THE WORLD'S NEW WARSHIPS. The figures included in the following table are very instructive. They show that, even including the monitors, harbor forts only, the preparations made by the United States for increasing its power at sea must be put at the foot of what has been undertaken by civilized nations. Even Italy, the weakest of all, is adding more to its Navy than we are. It may be set down as morally certain that in the not far distant future, no country will be more in need of a Navy to keep for its industry and commerce its rightful place in the world than the United States. The war vessels now building are computed by Engineering in tons: Of this aggregate the amount begun in 1899 is as fol lows: ENLISTMENT IN THE NAVY. The term of enlistment in the United States Navy is for four years. Applicants must be of robust frame, intelligent, of perfectly sound and healthy constitution and free from any of the following physical defects: Greatly retarded development, feeble constitution, inherited or acquired; permanently impaired general health, decided cachexia, diathesis or predisposition, weak or disordered intellect, epilepsy or other convulsions within five years, impaired vision or chronic disease of the organs of vision, great dullness of hearing or chronic disease of the ears, chronic nasal catarrh, ozana, polypi or great enlargement of the tonsils, marked impediments of speech, decided indications of liability to pulmonary disease, chronic cardiac affections, large varicose veins of lower limbs, chronic ulcers, unnatural curvatures of the spine, permanent disability of either of the extremities, or articulations from any cause, defective teeth. Boys between 15 and 17 years of age, may, subject to the foregoing conditions and with the consent of parents or guardians, be enlisted as apprentices in the Navy until 21 years of age. Landsmen enlist between 18 and 25 years of age. UNITED STATES NAVAL VESSELS. Kearsarge 11,525 16.8 368 72 22.5 40 513 Kentucky 11,525 16 Maine 12,300 18 368 72 23.5 40 514 388 72 23.5 40 478 M'chusetts 10,810 16.2 348 69 25.1 32 463 Missouri 12,230 18 388 72 23.5 35 478 New Jersey Ohio Oregon 12,440 18 Katahdin 2,155 17 Amphitrite 388 72 23.5 35 478 4 13-in bl, 14 6-in rf 4 13-in bl, 4 6-in rf 4 12-in bl, 8 8-in bl, 6 4-in rf. 4 13-in bl, 4 8-in bl, 14 5-in rf. 412-in bl, 16 6-in rf 4 12-in bl, 16 6-in rf 4 13-in bl, 8 8-in bl, 4 6-in rf. 212-in bl, 6 6-in bl. 4 13-in bl, 14 6-in rf 301 64 22.5 30 413 368 72 23.5 35 453 ARMORED CRUISERS. 400 64 24 46 471 88-in bl, 12 5-in rf. 380 64 23.5 40 522 68-in bl, 12 4-in rf. RAM. 250 43 15 7 90 4 6 pdr rf. TURRET MONITORS. 3,990 10.5 259 55 14.5 26 156 Miantonomoh 3,990 10.5 259 55 14.5 13 136 Monadnock 4,005 12 259 55 14.6 26 187 4 10-in bl, 2 4-in rf. 4 10-in bl, 4 10-in bl, 2 4-in rf. Tons Displacement. Knots 'th. Offi cers. Main Pattery. 4,084 13.6 256 59 14.1 19 199 2 12-in bl, 2 10-in b! 6,060 12.4 290 60 18 3,990 10.5 259 55 14.5 26 151 22 208 4 12-in bl, 6 4-in ri 4 10-in bl. Albany UNARMORED STEEL VESSELS. PROTECTED CRUISERS. 