The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-21

lights playing on the. narrow harbor, on.
franco every might, and Il would have been
an Impossibillty Tor the spanish commander g
S SIse CRITICS. have suggested hc should have done
The electric scarchlight may be put dow w
VWihticnSs have hnsS ~ re oIH a a practical value N war. One
OF the Brooklyn's turrets has been operated hy
electricity e6S,s+ ns IN ISs . ! o. 4 P rs sIe eRsa or are hybS BUT wS
have not yet heard any report as to whether
this motive power was found to possess any nd
V'pft Il Is q ct str aRfi fact that the carefully con;
trived range finders and other delicately poised
aapgIliiaaccs for impToyins the Se c = IN 81 th 9
the guns Of the Oregon were SIGHTED and fired
" The T tstssS WsTe. for TIE sslmnppie" reason that
our guns ore, not 1tted with range 1naeLs.
t Ss p TSSro tho and tNsaIIR%SsstssdT tho to r dpfGE%,ns
lust "a used to be done with the old-style Rnn.
And YET 1, 1 think that for a. aceT sv, Tfy,lo 81 - me Re the
range finder is not q most useful instrument.
tiaGo fight. nor In the battle OF Manila. which
waS AiS toa4S a. sySH f sSe ESTHER TSPST Tino has proved
to be tho most desirable because, the most de-
Htructiye, weapon, and next to- u. | think. comos
doubt that a i8.inch gun is preferable to a
l2,inch. such as the Texas is armed With. when
vcioclty and penetrstins, power a projectIie
Weighing eleyen hundred pounds, while the
and a2ifnf fity. Shf II tTE S4 Ss p sSS f Sishs h oi ESd
s ssSa1 lsg y %s S sSSs, t SS%o middle q n' SsiIbr .
dispensed with. The most e%ficient armament.
so far az our experisnce goes, Is found IN q
Rnss S SSfIGSsy o. 81 s small i9u rnp aS.lnSh E G,nss 09 This 3
principle has already been. adopted In the now
ba.ttdlssships which are NOV building" -,
SerHntlOn purposes on 6htpb0ard T.
SO far rs know, the project. OF sendinK up
3 pa 4a1tSGa t TSs fns S srlod.' d fs is 'G true Soi tSSt tRe
fdeet tea carried th;dS one th or two OF these hs;ll90nsN but /
S Sp HSi NM The s"f iaoe Woe does eE Not ' ssC% { q G me to
the stationary balloon used on shore, about all
c~entrate II where II did considerable harm
great positive lesson OF the war Is tho
a dsRsine 81 s sSfpinf fh soo W mao sh SO SGGeine n of The g
Spanish vessels. They were ablaze almost as
soon as the agh,t,sg bes1p.and itdidn'ttHke long
tent into the construction Ola ship. The deck
steel: The steel affords a fair sort q
PTo3sstiGn G anal tSe iE Roda m fTC% iIPs S s%S1l
steel. or steel covered with iinolepm, the men
below decks would get such a continual scorch-
about Cuba. that there wouldn't be much light
lelI III. UIleW aIIeT q snort experience OF u. Un-
QUESTIONABLE, however, the new warships will
have less and less wood In them to mitigate the
dangers from fire and flying splinters.
THE telephone is another electrical contri-
vance which has proved Of %efrectual use in the
recent operations. Its utility. like that Of the
senrchliRht. the. great value OF smokeless
powder and the effectiveness OF the megaphone.
have. been demonstrated in this war quito as
unmistakably as the force Of the big gun and
tho destructlyeness OF tho secondary battery.
But the wonderful new, mine cables. boats run
ming on wheels at tho bottom Of the ocean, the
flying torpedoes and the current OF electricity
projected along n column OF water. OF which we
read before the war. are as much in the future
as ever"