New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1915, Page 11

" DANIELS OUTLINES FIVE YEAR | Flowers and Flags for BUILDINGPROGRAMFOR NAVY Secretary in Annual Report Gives Details of Half Billion Dollar Project—Recommendations Increase Expen- ditures Proposed By General Board. Washington, Dec. 13.—Details of the half billion program under the five year contin- uing plan recommended to are contained in the annual report of Secretary Daniels made public last night. The report dollar navy building hows that for the first time in the history of the department, the secretary’s recommendations in- crease the expenditures proposed by the General Board. In this connec- tion the secretary says: same As General Board. “My recommendation of a five-year program embraces the same number as proposed by the General Beard in the distribution it made in the five- vear program of dreadnaughts, battle | cruisers, scouts. and destrovers. T recommend 15 fleet submarines where the General Board recommends 9, and T rccommend 85 coast submarines as against 58 recommended by the Gen- eral Board. For additional reserve ammunition, my recommendation ‘s $25,000,000, whereas the General Board recommends $11,000,000. They recommend something more for other craft. My total for the five years $502,482.214. The General Board total is $499,876.000, a very slight dif- ference for the five years, though the hoard’s recommendation for the fir x year is much larger than the de- partment’s estimate.” The five year program for new ships and completion of those already authorized reaches a grand total of $502,482,214, with large appropr tions for reserve ammunition and aviation. Differs on Seeretary Daniels differed from the General Board in one important par- ticular at least as the program although the total to be constructed and the types recommended are those proposed by the board. The secretary say: “The General Board was called up- | on for advice in this connection, and | the department has accepted its rec- ommendations as regards numbers of ,capital ship: As regards their dis- tribution over a five-year period, it was concluded, in view of all the cir cumstances, that it would .be best to make this as nearly uniform as might be. This course has obvious prac- tical advantages, particularly in view of the present congested condition of the shipbuilding industry in this country. Moreover, since the maxi- rhum rate of expenditure upon capital ships, which.take -some:years to build in any case, will not be reached immediately, it enables us to concentrate more at first upon sub- marines and other quickly-built craft, =o that we will get ecarlier returns for our expenditure in the shape of com- pleted vessels.” VIt is understood the board recom- mended a particularly large program for the first year. Precedent Last Year. The secretary calls attention to the act that he established a precedent | last vear in making public the report of the General Board, which he will follow this year at a later date. The result, he says, is certain to arouse discussion as between the recommen- dations of the board and of the secretary, but adds: “But discussion makes for knowl- edge and a wise decision. The General Board is influenced by its profession- al views, while the administration takes into consideration the whoie national policy and does not overlook the question of national revenues.” Fleet in 1921. Tollowing will be the composition SICK SKINS - MADE WELL . One Particular. BY RESINOL No matter how long you have been tortured and disfigured by itching, burning, raw or scaly skin humors, just put a little of that soothing, an- tiseptic Resinot Ointment on the sores. The suffering usually stops right there! 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FYou Wani w00a Luiucd Beer, Wine or Liquors, Congress t | number of ships | the | ¢ | pfop | flection, conference with able experts and | chafings, and are a comfort to skin- | of the fleet in 1921, built or building, ir the program is carried out, ac- cording to the General Board's calcu- lations, the secretary Battleships, first line Battle cruiser Battleships, second Armored cruisers Scout cruiser E Cruiser first cla .. .. Cruisers, second class .... third class Destrovers .. v Fleet submarines Coast submarines Monitors Gunboat . Supply ships “uel ships Transports . . e Tenders to torpedo Special types Ammunition P Urging the necessity of a contin- uing building program the secretary says it is the “surest way to raise the standard of naval efficiency” and that little is to be gained by “sudden fluc- tuations and changes in policy.” line Emphasis on Dreadnought. had heen taken ago,” he adds, “as to types s too be constructed, a large majority of the people would doubt- less e voted to go into building nes on a scale so large as to leave little money for other fighting craft. Recently in navy circles the pendulum may be said to have swung away from an overlarge undersea pro- gram with emphasis again placed up- on the dreadnought. My first thought was to present a plan for a 10-yvear period, but the argument against determining upon a program for a longer term than five seemed conclusive, for in this av of invention and development it would hardly be safe to fix upon cer- tain types of ships for a long term of vears. We know what other countries have built and are building, and w- know the needs which constant prac- tice and maneuvers of the past 12 months by our own fleet have taught us. Therefore the hest expert judg- ment approves the number and types of ships which are recommended. Tf there are those who believe even within these five years changes in “If a vote a few Champion Egg Producer 1} ILADY EGLANTINE, Here's Lady Eglantine, champion hen of the United States, on exhibi- tion in New York. Note the flags and the floral tributes laid before Lady Eglantine. She is a White Leghorn pullet, which holds the world's egs laying record and whose owner, A. A. Christian of Philadelphia, values her at $100,000. Lady Eglantine vears old. Se was raised on scientific principles. Although the average types of ships or in equipment or The. 4100,000 H EN"®® product of the ordinary hen is seven- ty eggs a vear, Lady Eglantine, in the national contest which closed on Nov. 1, broke all records by laying eggs in 365 days. She was brought up at the Delaware college experiment station, at Newark, Del. It is as- serted that the manner of her raising has proved conclusively that the pro- duct of a han in cggs maybe develop- ed to its highest degree by training. armament will he so marked as to make the carrying out of the recom- mendations deny the benefit of now