Show SERIES OF NAVAL GASES NECESSARY Also so Military Magazines for the Storage of the Usual Supplies ARMY AND NAVY DEPOTS BOTH COASTS AND THE GULF EMBRACED r BY SIDNEY SID EY Washington W July 2 A series rles of naval baSes boxes and military magazine for tor the ef ot supplies to fo the amy from Maine around th the gulf states and nd up the HaM to te Sound Is all one ens on ef of r the fox Cw plane plans that will wUl be worked out in th tIN the fu tv future ture turo by the tho war and navy departments I t D p t to the tho th present pr ent time LImo Mores Morel of all aU kinds hue ha boon bee 1 kept Ie In Ina arsenals a nals located I throughout t the t th Mat Ws north nr n t of 0 the line lh II e While Mehl naval bases bUH following th the eat ts eve are n generally situated in what Nt has baa known as u th the north since Fince the civil war Mores of ot alt all kinds have hAft never nevor been liNn seated located In Sn territory t nor Is lit I there a anatal naval natal base batH from Newport Pews Va V to Tex with th Ute the exception o of waling station at and key tl W Wet V If t Fla lIlL Through a reorganisation scheme eh r wh n h as ac yet hoe has ha not even tentative plan a sl of or naval 1 ba bast and arsenals will eventually In t from rOm th Ute the northern port of nr IN tit the united Un States in M n on nn n th lh side eWe to alvea CIA t T r fI Tex Tz t x and anet frost from Puget l t Bound Iou to toI toL toL L I Angeles Angel e cRi CId C 1 on th the Pacific v ival nal In n the new pre fRanda of ot 0 th Ute the departmental do donot donot 0 not J 1 Hi 11 v that feil feeling ha has haIn In 11 rJ ny V way entered Into a prohibits ts t f r J J bases banes in the th south th It b nut that wry very fw few th then en crr ItI offer facilities of or sufficient I IC th 1 If p of 0 Mey a y a assist to UM the I ll now being seed try e n nav na r of It f the th t of or I Ibb ab lab rr er r Pe Mobile 11 If New S Or and NItI caten r 1 each cited as am in lee of or steles diN diNh n a h e harbors ar are not riot of f r th dr I rth t fro i hermit of ot ship evolution Jw Now Nov N ary t tIt It r the th interests reMs however of oC the th theIn Im In ht p in is bo h Central and land Koi 1 V n erica haw hav ha att attained t iM such ouch Jm rte r f the th of ot tb l a I nodes nav naval 4 bee bass In fa pone of or Ir the pout hern states ta has been n deemed n reary P which ha the thA th b brat t harbor harber In th the gulf it ft is III e Mid nal paid will wilt be bf one ono of ot cut cities to au e a naval A coaling eta sta stati ti n IK t I l 1 there ther now As M Am Amor or cr r T mm Interests spread In th the vii v I lu I f low how i suit putt and ut as el naval val bases tc 11 TIO hf h i established tabla The Tho army too t follow suit It and anil as navel naval 1 bases tift Rf are a f ta It Is J th the OM Intention to tot t f rn i an arsenal rs nal at th u the same came plat pia c J h I f I holding h hag munitions s sn i w n ir lr r to t up sup hang troops troop quickly who whort J 1 rr rt r n t 1 h b e railed rat t d out oat of 0 th the country t I pr ta frt ant the navy department has hall 11 In through k purchase pure and by urt w y the of or lOg eta sta staf f t 11 T and 1 h oe In 1 l lh wt f the theta ant ta a i and nd South tb American nt In Cuba th tM the navy n vy has hu a barn balOf At nr equipped eC with dorking facilities and a repair shop oPo nn and l tn to 0 points coaling stations haf ha a br brn n located The Tie difficulty them however Is fe I the same mine me that ha be has been generally in th the i Fh the ih h lack Of C skilled laborers It however to re tary tano r n nr r the th Navy Meyer that If a ba b a e in is I located la the south t f r d laborers bor a M as welt well I as its d laborers win will b be 1 obtainable ob obtainable Needs 8 Aid 1111 of or n nTh The Th building of oC UM ties u v i a ah fl h it will rill be t by the tIN tINd army armyn rM n nd d the th t h aM aid oC of UM tie leay tt t to in AM 14 I and a n further argument Is advanced by naval officers officers that that some Imme nearby fully equipped base Is la Imperative The Tho point is le brought out by certain officers that if It It is Js Imperative to add to tho protection of ot the Canal zone on the strength