New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1916, Page 5

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1918. - WHAT WILSON ADMINISTRATION | = HAS DONE T0 BUILD UP NAVY Grand & ug. 28 HARTFORD = o OWN BIG oy hould 1t least in the immediate fu Rep. Williams, Shows How S S am Sldm an S A congress: “I do not ask that we con- three new battleships each year, but their rccommendation was carefuliy THE ONLY e ago, Hon. William Elza Williams, Con- | ORIGINAL gressman-at-large from Illinois, ad- | S0 Administration was the recom- CAST dressedfithel following lefteritofithe)( Mendation jof ithe isenoral board iglven | to the pubiic. “I never saw it,” wag Tetery: o thoinays | the statement of the two ranking N THE TWO-ACT MUSICAL SENSATION Letter of Inquiry. | members of the naval affairs commit- House of Representatives U. €. C !tee of the house, when, in 1913, I R S b s T The Prize Beauty The Fashion Show Hon. Josephus Daniels, etary of ‘ though successive republican adminis- B the Navy, Washington, trations had kept it as a sealed book, Chorus in Burlesque Of Burlesque, ShOW' ! H N '77 and rea star e & SEc’y Daniels, in Reply 1o crner e ener e vonocem necessary, however, that the navy My Dear Mr. Secretar while T gave it circulation, certain I am in receipt of numerous critics declare I have suppressed re- r O ,’ o 1 asking for certain information with ! done as much for the increase of the l y g ’ r regard to the navy. The writers wish | navy year by year as the Wilson ad- . of Latest Gowns to know its relative position among | ministration did during its first two Slng and Dance. the navies of the worid during recent | years, the American navy would not Replete with Com, % i ] vears, and how and when our navy | have dropped from second to third P edy and InterSperSEd With M"'th’ Mel- was relegated to a place inferior to | piace ody and Novelties. that it formerly held among other When Wilson was inaugurated, the nations, if such is the case. What | nayvy was short of ships, short of men, vision has been made for these, ears son = Wi A0 e m i I Mobilizing American Industry. 9 Armor Plant W Make Armor Plate Very truly yours, JOSEPHUS DANIELS, Hon. Wm. Elza Willlams, House of Representatives, ties by the navy, such as hemp for auxiliaries, sodium nitrate for pow- was the condition of the na when ' short of officers, short of munition: provide an adequate navy in ships, Tar - g : s res: i sur arge expansion. | Americs - a 2 = I Target Practice. There isn't a defect in the navy today | 8ress will insure a large ¥ merican navy. a class of five students and nine in- | 7,485 more than when the Wilso: done to hatter the organization af both | T20Ees then used, but had fallen off ( adminisirations. I efn glad to sayv | for aviation. Under Wilkon i now 32 officers are taking the regutar | employes is $2 por dudh and any economies that have been | C2Ptain Sims, an expert in target | of Wilson, most republicar united Mines Increa Four-Fold. to cost double that sum, insuring an , while the new correspondence | than in 1912 The average pay gress, as a member of the house |FeCENt practices were held at ranges | big navy program, whica will repair | yndertook the regeneration Of the | tion not now obtainable, at cost price. better the condition of the navy, but | N8 occurred in the present European Let Us Consider Men, few mines. Contracts were made at | projectiles. A government factory| .S Dearings before the house naval| yorkers is much larger ciary committee of the sixty-fourth | < | craft are m £ : could be had in this country), but | manufracturers s = - 3 SRR A e S S e men to man them. The urers and te best quality of | o¢ the war college, which has been T able to keep in as close touch with | ! ration authorized 7,000 me ough | F a e navy department had, i navy In addition to what I P 1ch With } 55000t0r of target practice, says, “The ed meng(thoueh i Hortunately ph i been taken in it by our present secr me full information along the lines heen in existence since 1885, and dur- 3 = = L tion, to build no sk - 5 had to struggle for existence 1 . " A rease & 2 s 27,500. e ol o s ) ship in any except Sherran