Show Till x VVY Jovoho Criet1111111 to I VP If 1 lu 31m n 13tunithooltor War oreNeMcd The Ireoent Immediate effective force or the navy consists or four lat lohlps Ir the Ot class Iwo second nd forllelM other vemse1g rnlll from armored cruisers 10 torpedo boats There are under construction five bntlhl of the 01 class sixteen six-teen torpedo hoal anti title submarine hoot No provislona has yet hOI Indo for the armor nf three or tire 00 bat 1hll as I ham hn Impossible to obtain II nl the Price fixed 1 Con irress I lit I of great Importance h1 Congers provide this armor nil until thn tile hl are o n fighting value The present travel force eOPIII In view or I Increase by ships now under construction hle not D large no that of n few other ptmers It I n formidable fore Its vessels tire the very best or nh type still with the increase that honhl ho made 10 I from Um to time In the future and careful attention 10 keening It Inn high Iolp of efflclenc lint repair It Is I well adapted to the necessities of th country MOln INCnTASn NDD Th great Inrns of the navy which ham taken 11cp In recent re-cent years was justlfled by the rqulrmII of Ih naval defense meet Tills racelved public npprholon Tho lmp Tills now arrived however uhn thin Ilea In Which the country coun-try Is I ommltd should for 0 time t alco ties form or loroo1 facilities C001menurlle with the Increase of our naval vestiels I is I nn tlrorlnnnt fact that there Is I only one dock on the Pnlo 01 canable or docking our larrelit ships and only onp on the AI Innlr ont and that the latter has for the last six or seven months 1n under repair and therefore Incapable of use Immedlatn steps rhould be I tnken to provide three or four docks of this capacity on the Atlantic coast tit least one on Ilia Pacific roast And a facithur dock on thc Oult Thfie Is I tho recternmrIndAtinot or n very com tent board appointed to Investigate the subject ARMS ANT MHV WANTED There should also hp atnnlo proof 1lon moM for powder n1 rnlpc 10 and othe munitions or WAr nn1 for an Inconp1 number 0 oMeers end on listed men Some 11110 are nln necrarolry 10 our navy ypords for the toPntr nn1 crim 0 our 10rlP number of vessloloo Ao ih oe now on the Jk nvo bnttlCFlilp of the Ircol class which nnnol lie 0mII1 for oo n lour or two T concur with the me omPHloUo or the rPtury oC the navy for nn onoroprloUon nthnrz Inl file 0nOlrlUon or one battleship for the Pacific coast her nt pn ant lre Is I only on In ommllo end OM In construction ivhtlo on the Atlantic there tire three tn 0nIlon and Murtennelpr construction end also reveral 10roo b1ts bo nuthorlzl In connection wih our general system of coasts defenses |