The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
HERO OF THE MAINE'
Capt. Chas. D. sigsbee Is Now an
Honored Guest in Min
neapolis.
He Will Greet Old Comrades Socially
! y 81 and Will Lecture To-mor-
row Night.

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Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, late COM
nlander OF the Maine and the st. Paul
and soon to be himself an admiral, ar
rived in Minneapolis this morning. He
is at the Minneapolis club. He will be
entertained there, at the Commercial
club, and by the. Grand Army Of the Re-
public Friday he will go to st. Paul,
where he. was elaborately welcomed few
years ago as the former captain OF the |
SANITY eruisef.- He will then return to +
Washington accompanied by E.. r. john
stone of New York. =!
81 Captain Sigsbee took breakfast this |
morning at the Minneapolis club with E..
f. Johnstone, E.. s. Woodworth and J.
F. r: Foss. At noon the captain re-
ceived members of the Commercial club
and their friends in the parlors Of that
| club. AT j., 'cloelxs he lunched with
President A. c. Paul Of the Commercial
| club, Mayor j.. G. Haynes Judge Ell Tor
rance, former commander-in-c chief of the
IG. A. R., Commander G. E. Faulkner Of
Rawlns post, G. A. F., and the follow
/ ing gentlemen E. R. tombstone, DR.. c.
NJ. Jordan, D.. M Chute, j. c.. Eliel,
Major r. r. Henderson, J.. S. McLain.
4 Robert Pratt, j. F. r. Foss, John Leslie,
W. Y. Chute, Henry Deutsch. T. W. Stew
enson, James Gray, H. s. Jenkins and F.
| r. Salisbury. r. ... ~ ~. ~ . . |
At 6 o'clock this evening Captain Sigs-
| bee will dine at the residence of E. s.
Woodworth, III Linden avenue. The
guests will be Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Law,
| DR.. and Mrs. A. A. Law, r. r. Johnstone,
/ w. S. Woodwork and r. P. Woodworth.
l Tonight Captain Sigsbee will hear the
cheers of John A. Rawlins post, G. "A. z.
at a camp fire to be given in the post
hall, Masonic Temple. It is on the invi-
tation Of Rawlins post and of its citizens
staff, that Captain Sigsbee has come to
this city.
Al Interesting Lecture.
Tomorrow night the captain will de-
entitled "a Sailors View of Storms at
Sea- Altho Captain sigsbee is not a pro-
fessional lecturer, he has witnessed an
uncommon number of West Indian cy-
clones, Chinese typhoons, Atlantic hurrl-
canes and other furious STRINGS Of the
salty wave. His scientific knowledge of
sea storms, moreover, is widely recog-
nized. He will illustrate his narrative
with realistic views. - :. - ~ .
Three boards in the navy departm ent
now claim the services Of Captain S1gs-
bee. With Admiral Dewey and other en-
. inent officers, he is a member Of the gen
eral board. He belongs to the construc-
, ton board and he. is chief of the intelli-
r gence board as well. May 1 he will be
: transferred from this departmental sta
ton to the command of the League Island
: navy yard at Philadelphia. .- = - *
2fi -. IN
t ImiraI George c.. Remey will retire, and
probably before, Captain Sigsbee, now
t heading the list of captains, will be pro
8 NOTED to be rear admiral.
II AS A. member of the board Of construc-
$ ton, Captain Sigsbee joined In the de-
), signing of the new battleshfp Minnesota
D which, he says will be "a better ano
more formidable battleship than any now
: afoat." *, ,..' u.s.. /
- @S7t a Floating Fortress. -" ~.
y ..she will have a more powerful arma,
7 ment than the biggest battlesh1p now II
e the British navy said the captain. sne
o will carry four 12-inch guns. eight 8-1ncf
+ guns and twelve 7-inch guns In her mail
d battery; twenty 3-inch, twelve S-pount
:, and seven 1-pound guns In her secondary
lbattery. She will also have two gatlnt
t guns. six automatic Colts and two S-1ncf
q shield guns. Along the water line sne
|. will have 9-inch armor, taperlng TO
e thinner plate at the end. Over the bat
d terv, the armor will be e7-inch. At ful
p load her displacement will be IL, 400 tons
a Her speed will be eighteen knots. sh'
e will cost S7,5o0, 900, or about half as mucl
o again as the big Oregon. ~;
" CONSTRUCTION of the Minnesota will be-
a gin in 9, few months. She's to be com
6 nleted according to contract, in three
II years and six months. In the past ou
y vessels have seldom been finished ON time
but we expect that there will be no deiay
hereafter. 49, ID. IN,
Eyes, the Minnesota will be worth!
successor of the old wooden Warshlp o
the same name. Even the old Minnesot;
5, was a splendid vessel in her time. Sh
marked an important advance in naVa
construction, and her model was COPIED o.
all the great sea powers Of the world"
n New Naval Ideas. :,....- !
; In the board Of construction =. Captain
is Sigsbee has also been confronted. fror
time to- time, with propositions for ne1
a types of sea Observation-Disclosures h
le said this morning, "that were warrants
it to do away entirely with the battleshiI
g but none Of these substitutes have bee
l. able to stand radical tests.
10 II think there can be no truth In the re
) port that the French naval authorize
le have concluded to depend hereafter upo
l. submarine instead Of battleships Sub
8. marines, including those that will maneu
q yer wholly under water and those partl
le submerged, are certainly a promisin
lg type. They are much more effective tina
rs they were. But even as improved, the
n, are less useful than torpedo boats and a
al these vessels-submarines torpedo boat
rams and the like--are merely vessels {
q opportunity. In harbors, near a coast. an
in other limited spheres of action, the