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0 of the propriety of éach project pre- sented from the standpoint of the broad . general interests of the nation and of the locality and must be prepared to face pressure and criticism from those whose existing or prospective eggs lave to be sacrificed. © Naval Vessels In an articles showing how the na- tions at war have suffered in losses of fighting vessels, the Glasgow Her- ald enumerates the list of those that have so far been disposed of and showing that Germany has felt the strain the most. The article says: Even adding the three third-class cruisers the destruction of which was announced this week, the British fleet has not sustained the loss of nearly so many vessels as has the navy of Germany. losses are 26, while those of the Brit- ish are only eight. In actual fighting value, however, the deductions which have to be made from the naval strength of Britain are larger than are represented by a comparison in mere numbers, as the three cruisers lost on Sept. 22 were larger units in the Brit- ish fleet than were the three cruisers lost simultaneously by Germany in Heligoland Bight. On the other hand, Germany has lost a _ battle- cruiser of her most modern type, three other cruisers, three submarines, _ probably nine destroyers, one gun- boat and two torpedo boats--so that she has out of action altogether 22 war vessels as compared with the seven lost by Britain. In proportion to the extent of her fleet she has suf- fered much more severely than Brit- ain has. In the following list, it. will 'be understood, some of the tonnages must necessarily be approximate, as the names of the smaller vessels have not always been made public, while in some cases the exact date on which a vessel was lost cannot be stated with absolute accuracy. It may also be added that, of course, only 'com- batant" vessels are included, and that unarmed merchant ships sunk or cap- tured are omitted: GERMAN. Tons. Aug. 4--Tarpedo boat blown up by ex- plosion or German mine off Danish OO ge oa sg aie ws 0 Coleen gees 6 160 Aug. 5--Konigin Luise, mine layer, sunk by British destroyer Lance.... 2,163 Aug. 9--U-15, submarine, sunk by H. M. S. Birmingham off Heligoland.. 500 Aug. 10--Goeben, battleship, interned BE ar eAees 0 i es kee ees 22,640 Aug. 10--Breslau, light cruiser, in- tetmen in (Dardanelles =... 00. 5 4,500 Aug. 27--Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, armed merchant cruiser, sunk by ' M. S. Highflyer in South Atlantic... 13,952 Aug. 28--Magdeburg, light cruiser, oe and blown up by Russian Wc eo Pur che 6 oy be 0 bade 0 sce Aug. 28--Koln, light cruiser, sunk by British fleet in Heligoland Bight... Aug. 28--Mainz, light cruiser, sunk by British fleet in Heligoland Bight.. Aug. 28--Ariadne, light cruiser, sunk 4,500 4,280 4,232 Numerically the German THE MARINE REVIEW 2,618 1,000 by British fleet in Heligoland Bight. Aug. 28--Two destroyers sunk by Brit- ish fleet in' Heligoland Bight....... Sept. 4--Seven destroyers and one ttor- pedo boat reported damaged, an others sunk near Kiel canal....... Sept. 12--Speewald, armed merchant- man, captured by British cruiser Berwick in North Atlantic......... Sept. 13--Hela, small cruiser, torpe- doed by British submarine E-9 off Helipoland 4) 6 sc ees cane > Miiatk Mais! ois Sept. 14--Cap Trafalgar, armed mer- chant cruiser sunk off east coast of South America by British armed mer- chant cruiser Carmania Sept. 19--Mowe, gunboat, sunk by H. M. S.. Pegasus" at Zanzibar.....:.. 650 Sept. 22--Two submarines reported sunk by British fleet in North Sea.. 1,000 Total up to date--26 vessels of 90,604 tons. BRITISH Aug. 5--Amphion, light cruiser, sunk by German mine in North Sea...... Sept. 3--Speedy, torpedo gunboat, sunk by German mine in North Sea 810 Sept. 5--Pathfinder, light cruiser, sunk by submarine off Scottish east coast 2,940 Sept. 8--Oceanic, armed merchant cruiser, wrecked on Scottish north coast . Sept. 20--Pegasus, third class cruiser, completely disabled at Zanzibar by German third class cruiser Konigs- 3,800 3,899 2,000 3,440 17,274 weet rere reer ee ee eee reese eeere BALM ses ae Wee ecg ois Stee es 2,135 berg -- Sept. 22--Aboukir, third class cruiser, sunk by submarine in North Sea... 12,000 Sept. 22--Cressy, third class cruiser, sunk by submarine in North Sea... 12,000 Sept. 22--Hogue, third class cruiser, sunk by submarine in North Sea... 12,000 Total up to date--S vessels of 62,599 tons. AUSTRIAN Auge ely (about) -- Zenta, torpedo cruiser, sunk by French fleet in the AdriatiC5 orn ¢ ae Se ee ee ce 2,264 Sept. 10--Torpedo boat reported blown ip by, mine in. Adriatic. 