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washington. June a.-The president
to-day sent these nominations to the
senate: To be brigadier generals.
Charles p. Matticks of Maine I'M MARI
Sheafe OF South Dakota, TO De ?
tor general with rank of major. Daniel
M. White OF New Hampshire: 10 %
additional paymasters. Hiram L. Grant
Of North Carolina, Thomas A. Cum
mings Of Montana. Eugene Conn OF n
District Of Columbia. To be
surgeon with rank of major, William
N. Devfne OF Massachusetts,. To De as
sistant quartermaster with rank OF cap
tain, Clifton l.. Fenton Of Ohio. To De
commissaries of subsistence with RANK
of captain. Carl X. Mower OF Ohio,
Frederick Pomeroy OF New York. First
regiment u. 3. ". I. to be first ieuten-
ants. Arthur J. Coste of Texas. Lewis
regiment u. 8. ". l.. to be surgeon
with. rank of major. Seaton Norman Of
the marine hospital service. To be cap
tain, Edward Wilson of Georgia. To
be first l~ieutenants. Daniel L. M Pick
otto of New York. John A.. Condor OF
Tennessee. Fifth regiment u. 8. v. l..
to be first lieutenant. ]. Courtney Nix
on Of Alabama. Sixth regiment y. 8.
v. l., to be first lieutenant, Elisha Ed
ridge Wright of Tennessee. To be sec
ond lieutenant, George N. Whitson OF
Tennessee. Robert M. Barton of Ten
nessee. Eighth resiment y. s. v. 1, TO
be majors. Felix Rosenberg OF Ohio.
Charles M. Travis of Indiana. To be
rgeon with rank Of major, James
Huston Hepburn of the District OF Co
lumbia. To be captains, Richard T.
Jacob Of Kentucky. William Frye Teb-
belts Of New York. To be first lieu
tenant, George c. williams of New
York, Phillip Hoffman of Kansas.
Third regiment Y. 8. ". l., to be major.
Duncan b. Harrison of Mississippi. To
be with a of major, Aurelis
Pallones of New Jersey. To be zap
tain. winslow s. Colin Of Massachu-
sets. To be first lieutenant, Charles
Fillmore OF Ohio. Tenth u. s. v. l.,
to be first lieutenant, Arthur L. Joyce
~ connecticut
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Of the Northern Pacific line II they are
needed The former vessel will arrive
NJ Tacoma on July 8, and h latter At
Portland on August 2. The charters
may not be made owing TO the return
OF those already started or about to
start for the Philippines In which case
the last mentioned will not be taken.
A distinct point In favor OF the gov
eminent in the charter OF the Northern
Pacific vessels Is the privilege given by
the to the government to re-
deliver them at Hong Kong. This Will
result In q material saving to the gov
eminent. as vessels may not be
needed after making one trip.
1t II with considerable regret that
the government officials have been COM
PEELED to take the initiatory steps for
impressing vessels into the service OF
the United States government. This.
however. they hav found necessary In
the ease OF the three vessels OF the Pa
cihc Coast Steamship company, which
are desired by the department, n
which they have been unable to secure
because Of an ability to agree upon the
terms OF the charter. The vessels re-
ferred to, viz, the Senator. the Queen
and the City OF Puebla, have not yet
been actually impressed. but will be II
after an examination by General Mer-
rift they are found to be In satisfactory
condition for transport purposes. III
the question Of compensation for the use
OF vessels cannot be agreed upon be-
tween the agents Of the government
and the company, II viii be adJudicated
hereafter through the court OF claims or
through some other method that may be
devised by the government. This Is
the first instance in which steps for the
impressment OF vessels for the use or
the government have been taken during
the present war. but II Is understood
that Il IL the intention OF the war de-
partment hereafter to adopt such meas
ures wherever there Is a disposition on
the part Of agents or owners OF steam
ship lines to embarrass the government
by holding out for prices Tor
the charter Of ships. This Will apply
either to the Atlantic or the Pacific
coast. as the necessity may arise.
officials characterize the action OF the
companies as showing a lack OF patriot
ism and consideration for the interests
of the government during the present
emergency, and say that they are not
disposed hereafter TO have his inter-
fere with the active and prompt pro-
curement Of needed vessels.
The following Is a list OF vessels OBJ
tanned by the war department, and
those in prospect. all for use on the Pa
ciic coast Australia. City OF sydney.
City Of Picking, China, Colon, Z~ealandia,
Ohio. Indiana, Morgan City. City OF
Para. Tacoma, Columbia, Olympia, Ar
izona, Victoria, Senator. Queen and City
OF Puebla.
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CAMP MERRITT
~ nkpsdison WIN Not Get
Away This Week.
SUPPLIES ARE NOT READY
onry one o. - vsOss u Prepared %
Put 20 - On Short Notice-The
Government Rssponsibls
Tor sho Delay.

