The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-01

To discover that the whole" OF tho
Colombian navy consisted of just one
ship. and that she did not have any
Superlmrosed turrcts.
Both of these stories were heartily
laughed over when related at the navy
yard In brooklyn the other day, aud
the question of infant navies was dis
Cusscd. r. H. not long since an un-
patriotic beach comb"r PVT lien on
the navy of Paraguay. Paraguay has
an area ~ $3.50 scuar" miles. a popu-
lation of several millions, and its navy
consists of one gunbuat. Several
steam launches built in northern
waters mako a practice of following
this guuboat around 10 tow her of
when she gets aground or To prevent
the rebels from lifting her out of tho
water and carrying her bodily to the
woods.
Us insignihcant as th, navy of Par
nguiy iS that of Persia is - Snad" IN
frrior. Instead of having several
steam launches 20 dance attcndauc" ON
the PorscpoliS. ia" 'squadron,' Pcr-
ain has but one launch.
Considering her Seabusrd territory,
colombia has tiny navy Indeed. Th"
republic represents 5li,,S1 square
miles. ana population of over 1000
600 Tho sinuositics or the coast civ"
about 400 miles on the Atlantic amy
TOO on the Pacific ocean. It's navy for
| The most part consists of q sectional
gunboat that was bull, at Perth Am-
hoy. y. j.. la 1895. and sent down q"
th" coast in sections
Costa pica. which has always J. on
aycrsc To fighting with he" iIrScr
uoighhors. Nicaragua and Honduras,
| has, like thom water nont on both
| the Caribbean sea ana the Pacific
| ocean. Yet this country has but one
| iorp"dC-hoat as q navy, @nd SE. i2
| rut SiNty-two feet IN l,ngth. \ tor
podo- boat in this instance Is IS Guo|
as the armed ttcot' or Europe. fer
neither Honduras. Guatemala, nor
| Nicaragua has any ''navy' at alh Tho
| once wealthy and populcdH Aztec stat"
| called San Salvador has . 'Eavy' of
| its own. ami this LdNy is cightN-siN
| feet long ana bears the good old nam"
| Of CuScatlnu This vessel was built in
| san Francisco, aud when taken So
| riouslN has q displacement of !"N'ntN-
| five tons and triple expansion engines.
| When compared with her ncNt-duor
| ncghbur. colombia, tho rtpubllc oi Ec-
| rador is a lnenaCc TO that portion of
| the Pacific. Not only has hcuador a
| transport of iron in the thaihuin. but
she has also Il sloop &C war of six
| guns. with p CreV Of ia ana two
| Gun1oaiS.
rcru toWcis away above buth Eoua-
Cor and colombia in the matter of a
navy. having several fairly good 'ruis-
G.. one. the Santa Rosa, huruS prtro-
| !eIml. As Peru stands shoulders above
| both Ecuador ana Colombia Ii th"
matter Of a navy. 50 does chile Soa"
nhnVr PERU IN the same respect, Either
the Captain Brat, of French ounstruc-
ton: the Almirantc tpchrauc, or the
rsmcraldd. the last two 90 English
build. iS able to wipe ont the best
norton Of the entire mavicS of South
America. except. Of course. The Ar
gcntinc isepublio ana HraHtl. chill
possibly, did not consider it worth
while to take the cruise Eimac back
when PERU captured her, ror th" same
yoal. in which she lost thpt vessel she
took as prize. from PnrG the lIuaecar
and the pilComayo. both Of which were
built at Pirkcnhrad
Santn Domingo has . navy consist
inc Of several ounbulis, one of th'
I;c.tarracion. quite NEW and from
Glasgow. with min" guns. and the
utnn,. The IndcpcndCn ncia, with s"Nr'
1uiCk-!iIing guns o1i twin screws
| Haiti has u more tOrplidab, lcri, al
being "uuoootS. however, and two. th'
crete n pierot and taHuiS 1T Mort, "h
'Clute)y new
M"Nico has but one 'iHis"r. the Haf
a-;oaa. which they sa1 is fondrr I"
iand than snc is Of Nal"l. lihcrin
| with GOO miles of water front. has bu
tN,O gluboais, tho 'iOrronomah an'
the Rucktnwn. but aoNo others ar
huillne bulgaria, tn ''yrumhliug OF
or the northern cd~" of the d'caNin'
Turkish empire" as It historian One
/ put it, has very small navy. const'
crlng her possessions on tn" Danuh
!, river and along the l3lacl; sea. Koroi
! has only three ships as a. navy. an
they are practically unaImed.
dynamite johnny OBricn Ia
: "male" more navtcs than any modcr
T. rlcrlancc Of the sea. lie on" threat
cned 20 subdue Venezuela with an ol
rcrryboat that h. "chartcrrd" frol
u sound junk yard.