The morning times., 1895-12-29

ships is the young man Hilary Herbert
AIicou, the small grandson of Secretary
Herbert, and eldest Child of his daugh-
ter, who makes her hume With him.
This Young man is within a few days
of the age of Esther Cleveland, and is
therefore blase upon Christmases, hav-
ing seen a couple uf them come and go.
But upon warships he is enthusiastic.
Every Afternoon Miss Herbert, his pretty
aunt, escorts the young gentleman IN
his carriage to the office of the Secretary,
and the two, Hilary Herbert and Hilary
Herbert Micou, enjoy a rulnp and an inspec-
ton of the ships. The young man is lifted
to the table of the Secretary, and the light
est OF the squadron is put upon the table
The navy is now under coiors, so to speak,
and it's critical inspection begins.
A BOYS NAVY.
An interesting point of these ships To
either OF its inspectors is accuracy of de-
tail. Every window is in place The Win
dows, by the way, look ike ruby In a soli-
taIre ring. Each window is nue big, deep
red stone, sunken in nickel silyert. and In
side is n glowing light. as though the fires
of war were burning upon deck.
In the small warships the different
points and advantages are easily noted
The .citad ei''-box upon the deck for
soldiers-can be studied and its ad-
1t is understood by those who have
heard the Secrctary's conversation with
his grandson. that he Is in favor OF the at-
tack upon the ships personnel as means
OF naval warfare.
watts dat" hsps the baby, puzzled.
as older hcads might be.
when Won attack the personnel you
try to kill the men instead OF trying TO
blow the guns 10 pieces" explains the
Secretary. placing puppets upon the deck
when you attack the personnel you want
small shot. but II you attack the guns
you want your big guns"
ass. | kill men first, announces the
| youthful warrior.
"while you are trying TO kill the men.
| the other vessel may set out its big guns
| and shatter your guns. and there you
a re-" explains the Secretary, uncon-
sciouSy getting into the great naval
argument OF the day-whether 10 attack
the motive power or the personnel OF a
warship.
"Ess." from the small Warrior.
Vow. II you have airships." starts In
the Secretary. But here the wonderfully
wide-a wax air of young Hillary warns him
! that be is getting 1 nto Il field that requires
| errrffpss xplarations and which will puz-
| zle the baby S much as IL row puzzles those
busy inyenting the airsbips that are all the
weapons dreaded by our men-of-war.
The playing of the baby with the war
ships is the lighter side of the model
question with the Secretary. The little
ships are built for experiment and they
are used as such. In several of them
the steam power is left out; and these
| will be steamed through the water
| propelled by a steam engine upon a
bridge over the water. This gives the
! same rate of speed and saves the cost
| of putting steam ia so many little ships.
READY TO RACE.
When a real test is made there is as
much preparation as for the launching
| of the big boats. To make the little fel-
| lows go faster and 10 get their actual
possibilities in locomotion a thick coat
| ing of paraffine Is spread upon all the
part under the water. This is wax that
| is perfectly smooth and offers no resist
| ance TO the water.
In case of dire extremity of war. II
| 90, GOO men were being seized by the cp-
| positc side ana needed 4 warship 10 their
| aid instantly, it would be possible TO coat
| the boat with paraffine and send 1t flying
| 10 the rescuc. But this would be done
| only once in n lifetime and would be as
reno W ned as Phil Sheridan's ride.
| AS the big fleet grows in the Davy-yards
| and upon the ocean the little feet grows
| also. Seven men are kept W crking upon it
and new ship is turned out every ten days.
| This will continue until there is an entire
navy in miniature. With this in the office
| of the Secretary of the Navy, and with the
| ocean fleet along the coast Uncle Sam will
| be quite ready 10 entertain guests OF what
ever description