Show I CHANCES PLANNED IN NAVAL STATIONS WASHINGTON Nov 7 Back Back from front an Inspection tour that extended miles mies Secretary of ot tho the Navy Meyer reached Washington Sunday conferred with wih President resl- resl dent Taft and departed In the afternoon for Massachusetts where he votes Tues Tues- day Meantime he announced there were too many navy yards on the Atlantic and Gulf V coasts and that he expected to tomake tomake tomake make some changes in the work of the Mare Island navy yard He declined to discuss the tho Pacific Island yards ards until he had consulted experts in the service serice The Tho shore at Guantanamo naval station station staton sta sta- tion ton said Mr Meyer Is low enough nough so that buildings can be erected without expensive expensive ex ex- ex pensive preparation and there Is one place where largo large floating docks can be I located with will wih only about ten feet of at dredging ing ing- Ho lie found tn n some of at the navy yards I Itha that tha t the buildings had be been n erected at greater reater expense than ian was necessary At Guantanamo the expense will wi be minimized minimized minimized mini mini- and a single building of concrete and corrugated Iron will be effective Mr Meyer favors having officially one onena navy na yard on the Gulf Gul coast of the United States that to be supplementary to Guantanamo and to the Panama There Is no Intention to establish establish lish a base on the Isthmus nor is there any intention of placing the construction construe construe- tion ton and pay corps In the line lino of the navy V While hlo declining t to tl Indicate what navy yards were to be abolished he admitted that on the Pacific coast he favored es establishing establishing es- es two dry dr docks These in all al San probability Francisco will wU be within easy reach V of ofSan ofSan ofSan V |