san Francisco. June s.-There Is Q hull
ct Camp Merritt. The volunteers have
again settled down to the daily routine
oife Of soldiers. and nave given up the
idea OF getting away to Manila this
week. The men are drilled every day.
but that is about all the men have to
think Of. The transport vessels which
win make up the second fleet to be
cent to Admiral Dewey are still being
loaded with supplies. ammunition. etc.
but the work II being done in such q
leisureIy manner that unless h steve
dores employed are actually driven to
work faster the vessels will not get
away for . week yet. Then again. the
government supplies are arriving slow
", ana this has much to do with the
Glow work Of loading the vessels. OF
the three vessels, the Zealandia IL about
ready, and can sail on short notice.
Tue board Of health Of this city has
decided to confer with General Otis with
view Of promoting better sanitary
conditions thar now exist At Camp Mer-
rift. 1t II feared that the presence OF
1S.0oo men in Camp Merritt may threat
en- the health Of the city. and the board
has decscId that some means must be
taken to alleviate ~unsanitary conditions
that may result In epidemic.
The 61st Iowa regiment OF volunteers
viii moi arrive until morr the
trains all being delayed. The troops
frsn Georgia are expected tomorrow
n'yht
The popular subscription to the new
three per cent government bonds in this
city Is steadily increasing. The amount
subscribed At the First National bank
to-day At noon was $12l, 000.
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BROUGHT TO A CLOSE.


Only One Graduate From the Montana
College Of Agriculture.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Boxeman. June a.-The weeks proceed
ings Of the agricultural college were
brought to . close this afternoon by the
degree OF Bachelor Of Science being be-
slowed upon Reno Sales BY President
Reid, he being the only graduate from
the college proper this year. Mr.. Sales
II the sixth to have this degree conferred
upon him by the college since Its forma-
ton. He II q Montana and Gallatin val
ley boy. having spent all his life In the
vicinity Of Boseman.
The ceremonies were opened with an
invocation by Rev. J.. N. Mclean. The
speaker Of the day, Rev. Carieton =.
Brown of Helena wa introduced BY Pres-
ident Reid. Rev. Brown in the course OF
his remarks paid some high tribut to
the faculty and the ef1ciency of the col
lege.
The foYlowfng were seated on the stage:
President REID, Reno Sales, Rev. Mclean.
Rev. Carleton Brown and Lester 8. VIII
son, Peter Koch and walter Cooper OF the
board of directorA The following pro-
gramme was rendered:
Invocation. Rev. J. N. Mclean: music.
Concert No. : (0rieg), Miss Flowers Miss
Parkins; address, THE Moral Basis of
Education" Rev. Carleton r. Brown
presentation Of diploma. President Reid
music. overture, the valkyrie F1ere Mo-
tive" Wagner, Misses Luce. Robinson,
stanton and Stats: benediction. Rev. NC
Lean.
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died IN . eAses eine. The Victims we're:
Ula. D11eh - Harv1ll Watts. chddren
81 ChaF1oo watts Of Ternhill and Woods
run vsaee eeoe u . = yeesy snS :
peUvo1 hsrsoDf . hssoine. for. wftb b
names roasting her body. b tried TO
carry her baby brother to . place Of SAFE
II. Mn. watts va also burned IN trying
to save her children. The children were
playing In m Clubhouse In the yard and
one of then struck . match. In the same
room VA . large can containing two GAL
lona Of oil. When the match va thrown
down Il dsopped into the car and the ex-
plosion fouoWed Instantly.
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MONTANA IS not d It
Can FurniGh No Mem Under the
Second Call.
OTHERS IN THE SAME FIX
The Western 0eG1oD Aro way Ahead
In the LAss-BuBucs Wheslsr 70
b Aado Lieutenant IN
the Signal Oorpa-