raeTa o s sevi EDectithereto? LT willl appreciate vons | o Stlaatic fieebielve llkef festimony, HSCnea C IR Lot ZS S ,500. I | completely. Now, for the first time X has given orders to a shlp sev : i . rati as i . i as | admirable, but never until this pres- N = 2 | 51,500 authorized when Wilson was | %o i catistactory. Moreover, the | L ation has equipped, or provision has F Manila are being constructed; S T | did spirit that animates the navy. I mining T AE Ty gress 3 e active, aggressive support from the . r to equip, every navy yard to EB] pp | for new dreadnaughts, marking & Daniels has made the following reply: | ¢ the best equipped experts and glv- | Nas Not been possible in this Zenera- | iyeen $175 and $200 less than price | the war college. Fle saw at once what 2 : s by any other navy, is be st My Dear Mr Willlams: o e s A administrations failed to enlist enough | T1¢ & Tt = S Yghay i ous GG pre 2 R geyeny 0 mines the navy ad | yvards. The fact that the government | @ 4 a s war college.’ From that time on he | number of chaplains will provid haMAmc il A e sat What has the Wilson administration | organized naval militia, no provision four times as many, and the number [ jyilding and secure prices more rea- | POrt the war college and strengthen E Torpedocs Inercased and Plant En- | depended alm S | there now is very largely due to him.” | offered; the most perfect organiza the Wilson administration has done to | i o0 ol S ) X l o] 1 almost entirely ills appropriations re made f indispensable adjunct 1o an effic R shipbuilding yards, as the rey 1ns General Economies Effected. vha i ce been effected in A B A like shortage in torpedoes has lconomy has heen t} atchwor what economies have bee in the last two years of Taft's admin- hortag tory ! Yo n the watehword [ o ‘congress and the haval servicey new naval appropriation act finally | ronowing is a . comparative table | accepting men for the navy, causing | now have 168 more, and the navy de- [ ment have designed and c o lov I & 1 completed | trate expenditures to the widest cx. | mediocrity, has been replaced by A Wilson | g i e - Se Bces ions were made during the Roosevelt, | moral reasons, the fact that the $1,000 on each torpedo. It has also | the rid. which the country must 100k for pro- When Tt Lost Second Place. tions were made du n D e wo T pro- | ese s sbma of theidl surpassed in power only once in our | S Daa S = They have als 2 B ¢ o S on g that re-enlistments have increased | . (s e feo e 3 o produced a large [ manufacturers saved $1,110,084, and 1ue to the president and congrest 18 steam vessels were added to the T i " - a h g v S ; 1 . . i less than ninety per month, and that X ‘ un now in use in any fo yride 4 cans in their nj okl i pany from selling its torpedoes to & Y forelgn ymongst the projectile manufacturers | Pride of Amerl ish navy in actual sea power, as all of Battle Cruisers = it GGG e portion of guns of various calibers Ry e proved Rpenalisyst ey = 8 o iBpTs AXC | maising plant at Indlan Head, reduceq | (00 DB8s Dot been improves gy vulnerable side-wheel steamer: But Submarines . s N policy of the navy department under | have saved $682,555.2 S 5 ks - die ave s $65 5.21 upon guns we cts @ shortages whicil Shortage of Officers Being Remedied. ipon g [ charges, while the eapacity of tne | the defects and shortages whis : o 2 hy? Be- 4 6,000,000 ually. tion when the United States lost sec- Wilson came into office. Why? Sy fo = 16,000,000 pounds annually. The sav- f States having a manufactory of its sav I congratulate you upon the imp| > R But this does not begin tc h s - 3, con- o sati e na 's : k e o s gin to tell the |to Annapolis. In May of 1913, ¢ which are improved and changed | OUf compensation, of the nation's | facturing torpedoes was reduced from | cno ‘TProvements authorised navy. For the first ume in the h . C: r Thi rganizs £ a s i r h s al affairs c = I istory ointments to each congressman. Thi the organization of the naval consult- W v r . ber of the house naval affairs com D! clearly be kept secret unless our ene- other words, five torpedoes can e | (0 580 UPRC PO HG T oe ol ; the new policy of a continuing con- | has three appointments apolis. 