Constellation, training ship, 14 guns; Jamestown, marine hospital service; Monongahela, practice ship, 13 guns; Portsmouth, naval militia; Saratoga, public' marine school; St. Mary's, public marine school. TUGS. The navy has 39 steel, iron, and wooden steam tugs in its service. WOODEN STEAM VESSELS UNFIT FOR SEA SERVICE. Fern, naval militia; Franklin, receiving ship, 2 guns; Iroquois, marine hospital service; Marion, naval militia; Minnesota, naval militia; Nipsic, naval station: Omaha, marine hospital service: Pensacola, receiving ship, 7 guns; Richmond, receiving ship, 2 guns; Wabash, receiving ship; Yantic, naval militia. WOODEN SAILING VESSELS UNFIT FOR SERVICE. Constitution; Dale, naval militia; Independence, receiving ship, 2 guns; New Hampshire, naval militia; St. Louis, naval militia; Vermont, receiving ship. 310 Grand total..... ABBREVIATIONS.-B.L.H., breech-loading howitzer; B.L.R., breech-loading rifle; B.S., battleship; b.t., barbette turret; C.D., coast defense; Cr., cruiser; Dis. B., dispatch boat; Dyn. G.B., dynamite gunboat; Gat., gatling; G.B., gunboat; H.R.C., Hotchkiss revolving cannon; H.D., harbor defense; H., Howell; L.W., long Whitehead; M., monitor; mm., millimetre; M.L.R., muzzle-loading rifle; M. Sch., marine school; N. Mil., naval militia; pdr., pounder; P. Cr., protected cruiser; R.F., rapid fire; R.F.G., rapid-fire gun; S.B., smooth bore; S.B.H., smooth-bore howitzer; S.C.L., sea-going coast-line; t.. turret; Tr. S., training ship; T.B.D., torpedo-boat destroyer; T.B., torpedo boat; Trans., transport: Unp. Cr., unprotected cruiser; W., Whitehead. THE ARMY. Before the war with Spain, the strength of the army of the United States, as fixed by statute or n pursuance thereof, was: The military forces now in the service of the United States are composed as follows: The following table exhibits the strength and distribution of the Army of the United States in June, 1900: |