The San Francisco call., 1903-01-05

- LIVAN is not yet out of trouble.
He has been in disfavor since 1892,
in which year. while serving on
the Mohican in Bering Sea, he expressed
the opinion in a Seattle newspaper that
"the United States did not have the
: shadow of a right to declare Bering Sea
a closed sea" He was given six
months vacation on furlough pay for
his indiscretion One year later, when
ordered to the Independence, an alleged
shortage was discovered in his accounts
of the Mohican. and "a court tmartial rec
commended his dismissal. He was dis
missed February l, 1884. but Senators Nc
MILAN and Perkins secured his reinstate-
ment June 10. 1899. Notwithstanding Wig
orous protests from members of the pay
corps. In June of 1902. Sullivan came up
fer promotion to pay inspector, but the
examining board found him mentally,
physically and morally untitled Or
dinarily the next step would be- TO drop
the officer from the list with one years
pay, but Sullivan's influence was strong
CROUCH to cause the President TO ap-
point another board to determine his
claim for retirement This board has re
ported him mentally and physically
sound and therefore not entitled to re-
tirement. The case is a hard one for
the Navy Department. 1t does not want
Kim in the service, and he cannot be re
tired Another board will probably be
appointed TO review Sullivan's case. Some
years ago Pay Inspector John II. Steven
son caused the department some annoy
ance through his talkativeness, with the
result that he was not recommended Tor
promotion. A long fight ensued at the
conclusion of which Stevenson was forced
to go on the retired list
The keel for the battleship Louisi-
ana will be laid about February ! at the
Newport News shlpyard, and the armored
cruisers Maryland and West Virginia
are to be launched in May, probably on the
same day. The battleship Missouri is to
have her builders trial before July. and
may be turned over to the navy at the
ciose OF the year. Improvements are al
ready going forward at this yard. and
it is expected that great efforts Will be
made 10 make record with the Louisiana
and excel that of the New York navy
yard. where rapid progress is being made
on the Connecticut sister ship to the
Missouri.
The four new scouts" building for the
British navy Will have displacements
3 ranging between 2SOO and 5000 tons. with a
speed of twenty-five knots under 1900
horsepower and a cruising radius of 5000
miles at ten knots speed Their armament
will consist of ten twelve Founders. The
prominent lighthouses on the British
coast and are as follows: Eddystone,
Fastnet Inskeith and Nores.
A large basin is to be built at Chatham
making four basins in which ships can
lie at all stages of water. drydock of
go to 700 feet in length is also to be built
The basin now under construction will
be ready for use by April.
The two latest armored cruisers to be
built for the British navy, named the
Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Con-
naught. will be of $500 tons displacement,
479 feet in length and 73 feet 10 inches
/ BEAM The engines of 24.0O0 horsepower.
are calculated to drive the ships at sea
! speed of twenty-five knots. The Ameri-
can armored cruisers Tennessee and
/ Washington, which are similar to the
British ships but more heavily armed,
OF l4.500 tons displacement, 502 feet in
length and Y feet l0Is inches beam. Their
speed. notwithstanding finer lines. is
/ handicapped by smaller horsepower than
the British ships and is not expected TO
! exceed twenty-one knots at sea.
The armored cruiser Cumberland was
launched December 16 at the yard of the
London and Glasgow Company Gowan
Scotland. She is one of ten county cruis-
ers known the Monmouth class, and
is of $500 tons 1900 horsepower and a
calculated speed of twenty three knots
The cruisers of this class were laid down
In ISul and all hut one have been launched.
/ There are grave fears that they will not
/ come up TO the anticipated speed within
one knot owing to insufficient length. The
aggregate cost OF these ten ships is about
S3s. .O00. eco.
a recent Parliamentary return gives the
cost Of repairs made to boilers I'm shius
OF the British navy. The list includes
fifty vessels fitted with Scotch boilers and
thirty-three with water tube boilers
twenty-five of the latter being of the
I Pelleville type. The service in commits
I sion of the Scotch boilers ranges from
/ nine years five months to one year nine
months, while the water tube boilers have
! records extending from five years two
months down to one month The show
ing made for the latter boilers is decid-
! edly bad as compared with the old Scotch
type. and some ships have had their
Belleville boilers removed after one years
/ service. The worst cases are those of the
Europa, from which. after an expenditure
/ of $122. .S15 on repairs in one year the boil
I ers have been removed The Hermes after
one cruise is likewise getting a new set
/ OF boilers. The repairs to the Powerf1l's
1 bcilers during three years commission
/ averaged $12 per 100 horsepower Der an
/ mum, whereas the Scotch boilers on hoard
the Barfleur averaged only 81 per annum
! per 100 horsepower during a service of
| seven years
Inc sudden close or the extra session of
/ the French Chamber is said to be due To
I the fear of an investigation in relation
/ to the disappearance of secret docurnen
and plans from the Navy Department
! The Eclair asserts that the plans given TO
/ foreign Government were those of the
submarines. The affair dates back eight
/ cen NOTWITHSTANDING the time of the Wal
deck-Rousseau Cabinet-and the discovery
( OF this act of treason caused a temporary
/ suspension of SubmersibIes unti, Dev,
plans could be perfected.
| Recently built French torpa6n-hoats an