Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1904 — COST OF BOMBARDMENT. [ARTICLE]

COST OF BOMBARDMENT.

One Hour’s Engagement nt Port Arthur Costs ja n nn $330,000. An estimate of the cost to Japan of an hour's engagement nt Port Arthur, made by a New York uaval expert, is as follows: Size of No. of Cost per shell. shols. shot. Total. 12-Inch 102 sf>lo.oo $32,020 8-lnch 800 127.50 49,725 6-inch 4,200 86.00 151,200 8-inch 11,040 6.00 66,240 Whitehead torpedo 12 2,500.00 30,000 '■ Total , $349,185 Warships usually take op position nt distances of from 1;100 to I,GOO yards from the shore in making their attack. They regulate their fire with great difficulty in nny kind of sen. The straits of Pe Chi Li are not famed for their calmness, so, while the fire from the Japanese fleet might be powerful, it would be scattered and could - not be effective. It is estimated that the cost of ammunition is always several times as much as the damage done to fortifications.