5 and i ’ 5 - G ; i con- | ha appo s to Annapolis. ! d operation and initiative, not enlisted | The nave i c 3 measuring accurately the felati v TREOMIS, OFF G Cr o) The navy makes all its own mines |, 0% 2 % 1" L0 ever aut of President Wilson's poiicy, appr: 4 : . o bt > i e : e S poiicy, approved | and Taft, there would have been no | Increased Production of Powder at[many complicated problems always | $2.000,000 was saved, of which. o . . > est vou to know that, whereas Surance. Displacement 1o & simple amg 1 Of & three-year prosram, the Wilson As the navy department increased | completed the first census ever made (00 for. coomerecrs A submarines. The old “mis- | og¢ apropriation ever made by G ahove, the cons e hin islation, twenty- sted men can 5 e s - B teriol ondl sofive personmal as tna | above thelconstructioniof ninety more nty-five enlisted from 80 cents to 53 cents a pound, by | contemplated work of this committee hirty-seven submarines cty | from ap am3 miral. 5 P ! vith $2,000, dditio propriat f States became second in size and | . even submarines and thirty | from apprentice seaman to ad ufactures powder for 34 cents a pound | surpassed facilities of American in- | “ith $2:000,000 additional appropr the 1arso brovisionimade for il | o o > G the - & at Newport News, w. addec » the 1 “(a) Considering displacement of No such program has ever bhefore | D24 a salutary effect throughout capacity of the powder factory from | American industry has been mobilized. | At NeWport News, was added to the | ihat at this perfod in our histo = = s a as assista ay- B 2 re isted v aval and dropped to third piace in 1011. as to show that in his resolve we |have been appointed as assistant Pa¥=| ¢ \pinimum cost promise of the Wilson administration | °f the enlisted men between nav » man resolved to secure a pPoOW# States advanced from third to second | the overwhelming majority of the | over 200, will henceforth be axclusive Cheaper. iy GrpTL 1ave been ecffected elsewhere people for an adequate navy-<s | | The unworkable organizations of cles and honor of the republic. the United States advanced from third | Publican conventions specifically de- | si rom the ranks during Wilson's ety Holas £ re United State: A from t gn ! facturing armor plate offered bids of | chief strength of the American navy) nited States ad- | Monster human and written petitions | eligible to aviation corps and new i place in 1913. The United States ad- | ¥ eligible to the av v 100,000 was saved on three ships by | of subordinating the military to the | der, tin, shellac and the like, and ! naval building prozram. opportunity for the best training to P i e InE e A Contras | ambitious enlisted men o come into - ¢ dropped to sixth place.. owing to th A Contrast, [ ambitious enlisted men wh L abal above a reasonable sum. The Sixty- | fect the most successful operation | by insisting on competition in the pur = S— — tion of new ships authorized by the The United States lost second place | Wilson administration is $655,289,- ansi ¢ Air Craft | R e : 5 Che 5 S e o $ Expansion of Air Craft. where armor plate can be manufac- | Admiral Dewey, in a letter to Chair- [ the purchase of provisions, the De- We offer One Hundred Dollars R this administration entered upon its short of air craft, and behind in tar- | s~ ; — — e men, officers and munitions? They Fvlor §8.06 was provided E L e . p T former | Under Taft $61,888.06 was provided To Manufacture Projectiles. structors. Two courses at the college | ministration came into power : ey | for a Congress has also appropriated | “between 1909 and 1913, to quote | that, under the constructive leadership | 27 course, : ictice. Admiral Fletcher says the | with the democrats in supporting the | hen the Wilson administration | adequate supply of superior ammant. | COUTSe is being taken by 499 officers. | diem for employes in 1912 was $3 committee on naval affairs, T kept in | °f {fOM 16,000 to 18,000 yards, which | the deficiencies of former administra- | navy, it was found that there wWas no | By ‘ohtaining competition $1,077,210 | 274 Study of the war office into close | average