Show MORE MEN Admiral l Bowles Urges increase in Nearly Every Department Under His Direction I Washington Ington Oct 29 The annual report of ot Admiral Bowles chief of the bureau of construction and repair calls calta cla attention to the slow progress In the construction of the ships now building for r the this pres pros present slit ent el year owing to strikes and und delays in Inthe th the ot bt f armor aror and steel forg legs ing In Ho He points point out that under the pius pres present pet ent system ter for the purchase of armor the responsibility for delays emanating from this source fure rests with wih the tho govern goern government meat ment ml 1141 renders render it liable lable to suits for fur damages damage dm by the te ship contractors The construction bureau he says has made much mitch progress toward th the standardization lion tion U of ship which b will wl reduce the th original cost coat Ct of ships of or the navy nay nayan and an decrease the expense of ot their main maln maintenance He lie touches n I the tests teats tet of wood wo conducted by his bu bureau burt reau rt ant say serf that t while the products of the e two processes Kes Kest submitted 8 it both b pos possess seas sess le desirable qualities neither wholly commends J itself to adoption t J by y the navy et rr rrt y a c Admiral strongly recommends e that the floating dry dock at Havana purchased from the Spanish government be sent to the site sie of of the new naval station staton at Philip Philippine PhilipPine pine islands as ae soon 1001 as an the repairs on it are completed It I Is la essential he says for the of the te navy on the Asiatic station stu ton both from a and economic that tho the c standpoint gov government government shall be bA In possession poses Ion of ofa a dry dock dk In n toe tue Philippines at the earliest earlest possible moment moment Ho He le says that the dock just purchased can cnn be bo placed in condi condition condition tion ton for the use uso UIO of vessels up tI to tons displacement within the limit of oftie tie tle sum appropriated by b congress for Its It acquirement Admiral Bottles Bowles earnestly recommends an al increase in the number of naval con constructors conr constructors r which h is now limited m by by law 1 to forty This T hn number n g he says say eI eIbi bi l b en entirely I Inadequate to the present resent It n needs ds of oC the service and he urges urge that tho the limit of or tho tim corps Bo ho 10 Increased by congress to sixty He lie Il says that the efficiency of ot the navy yard ord plants throughout the Ute coun countr country countr tr try It I Is largely largey limited by b the insufficient number of dry dr docks dock and modern modem build buildings logs ings Inh for the equipment of the yards The Thena navy na yards yare however continue to present presenta a It fruitful field neld for tor the application of modern engineering to their mechanical equipment as well wel as modern methods of organization to the scheme of adminis administration which if l properly applied result In greater efficiency in the Conduct of work and great geat economy in inthe Inthe inthe the general Jeneal expense which is now out of proportion to the tho work done done Admiral Bowles Bowies says that the construction tion thon ton bureau has been taxed to its Is utmost capacity by the work of designing new vessels and supervising vessels now build building ing lug and that these conditions have been aggravated by a a lack of space apace in the navy nav department building available for forthe forthe forthe the technical and clerical staff star of the bureau He Ha records a a lack of draughts draughtsmen draught men possessing the requisite qualifications ons and expresses a desire to obtain for the bureau more graduates of tech technical technical He attaches much importance Importance tance to the need nee of an efficient corps of carpenters In the tha navy as an adjunct to the corps of naval constructors constructor The lumber of carpenters now afloat Admiral Bowles Bowle says SS is barely adequate to the thenes needs nes of the service and the number umber on short duty is entirely inadequate He Ita points out that ship employment means an honorable position on board ship chip adequate pay and instructive em employment employment on shore duty and he recommends mends manila that as soon sn as circumstances will wil permit a school I hool for the thc instruction of carpenters carpenter mates mate be b established |