The National tribune., 1907-08-08

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| kept closed by sliding shutter, man.
aged on the inside, and removed only
| when the gun is run out to be fired. The
| gun-carriageS are of wrought iron. and
run on slides very accurately construct
! ed. The sighting of the guns We're de-
| signed not to be over their lines thru
| the portfolios, but four holes were
| pierced thru the turret at the hight oi
! the eye for telescopes, and just outside
| Of the holes refiectorS We're fixed. which
bent the ray of light coming in direc-
ton parallel with the guns thru the axis
of the telescope. In action, however
| the ordinary mode of sighting was
adopted. The turret was caused to re-
volve to the right or left by the move
| ment of small wheel which controls
! the action of the steam, and is turne
| by the gunner or his assistants. and u
scale is provideu Dy which the elevation
of the guns is also adjusted. When
| ready for firing the shutter Is triccd up
| by the gunner, the piece Is run out.
| fired and instantly returns by the recoil,
| Il friction clamp upon the sides of the
ways arresting it at any desired point
On this side of the turret is an add-
tional thickness of iron plating of abou,
| three inches. The pilot or wheel house.
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box formed of bars or beams of wrought
| iron, nine inches by II. interlocked at
| the corners and covered with heavy
| plating. Elongated horizontal aperturcs
may ais" be used ..s ."..i,i,.i.-s 10. ......,
kerry if desirable. IN the place of chin
| neys bomb-proof gratings are set in the
| deck, and thru: these t:,,- sranke of the
fires is driven out by the blowers. Low
| temporary chimneys are. however, pro-
vided. which are removed in time OF
action. The deck is entiely free of all
| membranes, and the men who work
The vessel and handle the guns are all
| entirely out of sight beneath the invul
| nerable plating. All access into the in
| terror is securely shut off, so that if tha
battery were boarded the men could not
| be reached and no harm could be done
| to the vessel itself. It's sharp and pow
| erful iron Prov will enable it to sink
with ease any wooden vessel it can
| reach, and its light draft allows of its
running into the shoai waters either for
offensive operations or to retire, if nee
essary, to distance from more power
| full vessels of deeper draft. Her COM
plement of men consists of 60 in ALL of
whom l are officers
building the Monitor.
There was a singular mechanical race
in the construction of these two mighty
| antagonists which were soon to meet
each other in an epochmaking strug-
gle. For the Merrimac the Confederates;
| had at their command not only the re-
| sources of the great Navy Yard at Nor
| folk, but also those of the Tredegar Iron
! Works at Richmond, then one of the
! leading factories in the country and the
| best in the South. They could concen-
| trate all their energies upon this work,
| while the much greater resources of the
North had to be scattered over the very
many vessels suddenly required
AS early as June 10 Lieut.. L. Brooke
was ordered to Richmond to prepare
he designs and specifications and he
| was given all the help that he required.
| Work was begun on the Merrimac al
| once and pushed with the utmost cner-
| gy, the Northern mechanics who had
| been employed at the Navy Yard bein-
| impressed TO labor until they could find
| m opportunity to escape.
The contract with Capt. Ericsson was
not completed until Oct >. He hasten
| ed at once to the Continental Iron
! Works of Greenpoint. Long Island, the
| prOprictOrs of which We're in thoro az
cord with his ideas. and gave him all
| possible assistance The mechanics were
organized into three shifts. which work
ed night and day, each being pushed TO
dhe limit during its eight hours. Tho
nearly every detail was new and had to
be specially provided for. such was
Ericsson's energy and determination
| that he had his vessel, the Monitor.
ready for launching Jan. 80. 1852, and
she was delivered at the Navy Yard for
4 trial tripa Feb. 19 Her behavior on
her first trip was very encouraging. al
tho many defects were developed which
had to be remedied. Her second trip
took place Feb. 25, when she proved 50
satisfactory that the Government put
her into commission, and a week later
she steamed down to Sandy Hook and
| tried for the first time her great 11-inch
Dahlgren guns.
Captain ANA Crew.
The next was to provide a proper
commander and crew. 1t was not easy
10 find among the naval officers COM
mander who had faith in the new inven-
ton and sufficient zeal to give il a siren
uous trial Happily the selection fell
upon First Lieut.. John Lorimer Warden
mo iliu previously commented himself
to the Administration by the courage
and tact with which he executed Il deli
cate mission to Pensacola in the Spring
of 1861. He was then arrested by Gen
Bragg and put into prison. but finally
released. Lieut.. Worden was born in
Westchester County, n. Y, 1918, and in
1895 entered the navy as Midshipman
He was a refined. scholarly man, much
given to study and writing.
1t required the greatest intrepidity to
volunteer for service in an untrTed craft
where the crew was fastened up in an
iron box that might be sent to the bot
tom at any moment, with no possibility
of one escaping. Many wiseacreS pre-
iicted that firing the guns would speed
i!y disable if not kill all the men in the
Jurret.
Worden was of that stuff, however.
that takes chances in any enterprise
that promises distinguished services.
Worden was 50 Interested in the matter
that he left sick bed in order to re-
port for duty Jan. 13. The other Off
GERS who volunteered to go with him
were: Lieut.. Samuel Dana Greene, Act
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