The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-19


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of forts thsre. svsn with no obstrucsions
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bat>ssisA This report uas indospsd b.
1faj. On. Miles, q. q A., Who pointed
eat shaA uhiie both the thfoknsss Of pro
te911oa and ~ siss q The eun are limited
y she chip they ~ noe 70 limited on
shsrs. and both can b. made greater.
1hs advantagss 81 moansing. Of firing
lsom "a immovable platform instead Of
nen = pitching ship and Of the plotting
end study Of the entire area covered By
NJ guns Of . fort, give them greater en-.
eiency, gun for run. than that of equal
eaiibsfs On shipboard.
Gen. 0ibbcn believed that with very
moderate expenditure Of money. cay &c.
10000, The waters Of the sound could b
nads absolutely tmpregnabls TO naval
attack. With batteries ss Point Wilson,
Admiralty hssd and Marrowstons poin,.
and With Dscsption pass fortified he be-
nsved the Sound waters manageable 10
naval attack Today our heaviest gun 10
She l3inch breech-losding rife. and the
thtcksss asmor Of modern hattie ships ID
the iSinch side armor. No vessel with
this asmor could stand cross DIRE as shors
range Tor sixtsea miles Of land bastsrsss
armed with 1Sinch guns. for the f2.iuch
gun. with its superior construction and
powerful charges. can penetrate q short
range any ship armor now afloal
Puget sound II comparatively marrow.
and 10 deep channel from IL mouth up
90 the docks a Tacoma II can be easily
and comparatively chsaply fortified: the
fertilization Of the mouth Of the Columbia
h By comparison Tar moro difacult and q.
peasive. both. OF course. need strong
coast dessusss. bus the key 10 she dsfsnss
Of Portland and Oregon h The propsr de-
Tease Of the waters Of Puget sound, which
In the Judgment OF Gen. 0ihbon. can BE-
rendered imprewaabis at comparatively
ANAL cost The talk about the English
fortisacAsaons At Esquimauls Il absurd. q
England knows perfectly well that these
defsnsss could Be easily turnsd BY cutting
the Canadian Pacific The largest gan ever
manufactured BY the army 10 the fs.isch.
This u heavier. u 10 true. taaa the navy
ride OF The came eassbsr. and 10 more
po~ss'ai. aes needing the Same iimitA-
usns ~ 70 length. weight and other mat