Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-01
VIII WORK Today
Rush: Orders Received at the
shipyardY Yesterday.
THE ARTILLERY COMPANY
Adia,ant General Advises That the Men
Join the Infantry. However, it VIII
frobably he Organized tn
{ thes Rear Fu.ur..


shlpy a rsta$ yes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES mat
Dixle and y uSentte be rushed to cu1n-
pietlon Ut Srne Earliest EposSiDie mo
lnenl, as the9wafsfilsp are itetsed, and
us d. result u fun Ior,e Oh Hl... wa ne
employed Ut the yaru tou;.y. \. IS nov
,nougnI that both vesseiS VIII be
ready TO sAeave the plant Thursday.
Yesterday was payday at the ship
yard and. the employees received over
$4,000 toEtheir weeks work.
WONDERFUL RAM.
A nava1s, officer on board the ram
Katahdin,& which was in Hampton
bly, be attached to the flying squadron
stationed ~in these waters, gives the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the fighting
machine:
.:We have in our navy one boat
eoola ths wa1ae
fident spamsh navy. \This vessel boat
warship, ram, or whaesvef You may
call it, is the deadliest weapon ever in
vented. It is absolutely iInpregnable
to fire, and even dynamite glafces OFF
1t as it would Off ladys hatpin.
on the water line and it's entire top
rigging can be removed. Positively
the only point visible is one solitary
turret. which must be hit squarely like
a bulls eye or else the people inside
would not know they have been
struck. Anywhere else the shell and
shot would roll Off like pebbles Off a
sl9ntinE root. ----------<
This wonderful ship is the ram
Katahdin, and now that the war is
actually on this wonderful piece of
marine architecture, which has hith-
ertO been Kept SO silent by the govern
ment, in fact. has never full crew
upon her-can be mentioned. l would
rather have# the ram katahdin to
fight wartheet than the whole flying
squadron. sfsnt me in command of the
ram Katahdiugsands Il will sink every
vessel in the white squadron without
trouble, just as the Merrinac came
near sinking the whole Union fleet.
This warship works, as its name in
dicates. by ramming. 1t is a literal
steel arrow which jags its way into
he s.1e ofaa cruiser s., - i
at M na baebarous. The British navy
hosttiHIss inns refused to accept such
not al,or"' ,es's '1lelst3 of battlegand woulG
howevar" enc to be built. Finally.
British - did. and turned out the
wa~ sE7 il Camperdown. which
GLAZE same shape. although
warchmaHr of the works of the
the snlpyafe Camperdown came in
cious-iook, he steel sides of the
llrv,.d rofip Victoria. with the re-
A straf Victoria was Instantly
Summary amperdown received a
x.r,1 nj ent her into drydock Sor
an an1,5 so the test was not con-
wa1chrT ssful
Where hdln. ike the cam
ne 10 liverSa blow that will Ink
~ tbut, superior to the Cam
aav Eill not injure itself. That
Rr. ,nonStrated by experiments
he ahdin The katahdin has
canh to docks of solid wood: 1t
emnk mmed against steel cover
chini $has been driven into steel
tlema subjected in every way to
Snani& it tests known to the navy
thar q without injury to herself.
lacEaflA sha naval official. comment
further Katahlin. said that she was
lhas Btl the building, even though
CuhanEd destroy herself. for said
sympat Katahdin cost only 100000
Bravntiserscostss 81 600 900. 1t is worth
said n mathematical computation,
ArtS in the week to destroy n S4,-
Ing Euiser with a $1,000. 900 RAM.
in +irkatahdin works as the Britons
te, aougtf-face to face and at
Aftehnge. . 1t sights a cruiser. APP
retiY4s it until within striking dis
forIf Ind then strikes. She is clothed
II Emor Sufficiently strong to de-
of by projectile which would be
~ to strike her massive steel sides
approaches. She has high speed
tch manoeuvring powers that, as
tshes at an enemy, she can turn
Ito avoid the shell. MI
n le Katahdin was designed by Ad-
n Ammen, of the United States
!. who had such faith in her that
Jade no provision for a battery Of
description. Since building. how
she has been mounted with four
d-fre six-pounders. These are in
led, however. only for defense.
Ehe vessel measures now $50 feet 3
hes in length and has an extreme
sadth of beam Of 45 feet 5 inches
hen coaled and commissioned for
vice her mean draft will be IS feet:
sr engines, which are of the vertical
sple-expansion type, are expected 10
We an indicated horsepower of 4soO
nd to develop a speed of II knots an
; PARIS MAY NOT COME.
1t is not expected that the American
liner City of Paris, which arrived at
New York yesterday from Southamp-
ton, will come here to be fitted out as
an auxiliary cruiser. as 1t is not
thought the vessel will be armored
and in that event she will be sent to
Cramps yard, Philadelnhia.
rI5E FYING SQUADRON.