3..0..6. 56% 160 Total up to date--2 vessels of 2,424 tons. JAPANESE Sept. 21--Torpedo boat, sunk by Ger- peman "CLiuIseh ns. cs heise ek ccs eo 350 Another torpedo boat reported lost.. 350 Total up to date--2 vessels of 700 tons. Taking into account warships only, Germany has lost 1 battleship (for the purposes of the war, at least), 5 cruisers, 9 destroyers, 2 torpedo boats, 1 gunboat and 3 submarines; Britain, 6 cruisers and 1 gunboat; Austria, 1 cruiser "and | torpedo: boat, and Japan, 2 torpedo boats. The reduc- tion in fighting power is therefore far larger in the case of Germany than in the case of Great Britain, while in comparison with the powers of the re- spective fleets the balance is enor- mously in favor of Britain. A German McAndrews The Pall Mall Gazette, London, of Sept. 11, has an article entitled "Ober- Ingenieur McAndrews," which tells of the capture of the German _ steamer Kronprinzessin Cecilie of which our readers have noted the report on the daily press. The extract we give relates to the devotion of the German chief engineer to his machinery, and of his effort to have it cared for after he should be gone. The references will be entirely clear to all who have read Kipling's fine poem about marine ma- chinery, entitled "McAndrew's Hymn." But the Kronprinzessin had one true heart aboard, and here comes a fine touch of humanity. After making the November, 1914 round of the ship our chief engineer found in the cabin assigned him a blotting-pad with a farewell message. There were none of the German jeers you might expect, but pencilled appeals in broken English to clean the engines "twice weekly," to feed the "pidgeons" -- on the "upper deck," and to "oel" the piston-rods regularly for the very good reason that "paking is cast-iren and will be rosting." It seems that the Ober- Ingenieur who wrote this note had superintended the building of the ship in the Stettin yards, and when he took leave of her at Falmouth, they say he sobbed like a woman bereft of a child. Doubtless in the Babylonian captivity of Bodmin he wonders how the engines that he loved are faring, and it should comfort him to know that. they are in good hands. Moreover, his blotting-pad message now adorns a British officer's album as so much proof that a true McAndrews may bear a German name. River and Harbor Bill All of the individual appropriations of the rivers and harbors bill amount- ing to $53,000,000 were stricken out through the efforts of Senator Burton. All that was left of it when it passed was a single paragraph appropriating $20,000,000 for continuing contract work as follows: "That the sum of $20,000,000 be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, cut of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be imme- diately available and to be expended under the direction of the secretary of war and the supervision of the chief of engineers, for the preserva- tion and maintenance of existing river and harbor works and for the prose- cution of such projects heretofore au- thorized as may be most desirable in the interests of commerce and_navi- gation and most economical and ad- vantageous in the execution of the work: Provided, That allotments from the amount hereby appropriated shall be made by the secretary of war upon the recommendation of the chief of engineers: Provided further, That allotments for the Mississippi river from the Head of Passes to the mouth of the Ohio river shall be expended under the direction of the sécretary of war in accordance with the plans, specifications and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission as approved by the chief of engineers; And provided further, That at the be- ginning of the next session of Con- gress a special report shall be made to Congress by the secretary of war showing the amount alloted under this appropriation to each work of im- provement." ne a ii hd