. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. s and midshipmen a sword, and all othersof the crew a months pay becaust^ of their goodwork there. The force was increased by otherships until there were five frigates, a brig, threeschooners, a sloop, and a dozen ar so gunboatsand bomb barges in the fleet, making the mostpowerful squadron that had ever assembledunder the flag. For that day and place it wasan impressive display of the sea power. In themeantime a formidable uprising had takenplace in the Bashaws dominions, and the capi-tal of his chief province was
. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. s and midshipmen a sword, and all othersof the crew a months pay becaust^ of their goodwork there. The force was increased by otherships until there were five frigates, a brig, threeschooners, a sloop, and a dozen ar so gunboatsand bomb barges in the fleet, making the mostpowerful squadron that had ever assembledunder the flag. For that day and place it wasan impressive display of the sea power. In themeantime a formidable uprising had takenplace in the Bashaws dominions, and the capi-tal of his chief province was b) theleader of the revolt with the aid of the Ameri-cans. So the Bashaw became alarmed andcventuall) offered to deliver up all prisonersfor a ransom of $60,000 and to agree neveragain to trouble American commerce. Thisoffer was accepted, and peace followed. Thefleet then sailed to Tunis, whose ruler, stimu-lated by the British consul-general, had ex-pelled the American agent. To him terms ofpeace were dictated under the muzzles of the iHli. HlbiUKY OF OUR NAVY 379. Prebles Medal. guns of the fleet. And that was a matter ofwonder to the nations of Europe, for never had 38o THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY such a thing been clone before. So closes thestory of the American navys work during theperiod between the Revolution and the War of1812. As it appears in the perspective of a hundredyears, that was in man) ways a piost importantepoch. It was, first of all, the time in which theruling policy of the American navy, as regardsthe construction of ships, was formed—thepolicy under which it was determined to buildonly as many ships as might be necessary todefend the nation and its commerce from ag-gressors, but each ship to be the most power-ful possible for its size. Evdry device andmodel that seemed likely to add to the effi-ciency of these vessels was tried, regardlessof expense. The eager enterprise of thenew nation and the ships this enterprise seta:float excited endless derision f
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