The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-09

1 cork used and a Winchester primer which
! brings the cost OF each shot up to As cents.
/ The powder is packed in what is usually
| known as a Hotchkiss cartridge case. made
! OF brass, which can be used about ten times
/ before being worthless. The cases arc drought
| from the magazine in large boxes, placed
! convenient to the guns. Usually the firing
/ is done from the forward bridge. but when
| entering channel, and it Is necessary to
| use the lead" in sounding, the firing is
: done with the after guns.
| Two of the gunner's assistants man each
gun. There is tub, half filled with wat-r
/ placed under each gun, into which the brass
case falls. The water being cold and the
/ brass hot and expanded by tle heat, the
/ cold water contracts it, and, and when
used again, prevents the gun being jammed
or rendered temporarily unfit for use. One
| man loads while the other handles the
I breech and fires. The shoulder brace is
! taken off when saluting, so as TO give the
/ men plenty Of room, as they have TO work
quickly.
/ The chief gunner takes hia position on the
| forward bridge, aft of the chart room, and !,
when the order is given to salute, turns to
| the men on the right hand side Of the ship
aud says: Fire, starboardln He does not
| use watch in timing, although the inter
val Of firing is from three to five seconds
between each shot. In his hand he has an
automatic counter, on which he presses a
| spring at each report, aud. when about
| fifteen shots have been fired he watches the
gun so as to see that he does not
give too much of a salute. The national
salute is 81 guns, that Of full-hedged ad-
miral II, a vice admiral Is, rear admiral IL,
commodore IL and captain Z guns. When
au official like the mayor Of a city visits
warship he gets salute equal to that Of a
commodore, while generals salute, if he is
FsN11- 4,3rr De ho acn N iran
major general gets 10 guns and brigadier
general 10 guns.
THE PHILADELPHIA WILL TALK LoUDEsT.
The greater part Of the saluting, both at
Hampton Roads, and at this harbor, will be
done by the flagship Philadelphia, on which
F. H. Whiting is gunner. Admiral Walk
er's flagship, the Chicago, is now at Hamp-
ton Roads; Admiral BenhAm's, the Newark,
is on her way from Havana in company
with the Remington and the Spanish car
avels, aud by Thursday or Friday Rear
Admiral Gherardis flagship, the Philadel-
! phia. will be there. On the arrival Of the
Newark at Hampton Roads. Admiral
| Walker being the Junior, will fire a salute
Of thirteen guns 20 Admiral Benham, which
tina latter will return, gun for gun. When
| Admiral Gfberardi's vessel is reported, both
| the Newark and Chicago will fire salute
of thirteen guns each, which Admiral
GherRrdi will return by twenty-six guns,
thirteen for each Of the junior admirals
Each foreign squadron will, on reaching
| Fort Monroe, fire Il national salute of
twenty-one guns, which will be returned by
Fort Monroe. II the flag officer Of each
| nation salutes Admiral Gher6rdt with the
American flag at "the fore" it will be re-
| turned. If the commander is of rank junior
| to that OF Ghersrdl the foreigner will salute
| the American admiral first.
II the American flag is not displayed at
the foremost it is a personal salute and will
not be returned.
NOISY CALLING CARDS.
During the stay at Hampton Roads there
| will be much visiting among the various
| admirals, and at each official visit the adj
| miral will be saluted according to bis rank,
which will probably entail the firing OF sew
| erAl hundred rounds of ammunition. When
the feet is leaving Fortress Monroe. if each
| Of the foreign warships fires a national sa-
lutte, it will be returned from the fort wi Itch
will mean 2l0 guns. From the time the
vessels leave the Virginia shore until they
| get to New York there will be no salutinR.
Ii the deet arrives at the Hook during the
| night and drops anchor there the ceremo-
MES will not commence until the visitors
pass up the hArbor. Whether Fort Wads-
/ worth, Fort Hamilton and Castle Williams
| will all salute, or that only the former two
| will respond TO the volleys, will be decided
| by the war department later.
! Each Of the foreign wRrships will Ere d