Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-26
THE SPEED OF The CRUISERS.
SOME or rnn NAVAL orricems
DON'T WANT II KNOWN.
They Regard the Knowledge OF n
War sh,p's Affinity for speed and
hnduranes aa Considerable OF a
state sssr.t-aases Not raverea.

washington. Now %, Admiral
Maadc's proposed race Of The Columbia
with the Maiestic or any other liner
y not likely 20 take place Immediately.
Aasistant Secretary McAdoo "a no, IN
favor ot acting ON the admirais sug.
gestlcn ~ present, nor docs he intimate
mat the race may be arranged by and
". The admirars mentlon OF a race aet
great many officers 10 Gossipine. aud
u tho slight approval had been given
to the novel Recommendation OF the
admiral there In no doubt that tho
service, as well as the genera public,
would have found it quite as exciting
subject for speculation aud invest
mont az a horse race or yacht race,
rhe improperly OF demonsteatlng the
relative swifmess aud cndarancc of
the liners and the ships OF the navy
IL admitted by naval officers. who
Wpulu nave been glad 10 have a test
inAde hut. as haR appeared Ia many
interviews on the subject, Il has been
SHOWN mat the beat OF the cruisers
IN the navy Ia not match f5r the
t"htept merchant s,eancra. For the
N~SAs NV dN-l.kc
.sNAN~ In the merchant aerNicS ouf
cruisers aIc adequate Ia speed and en-.
uurance. II there should he need OF
swltter ships the Paris and New York
would be the equals OF almost eVsiy-
tllnk else, excepting tho i.uoania and
tue Chlnpania. IL may DO fOuad later
on that we shall have steamers eapa-
Die OF ovcrh0ullng those ships, aud
Win the reserve batteries provided by
tue navy department the new Amori-
can itrAinvrS would match any thing
else in Tho way OF fast uruisera
Assistant Secretary MoAuoa. when
asked what he had TO aay aoout tho
contest suggested by Admiral Meade,
talked la thia way
'rhe department knows nothing
whatever Aa to any proposed race ne.
tween one OF our cruisers and some
nnip OF the FAST liners leaving New
York, and it is certain that under no
circumstances would the department
enter lnlo any such arrangement The
position taken that we have sufficient
number of such unprotected vOsaeln az
our cruisers. pure and simple, which
depend lnrgcly ON their apoed, "a one
believed ~ 10y many naval oiticerA
hut the discussion AZ this due of such
question h entirely academic. az Il
10 not proposed for the present TO buhd
moro ufuisctN Of commerve-destrpy
ms type.
'"rhe whole world contains fow i4u-
cAnina or Culumhlae. and thOrn ARE few
vessels that could run mile from
either Ia saying that II IL not deemed
necessary at this limo TO ada 70 this
class OF shlpg IL must be distinctly
pndersiood that no dlscredit 81 east
upon Neaaels Ia our navy OF this char
acter aH against similar ones In other
uhNlpN, Indeed. there ~ no doubt nn.
tertalned hut that our cruisers. both
as 10 naval dodgn, construction. speed
and efficiency, within the Limitations
% such vessels, are TO say the least
cveellol BY none Of similar typos In
the world
''You ask me II thu fes,est OF those
cruisers are capable OF as high aus
tanned Npoed hA the fast NeHHrln u
tho English naval reserve In the mer.
chnnt mhrlnp, such ne .hr l.ucanln
aud the Majestic, or onr own New
York and parls, Wen. Tor continuous
hlgh sperd for a LONG distance ia time
Of war our cruisers aa against Ruoh
gllips are handicapped by lack OF conl
capacity. There Is - much to be put
into war ship. and SO much Of II pf
necessity below the water line under
protective dovlls, that tho coal space
IL limited, aud the coal has TO he 70
stored aa to form dcfenslvc rrpioc.
tom 10 that on a long run these liners
would have decided advantage,
I'm short run For lie ~ time Of
war II ought 20 be close, Whom Within
lrtin.nfe rnnRr. tho war ships. with
vitals protected below the water line.
aud with hardness and those other
factors add 90 her military ciilrloncy.
would undoubtedly have q decided nd-
vantage, Personally, l should look
up0n crack liners Ia the merchant re.
apryc Ms frHt.rnte navnl nuNiliarics In
time % war, England Germany anu
France have manly " this class. We
are now arranging 10 have reserve bat
tarlea Tor the faatest VI tho liners car
rylng our FAX,
"Tt II an odd circumstauce that when
wo shall have prepared batteries for
the New York and Paris We VIII be
the SECOND nation to do 10, ns England
prepared batteries far these Veseels
before they we're transferred to nur
nag. while there eau be no comparlf
son Of those plants ! presume. ss q
matter OF fact, that they viii DO FOUND
to lie Very much alike
''Aa 10 what ships we need imme-
diaiely and need very badly, aud the
character and type OF such ships, some
ihinK VIII be said in the forthcoming
report Of the secretary. which Ia now
IN prcan"
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