New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-16
ADMIRAL MEADES VIEWS.
HIS IDEAS AS TO WHAT THE NEW NAVY
SHOULD BE.

THEY STIR rr HORNETS NEST 1T The '''''-
INC ar THE NAVAL. ARcHITECTS-A MORE EFF
FrCTIvE COAST DEFENCE NEEDED
Ga many people have fallen In love with the De""
tif,l and bewiching new warships 'oiuhp'a anu
,,i,Daonolis that there VIII b. great su'PiiSe
whom they learn that less an authority una"
Admiral Richard Worsam Meade l. : ~
lieves these two vessels 70 be UNSATISFACTORY ~
., =. large extent failures. The occasion Oh "i'''"
the Bear Admiral gave expression to MS "'SS"''
fac,ion with these vessels was the second se"''"
meeting of the Society Of Naval Arc""'''9 ".r
Marine Engineers. which began yesteiuaN NV" ~
and afternoon in the rooms OF the Socc's, ~
West Thirty Arst-st. large number " III"
nrominent naval officers. architects ana 'o"''"
.t ~, I.,it.d States and some from France
a,d england attended the meeting. Among u'e'"
were Clemen, A. GrscOm lh"o"Oi' :,
ex-Chief Constructor L. :. n; charles H. ,1' ,
= f.boreav Of Philadelphia: George w MeN"'e
chief Engineer L. 5 y, :. Dana 1rte"r, Ian"
tsrn.Id Naval Constructor. l. ;. y; iia'Iii's
TON Putnam William II. Webb Lewis N'No" WI"
lam H. Jaques Edwin 4. Stevens. N'llaih 'oT ,,'
Baxtcr Naval Constructor. l. > ~ FL ~
othv Bolos l.. :. Naval constructors aSn's.o"
L. Capps Assistant Naval Constructors .
Edwin : Cralnp Henry W. Nramp IRAN" %
DuRosoue William Frederick Duraiu' iioi'' "
Naval Architecture Cornell tnNersn!' 'oS'p"
Feaster Naval Constructor. |. > ~ ''.''l :,
Gardner Philip Hichborn. chief Constructor :"
y +.
s,ructor L. S ~ and Walter Nj. Macta'i"i''
L. :. y. - ,ar,,-o,
Meade and 4 excited lively discussion "'''" o'
cIpied most OF the time of the morh'nA S
Rear-Admiral Meade said in part
I, my Indictment We require. first. ana before
evervthing else coast defence b1tte-ships haruIir
defeHcn armor-.l lads rams and torpedo Eesssel.
If had nv way not single cruiser beyond t"o n
already designed building aiI p' txenf~ Hattie
ships one hundred torpedo boats ana a t st' er
Ana then iet ioreisn , ,ai dn. warn
as ON land and that II is gmee Rrrf bmt we
uii tolerate no ntcrmeddling Episodes such as
The Blueieds affair could be met III .i' '" re
by the purchase OF light meTcanI IRIS
to be suitably armed with rapidre Guns ,h,n nm
course would be bitter an9 N ons y. shps as the
Columbia ON that coast because tnr S Is ,ha ten
n weve niles from the scene of action in Blue
fields and therefore she is able to comnnns,ate
Of affairs is pitiable. If not ridiculous Hall a
n mght s saye Sshed the Bueeds affair long ago
but we did not have them and under '1r IAN tS
there was no power to purchase them for the
NOT ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY.
In 1894 We have ON our Navy list building or
built forty-twos vessels that we call THE New
Navy" The several types compare iavorahly win
type ships on the other side of the Atlantic ana
some of our types dstinctively: We think; sH-
perior TO those Of similar class built in England.
But whit, Tie naval construction OF the last de-
ade is In the main satisfactory II ~ not tn,chi
entirely satisfactory to the majority OF experhcei
to i naicai "n OF our
are the Columbia and Minneapolis ana the lrtrot
class; the Cincinnati class also IN less ''t'e'
And they are unsatisfactory for these reasons:
The smaller vessels cannot cruise in time OF war
except in home waters; and as TO the larger onrs.
like the Majestic and Teutonic, for In
stance. may laugh at our 'hreesCTew ra'T ,ne
same speed these commercial groyhounds main
tain year in and year out Moreover' as to the
GRITTY of tho Columbia over the American liner
h. N S , f Latter iSa as w sRe %S" to
coal capacity. New-York or Paris Of The Amer-
lis and Columbia and already many thinking men
VeTv Expensive R % whch Will not be
in hurry to repeat. These hsh-speed commerce
chant marine in time of war from the Navy;
better indeed for the conditions such that the
merchant steamer is far more apt 10 be perfectly
ready for her work when wanted. The question
OF one o a s aTs on w m h Is
markabe celerity with which a couple Of fast
lists
In the discussion that follow ID Admiral Meade ex-
pressed the opinion that there should be fire.
qucnt fuil-speed trials with the cruisers Of the
Navy. He said that ne could no; obtain salts
factory results from his ship obtained by the
placed aboard her by her builders when her
trial trip: and while the Columbia in the hands Of
\ the Cramp administration had made twenty
three knots hour vet she scarcely able 10
make twonty-one in the hands OF the naval ad-
ministration.
SOME TRIALS HE WILL MAKE
The Rear-Admra announced his intention Of TAX
ing the opportunity when the hull and bottom OF
his ship cleaned and the machinery in
good working order TO make attempt TO overtake
such steamers the Teuonic and Majestic. He
said: Il don't why rear-admira!. after attain
Ing the rank which ne has sought all his professional
life. should not In fact be rear-admiral and. un-
less am prevented by positive orders will supply
my ship with the best coal that procure and
sne e canno scr me coe ont Of he bu6kers fas,
enough to enable us TO overtake some Of these swift
merchant steamers. In a short time shall make
hs h sbs of maRs her at fs Pe a
with one screw. then with two screws and finally
with three screws; believe that We should nave
frequent ful-speed trial trips of our war vessels
at sea in order TO demonstrate. what can actually
be done in time of emergencies.
Tha; the views of Admiral Meade did not meet
S h hs aPpSya Of WHEN h
Little said in support of his ideas and great
as the Admiral said he had Stirred up hornets
spS 20 Iy hat ne
full ships and were the most satisac'ory SPECIMENS
In the afternoon session d paper by George w.
Dickle was read by the secretary. entitled Some
70 Ren p Of hs Frnch COWS
eminent school Of Naval Design prepared a paper,
Use Of Small Models for Inc determination Of
"Celluose and Its Application 10 Warshps." and
Chief Engineer George W. Melville read paper on
THE Cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis" In which
ne opposed at some length the position taken by
Rear-Admiral Meade. > Dana Greene presented a
paper on Electricity Shipboard: Its Present
Position and Future Development"
The officers of the society who served last year
were all reelected The meeting adjourned until 10
O'Clock this morning. when papers will be
read In the evening there will be a dinner at Hotel
Brunswick.
Is THEIR Fat EXTERuINATOR POISoNOU S'
pREsIDENT AND MEMBER OF A MANUFACTURING
COMPANY ARREsTED CIIARGED WITH