Daily Democrat
OUK SEW MAW,
Lieutenant J. D. Jerrold Kelly of the
U, S. Navy has written a highly interest
ing article on the subject of our nary, from
which we make the following extract :
For the new navy there are afloat, build
ing, or authorized to be built, nine armored
and twenty-two irnarmored vessels ; and
these twenty-two are the direct produc
tions of this administration. In the armor
ed class are included one steel battle ship,
the Texas ; two steel cruisers, the Maine,
and one yet unnamed ; five iron monitors,
the Puritan, Terror, Miantonomoh, Am
phitrite and Monadnock ; and one steel
coast defender of the latest type. In the
unarmored class, all steel, are eleyen pro
tected cruisers the Boston, Atlanta, Chi
cago, Charleston, Baltimore, Newark.Phil
adelphia, San Francisco, and three others
yet unnamed ; five cruisers the Concord,
Bennington, and three others ; two gun
boats the Vorktown and Petrel ; one
practice cruiser, one despatch vessel, the
Dolphin, one dynamite cruiser, the Vesu
vius, and one first-class torpedu boat.
The Texas, for example, is a bjttle ship
of 6300 tons displacement at a mean
draught of 21 feet 5 inches. A belt of 12
inch steel armor extends along the water
line in the wake of the engines, boilers, and
magazines, and is joined at each end by a
transverse V-shaped bulkhead sU inches
thick. An armored redoubt runs diag
onally across the main-deck,enclosing the
basis of two turrets which are placed on
opposite sides, the port one forward, the
starboard aft ; the redoubt, turrets and con
ning tower "are protected by steel armor
twelve inches thick. Throughout the
ship extends a thick protective deck of
steel. The main battery consists of two
12-Inch breech-loading rifles, one in each
turret, and of six 6 inch breech-loading
rifles j there is a powerful secondary bat
tery of rapid fire and machine guns, and
four torpedo launching tubes. Two triple
expansion engines drive twin screws, and
are expected to develop, with forced draft
S600 horse-power and a speed of 17 knots ;
the total coal capacity, 950 tons, will give a
coal endurance of S592 miles at 10 knots.
Seme discrepancies have been discovered
between the original plans and the work
ing drawings submitted by Mr. John, her
deslgner,and it is proposed to make definite
changes. .
The armored cruiser Maine, now building
at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, displaces
664S tons at 11 feet 5 inches mean draught.
A steel armor belt eleven inches thick at
the water line and 1S0 feet long covers the
vitals, Its ends being jofneJ by a transverse
bulkhead six inches thick. As in the Tex
as, a protective deck covers the whole ship,
Curving forward into a ram and dipping aft
to protect the steering gear. The arma
ment con lists of four io-inch breech load
ing rifles, pair mounted in the echeloned
turrets ; of six 6-inch breech loading rifles,
and of a powerful secondary battery, and
seven torpedo tubes. The total coal capa
city is $82 tons, and the vertical triple ex
pansion engines will drive twin screws and
develop 8750 horse power and 17 knots.At
10 knots the coal endurance will be 700a
miles. The Puritan is of Goto tons, and the
other monitors of 3815 tons displacement ;
the former has upon the sides 12 inches, the
latter 7, arid all carry n'i Inches on the
turrets ; this armor is compound Iron
steel faced. Each vessel will carry two I fl
inch breech loading rifles in each turret
and good secondary batteries. The new
coast defence ship Is of 4000 tons displace
ment, has 16 inches of steel armor on her
sides and turrets, and 14 inches on the bar
bettes. Her armament iscomposedof one
16-inch and one 12-inch breech loading
rlfle,one 15-inch dynamite gun, and a secon
dary bjttery, which Includes six 33-pounder
rapid fire guns.
The unarmored class may be roughly divided
into tour classes: 1st, the protected cruisers; 2d,
the cruisers; 3d, the gun-boats; 4th, the auxiliar
iesthis last embracing the dynamite cruiser)
despatch vessel, and torpedo-boat. The
Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta are already 'well
known, for, with the Dolphin, they were the
outcomes of the report made by the first Ad
visory Board in 1 88 1, They were authorized
in 1883, and so far as tested have proved them
selves notaMe additions to our fleet. They are
fast, well-armed, and efficient. In 1887 the
Charleston, Baltimore, and Newark were laid
down, and their performances are awaited with
keen interest. So far as intelligent direction
can go, they ought to be unsurpassed by any
ther ships in the world. The Charleston, lately
launched at San Francisco, is a reproduction Of
the Japanese Nani-wa-kan, which realized
greater speed over the measured mile than ever
before attained by any craft of her size or class.
She is a central superstructured ship of 3700
Ions displacement, and is expected to develop
7520 horse-power and 19 knots. I ler arma
ment consists of two 8-inch breech loading rifles,
disjiosed one forward and one aft on thelongitu
din.il midship line; of six 6-inch breech-loading
rifles in broadside, and uf a fine secondary bat
tery, and four torpedo tubes. She has coal
protection, minute subdivision below, and a
stout protective deck- The Baltimore is a high
freelioarded vessel, with a long forcastle and
poop-deck,and is protected like the Charleston-
The armament is composed of four 8 inch breech
loading rifles, mounted on either side of the
poop and forecastle;of six 6-inch breech-loading
rides on broadside and of a secondary battery,
and five above water torpedo-discharge tubes.
She is of 4400 tons displacement, and her hori
zontal triple expansion engines are expected to
develop 10,750 horse-power and 17 knots. The
Newark's battery consists of twelve 6-inch
breech-loading rifles, mounted on the spar-deck
and so disposed that direct bow and stern fire
is obtained from four guns, and beam fire from
six guns. The engines are expected to develop
8500 horse-power and 19 knots. The Philadel
phia resembles the Baltimore, the San Francis.
CO the Charleston, though both the later . ships
have their batteries better disposed, and are
guaranteed, under penalty, to make 19 knots.
The Vorktown, Bennington, and Concord are
each of 1700 tons, and will mount six 6-inoh
guns; the Petrel is a smaller example of the
same class; the Vesuvius is the dynamite cruiser
which has just exceeded 20 knots; and the torpedo-boat
is estimated to make 23 knots. The
three new cruisers were authorized in Septem.
ber, 1888, and have not yet been designed.
Such, briefly, is the New Navy, and it is a
simple matter of justice to confess that the
credit of its creation is primarily due, not to
congress, which has acted most liberally in ap
propriations, nor to press, nor to the public ,
but to the administratian of President Cleveland.
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ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING -Notice
la hereby given to the legal voters of
Hutiool District No. 5, Linn county, Ore
gon, tbat the regular aunual Bcbool moot
ing of sata school district will be held on
Monday, the 4th day of March, 1889, at the
br.ur ot 7 o'clock, p. mof said day, at the
Court Hous. in the city of Albany, Or.,
for the purpose of hearing the reports of the
directors and clerk, and to levy a tax for the
support of the snhool for tbeensuing year
Also for the purpose of levying a lax for
the purpose of paying iutarmt on the
bonus of said school district, and for the
transaction of anv other business that may
legally come before the meeting.
By order of the Board of Directors.
L. Funk, Chairman Board of Directors.
C. Q. Bukkhaut, District Clerk.
February litn, 18e9.
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