New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 9, 1918, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1918. AMERICAN NAVY HAS EARNED POSITION IN HALL OF FAME [(Daniels Gives Unstinted Praise to Sailors and Marine Corps and Also to Industry, Organized Labor and Washingion, Dec. 9.—With a story brilliant achievemeénts of the Aitierican navy in the war, Secretary Daniels couples, in his annual report made public today, an urgent recom- mendation for continued naval expan- ston to meet the demands of peace for national and international work on the sea. Through nea Dvages the Secretary phrases of the na of the doing of the seemingly impos- sible through teamwork. of the mighty accomplishment of transporting two million men to France, without the loss of an east- bound troopship through enemy ac- tion, and he devotes a graphic chap- ter to the Marine Brigade, which as all the world knows blocked the last Prussian advance on Parls, and start- €d the German retreat thet cnded with the war. This wlirdes the report: of v all of 144 printed tells in brief v's part in the war, He speaks Sees Reduction of Armament. “The day is not far distant when fl the world will witness an end of com- petittve building between nations of weapons of war. In the peace ere will undoubtedly be in- d President, Wilson's pro- reduction of armament point consistent with domestic “Neyies will still be needed us an interpational police force to compel compliance with the decree of an in- ternational tribunal which will be set up to decide differences between na- Naval vessels will have large ' tions. #seace tasks of survey and discovery and protection in addition to police duty of an international as well as of a national character. Advocates Naval 5 “Inasmuch as the United States is the richest of the great nations and has suffered less in war than any of the allied powers, it will devolve upon this country to make a contribution to the navy to preserve the peace of 4hé world commensurate with its wealth, its commerce, its growing and expanding merchant marine, and its leadership in the coumcil of free peo- ple. It is therefore, our duty now not, indeed, to entér upon any new and ambitious naval program, but to go forward steadily upon the lines of . naval increase 4o which the country committed itself by the adoption three vears ago of the first far-reaching constructive naval program in the hi§fory of the Republic. “I have recommended to this Con- gress the adoption of another three- , one authorized in 1915. | tory | them dreadnaughts and reference to the future con- Red Cross. vear program substantially like the But the vie- of the Allies and the United States should, and will, I sincerely trust, within a few years make it no longer necessary for any nation under whip and spur to burden its taxpay- ers to undertake to build, in competi- tive construction, brewer fighting ships and more of them than any other nation can construct.” 156 New Ships in Three Years. Mr. Daniels shows that the new $600,000,000, three-year building pro- gram he has proposed will provide 1r6 additional naval ships, ten of six battle- cruisers, and the others to be in such distribution of approved types as the department may deem best. Taking up his story of the navy and the war, the seoretary declares the service was ‘“ready from stem to stern” when the Unted States en- tered the conflict. From the day vhen the first three-year program was adopted in 1916, he adds, “Congress has given everything that could be de- sired to insure the effectiveness of the naval arm.” What the Navy Has Done. As concrete evidence of what was accomplished, the report shows that on October 1 there were 338 United States naval ships abroad with 5,000 officers and 70,000 enlisted of the Navy when war was declared; while the American fighting craft has steamed an average of 626,000 miles | per month in the war zone. This did not inciude the cruisers and battle- ships on escort duty. destroyers to go over steamed 64,473 miles, the Porter the Connyng- “ham 63,952 and the Davis 63,015. The major naval operation of the war so far as the United States is concerned is given as the convoying of more than 2,000,000 troops to Europe without the loss by enemy ction of a single eastbound trans- port. This accomplishment, the re- port says, will stand as a monument to both the army and the navy as the greatest and most difficult troop transporting effort which has ever been conducted across seas. Up to November 1, it is shown, 924,578 troops had been carried to France in American transports under American convoy with no losses outward bound and only three vessels sunk on the road home. From November 1 to the date of the report, there had been 289 additional sailings of American troop and supply ships, the average being about one ship every five hours. Praises For Gallant Marines. Writing with pride of the record of the marine brigade in France, the Secretary shows that with only 8,000 men of the corps engaged, the casu ! men, or a greater force than the total strength | Of the first | alties numbered 69 officers and 1,531 men dead, 78 officers and 2,435 seri- ously wounded, while but 57 marines are reported officially as captured by the enemy, illustrating