The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
Report On the Submarine Boat Made
to Navy Department.
SUCCESS OF TRIAL TRIP
AN ENGINE OF WARFARE OF
TERRIBLE POTENCY.
Government Must Adopt It Into Its
Service-Can Make An Attack On
An Enemy Unseen and Undetect-
able-Must Remain In the Hands
of United States.

New York, Nov. 16.-The official re-
ports on the Holland boat from John
Lowe, captain. U. S. N, and the board
of inspection and survey of which the
president is Frederick Rogers, rear ad-
nliral, U. S. N, were made public to-
day. Both reports deal at length in the
technicalities of the trials, and both
agree that the trials have been success
full in almost every particular. Captain
Lowe, in addition, submits a report OF
his observations as ordered by the gov
ernment fli
The trial of the Holland boat took
place on Nov. s, before the board OF
inspection and survey. The start was
made off New Suffolk, l.. J., with nine
men on board, or four more than when
going into a fight. There were three
Whitehead torpedoes on board
The tests comprised running on the
surface and under the water diving
and torpedo firing, and they were all
very successful. Captain Love con-
clude.s his technical report as follows:
Il report my belief that the. Holland
is a successful and veritable sub
marine torpedo boat, capable of max
ing a veritable attack upon an enemy
unseen and undetectable, and that,
therefore. she is an engine of warfare,
of terrible potency which the govern
mend must necessarily adopt into its
Service.' II.
Present Worthless System.
OF his personal observations he says;
Concerning the worse than worthless
ness of the present above water ror-
pedo system. its methods, theories and
appliances, the need for a deiiverance
from its absurditieS and from the fools
paradise of its false security, and in-
4 - g fa.I 4. 40
pedo system sue has the submarine
system, l have already reported under
date of Nov. II, 1898.
L would like to give further re@s ,'>s
why a submarine service should at
once be organized as matter of pub
lie necessity and security.
In the first place, we must concede
ference, the time has not yet arrived
for nations to disarm; on the contrary,
that nation which is not ready to fight.
that ceases to study war, that ceases TO
use the most frightful appliances when
war is made, has already placed itself
in a position of inferiority, and has
ceased to possess those valuable attri
butes which are well described in the
rerm manhood. 4
Must Own the Secret.
I'VE have distant dependencies, the
Philippines, Hawaii and the like VIII
an enemy seek to bring us to terms by
these? Perhaps so. But IL so.
the move would be q weak one, exceed
ingly weak. Let US not deceive our
selves. Any powerful nation would
not play at war after that fashion.
They would strike US in the vitals An
dash across the Atlantic
would bring their ships to Montauk
Point, where they would encounter the
American fleet, which, being destroyed
by force of numbers, the remainder of
the enemy's ships could pass on and an
chor in Long Island sound in perfect
security and very shortly Long Island
would become a foreign possession.
I'VE need right off and right now
fifty submarine torpedo vessels in
Long Island, sound to preserve the
peace and to give potency to our di-
plomacy.
1T seems to me quite necessity that
this government should not allow this
skill and knowledge of those owning
and running the Holland boat to pass
out Of its own hands from native TO
foreign lands, but should forestal such
a catastrophe by at once purchasing !
the Holland and putting the Holland
people under some ban whereby they
will be prevented from disclosing Sc
cretS to the disadvantage of the United
States