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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
GEN. G. A. FORSYTH,
INDIAN FIGHTER,DIES
He Was With Sheridan on the
Famous Twenty Mile Ride
From Winchester.
WOUNDED MANY TIMES

Rcsrox. sent. i:-Prie Gen George
Alexander Forsyth. L. : A, retired,
died a; his home here to-day following
an illness OF several months.
Gen. Forsyth figured in many notable
incidents In the civil war. one OF the
most conspicuous OF which was his par
tlcpatlon AS a STAN officer IN "Sheridan's
Ride ( twenty miles from Winchester
TO Cedar creek when Gen sheridan went
TO take Z mmard of the hard pressed
Northern troops and snatch victory from
apparent defeat
Gen FORSYTH also achicV ed much dis
tir,tion ~ an indian nehter. and his
celebrated hattie with Old Roman Nose
and 1000 Cheyenne warriors on the Ke-
publican Rive. Kan, Is 4 story that
Wcsterners st.ll love to tell. The Generai
had bat eighteen mca and only three
~ these Were soldiers the others heins
scouts ami tcAmsters. The redskins
held FORSYTH and MS small hand at a
FOR ;wo days and a half on a sand bar
I'm the river. old Roman Nose and
many ~ MS redskins we're slaughtered
and all the white men were either k.1Ied
o. " urdea.
Gen. Forsyth was born IN Muncy. Pa,
on November :. 1897. and Was educated
AZ C~anaudaiguA, y. Y. lie enlisted as a
private In the Chicago pragoons on
Aprl 10. 1851. and on September is,
1851. ne became a Frs; Lieutenant in
the Eighth Illinois cavalry lie was
promoted to q Captaipcy on February
-. 1874. and to Major a. September /,
1853 lie MAS mustered out OF the
volunteer service on February !. 1866.
He entered the rcguarl army as a
Major IN the Ninth United States
Cavalry on July -. 1856, and was pro-
NOTED 70 Ne LituteuSnt-Colcnel 81 the
Fourth Cavalry on June 20, 1854. He
vas retired from the service on March
rs. 1890, and on April -, le0I. he was
advanced Boy an avt OF Consrcss to the
rank Of retired Colonel
FNrSNtA was hreVetted as Colonel OF
volunteers on October 10. 1864, for SAL
liant and meritorous services at VIM
chester m ppequan, as Rrisadier-
1 Genera " volunteers or March IS, 1895,
for distinguished services and conspIcu-
Gus ga!iantrN, as Northumberland.
L ; \, ON March .. 1857. for Eallaniry
at p!nvddie Court House. and as
Colonel, L : A. f1r services AZ the
battle OF FIVE Forks, Virginia. He was
rrcNettci ~ a Br,Ead.cr.General, l. 5.
\. m September -. 1867, Tor gallant
! conduct l1 engagements with hostile
Indians. IA which H. was thre times
wounded
Gen. Forsyth ought during the entire
evil war IN the Army Of the Potomac.
He took par In sixteen pitched battleS
" sltgeS and over sixty minor engage
ments, lie was wounded four times DUR
lng the wa
From 1862 until 1873 he acted an
military secretary 10 ljeut-Gen. Sheri-
4 and was a!de de camp TO Sheridan
from ISIS 20 1881. lie vas sent as
"A member of a special board Of officers
10 inspect the armies OF Europe and
Asia IN 1876 and 1876. He was
ON star and frontier service from 1855
Until his ret.rcmtn; in 1890.
Gen. Forsyth wrote Thrilling Days in
AMY Life published IN 1900. and The
story ~ a." solder which came out
the same year.
He was married IN 1855 20 Natalie 8.
Beaumont daughter Of Col. ! d Beau
mont, L, : \
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
Plays and Players.

