The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899, March 25, 1898, Page 2, Image 2
THE AMERICAN. mill COAST DEFENSES. EVirW OF THE PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. , Bsaa Vara fairly Wt-lMk UmI Um4 la aa KaMfMHt . Tit yit m of rout Menu which ku been irtiHwd out fur the United Btatea U surely formidable, enough, bat wnfortunately it Is nut quite aa near a Mat of perfection as could b deairrd la rM of actual hoKtllltits with a pow erful enrtny. There li enough done, kowever, to nuke a r portable show ing Id raw of war with Apala. Dur ing the last ten year about $10,000,000 aa txnn spent on seaooast forti Ora tion a. arniament, torpedoes, and their equipment, and still murb remains to ba dona, as our Atlantic coast Una la Dormoui In extent and require a fast amount of attention to fully prepare M for a foreign fo. High Tower Uua, t , Eniplaromt'uta for high iower tuns are. either finished or nearly so at the following points: Portland Head and Great Diamond Island, Portland. Me.; Kort Constitution. PorUmouth. N. II.; Grover'a Cliff, l'adiluck'a Island. Long Island Head, Itosloa harbor; Dutch Island, Narragansett Hay, Great Gsll, and Plum Islands, ess tern entrance lxng Island Sound; Kort Hancock, New Tork harbor; Kino's Point, ap proach to Philadelphia; North and Hawkins' Points, approach to Balti more; Fort Washington and Sheridan Point, approach to Washington, D. C; Kort Casiell, Wilmington. N. C; Kort Moultrie, S. C; Tybea Inland, Savan nah; Fort Morgan, Mobile, Ala.;' Fort St Philip, New Orleans; Kort Point. Galveston, Tel.; Hal lav Point, Ban Dlcgo, Cal.; Fort linker, Pan Francis co harbor; MarrowHtone Head, Puget Bound. Guns are in position at Fort Hancock, New York harbor; Portland Head, Me.; G rover's Cliff. Boston; the approaches to Philadelphia and Wash ington; Fort Caswell, Charleston, Mo bile and Galveston harbors. At Fort -Hancock. Bandy Hook, there. are mounted two fifteen-Inch and one alght-lnch pneumatic dynamite guns, two twelve-Inch and four ten-Inch rifles, and a mortar battery cf silicon twelve-Inch mortars of sixteen twclve-luch mortars. Goarulng the Narrow. Forts Hamilton and Wadaworth, guarding the Narrows, are amply pro vided with eight and ten-Inch rifles and A VIEW OF BAUtTJIiONA, SPAIN. mortars, aa also are Firt Schuyler.Wll oet's Point, and Fort Slocum. guarding the approaches to the eastern entrance mt the harbor.. Submarine mines are to be relied upon In a great measure to keep hostile ships out of New .York Harbor, or at least greatly retard their advance, and give the artlllory men a chance to effectively serve their guns. 3n this connection, it la well to show the w eakness of the I-ong Island south am coast, which is In the main un protected, and would serve as an ex cellent landing place for a foreign en emy, who might gain decisive advan tages It steps were not taken to opose him. In view of the extent of this Long Island coast line, a large num ber of men would be required for this gwitrol duty, and It Is here that the Na tional Guard of New York bight be utilized. These, numbering about 13, 00, might be mobilized tn two days tn and around New York City, and aoon be In readiness for active work. I'm for Infantry. Infantry would be of great use In aaae of hostilities by serving in and about sea-coast defenses, doing sentinel and police duty and allowing the train ad artillerymen to give their entire at tention to serving the high power guns. In this manner the maximum efficiency would be obtained from tb artillery. In offensive operations In Cuba th Infantry would be the active force, and would bear the brunt of the' fighting. The present force available Is Inade quate, and must be expanded before campaigning begins. This shows the urgent need of the immediate passage; tiy Congress of the regular Infantry re organization bill and the national mi litia bill. Immediately after a declar ation of hostilities all available troops would be ordered by the President to Voncentrate on the Atlantic coast and probably a portion would be transport ed to Cuba to aid the insurgents, who would redouble their activity, j Be that as It may, we must attend to ur defense first, and then we may be come aggressive. Well fortified and well defended coast defenses, with the co-operation of the Infantry, can sure ty keep out hostile ships and prevent landing by the enemy. Large battle ships and cruisers can not and do not run by forts well armed and served. Let ns pay close attention to this tact Hot Eay for Spain to CmL Spain would have difficulty tn coaling It she were at war with the United Ptates, Puerto Rico would soon be un tenable as a base of supplies. : A bat tteshlp without coai is