| Show UTIl ft l W TI ll jp l Q 1 Jl JE l ft f l Jh OW W many battleships should Uncle Sam have huo In ord to bo b Insured aggression 7 was was asked recently of ono one of ot the tho most competent na naval naval val authorities In Ameri Amerl America ca ho answered with without out nut a moments hesitation If It wo lire are areto to he h prepared to defend our own against nil all comers we must havn havo six sixteen teen battleships alone th Atlantic const for tor the cult lIt ot or Mexico and tho Caribbean an sea sen sixteen on nu the tho Pacific coast and In 1 waters Such a 11 would he hll received by Ly the American congress contempt That body I lut IlaK been spending much of I r Its time recently In down II aa I j to the thinness of ot the pro I I apple peel I As well w nili sll congress to III bridge the th Pacific Pacifico J o Oan MII to our outlying dependencies n II to 10 expect It IL to supply tho wherewithal t It I our battleship batte hh total to II t v enl or f that mv ho an extreme AB All a u naval ul authority an AH H ar Admiral on has hils that thaL with new battleship war lIr Mould 1111 and with It would tin ho Impossible That the American navy nu will roon real the Iho by It the r nUl ar I a 11 hop which In I I entirely Justl d by II tho In InI f I I JIlin lt at or UKI tho that li e n rt lt 1111 pani lon It l I u II I fait that within the putt decade the Ihl I naval ot Oils nation hall liua moved ll up UI from almost at all ull to 10 tc end ond place Ten Tn Years Yo n A Q H Il l III to recall tho tit or our navy or ten lIn uco nt It tho Iho that is when WB 1111 toIL full obliged to tu tono no to 10 Will with Spain At that time liW now the tha I was 1 Ih of nf naval II nn lit We hud but bill four with to III wage I the III war that suddenly vr I t ht biggest lt und alto b hll Ht L wax 1111 the rho lilt eft ft other wore India i Ihl Origon and Ini thu Thur The wan Willi t p the cloua Dili 1111 rIt Duet Included tile the x New w York and the u IL I a II alf or M lf Ir of Jo n of pf tin III WIrt pur I chased from IIII II before 1 lIk of lit I INot Not Iho which ian com from Will U Is llio led I by hy to tho which tha 1110 the day dayi i 1 of ot the trouble the national attention was on our navy and Its puerility was realized as aB never nOeT before beCore I ater on tile the gallant and telling done by this arm of or the increased the Interest In Its and was Was re fleeted in the th halls hall of legislation with such force that no congress could re ro tho popular demand for Its It II ex expansion From Its 1111 In 1108 th American nay navy has hus Increased to the thc following proportions Kit It Under Unfit Un t for t r cop C I Au for tor toren en thoro erv To ice lion Iced Ird leo lea till lill lillI I class clas little whips 22 S i 2 D Second class bat battleship t 1 1 Armored Armor I cruiser K H 4 12 1 Armored ram 1 I 1 bor hor defense d te n to monitor 4 f turret t II 11 t monitor 6 G Protected cruls crula era ra raU i M U n II p pro TO t e c I cruiser 3 i I 3 font Sout r A r J 3 3 Gunboat aun ol 9 J G q u n b boa oa l I far r r not j I begun 1 J 1 Kiln f bt IH 3 3 K u n bl S 3 S H h hili I p IN II my lilY I t 1 l Training J lIp 1 1 IRI o I I n u II s Dolphin V 1 I 2 Z under W M 13 JS IS I boat Jou t dc I lii JU S 6 81 21 l t torI o r p n d o illo K I I WO do I boat 1101 1 J 1 t I a u r lIlo S 4 lj U I Iran urn I slug 4 i I Wooden I 6 4 1 V I Wooden Woon I I i 3 V JO 10 I Tug TuC II 1 Z 3 U 6 S I Converted yachts JS 13 a i Collier 1 S 3 17 11 a 1111 nil II supply 10 10 I 1 P t i tp c II 10 ihli hll j t 3 Total Jutal Ui ii i iA aa aaA A This ID III u I under und r the anil nil It H I In u j i which lias s a II very J profound impression on those other oth r na nations n I which are so markedly committed i to naval defense Ten r n years ago 1110 the t I i naval experts accounted America fifth flUh I In the ord r of naval To Today Today day we have advanced to second place according to the of ot naval to 10 the theorists the discus Ion ot at the tha moral phases of ot Increased 1 armament I tho most moet Important consideration seems to be tho question qUe Uon of ot national economy It Is always aha K the I clock argument of or who want to 10 I build that It Is cheaper to todo do KO than thull to tn EO 0 to war It 11 is a u very cl have been heen Justified In declining to ap I peal to arms It li Is that