The state herald., 1913-09-26

10 Inc DdltleSilip OHlO, sun III lut 2htidheo
fleet but slated to leave in the near future never
to return.
IL The commerce destroyer Columbia so long
missing in the of the navy that a genera
ton has grown up that knows her not, and she
of the flying squadron of 1898.
49, The commerce destroyer Minneapolis,
speed record breaking cruiser of the late nineties.
a sister OF the Columbia and like her. OF the
flying squadron of 1898.
l9 The monitor Amphitrte.
90 The monitor Mantonomah.
21 The monitor Monadnock
22 The monitor Cheyenne. formerly the Wyo-
ming.
23 The monitor Ozark formerly the Arkan-
"a The monitor Tonopah. formerly the Ne
vada.
90 III monitor Tallahassee, formerly the
Florida
26 The minotor Puritan.
% The monitor Terror.
2S The monitor Monterey.
% The protected cruiser St Louis.
30 The protected cruiser Charleston.
81 The protected cruiser Milwaukee.
80 The protected cruiser Newark.
49, The protected cruiser Chicago.
"a The protected cruiser Cincinnati
35 The protected cruiser Raleigh, Coghlan'i
ship at Manila.
&C. Twenty-eight torpedo boats.
Twenty years ago this fleet of sixty.three ships
would nave Deeh Il WutCU lot any uuNdl orstiuNa-
ton then anoat with the exception OF the fleet OF
Great Britain. Today all the vessels in 1t could
not last half an hour In a battle with the Ave
dreadnaughts that constitute the great first divi
sion Of the United States Atlantic fleet.
And this mighty fleet OF naval as.beens" cost
the United States government more than sl2s'
100000 and the oldest among them, not including
the old monitors. is not yet twenty-five years old
The bnttleships In It to build and equip cost the
government s64.435.225. and the cruisers. mon
tors and torpedo craft raise the total TO the
sl2s. 900 900
What will become OF these ships? Some are
now In reserve and there they will stay until
their end is decided upon. WIN that end be the
target range the auction block and the junk
pile, or will they be permitted to rust away In
navy yards nominaly units in reserve fleets
but In reality as useless reminders OF n navy
that In Its day was great but which, owing to
marvellous progress In naval construction. has
reached quickly but surely that state OF obsolete
ness from which there be no comeback
The oregon and the Olympia will probably be
retained for generations TO come us glorious re-
mnders to Americans Of future years OF the
navy that immortality In the brief conflict
that wiped Spain on the map OF the western
world and which added TO American territory an
island empire in the far east and won for this
country for the first time full. free recognition
by all tho nations OF the world OF the right 10 be
numbered among those powers whose mission
aud influence In world wide"
In the lineup Of the has been fleet II VIII be
noted that there is included the entire fourth
division OF the great fleet that circumnaygnted
the globe In 1907 and 1908. This division was
made up Of the Alabama the flagship OF Sperry
when he began the voyage aH division com
mnndor. the Kentucky the Kenrsargc and tho
Illinois In that fleet three Of the vessels OF the
third division are now also listed among tho
obsolete fighters. the ships In question being tho
Ohio the Missouri and the Maine, all sister ships
and In their day held up TO the world ms om.
bodying NIL that was best In the construction and
equipment OF modern mon.of.war Of the battle
ship class
The Atlantic feet when Il sailed out OF Hhmp
ton Roads In December 1907. made up Of
sixteen frntclnnH batucshpu. and n look nj tho
makeup OF the organization shows that In n pc
rlod Of less than ak years Hevon, or lacking one
OF exactly half OF those famous ships, have been
rccgntcd into tho reserve. the nrtt stepping
stone that leads 10 junk pile and oblivion.
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