naele, aAd Spain baa Wn abtalalag nut of bar coal from tb Patted Slate. Aa la stanr ia point Is the Vlscaya, which received a supply of coal la New Tork after Its trip from Spain. Tb only formidable sea roast fortifications Ppala possesses hi Cuba are In Havana. Tbeia are the defensive works at Playa del Chiao, which mount two twej ve in. rifle; the Santa Clara battery, mounting four eight-Inch and thre tea Inch modern guns. MllUla 0Br rrealaeat. In replying to a criticism Hat tb President ran not send the mlfitla out of the United States, as they are strictly a home guard, tb Army and Navy Journal will aay: W hsv mad no mistake. The control of th Pres ident over th mlllla Is absolula and unlimited In time of necessity, and aa he 1 th sol judge of that necessity ther Is practically no limit upon his discretion. Ia speaking of th militia, however, we refer to tb national mili tia and not to th national guard. Most of tb members of the nstlonal guard are militiamen, and as such are subject Individually to th orders of the Pres ident, Issued la aceordaaca with law, but th organ list Ions of tb guard are not recognised r tb government as organ list loo. Oaa CsUna Dlda's r.iploite. Among the latest discoveries la th Main Is a startling on mad by Gun ner Morgan. He found a lot of gun cotton la th crystal tube In which It was kept The tubes were Intact, and the gan cotton absolutely dry. It was th highest explosive on board tb bat tleship, and It Is Intact retllloae at Coast CKIaa, Now that th government baa en tered apoa a definlla policy of con structing and equipping sea coast de fense to meet th exigency of war, scores of peraons representing varloua cities and towns on the Atlantic and gulf co ants have applied to the war de partment for a generous share of the expenditure to be made for such pur poses. As a rule tb administration refuse to be Impressed by th peti tions for defense at particular points. The definite policy has already been adopted of following the Judgment of the army engineering corps, modified by th advice of army officers, whose opinions In 'strategic matters are ex pert Above all, the department alms to make expenditures at this time with particular reference to the danger of war with Spain at an early day. Tat President baa authorized allot ment of 2,97S,0U0 for the use of the engineering branch of the army In constructing sea coast defenses, mount- - COULD BE EASILY BOMBARDED. Ing guns, and for other work In con ectlon with that department The war department has answered all Inquiries In reference to new coast defenses with the statement that no additional pro jects will be considered. The funds which the President will authorize the department to use are to be applied tor the completion of works already under way. EXPENSES CLIMBING UP. Tut IncreaM In Pay Koll. Some idea of the activity in naval circles Is given by the statement that the pay roll of the construction depart ment, only one of several departments, In the Mare Island navy yard for March was IS0.O0O. This groat expenditure per month. It Is said, was not equaled during the late war. It Is said to be the purpose of the President and his advisers to keep a separate and dis tinct account of all funds expended from the 150.000,000 emergency appro priation made by congress for the na- SPANISH LEGATION, WASHING TON. tlonal defense. In accordance with this intention a separate form of requi sition has been prepared and all amounts alloted from the fund are made upon the direct order signed by th President himself. "The Presi dent wants to report to congress just how every cent of this money is spent," said a member of the cabinet today, "and for this reason is adopting the course above outlined." The amount paid for the Mayflower was about $400, 000. Bcrattinft for Navy. . Recruiting is going on apace at all stations tor the army and navy. The Michigan at Erie, Pa., has enlisted 65 men so far, and good reports come from all quarters. The Columbia and the Minneapolis are still 210 men short of their proper force. This is accounted for by the fact that firemen, machin ists and coal passers art wauttd. An officer at tb department said that I ft AJUh 1 A 1 .J 1.. I m i,wv HBsuni nun vm muiiv w day If they war desired. TB Mot FrajMtll Thrwwma. Tb ordnsnc bureau of tb war de partment baa Just awarded con- j tract ror a large number or stoat armor piercing aud deck piercing projectiles for tb eoast fortification guns. Ther wer several bidders, but Instead of giving tb eon' tract to on concern, th bureau divid ed th contract so that supplies will b coming from several quarter at th same time. Tb award Is as follows: Carpenter steel company 1M eight Inch armor-piercing