Show PACIFIC NAVY TO GET AlASKA COAl New Fields Field Will End Cost of Bringing Fuel From East W WASHINGTON ASHINGTON AuG 18 Tho Tho Pacific fleet of or tho the navy Is to be bo made sustaining self so o far tar as fuel Is concerned as a result of or orders given Iven by Secretary of or Navy Y Daniels following his re recent recent recent re- re cent visit to Alaska Heretofore all an fuel for tor navy vessels opera operating tins in the Pacific has been transported from Eastern Eastern East East- em ern coal conI fields by colliers a colliers a te tedIous tedious to- to dious and costly process No coal fields along alon- the Pacific coast yielded fuel of sufficiently high I quality for tor navy uses I In Time of War I In addition to the heavy OX- OX penso of ot carrying coal conJ from Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic ports to vessels stationed in tho Pacific there existed also the objection that In Iii time of at war operations of ot the Pacific fleet might be crippled by the cutting I I off of ot supplies S Up In Alaska however along tho the line of at the governments government's own railroad tho the coal coni field loW yields a fuel of ot excellent quality Navy tests made prior to our entrance Into the great war proved Its Us efficiency but war delayed delayed de tie- an any development of ot the field Mining Coal I INow Now however work Is Ig going active actively forward rd to get set this I Alaskan coal out of the tho ground and to naval coaling ports to be developed In Alaska so that hereafter the Pacific wI will bo In Independent Independent independent In- In dependent of ot the Atlantic in fuel for tor her fleet i Working with the navy department department department depart depart- ment the tho department of the Interior in interior In- In tenor Is constructing a washing plant for tor both commercial and navy y uses Commander Bowling i i of the navy has been assigned to I l naval coal production with i 1 orders from Daniels to Dig Die when when you aro ready Dowling Daniels Talks We Wo hope and believe that the the- quantity of coal produced from rom the ChII-caloon ChII field will wm shortly be adequate to the needs need of or the Pacific fleet and more says Fays Secretary Daniels In connection with tho the development development devel devel- of ot Alaska coal cont fields as asa asa a 3 source of or supply for the navy officers and men of or the Pacific fleet leet are arc expected to acquire a anew anew anew new familiarity with Alaskan waters A iS flotilla of destroyers constituting a 0 pathfinder squadron squad squad- ron has been exploring little and harbors known passageways and gathering navigating data that might bo be time of ot war |