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena. June s.-The associated press
dispatches to the effect that Montana was
not expected to furnish any volunteers
on the second call were confirmed to-day
by a copy of order No. 81 Of the war de-
partment. received by Governor Smith.
The order rays In part:
Organisation already accepted and
mustered in the United States service un-
der the presidents proclamation Of April
q, 1888. will be expanded: First, by re-
cpuiting such companies thereof a. have
been mustered In to the maximum
strength prescribed In the act Of congress
approved April q. 1&e. and published in
general order No. - April -. lsee. from
the organization Of additional companies
necessary for the completion Of regiments
Of u companies and battalions to four
companies of the maximum strength
above Indicated. The number Of recruits
required for each organisation already In
service win be determined BY the %adjutant
general OF the army. under whose dtrec-
ton and supervision the recruitment here
in ordered will be conducted.
THE following states and territories
having received under the presidents hrst
call an apportionment In excess OF their
cOmD1neO QOOt88 uuCeT uTBt ana second
calls, will not be Included in this order,
Wig: Delaware. Idaho, Montana. Nevada.
North Dakota. South Dakota. Vermont.
Wyoming. District of Columbia, New
Mexico, Oklahoma and Indian Territory"
Then follows Instructions concerning
the manner Of recruiting the regiments
that do not already contain the full quo-
Ia of men. This win be done by . recruit
ing party to consist of one oficer and
four enlisted men from each battalion.
Who will proceed to the locality from
which II Is to recruit.
Eustice Wheeler of this city, formerly
q corporal IN L company. n of the six
men recently mustered out of the SER
vice, arrived here to-day. He was hon.
orably discharged. His discharge was
procured through senatorial influence at
Washington and IL seems to be generally
understood that. as foreshadowed in the
San Francisco correspondence of the
Standard, he will soon be appointed
q second lieutenant In the regular army.
The others who were mustered out have
not arrived here yet. Lieutenant Mar
uuardt Of Fort Harrison has been ordered
to Fort Leavenworth to take the exami-
nation for promotion.
Marsh Green of Butte. who was ap-
pointed a private in the signal corps. has
been mustered into the service and il
now at Fort Harrison awaiting further
orders.
Lieutenants TiIley and Davies. Of the
same arm of the service. have as yet re
ceived no instructions from Washing
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Saratoga, N. Y, June 4-The court Of
appeals has confirmed the conviction or
murder in the first degree In the case
of Martin Thorne, the slayer of william
G~uIdensuppe, q bath rubber. In Woodside.
L. L., in July last, In which Mrs. August
Mack, Thorne's confederate in the muir
der, and who turned states evidence. is
serving a sentence of Is years imprison-
ment for her part In the crime for which
Thorne must now suffer death In the
electric chair.
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At New York.

