The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-08
10 inches; draft, % feet 8 inches. on a
displacement Of $4,000 tons.

10 inches; draft, % feet 3 inches. on a
displacement Of $1,000 tons.
The 1912 program provided for two
battleships to be laid down In the lat
ter half of 1914. The recent naval
maneuvers having shown the impera-
tive need oe squadron scouts. three
scouts were to be laid down before the
second battleship Of the 1912 program.
and he date Of the first (the Bearn)
was put forward from July to January.
Five submarines of 1913 tons and speed
OF twenty knots were also to be laid
down. The mine layer Pluton was
launched on March 10; her sister ship,
the Cerbere. is nearly completed, dis
placement 566 tons. horsepower 5000,
speed twenty knots, armament one
three-inch gun. They are fitted to car
ry 100 mines.
Ships of the navy now carry new
powder for the big guns. The old pow
der which had caused 50 many acct
dents was still used for guns Of small
er caliber and for the reserve stock on
land. Only one-half of the powder re-
quired during 1914 could be made with
the staff actually employed.
Re commanders of the squadrons
and divisions Of the French navy are:
Admiral Boue de Lapeyrere, first; Vice
Admiral Marolles, second; Vice Admiral
Marin-Darbel third: cruiser squadron.
Vice Admiral Advert; squad of ex-
IRENE orient, Rear Admiral Huguet de
Kerilli; naval division Of Morocco, Can
tain Simon.
The French and British Fleets.
During the cordial understanding
that has now existed for some years
between the British and French ma
tons their respective navies in Euro
pean waters have been stationed in
massed fleets. so as to complement
each other and with a view to the
greatest effectiveness In the event of
war.
Formerly the British navy maintain
ed a strong battleship fleet in the
Mediterranean. All British battleships
have now been withdrawn from the
waters of that sea, and only four pow
erful battle cruisers of the Inflexible
type have been stationed there. This
is because the British admiralty has
been depending upon the powerful
French feet in the Mediterranean to
look after their joint interests there
In a naval war. Under this arrange
ment France, which used to have
fleets based or Brest and operating In
the channel and Atlantic waters, now
has no feet in northern Europe and
has concentrated her fleet in the Medi-
%terranean.
Here is the French fleet In the Medi-
terranean:
BATTLESHIPS Q6).
First squadron (0- Tons.
Courbet g, 100
Jean Bart @. 100
Conuorcet lo,uS
canton lo'o~o
Diderot 1S,02S
Mirabeau 1908
Vergniaud 1908
Voltaire 1S.0lS
Second squadron o.
fatrle .......... .......... ............... 1869
democratic 1850
JUSTICE 1900
Repuplque li.b3o
'eIlte 1880
Reserve squadron o.
Bouvet 12,0O
IdulolS ll,OoO
ot. LOUIS ll.USV
ARMORED CRUISERS.
Waldeck Rousseau .................... Is, 7sO
Edgard Quinet Is. $50
ErneSt Itenau 13,4Zf
Jules Ferry Il, S5l
Leon Gambetta IL. 331
Vlctor hugo 2,3o1
In 1911 France was aroused to a
huge burst Of enthusiasm over its
navy by the great naval review at
Toulon. The enthusiasm brought out
an extraordinary display of acerbity
in the German press. 1t has long
been the fashion with the German
press to belittle the French navy. and
this time the papers seemed to have
regarded 1t as an affront to Germany