The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-21
NAMES OF VESSELS.
UNITED STATES DOES NOT
PERPETUATE MEMORY.
Indian Names Are foPuiar aud
CItle- Of the Union Lead In the
Honor 81 Having Bsttleships Chris
tened AFTER Them.

The nomenclature Of the vessels OF
the United States navy IL deficient In
names made famous by acts OF naval
herolsm. but abounds In geographical
terms. which make a list OF Uncle
Sans ships resemble an extract from
a postal guide. says the New fork
Tribune. There IL class OF vessels IN
the English navy known as the 'ad-
miral" class. where the names Of Nei-
son. Arson. Rodney. Beubow and other
naval leaders may be- found, and TINS
same method Of perpetuating the
names Of admirals exists In Russia.
The custom Of preserving the names OF
victories Is also observed 10 many
countries by naming vessels after the
place near where the night occurred
But In the United States navy these
customs cannot be- carried out. and. al
though the name OF Farragut l. hon
ored and reyored by the navy. no large
ship Of any class bears the name OF the
hero Of Mobile bay In the torpedo
boat class there are exceptions 10 this
rule. and the feet contains an Ericsson.
a Cushing. Porter. Foote. a Dahl
gren. q Dupont. a GOldsborough ana
others. The single-turretcd monitors
bear Indian names. such as Comanche.
Ca.skili. Canonlcus. Mahopac Moniauk.
wyandotte but not 10 the exclusion OF
other names. for the list includes the
names Of Ajax and Manhattan. In
the old wooden navy the names o.
Franklin. Adams and Marion are SIN
preserved. along with Yautic. Alert aud
Nlpslc The Indian name b. also rep
resented IN this class by several ves-
sells. among which are the Mohican.
the Monocacy and the Omaha. The
double-turreted monitors have name
which are to be- found nowhere 10 ship
nomenclature except In the United
States navy Among them are the
Amphltrite. the Miantonomah and the
MonadnOCk. The Vickshurg and the
Annapolis are composite gunboats and
are named after places where import
ant military operations took place No
set rule seems 10 obtain for the nam
ing OF gunbolts. The lisi includes the
Petrol the Machlas. the Nashville. the
Helena. the Concord. the Bancroft and
the Bennington. The armored crui-
sers. like the New York and the Brook
lyn. are named after cities. as are the
protected cruisers. such as the Atlanta,
the baltimore. the Charleston the Chi
cago. the Cincinnati the Columbia. the
Newark. the Raleigh and the San Fran
cisco. although the Olympia Is also Of
that class The amored battleshlps. u
which the Maine was a good specimen.
are an named after states except the
Kearsarge. which by special act Of con-
gress Was named 10 perpetuaie the old
ship which had won distinction 10 the
famous light with the Alabama before
the days Of the steel battleship. The
old wooden navy IL made up Of the
venerable lnvalids. all put away In
comfortable quarters. The ConEtliu-
ton Is the training-ship at Newport
the Vermont e. used as receiving
ship In the Brooklyn navy yard; the
Dale Is used by the Maryland naval re-
serve. the independence Is the recelv.
ing ship at Mare island and IN,
jamestown Is a quarantine ship. The
Monongahela q attached 10 the train
Ing squadron. the New Hampshire q
the headquarters Of the New Yorl
naval reserve and the Saratoga &. O
nautlcal-scbool ship. The man WHOSE
name IS the same as that oi some city
may. II he become naval hero. see q
United States ship bear his name buI
unless that combination exists Il u
doubtful n heroism would ever ado
the name OF an Individual 10 the list o.
United States warships.