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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (THE NAVY.) 



North Caroline, 1,800 men, besides 246 in the 

 naval militia; Kentucky, 1,800 men; Louisiana, 

 1,794 men, besides 352 in the naval militia; Ne- 

 braska, 1,541 men; Tennessee, 1,500 men; Oregon, 

 1,497 men; Maine, 1,316 men, besides 49 in the 

 naval militia; Kansas, 1,271 men; Florida, 1,247 

 men, besides 154 in the naval militia; Rhode 

 Island, 1,242 men, besides 193 in the naval mili- 

 tia; Colorado, 1,170 men; Arkansas, 1,080 men; 

 Washington, about 1,000 men; Oklahoma, about 

 1,000 men; Arizona, 1 regiment; Vermont, 756 

 men; South Dakota, 711 men; North Dakota, 692 

 men; Utah, 500 men; Idaho, 500 men; New Mex- 

 ico, 500 men; Wyoming, 1 battalion; Delaware, 

 384 men; Montana, 325 men; Nevada, 148 men; 

 Georgia, 128 naval militia. The total numerical 

 strength of the organized militia in 1900 was 

 8,246 officers and 113,967 men. The total fighting 

 strength of the United States, including all able- 

 bodied men within the military ages, exceeds 

 10,000,000 men. 



The Navy.- The vessels of the new navy have 

 been built since 1892. All the battle-ships except 

 the Texas, of 6,315 tons, the oldest of them, are 

 of the first class, having a displacement of over 

 10,000 tons and a speed of over 15J knots, carry- 

 ing in their turrets 12-inch or 13-inch guns, and 

 having 11 -inch Krupp armor on the newest ones, 

 16|-inch Harvey armor on those launched in 1898, 

 and 18-inch armor on the earliest large ships, 

 launched in 1893. These are the Oregon, of 11,000 

 tons, and the Indiana and Iowa, of 10,810 tons, 

 each carrying 4 13-inch, 8 8-inch, 4 6-inch quick- 

 firing, and 20 6-pounder quick-firing guns. Their 

 speed varies from 15.6 to 16.8 knots. The Iowa, 

 launched in 1896, has 14-inch armor, a displace- 

 ment of 11,340 tons, a speed of 17.1 knots with 

 engines of 12,105 horse-power, and an armament 

 of 4 12-inch, 4 8-inch, 6 4-inch quick-firers, and 

 20 6-pounders. The Kearsarge and Kentucky, 'of 

 11,525 tons, can steam 17 knots, and are armed 

 with 4 13-inch, 4 8-inch, 14 5-inch quick-firing 

 guns, and 20 6-pounders. The Alabama, Illinois, 

 and Wisconsin, having a displacement of 11,565 

 tons, engines of 11,500 horse-power in the last 

 and somewhat less in the others, giving an esti- 

 mated speed of 17 knots and over, carry, besides 

 the 4 13-inch breech-loading guns, 14 6-inch and 

 16 6-pounder quick-firers. The new Maine, 

 launched July 27, 1901, has a displacement of 

 12,300 tons, and will be fitted with engines of 

 16,000 horse-power, capable of making 18 knots 

 with twin propellers, with bunker capacity for 

 2,000 tons of coal. The length of the vessel is 388 

 feet, with a breadth of 72 feet 2 inches and a 

 draft of 25 feet 6 inches. The vital parts are 

 protected with Krupp armor tapering from a 

 thickness of 11 inches above the water-line to 

 7 inches 3J feet below it; the barbettes and tur- 

 rets have 12-inch, the casemates 6-inch armor, 

 and there is a protective deck 2J inches thick on 

 the armored parts and 3 and 4 inches beyond 

 the armor belt. The armament will consist of 

 4 12-inch guns in turrets, 16 6-inch quick-firing 

 guns, of which 10 are in broadside casemates and 

 6 in barbettes fore and aft, 6 3-inch and 8 6- 

 pounder quick-firers, and 9 machine guns. There 

 will be 2 torpedo-tubes, both submerged. The 

 Missouri, of the same size, and the Ohio, of 12,440 

 tons, are of the same design as the Maine. The 

 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Georgia, of 15,000 

 tons displacement, and the Virginia and Rhode 

 Island, of 14,600 tons, are planned to have en- 

 gines of 19,000 horse-power and to steam 19 knots 

 an hour, and their armament is to be, besides the 

 4 12-inch rifles in the turrets, 8 8-inch, 12 6-inch, 