New York. June s-Results Six furionss
-kinnikinnick won. lambert second.
Hanwell third: time. l:is Five furlongs-
Croker won, DIR. Parker second. Arma-
ment third. time, 1:W- Spring Special.
mile and a sixteenth-Hamburg won. Sly
Fox second. Hsndbail third; time. l;Fs.
Five furlongs-Formero won. Mr.. Phiniz-
zey second. uamavar third: time. is02%
Nile and a furiong. seiling-Decanter won,
Rappahannock second. Manassas third
time. 1854. Kensington hurdle. mile and
three-ouarters-Sir Nassar won. Captain
Piersali second. Forget third: time. sis.
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Portland. Ore, June &-Aoout three
fourths of the total vote OF the stAte ms
heen counted and 0eer, rep. for governor.
has a plurality Oft. So. Approximately p
600 votes vet remain to be counted. nearly
oue-third of this number being In tine city
of Portland. where the republicans nave
large pluralities.
According to the vote already counteu
complete returns should give Geer AZ
least 10. 600 plurality I'm the state. The vote
as far as counted for governor II AZ fol-
lows: Geer. rep. BID: King. fusion.
q. so2. T. II. Tongues. rep. pluraiity TOT
congressman In the First district 10 sIe'
The returns 30 far from b SECOND con-
gressional district give ~. A. Aoooy. W.
8 400 plurality. This viii b increased by
probably Loo.
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long. the reading Of It occupied con-
siderable time.
After the bill Wa read q number q
amendments offered by Mr.. Teiier on
behalf, Of the committee were
The senate at $50 D. m. went Into
executive session, and then
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Rift n the COLLEGE.

Durham, N. c., June e.-President Kilgo
of Trinity college has just the
gift of 500. 900 to the endowment fund of
the college By Walkington Duke MI.
Duke has given in all $50, 900 to Trinity
college. There 10 great rejoicing among
the students and faculty.
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Kansas City. June A-rhe Atchison, To-
peka q Santa Fe railroad. II 10
has lea sed the use Of the Union PACING.
Denver q Gulf tracks between Pueblo ana
Denver. n win take up its " tracks
between these points. II Ii President KIP
ley's policy to combine with otns, roaos
wherever two tracks run parallel and
have the same terminal. thereby avoiding
the expense Of keeping up an extra track-
This has already been sccompe1sneq oe.
tween Kansas City and d. yossph ana
other points are IN contemplation
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VERY D OFF
a Crest Change Experienced BY a
Aged Citizen.

HAMILTON, MONT. = " Several
yoors aeo ! wa very badly of with ca.
hocame quite deaf. i had read a great
deol in the newspapers about Hoods
6auaparilla and decided to try it, ! used
nino bottles of the medicine and it eff
lncftyu1y cnred me. ! am IS years old
- 60 nov hear quite well, and i
hove ben permanently cured Of ca
tAnh.~ JNo. n HoUK.
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rhelr Fate

Philadelphia. June ga dispatch to the
Marine Exchange from Charleston. 8. e..
SAYS: The United States steamer
put In here to-day en- route from Norfolk
to Key West. n reports that on eatur-
Aav night she lost an iron water barge
which she was towing. The barge had q
crew Of nve men On board. Nothing Is
known Of their fate.
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Will Raise span,sh ships.

San Francisco. June S.-Private ad-
vices from Washington say the United
States government will raise the Span
ish vessels sunk in Manila bay by
Dewey's gunners. and that three San
Francisco firms. p. whitelaw a
Son, A. Woodside & Co. and the Pa
cihc Mail Steamship company. will be
called on for bids for undertaking the
work
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BASEBALL YESTERDAY.

