The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-03
WHY THE NAVY Is PROUD.
No Man-of-War Has Ever Come Near
COlurs bias Record.

No Man-of-War Has Ever Come Near
Colurs bias Record.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-The Official no.
tice Of the Columbus remarkable perform
arce reached the Navy Department In the
following telegram from the captain OF the
ship:
''columbia-Needles: 2; m. 18th ult::
Sandy Hook Sarx t s' whole run
knots. Whole run under natural draught
Twenty-six hours of fog. but no delay
therefrom.
In reply Mr.. McAdoo sent Captain suns
ner the following. care commandant navy
yard. Brooklyn:
1.-The department extencs TO you, the ofn-
GERS and men OF the Columbia its congrat-
ulations and thanks on the result OF the
run from the Needles to Sandy Hook light
ship, thus making an unexampled record
for a war ship"
There was general rejoicing in the Navy
Department when the bulletin was read
Assistant Secretary McAdoo expressed the
greatest pleasure over the fast time OF the
ABOARD the Columbia. and nd was confident
from the start that she would acquit her
self handsomely on this trial across the
Atlantic. The Columbia beat the time or
the New York by two days. and previous
to this trip the New York had the best
record OF any war ship crossing. the Allan
tic. Mr.. McAdoo said that there was no
coinmbia. and that she could no doubt
overtake any vessel afioat .on q squirt; that
the Columbia could come up with her in
the evening The Minneapolis Is her equal.
IL not superior. and the record Of the Coz
lumbia shows that the United states mas
the two fastest war ships afioat.
prominent naval officer pointed our
what he considered the most gratifying
points concerning this speed trial He
said that when all conditions under which
the Columbia made her run are considered
the result must be considered as remark
able In the first place. he said. the coal,
while good and probably much better than
the cheap variety usually supplied at home.
was not the best quality OF Meisn coal ,,,.
cruisers are not az fully manned as either
the ships of the merchant service or as
those Of foreign o ,Se men IN fss enSne
and FIRE rooms IL more severely taxed. As
an illustration OF this fact IL IL only neces-
tween the Columbia and the English cruz
ser Terrible:
Horse No. Of Men 10
Vessels Power Engines. Eng Dept.
Columbia TorqsSIs .. ECO Ia "a
In other words, the work of the engineer
officers Is just 81 per cent on the Column
bia Of that Of the English ship. while The
work than do the men in other service
Among men-of-war there l. absolutely
nothing TO compare with the Columbia. az
none OF them has ever made such a run.
and none could: not only because they
do not carry the coal. but because they
have not the power: The Navy Depart
ment. however. mas the report OF twen-
ty-four-hour trial OF the English cruiser
Royal Arthur. made In the Pacific some
months ago. and her maximum speed for
four hours was only eighteen knots. while
for the twenfy-four hours OF the trial IL
was only 1876 knots. This vessel II on
cially rated as the same displacement as
the Columbia. OF the other fast british
cruisers none OF them has done anything
at all comparative with the performance
OF the Columbia In fact. the cruiser HEN
selves. made only q maximum OF fourteen
knots when returning from Halifax after
having carried the body of Sir John
THOMSON there for interuen<.