New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1916, Page 10

10 NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1916. WEY SEESU. 5. AS HRST NAVAL POWER Stined to Rule Sea of Manil s, Says Hero ftlantic Ci erica is the Aug. 26.— eventually to e n cor terms, that is the answor | Admiral George Dewecy to every- Ing that has been said in recent nths for and against the upbuilding the navy It is his final answer o, to the criticism of his recent ut- ances by Representative Augustus Gardner, of Massachusets. In those bt words the admiral summarized, declared, all the knowledge he ithered in his sixty-two years’ vice In the navy; the one outstand- lesson of the Furopean war now, A his interpretation of the feeling the American nation. Admiral Dewey wholeheartedly fa- 'S every proviston of the senate 1 bill. He is outspoken in his pilonship of Josephus Daniels, etary of the navy. fflaving predicted that America uld be mistress of the seas, the Ad- ral, looking out over the ocean from suite in the Denn hotel, where h his wife he is ps ng the sum- pr, added: “And why shor ts bill as it leave a s the senate makes this not be so? a good second—that is it, a good ond. But we are the richest na- n in the world. We have immense ; retches that must be de- st Tines— hded, reaching from Maine to the nal, gain on the Pacific to laska. We have our foreign pos- bsions, increasing as the v slip , which must be protected We ould be second to nons, if we save maintain the position that inevit- | 1y must be ours. “I am a very old man, and I do t think that I will live to see these ings come to p But they must me, just as surely as we now are bout to be placed a good second jrong the nesies of the world.” Admiral Dewey refused to comment R the specific criticisms in a recent terview by Representative Gardner. peaking of the Naval Appropriation | 1l as p d by the senate, he said “This bill is the finest that ever hs en passed by any congress. It meets uarely every immediated exigency. we have enemies—secret enemie: have confounded them by a great triotic step. I thoroughly belleve t the passage of this bill congress it- If does not realize what a great, ben- cent task it accomplished for r country. Battleship Still Paramount. “Look at the provisions of this bill, gives us four battleships.at once hd we are to, have six more within ree years. 1If it has done nothing s | potamian failure, TRY TO LEARN WHY BRITISH FAILED IN | TWO CAMPAIGNS i ’ | NOONDAY LUNCH | 1A Mto2P. M i | FOR MEN AND WOMEN 25¢ HUDSON LUNCH 284 MAIN STREET | 58 | | | | 1 | | | ve mus strong adjuncts to our fleets the submarine is, or is to become,| “Electricity has passed the experi- have. Submarine, battie and scout | the supreme instrument of naval war- | mental stage in battle ship propulsion, | cruisers, all have their places in naval | fare. It doubles the navigating radius of h s ; warfare, But no nacion. after the Value of Destroyers. ships so equipped and does away with | ZORD GEORGE HAMILTON (9bae] |lessons taught by the war abroad— “I cannot do better than to refer| coaling, which is one of the most ar- AND LORD CROMER the Skagerrack fight, for instance | you to my previous estimate of the| duous tasks far enlisted men. f | an pin its faith on them. { vulue of destroyers. I said that the| up gtang emphatically and unquali- | To find out why the Dardanelles and “We are to arm these battleships | Skagerrack fight gave a convineing de- | nca1v” behind everything that T have Mesopotamian campaigns resulted so | with batteries of 16-inch guns. Thirk | monstration of the value of this cl N en i o s il ine disastrously for Great Britain the |Of it! Sixteen-inch gun, the greatest|of auxiliary. These ships, designed| (niorican people on this matter of | British government has appointed two |in the history of naval warfare. It | primarily to serve the purpose of a{ ., navy, past, present and future. It commissions to make Iinvestigation, | would seem almost as if the possi-| screen, have been Tegarded as Incap-| was our navy that won the oivil war: Lord George Hamilton heads the | bilities of tonnage and armament are | able of attacking first class ships in | i was our navy that won the war with | body which is looking into the Meso- | unlimited, but that fact iz vet to be| the daytime. The German destroyersi gnain, It is upon our navy that w while Lord Cromer | determined. As every recent develop- | descended. upon the British fleet in{ iot depend in the very largest me: naval predominance | broad daylight,’and the destrovers of | is chief investigator into the reasons |nent indicates . I ¢ f1 ure in the future. i for the abandonment of the Dar- | Must be determined on the high seas. | both fleets played an impartant part| =, = 000 LT Encllestattar America needs many more such ships, | in the fighting. Thus, we feel that «h.-v b e e many more (-,ve?”'hnn are provided ror; bill’s provision for fifty destroyers 18| 5 Ty o ihni River in the civil war | in the senate bill. amply justified . e s e BT B v mrer ool SRR B e st £ il 6 Y S R b cise in the way of naval enlighten- | at once and within three vears we are ' vided that naval apprentices should Pressed thoe sentiment "TY“‘[" palanyy [ment, tho European war has taught | to have two more. Battle cruisers ara_ be eligible for appointment to A e e i ((h‘e‘“\;,, E one lesson, and that 1s that the battle- | an absolute necessity, but we must not ' polis. ~Why shouldn’t they H"‘"; ,m\-& (-m’\hl ln‘\-c ‘[:m‘l(vn rid of lour ship still is, and probably will remain | overlook the undisputed fact that the come from same source whence we g ~( 2 ! ¢ ! take our appointees to the Naval Aca- | for a very long time, the principal re- | Skagerrack fight proved conclusively liance of navies. It is my firm con- | that the battle cruiser cannot stand demy. We must not overlook that wei “There again is the one great out- viction that in this bill America has | up and give successful battle against® are living in the greatest democracy | standing lesson of the European war pinned its faith in battleships. Therein | tho dreadnaught. In el worls, amd ot i an Gldl Bnslang e s miaines Lot el | lies our future on the sea. Other “There is no present cvidence that! World monarchy cy obviously because of her strength ! I vasian, Established 1886 Globe Clothing House FINAL CLEARANCE SALE OF CLOTHING WHICH INCLUDES HART, SCHA "FNER & MARX CLO'L Hi e, e————— . ———————— A —————————\. ———————— on the scas. I believe I expressed my | and at the same time to transport, al- very best thought on the subject when | most wherever she wished, greal I said to Champ Clark last spring that | bodies of troops, both for herself and Ingland long since would have been | for her allies. 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