Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-10
Rear Admiral e. n. c. Leutze,

Rear Admiral E. 81. c. Leutze,
Superintendent Of Gun Factory at Washington
Navy Yard.
vania, and member of tie graduating
class of 1850 at the United States Naval
Academy. the young officer, following a
varied experience in sea service in all
parts of the world. was. in 1884, detailed
for ordnance duty at the navy yard at
Washington. After two years of this
service he was given a pest in the bu-
reau of ordnance. where he remained for
five years. After an interval of sea serv-
ice, he came back to the bureau! and
from 1893 to 1896 was Inspector CT ord
nance, In charge Of the naval proving
grounds. During the Spanish-American
war the present head of the ordnance
bureau had an opportunity to study the
other side of ordnance work as an officer
on the cruiser Brooklyn. After the war
he was successfully inspector of ordnance
at the League Island navy yard and
at the naval torpedo station. and lattcrly
was promoted to the highest post in the
naval ordnance organization.
Another officer of exceptional ability
who is playing an influential part in the
creation of the navy's new weapon Is
Rear Admiral E. H. c. LeutZe, superin-
tendent of the naval gun factory Ad
miral Leutze is a.native Of Prussia. and
graduated from the Naval Academy in
1851. Early in his career he was In charge
of surveying parties that went over the
Panama and Nicaragua canal routes.
During the Spanish-American war. in
command of the Monterey he was order
ed to the relief OF Admiral Dewey in
Manila bay; was present at the taking
of the city OF Manila. and took part In
several engagements with insurrection-
lists. 1t fell to his lot to re-establish the
Cavite navy yard. an experience which
aided to qualify him for his present re-
sponsible position In Washington. which
he has held for upward of nine years.
In the eyes of the average layman the
nayy's tentative adoption of the 14-inch
gun appears somewhat revolutionary In
view Of the fact that it was but few
years ago that the naval authorities SEEM
ingly proceeded in the opposite direction
by declaring in favor Of the Pinch gun
In preference to the 13-inch gun with
which our earlier battleships are equipped.
Any inconsistency In policy Is, however,
apparent rather than real, and the new
14-inch gun will be much more effective
In hitting power than either the l2-inch
or 13-inch type. The new gun, with a
length of 531a feet, will weigh in excess
OF sixty three tons-that is, ten tons more
than the Pinch guns built for the new
battleships North Dakota and Delaware,
and six tons more than the yet more
powerful Pinch guns designed for the
new battleshfps Arkansas and Wyoming.
The 14-inch gun. which will hurl 1.4OO-
pound prOjectile at speed of 1900 feet
per second. will have an extreme range
OF more than twenty-five miles, but what
might be termed it's effective range. that
is, the range at which 1t would engage
the enemy in battle conditions. is five
miles.
The most spectacular operation in the
construction of this new S1O0OOO peace
maker" as in the manufacture of all
heavy ordnance. is the jacketing Of the
gun. The method of procedure is first to
outer surface; then finish the jacket in