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shown that they were useless waste of men and money。 The battleship was 

propelled by rotary engines developing fifty thousand horsepower�察�driving 

the   ship   at   a   sustained   speed   of   thirty   knots   an   hour。 The   ship   had   four 

propellers�察�two on each side at the stern�察�and the boilers were heated by 

petroleum  with automatic feed。 The engineer informed me that they  had 

tried   gasoline   and   other   explosives   ��for   the   rotary   engines   worked   well 

with them�� but they endangered the safety of the ship and the lives of the 

crew。 There were only two decks in the ship�察�the lower deck just above the 

waterline and the gun deck�察�the lower deck floor was two´inch steel and 

was not divided into compartments�察�having no partitions�察�so that if solid 

shot or shell entered the side of the ship it could not scatter a shower of 

steel splinters to kill or wound the men�察�and for further protection against 

fragments of shell heavy  woolen blankets   were hung   on the   inside   from 

the ceiling。 A double partition of two´inch steel ran bow to stern through 

the center of the ship�察�reaching from the floor of the hold to the lower deck�察�

with a space between the partitions of four inches filled in with concrete�察�

and    the   gun   deck   was   supported     by   heavy    steel  pillars�察 �as  the   space 

between   the   lower   deck   and   the   gun   deck   was   twelve   feet。 A  fireproof 

platform four feet wide with a railing four feet high of netting�察�encircled 

the smokestack about twenty feet above the gun and connected with it by a 

rope ladder。 It was the lookout station and the Captain's post in battle from 

where he directed the action。 

     There   was   only   one   smokestack   on   any   battleship   and   no   bridge   or 

superstructure or   any  inflammable   material   above   the   waterline�察  �and   the 

officers and men eat at the same tables and partake of the same food。 If 

any officer or private objected to it or violated this rule�察�he was dismissed 

the service�察�for it was considered injurious to the service on board ship to 

keep any discontented person。 The crew consisted of two hundred privates�察�

fifty   corporals�察   �five  sergeants�察   �ten   lieutenants�察  �ten   captains�察  �one   chief 



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engineer       with   two     assistants�察   �one    lieutenant    commander        and    the 

commander�察�who was captain of the ship and had the same rank and pay as 

a colonel in the army。 

     The    gunner     and   assistant   gunners    held   the  same    rank   and   pay   as 

captains and lieutenants in the army。 The chief engineer received the same 

as   the   commander       and   took   orders   only   from   him�察   �and   his  assistants 

received the same pay as majors in the army�察�and the sergeants�察�corporals 

and   privates   the    same   pay   as   in   the   army。  The   gunners   and    assistant 

gunners were chosen from among the crew for the best shooting�察�for it was 

justly   held   that   victory   in   a   naval   battle   rested   mostly   on   the   shooting 

qualities of the man behind the gun。 

     The other battleship was rated first class and her dimensions were as 

follows�此�Length�察�six hundred and thirty feet�察�breadth of beam ninety feet�察�

draught of water thirty feet。 Armament�此�sixteen twelve´inch caliber guns in 

single turrets   and placed   in   the   following   manner�此  �forward on the   lower 

gun deck�察�five guns�察�one on the center line of the ship near the bow and 

two on each side further back。 Five guns aft on the lower gun deck�察�one on 

the center line of the ship near the stern and two on each side in the same 

way as in the first part of the ship。 Three guns forward on the upper gun 

deck�察  �one   on   the   center   line   of   the   ship   and   one   on   each   side   nearer 

amidships�察�three guns aft on the upper gun deck in the relative positions。 

All the guns were placed so that twelve guns could be brought to bear on 

an enemy ship。 The lower gun deck was twelve feet above the water line 

and the upper gun deck two�察�and they were constructed and equipped as 

those on the second class。 

     The first class battleships carried one hundred and two more men than 

the second class�察�consisting of six gunners�察�six assistant gunners�察�eighteen 

corporals   and seventy  privates。  No   additional   force   was   required   for   the 

Engineer   department   of   the   ship。   I   inquired   of   the   Chief   Engineer   what 

make of engine they used and he replied that it was the Hammond & Co。 

Rotary      Engine     and   added�此    �We     are   indebted    for   this   engine    to   a 

countryman of yours named Leonard Hammond�察�who perfected it so that 

at present it is in universal use and has revolutionized the industries of the 

world     by   its  saving    of  fuel   and   the   low   price    at  which    it  call  be 



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manufactured�察       �so   that   it  has  consigned      every    other   make     of   engine�察�

reciprocal and turbine�察�to the scrap pile�察�and of the most notable benefits 

derived from it has been in the shipping not only in economy of fuel�察�but 

also in the small space they occupy so as to give more room for cargo and 

in the almost   total   absence of   vibration�察 �and in   the   battleship   from  their 

being on the propeller shaft at the stern far below the water line。; 

     The   battleships   remain   for   ten   months   of   the   year   in   the   rivers   and 

harbors�察  �where   the   officers   and   men   are   kept   busy   dredging�察  �building 

levees�察�wharves and breakwaters�察�and they take a cruise to different parts 

of the earth during the months of December and January�察�and during that 

time   engage   in   gunnery   practice。 A  battery   of   three´inch   caliber   guns   is 

taken   on   board   each   battleship   for   that   as   the   big   guns   will   not   stand 

continual      firing  and    are  only    used   on   special   occasions      to  see  if  the 

gunners have improved。 The men are highly pleased with the service and 

the majority of them re´enlist。 On inquiry I was told that they had thirty 

first´class    and    thirty  second´class      battleships    and    that  they   kept    them 

always together so that they could strike an enemy with force�察�but as they 

held no people in subjection and had no colonies or outlying possessions 

there was at the present time very little danger of war´but if it should come 

they   were   ready   to   fight   and   to   strike   hard。   As   I   left   the   navy   yard   I 

thought what a pity it was that the people inhabiting the other countries of 

the earth were not governed as these people are�察�for then there would be 

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