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PAMERICA’S NEW FLEET ON PACIFIC OCEAN | [EQUAL OR SUPERIOR TO WHOLE JAP NAVY PANAMA CANAL GETTING ITS GREATEST TEST IN ARMADA’S PASSAGE Establishment of New Fleet is Only First Step in Asser- tion of United States Naval Power in Pacific; We Can Meet on Equal Terms Any Squadron That Can Be Assembled. BY J. M. KERBY AND A\, E. GELDHOF. N. E. A. Washington Burcau, 1128-1134 Muns Bldg, Washington, D c ‘ America Pacific coast is guarded as never before. When the fleet now going through Panama Canal is assembled on the wes! n ocean, Uncle Sam will have a Pacitic armada equal to the entire Japanese navy In some respects it will be superior. T United States (leet can mect on equal terms any other naval force that can be assembled in Pacific waters. From all parts of the Atlantic coast great iron y battleships have sped to Panama The big diteh is getting its great Canal officials say the entire fleet can be taken through in two days. Navy oflicials mean to find out When the vessels from various parts of the Atlantic, and those already In Pacific ports, get together, Admiral Rodman will have 200 ships under “his command. The entire Japanese navy numbers 207 Other comparisons of the two lleets follow Pacific Fleet—Eight dreadnoughts; ecight pre-dreadnoughts (making 16 battleships): eleven cru Japanese Navy—Five dreadnoughts, twelve pre-dreadnoughts, (making 17 battleships); four battle cruisers; twenty-nine cruisers But at this point the tabulation loses cffectivene: hecause of the dif- ferences in classification between the two navies. The U. § navy has no battle cruisers in commission, for instance, hut the eleven cruisers are considered superior in fighting power to the Japanese v els similarly classed In addition Adm 1 Rodman's fleet has a large number of 5 1l cruisers” and gunb which are useful as scouts or patrol hoats wgainst weak or uncivilized states, but which are not counted as modern fighting vessels. L But in destroyvers the comparison is: ',’“;"y‘“'fl Hlece i alaen). The greatest naval fleet ever assembled in Pacific waters will in a day or so be starting up the coast from the Panama Canal. Here's i s are r-to-date, fro F depar anc e Japa- . 5 ’ . i ; - . \ P o evosiare unlodileRlienitheavydepartmentand e dgbs famous Cartoonist Satterfield’s conception of the fleet under steam, with the flagship New Mexico in the center of the picture, othe The Pacific fleet's tonn e is 535,000: the Jap navy's, 780,000 Y 5 = o i - . - But the Pacific fleet is superior in hitting power, cqual in gun power noughts scattered to the horizon, and one of the new destroyers wallowing in the heavy swells in the foreground. and nearly equal in man power And in addition There’s our Asiatic squadron! That's the fleet in the Philippines and around Guam and our other farther ands. €8 4 The flagship New Mexico, of the Establishment of the Pacific fleet is only the heginning of the as 4 §%. 48 B sertion of United States sea power in th Pacitic When congr in 1916 = adopted the navy department’s “Thr ¥ © Building Program’ it authérized i3 % £ a total addition to our navy of 156 vessels of all type: including 10 . % 3 R is pictured herewith. Admiral Rodman battleships and six battle cruisers. Every one of these ships is cither now EEO S has chosen the New Mexico for his in eommission or under construction. The new three-year program (to be complete by 1923) calls for 156 more vessels and a duplication of the previous program, including ten 8 ; 2 b B Csiani ol sl dreadnaughts and six battle cruisers. By 1923, thercfore, the U. S. navy will : 3 ¥ 41 RELE aes b LSS include 61 first-line, heavy-gun vessels—dreadnaughts, pre-dreadnaughts, : 3 o 3 5 d iz one of the recently launched and battle cruisers—which will give about thirty of these ships to the Pacific coast. The ultimate aim of the Japanese navy department is avowedly to- ward the eight-cight tem: that is, eight battleships and eight battle ‘cruisers to a squadron, and to have in time at least three such squadrons. & . E 5 e US S NEWNMEXICO cific