Show Tilli NAVY NAVY Work 0 or It I Must lURt bo 10 Continued Tho work of ot tho navy must bo steadily continued No ono point of Clr our policy or domes domestic Olnes tic I moro Important than this to tho II honor tc material welfare unc above all 11 to tho peace ll Cef of ot our nation In tho future Whether w It or not wo must henceforth recognize that wo havo duties no 1 loss than International Even If our flag fal were hauled down In the Philippines welO Potto Illco oven If we decided not notto I to build tho Isthmian we should thoroughly trained navy of ot need a leed 1 adequate size he or else bo prepared de definitely finitely n nd for Jor nil time to abandon n tho al Idea ea that our nation In If among those whOM sons RO ho down to tho sea loa In ships our commerce cown Is II always to bo In II foreign bottoms wo must have war craft elft to protect It n NOT A PROVOCATION TO WAR WAn Inasmuch however as tho tM American l n thought of oC abandoning people have havo no 10 tho path upon which they havo vo en on entered l ali 1111 especially caly In view of ot the tho fact canal canalIn that tho building of ot tho In If fast becoming ono on of tho matters which tho whole united In demanding It IB Ie imperative that our navy should bo put 01 kept In tho highest state of If should bo made to tu to our growing needs So SQ far t r from being In any way waya a nod provocation to nn n n to highly I trained IH the tM beat hest guaran guaranty ty against ahl t war the tM cheapest and most mo t effective peace Insurance In Tho GORt of ot building and maintaining such a IL navy represents the tho very or lightest premium for tor Insuring pence JeRe which this nation can possibly pay ALT ALL WE WANT IS PEACH Probably no other great nation In tho world la Is BO so anxious for tor sin single ns wo There Thero Is not nt n gle glo civilized power which has anything whatever to fear from ag DC aggressiveness on our pur All Al wo want WIlt Is peace and toward this end wo wish to be bo able ablo to same respect re for tor our rights tram from others which wo extend to are eager cager anxious to their rights In return to Insure In uro fair treatment to us commercially to guarantee tho of ot the tho American people WHY NAVY IS NECESSARY Our people Intend to abide by the tho Monroe doctrine and to tb upon It ItaR as aR the one sure luro moans means of scouring the on peace of tho western hemisphere The Theny navy ny offers of ra us UI tho only means of mak making ing In out existence upon the tie Monroe doc doctrine trine anything but n subject of de dc derision on to whatever nation chooses to I disregard It Wo We desire tho penco comes ns as of ot right to the just man armell not tho granted on terms term of ot to tho craven tho weakling CANNOT ANNOT IMPROVISE A NAVY It la Is not possible to Improvise n 1 navy after I war breaks out The he ships must be Iter built buit and tho mon trained long lonu In advance Some Somo vessels cnn can bo turned Into makeshifts which will wl do doIn doIn In default of any better for tor tho minor work worl and n proportion of or raw rw men IMn can bo mixed with th highly trained their being mado lallo good gool by bytho bytho tho skill akl of at their fellows but tho em clent cent fighting force of tho navy when pitted against an 11 equal opponent will willbo wi bo JO found almost exclusive In tho war warships ships that have hwo been regularly built bui and In the officers men who through of faithful performance of ot sea sen duty havo been trained to handle their formidable but complex and weapons with wih tho highest In tho late war with Spain the ships that dealt the tho decisive blows at anu Santiago had boon beon launched from two to fourteen years and they able ablo to do ns aR they did because tho men In Inthe II the coning lowers the Run gun turrets and tho had through long Ion years of or practice at nt sea fen learned how to todo do 10 their duty uty TIm THE OLD NAVY Our present navy nav wa WI begun bogun In 1882 At that period our navy consisted of at ofa atI a I collection of antiquated wooden ships already almost ns out of or place I ace against modern war vessels ns ni the tho galleys of ot ull n tho ships of at Tromp nr l Blake Nor nt At that time did dil we hAve havo mon fit It to handle a modern Under the tho wise Ise legislation of at the Congress and the successful administration of n succession uc of patriotic secretaries of the thc navy belonging to 10 both hoth political par parties partes ties tes the tho work of O the navy went on and 11 ships q ll to In tIl world of ot their th lr kind were continually added was WiS oven moro more Im these were added and vas wn oven ovon moro Im Important these ships ero exorcised nt At sea singly In squadrons until the themen th men aboard them then wore were 1 to set get tho best l lt possible out of ot them The result was seen nl In the tho short war with which was WM decided with wh such suel rapidity because of ot tho Infinitely greater gr preparedness of ot our of ot the tha Spanish navy 11 WHAT FORETHOUGHT DID DI While awarding tho fullest honor to the men who actually commanded manned the which destroyed Spanish sea Iea forces In II the tho Philippines In hi Cuba wo must not lot forget nn equal meed eed or belongs to those wIthout whom neither blow could have JIO been been struck The congressmen men who Voted years In advance a the money mono to lay Il down the ships to build the guns to buy bu the tho the tho de department and the business men and nd who furnished hed what tho Congress had the sec gee of ot tho UIO navy Who ho asked for tor and expended tho appropriations and fin In ly tha who In I fair weather foul toul on 11 actual Hen sen service trained disciplined dl thc tho crews cr wl of tho whIm there thero was Wil no 10 war la II entitled to a full sharo in II tho glory at f Manila 1111 Santiago o tin ll respect accorded by b every Iwo tuio can to tholo who wrought nitch signal triumph for tor our country It I was Wil thought It and Ild which secured Il 19 tho overwhelming triumph of ot If I wo 0 fall fa I to Oho how forethought t and un II preparation now there thore may IMy a 1 time when disaster II will wil befall nl UH iK In Instead II stead of ur triumph mid Ill should this lima como come tho fault Inui will wi rest