Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-02
DEsERrr EVENING NEWS. MONDAY DECEMBER g 1898.

the governmen. will have dJck4 on the
Atlantic coast Fort Royal, 3. O., aud
Br0oklyn) large enough for docking
the largest ves3els, but recommends
that another be built ct Norlltk and
one on the Gulf Of Mexico. For thu
Pacific coast the opinion is eKprcssud
that the dock now being built on tue
Puget Sound Is SUM- ient for tho near
future.
The comparison Of foreign naval
equipment In quito exhaustive. The
report ehOws that the United States
has In service OF the arm9r0d class,
three battleships, sixteen coalt-joienss
vessels and one cfuisbfe; oil the un-
armoTed, thirteen protected oruisUff,
twenty unprotected cruisers, eight gun
boats, one dynamite uraisur anu twJ
torpedo boats, making a total oil TWEEN
~ Armormyted and iOfty-twO unGr'
m0fol vessels, exclusive Of torpedo
boats.
Tue present status Of the principal
foreign nAyies lie shown.
Gfoat Britain, as usual is lending
both Ia tbs number ana strength Of
Bhips ia service end In Dividing pro-
gram, with ga ships In service, not
Including torpedo boats. She mas o.
vcssels now undor construction, OF
which ten are bsttieshipp.
France with 1ii effective vets IN IN
service, exclusive OF torpedo boats, has
a building progtam calling for an In.
cEeaae Of 80 vessels, vi which i've
possibly si1) are ba,.loships aud four
are aTmorod cIuisofB.
Russia has Is ships building, Of
which 10 are arm0reJ; in service, 100.
Italy hiss In service II yease.s; the
number building Ia, ntmorod, eight
tsiK batlloships) and unarmorsd,
seven.
Germany hss ~ efficient ships, anu
IL building four aFmored and four un.
armoTud.
spain Ia showing increased activity
anu u building ten additional vessels,
OF which one half are atmored, which
VIII make a total effective etreugth VI
flup'two.
Tue tables show that while fifteen
othes countries have altogether 1906
torpedo boats In service (Argontinn,
with tie smallest number, showing
tweniy-Onel, tue United States has
only two. The average numutr build
Ing for these other countries Il four
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thorlzed and building seven.
The secretary urges legislation
touching tho personnel OF the navy.
Considerable space IL devoted 10 the
Observation-Disclosures naval war college,
which the secretary regards rs n very
important Institution.
The report sayE "rho increasing
lntetost In the naval militia movement
Ia tue lake and sehbORtd states giyo-
such promise that the department
recommends that stops now bs taken
to establish this arm OF tho national
defense on definite footlug,"
The secretary recommends, regard
ing Inventions patented by naval OIL.
GERS, that inasmuch ae the officers owe
their education und facilities for re.
statch TO the goyornment, devices
patented by them should become the
property OF tho government, II de-
aired, upon tho payment OF such com.
pcnsntion Ne the secretary OF tho navy
deems beat.
Tue estimated expenses Tor the year
1895 arc given ~ follows: For Tua.
mug exepnses, Sl7 Gs2, 70i.96; increase
Of navy, Sl3,259,302. This is about
81 100000 more tagn the appr0pria.
ton.
For 1897 the estimAtes are; Run.
ming expsnge-, slg,6I2, 1890; increase
Of navy, 81, 83s, 1888.
The statement for tho flscal year
ending June /, 1895, IL given no FOL.
lows. APPROPRIATIONS, exclusive VI
public works, SlI,2i2, sol. 81; drawn 10
June 30th, Sl2,lis, a7692; drawn TO
October Slsi, 81, l2S,g2Ll2; balances In
hands OF discussing officers, LOS 10.
available balance November 1, 1895,
Sgi2, 2s6.iS.