The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-30
NEXT TO ENGLAND
STATES SECOND
NAVAL POWER NOW.
France Is Third, Germany Fourth and
Japan Ffth-Personnel Behind
These Nations.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S~o.-According
to the nava yearbook. compiled by
Pitnan Pulsifer. secretary to the SEN
ate Committee on Naval Affairs. the
United States is now the second in
strength on the high seas of all the
world powers. Great Britain exceeds
the United States in fighting forces
afioat. according to this column.
To attain this position the United
States, during the t~wenty-four years
which have elapsed since the building
of the modern ANY began, has expend-
ed 1909, 1853, 100. or an average of nearly
3d. 00,0 900 a yea This includes the
cost of ships already commissioned and
those which are now under construc-
ton.
Among the powers France, which for
a long time has held second place, is
now rated as third. Germany fourth
and Japan fifth.
In the list which Mr.. Pulsifer gives
for comparison. the United States has
20 battleships of more thar 10000 tons
displacement. while Japan has only 10;
the United States has II coast-defense
vessels, Japan 3; the United States Is
armored cruisers and Japan IL.
In the cost of battleships the Con-
n%ecticut n the Kansas lead the others,
the former costing, according to Mr..
Pulsifier, $7,667, 606 and the Kansas
$7,07114S. Another table which he pre-
sents shows the cos of maintenance
of each type of warship, the average
figures being: Battleship $685., 5s7, ar
mored cruiser 1851 protected cruis-
er s5S3,002, gunboat $115.5 S5. torpedo
boat destroyer $77,354, torpedo boat $751;
$50, submarine $26,454.
The personnel of the American navy,
according to the book, falls below in
numbers the personnel of England,
France, Germany M Japan.
The appropriation for the naval es-
Establishment in 1885 was $14, $50, 472,
while for the current year the amount
was $98,95S, sos. The largest a%ppropria-
ton for a single year was in 1906, when
the amount was $102, 091, $40.
The total appropriations from 1886 to
1907, inclusive, for the naval establish
Non were 81, 092, 500, 977. The number
OF petty officers and enlisted men in
1885 was $3.50 and in 1907 it was 3S, 800,
The tables which Mr.. Pulsifer has
prepared show the following with re-
spect to the naval strength of the pow
ers: Great Britain, Sc batt1eships, s21,
800 tons; United States, 20 battleships,
with 406,1 tonnage; France, 81 battle
ships. with 36S, 461 tonnage; Germany, rs
~battleships, with 35S, 461 tonnage; Japan,
IL battleships, with 1911, 49S tonnage.
The total tonnage of all fighting ves-
sells of these nations is given as Great
Britain, 1881, $40; United States, nj, 1853;
France, S36,112; Germany, $50, 1872;
Japan, 451, 1920.
The total number of ships in the
English navy is given as 454, in the
United States navy 1853, in the French
navy sos, in the German navy 30, In
the Japanese navy 1874.
1t will thus be seen that While the
United States has the least number OF
ships of these five powers. she is still
second in rank. The reason for the ex-
cess of ships in the French navy is
found in the fact that she has 271 tor
pedo boats, 80 submarines, while Eng
land has only II torpedo boats and As
submarines, and the United States has
only 80 torpedo boats and 10 subma-
rines.