marines are also pro posed by quite a few people that again going with your 20,000 leagues under the sea motif. a number of submarines are clever but impractical. in fact, you have an individual c.c. koh, write in, do you want the merrimac destroyed. i can do it. but my methods are secret and submarine. i can do it. but i can't tell. if england assaults our blockade, i can destroy her fleet in one day. the navy did take a chance on a submarine. oh, although i should talk about this one for a moment. another individual wrote in, how about a glass bottom boat. this would be used to remove torpedoes and obstructions. from 10:00 in the morning, you can see deep enough in the water to suppose lead undo these enemy obstructions. apparently also a one-man submarine as well. but, the one submarine, the u.s. government does invest in proposed by brutus devillearoy. a french immigrant. you are familiar with, remember, warners brother cartoons, wile e. coyote. de villearoy. he puts on the census, occupation, natural genius. the alligator, a pro tow types built. it is even brought down to hampton roads at