John cort will open the Cort Theatre
W September 81 with The Princess
.a'' watch Is m OF his " produc-
uohs. E,eanor Painter. S. b. Hardy. Al
anen' Alexander Clark, Louis Casa
,Sh'' ) r Lertora. Angela Palmer.
neoho'a Novasic, Ralph Riggs and
Nat0eT.rr Ritchie will be in the cast.
constant changes are being made In
mA ras' Of Rolling Stones" at tho
nsrflt Theatre. Margaret Brsinerd was
snaed 'as' week and now Shelley Hun
'es 'aHtH an important role.
Dress rehearsais OF Town Topics"
shcf Het wayburn will give at the
ttn,nfF Theatre Friday night. will be
anee
7 " - Company" viii be played at
Va" S~..','' Theatre In New Haven this
10 This musical play Is by Paul
~ ''' jean BriTuc, and Adolf Philip.
~ me .is' are Georgia Cain@, May ne
a.Isa Claude Fleming Clarence Har-
N'1'n Keith and Ralph Na!rn,
- 'l"" viii De acted at the Lyric
'healfs Thursday night.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
WILLIAM KING.
was First Maker OF Corks In the
tnited states,

william King. % years old. who was
said 10 Ne the frst manufacturer 81 corks
In the United States. died OF pneumonia
at hiss hoire at Perth Amhoy, y j, last
night.
Mr.. King was born in Rye. England,
and came TO New YORK with his father,
stephen King The house 81 stephen
kirg was established here snon after
they arrived Following the death OF
his father Mr.. King cont.nusi the busl-
ness undo the name Of William King.
He owned cork tree forests IN spain and
had ships which brought the rroduc 10
America.
Mr.. King married Miss Mary Marshall
in 1870 They had one son. William
King Ir. who died In 1902 Three
grandchildren And four greats rand
ohildpn survive him. The grandchil-
dren are Mss Mary King and Mrs. G Il.
Aldr,ch Of Perth Amhoy and Mrs VI +.
Audsley OF Atlanta, ia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
DIED.

CROMWElL.-payii w. aged -.
Services THE Fun :RAL CHURCH"
al West Twenty third street Frank
L Campbell building. Monday. /?
O'Clock.
pILWORTH ON Ssptomhsr Il. william
Lee puworth. husband ~ Edna
romeroy pi,worth and only son of
william : ana Ida Crevier Duworth.
Notiye Of funeral hereafter.
pOWERs
-. Cecile Lodge. No. SOS. F and \. NJ.
brethren, YOU are requested 20 attend
the Masonic funeral services OF our
l,ir beloved TaS, Master ~ wor.
John J. bowers, In the Grand Lodge
Room. Masonic Hal. Twau',-tnlri
street and SIKH avenue on Weanes
day. September 10, 1875. ~ N
CHARLES f. bRODlE, Master.
ENERARp -MNgaret a on september
T.. At White Plains, beloved SISTER Of
Joseph NJ ami Eleanor y tv-rlrd
Funeral ON TUESDAY, Sep'eu.H". e. from
her late residence, az East FIry-nnh
street, al $50 A NJ, thence 'p the
Church II =, John the Evangelist.
where a requiem mass wNl he offered
for the repose 81 her sou, kindly
omit row'rs.
LENErT-sundsy, September -, 1918.
Rose Highlander, wife Of Nalter u
LeyotL. sister OF sim and Nathan Eng
lander. at her lato residence, 74s West
End avenue
Notice Of funeral service In Tuesdays
paper
NAN AMRlNGE-At Morri,'ovn. ". j..
september 10, John Howari Van
Amringe. In his e,ghty-nrst year.
Funeral service al Trinity church. wall
street. on Tuesday. september H. at
lO.Sn \. NJ
Members Of the Fraternity ~ Delta Psi
are requested 20 attend tho funeral
services Of our deceased brother j.
Howard Van Amaius~ at Trinity
church. broadway and wa street.
on Tuesday morning September IL
at 10 so. ami 90 meet IN the yos,ibu'a
at loHa.
v\N ANTWHEp ON September N. IN
tho seventy fourth wear NJ hcr age.
Chtr,ot'l Augusta. WE" ~ two Rev.
william II Van Artworp Of Sew York
city
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
BUSY DAYS FOR A. H. WOODS.
siI New Plays Soon TO BE Pro-
duced.