discoveries. the complete answer i Congress_is asked to make ap- ations only for a year at time, in accordance with custom. succeeding Congress will make such alterations as experience may prove desirable, without a reduction of the strength of the fleet to be constructed upon the plan proposed.” a Any st to Recommend Course. Secretary Daniels says his decision to recommend continuing building policy was reached after ‘“much a re- of the navy and patriotic men in civil walks of life.”” He lays stress on the fact that he is the first secre- tary of the navy to recommend such a course althought the General Board in 1903 urged that a definite program be mapped out which would lead to the establishment of a fleet of forty- eight battleships by 1919. On the five yvear program recommended the secretary says: “I hope congress will indorse it by so large a vote of its members as to make certain its continuance by con- gresses to come.” Budget for Year. The full total of the navy for the year is $217,652,174: all but $132,280,047 of which will go for £hips now under construction or to he authorized. The remainder contem- plates the increased personnel and general running expenses of the navy afloat and ashore. “In comparison with the enormous cxpenditures abroad,” the secretary writes, “the large expendfture is necessary if our fleet is to be able to enforce American policies. The lesson of the Buropean war warns us that it is better to spend money in times of reace for preparation than to run the risk, however remot2, of sorely want- ing ships and munitions if suddenly needel.” The secretary comments at length on the need of battle cruisers of the proposed thirty-five knot type. The cvents of the FEuropean war are re- counted to show the part these craft i have plaved and the reasons for in- ciuding six of them in the building program. As to the battleships of the foture, the secretary says the sug- gested vessels are of much greater displacement and heavier armament than anything heretofore contem- plated for any navy. The department is now discussing plans for ships of 36,000 tons and armed with 16-inch or perhaps 17-inch guns. The secretary says the plan has not yet been ap- proved, but his estimates are based on ships to cost $18,000,000 each which would allow for the increased size. Another Radical Step. Secretary Daniels takes another radical step in his report in urging that the present system of promotion of officers by seniority be abandoned in favor of promotion by selection. ile goes at length into the results of the seniority system to find that it produces ‘‘stagnation in the lower crades, arrival at command rank late in life and a fleeting passage through command and flag grades, combined with absolute lack of professional in- centive throughout all grades.”” Offi- cers now hold the grade of captain for an average of two years, he says, and budget | forty years under the present plan. “Is selection by merit practicable under o ng form of government?”’ the scere asks. Virtually all offi- cers admit it would be the best system, he says, but dismi it with th statement that for reasons it would become promotion by political infiuence or favoritism. Fle does not subscribe to this view. fie ary practically upon the vote of the offi- ce enior to the grade under con- sideration would unquestionably select approximately the most efficient officer in that grade. The result would be, he says, to give “personal stimulus for professional efficiency,” to provide for utilization of every competent officer and to give higher commands to men peculiarly fitted to hold them. Regarding Retirement. “Actual service,” the secretary adds, ‘“crowned with efficiency, and not age should supersede the inflex- ible rule of retiring officers at 62 years of age be changed so as to provide that officers be retired forty-one years after their graduation at the Naval academy. The effect of such legis tion would make the average of re- tirement sixty-three years. In the Army the statutory age of retirement is sixty-four years. “I renew my recommendation for a change in the law of retirement pay so that it shall be graded, the pay to be based upon the length of service. It should also differentiate between total and partial disability. The re- tired pay of the navy last vear ag- gregated $3,388,826.35. /It is an abuse of the republic generosity to give three-fourths retired pay to all. The law should be changed and reformed.” Adequate Auxiliary Ships. Turning to the problem of finding adequate auxiliary ships for the navy in war time, the secretary s he has not included any vessels in h building program except those which may be used constantly for the na: in pea ecor war. On a war bas he adds, the navy would need 400 ad- ditional ships or a tonnage of 1,172, 000 to carry fuel and supplies and do other auxiliary work. About 800,- 000 tons for this work could be drawn from the present merchant marine, he says, but some method must be found to supply the rest. “The solution for the Government,’ from time to time, a sufficient and suitable auxiliary fleet, proportioned to the needs of the Navy, and to have such auxiliaries operated in com- merce during peace times in such a way as will preserve them and train the essential naval reserve of men, and while doing this relieve the Gov- ernment of the burden of cost of maintenance through the income of earnings of the vessels emploved in commerce. Such a policy would give to the Nav without cost for its operation during peace, a perfect aux- iliary. Of course theése ships should be built upon Navy plans and manned by American citizens trained under Navy regulations, which would maks them efficient in time of war.” Armor-Plate Factory. In recommending again the con- struction of a government armor-plate factory and also urging that a projec- tile factory be added to the Navy's are rear admirals for only six months Order Same from PHILIP BARDECK, g5 Arch St. ’Phone 482-2 before retirement for age overtakes them. About 1,600 officers, he states, | must pass through the grades of cap- | tain and rear admiral in the nexb equipment and that every Navy yard be equipped for construction as well as repair work, Secretary Danicls again lays stress on his theory that the Government should be able to political | Lelieves a system of promotion based | the report continues, “is to construct | | buila any part of the cquipment need- from battleships to weroplanes motors in order that tric competition of private bidders for government contracts may be obtained ed for the Navy BUY | FOR CHRISTMAS:? NOTHING THAN HO BETTER SIERY ! 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