increase of pay of $0.274 | wa a ieve. scores 3 o inas 2 o i S committe February, 1916, Ac al JanEantgicRISRbelsvadfena C Not less important than fighting | once to purchase mines abroad (none | gugrantee competition with private e in February, 1916, Admira congress, my immediate relations with | Roosevelt administration added 7,50 he Buropean war made it impossible | projac ol three vears have been ep & W (¢ b Tach taizet nectice oams in administration added 0t I Diolectiies rather striking, has been due in large it as I desired. Will you not there- k s Secretary Meyer asked for only 4,000) |in its contract, obtained the right to The private shipbuilding yards have touched upon, it may interest y« : records of the fall of 1915 indicate g bounds.” Other experts in the navy, | 11 the first two years of Wilson’s ad- [ and it is doing so in its own plant. program authorized. It was the pra first time, the secretary of the suggested, that I may fully and cor- | .. LN SaexDerss S and the determination t ke atil] | emergencies the president may make | i the history of the American navy, | WO Navy yards, and their facilities | d€als have always been high and its | G0 1ieg ot sea; radio stations o e e . A el | and the determination to make sti i ) i Al pe A ; been made by the sixty-f ent administration has it found any m. ELZA WILLIAMS. | 4o not claim any credit for this ex- | Inausurated. This will be a euffl- | ;ines manufactured in this country v the sixty-fourth Responding to the request Secretar: construct naval craft, and 1t will be | PaVY department. Very early in his | ow!s i Y bes Hateenc Gl > departure from the fourteen The Secretary of the Nav: tlon. The large increase at this time Y p len t cery oppor - and en- “ontracted fo S chase abros ; en them every opportunity an contracted for their purchase abroad, | 1apiq construction of new ships for | it was and what its possibilities were new ships; the increase in e et O e T e men to man the small number of g ; . 3 when the Wilson administration came | can bulld in its own yarde will in 2 % has done everything possible to sup- | spiritual leader for every ship; o 5 Tortar o s 0 e e 2 Three naval | for a reserve and no civilian training a place of inferiority to that it form- | done for this chief need? T rea i, and the work that we aro doing | cers o come Into the navy has Jarsea 3 (put into effect last year) know! g : s - roc f Improvement in the Navy. - S - L : S oo o | B : the naval administration. T have de- ' {iiration There were like increases | Lroof of Imr Y. | heen remedied and for every hundred Best Aircraft Guns. of this administration of the navy | policy of promotion of officers had passed both houses, 0 as t0 8IVe <howing the ber el as ouol | inelrejection 1ot Hve loutlotieveTydisio |2 weye s AT e o St e s S e i e - ok showing the number of the vari I g tory and placed on the latest dread- wise system of selection where i Taft a rils inistrations: administration has been able to fill [ ;o o e 5 Sy e 3 tection in case of attack. sistence Taft and Wilson administ increased the capacity of the torpedo | Best Large Caliber Gun in the World. K. Insistence otl o ementana i A history and that was in the admin- : = P ey Callior et & : i, St he . | from 52 per cent. to 85 per cent., S e e & ill shoot straighter, | §600,000 of this was on one ship | (Ne €arnest spirlt of the officers TUnited States navy, giving it the ad- | 5 N : - S 3 3 | o number of prisoners has been re- Y . Sixteen-inch guns are to be ; e 1 sl t of the m Lo, U b 2 5 foreign nations, thereby disclosing =] v el saied s, 077,51 0'k and Fthe Enavy Hby |Loiore ({sSnolsinels untt o the ships of England at that time 3cout cruisers increased popularity and efficiency of | ¢ision, Judge Cox made the following | manufactured by the navy. Based |y 2 the Wilson administration, and he cost of powder from 53 to 34 that situation continued only for a | Auxiliaries this administration: “This case illus- | manufactured since Wilson's inaugur- | (horiiad from sixtasn: veurs ot ond place, I quote the following Mota] et cause cach congressman was author- own for the manufacture of torpe- 1ing on this