Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-26

good bitumlnous coal can be obtained
on the American coast OF the Pacific
and put on board at less than one
half the cost OF anthracite coal. Every
veniss experiance strengthens the argu-
ment for acquiring naval stations in
foreign waters, such as Pago-Pago,
samoa, or Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. or
one OF the Galapagos Islands.
Even twelve years ago when Sem
ator w L. Chandler was secretary OF
the navy, ana ut the beginning OF the
new steel navy, he proposed this pro-
gram. The department renews its
recommendation that our eoaling sta
tons at Honolulu ana the Samoan
Islands and at Pichillngue, IN Lower
california, shall be fixed by congress
on firm basis, and that additional
navy ooaling stations she'll be estab-
llnhed IN some or all of the Following
points,. SANTANA bay, or some port in
Hayu; Curacao, in the Caribbean SCI
Santa Cathariuu, IN Brazil; the Straits
of Magellan; La Union, in Salvador, or
Ampnia, In Honduras; Tuilear bay, IN
Madagascar; Monrovia; the island OF
Fernando 20; and Port Hamilton. In
the Nau-Kow islands OF Corea. SINH
lar stations should be maintained, one
at the hest point Of the Atlantic side
Z of the Isthmus Of Panama, and another
AZ the islands OF Flamerico, Perlco,
{ Culebrn and Ilenoa. on the Pacific side.
/ now owned by American corpora
[ tons"
Another officer. speaking OF the
washington and Oregon coal which the
people Interested are insisting that the
/ navy department shall purchase IN
preference to the Canadian coal. said.
up to the present the American coal
has not proven to possess the qualities
desirable for our warships. sun fur
Their results that are to follow by the
use of this coal to be tested on some
Of our vessels soon may show that it
has improved IT seems to lack age.
and produces great volumes of smoke,
hence much OF the heat Is lost. Orders
were recently given for the Monterey
to 20 to Puget Sound the purpose be-
ing to give full test 10 this coal, and
to demonstrate practically its value as
fuel for warshps."
The report OF Northumberland
Cowlos. naval nttache OF the Amerl-
can legation at London, that two Of
the Naval Academy graduates-W. II
Cilmor and II G.. Smith-who had beer
elected to be assistant naval construct
ors, had taken honors Mt the Roya
Naval College I Greenwich, Is graf
flying to navy officers generally, in
GLIDING their classmates Cadet GilmoI
stood No. and Cadet Smith No. II
the Naval Academy class, and TIM
the honors were worthlly won Is prove
by the fact that their competitors wer,
some of the brightest young mon o
England, who had worked hard I,
outstrlp all others. 1t has been de
! cidod by the navy department tina
in the future graduates Of the Nava
= Academy who are sent abroad for
course Of instruction Mt the Green
! witch. Glasgow or Paris technical col
leges shall be commissioned as assist
J ant naval constructors at the end O
six years period; but whore they hay
not undergone their final examination
. at the regular time they will be sub
iccted to the usual requirements o
their return home. That Is to say
. they will receive their commissions tw
: years after their original graduation
Q regardless OF the term OF the schoC
n they are attending. The change Is mad
d to give these young men the increas
: OF nay which assistant naval cor
structors receive above that OF navi
I cadets, and which they need viii
t pursuing their postgraduate studio
) as the cadets shore duty pay is insu
3 ncient