The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-27

cles for carrying men and guns, and
their very decks were often fields of
battle, where contending forces
struggled band.to-hand. Today our
ships are veritable fighting machines.
They are propelled, lighted, steered
and handle tl.eir guns and movable
parts through the agency of steam
and electricity, under Intelligent
direc5ion. They arc not only the
work of the ship builder, but of the
engineer. They require men highly
skilled in their several departments.
These complicated ships noed
large force Of mon, and to maintain
them at the very highest standard of
efficiency requires the great expendi
ture Of money referred to.
Consider for moment tho tom
Of steam on battleship and you will
better appreciate the force of what
has been written. Think Of the six
ty nine separate steam engines, and
Of the skilled engineers to caro- for
them twenty-four hours each day.
Yes, there arc sixty-nine. Each Of
the great twin crews bas its engine,
then there is an engine for the steer
ing apparatus, separate engines for
the dy namos, for tho fire pumps, for
the bilge, for tho ventilating fans,
for ash hoist, for capstans and for
numerous wenches used ali over tho
ship, where nearly everything that
has to be moved is too heavy for hu-
man muscle to handle.
Then there is the coal to furnish
heat to make all this steam, and
corps Of men to handle it. Take,
for example, the Iowa. " she starts
out Of port with her norma. supply Of
coal she carries G25 tons. IF she
fills her bunkers sho will start with
1,78O Ions. That means about ST.
600.
Such Il battleship as this carries
about five hundred officers and mon
These must be fed and clothed and
be paid for tn air services.
One of these battleships is float
ing citadel. 1t is town of 500 in
habitants, more securely fortified and
| far better armored for defense than
was any walled and turreted city
that has over existed. Her steel
walls can resist any attack Of guns
less than hor own. When she meeta
similar ones thon comes the tug of
war.
II our hoating citadel is tho IT,
diana, for instance, we have steel
walls $50 feet long with 90 feet be-
tween them at tho widest point,
holding engines Of war and propul-
sion of the most terrific power, all
under tho control Of tho highest hu-
man intelligence. This is moving
city of animate force, controlled
energy and iaanimate strength, that
can bo directed at will, and its TO-,
| 2SS tons moved ut tho rate Of seven
| teen miles an hour, propelled by g..
TBS horse powor.
Powerful rs it is, it must, SO nenr
as possible, resist an equal power.
And what is necessary in defense is
better realized when we consider
that she may have to cope with guns
that, by the explosion Of 900 pounds
of powder can throw single shot,
weighing nearly ton, at the velocity
Of 1000 feet per second. This shot
has a striking energy Of $4,000 foot
tons. One foot ton in tho energy
required to raiso 2,2lO pounds one
foot against gravity. Multiply that
energy by $4,000 and comprehend
tho result if You can.
No wonder that tho maintenance
Of single ship to accomplish all
that ia desired Of it costs 81 500 each
day.
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