Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-10-23 | Page 6 | Navy Unprepared

NAVY UNTRKI'AUED. Kih teen thousand voting men are needed to man the ihip of th" United State naw, aceordiai; to a Malement i-mK'd bv A Ma nt S'-Tetarv F.'i ( ve! t. In rati" of war the navy won hi be unprepared to fi'ht on the r;i wi'h anything like- full strength. Fort .tr.at el v there are no indication of a com i i' is e(,ri tl ict in a n v ipin i ter, and it i hihl v imp ml -able that nui'di -b-rp i n,t. ov.ine to the -b r.lehM ,-on- ' dithm of the diijm' rrewv It some what reruarl.'il'le, never! he!,. -h. thai o inaiiv men should be needed for n full naval complement s a t mie hen f here ft re man v f hoir-iand of men id h-in h-in the Inire-I St.ttet, I'suallv und'T ii l h eoiwl 1 1 ion there i a ni - to en I -! in bot h the b nn v and t lie n;t v.. Perhaps the ti-f nr.- of u netnplov tnent hi been o v - rd r:i r,- n and 'he von n u men ol J hrt rou ul r v nr.- r:irn i nr. more in fine v in pn vat " 1 1 fe than aboard lh 'diip. At ail eent the fro't r-m;iins that triere ni pl.-i.-e f'.r ! ooo mm in the I'nitefl Sttn naw.