At Boston-The Bostons beat the Cincin-
natii. again to-day with less exertion than
Yesterday. the visitors being in luck to
score at all. Attendance. $3.50. Score:
r. H. E..
Boston ....... ....... ......"..io
Cincinnati ....... ....... .....i
Batteries-wTis and Bergen; Hawley
and Vaughn. UmpiresNCushnan and
Heydler.
At New York-Cleveland turned the ia
bles to-day on the B~rooklyns in Brook
Ign. Attendance, 1900. Score:
brooklyn ....... 1900. ..
Cleveland ....... ....... .....e
Batteries-Yeager and Ryan; Wilson
and Criger. umpires-swartwood and
Wood.
At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. pitched well.
the Senator's batted hare and the Pirates
made errors. and thus Washington won.
Attendance. 1900. Score:
r. H. Z.
washington ....... ....... ..s...Nv
Pittsburg ....... ....... .........S
Batteries-Mercer and MCGUIRE: Rhines
and Schriever. Umpires-Lynch and Con-
molly.
Al Baltimore-Nops pitched a fine game
to-day and was given good support. Score:
r. II. K.
Baltimore 5000. ....... .... 4
Louisville ....... ....... ........
Batteries-Nops and Robinson; Cunning
ham and Snyder. umpires-Andrews and
Snyder.
At Phiiadelphia-st. Louis defeated Phil
adelphia in a poorly-played game. Carr
sey and wheeler were both hit hard and
retired. Attendance. 2.3o Score:
R. II. e.
st. Louis ........ ......."..-... .
Philadeiphia ....... ....... .... Nv v
Batteries-Csrsey. Sudhoff and Glenn
ents: Wheeler. Orth and Mcfarland. Um-
pires- Emslie and Curry.
AZ New York-The Giants were clearly
outplayed by the chicagos this afternoon;
Rusie was hit so hard in the NTH ana
sixth mini that he was relieved In the
seventh. Attendance. 1000. Score:
New YORK 5000. "...""-.-"" ?
chicago .''.... ....... .......- 10 =
Bstteries-Rusie. Gettig and warner
Callahan and Donohue. UmpireSeODay
and Mcdonald.
Al Tacoms-Afer Tacoma had given
Seattle every opportunity to win In the
first Seattle lost the lead and the game
by a series OF s~choolboy plays In the ninth
min Five hits and four errors allowed
Tacoma 10 score six times. Both pitchers
were hit hard. Score:
Seattle ....... ....... ...-......7 10
Tacoma ..".- ...... ...---..W
Al spokane-Portland defeated pokan
In the opening game here to-day. Hopkins
OF the visitors hurt his leg in overrunning
second. Score:
Portland .'.... .-..... .......-lo II
Spos.ne -. ....-- .-.-.-
Batteries-Borchers and McCabe; Darby
ana Kelly ompire-o'Tooie.
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Paris. June a-The following semi-of-
ncial note was Issued this afternoon: The
ministers have placed their resignation
At the disposal of n. Meline. premier
who. II his policy ID approved by the
chamber. will remodel the cabinet on
the brosdest basis. in accordance win
the indications Of the recent eiecuoh
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Lexington. Mo-. June a-Congressman
william 8. Cowherd of n City was
to-day unanimously renominated BY the
republican convention Of the Firth dis-
trtct-
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Left for "

Berlin. June s.-A dispatch received
here to-day from Nagasaki. Japan. says
that the German irst-class cruiser kais'
crime Augusta left that port for Manila
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rrsxhsful Death.

Pittsburg. June A-Three children met
death IN a frightful manner iast eve"mS
In BY an explosion of a can
of on their clothing was fguited the
childrsn we're burned - terribly that they
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ON THE RACE TRACK.
At Harlem.

Chicago. June S.-Results at Harlem.
Weather clear. track slow. Four and a
half furlonGs-Josephine B. won. Vie La
mont second. Babe Robertson third; time.
:59is. Six furlongs-Lucy Belle won,
Gnome second. Foncline third: time. 1:22.
Mlie-Locust Blossom won, Ollie Dixon
second, Borden third: time. 1:54h. Gradu-
ate stakes, 81 200 added. five furlongs-
King Barleycorn won. Wolverton second.
Gold Fox third: time, 1:05%. Mile and a
sixteenth-Albert B. won, Joe Clark sec
ond, Chugnut third: time, 1:5sA. Sixth
race declared of. Six furiongs-The Devil
won. Lord Fairfax second, Johnny Will
liams third; time. 1:20A.
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wfiwaukse. wis.. June t@etephen M
Harrison. for years n OF the leading
contractors in the West. b dead He was
9 years Of age.
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Many Transports Secured.