shot 300 ten-Inch armor-piercing shot 150 ten-Inch armor-piercing shell.250 twelve-Inch deck piercing shell of 800 pounds each, 231 twelve-Inch deck-piercing shell of 1,000 pounds each. Sterling steel company 100 eight-Inch armor-piercing shell, ISO ten-Inch armor-piercing shot, ISO ten-Inch armor-piercing shell, 250 twelv-lnch deck-plerctag shell of 100 pounds each, 20S twelve-Inch deck piercing shell of 1,000 pounds each. Mid rale steel company 680 twelve Inch deck-piercing shell of 800 pounds each, 244 twelve-Inch deck-piercing shell ot 1,000 pounds each. . CfcloaatVe Plans Are Changed. A change has been made at th Brooklyn nary yard In the plana for preparing th cruiser Chicago for sea. Several mounts for the five-Inch guns bad been hoisted aboard during th week, but have now been put back on th dock. It Is said the mounts ar being held for possible use on th auxiliary cruisers. The Dolphin Is slated to go Into commission Thurs day. Commander Lyons is now engaged In selecting the rapid Ore guns tor blf vessel. TWO VOICE? k A SOUTHERN VOLUNTEER. " Yes, sir, I fought with Stonewall, i And faced the fight with Lee; But It this here Union goes to war, Make one more gun for me! I didn't shrink from Sherman As be galloped to the sea; But if this here Union goes to war, Make one more gun for me! I was with 'em at Manassas- ' " The bully Boys in Gray; I heard the thunderers roarin' Round Stonewall Jackson's way. And many a time this sword of min Has blazed the route for Lee; But if this old Nation goes to war, Make one more sword for met Tm not so full o' fightin'. Nor half so full o' fun, -. As I was back in the sixties. When I shouldered my old gun; It may be that my hair is white- Sich things, you know, must be. But If this old Union's In for war. Make one more gun for me! I h Jn't forgot my raisin' Nor how. In sixty-two, Or thereabouts, with battle shouts I charged the Boys In Blue; And I say: I fought with StonewalL And blazed the way for Lee; But If this old Union's In for war, 1 Make one more gun for me! Atlanta Constitution. HIS NORTHERN BROTHER, Just make it two, old fellow, ' I want to stand once more Beneath the old flag with you, As In the days of yore Our fathers stood together 1 i And fought on land and eea The battles fierce that made ua A nation ot the free. I whipped you down at Vicksburg, You licked me at Bull Run; On many a field we struggled, When neither victory won. You wore the gray of Southland, I wore the Northern blue; Like men we did our duty f When screaming bullets flew. ' Four years we fought like devils. But when the war was done Your hand met mine in friendly data. Our two hearts beat as one. And now when danger threatens. No North, no So jth, we know. Once more we stand together To fight the common foe. i f -'fc My head, like yours, is frosty Old age is creeping on: . Life's sun Is lower sinking, ' K, My day will soon be gone. ' But if our country', honor Needs once again her son, - s I'm ready, too, old fellow So get another gv n. Minjcapolis Journal.. v-i- . Operation In Mexico. Secret agents of the Madrid and Ha vana governments will proceed to Vera Crux soon npon a Spanish warship, probably the Vlzca-a. to promote an anti-American sentiment against th United States, and they seem to think Mexico will co-opeiate with such aa Austro-Spanlsh alll inre to prevent Americans from cquiring absolute command of the gul of Mexico. They will try to affect se itiment in Mexico by the establishmen of newspapers at the capital and the ubsidiztng of oth ers throughout the republic. Like commissions will be ent to Venezuela, Chile and other South, American coun tries, accompanied by experienced press agents. It Is report 1 that the Aus trian cruiser Donau w ill follow the Vls caya to Mexico to enphasize its com mander's opinion e pressed In . tb toast at tb banquet that Spain and Austria are to revenue Cie Maximilian Incident These bomh.stic freaks seem to wish the stirring u of Diaz as well as Uncle Sam. The S "nnish colony In Mexico Is said to be pn paring a grand reception at Vera Cruz to the battle ship Vizcaya. Many Millionaire In Hrrlln. It la an easy thing to be a million aire in Berlin. A yearly income of $5,000, representing tU( Interest on 1,000,000 marks, is the d'u! ideation for that title, whrra is enjoyed by 8,091 Berllners. The rich st of the million aires has a capital o. about (31,001 EDITION OF CONTAINS A OOMPLETE REPORT OF" THE SAUNA CLEWETT CASE THE HOUSE 3 THE Daily Newspapers have 5 m ti i i . 1 f wnicn nas oeen on inai in toe 01. rauiuuiis ior some weeics, out ilia ABlCfKlt-Arv will give its readers a full report made up from the Court Records. 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