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Show DANIELS WILL URGE DOCK IMPROVEMENTS WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 Secretary Daniels announced today that as a result re-sult of his trip to the Pacific coast in connection with the arrival of the Pacific fleet he soon would ask congress con-gress to authorize the establishment of additional dry dock, navy yard and shipbuilding facilities there. Puget Sound and San Francisco will hp, the two chief bases of the Pacific fleet, Mr. Daniels said, with the dread-naughts dread-naughts and cruisers divided about equally between the two ports. The smaller vessels destroyers, submarines, supply ships and auxiliary craft will 1? based on the smaller ports of the Pacific coast. |