| Show SHOWS GROWTH I I II Secretary tary 3 Longs Lo s Annual Report Is I Issued 1 4 MORSE MORE VESSELS VESSEL URGED 4 STATES S TS IS PAH PAI F A BEHIND OTHER POWERS 4 t V I o Nov S Secretary Longs annual roped report of the t navy laT department was waa w made public today ty After reviewing the work of the navy DV o including the marine mArn corps In lii China hina Chin the t Philippines and ad elsewhere crp the th secretary Urr the t following statistics statistic tt as to te the Jv vessels Vl now nw under by the great set powers laid Down Dow in in 1900 l O t 01 Q t 0 I I 0 a a l lI S NATION Ja a 1 9 I 0 i fie Jal 44 9 Pi I 1 n r Germany e 40 41 e I J Itay Italy 1 3 I I Japan s 8 I l O Rusi Russia 13 S United nite 1 lO Total Now Under Construction England j France j J 2199 l 14 3 Germany Italy Itly 7 Japan Russia Rul 15 3 50 United States 3 1 8 1700 Monitors ow 7 Additions to t the Navy N v The Te following vessels vel have ben been added ade to the navy D Vessels Ve finally Inal or conditionally accepted since anee date of last las report cI 8 h 4 01 NAME q g c OF VEEL o oo o oia F ia f Abany Albany protected cruiser T A A M Crven Craven torpedo beat 14 bt a Dahlgren en torpedo torpo bot boat t I 5 Kearsarge 16 15 Kentucky battleship 1 15 1137 Other vessels added adde to the navy nu list since date of oC last report t gunboat sunk during Spanish war afterwards raised rise General Alava gunboat turned ture over by byar War Scar ar department Holland Holand torpedo vessel vel pur purchased chased chR unar r act set of congress congre Quiros Quiro gunboat turned turne over oer by war department gunboat turned over oer by war department t j The secretary gives a labored explanation tion Uon tio of ot his armor purchase deal 1551 lel Discoveries ies In I the Pacific Regarding the te Pacific cable survey surey and wirer he says The he survey surey by the United Unite States steamship Nero for fr a transPacific sub submarine submArine submarine marine mArine telegraph h cable between Hono Hoo Ho o lulu JuJu and the Philippine Islands has hs been ben completed comple e The survey developed the tact fact that an almost level plane of soft S mud at af a general depth d of about 2700 fathoms fathom extends from Honolulu to the Midway islands affording an excellent route ioria tor lor a telegraph tele cable that between the Midway islands and an Guam another angher anO level l vel plane from to 3 3 00 fathoms deep de is found but is broken j pt t interval inte by Vy reefs refs and ard rd occasionally by t mountain ranges rn e The first firt th S I miles ies from the Midway Islands Ji lt exception of one Isolated peak pek not far from Ocean Island rising to with within within in fathoms of the surface is substantially level level Among the interesting discoveries in the course cour of this was that of an ocean ocen abyss abys the deepest d pt known which was found to the east eastward e eastward t ward of the islands of the Ladrone group and near the parallel of 0 Guam Here were made the deepest ocean On soundings ever recorded the greatest depth reach reached rech reached ed being bing i 52 fathoms of feet fet less l than thal six statute miles mie The object of the expedition which i was wa the tho discovery of a satisfactory route I for an cable connecting the tho th Pacific coast st with the outlying island I posses of or the United States in the th Pacific was accomplished the reports of the soundings and of the character of the bottom showing that such a route exists exist Marconi System Favored A board of nf experts consisting of three naval officers was detailed e le by the department to carry cary out a series lre of tests teats I with a H view to ascertaining the the caps capa capabilities and usefulness to the of cp the system of wireless telegraphy After a series of trials extending over oyer overa a k in New ew York bay by and at sea s off of Highland Hi lights the board made a fa favorable report on the Marconi system I Ithe the only serious defect found being what WhIt is commonly known aa as a interference The I board recommended that the system be given a a thorough trial In the navy but I the department did not consider it 11 I ad advisable isable isble to conduct further experiments I at that time although an apparatus som somewhat m at similar to that used u In the Marconi system was installed at the th I naval torpedo station a at t Newport R I alln ro roa and instructions In nl its use wr have since n nf been given to various classes cl of officers in attendance f d n I Increase Urged For Navy Wavy I IThe The general board bard of which th tM the admiral I of th the navy is president recommend en the following increase of o the navy Battleships 2 armored cruisers 2 I gunboats 6 destroyers 2 torpedo toro boats I S 3 transport 1 training training ships sip 2 This is in general g nerl terms also als lo recommended recommended mended mende by Secretary Long Question of Awards The Te secretary discusses the system of ti rewards reward for gallant glant services service He says Sp The present pr nt system of 01 rewards re ards has been found to be unsatisfactory since in inIs its Is practical application it operates un unjUstly jUstly justl j st and in some instances defeats the purposes purs fr fern f which it i wa was WI devised deviled Jt It J provides for a partial rearrangement of oC the navy list whenever rewards are con conferred en conferred ferre by the advancement of certain officers over the heads heds of o othe and therefore necessarily operates to the damage dama e of the lter latter by delaying their promotion Honors and emoluments ought not to tobe tob be he b taken from rom brother officers guilty git of no fault fuit huit That Tt this is the effect of the present system and that it I ought to be bechanced changed chanced chale became ame apparent apprent when the At Attempt Attempt t tempt was made to apply it i during the war with wih y S n Attention Is ia particularly invited Invie to the bill bl now pending to provide rewards for officers and ad men of the navy and marine corps cors 08 This Thi bill bi authorizes the an secretary s tary of the navy na y to cause cus to be he prepared for for bestowal upon officers and men descry deserving der log ing in of special recognition certain medals mels of three classes claes i e 1 1 The honor medal to be b presented by the president predent for tor eminent and an con conspicuous cn conspicuous conduct in battle or other dan dangerous dan public emergency to be b award awarded ed ott only upon the recommendation of a aboard abr e board br of officers authorized to inquire into the merits meris of each ech case clu e empowered to administer oaths oth to witnesses and re required to report all al the particulars of tia act for which the award ia Is J recommended r mended mende It I in is provided that the h honor nor medal mMa shall carry with wih it i a small smal annual increase immense of i J Day ay 2 The medal al to be Th courage urge m b presented by the secretary of the navy for distin distinguished distinguished conduct in the presence of or the tho th enemy tIme tiro or extraordinary heron heroism hero at any anytIme 3 The Th s s m dV tobe tob presented by th 0 secretary ot of the navy n y for d tb public service in time of war w r This bill bl provides a I system of appropriate pilate prate inexpensive and satisfactory re rewards n rewards wards capable of prompt bestowal doing to special sil merit mert and working no Injustice to anybody Such medals medais meals eld be b worn woh upon UJ all al occasions of Gf ceremony remy during the life of the th recipient and ant trans transmitted an as 8 a prized heirloom to his de descendants descendants A feature f tur of this system which particularly commends it It is the thE fact that It I is applicable to stoned officers enlisted e lao men slid and ab privates sone oters as well wl as to commissioned officers he present p t stam provides no satisfactory marines et etho od of or rewarding enlisted men and In closing the secretary says say There ere ereIs is no finer type ty of f th the public ble servant trained trine to high sense of h his official ob oh obligations and no hand ha in which bt the he toner or of hi his country and the rights right of o its is li are arc art than are arE to t be bf found in ui inthe the tt ny n ol of o the United States |
