Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-23
SAMPSON HAS A TALK
HstpFOoF SHIPS MUST Be Built.


Boston. Mass. Aug "a Boston
Journal special reporter Interviewed
Rear Admiral simps1n on ihe train
Cor Washington. Admiral Simpson
vaH reminded that Admiral Colomb.
the English naval authority. lad said
that this war had ,aurirt no Lessons IN
naval architecture or naval strategy
III he raii that" was ihe comment.
Tho does not know wha. d. &C. talking
shout. Tor the war has taught a great
many thlnfL For one ching 10 has
shown the necessity " making ships
of war IRE proof % w0nN suffice
merely % mako the wood work nr'
proof In my opinion. Tor ihcrc are ub-
iccilons TO The process. o. q Involves
Unnecessary expense Ships ought %
be built practically without wood work
at nll ana thorc Is no good reason why
This cannot be done. After che way ln
which che wood work ~ she spanish
chips caught IRE. causing the dee,rue-
zion OF the ships. there can De no aucs-
Zion about The Importance % Sho
change.
OPINION ON TORPEDO BOATS.
The trouble with C1iomb may be-
ma he has always been an advocate
M torpedo boats. We are not likely g.
hear 80 much about d0rpcd1 blats az
~ used 10 hear before che war" 10
was suggested.
Probably not. a. the same elmo. u
must BE- remembered that torpedo
nla'1 nave never had really fair seaL
IA ~ 10.
Nfucuon, uoccHslfy qualities having
boon sacrliiccd 90 speed. There Il nj
good rtatln why a clrptdo boat Should
nave speed u more than 81 or IS
miles an hour, bat it has been thought
- Important e. have chem speedy that
thcy have bean made 200 lirht ana In
s.g9me inttances ihgy are little better
man cTg shcilf. Tho torpedo boat has
~ We >, but 70 ought @ hr bulk ne
cordlng 70 the righi ideas Il won't
DO, either. % draw too haaty a c0nciu-
SION nom the way ln which che gluu-
cetter which was D convert 4 yacht.
I'D up fhe Furor AMI tho put1n. Mo
ploncfsifr was n1Hilly transformed In
% torpedo boat Destroyer. u is true.
nui ~ " not small boat BY any
mo GUNS ARE NEEDED.
How ab1u, the big Funaf Thc 8.
,hoh and TIE rlpId-nrc guns seem 10
have done most % the execution. b,fb
a. Manila and az Santiago, ana a gr.ai
many people seem % think n guns III
higher c1lihet. the ie-inch ana thr IA
IN ~. are not % 90 much account In
property Of the Hawiian ff,ndr.
lh.fe y work which they can 10 ana
mo ldg guns Will always BE- needed,
tinnllgr cnllbcfr % huupoufd ni san.
tlEo that the S-inch aunn and The rtp.
| ll.ifc Euna dld great execution. btt
/ ihls vas hscnuEo thry could ntrikc the
] tptnlf1 hrlQW the bolt az IL wfrr. That
y, he hghty armUned portions q the
/ splnlHh 4hlHa were exposed 10 choir firr
~ Mnniln the Spanish ships were no
| heavily afmOrrd 40 an
'WhCn Il oumen plarrinr hea,,v ar,,o,
/ the high cal.her guns must be brst,,h,
INTO action, Tho Rrmor piercing oapar.
/ Wy or a Fun r. almost exactly prsper.
lonfd % ~ canber. For lusianco' an
s.ineh sun can pierce s-inuh arm1r, a
iislhch Eun, G.iuch aTmor. md 10 on,
-, me hlg guns are needed.
MUST HAVE sNoKELEss POWDER
"Ihn thcre D. tho question u smoke
les powder our fhips ought 10 b. aIp.
! Piled Win um0kclcss powder flr Az.
rai faa1ir, firsL nnd most important.
IL ne Ercit advantage lu VflnfIfv. Witb
/ ordinary powder tho velocity N s5rn9.
ming Ike 400. With Hmlktlass powder
u u nearly 900. ShlpH using hlack
/ powder ARE az a. difIdyauture. tp1.
/ finm ihe fact that Whom one ritn has
] p,yn az. hug.i, thr gun ncxt 10 it
mus wait untl the smoke hns cleared
p.iofe ihe miN'' can boz sighted These
are lWnuE the rinrluf why rmukrlcar
powder IL To be prcfcfrcd to any
DOUBT ABOUT THE COLON.
Admiral sampson expressed doubt AZ
20 whether NJ would b. adylsahle IL
rIHc the CrHtohl Culnn. iie was
afraid % was now too late - avram.
pliah anything len that direction. and hr
described the peculiar podtiun IN whlch
The ship lay, making q neemngly I'M.
possible 90 hundlr hrr, although she
ass practically uninjurod by our Ore.
our MEN Arm WE'LL TRAINED.
lie cpmmeniri on the excellent phyui-
cal condition N The men aboard the
lcct hnd tue aHtuulHhlng exemption
frosn disease ne well o. wounds uo
had iunt been Informed thni out ~ ~
600 mon on the beet thEc have been
oify 20 casualties throughout the
var.
But he remarked simply. "wo
know how ~ uike care II our men In
the navy, You see. We are always ON "A
war footing That h. today We handle
ourselves IN s,imc Of peace vim as
| much cNncinCnH and discipline nH la
ume ~ war. our target plyirtlcn Ia
| ume OF peace IN carried out with na
| much care ana precision ~ " ne had
| nv tnewy constantly IN slight In ihf
'sinf way We are - accustomed - the
! distribution ~ supplies and thg care ~
/ ne f.ck from long training IN peace
/ thAt when war comes we arr ready fof
! Nuything, The men on most ~ the rhira
| Ia the Meet had been Tor s.x months
| without going ashore until we reached
/ NoW York saturday and thry have
hoitc un under the effnin ~ n muupi
/ unuH existence on fhiphnnrd and 0t a
/ hot climate wonderfully Well"
INSTRUCTIONS 10 MERRITT.