fleet, and the commander of the Amcrican forces in Pucific wate floating office from whence he will dictate the policy of the ships under es in our navy line of defense Up to the present time, howev the state of Japanese finances has per- mitted only an eight-four system; but the program put forward for this year alters the plan to eight battleships and six battle cruisers by 19 Thus Japan will aim to have 14 first-line ships in 1923, while our Pacif fleet will have at least 20 superdreadnaughts and battle cruisers in that year. At the same time both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets will be round- ed out with the proper proportion of scout cruisers (of which ten were ‘apithorized in 1916 and a similar number will be built before 1923), of “gestroyers, In which branch the American navy leads the world, and of suh- marines and auxiliary craft of all kinds. During the next six years Japan only proposes to build {wo new battle cruisers, three cruisers of medium type, cleven large destroyers, six teen medium destrovers, forty-eight submarines and six special service hoats—eighty ships in all. In the next three years alone, the United States will build 156 vessels and complete a large number now under con- struction. teresting address [ Crowe the kev of this door. The fact that articlos and. they may be issued if | while this service is under the aus- | BEATS OUT HARTFORD | Manoney, rf ......4 & | CRACK MURRAY SAFE | 00 was opencd fast night indicates [T He Has Turned Them in He | 4 i that it was the same p: both pices of the local Christian Indeavor e T ot w 1e same party on 3 | Franklin I Brown to Address Chris-| g1Ving ideal surroundings for an open St. Mary's girls' nine of this city de- { Mahl, ¢ ... ) E 3 | made last night to burglarize the oflice Ca[] Hflve Them Back air service. Landscape as seen from | feated the fast Colt team in Iart- | Dacey 2h. ...... ] : iiine HERE'S HOW IT'S MADE Saloonkeeper Discovers New Formula T = societies, it takes the form of a com- R. Long ¢ 3 Key Used Last Night to Enter “""'(‘! BACK FROM JAPAN, munity sing with an able speaker to | Take Sccond Baseball Gume From | 20200 5 AT b X gche SRS 3 % = at Clayton Brickyard—Noth- | - DI A | Rive @ brief address. Instrumenta ATt e 4 g i WILL SPEAK HERE music is furnished by Mr. Barrett, a < i S OF ing Tuken. ‘ cornetist. The meefing is held on the ford Last Evening. - Anotlos sCenstul atlemptl was wes( slope of the park, near thetop. Paterson, cf. .... | BostensLn sucCesstu Rt (e DL i ! | | | | For Making Imitation Liquor Out End. 1 b € th 1 : e o Murray — Brick company in | of pFlavoring Extracts. tian Endeavor Union Tomor- this section of the park is exception- | forq last nis e g Nelson, p. A 2 . S : ke Tomor S e e Ir’,:v 1 ‘. t night before one of the B “}_v i o “ | Clayton and for the second time in a Main street saloonkeeper noticing RN BRI S G G roundings toward the close of (he | IECSL crowds ever seei on the Colt | ek e oLl | many nights, damages were inflicted ' : i % o : 1 summer day will be found restful and | diamond, score 18-11. Both teams | Ilickey, 3h. . W, upon the safe. The valuables were has been informed by the war de A oL B o Bhes FIust [ avel made thess! meelings: much iontilinlaved loxcellont bail e ature | Farrel, vf. ...... not taken us the safe could not be pgrtment that the following articles | 'éturned from seven vears' service| joyed by those who have attended. of tho same wasli home wunt A Burenson, 1 s 1 SienanDe 1ocRUnolice aneinon L ef:clothing and equipment may be | With the ¥. M. C. A. in Japan, will ad- I osisie ‘of Shorm the meeting will be |0 = 0 FR8 £ B BHD BN | fapen ol | vostigating and expect to clear up the held In the chapel of the Baptist|D8cey of Colts and Helen McCue of o oDt e o church, the St. Mary's team, who made a 3- | fTotal ..... : Hein several of his former customers for liquors passed by the bar dally for the past weck and went to the vashroom of his place of business investigated vesterday and found about a dozen two-ounce bottles in | the room. The bottles were