Show i i COLLIERS BADLY BAUl Y NEEDED Rear Admiral Almiral William S Cowles Points Out Serious Defect in American Navy Washington Nov Xo 27 rHad Had foreign complications arisen or had a combination ton tion been effected between foreign ship owners our fleet might have had to re remain remain remain main lying 1 helpless In some foreign port portIs Is the observation made by Rear Ad Admiral miral William S Cowles chief of a the equipment bureau of the tho navy in his i annual report in n discussing the lack of II colliers necessary to supply the battle hattie battleship battleship ship fleet with coal on Its cruise around the world The total number of American vessels that might have hao been obtained by b pur purchase purchase purchase chase or otherwise would not have hae been carrying car Ing a sufficient amount of ot coal to the fleet on Its voyage and it was necessary to charter foreign vessels for tor this purpose He recommends mends that Immediately steps be taken takeno to o supply an adequate a number of or col collien lien for the navy Admiral Cables Cawles report says as that dur during durIng during ing the past year ear marked progress has been b made In wireless telegraphy Re Recent Recent Recent cent developments warrant arrant the fhe establishment establishment establishment of stations Besides Belides the erection of o such sucha a station at Washington Wa in the near I future the bureau contemplates even eyen eventually eventually tuan the construction of such stations Ion on the thC Pacific coast at Hawaii Guam I Samoa and the Philippine Islands so soI I that the fleet will at all aU times be in di dl direct l i communication with Washington I wherever It may ma be |