Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1889 — Our New Navy. [ARTICLE]

Our New Navy.

Commodore Dewey, chief of the bureau of equipment and re: railing of the Navy department, has made his annual report to Secretary Tracy. He asks for an increase in the appropriation over the past Year on account of new vessels. These , vessels have a greater steamer capacity thpn the old ones, and thus the fuel bill has become greater. During the year the Tlolphin used $35,000 worth of coal, and -as it is proposed to keep twenty-five , vessels in commission all the time the report estimates the cost of coal to be $875,000 per annum. On June 30 last there were 8,147 enlisted men and apprentices in the navy. The report recommends a more rigid standard regarding the citizenship of those who enlist, and says that hereafter every man or boy who offers to enlist should be native bora Americans or a naturalized American, or declare bis intention to become a citizen.