of ot tho the navy why make a naval on each side of the canar and do away awny with the number of ot naval banes bueK suggested in southern Mates where they could only be ee as h hed l through the expenditure of oC large urge Bums of or money for tor harbor Im lm Improvements The advocates of 0 the tho theothor theother othor other plan advance the reason that the nearer ne homo home a permanent base la le lo to located the better bettor Just what disposition of 01 the subject whit bo be made la Is of co rl at this time It will In all ail probability It ity be worked out by a n combined board composed of or army and naval cx erts During Dunn the present difficulties with Nicaragua naval expeditions which have havo been sent Bent there thero have havo generally been fitted out at Philadelphia thus Contra extending a trip to Contra Central by Ity at least leat three days dap Later Lator vessels used need Panama ns ng a coaling base Some Same S me vessels have bave had to make the trip to Guantanamo where they have havo bean beon re repaired repaired paired pal rod temporarily under much difficulty dif difficulty owing to the limited capabilities lUes IU of or tho the station It is 18 pointed out that at New Orleans or Galveston t n a atay aday day tay tift and a halt half sail further from San SanJoan Juan Joan Nicaragua than Santiago a I 1 could be placed In faster tuter and ana mush muon more satisfactorily At all events even 8 tho the navy naV department will endeavor to have some BOrne action looking INking to w the establishment of or naval bases m in Ute the south Mh taken at tho the next session ef or Congress but It is III said raid It will not hut ask Uk that any appropriation b be made for extensive work until after r ra a board of ot army Ath nod naval experts peN pees upon pOh the advisability of ot the th scheme OR On the Pacific the It is said Mid has hA resolved Itself into the es ell establishment of or at et least ono one more yard thorn there being K naval n al bees bases bAt hew how at Puget Sound lowed Matt on fila heo Tit The third base 0 Is I needed as all an auxiliary ba e eIn In the tho U event that other ether yards are ar too t crowded Worthless Worthier Powder on Tho The navy MY department has hu a duple couple of lemons on Oh Its hands hand not net the yel yellow yellow low kind with the add acid taste but HV ov overa v veral eral era 1 big trig propositions that hAw have have caused uNd Paymaster General Thomas Thomaa Jefferson Cowie a tow few days day Unfortunately for tor him his hla source Moree of trouble was wall a from rem remIa Paymaster Ia General E B D n re UrN Urd who ho was wall formerly in charge of oC the tho bureau of ot supplies of or the navy Sometime ago vast quantities of or brown powder was as purchased by b the Ole department to be used for certain guns in experiments with explosive shells after aCter contrast The experiments ments mento demonstrated the tho of or the tho lh powder and lid its use usa was 88 Subsequent naval appropriations tion have been heen small emall and fer for the navy HaY department to have thousands el of t dollars tied up In worthless powder poder is isa Isa a heavy blow to the ambitious Sec Secretary rotary of or the Navy A Meyer ler Paymaster Cowle has hAIl tried to te sol sell 11 the store tor of 01 powder to the army arm bu buthe but the wiseacres wiseacre smiled limned He Ite attempted to saddle his till troubles trouble on the various tarry Carry men but hut to no purpose His Ha I other oth r heritage will fall to the Uta lot of or all subsequent paymasters tho disposition of ot dilapidated ships of ot the navy At present pre nt the department is up against a proposition dig I Ithe to dispose of or the Boston Detroit and 1 low Naval Nava Na officers say M that they thoy are ut utterly utterly terly worthless for anything except as lit seal barges 1 t I i In It Is M estimated that more than Zoe or of hitherto val id valuable liable able property will Mil pass paM out of oC th the then hands n of or the navy My with practically pr no return thereby shattering the hopes hp of 01 a number h of ot pet plans plane which h v been be urged urged upon pon Secretary Meyer teer and fo for which h this th salvage money could be ue used I |