Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1892 — IS PROUD OF THE NAVY. [ARTICLE]

IS PROUD OF THE NAVY.

rn® Report of Se«fi*Varyyrrucy Says Rapid Development "His Been’ Accomplished. Secretary Tracy in his reoort to the Fresident starts out with a list of vessels in the navy, and points with pride to the work accomplished during the present administration. He says: “On the 4th of March, 1889, the fleet of the United States navy, apart from a few old ships long since obsolete and last going to decay, .consisted of three modem steel vessels, of an aggregate tonnage ct 7,863 tons, and mounting thirteen 6-inch and four'B-inch guns, the forgings for which last, as well as the shafting for tho vessels, had been purchased from abroad, as they could dot be made in this country. During this administration' the following vessels will have been added Jtp the navy: Name of ‘ Displace- Commisvessel. ment. Tons. sioned. i.Weag o .' 4,500 April 17, 1889 Yorktown I,TUO April 23,1889 £f*rel". 830 Dec. 10, 1889 Charleston 4,040 Dec. 26, 1889 Baltimore 4,600 Jan. 7, 1890 pushing no April 22,1890: X??. u ® iu 1 8 v: 930 June 7, 1890 Philadelphia 4,324 July 28, 1890 6an Francisco 4,033 Nov. 16,1890 Newark 4,083 Feb. 2,1891! Concord 1,700 Feb. 14,1891: Bennington 1,700 June 90,1891 Miantonomali 3,990 Oct. 27, 1891 ! Bancroft 838 Deo. 20, 1892! Machlas ...1,060 Jan. 10,1893' Monterey 4,138 Jan. 10,1893! New York , 8,160 Jan. 81,1893! Detroit 2,000 Jan. si, 1893 Montgomery 2,000 Feb. 28. 1893 “This makes a total of nineteen vessels of the new navy put in commission [luring this administration, of an aggregate tonnage of 54,833 tons, mounting! altogether two 12-inch, six 10-inch, six-' leen 8-inch, and eighty-two 6-inch guns, all of which, with the exception of five of the earliest, have been manufactured in this country. Three new steel tugs have also been constructed and put in service during this period. Vessels Under Construction.

“There are also under construction the following vessels, on which rapid progress is being made: Name of Displace- Name of Displaeevessel. ment. Tons. Vessel. ment. Tons Jrepn 10,200 Amphitrite 3, Own Indiana ,10,200 Monadnock 3,9: 0 Massachusetts ... .10,2(0 Terror 3,990 Columbia 7,350 Cincinnati 3,183 Minneapolis 7,360 Raleigh 3,183 Maine 0,648 Ram 2,183 Texas 6,300 Marblehead 2,000 Puritan 6,060 Castlne 1 050 Olvmpia. 5,500 Torpedo Boat N 0.2 120 "Making eighteen vessels in process construction and certain to be completed, should their armor be delivered within the next year, of an aggregate :onnage of 93,407 tons, and mounting ilto gether twelve 13-inch, six 12-inch, sixteen 10-inch, thirty 8-inch, thirtytwo 6-inch, thirty-eight 5-inch, and thirty-four 4-inch guns, all of which have been or are to be manufactured in this country. During this period twentyIve vessels will have been launched, thirteen of them, including the three tugs, during the current year, and of all the new ships the construction of which las been begun during the present administration only two will remain on the stocks on the 4th of March next.”The Secretary speaks with much satisfaction of the act to “encourage American ship-building,” under which the 3ity of Baris and City of New York are idmitted to American registry. The Secretary also renews a recommendation previously made for the building of torpedo boats and submits a table showing a vast increase of such craft in the service of other nations. We should iave at least thirty such boats constructed in the immediate future. The tggressive policy of foreign nations sontinues, and this country, whether it will or not, will soon be forced into a position where it cannot disregard measares which form a standing menace to Its prosperity and security. Interesting statistics are given as to the growth of die movement toward establishinsr naval militia, the creation of which is charicterized as one of the most important steps in our recent naval progress. The estimates in the report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, for navy ind marine corps, including those for public works and'increased navy, are (124,471,498, being $2,713,141 less thau diose for the last fiscal year.