The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-07
Sea Fighters
Are Coming

ROADS WILL FLOAT THE ma
vtEs or THE WORLD
DURING THE JAMES
TOWN EssPosis
riokls On 800!
SslRE I. Isiiy I'lans for.
display ever zen.
ssilIs he perfe ctesl In q few iay when
ear Admiral IirnelI I4artin gton'
con with tla Navy Dep1 fttnent fl
regard 10. the avail prog ariIne for
the Jamest own 'Ten.C Centennial Elk.
position, to he held on the shore Of
Hampton Roads, near Norfolk. il
+190T Admiral Harrington relins
9quished his duties as commandant Of
the Norfolls Navy ard on Saturday
JnlY 7th. It IS his purpose to- go to
Washing ton and talk the ma tier over
with the authortties and after his
plans have been d eanitely acted upon,
ne willSmake his adguarters in Nor
folk ana give all his time TO making
the naval display 4 success.
Hardly single nation has failed.
TO give hearty assurances that II will
participate In making the three hun
dredth anniversary Of the nations
birth memorable: Never before have
there been so many splendid specis
ments Of naval architecture aaoat as
today and; without any doubt, the as
gregatfon 4 Of fighting strength mar
shalled under the eyes Of Admiral
Harrington on the Jamestogn Expo.
sition viii snrpass anything Of the
kind ever gathered I'm one place. No
more appropriate place than Hamp:
ton Roads could be chosen for q ma
val pageant. recalling as It does sea
lights and fighters of every era of the
nations history, from the days Of John
Paul Jones. Count Charles Hector.
DEstaing, and Count Joseph Paul De
Grasse, OF Stewart, Preble, Truxtum.
Decatur and down to the time when
the Monitor and Merrimac fought out
on these very waters a battle which
changed the naval architecture Of the
world from wooden walls to the fine
steel hu1led ships of today
The vessels that will ride the wa
tiers Of Hampton Roads next year will
be rivals of the earthquake and the
:yalcona in their capacity for destruc!
tton. They can be fifty compared with
nothing else. Any one of the great
battle ships. or armored cruisers
which viii be seen at Jamestown could
easily supply power from its engines
for all uses in a city of several thou
sands inhabitants.
Probably the greatest ship in the
line will be the British ship-Dread-
naught-just being finished. This yes
sel is rated by naval experts as be-
ing equal to any two battleships in ex-
istence, armed as she is with eight
ltYelve-lneh rifles. She is OF eighteen
Thousand tons displacement and has
speed equal to any armored cruisers.
It is expected thnt Great Britain will
send types OF every craft in her navy
TO the jamestown Celebration, from
the great Dreadnaught to the tiny
Isnubnosed, tishltke submarine.
France has a fine array OF battle
ships and armored cruisers under the
chief command of Admiral Fourier.
Among the battleships are the Charles
Martel, Jaurgutberry, Condo, and the.
splendid new 10000 ton ship, Repub-
lique.
Among her armored cruisers are the
Ernest Renan, Jules Miche1et, suf-
fren and Leon Gambetta. The French
naval architects are considered among
the best in the world and the yes
sells they have built have been copied,
In many features, by architects Of all
other navies. The French designers,
however, surpass all others in the con-
struetion OF submarine boats, Of which.
class the French navy has a large
number and many types.
The Imperial German Navy, which
Admiral Won Rooster rules. is divided
into two fleets always kept near the
German coast. 1t has some fine ships
OF the types OF the Wtttelsbach,
Brand hbusg, Woerth and Kaiserin
Augusta. Tthese vessels range in size
from Is, 900 to $4,000 tons. This linn
II, following the lead of Great Britain,
has been recently raised to $4,000
tons.
The head of the Italian navy Is Adj
mirai Prince Thomas OF Savoy Duke
of Genoa. a relative OF the King Of
italy. Italy has many fine ships that
have been built under the directions
Of Colonel Cuniberti, the Italian de-
signer. Among them are the Bene.
Delta Brtn, Regina Margherita, Attond.