The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-21
NEW SUBMARINE BOATS
The Navy Department Win Construct
Large Number.
WARSRiPS WILL ALSO BE PROTECTED
Powerful Secondary Batteries win Be
Placed on the Bic Vessels to Destroy
the Submarine Terrors.
WARSHIPS WILL ALSO BE PROTEcTE


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is TO hij IT, some Of no oet3,o,t utu,H
pate Guarding against suhmarln" I,[ m "'nn
o5 swift moving surfacc torpedo 6oa,S
ram them whenever thry conn, to "i nmu
/ INgc
When was IN tbs harhor Of Chcrbur,
/ recently he continued III sn,v npn ~ ",
French submarine t"rn,an INV h, one OF me
around the hnrhor ana n,,nnrcnti, W,rtims
water ana ,vns vow. ~. very low IN the
yoa could not tcjl ,yhrrr " c WIZ III tact,
for little flag which rose ob" Dove" tho yNE snr
type of boat. as tbcr any,, ' .,,ittn e tfrnrh
tine greatest of care. / undcrstnT-d ~ WI,n
EYER, that II Is run bv storage batteries
the only suhmHrine hons ~, ~ Is ,iS !rt
commission is propelled by gasoiIHHo n aus , III
HqIrlacG ana storage batteries when run
board OF the Uoilnpd tbn a." rrNn'"S"h on +
i was Thought at first ii cane from on ga Hs,,
wa INmeN but the report Of Llcntcnart
g"ul""I states that the gasonuc tnnL
were entirely cmpty Mt the timr th o"' ax
PtiYC c l. Occurred SO that does away villa
Win 5 nroii,aa939 tae9ry The board Of nuuiry
,Jut pi"pqhF hNd out what caused tho *
m,aoH Lieutenant Caldwell THINKS II
N,lu.e from hydrogen gas generated nv ti,c
tornEc, batteries which had lust br",
cnargeo' and iCuited by a spark from, ~
prpe or CIGAR or something carried by IN"
ploslon r''o ooc VINO vas present when the cx
i pon,"" oJiIurtcn' There may have hrcu
tiaN aCcldents on the French toruC Ia
h az s rom similar causes, MS they arc RIM
be made rI,bi ut'' Oh course they would not
,orhn Az nuplc
bc so;d n ". submarine boat I ever saw"
u,hjch Mas nont called the pcacemaker
sherman and md so no N ,' York with General
lis motive power wos fHr pGtars ago to see,
a very high tomp neN men ncated the steam 20
tanks and discbarged II I'M 'i,n stored II IN
caustlc soda which ~ into jacket of
abled them 70 w nno H. got very hot and en-
again The bont ron nv oI S,eani over and over
as could see and made n n a,EAt' 50 iar
tuOes and whatever became or IL = di",P,uo
know At the present time cosoI, uou mot
crafts. as far as / know II W. wnn s1Inpln l
possible In those close nnert ~puI" ne I'M
S'""o9fg' c 0n account Of the heat
FOR u ,bo course f,a, It viii never be necessary
,iup,nnrlhe boats as France. az tho samo
France realizes that It is impossiSeS gfp o r.
TO compete with England In thn Nv, 'oI l. !
hattleShips aud cruisers and bas t tbor, ~
turned It's attention TO the develonmnnt ~,
h boo n'F Trs, type Of submarine torpedo
the channel entirely under water u" o ',I"ss
lhG} would probably have them rcaGv fn,.
Salnhg Immediately on tho declaration az .
Whr they expect to be able To- i"nnI,, %
fleet Of forty or fifty or more ~ ,i 1"ui'n a
sells and have them cross tho rhon,i We We, ,
IN ei the principal ports of England in very |,,
create among the English shinni,n Moulu "
imagined However, do not believe th"t 4
England naval operations ShOul,; n ,,a .,
war with France would he couInctad r. ~ y
the French coust Int Womb r, No." , mions (
take place in the West InJfes ~, Icy j
where The French arc, thereforo M I ClSc a
Ing thclr craft for offensive as we I MS 80. d
fcnsvc work" "''' "S We r
In discussing the means rmnIoro,, ,,,..,
marine boats Of locating nv eno,,, -! Hu,- II
mirdl OMEN said he undcrstood ,nS, ~ e
miral Bradford. who hnd mai, - "a III az, o
one Of the American subnorina bnot ~, ~ u
by means If a prism witch wos nin,a atni a
5hovc the surface OF the vGtcr h. r,,F"teu !,
the surrounding vessels ana otbcr ' nii ~ e.
very well, although some ,jIstr',n ",IJ3cih y
the surface "'io" "
"It Is impossible TO sec under tbn ,o,or, II
he snil. and do not thii't III, ~ N.Y. Hntet, =,
vented 10 0otcct the nrcsriies NJ s,i,,oort,, il
vessels Will work satisfaciorilv Y"m Don t"r n
u,t rtIi whether tho ulo,-cnt.i,t tr ,t ~ Nlu HI
IS from . submarine boat or from go,,' u
othcr hoat '' A''h' ii
There are prcnf MANY, ,,,o.4.- q
taken into consideration In connoc,ton =" Nh, ~
the equlpplna oC the ngrv WIN ,,Dn W!tn %
boats If We nrr ia bavc a ir =" Illutip' 4,
If thcso craft We MN bhyc i"r, Innoef y
keen Them ana rppst hoto ',1,,.t,,a ',a.G 70 lo
crcva They cam t,oi 20 ~, n,,t 'ln 'lei z