The San Francisco call., 1904-07-25

highest number of hits made by any
13-inch gun of the Oregon was five,
while the Wisconsin's best score was
nine hits. The value of the Oregon S
hiring with 13-inch guns is therefore de-
termined by multiplying all the hits she
made by 100 and dividing the result by
i've, the best score of the best pointer
The Winconsin's final result is arrived
at by the same process, the divisor
the latter case being nine In a sim
llar manner all other guns of whatever
canpef are compared with each other
put III 10 case are guns of different
bore or types thus compared Every
oHlcer and man therefore realizes that
no matter what the type of gun he
mas TO fire they may by excellent work
win the trophy of their class.
The trophies for excellence in gum
merry are Of bronze and the designs ex-
ecuted in low relief. The trophy won
by the Oregon represents a battleship
IN an ordinary sea, stcaming with a
! bone in her teeth and she is firing
| from an after gun of her starboard
secondary battery Another battleship
IS on her port bow. The trophy won
by the Paul Jones represents a tor
pedo-boat destroyer steaming along in
heavy sea. These trophies will be
located in conspicuous place on
board the respective vessels and re-
main in their possession until the first
following annual record target prac-
tice, when the trophy may go to some
other ship having a higher percentage
of efficiency
The dimensions and other principaf
data of the three scout cruisers to be
built for the United States navy have
been decided. They are to be 420 feet
in length, A feet beam and displacing
! : Fo@ 4
full load of 1000 tons of coal sufficient
for a steaming radius of 5000 miles.
These vessels will be marked improve
ments on the British scouts of the Ad-
venture and Sentinel class, of which
eight are being built On a full load
displacement, varying from S015 TO 1920
tons, they carry only $50 to 470 tons of
coal Their horsepower under full
speed Of twenty-five knots is calculated
at 16,0O0 at which thirteen tons of coal
would be required for one hours run,
and this would exhaust the supply of
40 tons in about thirty-six hours. The
American scouts carrying 1000 tons of
coal and assuming a horsepower Of
10000 would have sufficient fuel for
sixty-two hours at a gait of twenty
FIVE knots an hour.
SPEED OF THE MONMOUTH.
The British arlnored cruiser Mon
mouth, $500 tons, $4,000 horsepower, and
designed for twenty three knots trial
speed, is the last of the nine cruisers
OF the Kent class to be completed
She has been in commission about
three months and arrived at Devon
port July from Gibraltar, having
made the trip of 1900 miles in fifty-
three and one-half hours. This is an
average of 2243 knots an hour. a sus-
tanned sea speed much higher than
her designers hoped for, and nearly up
to the trial run of eight hours than
the ship averaged 22.5S knots with
22,lSS horsepower. The hull and ma
eblnery were built by the London and
Glasgow Shipbuilding Company, Glas-
cow, and the boilers are of the Belle
VILE type.
The question as to the efficiency of
the French navy under the manage
ment OF M. Pelletan has reached an
acute stage in the French Parliament.
AT recent meeting of the extra Par
liamentary Commission of Inquiry into
the administration of the Naval De-
partment M. Lockroy, former Minister
OF Marine, stated that the Mediterra-
mean squadron, which in 1899 was COM
posed OF thirty-six ships, had now only
! twenty-three. The condition Of the