Arizona republican., 1898-06-16

Ou. A missionary was recently asked to
 baptize an infant "Seriatim ad Valo- rem" "Whiskey Emmanuel was the name chosen by another parent.
 Up to the present time President Me Kinley has appointed fifteen major generals and fifty-seven brigadiers,
 making a total of seventy-two general officers under the first call.
 THE WONDERFUL O'HIGGINS.
 Chili's New Powerful Fighting Ma
 chine.
 The new Chilian armored cruiser O'Higgins has been completed. In many respects it is the wonderful war ship of the time. The craft may be said to derive its great capabilities from international conditions. Chilli wished to have cruiser built which should give her certain superiority in respect to any one vessel in Arger- tlna's navy. For many reasons she did not want a large battleship. Speed, comparatively shallow draught, im- mense gun energy and defensive strength were sought, and the only compromise in the design was with the need of small weights and positive momentum in proportion to the water line and underwater measurements. England built the ship, British gov. ernment official advised with the chosen designer. American or Harvey armor was jacketed upon it, and the builders, private concern, installed in its armament Quick-fring guns of the largest size yet tried in the case of any warship.
 The O'Higigins appears to be almost perfect specimen of naval architec- ture. On a displacement of $500 tons and length of 412 feet, the builders have secured a natural draught speed of 21.7 knots, although the vessel has seven-inch armor on it's sides and six inch armor for its gun houses, while carrying not less than four eight-inch and ten six-inch rapid-firers. That is, the high rate of speed and the propor- tlonally thick armor do not prevent the warship from carrying as much gun metal as the American armored cruiser Brooklyn is laden with, though the latter displaces considerable more water and hasa less heavy armor pro- lection. It is far and away superior to the New York, vessel of equal tonnage. Neither with the Brooklyn nor beside the New York are its motive power and speed disadvantageously compared. Its water tube boilers give it qualities of mobility and momentum which those vessels do not possess. In SO far it is modern and they are old fashioned. All these points of excel lence have been indicated by experi- ment and trial, too, even the speed runs being recorded under the Strictest regulations.
 Two striking features of a somewhat novel order apear in the unusual arm , ament. One is the location of more gun power forward than aft, and the other the installation of a very heavy battery on the main deck amidship It
 is evident that the Chilian government
 has been induced to fight the vessel head on quite as energetically as by brOadsides. The advantage gained is ability to neglect without serious dis
 advantage maneuvers for position in
 battle. The O'Higgins will fire three eight-inch, two six-inch and two AZ. inch guns directly ahead. It will have
 seven also turned aft, but only one eight-inch piece. Each broadside will include three eight-inch, five six-inch
 and two 4.7-inch guns, and here as elsewhere the eight-inch ordnance is
 good for three or four discharges per minute, giving twice or thrice as much gun energy as the weapons of the same caliber in the United States navy No American vessel now afloat has hot fN Grsv Even when the double-turret battle ship Kearsarge is in commission, su-
 periority as regards gun energy will still remain with the O'Higgins. Ob-
 viously the bow and stern fire of the ship will be sufficiently powerful to
 give the foe which meets it heavy storm of projectiles while securing only the smallest of targets to aim al in return.
 The upper deck guns Of the O'Hig-
 gins have their like in even larger ones
 placed in the same position on the Brooklyn. But the difference between the two ships as regards this point is in the distribution of the weights The American vessel sacrifices load-carry- ing capacity on the main deck to ob-
 tain it's upper barbettes and their guns. This Armstrong craft has less gun
 metal above, though the guns are quick-firers, and more below It in this way secures not so much what every vessel greatly needs, stability
 but protection to an added degree If a hostile vessel should destroy the up per works smashing the gun houses, the battery below would be very strong. Should the Brooklyn lose the use of its mid-ship or upper eight-inch weap- ons, it would be badly off, because the other tier of broadside ordinance
 would not serve all purposes for heavy firing What the builders of the
 O'Higgins evidently have obtained is tremendous reserve power for use in critical moments. That element, of course, is, in the case of an armored
 cruiser, the initial and ever essential quality of offence even when defensive fighting is required.