THE AMERICAN
DESIGNED TO FIGHT.
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Tio accomptnylnf sketch was made
7 naval officer who has had ome
exaerlence oa tho larger monitors. It
MsWMenU In a general way his con
tortion of the Ideal battleship. - All
aatpo are compromises, and this de
departs materially from the well
aawra and approved monitor type In
Oka via a superstructure forward. This
faMws enables the ship to maintain
DESIGNED TO FIGHT,
fear speed In a head sea. which Is whol
ly Impracticable with the ordinary
Monitor, although a sea abeam has but
flttla effect on the speed of this pe
eatiar craft For about two-thirds of
Its length the design presents a free
board of only thirty Inches, which may
feo considered the monitor standard.
The freeboard at the bow Is ten feet
The twelve-inch guns are well located
for sea work, being eighteen feet above
tho water line. The turrets are housed
la barbettes. The height of each bar
potto above the deck is twelve and one-
THE COLUMBIA, THE
naif feet 0Mps llag feature is the con
ning towerfwaiaa is a tower In fact as
wall as In name. It has a height of
twenty-seven and one-half feet above
tho water line, is twenty-five feet in
diameter, and twenty inches thick.
There la nothing equal to It now afloat
MAXIM'S NAVAL GUN.
(It Works Automatically and la Gen
erally Kept In a Warship's Conning
Tower.)
Tho corning towers on most ships are
"
re death traps, and many con-
ssaadlng officers say they woald rather
take their chances oa an open bridge
thaa t occupy one of the alleged "eoa
Blog towers."
The smoke pipe passes up through
the center of the tower and receives
protection from it. The smokepipe is
utilised as a mast and carries the usual
fighting top and signal yard. The top
of the smoke pipe Is 100 feet above the
water line, and as the fighting top Is
fifteen feet below the smoke outlet, the
men at the top guns ought not to suffer
any discomfort from smoke. The bar
bettes and conning tower rest on' the
main deck, which is two Inches thick.
The side armor is continuous and has a
mean thickness of twenty in bes, twenty-four
Inches amidships, tapering to
sixteen Inches st the ends. The depth
of side armor Is six and one half feet.
The thickness of srmor on turrets, bar
bettes, snd conning tower is twenty
Inches.
The length of the vessel on water
line Is 300 feet; beam, seventy feet;
draught forward and aft, twenty and
one-half feet; displacement, about 8,
600 tons; twin screw; indicated horse
power, 5,000; speed, about thirteen and
one-half knots per hour; coal capacity,
500 tons; main battery, four twelve
Inch and six four-inch guns secondary
battery, six six-pounder rapid-firing
guns and two thirty-seven mm. Hotch
klss revolving cannon.
The sketch represents tbe ship clear
ed for action, the boats another times
being stored on the superstructure. The
presence of a superstructure amidships
adds much to the comfort of a moni
tor's crew and does not increase her
size as a target, as bridges and other
gear would incumber the space between
the turrets and give the enemy as good
a mark as does a superstructure. This
point is Illustrated by a comparison of
the Minantonomah and the Amphltrlte,
the former having no superstructure.
The model of this design is necessarily
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very full, otherwise the enormous ar
mor weights could not be borne. The
absence of eight-inch guns means a
sacrifice of offensive power, but there
Is a corresponding gain in armor pro
tection and In general simplicity. The
ship can be commanded by one man
and handled by a small crew. The de
signer believes that this ship, although
costing not over two- thirds as much as
the Indiana and being much cheaper to
maintain, would be more than a match
tor tho pride of the Hoosler state.
Could Be Fitted for Action.
Attention has been attracted to the
merchant steamships that are classed
as auxiliary cruisers to the navy, and
which could be fitted out in a short
time so as to serve moBt effectively as
commerce destroyers or as speedy
transports for the handling of troops.
The available steamships that could he
utilized by the government would con
stitute a big fleet, and experts believe
that It would prove of great service
In the event of war with any country.
Tho tour big steamers of the American
line, the St. Loaia. tho St FaaL tho
New York aad the Paris, are the target
ahlpo of tho Dumber, and beoldeo Umoo
there are tho steamships of tho New
York and Cuba Steamship company,
and the kfallory, Morgan, Rod D and
Panama lines. All of these vessels
could bo fitted out and prepared for
duty to a very abort time. They would
be supplied with guns of tho Drlggs
Schroeder and Hotchklso pattern,
which are designed to throw a largo
number of small projectiles with groat
rapidity. Naval officers do not be
lieve that all the available merchant
steamships would be called upon to do
duty as commerce destroyers. They
believe that half a doxen of the fastest
JL'DGE ADVOCATE MARIX.
(He Carried the Report of tho Main
Inquiry to Washington.)
ones would be more than enough to
wipe Spain's small commerce from tho
seas In a comparatively Bhort time.
The navy yard at Brooklyn could ac
commodate ten large steamships at one
time if It were necessary to fit them out
at short notice.
Horrors of War.
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stirred his toddy, "is too terrible to
contemplate. It should not be lightly
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one in Tennessee and three in Ken
tucky, and but for war the men who
All them would be living yet!" "Yonr
sons, colonel?" asked the listener, la
an awed voice. The colonel tossed off
his toddy neat, and stroking his gray
beard said: "No, sir; my substitutes;
tho brave men who fought, bled and
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died tor me!" Then the listener cough
ed and observed that whisky waa not
as good now as it was before tho war.
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