Deseret Evening News | 1908-02-07 | Page 4 | The Growing Fleet

THE GROWING FLEET St Louis Louts Times the hue main body hotly of the tho Amen Ameri American can navy Is rounding the Iho southern sou thorn cost con continent meat a now naw heat i omes Into hein Out on the tho west vest coast const tho the has taken her hor trials with grout great sue suc success ue cess cells On Out the Atlantic side tin Ih Mis Mississippi New Hampshire and Idaho ore are being boing prepared for tor commission Th n there thero Is to bo be no forgetting the tho Michi Michigan gan laIn and und the tho South Carolina anion tho the battleships In course of construe construction Ion tion tI und ond tho the North Carolina anti and um Man Mon Montana Mantana tana ns its monster armored cruiser of 0 a typo type not much represented In our navy Admiral Evans Is la malting making a fine sail nII sailing Ins ing record The Tho shipyards are arc fillIng the tho places left vacant on the he east side sl of tho ho nation rho Tho past Is rich In story of prowess In battle baUle Time was when there was not nol a n great deal of world respect for the American navy shopkeeper sailors but the situation has changed since ISIS 1898 anti and continues to change