A H. Woods is r~ehearsing The
Modern Shyiock," by Hermann Schcf-
lale'. which Is 10 be produced at At
hnlic CITY TWO weeks from tomorrow
ard Wi! then be brought TO the EltlnSs
Theatre. Louis Calvert, who was at the
Liberty Theatre, will be seen in the
leadirg role. With MIN will appear
Dorothy Donneliy. Josephine Victor,
Eugene oBrlen, Forrest Winsnt and
!ohn Flood. The play deals with a clash
Between the Jew OF the day and those
o. an EARLIER generation.
Potash and Perlmutter in Wall
Street IS the title Of the continuation
OF the history OF the famous pair OF
Farmers, Montagu Glass and r. c..
Neerle wrote the piece alone and the
SCRIPT Prepared by Cha rles Klein was
ho' used at all. The play will be acted
N Ne" Haven on October 4 by a COM
pahy including Barney Bernard, julius
aahhtn' Louise Dresser. Lee Kohlman,
MathiIde Cottrelly and Leo DonneiIy.
me piece will be acted here at the
Conan Theatre.
The Target" by T. A. Morris, Fools
" NIAam Anthony Mcclure, The
rshalty," by Percival Wilde, and The
,saeocH Lady" will also be produced
!" or Woods during the season.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
Mrs. Deborah ~. IIankin.on,

AsRrRY PARK. y J.. Sent l2-Mrs.
Deborah r.. Hank.nson. widow OF Or.
iusiaNe A Hank.usor. died Yesterday
at her summer home, 2ol FIFTH avenue,
bradley beach. IN her u~inety-hfth year.
since her husbands death In 1866 Mrs.
Hark,'sou had made her winter home
AZ ?3o bloomfield street Hohoken.
Shc WAS a native Of FarmlnIdala the
daughter Of Henry ECmsen. She went 10
New York 20 live when an infant. Her
ancestors We're % Huguenot ana Knick-
crNoykc~ lineage. her grandfather being
Pierre Rcr'inc. founder OF New Rochelle.
y y Mrs, HaNkinson was married
when Is years OF age. Her husband
practised for nearly forty years in Man
AhaWkeU.
she Is survived nv two daughters.
Mrs William n Tracy. who lived with
her part Of The time. and Mrs William
\. Prat II Denver. COL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
ICE PALACE FOR SHUBERTS.
Added Attraction on the Roof Of
h 4tth street Theatre.

The Shuherts have arranged to open
an ice palace Thursday night, on the
roof OF the Forty-fouruh Street Theatre,
This will he at Castles In the Air. The
stage there has been turned into a frozen
lake and there the skaters win appear.
There will also he a ballet on skates,
The professional skaters TO 10 seen
will be Norvai Baptie, Gladys Lamb,
Victor Sarm, and Florence Irving and
others. The scene on the stage viii rep
resent an Alpine landscape.
Frederic Mckay and A. Baldwin
sloane. who are now the managers OF
Castles IN the Air. viii also have a foros
OF professional dancers for the ball
room floor Marion Morgan will dance
with Mr.. sloane.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
SAMUEL REA LEAVES HOSPITAL.
President of Pennsy Home Again
In Improved Condition.

p~HiLApELPHIA, sept l2-Samuel 'Rc,,
president Of tho Pennsylvania Railroad,
who underwent an operation IN the
Polytechnic Hospital several weeks ago,
has improved so much that his doctors
allowed him to go hune. All danger ~
a relapse is past. they say,
How soon MIR. ReS will he able to take
up the rcins OF his Office the physicians
will not say,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
Ralph stuart.

Ralph Stuart. who was leading man
AZ the American and Murray Hill thea
tres in the days Of their popularity as
stock houses. dice ~ apopleNy ycster-
day at hts home. 200 Manhattan avenue
His most recent important engagement
was I'm the title role or the Chicago
"Get-Eich-OuiCk w~alltngfori"
Mr.. stuart had been IN failing health
since the death OF his wife. known on
tho stage as Edith Ramsey. last spring
Three sons. Ralph. Jr.. Kenneth and
Donald. survive him. Funeral services
will I've held tomorrow evening AZ the
Winterbottom chapel, - West Forty
seventh street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
JOHN J. BOWERS.
Employee Of "HeroId" Was From
inrnt as a Mason.