additional powder per vear an! DattyouHaa inithe exrly kot Thaner by B €~ | story of the big things the Wilson ad. 1 th v, which repub- i remost e ers and chemists 202 a ois LA ponse to an inquiry by Representa- ilson ad- | gress extended the law, wh p from time to time by the addition of | LOreMOst engine x pove [ 34,202 aplece to $3,245, a Aeduction |t tteg 1n the Sixty-third! Con | of the republic, a chief magistrate | year has made an i se s g board, of which 1 D! ! : . agistrate | vear congress has made an increase so < ing board, of which Thomas A. Edison - 2 g poltrees mies are to profit equally with ou manufactured for the $20,000 which [ ,otrote members of ocnsress, ml ructive program instead of the au- | This is an increase of over 831. If in the past, are : o = : power of two navies, as all elements his is 2 crease of over 831. in the past, are now made readily |at a saving 2 - . it 4 saving of $145 on each. Infg s 1O anv legisiative body im by congress, a wide departure has | shortage of officer bef T ar i zle energy of battery, thickness and as | shortag officers. Decreased COst. before the department. A committee | 1915 g 8 . 15, $1,000,000 was reappropriated | ;.a] act just passed carried an e Ctent measure. Using Aapiace. administration has authorized in addi- Doors heretofore closed are n its production of powder, the private |of the country’s industrial resources . ooo ! : . fit” battleships Mississippi and Idaho [ pritain prior to the present war ¥ ships, ine 2 si re aug v now he be appo y to the 3 ; 1 servic: or § 35,275.96 rig. comparative measure of personnel, the Ds, including six dreadnaughts, two ppointed annually direction of congress, after an inves- |in the new lahoratory to be erected | cry ¢ for §12 -96, the orig- [ )iy fiscal year ending March 31, 1 3 B, GG G oAt i o s e ; / ed by e s oder ¢ dread- ieve it B ancth onfl when the Uihicn S| bhoat dest T Already twenty-eight have been ¥ including all overhead charges, and | dustry at the service of the country | ed by congress a modern new dread- | put those who believe in a strong d i P i o eri- | o avy. ' of ca fully ships built, the United States advanced | been suggested by a president, and it | €ntire navy and made it truly Am 3,000,000 to 6,000,000 pounds per | Industrial preparedness, never before | "AVY As the result of arefully | {ho country was blessed with the gd “(b) Considering displacement of | “should be strong upon the sea,” | master, and sixty-four to the position —it is an accomplishment, needing | St&tions and ships, a saving of $176.- | hayy and with a congress in sympaf 1 5 ca eop of a ar S v v S ' nks or ars = N o i ' place in 1909. held this place for, a |-American people of all parties. In- |1y filled by appointments from rank For vears the manufacturers of ar- Best Naval Organization. Economies at:Eea. large enough to defend the coasts ce again in the same vear., 1909 gram, a new innovation, was so popu- | ments of pay officers. Thirteen en- | ;.. el \ e | pla gal ! ican people excessive prices for armor | hoth the navy department and the | naval colliers to bring from distant 1 -~ ; he 1908, dropned to | mandad its adoption by congress. Tt ree vears, as compared with three in e 5 = | to second place i poed to three vears, a T identically the same price. Such bids | have been supplanted by better ones. | | e the | ¢f endorsement, which securcd the big | schools have beer larged, giving ; = 2 vanced again to third place in he hools hav en enlarg & insisting upon competition. But this | civil power, the fleet and the depart- | for the transportation of coal to West Washington, D. C. nsio f » naval pers 3 of | 1 otal ani T e conalr ¥ avy, w chance to those of | » 2 2 L expansion of the naval personnel of | The toral amount for the construc- | the navy, with a chance fourth congress has appropriated $11,- | afloat and ashore. Writing of the |chase of steaming coal; in the saving t| ward for any case of Catarrh that cai duties and what has since be, B e e oo by 64th con- | perts selong exclusively been done to get practice. lack under both Roosevelt and Taft. | larger appropriations by the perts will belong