The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-11
IN ALL NAVIES.
Notes on Ships of War of
Various Flags.
New Court Martial Regulation HEAVY
Pam A Paris Pima
Russian Admiral.

7 New court martial regulations IL tine
British army and navy give a prisoner
the privilege to testify IN his own be-
d half.
The ram OF the battleship London
q has been delivered Al Portsmouth dock
yard. 1t weighs 80 tons and i cast in.
one piece.
: Russia has ordered two large
steamers at yards on the Clyde. for
her volunteer fleet. Their aggregate
l cost will be about 100000.
\ public subscription fund for build I
ing a submarine boat for the French I,
navy was started last month by the
couple of weeks reached the sum OF
$4,000.
The British Admiralty has invited /
tenders for the erection OF new naval !
barracks on the site of the old An
glesea barracks, Portsea. Invitations .
have been sent 10 foreign - wall rs /
! to English strms.
The naval budget of japan for the 4
fiscal year, beginning April |. is ST.
644 ,5S6 for ordinary and SIT ,S:2.5iI for |
extraordinary expenditures. making 1
total of S25,4t7.133 to cover the run :
ming expenses OF tine navy and making |
partial payments on thiry-four vessels |
of all classes building abroad
The new private shipbuildiug yard |
lat Nicolaieff. near Sebastopol. Is rapid |
lily approaching completion II will he
imuch larger than the entire Admiralty
works at that place, and will accom-
modate two battleships, three cruisers
and number OF torpedo-boaJ des, roy
ers at the same time. An order for an
armored cruiser OF 5000 tons has al
ready been given To the new yard.
sir Edward ]. Reed, ex-ehief con-
structor of the British navy. delivered
an address recently at the annual din
ner of the Institute OF Marine Engiu-
GERS, on The British Navy" Regart-
ing the personnel he said that the On
ly blot in it was that they had not in
this country (England) arrived ut the
time when the marine engineer and
his staff were considered worthy to
Edlfh Will OlittlS Va AhG StANAtts
The British cruiser Arrogant had a
IT, strange experience while proceeding
J. from Vigo to Gibraltar. She was going
20 at full speed in a calm sea and the
- crew were lined up 10 receive their
o. daily allowance Of gr-og, when all OF 4
sudden great tremOr went through
the ship and the sailors were thrown
IN all directions. IL was thought that
the ship had struck sunken rOCk
- and the engines We're Immediately re-
e Versed. IL was then found that the
- cause of the disturbance was great
whale which had been his squareIy II
the middle by the forefoot of the AFRO
CANT. 1t was not stated what became
of the whale.
~ The British cruiser Eclipse had
m. narrow escape from destruction re
~ Gently while lying at Bombay. Tn
officers were at dinner in the ward
room when an explosion was felt he
te. meath them followed by several slight
- er conclusions. The sounds We're 10
nee Gated in the shell room OF the rweN
FOUNDER quick-fring gun. This wa
al once flooded, and after pumping on
!, i il was found that three twelve pound
Ilu er shells from the top tier pumping OF
cit. the fragments being scattered a
over the room. but having done Cn'
slight damage to the fittings or 10 Il
PM other shells. The only eNplanatiC
of the mystery is the theory of spoil
taneous explosion.
49,. Admiral Makaroif OF the Russian n
MS w, in n discourse on the relative meri
Of armored cruisers and protected CIT
125 sers. favors the latter. Lord Charl
Beresford takes a contrary view al
:. declares that he would rather Ia
AT someJning on the side that would eau
- the shells to burst on the outside rat
er than inside the ship. The Uni,
-. Service Gazette. commenting on the
opposite views. sides with Lord Bert
ford and says: We believe this j. {
view held by the vast majority OF I
II val officers: for although all COmbi
tible material may in future be cal
fully excluded when building w1rshi
and the danger Of fire be thus reduC
TO minimum, still the tremeudC
wrecbinc power Of a high eNplos
%. shell is much too terrible 10 make s
5 o. desirable visitor between the decks