tho 1111 Spanish j short and one sided as It was cost the American people P at lit 1 t Of Or courso that thaL I Includes s about everything A corre corro ashore cost cont Great Britain Inthe Roer no r I Iwar war but that Is III another matter Had the navy nuy been what It was 1 o to be It Is most unlikely that i Japanese have ha to the thc bear out ot or I i It cannot be bc d that any anyone one of or i the monster machines ot or the j American nay a u hu cx i periled Interests It Is Immeasurably Secretary of or tho Navy Nav thinks that it IL Is hardly worth woith mention mentioning ing In The Tho pecuniary burden ho to the president Imposed on earh padl In Inhabitant habitant or United for tor tho Iho maintenance of or navy nay may mil be roughly hut but with a IL fair ap nl to accuracy at It of or that borne by ruch Inhabitant of or Great and and tha tho bur burden ur urdell den dell ot p service to the like at nt about In lt one insy t jy that the cost of ot navy na amounts to about 33 per pcr annum ll m tor or cach inhabitant of ot tho F 10 11 hl JJ Jf i Wf Z JoI f A i t 1 I II iff J r rI I r lf I I fi I Ii fi oJ t 21 I l III I I r v fl fr M dl r rJ J 11 7 J rr f fi iAm y W J lih 7 I 1 b I I 4 r t L i i r J r Y uJ iii 9 f Wi u j w 7 I i iI c f 0 J L C s i h J i 7 f I t 1 tJ t o r to o 1 iJ tV IJ T i T O z a 1 r 7 H r KORTH CAROLINA FASTEST ARMORED IN AMERICAN NAVY In t to 10 IBB deeply r ph In III hilt but IVI merely on tilt HIM mourn of or c it il U Is Diving money to tl build of Jr I thit Uit yar i II kept ort off by tho hl Irom lh tu nr l nt ut of ot u IL hlF WB WI Jl y never liet bear har i HID taut of or what ii us 1111 In lite v in 11 i UIl nl U la rt Ihle 1111 Had four n bu bum n In il hulI hl tier lIe that resulted rl III li Incidental to Tuba would hur lIu d lJ for with a I In h naval Ca i rid of w y which I It rr iii aI th ho U Ube be 1 put in a It u 1 e l til Ih doe not hot lo t II ut lIt band und and Ih policy Hint mill in hi modern cu u t ry Wilt In III with ex expediency 1 Until rhe lIu lI pt HII III in hout ii i will be b lit III little tle Ue In na al And all what bat tax lal would 0 II lit nn 1111 adequate inn m meal d per Irr It IH IN i Idl ill in nth h Hian Ihu IIII 1 0 II our all Ct j Ulal w 1 hundred J I Ja 11 oll with relatively Jm m I und tint about III x men out or every Ivery inhabitant lit t bound by law to 10 naval or v n of or itie e bunion will he kuc without or III I murmur Ii the K d ot p pleA I A Opinion it ha pi iH i nil that tin 1 1 were I to 10 III h i ul f MUM 11 i J 1111 I ot expensive 1111 Hil nun all ull tom come to t l Ill a f r mil n not tin ho tini i th Iho r I to a n great creat authority Sir Cyprian Ur deo of or the tho h navy the torpe lorle torpedo do has still to good lie I clares cla ls that In III Iho war wor only one battleship tho was l by b a n torpedo arid oven oen In that case not until the vessel had harl been ren rendered dered useless s by h gyn Urn tiro There was wasa a s the not n II single RUB Rus Inn slun ship much leui ICI destroy destroyed ed cd by hy torpedo until lint she had been en seriously maturated I d by lIy tha Jup gUliS and It Jt la Is perfectly truo that if iC them thero hud had not nol hern a n lincio Japanese torpedo craft within SOB miles ot of the Ih scene of action not nol onn of ot tho lun hIIM were do d havo tol way All such probably would have ba n added to the ho number er of taken into ports If no torpedoes hud had been tired at al all No Pessimism Hers Hero HeroIn In In III of ot John Johll I P Holland who built tho III submarine on thin sIde of ot th who rias us most of or lito to the 1101 ot or tho type Ho He declared only It IL IB Is safo to wy eay that when tho Ihl first boat KOH ro Into no notion thin tion ahu will UN UM face tac to f c with th moot Ilu problem Her ever mot In She will th when mod in at nt attack tack lack of or u Ii ne K ii thera IK no YOU Yon 1111 pit word sword I rill can cannon non lion t Ironclad You 1011 fan torpedo boul torpedo Unal and t hut but you ou can Mund the bOlt bont nut lIot even You 1011 cannot tight nub Hub with fanci fanciful fill ful dew of tho 1110 hut but buttin tin U nt or Ih future ona erel You f under water hunce huncl you cannot fight under water ater h III you OU d f nd yourself t an at attack tack lt k under water except uelL by b If H you cannot run away Ia you uro doomed a O KEU |
