Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24

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system. sweden - following the
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al our enorts on entirely new ships.
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experimental. and have now n much
superior projectile. The great powers
some years since established pigeon
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large sums in breeding and trimming
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ttons from ships OF war TO the naval
centres ashore; the British Admiralty
hesitated. at hast established three
lofts. and now It is evident that wire.
less telegraphy Will supplant the
winged messengers OF war.
These are examples Of the disordered |
state OF naval opinion a. II appearx to |
any one who attempts TO get bifd's.l
eye view OF the tendency Of construc- |
ION and equipment in the arsenals of |
The world. Some of the powers are |
10 perfect flying machine. |
which win bring aerial warfare within
he realms Of possibility: others are
'elying on the feasibility Of carrying
enCrAtgSy R.~uoath Hk>
Saves. There are persons again-and
imong them one Of the most skiiful
laval constructors under the Nd
believe that In the near
uture a complete revolution In the
means OF naval warfare may be wit
'essed. They look TO the marsfalling
4 shipS IN something OF the same or
Ter as land forces. In their dream
hey see squadrons afioat correspond
ng 10 an army division on land. and
omprtstng the three arms. infantry.
rtiiierv and mounted troops. The bat.
leships VIII be heavily armored and
'iI carry big guns. but no tofpedOess
nc cruisers. built to scout. will have
ghter guns. but Will be alto without
orpedoes. and. lastly. torpedo craft
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!, ,.u'e ot warfare on tue nien seas!
ehoh' ana even MS successors as late
the sixties. would hare laughed to
,orn a forecast of the w-orld's fleets !
'nstituted as they are today. The
'ahsiorniauon mas peen erected IN
'fty years WOOD mas given place to
on ana iron 10 steei. ana steel N
ow largely disappearing in favor Of
rinor- sails were used In co-opera-
on with steam with reluctance.
men Queen Victoria ascended the
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