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be towed from Detroit within a short time down the lakes, through the Erie canal to New York and thence to Newport, where the gov- ernment torpedo station is located, and where the best facilities for tests and experiments are at hand. It is understood that the govern- ment will conduct or at least su- pervise the test work, so that suc- cessful sub-marine navigation, commenced on the lakes, will be perfected in the east. trials have been made since those mentioned when the boat was il- lustrated in detail in the Review, May 109. Commodore Folger, U.S. N., W. Scott Sims, inventor of the Sims-- Edison torpedo has visited Mr. Baker at Detroit and examined the boat. auxiliary to his invention, which has beeen adopted by the United States and several foreign govern- ments. torpedo can be handled under cir- cumstances that were hitherto im- possible. make one of the most valuable MARINE REVIEW. v The Sub-Marine Boat. The Baker sub-marine boat will No further On recommendation of He is delighted with this By means of the boat the The combination will means of modern warfare Con- cerning the demands of the gov- : INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR VIEWS OF THE BAKER ernment for a sub marine boat, Commodore Folger recently said: "T consider the principle of the Baker boat feasible. It is already made clear that an efficient boat can be submerged and kept un- der control with but a foot of the conning tower above the sur- face. A Sims torpedo could be sent out from such a vessel to a distance of a mile and, directed at night by means of range (From the Western Electrician, Chicago.) SUB-MARINE BOAT. lanterns, would be more effective than by day. The submerged vessel, equipped with such a torpedo, could remain at a point where she would be completely invisible to an enemy's ship. The boat will be further armed with the submarine gun and_ projectile, tests of which have already been made with satisfac- tory results recently at Newport."