primarily not Upon those thoRO whom the accident of ot events puts In tl supreme command nt ot tho mo Ino moment ment but upon tho o who have IIVO failed to prepare In 11 advance OI AND There Thoro should bo ho no cessation o In tho work of ot completing our ur navy MY Ho An far til Ingenuity has been wholly unable to a n substitute for tho war craft whose hammering guns beat belt out olt tho of ot tho hl high h sens 01 it l Is Unto II unwise not lot to provide I this for several year additional ships and heavy hony armored cruisers with aux and lighter craft crutt In proportion for ot the tM exact numbers and ali character I you YOI to 10 tho report of the tho of the tho navy II Hut Iut there thole Is II wo leNt oven moro lo than additional ships and this Is additional and men mOI To 10 provide battleships and 1111 thol lay hw thorn up with tho expectation of leaving them unmanned until they tho needed In II actual war would bo he worse than folly foly It I would bo be boa beI a I crime tho nation 1 to 1 MIDSHIPMAN To send warship against a n com competent rm unless it enemy B those I havo IIVO been trained by h years If actual sea ln c Including Ilc Runne ly Iy bo ho to not more ly but tho hunt and humiliation For l or seamen one ole thousand addi be bl provided ll nn Increase In II the tl offices Mould bo provided by making n 1 largo addition to tho nt There hero Is Isono If ono Ol matter 1 which should bo 10 men mentioned In connection with Annapolis The ho pretentious and unmeaning tWo title of oC naval should houM be bo Abolished the Uto of midshipman full ful of at historic should bo ho restored SHOULD mm In II llo or penco n 1 should td until It I out for tor only olly BO IH can it bo hI kept lit I to respond to any emergency Tho rho and men ICI alike should be he ns much ns 11 possible 1 ble blo on 01 blut water for tor It Is II only ully they the cnn can learn their th duties utes ns they should bo ho learned The big should bo In II squadrons containing not lot battle S but b t tho Iho proportion of cruisers scout Tho torpedo boats boals should be by b the tho younger In 11 such manner as al will wi best h st fit It the tho latter to take responsibility and meet tho emergencies of or warfare GUNNERY PRACTICE Every Even detail ashore which can bo he per formed by 1 n civilian should be BO so per pur formed the tho being kept lor tor his hla special duty In II the tho sea Sel Above all al gunnery practice should lie ho unceasing ing It I is Important to havo our navy of or size al e hut but It Is oven even more Im Important that ship for tor ship It should equal In navy In the tho world This Thil Is possible only with wih high highly ly Iy crows and this in 11 turn tur Imperatively demands d continuous progressive instruction In target practice prote ship handling h 1 squadron tac tactics tics and general genral discipline t Our ships must IU t bo b assembled In II squadrons active actively ly cruising away from harbors nt anchor Tho resulting nover noor lol wear welle upon engines s and hulls huls must bo endured a I ship worn out In long training of lt men mCI la Is well wol paid for by the thc results on Oi tho other hand no matter In II how hol excellent condition it t is useless If I tho crew be bo benot not expert MEN MUST UH nr TRAINED Wo now havo seventeen battleships appropriated for tor of at which nine aro aroco completed co and have been commissioned I for tor actual service Tho remaining eight will wi ba ready rend In from two to four yeum but It I will wi nt It least that times to re 10 to thom them thomI omit nn train thc tho men fight Ight It Is of ot vast concern that we havo Ilvo trained I crews crewl ready rendy for tor tho vessels by bythe b the tho time they ure commissioned Good ships and good guns Iro simply good Weapons and nuu tho best weapons oo use UBO useless less save In the hands of ot men who know how to fight Ight with wih them thel The ho men must bo trained and Ind drilled under a I thorough and system of progressive Instruction the tho recruiting must bo ho on with wih still greater grenter Vigor llor Every Evor carrel effort efort must IU t be mado to exult exalt tho main lull function of ot the tho officer tho command of o mon men The ho leading graduates of ot tho naval academy my should bo to the tho comba combatant tant branches tho llao Ibe marines ESSENTIALS O SUCCESS ss Many of or the tho essentials of ot success aro already recognized by tho general board which as ns tho central office of ot a n growing staff is II moving steadily to toward ward waru a proper war nr efficiency n 1 of or tho whole navy un under under der tho secretary This general board by hy fostering the tho creation of a n general genrl staff Is providing for tho then tho general recognition of our OUI conditions ns n I ald pd of ot tho th true Irle of or ix 1 great gront war fleet oot which meaning l Is first tho Lest best men mel and ald second the tho best hest ships NAVAL MILITIA 1 UIT 1 Tho naval milta forces aro Plate or organizations Iro trained for COI coast service In event of ot war they thoy will wi constitute the Inner line ln of or defense They hoy should receive encourage encouragement ment from the general government NATIONAL NAVAL RESERVE nl S HE In n wo 0 should nt pro provide vide Ido for a national naval reserve or organized trained under the thu direction of ot tho navy department nOi subject to the cal of ot tho chief executive whenever War nr becomes imminent It I should bo be a n areal real rel auxiliary to tho naval pence and offer material to be he drawn on nt at once for Cor manning our ships In of It I should bo b com composed composed posed of graduates of the tho naval my graduates fit the naval am officers cers crows crowl of coastline steamers longshore schooners cM nors fishing vessels ald steam together with wih the thc coast COARt population about such centers as M lifesaving stations lighthouses MUST ADEQUATE NAVY The Tho must either eller bUIld and maintain nn navy n or make up IV their minds definitely u to accept n a secondary position In Inter International national not merey In political but lut In commercial It I ha been wil mid that there thoro Is na no surer way of ot courting nr disaster ter than to bo ho opulent aggressive and un unarmed unI armed rm el I |