Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-14

Its sides are covered with heavy armor
Of Harveyized metal q mixture Of nickel
and STEEL from six to ten inches in thick
| ness, which extends in belt about ten or
twelve feet wide from stem to stern, the
greater proportion of it being above the
water line. An arnored cruiser is a fast
sailing vessel with a similar armor. A
protected cruiser has an arched deck or
steel, beginning about the water line and
extending over the "yitals"; that Is, the
machinery of the ship, so as to give them
protection and turn the force Of projec-
tile. A shot or shell striking this arched
deck is expected to glance off and not
penetrate. A monitor is q submerged ves-
sci, the upper deck of which, when it goes
into action, is almost on a level with the
water, and it carries turrets above the
water, in which the guns are placed.
These turrets are arranged so as to re-
volve in order that the guns may be fired
in any direction without turning the ship.
A gunboat is an ordinary vessel, carrying
guns which may be of any size and OF
any material. At present most gunboatS
are built Of steel. A ram is a gunboat
so strongly constructed that it will resist
collisions, and, in addition to it's guns, is
armed with Prov or prong, with a sharp
point, which would cut in two any vessel
it might happen to strike. The machinery
is also constructed of unusual power, so
that it may strike with great force.
Of the $5O,OO0,O0O recently appropriated
for the national defense about four-fiftLs
has been expended up to date-about $26s-
100000 by the Navy and $50 ,0OO,00O by
the War Department. The navy expen-
dltures, in round numbers, are as follows:
Guns, ammunition, torpedoes. 81, 0OOOO
Ihree cruisers and two torpedo
boats bought in Europe. ....... 1900 OOQ
1achts and tugs bought in the
United states ................. 1,SOO,OOU
the United States ........,..... 100000
Coaling stations, Key West and
Dry Tortugas ................. 1,OO0,OO0
Coal ............ ............... Z,OOo,OUU
Repairs to men-of-war ........... 100000
Repairs to engines .............. 1,OOO,OOO
Miscellaneous supplies .......... 100000
Total naval expenditures -. .$26, 100000
The expenditures by the War DepaTt-
ment in round numbers, are as follows:
Fortified ton work .............. 81, SOC, 200
Submarine defenses ........... 1900 600
Projectiles and ammunition ..... 4,OOO,O0O
Rapid-h guns and carriages. l,OOO,OOO
Seacoast guns ................ 100000
Transportation camp equipage 1,OOO,Oo0
Telegraph cables and signal ;s2-
paratus ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1OO,OUU
Miscellaneous NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 100000
Total expenses war departm't $14, GOO, 600
Grand total 5000 '@7o'ooo'ooV
Claims for more than $1O,0OO,OOO dam
age have been fled with the Department
of State by Americans residing in Cuba
whose property has been destroyed either
by the insurgents or the Spanish forces,
and it is not believed that the United
States can afford to release Spain from
her responsibility for this destruction.
That question will come up again when
the terms of peace are being negotiated,
and any indemnity that may be offered
for independence will be gitrnished by our
Government until these are settled.
Among other war plans it is proposed to
garrison the coast cities Of Cuba as fast
as they are captured with the colored reg
iments of the regular army, as experience
has shown that they can endure the heat
better and are less subject to the diseases
of the tropics than white men. There are
also between 1000 and 5000 colored mi-
ltiamen in various parts Of the country
who have already volunteered or may be
called out by the President to re-enforce
the ''buffaloes,' as the colored troops are
Familiarity called in the army.
Speaker Reed described the temper Of
Congress Wednesday morning in single
remark. He was reading a letter from
prominent Eastern gentleman, urging him
to hold the House of Representatives in
check and prevent any action that might
lead to war. AS he folded the letter and
put it back in his pocket the car remark
ed: "My friend has very fattering con-
ception of my power. He might as we'll
ask me to stand in the middle of Kan
sas prairie and stop cyclone
In case Of war it is expected that the
Spanish authorities in Cuba will confis-
cate for the use Of their troops all the
supplies that remain unconsumed contrib
uted by the people of this country for the
relief of the reconcentrados; that the
work of the Red Cross Society among the
sufferers will be suspended and that the
starvation of -combatants will continue
until our forces can obtain possession of
the cities on the coast where most of them
are gathered.
1t is stated authoritatvely that in our
affair with Spain the President has de-
cided upon course to be pursued, and
that he apprehends war may result. The
feeling that war is inevitable is so confirm
ed among the Senators and Representa-
tives as to warrant the belief that there
would be general feeling of disappoint-
ment if there should not be war.
The House Committee ON Library has
favorably reported a resolution permitting
the erection of monument in Washington
to the late Gen. Albert Pike. The Su-
preme Council of Ancient and Accepted
Scotch Rite Freemasonry propose to build
the monument, to cost not less than $10,
600, and to be presented to the United
States.