the desperate character of the fighting in which the brigade participated and the fact that it was always advancing. “To the United States Marines,” Mr. Daniels says, “fighting side by side with equally brave and equally courageous men in the American Army, to that faithful sea and land force of the Navy, fell the honor of taking over the lines where the blow of the Prussian would strike the hardest, the line that was nearest Paris and where, should a breach occur, all would be lost. “The world knows today that the United States Marines held that line; that they blocked the advance that was rolling on toward Paris at a rate of 6 or 7 miles a day; that they met the attack in American with American heroism, that Marines and soldiers of the American Army threw back the crack guard division of Germany, broke their advance, and then, attacking, drove them back in the beginning of a retreat that was not to end until the ‘cease firing’ signal sounded for the end of the world’s greatest war.” A striking picture of the fighting at Belleau Wood, now renamed in honor of the Marine Brigade, is given. The place was a jungle filled with machine gun nests, the Secretary says, impossible to reach with artillery or grenades. “There was only one way,” he con- tinues, “to wipe out these nests—by ayonet. And by this method were they wiped out, for the United States Marines, bare chested, shouting their battle cry of ‘E-e-e-e-e y-a- a-h-h yip!' charged straight into the murderous fire from those guns, and won! Out - of the number that ! charged, in more thar one instance, only one would reach the stronghold. There, with his bayonet as his only weapon, he would either kill or cap- ture the defenders of the nest, and then swinging the gun about in its position, turn it gaainst the remain- ing German positions in the forest. “In all the history of the Marine Corps there is no such battle as that | {one in Belleau Wood. The heroism and doggedness of that battle are un- paralleled.” Sailors on Land Duty. The building and manning of the! 14-inch rifie naval batterles working with the armies in France is also de- scribed. There have been no equals in the fighting of these highly mobile weapons with a range of 30 miles, the report says, adding: | “Briefly, the American navy has ' designed, built and is now manning with bluejackets specially trained for land service, the largest and most high-powered meobile land artillery in the world. So suecessful have these guns been that additional orders, for many more were requested before the armistice.” | The depth bomb has most. effective proven the it shows that American was responsible for very largely in- creasing that effectiveness. The early 50 pound charge bambs were crude and of low destructive force com- | pared to the 300 pound and 600 pouad charges now being produced. f§ Many allied ships have been equipped with these American improvements. 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NEW BRITAIN. chasers, fashion and | means of combatiag the submarines, the report states, and | enterpriso ! s noted is the perfection of 16 rifles for all new Wwill make these vessels, it heaviest armed craft in the vi side aid, the warld projectile weight of 17,508 poundas for the Pennsylvania, the biggest and most powerful craft now in commis- sion. Many New Boats Added. The report shows that four ships, one battle cruiser, two ships, one transpart, one gunboa ammunition ship, 223 destroyers, submarines, 112 fabricated boats (eagles) including 12 for italian government, 92 submarine iacluding 50 for France, 51 mine sweepers and numerous tugs and harbor craft were contracted for during the vear. Up to Octobe one gunboat, 93 destrovers, 29 sub- marines, 26 mine sweepers and four Eagles had been launched. The ad- diticas to the navy during the included two battleshi destroy- ers, 28 submarines, 3 submarino chasers and 13 mine sweep T actual number of 110 foot chaser now in commission, including those delivered to France, is 406. Helpfulness of the Red Cross. The Red Cross has placed i ices at the disposal of the Navy has responded promptly to all which have been made upon it. representative of the Navy depart- ment has been continually on duty at battle- fuei yeax | 1 | the national headquarters of the Red Cross in Washington. The service which this organization renders is supplementary to the usual naval service and includes much that is val- uable but which could not be proper- ly included in governmental service. Sweaters, socks and comfort kits have been issued to enlisted men; relief has been rendered to the families at home; convalescent buildings have been erected at naval hospitals, and creature comforts have been provided for the sick and injured. The service of the Red iCross has extended not only to the large stations at home and abroad, but to the small stations along the coast and to the ships of the fleet including those on foreign stations. This service has been so helpful it has won the gratitude of the personnel of the Navy. American Labir Praised. Labor has shown itself loyal, report continues, and workmen at the yards have many times refused to leave vital employment there for better pay elsewhere. 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