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Show WEST HAS CLAIMS A larger and more efficient Un ted States na v w II necessitate the eduea t on of more voung men to off cer the allitonal sh ps and f 11 the vano s I shore posts requir nj, techn al knowl elge There has been son e talk of en largel fa 1 t es at Annapol s It s probable ho e er that a new school w 11 be establ shed If congress dec des pon the latter plan the a a len v should be erecte 1 at so ne po nt on the Pac f c coast fo a a et of reasons F rst an 1 fo emost t s not necessary to con entratp e rth ng possesse 1 or plan el J the Intel States go ern nent alon the Atlant seal oar I There s a ast expanse of country between New 10 k an 1 Sa Fran sco and he lw Hers there n have as m h nter e t the r nat ve lanl as those whose hon es fr ge pon the o ean In he next fit o the west s en t el to a share of the pubic nst I I t ons whene er thev can be so 1 I ated w thout let me t to the p 1 I elfare or the pa t c ar ser cc for 1 h the arc lip 1 nto le g The lo at o of a na a a a lp nj at some font on the Pac f c oast wo II not be ctrimental to the best interests ol th na j b t woul 1 be al antageo s lor more oung Amer canH wo 1 I 1 c come nte estel n the fleet and t wo 1 1 be i oss ble to organ ze a m ch la ger na I n 1 t a tl an now ex sts W th a great fleet the na al m I t a w II 1 e o np h ghlv important fo t ren res a greater length of t me to dr II a pa f ghter than a sol lier an 1 n ease of war the t me co Id not be spare 1 fhpre arc two coasts to be defen led nstea 1 of one and the work w 11 req r two large fleets At the pres nt t e there are prv few warsh rs along le Pa f coast an 1 tl ose stat one 1 thcro are not of the noet fornilalle class The Oregon made famo s by her m m ral 1p t aro n 1 f ape Horn lur ng tl e s u I n er an wa s t 1 p t rn I pr to the C al fo n a na al mil t a the near ft p la ng become mo e o Ipsh ol s Ipto alth gh a able f p t t nt, a good f fc,ht n lr a tl g ike I t ons C hp f n a I w4 s n adequate coast defenses and there will be no nvas on ot the ountry from the west The west s also ent tied to a m ll tary academ W th a larger regular n htarj establ shment an increased na t onal guard and a trained c t zen sol diery of some K nd there will be need for hundreds more off cers than are now graduated each year from West Point If the academy were to be doubled m size a def c ency in commas s oned officers still would exist The proper thing to do is to establish a new mil tary school and it should be lo cated in the mountain country where the officers of the future could be spe c ally trained m gett ng over rough ground w th b g guns and snppl es The mounta n&warriors of France Italy and A str a are among the best on the battlef el Is of E rope today hav ing been Bpe all tra ned for th s k nd of warfare The men are hardy and not easily tired wh le the off cers possess the techn cal knowledge necessarj for solving the eng neer ng problems inci .tmt in AnTnnn , i. With this object in ew lt Lake is an ideal location for a in litary acaden y and one should be located here forth w th The Tr bune bel e es that if a concerted effort is made by the Pa c f e coast and Bocky mo ntain states the naval and m litary schools can be secured benator Phelan and Kepre sentative Kent of Californ a are al ready at work on bills to be introduced in each branch of congress The Ltah delegation should prof t by the example thuB set and it may be great good will come of the r efforts t properly ex pended |