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3 15-in dyn. guns.

bl. means Breech Loading rifle, rf. Rapid Fire guns.

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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;

Havana, Cuba; Honolulu, H. I.; Cavite, P. I. At Newport is also a torpedo and naval training station. There is also a naval training station at Yerba Buena Island, Cal.

PAY AND WAGES IN THE NAVY.

Admiral gets, both at sea and on shore duty, $13,500; the first nine Rear-Admirals, at sea and on shore duty, respectively, $7,500 and $6,375; the second nine rear-admirals, $5,500, $4,675; Captains, $3,500, $2,975; Commanders, $3,000, $2,550; Lieut.-Commanders, $2,500, $2,125; Lieutenants, $1,800, $1,530; Junior Lieutenants, $1,500, $1,275; Ensigns, $1,400, $1,190; Chief Boatswains, Chief Gunners, Chief Carpenters, Chief Sailmakers, $1,400, $1,400; Naval Cadets, $500, $500; Mates, $900, $700; Medical Directors, Pay Directors, Inspectors, Chief Engineers rank the same and receive $4,400 when at sea; Surgeons and Paymasters receive from $2,800 to $4,200, and Chaplains from $2,000 to $2,800. The wages of enlisted landsmen in the Navy are $16 per month; of ordinary seamen, from 18 to 30 years, $19; of others, from 21 to 35 years, as follows: seamen, $24, stewards and mess attendants, $16 and up; coal passers, $22; shipwrights and sailmakers, $25 up; painters and buglers, $30; musicians, $32; firemen, $30 to $35; yeomen, $30 to $40; cooks, $40; carpenters mates, $40 to $50; blacksmiths, $50; boilermakers, and chief yeomen, $60; machinists, $40 to $70.

NAUTICAL NOTES.

A power of 250 tons is necessary to start a vessel weighing 3,000 tons over greased slides on a marine railway; when in motion, 150 tons only is required

A modern dredging-machine, 123 feet long, beam, 26 feet, breadth over all, 31 feet, will raise 180 tons of mud and clay per hour 11 feet from water-line

The easternmost point of the United States is Quoddy Head. Me.; the most northern, Point Barrow, Alaska; the most western, Attu Island, Alaska; the most southern, Key West, Fla. When 6 o'clock at Attu Island, it is 9:36 A.M. the next day at Quoddy Head.

The Geneva Award (of $15,500,000) was the sum fixed by five commissioners of arbitration, meeting at Geneva, Switzerland, under the Washington Treaty, in 1872, as that to be paid by England to indemnify the United States for losses to American commerce inflicted by the Alabama, and other Confederate privateers built in English shipyards, during the Civil War.

Sandy Hook means "sandy point," the term "hook" being derived from the Dutch "haak," point.

Hell Gate is a corruption of the Dutch Horllgatt, "horl," a whirlpool, and "gat," a passage.

Castle Garden, the oid immigrant depot of New York, was originally a small fortified island (Fort George). It was converted into a summer garden, and here a ball was given to Lafayette in 1824, to Jackson in 1832, and a reception to Tyler in 1843. Jenny Lind made her first appearance in America at Castle Garden. In 1855 the space between the island and Battery was filled in, and the place devoted to the reception of immigrants. This has since been closed and part of the structure demolished. The Aquarium of New York City is now located on the site.

The United States flag was first saluted by a foreign power, Feb. 14, 1778, at Quiberon Bay, France-Admiral La Motte, representing the French Government, firing the salute. The flag was carried by the Ranger, Capt. Paul Jones. It was first carried around the world in the Columbia, Capt. Robert Gray, in 1791.

Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria, were the three vessels with which Columbus set out to discover America. The first protective tariff was enacted in 1816.

Marine insurance existed in the year 533 A. D.; was introduced into England, in 1598, and into America, in 1721.

America was discovered by Lief Ericson, 1,001; by Columbus, 1492; North America by John and Sebastian Cabot, 1497; Florida, by De Soto, 1541; Hudson River, by Hendrick Hudson, 1609.

Hell Gate reefs were blown up, 1876.

The "Compact of the Pilgrims," signed on board the Mayflower in Cape Cod (Provincetown) harbor before landing, was the first instrument of civil government ever subscribed as the act of the whole people. There were 41 subscribers, each noting the number of his family. The total of persons was 101.

The male passengers of the Mayflower who landed at Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 21, 1620, were: Isaac Allerton, John Allerton, Wm. Bradford, Wm. Brewster, John Bil

lington, Peter Brown, Richard Britterage, John Carver, Francis Cook, James Chilton, John Crackston, Richard Clarke, Edward Dotey, Francis Eaton, Thos. English, Sam'l. Fuller, Edward Fuller, Moses Fletcher, John Goodman, Richard Gardiner, John Howland, Stephen Hopkins, Edward Leister, Christopher Martin, Wm. Mullins, Edward Margeson, Degony Priest, Thos. Rogers, John Rigdale, Capt. Miles Standish, George Soule, Edward Tilly, Thos. Tinker, John Turner, Edward Winslow, Wm. White, Richard Warren, Thos. Williams, Gilbert Winslow. Their servants were: Carter, Coper, Ely, Holbeck, Hooke, Langemore, Latham, Minter, More, Prower, Sampson, Story, Thompson, Trevore, Wilder.

U. S. Fish Commission was established in 1871.
Salmon-canning was begun on Pacific coast in 1865.
Lumley's rudder was patented in 1862.

Ruthven's propelling patent was in 1830.
Fulton's submarine boat, 1801.

Bernouilli demonstrated principle of screw propeller in 1752.

Floating docks were introduced in 1716.
Volturius's propelling wheels were

1472.

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Sea coal prohibited in London as "prejudicial to health," 1273.

Naval Academy of United States, Annapolis, Md., opened in 1845.

Pacific cable proposed, 1891, and $50,000 appropriated for survey.

Three ships bearing the earliest Pilgrim Fathers from England to America sailed from London, Dec. 20, 1606. These were followed in 1620 by the Mayflower and Plymouth Rock, and in 1640 by a fleet of four ships under Winthrop.

"Boston Tea Party," destroying tea in harbor of Boston, Dec. 16, 1773.

Spanish Armada of 132 ships, under Medina Sidonia, scattered by the English fleet, 1588.

Trafalgar, off which, Oct. 21, 1805, the British, under Nelson, gained a great victory over the combined fleets of France and Spain.

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