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Show II, AI'I'ltUl'IIIATIONH lUl.orl u Aeee in; II, till! Ile- .orll lo Ilia lluuia. WAaniMiTDN, Manli 13. Mr. Htr-Ixrt Htr-Ixrt (Ala.), chairman of tbo Homo committee on naval ndntrs, lias iru-pand iru-pand an elat orato report lo accomi any ihu naval ai roprlntlon bill rei-ently reporlnlto tbu llouse. After calling attention to the fact that thai lllranlej an aggregate apro rlatlou of $a.i,72il,-821, $a.i,72il,-821, and Is over fi,J)fli)0 lois tbau tbr amount appropriated in tho Bscomt session of the I Uty.llrst (.'onvrees for I he current flical ) i ar, and Jld.OJd less tlianeatlmateJ by tbe dupartinent as nevessary for tbe year covered by the bill, there))!! aaya' "We liavo ten enabled lo make tho reduction without iu any mauni r lni airing the progn aa of our new navy, In great psrtbecauae of the large surplus that will renialu on hand nl tbe end ol the I lesont rural year." HinaklLgof tho refusal of the committee com-mittee to recommend a canal lerabte number of the reooramendiH Irupruvu-niants Irupruvu-niants at the navy yards and atatlous, the ri port s)i! "Aa In anything also established, Imptovfiueuta without limit can be suggetted, Tbo committee followed tho rulta which abouldc.ulJoat rudent busluisa man lu tbe lnnnsgrinout of bla own iroperty, aul In uocaiere-fuaed uocaiere-fuaed to ruummend any expenditure which kiemed to be really a prisent uiceseity." On the iueitlon of an Increase of the ravy. wbllo the commltiiu miaul-bieusly miaul-bieusly favored an Increase of the numUrof ahlpe aud) arts aa well aa Increaaed facilities for building arujr-plates, arujr-plates, gun forgliKa, etc, tbry tblnk eery dotlsr aallable should be used to f omplete the vessels heretofore unauthorized un-authorized before any la expmdvd towards to-wards Increasing the faellltlea for building sblpa. Tbe npori, which la very lengthy, ends as follows! 'The majority of the committee ricomraend tbu nuthorlza Hon of strong aud swift uommerie destroyer de-stroyer of thetyieof the (ew York,' whoao armor tan le iiiauufsetunvl much more ossily and with ltis delay than can llm heavy armor for n battleship, battle-ship, lly extending Ibo construction of thn new vessel needtd ovoraseriia of ) ears, wo shall avild mistakes and I ruvent Iborei clltlon IndlUerrnt sbla of the same errcrs, and, by kee lug tho at proprlatlon wllhlu mojeralu bounds each yiar, Congrtss will com mend Its programme to pojiular ap proval. Tho few mlstakrs made thus farnresoluslgnlflcant that It may bo infill staled that our succcsa In ship building Is remarkable." |