John J. bowers ~ 2el East Fourth
street, Brooklyn. for many years fore
man OF the press room OF the Nerr
Yorker Heroid. dice yesterday. He was
50 years old.
He was \ member ~ 50. Cecile Lodge.
No. SOS. md had been grand director
OF the Grand Lodge, commander ~
Ivanhoe Commandery and high priest
Of Corinthian Chapter He had also
held other sundry offices. He will Ne
buried Wednesday with a Masonic
funeral from the Masonic Hall.
at Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue
4 widow survives him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
COMFY BEGINS FETE TODAY.
Half a Million Persons Expected
at Annual Carnival.

The thirteenth annual fall festival and
Mardi Gras carnival at Coney Island
begins to-day. Nearly half a million
people are expected TO crowd IN and
around Surf avenue to witness the first
edition " the "Stupendous Spectacle of
the Flight OF Time
The big parade will start at $ o'clock
this evening. The first of the fifteen
floats will represent Peace and will
show Uncle sam. Miss Columbia, thir-
teen liberty girls and a hock OF loves
The order Of the Moose will he the
hosts Of the evening Eight hundred
police have been detailed to handle the
crowds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
VILLA m q. Fox.

william Il. Fox. - years old who
served in Company II, sixteenth Regl-
ment. New York Engineers, during the
civil war. died saturday night At his
home at 30 Puntine street. jamaica.
The Rev. George l.. Tllly and James
Il. smith are now he only survivors
Of the men from Jamaica who enlisted
in that regiment. MIR FuN was for
forty years a member If Jamaica lodge,
|. q. q. +. lie Is survived by "A widow
and three daughters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
FILMS AT KNICKERBOCKER.
Date Of Opening Is Fixed fol
Thursday, sept. 23.

The Triangle Film Corporation. which
has X the lease OF the Knicker-
booker Theatre, yesterday decided to
open the theatre on Thursday. Septssn-
her 20, There will he n large orchestra
under william Pruette. Hereafter, the
new bills vii, he shown every Sunday
afternoon.
william Collier md Sam Bernard will
both leave soon for California 10 pose
for the pictures which will be shown in
the theatres Of tho Triangle Corporation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
DR.. John L. Sinclair.

WORCESTER Mass. Sept lc-pr John
r. Sinclair, professor emeritus " mathe-
mates NJ Worcester POLYTECHNIC lnsti-
tute. died tonight AZ hts home, I Kan
dolph road, from heart trouble. lie was
horn in Breton Woods. y. II. and SAu-
Gated az Exeter and Dartmouth. lie
taught at Adrian College. -. Louis
University and Dartmouth until 1853,
when he came to Worcester. lie leaves
a son and four daughters
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
BISHOP DELEGATES SCHOOL.
view ~. MichseI's Building VIII
he Opened To-day.

he new ST. Michael's parochlal school
w Madison avenue, Flushing, erected
cost Of $4,000. was dedicated yes
etday afternoon by the Right Rev.
hIshop Charles z. Mcdonnell. 1t will
Ot opened this morning.
olster Mary Sidonia. a teacher OF wide
experience In the order OF the Sisters
us' Joseph. will be the principal. She
elurns ~ Flushing after an absence OF
hIed different positions in the Brooklyn
dioceye
with the opening OF the new school
sN'er Mary de Lourdes will complete
institution.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
To Bury Van Horne nj Joliet. Ill

MONTREAL, Que. Sept, 12.-The rail-
way and financial world will he largely
represented among mourners for Sir
william Van Horne when his funeral
takes place Tuesday from his late resi-
dence. 5ls sherbrooke street West,
Internent will be at Joliet, III. Arrange
ments for the ceremony have not yet
been completed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13

PARIS. Sept, l2.-Sarah B%ernhardt In
un Interview hero to-day denied thai.
she mad given up her tour b America.
she has asked for two months time. she
sad, In order 10 form n new company,
as all the actors with her on her pre-
yious tour are with the army n four
OF them have been killed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
sIGN0RA DIES.
Princess Won Buelow's Mother Is
Victim Of Angina p~ctoris.

BOLOGNA. via Eome. Sept. l2.-ppnna
Laura Minehetti mother-in-law Of Prince
Won Ruelow, former German Imperial
Chancellor and German Ambassador TO
Rome, died here to-day OF angina pee
toris.
Princess Won Buelow is expected from
Germany.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
MARRIED..

