. Scientific American Volume 91 Number 04 (July 1904) . in their nativeislands. They are a bright, sunny race, glad to talkwith the Americano, and ever ready to respond, witha smile that shows their pearly-white teeth, to anyquestions which they are able to answer. Down in the shady canyons of the Expositiongrounds, and along the shores of the lake, one maystudy the Filipino as he was when the United Statestook charge of the islands. On the central plateau of thegrounds above, may be seen the Filipino as the UnitedStates government has improved him; for here, strut-ting around in their natty k
. Scientific American Volume 91 Number 04 (July 1904) . in their nativeislands. They are a bright, sunny race, glad to talkwith the Americano, and ever ready to respond, witha smile that shows their pearly-white teeth, to anyquestions which they are able to answer. Down in the shady canyons of the Expositiongrounds, and along the shores of the lake, one maystudy the Filipino as he was when the United Statestook charge of the islands. On the central plateau of thegrounds above, may be seen the Filipino as the UnitedStates government has improved him; for here, strut-ting around in their natty khaki uniforms, and lookingevery inch the United States soldier, are to be seenseveral companies of the native scouts, a body of sol-diers which owe their origin to that ever-to-be-lamentedarmy officer, Gen. Lawton. The original body of scoutsdid good service under Gen. Lawton, and later underGen. Young; and they proved so serviceable, and gaveevidence of such good soldierly qualities, that in 1901an act of Congress authorized the enlistment of 12,000. Displacement) 14,800 tone; , 139 feet; Ream, 79 feet; Draught, 28 feet; Armament : four 12-iuch, ten inch, two submerged and two above-water torpedo tubes. THE NEW FRENCH BATTLESHIP DEMOCRATIE. Stern. It will have a maximum thickness of 11 inchesamidships, but will taper off toward bow and stern. Alighter cuirass will surmount this, protecting hersides from all but the heaviest kinds of the top of the waterline belt will be an armoreddeck inches h. thickness, while the armor is rein-forced lower down by a second deck 2 inches thickon the flat and inches at the ends. The two mainturrets will be covered with armor from 11 to 12%inches in thickness, while the smaller turrets andcasemates will have the protection of plating abouthalf that thickness. The Democratic will havethree screws actuated by three engines having a com-bined horse-pow r of 17,500. She will have, it is esti-mated, a full speed o
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