The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-21

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Il is very much regretted that the An
phirrite was ordered away so early The
naval reserves have enjoyed their WORK
I ltor speak very nlgn-y or me Work tlai
has been done by them The naval re-
serves hope that the Amphltrite VIII he
sent here 10 give them INSTRUCTION another
year. The o-iicers Of the Amphi-rl-e are
Capt " C. Wise. L. s y. command
Lieut. Commander J. D. Adams. execu-
Lieut. Karl Rohrer. J. W. Stewart, J. L.
Purcell. r. J. Haeseier
Ensign. ~. X Gise.
Chief engineer. J. i. Hannum.
Surgeon, James E Gardner.
Paymaster. J. y SDeeL
J. A. engineer. F. II. Bennett
Assistant engineer. A. II. Cook.
Naval cadet. =. II. Dunn.
Gunner. r. L. HOagland.
Pay clerk. W B. Rogers.
The monitor carries 156 enlisted men.
Besides the officers mentioned. The bait
terry consists OF four ten-nch breech
loading rifles mounted ia barbette
turrets. two four-inch rapid firing
guns, two SIX Founders, two
three Founders two one Founders.
and two gl-millimeter guns mounted above
and q feet beam. with a displacement OF
$3.50 tons. She draws l4la feet of water
AFT and l3 feet forward The thickness OF
ner armor varies from nine inches al the
sides around the engines and boilers 10
four inches fore and aft The armOr OF
The coming tower IS about five inches in
ana the Iurrets !-a. Inere are Two ten
inch guns in each turret. each OF which
carries a projectile OF 50 pounds. behind
which Is place a charge of 250 pounds Of
powder, or more. The guns and turrets
are worked entirely by hydraulic pres
sure. She carries 265 tons OF coal, and
aM~ ..r "a
average Of thirty tons OF coal per day.
The bottom Of the monitor is somewhat
fouled now as she has been out for
Key West looking after filibusters. She
has six boilers and twin screws. and her
average speed is about nine knots. The
Amphdrite has a deck of two inches OF
steel covered with two inches Of wood.
The deck is about three feet above the
water line, but can be sunk TO the water
line IN an engagement BY pumping water
munition enough TO fire one of the big
ten-inch guns every two minutes FOR two
hours.
When she leaves here this afternoon
the Amplitude Will go directly TO South
port. y. c., where she will take out the
Wilmington Naval Reserve, after which
she will 90 into the dry dock a the Nor
folk navy yard to have her bottom scrap
ed. and any necessary repairs made. She
viii go to Colchester, Nd, July II TO take
out the Maryland naval militia, and then
to New York TO join the North Atlantic
squadron.
The Amphitrite has been used largely
for taking out the naval reserve militia
all along the coast. The officers and men
enjoy the work about as well as do the
members of the naval reserve companies.
Several Of the officers OF the Amphitrite,
among them Lieut.. J. L. Purcell and Pay
master ]. n. Speel, visited the city yester-
day, and will take a look about Savannah
this morning, before leaving for the north.
Lieut. Purcell was favorite with the Sa-
vannah boys, and they liked the pleasant
but business-like way he instructed them
in the work in hand