washington, June S-AsslStant Secre-
tary OF War Meikeljohn has chartered
the steamships Indiana, Morgan City
and City of Para for transportation OF
troops to the Philippines: a closed a
contract for the Victoria. Olympia and
Arizona Of the North Pacific Steamship
fine. and secured the privilege Of acquir-
ing the Tacoma and Columbia II needed.
all ave on condition they are given
American register. He has also ordered
Impressed into service h Senator,
Queen and city Of Puebla Of he Pacific
6teamship company. II found satisfac-
tory.
The following are the anne OF the
vessels Just chartered: The Indiana.
now ut Seattle. capacity. 1000 men: the
Morgan City, now at San Francisco.
capacity, 1000 men: the City Of Para,
which VIII carry approximately $500
men. The Victoria, which n at Ia
coma, Washington: the Olympia which
win be at Tacoma on the 18th inst. and
the Arizona, which will be at the same
Mace on the Fourth Of July. These
latter three vessels belong to the North
en Pacific Steamship company. and
their charter depends upon the grant
lug to them by congress OF an Ameri-
can register. Assistant Secretary
aGeikle5ohn made an original PROPOSE
tion for these ships over q week ago
n the company held out for some tim,
for higher figures than the government
propooed to give them. The terms o.
charter are entirely satisfactory 10 thu
dspartment.
ne department has also the privilege
OF taking h Tacoma and the Columbia
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nn. W. z. BATES. nans0se1. In, wsstsss.
Before writing to you ] suffered
dreadfully from painful m~enstrua-
ton, leucorrh9a and ors feeling In
the lower part Of the bowelA- News my
friends want TO know what makes me
look so well. lido not hesitate a min
ute in telling them what has brought
about this great change. I 0nnot
praise Lydia E. Pfnkhams Vegetable
compound enough 1t h Tie gEsstsst
remedy Of the ags-"
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nn. z. 4. WALDEN. 0s1sss. q, wsseses
"DHAR NRs. PMK1AN:-Before TAX
Ing your medicine, life was . burden
10 me. never saw . we'll day. At
my monthly period I suffered untold
misery, and . great deal Of the time I
was troubled with . sever pain in my
side. Before nnishing the hrst bottle
Of your Vegetable Compound I could
tell il was doing me good. Ieontinued
its use, also used the Liver Pflls and
Sentative Waah, and have been greatly
helped. 1 would like TO have you NE
nv letter for the benefit Of others."
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THE OREG0N'S TRIP.
The Builders Of tins wnrship Are Proud
of the Record.

The Builders of the Wnrship Are frouu
of the Record.
New York, June s.-Irving NJ. Scott,
the builder OF the battleship oregon.
sailed for Europe on the North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. He goes to st. Petersburg, IL Is
said, to seek contracts for warshipe
from the Russian government. The
builder OF the oregon arrived In TINS
CITY on MAY 30, after spending several
days In Washington. There he was
overwhelmed with praise for the Ore
CONS achievements. President Mckin-
lev was among those who congratulated
him.
The Oregon represents the best type
of battleships this country has yet
built" said Mr.. Scott. when II was de-
signed II was desired to avoid the great
disparity between the heaviest guns and
those next I'm size. .
Hence, eight guns in turrets forward
and after were introduced. The Royal
Sovereign class. which England built
prior to the construction of the Oregon.
had two 13h-inch runs in barbettes for
ward and after and 10 six-inch rapid-fre
guns. five on each side. Only four OF
these broadside guns were ' protected.
and II Il lost it's big gum II would only
have the six-lnch ones to protect itself
with.
The run Of the Oregon wac not more
than those who knew the vessel felt sure
Il would make. II is not the frst snip
that we have built that has proved Its
ability to make a trip of such a distance
and be in first-class condition upon It's
arrival. ready for n duty assigned It,