Show DISCUSS A VAL BILL NEXT MONTH i I ress to Have Annual I Appropriations Fight I in February t WILL SURPASS THE TIlE U. U S S. S ins 15 of Nations Indicate Greater reater reater Fighting Forces on the Seas iVy BY FREDERICK J. J HASKIN an the annual in n congress a as Jle j strength th of ot tho the American America naY nav begin jegi Ji agahi J Already th nava naval ITS rs committee of tho the house bouse is 15 hold bold bearings and it i is probable th that thai t n naval val appropriation bill will wll be bc beed bed ed b by the bouse bous some time in Fob Feb Tho The secretary of If the navy bas baa the building of two ne new ne and two colliers ers He Ho would ike ke tb have ha congress authorize the thc ther rution r tion of one bi big bh battleship fer or r a vessel which l louM would ouM combine combino Jan In n power of a R battleship t theof the theof e of a a. scout c ut and the armor of an pred red cruiser Such a vessel would cc e armor to speed and would w uld be bo beed led aed ed to out outdistance all ships carry carry- runs guns ns To ro malce make the present whip hit hip fleet most effect effective c the sec sec- v of ot the tho navy says lays we need eight ei ht eo battleship cruisers ei eighteen c scout c ut ships two eighty more moro deerB doa deha de de- ha erB a twelve coWers colliers two twenty-two arines arinea and several s repair repair ships hip ps Hy ships hips ammunition ships hopi hospi- ip and tend tenders er iero ere rc is one thin thing in the report of f 8 secretary of war that will ini- ini lr It y picaso so some American citizens kc Je t sad ad the thc hearts of others It ra acquiescence in a naval na program will allow Germany to take talce away the thc United States the second l v o orie g the navies of the tile world word fa fatha ft that tha t while at least two other otherl I l' l Lave C a more more ambitious building it js 9 believed tb that t if it t we wo main main- tUc fleet of forty battle iid a full complement of oC other o her hern n nr and auxiliary craft we will be bc jIom from attack an and permitted to oUt t our t country's I destiny in ince ce e lauy auy uy to Exceed United States State day y- y fb United States is ahead of many any in c that rocs goes t to eUI up a l navy of great reat strength tb We Wethe the advantage c in ill the matter mat er of age and hi u gun 1 powei But ut jf if f the theat nt at building plans of the two nas na- na JH ii s are ao maintained until 1917 the navy nav will be as much weak- weak ban the German navy as the Gel Gei- saro now weaker than the Amen Ameri- 0 By that time tim the Germans will mIl twice t as as man many battleships of the fhe naught nau ht and 1 38 as the United St States teM will then tta 59 s.- s. r Today da Jb United States is head of Germany in the matter of ofine ine ii i power The primary guns uns of lerman erman battleships and ana armored r rs' rs ca can call discharge pounds tal bl at a single siule broadside while pf the ho American ling ing vessels es els can hurl Ids d ds to e each ch broadside Today Toda flea I lea a has bas a a total naval craft to iou tou- tons tone greater than thau that of any nany W When cn the ships now build build- n and ni authorized arc are completed Gernan Gerr Ger- Ger r 5 navy nan will have haYe a tonnage 6 tons greater than ours urs- t t the tho na al of muted States State has grown since the American Jab war may may mn be he inferred Ira a a gt statement made hy by ny Rear Ad- Ad fl Richard Richard Wainwright whose ces es at Santiago o were of such a racier actor r a a as to entitle him limn to speak authority t lIe He says he is certain v II single Jo big bisz battleship ii like ULe the thee wae e could coul e send nd to Da Davy Jones Jones' a whole bole division of ships ship like lc foni lie Ire declares it could do that t bJ it could destroy destro the tbt whole Jean can n fleet of f the Amen Amer Ameri wr ir Ho TIe points to tho the fact tb that t it war tho raD range e of th the American r guns J s did dd not orage average crago a more than an and l that they could be tonly once in three minutes Now lined De of f the bi big guns cuns ns has bas been wed sed II to and yards ard the be c. c gunners who ho are not Dot able to toTo liro To shots a minute are arc not up to 10 standard andard of tim tho American na navy table kable Progress Made i w r mark ble progress Pro res in fielding and nd rapid fire firo f irp is only expressive e general rise riseS in efficiency of oC tho the I g J J e. e san in battleship hip and its ere crow Tho Thora ThoMy ra My cy rot of lh the gunners gunners' aim aim has fully ce with thine else cona con con- p a ll the bi bic bis battleships un mind ere ere- w which h could not hit hil the theat at nt yards two or three thieo as often as 35 tho the gunners of the h ih war wr bit it at nt t 1 got i a very cry low rating in inI J I does docs authorize c e the two I ps it may be ue depended they that t will vilI c embody Jh Ily the best beet fen thing that naval ua cn iD t t. t on a c 2 TO DISCUSS NAVAL BILL NEXT MONTH Continued from page 1 1 Affords Already the lie two latest authorized authorized au au- au- au tb ships ship still unnamed but wJ An as I 36 6 and 37 3 have new f features incorporated in them that t are tre possessed pos pos- possessed st b bv by no other battleships in the tho world For instance while other navies navies na na- na vies ie arc still going ahead with turbines tur hines bines for dr driving their battleships battleships- tho the American navy has hns gone back to tho the reciprocating engine Extensive competitive competitive com com- e t tests with ith the scout cruisers cruiser i Birmingham Chester and Salem Salom and with tho the battleships Delaware and ami North Dakota