Evening star., 1911-08-08
TOGO TAKES NOTICE
Shows Deep Interest in Mod
els of Our Warships.
VISIT TO THE NAVY YARD
Gazes Long at Miniature Replica of
the Scout Chester.
ADMIRAL PUT IN BUSY DAY
Tours Library Of Congress and
Later Goes to Airing
ton Cemetery.
ADMIRAL PUT IN BUSY DAY

The thin, white racing lines Of a lit
tie ships model. turned keel upward on
two wooden horses in the tank at the
Washington navy yard. caught the eye
of Admiral Count Togo this morning and
held his glance 1t was the very first
thing which the head of the japanese i'm
perial navy has seen since he has been in
America which has caused him to make
any comment or which has held his at
tention, with the single exception of those
things which he has seen SO far in the
nature of memorials 10 the famous dead
It was the model of the hulk of the
scout Chester which the admiral saw
Next to it was a larger model, as large
as young whale, the exact hull-model
of a battleship. 1t was the lines of these
ships which Admiral Togo looked al and
studied thoroughly from one end to the
other.
The models are Of the greatest fmpor-
tance in shipbuilding They are the ex-
act wooden replica of the ships hulk
when finished They are driven down
the long tank, and naval constructors
figure on just how they run through the
water. Then. by the aid of the higher
ma athematics of modern battleship con-
struction, they are able TO raise their
figures so that they know exactly what
the fuil-grown ship will do when
launched and given an engine deep down
in it's hold to drive it through the sea.
Scanned With Keen Eyes.
Those who have followed the admiral
during his stay in this country noticed
especially when he stopped to run his
eye over the lines of the models. 1t was
no ordinary examination. The group of
officers of the yard. headed by Com
mander Beattie. stopped and watched the
3 eatest naval expert of the far east as
he gaZed with impa ssve face. but with
eyes fully alive, on he models of the
which will some day be a part of the
American fleet. From the tank the ad-
miral went TO the shop where dozens of
other future battleshps are being plan
| .ed in model form.
| Not even the making of the big guns
gave Admiral Togo as much interest
apparently as did the little ship models,
and the admiral had every chance in
the world to see everything the navy
| yard is doing in the way of making
weapons He went through the shops
where gigantic lathes are shaving off
hot curls Of steel from the Jackets of
| all sorts OF guns. from the little spit
| fire up to the threatening mommoth
which can sink ship at fifteen miles
These guns interested him, and he
| asked several questions about them.
There was. however, nothing very new
| in the way Of big guns being made. and
| il is probable that the admiral knew
! as much about them as did the fore
men of the shops and the officers who
acted as his guides
Delighted With Model.
| But Admiral Togo evidently some
| thing which delighted his sailor heart
/ in the model of the scout ship Chester
| The odd combination of vencrator of
tie nations dead and a lover of its clean
built ships has paid attention 10 only
these little ships. the guns and the me-
nCria 5. All attempts to get him inter
| ested in anything else have failed At
| the tomb of Washington he spent sev-
eral silent seconds alone within the bars
of the lite marble building: before the
ashes of John Paul Jones at Annapolis
yesterday he stood silent and paid more
attention to the fiag-draped coffin which
| contained them, than he did to the Olym-