The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-13
NAVY INTERESTS POWERS
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS HI VE
ATTRACTED ATTENTION.

Here by France and Other Nations
VIII Send Naval Observers to Watch
and Learn Our Methods With Wow
to Adopting Our improvements.
Washington, March 12.-Lieutenant
DeFaramond of the French navy, re-
Gently arrived here in company with
the French ambassador, M. Cambon,
to become naval attache Of the French
embassy. Lieutenant DeFaramond has
had wide experience as naval OBJ
server, following the Japanese and Chi
nese vessels through the China-Japan
war and now coming here to study
American naval methods. Speaking of
the American navy to-day, Lieutenant
DeFaramond said
1.-THE American navy has attracted
world wide attention within the last
year. and this is leading European
countries to send naval attaches to
Washingto n. This will be the first
time that the French government has
had a naval attache with the embassy,
A German naval officer is coming to the
/ German embassy, and other countries
! doubtless will follow in the same line.
| Since the Spanish-American war this
country affords splendid facilities for
| I,n Grct tnet
of modern fighting vessels, and naval
science must draw it's conclusions
accomplished during the war with
Spain. think it is universally con-
ceded in Europe that the American
navy made a splendid record, not only
in general way, but in technical mat
tsrs of naval detail. 1t demonstrated
the effectiveness of the rapid fire gun
of the medium calibre, rather than the
larger guns. 1t also seemed to show
that the power of a navy is more in it's
weapons of attack ard offense it's ca
pability of giving blows, rather than in
sisting blows.
I'VE in France were quite aware of
the growing power of the American
navy, even before the recent war. Our
chief naval constructor, M. Bertin,
came to this country prior to the war
and made a tour of your dock yards,
arsenas, etc. On his return he made
an official report showing the great
improvements the American naval con-
structors had brought about, particu-
larly in the arrangement of bukheads
and the distribution of armor. We
also know your American armor, and
are using the Harveyized American
process, which has been found entirely
satisfactory thus far"
Lieutenant DeFaramound says for
eign naval observers are not only in
terested in the results of the war, but
are also observing the large amount of
naval construction now in progress in
the United States, and the naval inn
provement it involves From Italian
naval statistics he shows that the
United States is to-day reckoned sec
ond among the great powers in point of
warships under construction This
tonnage by countries is as follows:
Great Britain, 153,132 tons; United
States, 56,425; Japan, 1880; Russia,
29040; France, 25,66S; Germany, 49,
545; Italy 2,972
AN interesting line of inquiry. said |
Lieutenant De Paramount 'is as to |
why you are building so many heavy
ships ironclads as we call them, as [
against the lighter, swifter cruiser. The |
ironclad Is essentially home ship and |
is not fitted, owing to her bulk and lack
of coal capacity, for crossing the ocean
or for long cruises. The French navy
has in commission four ironclads on |
the Mediterranean and eight In the
northern squadron. But they are pure
ly defense vessels and never leave the
home ports. The performance of your
oregon in running 49,, 900 miles
around South America was remarkable
for that reason, and her present trip
across the Pacific is equally remarkable.
But judged by the usual naval stand
ards, an armored cruiser would have
been much better equipped for these
long voyages. She has the speed, the
coal and at the same time sufficient ar
NOR to make her defensive powers al
most equal to those Of the ironclad."
The lieutenant says that France has
gone further in adopting the torpedo
boat as an effective naval weapon than
any other country. She has in all some
ESQ torpedo boats, some very swift.
De Faramond says that he
thinks the adoption of the water-tube
boilers in American ships will be a fur
her improvement and will make them
much more effective for long cruising.
This class of boilers, he says, has been
adopted by the British admiralty for
he powerful, terrible ships of that class
and quite generally by the naval au-
.horities Of France, Russia, Japan
chilli, Argentina and Italy. M. Viaud
naval constructor of the French navy,
s at present in Washington on an un-
,ficial mission and will confer with our
naval constructors on this new method
# boiler construction.
"Admiral Dewey Is generally reccs- i
lized abroad as entitled to rank as one ,
# the great naval commanders" said
Lieutenant De Faramond. Such a
nan does honor to the naval fraternity |
he world over" I
Lightning Killed Him.