ElRHRN-GRFFN- Fast HAMPTON.
/. /. on September .. 1913. by the
E.v. Robert Davis, Helen RitEma
Green. daughter OF Mr. and Mrs.
william W. Green. to oswald Klrkby,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
YACHTS AT NEW LONDON.

New LONDON. Conn, Sept. l2,--Ths
schooner yacht Dervish. John w. Bird
has arrived. Steam yacht Alberta, for
mer Commodore Frederick @. Bourne,
and power yacht Edithia. John II,
Hanan. ave sailed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13

Louise Homer after a long vacation
from the concert stage viii reiur to
the Metropolitan opera House next win
ter and will appear there as We'll as In
half a'hundred concerts, Nine.
Homer spent last winter in her coun-
try home near New York.
Ernestine SchumaI n-fieink VIII sing
once in recital here during the season.
Her managers have selected for her
election day. whioh is one OF the best
in the year for recitals since a large
public at other times unable 10 visit
afternoon concerts is free on that day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-15

THE indictment of Attorney Earl Rogers and Police Chief
Sebastian OF Los Angeles, for "eorrupty attempting
influence the grand jury, ought lead reform OF the lu
derous management OF jury in California, which
management has long been laughing for the
the country,
Sebastian being candidate for mayor and charged by
his political foes with promoting the delinquency of girls sent
the grand jury letter written by Rogers his attorney
stating that there conspiracy against him and asking
that his side OF the be heard,
OF il there such conspiracy against the free
reputation of anybody the grand jury ought be
glad to hear it, ndiet somebody for IT, II is
foolish grand jury that will hear all the sides of
Moreover il posting the grand jury TO sdc the
other attempt corrupt there isn't editor
aging editor city editor reporter OF newspaper Cali
iorna who shouldn't be under life sentence Folsom san
Quentin
1t is the practice Of California newspapers and
grand jury publish what the grand jury IS
doing all through its deliberations and through this
evades justice because he gets plenty Of advance notice
that the grand jury is after him.
Sebastian may be eorrupter OF girls and jures and
poor mayor but behind indictments Is the popular
love play the conviction that every under
ton right heard and If this indictment is poiti
play parties behind have surely thrown boomerang
that will and make their foolish skulls crack.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-15
Makes Your Stuffed,
Catarrhal Head
Clear as a Bell

When you wake IN the morning
plagued with the torture Of head
colda and scatArrh. head. nose and
throat stopped up. air passages
s,,oNgrd with obnoxious eAfarrf Al
discharges that have collected dur-
lpg the night ana you can iarsiv
hrcaihe--tunt put little uvor.t
Pocket Inhaler charged with ~.
pleasant healing OIL OF Hyomet he
tween your lips. Hold IL there while
dresHing ana breathe the msdicataa
nntis.ptio. germ killing air deep into
sout nose, throat and lungs with
every breath you draw.
BY the time you nr. dressed vour
mead viii he clear as a bell. Won viii
breathe with ease and comfort eat
your breakfast with a relish and 70
about your days work with a clear
brain and steady eve
This clean smelling germ, dS.tro,
inR mir Of Hyomei penetrate. dcco
down into every fold ana crevics ~
tho membrnnouA Innings Of vour
nose. throat and lungs where M
liquid spray could possibly got and
absolutely kills and drives or ~
your system every germ IL finds
there, heals the inflnmed. swollen
Tissues and after the very first trial
you notice n wonderful IMPROVEMENT
A Few weeks use and every catarr-
hal germ IN killed and driven OUT
OF your system.
Druggists everywhere think 40
Wen OF Hyomei that they agree TO
give YOU guarantee with overx
complete inhaler set you purchase
thht W ~ does not satisfy they will
Eladly return every cent YOU maid
for II. but ~ using for tho first time
be sure 20 ask for the compiote
Hyomei Pocket Inhaler outfit "a the
sueiiet package does not contain
the inhaler Barleii Drug stores or
most amy other reliable druRRist viii
gladly supply you on request
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-15
DRIVES AWAY
HEADACHE
Rub Musterole on Forehead
and Temples

