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14 cent resignation of Rear Admiral Brownson. Capt. Pillsbury was born in Low- ell, Mass., on Dec. 15, 1846, and en- tered the navy as a midshipman in Sept, 1802. During "the Spanish- - American war he was in command of the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius. Af- ter the war he served at the Charles- town navy yard and later as a mem- ber lof the general board of the navy. He reached the rank of captain on Nov. 21, 1902. From Nov. 30, 1903, to July, 1904, he was assistant chief of the bureau of navigation; from March, 1905, to June, 1907, he was chief of staff to Rear- Admiral Evans, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet. He remained on duty with the bureau of navigation till September, 1907, when he was de- tached and assigned to duty as a member of the general board and as a member of the 'army and navy board. When Rear Admiral Brownson's resignation was first made known on Dec. 24, it was announced that Capt. C. McR. Winslow would be his suc- cessor. Winslow was merely "acting chief.' He continues to be assistant chief of the bureau of navigation. LAKE SUBMARINE POSSIBLE. It has been announced that 'the time has again been extended by Secretary of the Navy Metcalf, in which the Lake Submarine Torpedo Boat Co. may accept his proposal to construct 'a submarine boat for sub- mission to tthe department. After Jan. 20 the offer will be withdrawn unless in the meantime it has been accepted. As a result of the extensive trials of the various types of sitib- marine 'boats, which took place off Newport last spring, the navy depart- ment made contracts with the Elec- tric Boat Co. of New York, builders of the Octopus, already in the navy. The lake company appealed from their exclusion from the contract and the secretary proposed that if the com- pany would construct a boat and sub- mit it to the department for trial, it would be purchased provided it would meet the requirements of the law and prove to be the equal of any submarine boat in or under construc- tion for the navy. This offer, which was made two months ago, has never been accepted by the company, and but for the extension would have ex- pired Jan, I. VESSEL OWNERS WIN. The action of the board of steam- boat inspectors of the port of New TAE Marine REVIEW York recently in revoking the license of the chief engineer of the steam- ship Julia Luckenbach is believed to have marked a crisis in the difficulties between the Marine Engineers' Bene- . 'ficial Association and the owners of coastwise steamships, as the Lucken- bach case was considered a test. The trouble which tied up most of the towboats in the harbor of New York a few weeks ago had its incep- tion in the demand of the Engineers' Association that three engineers in- stead of two should be employed on all deep-sea tugs, although only two are called for in the government li- cense. A strike was declared on the owners' refusal to meet this demand but it was settled some weeks ago. The principles however were by no means settled and the test case against the engineer of the Luckenbach was the result. The case was one in which charges were formulated against the engineer, based on grievances the nature of which tended to impair the engineer's usefulness for the duties which he was sttpposed to perform. The in- spectors held that the company was right and the engineer's license was - revoked. It is expected that the Engineers' Beneficial Association will soon take action upon the matter. ADVOCATE REWARD FOR NA- VAL INVENTORS. The announcement of the resigna- Homo llkicit icomdr G © David- Som Oro Navy, tO accept a2 position with the Electric Boat Co., furnishes an additional argument to those offi- cials of the navy department who have advocated a more liberal attitude on the part of the government toward army and navy officers. Lieut. Com/'dr. Davidson has applied himself to new processes and improved machinery. It is not alone that he has proved him- coh aecmdilinile and tresourcenul mati that he is sought by a private corpo- ration, but he is the inventor of sev- eral contrivances which have been patented, which patents must, accord- ing to the present law, be transferred to the government. Several officials in the navy depart- ment, the chiefs of bureaus and oth- ers, have urged upon congress a mod- ification of this law so that when an officer makes a valuable invention he might be entitled to the royalty which comes from the patent. The argu ment is that officers should be en- couraged in research and experiment by being permitted to receive the same proceeds of their inventions as would private citizens. BARQUE R. C. RICKMERS. The largest sailing vessel in the world, the banque R. C. Rickmers, lay at anchor off Alcatraz Island, Bay of San Francisco, at the close of last year. She is a five-master and carried 6,600 tons of coal. She is equipped with steam power, for use in calms or contrary winds. Her commander is Capt. Bandelan, who says that the voyages of the big vessel are most successful and economical on account of the proper iapportionment of her auxiliary power.. The R. C. Rickmers started from Bremerhaven for New York on April 22, 1906, and with New York as her port of departure made a round trip to two eastern and two European ports. During 295 days at sea she sailed or steamed 49,959 miles or an average of 169.6 miles per day. Her cargo of coal was brought from Australia, During the short time that she has been afloat, nearly 40,000 tons of cargo have been carried. Her first trip from New York to Laigon was made in 83 days, and she covered 'the distance between Pan btive: tana Satie a eano me alemeattn even better time, reaching Cape Horn at an unfavorable time of the year and completing ther trip in 97 days. The distance covered in this voyage in which the auxiliary engines were 15,861 miles. 163 miles of great service, was The average speed was 'per day or 6.8 miles per hour. Of the whole distance of nearly 16,000 miles, 10,357 were made under sail in 60 days, at an average rate of 172.25 miles per day, or 7.18 miles per hour. With 5,500 miles were covered in a little more than 37 days, at an average speed of 148.6 miles per day, or 62 miles per hour. As there has been a rise in auxiliary steam power the price of steel, on account of the demand for it in 'other industries than ship building, steel cargo-steam- ers' cost more to construct than they did. The performances, therefore, of sailing ship with auxiliary power, are of special interest at this a large time, as its smaller first cost may en- able it to surpass the cargo-steamer in economy and may lead to the con- struction of more vessels of this type, which is, undoubtedly, efficient. economically NAVAL STATIONS AT VALDEZ. In the improbable event of a war between the United States and Japan, the Japanese would be likely to land on -the coast of Alaska, in order to from the in- fisheries of the district. Men of much experience in Alaskan replenish 'their stores exhaustible