Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-01

|TILLNAN SAYS MANILA
BATTLE WAS MURDER
South Cafo|laa's Senator's SlsPuIas
Declaration During The Naval
Investigation.
CONSTRUCTION OF BAIIlESHIfs
Lieutenant commanaer silu says Al.
NOR Bait About the water Zine is
Faulty Foreigners Making sas
Necessary chansea Mo wsy Of
lessonlns the Danger Inths TurrstS
tBy Aasociated Rress)

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me Senate committee OH naval ag-
fairs today heard tue statements OF
the naval oiliccra who have been
quoted as crlticlzlng the construction
OF bhttleships and upon whose auth.
o'i'y IL has been suggested the cbars-
es made by Mr. Reuterdahl werc
based. @.iy is 81
Commanders Il. K.t Hill, Carl n.
Vogelseasang and Captain Bradley y,
FISK were questioned concerning, thai.
views on naval construction and Rear
admiral Capps asked questions aud
commented upon their test!mony an
they proceeded.
Lieutenant Comniander nm of8ihs
navy, Nyas the first wItnesa
would like 10 say in the beein-
n,he,G sad he, that It is far from, me
10 state before thls committee or be-
iofe tue House, that our ships are not
soous ships. They arc yery eood
shlpg, but I believe there are ccrihln
'speclae's errors which should DO rem.
ehied and the location OF tho watcr
me nrinor belt OF our, battleshins "a
nccording 10 my opinion one of the
defects"
mere are two questions i'll regard
20 the hrmor belt, One IL the thick
ness and the other Is the location 1
believe the thickness Is plenty if not
more than II should he. but the To-
cation is incorrect. according ~ me-
view, You want TO get n ship into
ao'.oH az or near waterline and have
.hat waterline protected. You muat
nave sufficient width OF armor above
ana below so as TO protect that mr.
ticular water line"
MIR. liill continuing. explainea that
ne thought the battleships shonId "a
constructed to carry all the coal noa-
slblc The ships have their water.
l'ne hxcd by estimating but two militia
OF their full capacity of coal which
Allows the speed trial ito show the
sreatest speed possible.
think he added. "rare,,, bava
any oil our ships in service shown the
speed they developed on the tsinl
| Trip" ~ '"e Fiui
Wants Plenty of Coal.
roreign ships have the same weak
ness IN this respect but foreign con-
s,ructors are correcting the error i
want enough coal on board to chase
me enemy after fighting him." he de-
cured saying the battieshipa shonld
nave all the coal possible with the
waterline fixed with view of NO.
commodating 1t. The new sblns or
u"r navy, he said If provided with n
Iu'i load of coal will have armor sew.
On rect and six inhes below the wotes.-
me and six above II.
senator Tillman suggested tbo. ,,o
contractors have the waterlina as,ah
a ,snea aa mat they can get the hest
speed rom the battleships "and ret
tue best of the bargain
Rear Admiral Canps interrupted
WIN a question, which was followed
ny a statement by him contrndIctory
10 what Mr.. Hill had said
lie declared that the nraot;ca ~
English, Japanese and American oor
structors is the same. certoiniv sa,.
.he past ten years, regarding The wo.
e'i'''e and coal carried. If there was
any diiierence. he said. the Japanese
provided for less coal
me German practice. he asserta.,
Is not different. The Tendance, T., ~
-, mas Deen TO provide
as large bunkers as possible.
Mr. Hill said he thought the water
lipe armor belt of the new battlesbins
s"ouid De raised ten inches.
Expert on Turrets. e
Lieutenant Commander Neil Vogei-
essang a member OF the turrot boari
mat examined all the turret shIps on
the Atlantic coast six months ago was
called TO the stand. 49, We
me result Of the examination, no
said' was to show that there should
pe some structural separation between
the turret proper and the handling
rooms on battleships. which neye. has
existed In the service. It is, he said.
imperative that there should be some
Improvement. The safety shutter
had proved to be cumbersome and
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