Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1900 — News of Army and Navy. [ARTICLE]

News of Army and Navy.

The latest proposed French battleship Of 12,416 tons will cost $5,585,000. Japan will soon receive from Clydebank one of the largest battleships afloat. Last year sixty-seven officers were placed on the retired list of the United States army. The Nymphe,.the new fourth-class German cruiser, has a speed of 21.5 knots an hour. The Institute of Naval Architects started in Japan two years ago now has 250 members. Thirty-five warships, uot Including torpedo boat destroyers, were- built in Great Britain last year. French statistics are said to prove that 211 French officers threw up their cdbjmissioas to join the Boers. French army officers report that trials of aluminum cooking ntepsils have shown them superior to tir.