\ headache remedy without tho
dangers OF headache medicine" ne
ieyes headache and that miserable
Keeling from cold or congestion. Ana
u acts at oncei MUSTEROLE lie n
clean, white ointment. made with oil
OF mustard. Better than a mustard
plaster and does not blister. Used
only externally, and In no way oan
AFFECT stomach and heart, as some
Internal medicines do.
Best for Sore Throat, Bronchitts
Group. SUR Neck, Asthma, Neurai,
Eia, CONGESTION, Pieurisy, Rheuma-
tiFm, Lumbago, all Pains and Aches
Of the Back or Joints. Sprnina. sore
Muscles. Bruises. Chilbiains. Froated
Feet. Colds of tho Chest (lt often
prevents Pneumonia
AZ your druggists. In 25c and zoe
lars, and special large hospital size
for S2.6O.
BE sure you get the genuine MUS.
IEltol.E. Refuse lmitations--get
what YOU ask for. The Mueteroic
Company, Cleveland, Ohio
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-15
GIRLS! CLEAN AND BEAUTIFY HAIR
NO DANDRUFF---25 CENT DANDERINE

crates the scalp. stopping itching
and falling hair.
Danderine is to the hair what
fresh showers of rain and sunshine
are to vegetation. II goes right to
the roots. inyigorates and strength.
ems them. Its exhilarating. stimu.
lating aud life-produeing properties
cause the hair to grow long. strong
and beautiful.
You can surely have pretty, soft,
lustrous hair. and lots OF II, IL you
will just get a 25-cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine from any
drug store or toilet counter and
try IT as directed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-15

Tho port commission has taken n
stand against placing the ciD's
transportation problems permanent.
~ In the hands OF private enter.
prises.
The commission Wednesday aft.
ern0on declined to enter into ten.
year contract for the establishment
Of an auto bus line TO connect with
the West Seattle ferry. The bus
line wanted cents out OF each pas.
scnger'H fare.
The commission went on record
against a renewal Of the park
boards ten.year lease with the An
ieFson Steamboat company for
frontage AZ Jcsehl park. adjoining
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-15
BY JOHN M. OskiSON
Chapter VIII.

After peace. the most efficient
navy we had ever built up was alb
solutely neglected. The vital part
Il had played In preserving the Tn.
Ion waH not argument welghty
enough 10 get from congress money
90 keep Il Mp Co standard With
great difficulty. the secretaries OF
the navy got money 10 rake Ger.
tain repairs. generally. however.
the best that was possible was per.
mission To sell some Of the most
antlquaied units OF the fleet and
use the money TO patch up the most
modern. "Apathetic drifi"--thcse
words reflect the .o-year period
from 1865 to 1856.
ny 1881 the navy was NJ its low.
est state of efficiency. OF 40 YES.
sells on the list. Is were tugs. and
only a few OF the others were in
condition Co make n cruise. The
best vessels In our navy were
wooden. one Of them was the an.
Client Constitution.
our awakening 90 the need Of
modernizing the navy came only
after a series OF warnings tina,
showed the contempt the nations
Of Europe had for what we called
our navy. Against England In
1865 we made claim for damages
on account OF the raids OF the Ala.
bama. the Confederate privateer
built In an English shipyard and
manned largely by English sailors.
Not until is72 were we able 20 sc.
cure a settlement. In 1873. Spain
threatened US over the Nireinius
affair. and IN 1850 France took pos.
session at Panama In calm disre.
gard OF the Monroe Doctrine.
Garfield made Hunt secretary OF
the navy on the understanding
that the time had come 90 act.
Hunt appointed an advisory board
10 prepare a report on the needs OF
the navy. its recommendation was:
80 unarmored cruisers. rams, s
torpedo gunboata. 40 crushing 10.
pedo boats and 10 harhor torpedo
boats The small vessels were 10
be of steel and OF the big cruisers
rs were TO be OF steel and 20 OF
wood. With Characteristic dlsre.
gard OF expert opinion. congress
on August 5. 1882. authorized only
g steam cruising vessels Of war
To be constructed OF do.
nestle manufacture said
vessels 10 he provided with full sail
power and fun steam power" Con.
gress authorized the two ships. but