Deseret Evening News | 1907-10-26 | Page 9 | Bigger Permanent Appropriation for Navy

BIGGER PERMANENT APPROPRIATION FOR NAVY NA VY ton Oct IS Naval matter occupied the th attention of ot the cabinet during a considerable portion of today meeting Secy Seey Metcalf ha has has just Juit com coni completed compilation of or the u estimates for tb tn be maintenance nanc of the naval establish establishment meat ment and nd a as those these Ibe show bow a to great In ID Increase increase crease UH a as compared with the current II Me cat cal y ar thereby promising to cause much debate In Congre at al the ap preaching session Ion the tb president and the secretary of the navy naY are giving their most earnest earned attention to them The secretary I advanced a proposition to Increase by b the standing appropriation for the th of en listed lilted men mell In la the navy lIay According to hi estimate this Increase would admit of 01 the recruitment of about 1000 10 blue bu jackets Jacket In addition additon to the present force forc The Te proposition wa was received with lh fa favor faor vor or and ld Included In the estimate to be b submitted to II Congress Another AlloUr matter matr not entirely naval In ID character deemed worthy worth of report by Secy lc Metcalf because UH of ot Its I ii Influence upon Up the th character of vessel vela to t be b constructed In hi the future was waa w the roe rec recommendation r of the canal n brought to 10 Washington e a afew afew few ew days 1 ago by b Civil Engineer Roe Koa a es au u looking loil to th ti the widening of or UM the 1 Locks IC of 0 the Panama canal and this Ull subject was dl d discussed cuM d at some awn Ime length le h