. Book of the Royal blue . the sun ne\er sets. Placed end to end, with bows and sternstouching, the ships would make a boulevardof steel along which one might walk fourmiles. Strung out at anchor in single file,the fleet would stretch awa\ for 1U miles,which is nearly as far as the eye can reachat sea, and with the farthest ships hull downon the horizon. Anchored four abreast fora review, the four lines would stretch awa\for two and a half miles each. In fact, the administration is sending itsentire fighting strength to the will not be a battleship or an armoredcruiser on the Atl
. Book of the Royal blue . the sun ne\er sets. Placed end to end, with bows and sternstouching, the ships would make a boulevardof steel along which one might walk fourmiles. Strung out at anchor in single file,the fleet would stretch awa\ for 1U miles,which is nearly as far as the eye can reachat sea, and with the farthest ships hull downon the horizon. Anchored four abreast fora review, the four lines would stretch awa\for two and a half miles each. In fact, the administration is sending itsentire fighting strength to the will not be a battleship or an armoredcruiser on the Atlantic Coast, nothing butgunboats and torpedo boats being left in theHast. The battleships making the\oyage cost over S99,U0O,UUU, and aremanned by over 15,000 men and 725officers. .Manning the Pacific fleet are .<U,(JOOofficers and seamen. Were they formedinto a parade the line would require fourhours time to pass a gi\en point. Asmilitia the\ would make .^0 regiments of THE GREATEST CRl/SE OF BATTLESHIP •KANSAS. soldiers. There are but ,^5,0UU men in theentire Navy, so nearly the entire Navy willbe on the cruise. The btrhting machines bristle with a totalof 2,1 84 guns. Were they placed 2U feetapart in the wall of a fort the broadsidewould extend a length of eight miles, ormake a square two miles long on each ofits four sides. The big guns that constitute the mainbatteries in the fleet number as follows: Pour-inch rifles ■. fl(j Pive-inch rifles 450 .Six-inch rifles Seven-inch rifles 120 Eight-inch rifles KiS Ten-inch rifles 14 Twelve-inch rifles 02 Thirteen-inch rifles 20 Total 1,180 The publication of the fact that duringtarget practice on the British Channel Heet,in the presence of King Kdward, one gunmade 19 hits in 21 shots, thereby earning adecoration from the King, naturally touchedthe pride of American naval officers. Theyhave looked into the records of the Ameri-can gun pointers and have found no reasonto fear a comparison with
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