satisfactory account of the progress
J Mlilch mas been made in the copstruc.
aloii ol vessels and makes a number of
COMMUNICATIONS, to which attention is
eePecIally invited. During the past six
inoh'ils the demands for cruising vessels
haNe peeh many and urgent. There have
oeen revolutions calling for vessels tn
P,o.ect american interests in Nicaraoua
uua!.elhaia, Costa Rica, Honduras A..
gehtlna and Brazil, while the conditinn
VI analfs In Honolulu has required tba
I SU.1 presence of one or more sb;ns
" lIn all these calls upon our navy II ha'
s s''m necessary, in order to make mn a
nuiiiclent Heet to patrol the Bebrino SEQ
uitlel r. the modus vivendi agreed nnon
, WIN Nreat britain, to detail to that scr.
WY one vessel from the fish commission
'iit tnfee from the revenue marine
i1sress In the construction of ney
t;n;''a is mas y, not been as rapid as was an
.a.'pa'eo' mere have been DELAYS in tho
fompietioh OF unarmored vessels hrt
as ' oiae most part they have been sncb
corn "lG constantly occurring even in
i ~ having the largest experience
daln a"s" shlppullding. The most serions
D. however, have been in the worl
h aor az ariaored ships. The trouble has
H. H." .ile iailure OF contractors to deliver {
so no "thlor as agreed. The diffcult;ss
60 now however, to have been oil t
viii ' oa.;, ana armor is being delivered /
~ satisfactory promptness. wa t
b, al sb a result OF the experience aconiroa t
ny shipbuilders and designers and ',reo C
ybon men, men, II Is believed that the dates a
wen vessels will be completed cor, u r1 b
Se estimated with reasonable acc,'rn now o
,i 5 guns, rapid-f firing guns. torneJ tIoy O
p'"u'' are being promptly supplied "
Tho f NEW VESSELS COMPLETED u
,ar n1 lollowlng vessels of the new navv ;,
or serv En completed and are now ready o.
,d mhe di22uble-turreted coast-defonso Il
eted noa -nntialltohomah, the double.t ur- a,
he arn oas.,deiense monitor Monterey g,
scted '' crnia cruiser New York, the pro, +, ii
sefs Baltimore, Chicapo te
t pn'a' Newark, San Franciseeoo' ~,
rriser nat,,o Atlanta and Boston. the al
onco , dp9psrolt. the gunboats Yorktown o a. a.
nd Petra1 pe,ihhn I'm 9gn, Machias, Castine "
le n rarti, the dispatch vessel Dolphin
ynam m1.'ce vessel Bancroft and The,
,e Rano.g nhpoat Vesuvius. OF these
astine hic nt, Machias, Detroit and
1rino no t have a', been placed in commission re
Thas f .,le current calendar year. '0i tn
CONSUMING IoW;lng vessels are in progress co
lips Ma uralon !; The frst-c class battle ca
ontpomar,'e ana Texas, the cruisers to
asst defen ,y and and Marblehead, and the va
nphitrit ns an mentors Terror, Puritan. pc
Ii be ,,v alia Monadnock, all of which
rbor' de e9np leted within year; the
ted crni ense ram ram katahdin, the pro- .,u
ympia U Cina; columbia, Minneapolis. wv
Itch will Hht, a al and Raleigh, ali Of
15; the 6 6e completed a1p prior to July /. 7
diana. Ma ssoclass battle-ships Iowa will
'"oi'usetts and Oregon pul