Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-29
Monsters
WILL BURN OIL
TEXAS AND NEW YORK BUILT
ALONG NEW LINES.
NO naval RETRENCHHEHT
Practically Au Of New Bnuchlps
Have on Burners and on
Fuel Tanks.

Washington, April -Freront
plans f1r the navy deparuou, call for
tha building ~ two OK fHe most pow
ertgl uattIashIps afl0at each ship Of
$4,000 tons dsp.acemar with armor
plato 0f sE,..n-iHoh thickness. and
ten fl4rJatl-luch guns as the main
battery The guns are r. he placed In
four turrets TWO of which WIN have
two fourteen-iuCh guns each, and the
others three guns each
These plans are f0r tho two ships
authorized several months ago by
congress. The Texas and New York
authorized year ago and now iu
course 0f construction are % be Of
$4,000 tons displacemo-t with main
batteries OF ten fourteen inch guns and
five turrets containing twa guns each.
The armor plate on tre water line
The main belt Of protection for both
The Texas and New York, IS fourteen
inches iu thickness.
Italy and Russia, not hy any means
leading naval powers. are the only
countries so far 10 try ont thc three
gun turrets Naval experts Of ,his
government however believe the
three-gun turret an Improvement and
are therefore eager 10 try them out
u the two newest ships
The new ships will have OH burn
ing apparatus and oil tanks as an
auxiliary power, and will be so con-
structed as to use oil extensively IN
an emergency At present many Of
the new ships carry q supply Of oil.
which Is used principally 90 increase
speed and cruising radius BY flush
Ing the coal with oil more power IS
gotten out Of the ship and she can
materially Increase her speed and go
further on her coal.
Practically all Of the new battle
ships have oil burners and oil fuel
tanks. These burners are only auxil-
iary TO the steam boilers There are
number among expert naval archi-
tects who believe that II would he a
most valuable experiment 10 make
one OF the two ships now being
planned an oil burner exclusively
emitting the coal furnace. They
maintain that IN time the merchant
ships OF the world will discard coal
fuel and burn oil. When this time
arrives, II Is said, the navies of the
world will burn oil exclusively. One
drawback TO oil burners now Is the
inability TO replenish the fuel tanks
in many quarters OF the world. But
with the worlds merchant marine
burning oil fuel, supply stations will
be common and the warships would
have little trouble in replenishlng
their tanks.
II Is possible that the newest bat
tleships will be without marines In
their compliments. An effort Is TO
be made at the coming session Of
congress, the regular session that
begins in December, to provide spe-
cial ships for the use OF marines.
These ships are TO be protected
cruisers. capable Of great speed. The
/ plan is 10 have at least four Of them
for the Atlantic fleet, and two for
/ the Pacific fleet as a starter. They
viii be manned by the marines and
will carry stores and the war munl.
tions that are needed by landing
forces.
The trouble with tho present ar,
rangement whereby marines are dis
tributed aboard the battleshlps. Il
that the marines, while on the battle
ships, are given service IN the differ
ent gun crews. In time Of war tn,
, marines are withdrawn as landln'
forces. leaving the gun crews mlnu
valuable men, raw recruits or mel
inexperienced IN gun fire work heini
= impressed into service in their stead
Hackers OF the greater navy prop
. aganda" have. it IS said, been givei
assurance by the Democratic leader
, IN the house that the economy tha
tho Democrats viii insist upon vii
not result IN a reduction Of the pres
. ent plan Of authorizing two new bat
tloships each year. The Republican
are. or were. committed TO thla pol
icy. Many Democrats are cage
champions Of the bigger navy, an,
believe n Is not wise to build les
than two battleships each year
Among the most prominent OF thes
. Democrats Il Representative HJbsoi
Of Alabama, Of Merrimac fame. Rep
resentatlve Hohson has fought Wig
J orously for naval Increase since n
e signed from the navy and wa
sected 10 congress Two other mem
bcrs OF the house have been sailor
= Representative Loud Of Michigan an
Representative Weeks OF Massachu
b sctts. These men are Republican,
and are strong navy increase boost
ers. Representative Loud was a
! officer under Dewey during tho bat
tie Of Manila Bay. Representativ
. Weeks Is graduate OF the navs
= academy, but resigned from the nav
1 when an ensign 20 go into the bank
/ ing business In Boston. They ar
} still great champions Of the navy
! and work nights keeping of IN
, economists who believe the nava
: estimates and appropriations shoul
} he cut down.
> Neither Secretary Meyer nor an
OF the expert naval builders wi
publicly discuss at this time III
plans for the new ships. Great Sc
erecy is maintained as 10 the genera
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