 and 12 14-pounder rapid-fire guns. The Pennsyl- 



vania, New Jersey, and Georgia will be sheathed 

 and coppered, as are the new first-class cruisers 

 California, Nebraska, West Virginia, St. Louis, 

 Milwaukee, and Charleston, and all the new sec- 

 ond-class cruisers. The first-class cruiser New 

 York, launched in 1891, has a displacement of 

 8,200 tons, 10 inches of armor over the vital parts, 

 engines of 17,400 horse-power, giving a speed of 

 21 knots, and a battery of 6 8-inch breech-loaders 

 and 12 4-inch and 8 6-pounder quick-firers. The 

 Columbia and Minneapolis, of 7,375 tons, have 

 18,510 and 20,860 horse-power engines, making 

 22.8 and 23.1 knots nominal speed, and an arma- 

 ment of 1 8-inch gun and 2 6-inch, 8 4-inch, and 

 12 6-pounder quick-firers. The Brooklyn, launched 

 in 1895, has a displacement of 9,215 tons, a speed 

 of 21.9 knots with 18,769 horse-power engines, 8- 

 inch armor, and an armament of 8 8-inch breech- 

 loaders and 12 5-inch and 12 6-pounder quick- 

 firers. The California, Nebraska, West Virginia, 

 Maryland, South Dakota, and Colorado will have 

 a displacement of 13,500 tons, engines of 23,000 

 horse-power to give a speed of 22 knots, and an 

 armament of 4 8-inch, 14 6-inch, and 18 14- 

 pounder rifles, all quick-firing, with 12 3-pounders, 

 8 1-pounders, 2 3-inch field, 2 machine, and 6 

 automatic guns. These vessels will have a com- 

 plete belt of armor, 8 feet wide, 6 inches at the 

 top, tapering to 5 inches at the bottom. The 

 Charleston, Milwaukee, and St. Louis, of 9,700 

 tons, will have a belt of 4-inch armor 200 feet 

 long at the water-line and 7-i feet wide, surmount- 

 ed by another of two-thirds its length, and will 

 be fitted with engines of 21,000 horse-power, to 

 make not less than 22 knots an hour. They will 

 carry 14 6-inch and 18 3-inch rapid-fire rifled 

 cannons, 12 3-pounders, 2 3-inch field, 2 machine, 

 and 8 automatic guns. The protected steel cruis- 

 ers New Orleans and Albany, launched in 1896 

 and 1899, have 4,000 tons displacement, a speed of 

 20 knots, and an armament of 6 6-inch, 4 4.7- 

 inch, 10 6-pounder, and 8 1-pounder rapid-fire 

 guns. The Chattanooga, Cleveland, Denver, Des 

 Moines, Galveston, and Tacoma, protected cruisers 

 of 3,200 tons, are intended to have a speed of 

 16^ knots, with engines of 4,700 horse-power, and 

 a cruising radius of 7,000 miles at 10 knots, and to 

 carry 10 5-inch quick-firers, supplemented by 8 

 6-pounders and 2 1-pounders. New monitors for 

 harbor defense are the Arkansas, Florida, Nevada, 

 and Wyoming, having a displacement of 3,235 

 tons, a speed of 11| knots, and an armament of 



2 12-inch breech-loading guns, with 4 4-inch, & 

 6-pounder, and 5 1-pounder quick-firers. The pro- 

 tected cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis, dis- 

 placing 7,375 tons, having 3 sets of triple-expan- 

 sion engines of 20,000 horse-power (or 23,000 with 

 forced draft), made 22.8 and 23 knots on their 

 trial trips. The destroyer Bainbridge, of 420 tons, 

 built in 1899, having 2 tubes for Whitehead tor- 

 pedoes and 2 14-pounder and 5 6-pounder rapid- 

 fire guns, has a speed of 29 knots. Built on the 

 same model are the Barry, Chauncey, Paul Jones, 

 Macdonough, Perry, Preble, and Stewart. The 

 Dale and Decatur have an estimated spee'd of 28 

 knots. The Hopkins has a displacement of 408 

 tons. The Lawrence, displacing 400 tons, can 

 make 30 knots, and so can the Truxtun and the 

 Whipple and Worden of the same design, having 

 a displacement of 433 tons. The torpedo-boats 

 Bagley, Barney, and Biddle, of 167 tons, carrying 



3 3-pounders and fitted with 3 18-inch Whitehead 

 torpedo-tubes, can go 28 knots. The Blakeley, 

 De Long, Shubrick, Stockton, Thornton, and Tin- 

 gey, of the same size, are designed to make 26 

 knots; the Wilkes, 26 knots; the Bailey, of 235 

 tons, has 4 6-pounders and only 2 torpedo-tubes 