empty. Today one of the men went to the room and shortly afterward Ihe proprietor investigated and found him mixing 4 new drink from the contents of the hottles. The Ingredi- vermanently retained by enlisted men | 4ress the 6 o'clock vesper service of e : rablatdiseha ze | the New Britain Christian Endeavor nann. a local boy who was com- upon honorable discharge bagger bringing in 2 runs. Miss Me- 5 mitted to the Town Home last week DISORDERS IN ALSACE Aleer for St. Mury's caught a fine | St Mary's 8 5 | bas been out for the past two day Colt’ S E 5 [ may have had something to do with ' Batteries, Schenck and McaAleer; | the breaking and that he is suspected | One overseas cap (for all enlisted | Union at Walnut Hill park Sunday men who have had service oversea cvening. Mr. Brown, previous to en- or one hat and one hat cord for all | tering the foreign service of the Y. M other enlisted men, 1 clive drab shirt, | ¢. A. was physical director in New | Press.)—Disorde conditions in | score: Nels ircr‘}vt"‘r ']tn'j ?}'!3\1 0}.“”““1““’ 1 pair | Britain. His talk will cover the pres- | Strasbourg, the capital of Alsace, are Struck out by Schenck 4: by Nel- | vard owners that he be scarched for | onts used in the new drink were va- reeches, 1 pair shoes, 1 pair le ent situation in the far cast as he has |reported in advices received here. b . po.lson 3: home run, Dacey: three base | keys when found nilla_extract, peppermint, lemon ex 1 waist belt. 1 slicker, 1 overcoat, 2 | see Ceniadelatio o y . : e - Bl e e ey SeelipiCoRIn g e ation SEpvLLSRT) { | sanguinary conflicts between the | McAleer, o 1 U hits, MeCue; two base hits, Mcaleer, Entrance to the office last night was | (ract, jamalea ginger and water and 4 pa king other world powers, the treatment o Schenck, p ....... 0| McGrath, R. Lor Paterson, Dacey, ted through a side door and i key | when the proper mixture made it 1 1 Berlin, July 26 (By the Associated | zame, and also made (wo hits. The on and Mahl is shown by the request of the brick- 5 alove: it el Sl e At vench military and eiviliz are pair gloves, 1 mask and helmet | Kor and our own difficulties with 3 ivilians ave |y "y 500 Mahl; umpire, Naughton and Glen- | was used. On the preceding night an | is said to be equal to the’best of l- (f issued overseas), 1 set toilet ar- ence to her citizens entering this [alleged to have occurred. MeGrath Inon; scorer, (. Grace and Oft effort was made tp cruck the safe and | quors. ticles (if in possession when dis- 4 2 g i ¢ £ g charged), 1 barrack bug 3 scarlet R enistet man who servedin DOINGS OF THE DUFFS 7 7 Clivia Is Particular Who Saves Her By Allman the United States army during the present war and who was honorabhly —_— — dieharged furloughed to the re- HELEN, DID You NOTICE £ 1S MORE WAY'S Tharl “ F o 5 o didenarsed o furlousned to” e rec CHEIBLMe o narice Ther! jan [ WOLD FAST : ] BERE.OLVIA TaKE | [ Dot You DARE i ' has restored {o the’ zovernment any TAT JusT WENT BY - IIST\;:: e ONE To GET‘A "‘W' ! OLNVIA, I'LL MY HAND %mcb'o \f/fi:fiuc.miéra)‘:lue of the above articles, or to whom for ‘L SAYE 7 S D T | WouDER. WHo he ISP | | IS ONE OF HELP . HELP! i *° \|nFe cuaro- may make application for such ar- \_ LIFE GUARDY / HELP-RELP! tieles to the Domestic Distribution Division, Office of the Director of Storage, Munitions Building, Wash- ington, D. C., and similar clothing and wniform in kind and valuc as near s may be will be returnped to him. The application should state sizes re- qujred, and will be accompanied by affidavit made before any civil or mil- itary office, authorized to administer ogths, setting forth the soldier's rec- orfd of services since April 6, 1917 1he date and place of his discharg or furlough to the reserve; the ticles and kind of clothing restored to the government, whether cotton, O.'D, or wollen, O. D., and certifying that none of the articles applied for were retained by him at the time of his discharge or furlough to the re- serve, or if retained, that they have been restored to the government since that time. Officers and enlisted men who have 2h