exclusively to the|to degenerate until, in 1913, it had | nav rds of the United Stat are Interested also in what has been | It Wwas good up to 1909 at the short | that was not inherited from & were established in April, 1914, and |increased amount of pay to navy the navy department and the fleet, | il $705,611 toward a projectile factor effected. During the sixty-third con- | P . & izdfcon This new course brings the Instruction | ag compared with $2.097 in 191 close touch with all proceedings to | 2r° the longest ranges at which firing ) tions. mining division and that there Were | was saved on a single contract for | Guch With the officers of the fleet. In | day. The increased pay of s on becoming a member of :1 il g : > of the judi- |, . rded are higher than ever before Knight sald :“The recent development Epoch-Making Years. the navy ceased, and I have been un- 3 men to the navy. > adminis- | for the contractors to fill the orders. fedices il : maline vees 15 ithe nigav il : M- | ahout 40 per cent.” Captain Plunkett, 0 e BN e At d mintoatl fon) CHGHoY Every Yard Equipped to Build Ships. | measures to the interest which has | = : : ! : o S anin 'z | tary of the navy. The war college has | ‘e favor me with a lett givi but only 3,000 actually e d. fac s this country | N0t the facilities to construct the large 3 recs 8 uring the year, fore favo crenfi=ivive l ARSalR DS Sl Sl B e 1y 3, were actually enlisted. | manufacture mines in recall that dur e year, fo 3 ket tice, before the W : {stra. | Ing a large part of that time it has 7 ministratio 5.8 liste: nd i Tl a > rganized the Vilson administr ) s of the wire ™1 rectly advise my constituents with re. | \n¢/uding the commander-in-chief of ration, 4 men enlisted, a A mining division has heen organ ° | by the use of the wireless telep! is = flonrst 11 n were limited. 1 i admini.. | methods of work have always been Rt | ereater improvement shows the splen- | the enlistment 87,000 as against the | jt5 position with regard to mines and The Wilson admini ut us In touch with N con- sixteen-inch guns have been des cept that I have sought the leadership | Sient number to man all ships, which | b, o heen produced at a cost of be- possible in the future to secure more | Administration, Mr. Daniels came to : : ’ guns; electrical propulsion, no Washinaton, Aus 28, 16160 Lo SISEE SYERY OREORUIBAY B HE NS bvas mads mecessary liecauss, formen |iconitagted (O Pprschose ahnond DEOR t ag prac ‘ 7 and a large saving has been effec the navy in both private and public yand he said, ‘I am a friend of the|©°n ing how it was and when it was that EiZhting Gralts ships they constructed. There was no h g into office, there are now 400, i. e, | normal times, insure competition in L tunity to civilian aviators and e i when Wilson hecame preside: >ra- | 1S being multiplied dail heil Al erly held among other nations. what | hills have passed. In the first two | \[hen Wilson became president. Pr iT aily | son By i e e 5 e navy to its high place, and | e E it e e restore the navy to s five dreadnaughts, as against three | oo did any navy has resed the appi ayed answering vour letter until the Rusi aies M > |~ While the utmost care is exercised in | torpedoes we had on hand In 1913 we | AR S Gl : : layed answering v in destroyvers and submarines. The ¥ The ordnance experts of the depart- | and its purpose has been to concen- | seniority, which was a rewssrd jou the exact figures asses of vesse - which appropria- | appticants for physical. mental OF | jts own plant at a saving of over | naug roraft gun in | tent possible upon the navy afloat, to you fig: classes of vessels for which approp: ¥ g naughts the best anti-aircraft gun in T F afloat, 10 |12 but merit counts to securé The navy of Great Britain has been Zet i ; — y and keep the quota of enlistments full, | . 