prove pro that the reciprocating eating cating en engine ine is rs fully Cully as 38 efficient as the turbine when at top speed whilo about 30 per pr cent more economical at nt cruising in speed Use Oil Burners Likewise the new battleships will be equipped with Ci eil cil burners and ami coal coni will not be used at all This will make a great saving in the tho weight of the pro pro- polling machinery and aud will permit tho the thome use me of only one smokestack But what Is s even more important it it- will allow allowa a 3 greatly increased cd armor protection The new battleships now authorized fond and tho those e proposed ed will probably have ha three guns to the turret instead of two as now and this will permit tho the heaviest armament of any fighting craft in in the world All turret turrets will wilt be on the center line of the ship hip and the whole number of bi big guns uns will wilt be able to tiro firo on either cither broadside The Tho guns will n be bo of the big biJ fourteen n inch type trpe an and will handle a 1400 pound projectile Tho The newest ships ma may r have ha a broa roadside si e of of fifteen guns uns and that would be practically practically du le that of mo most mOlt t of the ships in foreign n navies No European 1 battleship bat battleship has as a broadside of more than ton guns ns Navy League Disappointed The The fact lad that that the United United Unite States State i is isnow isnow now DOW DOW- preparing to yield second pi place are amon among the toe vies navies navies of the world will bo ho especially grievous riC OIt news news' to fo th the the- nn navy r Ic lea league Io of the he United States s. This organization organization or or- has been working to arouse C Ca a national sentiment for for- fora a powerful navy na naTho Tho The league pa lJ is headed b by General Horace Porter of Now York lork J J. J Pierpont Pier Pier- pont ont Morgan an Jr is its It has lias a list of honorary vice ico presidents president which includes Lyman A Abbott chott and C Cardinal Gibbons Gibbon It Tt is stated that the object of the league js j is to secure and spread before the citi citizens of the Iho United States information as to the condition condition con con- o of ni tho the naval na forces of or the tho country coun CO interest t and try nel to awaken activity in all matters tending to aid improve and develop the efficiency efficiency- of the navy Tn In Ci carrying out this program tho the league Ca 11 has waged raged a ed a campaign n 0 of iou di distributing near nearly 20 pamphlets 1 mph lets ets hearing bearing on the ail subject of a strong nay navy It declares that it it found foun out that there thero was t a systematic aeries of on the navy by the Socialists ts made marlc for the purpose of ra discouraging enlistments etc ote the tho results of which tIle the he league claims to ha have hac c forestalled in n a IRr large e degree through h its publicity campaign Last year car it ha had rn men n in three thirty different states write Trite to their heir representatives in congress on rc s in be be- h half If of I the he two battleship I i proposition U U. S. S Weak in Merchant Marino Marine Another thin thing thy tho Navy a League Stands t for is i s the the c of the thc American merchant marine marine It t 8 averts that hat a fleet Acct of or battleships hiN without a coal oal supply is about as helpless s n ns as a dismantled schooner in mid mirl ocean ocran and that ht in case of serious eri w warfare with with any all other nation we would not have 0 co coal oal 1 carrying ships shills s t to Keep our fighting ti craft supplied J jn in 11 Jill ins inquiries as tS to toi the he rates of to toll that should i be he charged crt on th the Panama t canal P Professor of lisor Emory former Conner member member of bC the P n nama ama canal commission found oin that the American merican coastwise is' is shipping is is flourishing flour flour- JOUl shing under its low created create monopoly of the American coastwise carrying trade p. p anti and he does doe i not t think it needs nn any further stimulation As As to the international carrying trade it is ie ar admitted ad- ad mitt d that the Unit United rl States is i woefully woe woe- fully short hort of merchant whips ships There are arc man many views ie as to tho tha eau an e r of thi this and also as IS to the wa way to o remedy it There am are wh who place laco the tho blame on th the protective tariff They Assert that in the first t place lace by hy making ship shin building m materials higher priced it ha has hag become e impossible for forthe the he American merican ship hiJ builder cr to construct I a ship MR nA cheaply as al it t can be bo built abroad and that consequently foreigners foreign foreign- era ers bui build d the the ships Likewise c the cost of operating u ship un under er the tho American Amen Ameri can standard of wn wages clI for seamen is isso isso so 0 much larger that thaI it is useless to think about competition with ith for foreign n carriers for international business ines it is is contended the tariff has enabled the American ie capitalist to to earn so 90 much more moreon on his investments in at homo home than he lie could on ships at sea that he finds no no attraction to put rut his mono money into ships instead of or factories mines and railroads Many of these theM premises are re admitted readmitted by bp tho advocates of a rl rehabilitated merchant m marine also tIAO they nearly all an absolve tho the tariff from r responsibility They Cley S say ly that the tariff built up groat roat industries at home and that its ju twin sister nistor ship h p subsidy will do likewise on the sea Tomorrow NEW MEXICO I. 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