The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-16

States 49, ~ Aas, rs
In place of this board the law of
1912 established the following bureaus
to be attached to the nay department.
Navy yards and docks, construction,
Equipment and repairs provisions and
clothing. ordinance and photography
and medicine and surgery. The old
bureau OF construction equipment
and repair has since been divided as
follows: Construction and repairs
land equipment. For many years the
discontinued. It has but lately been
revived, having been separated from
the general storekeepers department.
j,rhe bureau of steam engineering. of
course, formed no part of the old navy
Organization, steam navigation then
being unknown
Navies have always played an i'm
Iportant part in making the history
lof the world. Lieutenant George f.
Emmons. u. S NJ, at the conclusion
of a compilation of United States
naval statistics. published in 1850,
under the authority of the navy de-
lpartment, has appended very lucid
historical and comparative narrative
lof the worlds naval progress.
History informs us that vessels
Iwere built, fleets organized and naval
battles fought for the supremacy of
empire six hundred years before our
Savior's advent upon EARTH" wrote
Emmons.
Vessels, however, at this early pc
Rod, and for thousand years that
followed, are represented as open
boats or unlocked vessels, varying
from one to so tons, the larger only
! fitted with a mast, yard and sail,
(which was used when the wind was
: fair; at the other times they, like the
smaller, were propelled by oars and
. Ipaddles: one of the latter usually
, Iserving in the place OF the modern
ruder to guide or steer the vessel.
Without going further back than
| our ancestors, who .peopled Albion,
, during the Anglo Saxon period, we
find that vessels. were then classed
r las Ships 'ceols.' 'hulks,' 'ases' and
I l'boats' which to the number or sew
/ leral thousands. sometimes constituted
Q Ithe navy of Great Britain. And as
Q Iearly as A. ID. S75. fleet was COM
, 'manded in person by King Alfred
D the. Sailor King, who led to victory
: against the Danes.
Z so early did Great Britain feel
D Iher supremacy upon the ocean (Which
to the present time she has enjoyed
n with but few checks) that Canute
n who was elected King by the fleet
s in 10f1. seated himself upon the sea.
s jshore and addressing the flowing tide
d with an air of authority. said Thou
@ 0 Sea, art subject to me ds Is the
G land on which l sit; nor is there any
II one therein who dares resist my com
lmands.
Likewise during the subsequent
s reign of King John, who is now.
e lDeiieve, regarded as the actual found
l. ler OF the British navy, issued a de-
# cree, which appears to have been con
J. hrmed by law. passed A. d. 12O,
l. enjoining every ship that met th,
+ Kings fleet at sea to lower her sails
. custom that has not entirely gon,
out OF fashion to this day.
l. During this period vessels wer,
e ciassed as Great Ships Long Ships,
e Gaueys,' Sornekcs.' 'Nascellas' O.
@ Navaculas. Passerettes.' Coos an,
d Barges.' And, although the larres
N OF these In the British navy has bu
], one mast, 1t appears that, but min
a years previous. King Richard. whil
d at the head OF his feet, and crossin,
e the Mediterranean to Palestine. en-
l. couhtered, captured and sunk a rarg
n turkish ship of three masts. who's
= enormous dimensions very much ex
n cited the wonder and admiration n
l. the English, some of whom called he
" u Droman and others 'Buss an,
J. all agreed that she was not only
l. marvellous ship but the Queen q
le Iohips. And inasmuch as she Is rem
resented TO have had on board 15O
is Souls, she must have appeared neare
7 10 the size of modern built shin
q than any that We're constructed i,
If england for many years subsequent
a The varied changes that have sine
a taken place in the size. construction
II lris and classification vessels. IL
p mot intended here to discuss nor OK
4 empiify. Suffice 1t to say, that from
4. fhe period last mentioned on to IN
:" present. ships have gone on increas 9
'. ing In size and perfection their bat
l. leries, or numbers and caliber q
l. iheir guns, keeping pace with thej
- increased dimensions, and their mod
els varying to suit the preyaiIin,
'' opinion OF the age. until, by way Q
II lcomparison. line of battleship a
. ne present day may be regarded a
superior In force to any of the ancien
Il fleets
Il And yet 1t would be presumptlo,
IN any OF the present generation I,
$ suppose that we have yet arrived a
anything like perfection In the art O
). shipbuilding; for 1t will hardly b
questioned. that. during the compare
l. lively brief period embraced in thi
n compilation. in which we claim b
nave had navy. the greatest change
In shipbailding have been witnessed
while those who regard steam powe