11" 433 por cent. Not only are upon competition among armor plate | UL°S istration of President. Plerce, when | S have fallen off from 216 to shoot farther and hit harder a en i o service, which justi desertions have falle i s dex thanjalone, the Arizona. The same policy | o0 i the service, which Justigg vantage for the nonce over the Brit- | Dreadnaughts 7 T o a = (e s m 1,800 to 7 under im placed on the new dreadnaughts. A i . whether of material or erso duced_fro Selissee e il i & | increasing the capacity of its powder- he: . re w sailing vessels ar o Destroyer s ah i i were wooden sailing vessels and the ver e Loes, wise declaration, which endorses the | ypon former and current prices, we | ¢ % : : vision has been made to overc icents a pound, including overhead s i swer to your ques- | Gunboats . The navy was short of officers when | . i S ; | plant was raised from 3,000,000 + x hort time. In answer to vour q trates the importance of the United | ation. O e N et en ent made by the general board ized to appoint only one midshipman e i e - The invaluable services, given with- | will be $570,000. The cost e CizaioenCad b - 2 does and other implements of war, of manu- ) 54" ymprovements authorized am A cpatiaes ministration has done to increase the | licans had let expire, giving two ap- . been obtained for the government in | w B G foen tive Butler, ranking republican mem- ingenious mechanism, which should !\\h!ch has easily saved $300,000, In and also upon your interest and - went before congress and advocated : Sbr ativ Sy 3 : : 74 A o ok g advocated | that each senator and representative : ] is chairman. Their counsel and co- : g e B Se LEem Ehee | e selves in every improvement which must be paid for torpedoes purchased. | noccinle the passage of the bigg > ; thorization year by vear. As a result < had been d jer Roosevelt | officers may suggest.” el o CEE f must be considered, such as displace- : : this had been done under E available to aid in the solution of the ' smaller oo = : r economles of various Kinds, | piaror of the world. It may: i 2 heen made and, by the authorization £ distribution of armor, speed and en- Je 2 Promotion of Enlisted Men. of the consulting board has already |y ; - by congress for aeronautics and $800,- propriation of $313,000,000, the SRR N open to bluejackets. Under new leg-f = Bos ’ ; e e L ol e T DS AN e n OREIGUL ke m angfectizers dacxeasenthe Wi tices | rorwar BN This | informationfland geihcl| SIS SRS BRSS! e ) » after about 634 vears of | 560,714,275, which was for the Hi 2 battle cruisers, six s S | Naval academy ity tol rise o alnas rato) inal cost pric o thi o o o = g following shows when the United ISSISI ST scoutiiicrulse academy and qualify tigation into its cost. The naw man- |under recent legislation place the un- | .21 oSt price of both together, anl There may be criticiem by soms Rttt President’s Program Popular. pointed: and this new recognition this administration has increased the |in the event of war. For the first time | "@U8ht, the Mississippi, now building | well-proportioned navy will reja from third to second place in 1907 secd congress by a majority so large | €A In spirit. Fifteen enlisted MeN | pnym inguring an adequate supply |attempted in this country, is not a | VAtching the transporfation expen fortune of having in the White Hoj hips built and building, the United | President Wilson had the support of | of pay clerk, which grade, numbering only to Be extended and more per- |$43:56 was effected. Smaller savings | ith' the demand of the Amerl short time only, and dropped to third | deed. the president’s continuing pro- | instead of by the personal app mor plate had been charging Amer- By care and vigilance in utiliziag |this country and to uphold the pa “(e) Consldering active personnel, | 1ar that both the democratic and re- | listed men have been promoted to en- Gl ¥ : plate. All three companies manu- | Atlantic fleet (in which is centered the ports articles used in large quanti- e E in 1911 and to fourth | Was his appeal to the people, and their | Taft's four years. Enlisted men are 1 vt ] third place in ] > f ur were not accepted, and more than $1,- | Without violating the American ideal first part of 1914 and Iater that year | large saving still left the price far ment are now so organized as to ef- | coast stations and to the Philippines; e ations.” superior ability to earn promotion ) ) s belligerent nation uperior abi ¥ 000,000 to build an armor plate plant, | naval