10 5-in rf. 3,437 20 346 43 18 24 341 6 6-in rf, 4 4.7-in rf 3,000 15.6 271 42 16.9 19 277 6 6-in rf, 2 8-in bl Baltimore 4,570 20 327 48 20 36 350 4 8-in bl, 6 6-in bl Boston 3,035 15.6 271 42 17 19 270 6 6-in bl, 2 8-in bi Chattanooga 3,200 16 292 44 15.7 30 263 10 5-in rf. Chicago 5,000 18 325 48 20.3 33 426 4 8-in bl, 14 5-in rf. 3,213 19 300 42 18 20 319 11 5-in rf 3,200 16 292 44 15.7 30 263 7,375 22.8 412 58 22.5 30 447 3,200 16 292 44 15.7 30 263 292 44 15.7 30 263 257 37 14.7 20 245 292 44 15.7 30 263 257 37 14.7 20 242 412 58 22.5 30 447 311 49 18.7 34 359 311 49 18.7 34 359 Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia Galveston 346 43 18 24 341 Reina Merc's 3,090 17 300 42 18 20 293 316 49 18.7 33 350 18-in bl, 2 6-in bl 10 5-in rf. 10 5-in rf. 10 5-in rf. 18-in bl, 2 6-in bl 10 5-in rf, 1 6-in bl 12 6-in rf. Annapolis 1,060 13 839 14 6 4-in rf. 4 4-in rf. 3 15-in dyn. guns. bl. means Breech Loading rifle, rf. Rapid Fire guns. There are 16 Torpedo Boat Destroyers in the Navy, built or building, named as follows: Bainbridge, Barry, Chauncey, Dale, Decatur, Hopkins, Hull, Lawrence, Macdonough, Paul Jones, Perry, Preble, Stewart, Truxton, Whipple, Worden. Their keels were laid in 1899. They are each from 400 to 433 tons displacement, from 28 to 30 knots speed, of from 7,000 to 8,300 horsepower, cost from $281,000 to $286,000, and have batteries of 2 14 pounder rapid-fire, 5 or 6-pounder rapid-fire, and 2 18-inch Whitehead torpedo tubes. There are 38 Torpedo Boats built or building, named as follows: Bagley, Bailey, Barcelo, Barney, Biddle, Blakely, Cushing, Dahlgren, Davis, De Long, Du Pont, Ericsson, Farragut, Foote, Fox, Goldsborough, Gwin, Mackenzie, Manly, McKee, Morris, Nicholson, O'Brien, Plunger, Porter, Rodgers, Rowan, Shubrick, Somers, Stiletto, Stockton, Stringham, T. M. A. Craven, Talbot, Thornton, Tingen, Wilkes, Winslow. The Plunger is a submarine boat. They are from 45 to 279 tons displacement, from 17 to 30 knots speed, of from 850 to 5,600 horse-power, cost from $24,250 to $236,000, and carry batteries of from 1 1-pounder rapid fire up to 7 6-pounder rapid fire guns, and from 2 to 3 18-inch Whitehead torpedo tubes. There are 19 small unarmored gunboats, named: Albany, Alvarado, Belusan, Calamianes, Callao, El Cano, Gardoqui, Leyte, Manileno, Mariveles, Mindanao, Mindoro, Pampango, Panay, Paragua, Samar, Sandoval, Urdaneta, Vasco. They are of less than 500 tons displacement, and of a speed of from 8 to 19 knots. The Alert, Monocacy, Michigan, and Ranger, are old steam iron vessels; the Adams, Alliance, Enterprise, Essex, Hartford, Lancaster, Marion and Mohican are old steam wooden vessels; the Constellation and Monongahela are old sailing vessels used for training ships, and the St. Mary's and Saratoga are old sailing vessels used for schoolships. There are Naval Tugs, named: Fortune, Iwana, Leyden, Narkeeta, Nina, Petrelito, Rapido, Standish, Sureste, Traffic, Triton, Unadilla, Wahneta, Samoset, Penacook, Pawtucket, They are from 187 to 450 tons displacement, and of from 8.5 to 13 knots speed. The Jamestown, Omaha and Iroquois belong to the Marine Hospital Service. The Fern, Marion, Minnesota, Portsmouth, Yantic, Dale, New Hampshire and St. Louis are being used by the naval militia of various States. The old wooden vessels, Franklin, Pensacola, Richmond, Wabash, Independence, Nipsic and Constitution are used as receiving ships, and are not fit for sea service. NAVY YARD AND NAVAL STATIONS. The United States navy yards are: Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Charlestown, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass.; Portsmouth Navy Yard, near Norfolk, Va.; Kittery Navy Yard, opposite Portsmouth, N. H.; League Island Navy Yard, a few miles out of Philadelphia; Mare Island Navy Yard, near San Francisco, Cal.; Pensacola Navy Yard, Pensacola, Fla.; Washington City Navy Yard, Washington, D. C. There are naval stations at New London, Conn.; Port Royal, S. C.; Bremerton, Wash.; Key West, Fla.; San Juan, Porto Rico; |