Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-01

have seen, has been able to do. j have
examined this table by the light of all
the figures which l have gained from
the reports from the Department itself,
and it is much more exhaustive than
anything that I have been able other
wise to procure.
MR.. GALLINGER. Mr.. President
The PRESIDENT pro tempOre. Does
the Senator from Maine yield to the
Senator from New Hampshire?
Mr.. HALE. Certainly.
Mr.. GALLINGER. ! will ask the
Senator from Maine if he has any OBJ
lection to asking that, in addition to its
going into the Record, that table shall
be printed as n Senate document?
Mr.. HALE. That is in the line of my
suggestion.
Mr.. GALLINGER. I have examined
it very carefully. 1t would be docu-
| ment that doubtless would be called
| for and it would be very convenient to
be able to furnish it in that form.
Mr.. HALE / am glad the Senator,
who is a prominent member of the Ma
val Committee, agrees that it is n very
valuable table.
Mr.. CHALLENGER. 1t is indeed.
| Mr.. HALE. This writer has n sum-
mary of all vessels already built and
now i'm the Navy. going completely IN
to the subject. He gives in the table
the name of each vessel.
! Tho tonnage of all these different
lasscs ut present in the Navy is o3l,-
| Sc tons. In addition to that is the
| tatement of vessels building and au-
| horiZed, to which ! have referred. and
| If which | will give the tables i'll detail
I md those amount to 349,431 tons, with
| IN aggregate of cur Navy, when the
| present building is completed, of $751;
| IL tons, with the immense horse power
| IF 1.24S.3SG and requiring a force OF
sailors, seamen, and petty officers OF
| 1881 men when the present programme
| s carried out AS to the vessels now
| building and authorized
Mr.. GALLINGER. Will the Senator
| permit ne?
| Mr.. HALE Certainly
| Mr.. GALIINGER. think 1t is I'M
| ,ortant in this connection to state that
| his table shows that in the matter OF
| tonnage the United States today stands
| third among the nations Of the word.
think that is correct.
| Mr. HALE. 1t is, undoubtedly.
| shall have some further figures to pre-
| sent or the question Of tonnage.
| Mr.. CLAY. 1 should like to ask the
| Senator does he mean to say that we
| stand third in tonnage now, compared
with the other powers of the world, or
! hat we shall stand third when the ships
provided for are constructed.
| Mr.. HALE. We stand third at pres
ant.
| Mr. CLAY. England first, France
second, and is not Germany now ahead
Of us in tonnage?
| Mr. HALE. No: not including the
f, small ships in our navy-those under
| 1000 tons.
Mr. GALLTNGER. Not according TO
| the figures in these tables, l will say
| to the Senator from Georgia.
Mr. CLAY. I thought that Germany
| was ahead of us, not taking into con-
| sideratiOn the ships We have in process
| Of construction: hut taking into con-
| sideration the ships now under process
Of construction, then we would be ahead
| OF Germany.
| Mr. HALE, I have tables which will
show where the Senator gets his idea
| oil Germany DtiiiS pl uS, Niii>i'
| | shall come to presently.
| Mr. GALLINGER. That has been.
will say. the general opinion: indeed.
it was the opinion ] myself had until.
from Il careful analysis of this table.
found. if this gentleman is correct.
that we stand ahead of Germany; that
we stand third today.
| Mr. CLAY. ] got my information
from the report Of the House COM
mittee.
Mr.. PROCTOR. May I ask a ques-
ton?
| Mr. HALE Certainly; have no set
speech that questions will interrupt.
an only giving the figures. and shall
be glad if Senators will ask me ques-
| tons.
| Mr. PROCTOR. On the question Of
| the relative force of our Navy compar-
| cd with that of other nations | should
| like to ask if the Senator can tell what
| it was at the beginning of the Spanish