organization as it exists today, | by remelting of scrap metal; and HOW'S This? because Germany built ships rapidlv | §06. The total during Taft's adminis- The present congress has also ap- | tured at a price of $230 a ton, as|man Padgett, of the house naval af- | partment has effected economies at v h T) sd States contentec 1 tration wa $127,747 3 8 i c a t 245 " 242 595 1 g . ‘”;,"e ”,‘e 1[ mfl;;;, P::, e (;‘ Sl i ,“v] ,.,‘} '”w,‘, 'T‘l‘:: 1S 104 hropriated $3.900,000 for aeronautics | asainst $454, the price which was be- | fairs committee, recently said the | sea amounting to $1,342,695 nf;_lrbl; cuéed by Hall's Catarrh Cure. self with a sms rogram of mnavs £ son in a little over three years e ¢ g , ing paid wher r T v has * I thir the | amount thug saved has been available all's Catarrh Cure has been takd construction. In 1902 the gene has secured authorizations more than | 2nd the aviation station. continuing L hen the Wilson administra- | United States uavy has * I think | thus saved has Hanlo iy board urged the adoption of a pro- | three times as much to increase the = i : : : v A - catarrh the wise policy of the 63d congress, | tion was inaugurated. In addition to | best general staff in the world. | for obtaining stocks of other supplies | thirty.five yef;:;fere;d O . or ths construction | navy as did bo R00seve s which made the first specific appro- | cheapening the cost of production, an ar Colleze Now Reaches the Fleet. | 0r making repairs to vessels of the | known as the most reliable remedy 4 Eran providing for T comsienclion) navy asdid beth Repsemele apdMatuin |00 0 Wl o5t 050} for meronaities | Bdditlens| Gavania e P arEC o= navy. In other words, were it not| Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure acts thy of two battleships a year. If 1at | their eight year If his two predeces- | Priation (§1, "( s o ge of a government In no administration of the mavy | ZeVi. ! e e 3 g TR e e i dly plan had been carried out. by 1919 we | sors had shown half as much interest | The appropriation by the 634 congress | 2rmor plate plant would be to en- | gepartment has the training of offi- | (o7 these economies, the current work- | pelling the Poison from the Blood an would have had 48 battleships and |in strengthening the navy as Wilson | has permitted the development of na courage and give opportunity to its | aeme op the preparation of the fleet | N8 appropriations would have suf- | healing the diseased portions. would have kept our place. But In | has shown, it would not be necessury |al aeronautics so that an aviatlon | eXperts to steadily improve the quality | gar buttle heem cared for so jealously | fered to the value above mentioned, After you have taken Hall's Cata MO Gt S Dogs~ 2 5 5 Re aoian| 6eien Y | for battle 2 a { or congress would have had to appro. | Cure for a short time you will see Navy (Mr. | now, in a period of high cost of con- | ship is now in the fleet, and the avia e armor to be used on naval | . c The naval war cols | appr 1 al | and efficiently ! Pal AAitiaaalis i great improvement in _your generg ranking officers are | Priate above additional sum 10| health. Start taking Hall's Cata: meet the need of the naval service, Cure at once and get rid of catarrlf 1905, the Secretary of the g Bonaparte) asked for only one bat- | struction, to maks such large provi- |tion corps has been increased to 18 |craft. No process is perfect, and |lege, where high tleship, and in his message to con- | sio the sixty-third and sixty-fourth { machines and 160 officers al}:d men n: :(ud ~and experimert will produce taught and practice problems in '!lvv! : 4 g = Ead ror e oriale tree; gress in the same year President | congresses have been forced to au- | compared with four machines and | superior armor. Secrets of produc. | seienee of strategy and tactics, had, | nereased Wages at Navy Yards. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio, Rooevelt said in order to maintain | thorize in order to make up for the | four officers in March, 1913. The | tion discovered by government ex. | under republican rule, been permitted Thes number ef employes in the Sold by all Druggists, Toc.