Show l f m mT T fM l r Ib Secy Sec Morton Morion Says They Thc Are Arc Ever cr In InThis This Country WERE our DOWN Men Should be Lc In Command Of Warships In Trace and andIn andIn In War DM of the theN N Xav vy Morton Murton In III his hi annual I made public today a ii The naval IU YlI 9 tw for tor the year rear nr large luge th the larret ever led the f ct that they h hu v boon been out down d lh t 1 ie e twit In by b th bureau by more than Ihan S 17 We for tor than the he money to continue the novel M IN lal gd down t ly y the general lourd of oC which Admiral D Deft w y I the hood head that thal all who h hill o studied the carefully that hl should he car out The punt pal year eRI WOI an Important one In th of oC our Neer before eCore so III many by thiN or any r In on one y r Y 1 for t typo for type t I telle our nUl new nel ship will compare with those of ot any 1111 navy and every over should be of ot the tha nf of tho work now Ilc j h i not only in construction but hUI In all ull of ot the service New N i 8 ully moro morD more marines more IMre ed eel m n the appropriations aro IHO quite quill likely to 10 Increase e II for tor BomO 8 rl to come Tho moto 1 t hue bate tho Ihl our d l charges Hill b he and the greater our must be In the ny of ot and locks docks the ability to make r take proper cant of ot the Ih It Is Just AS 18 essential to lio hoep p our Milpo in thorough h repair ns It U III to build them in the first place to 10 permit them th m to run down tOt for any I I of ot and ru go without would be the of oC folly COli It cost COIl a II of oC money to keep kep the Meet moving lit maneuver and target tise Ille but hUI till IB III the thu only way mid uIal run in lIce nt sea Ilea It Il In III our policy poll lo Iu n high of ot I throughout the service I ast oar ear the navy oat roat n IL little moro I than a 1 per capita It Jt cost rOst compared to what Will war would COlt coil and Md It Is the bent Insurance we nr we 0 want such a R navy In Il style sand that no other oth r navy nu will oVer aver desire an on with us Ul It IK Ir our greatest exhibit In tor oC p JAce Wo Vo are aro bound to occupy a 1 prominent position Among the tho great nations of ot tho Iho while doubtless wn we shall H iii ways s bo In the lend lead In every International to promote peace It Is III much better for tor us UI to ba be at 11 all times so sowell o owell well prepared for Cor Will that thal nr will never come comeI I J am lure suro hat IhAl the tho people of ot tho United will approve c n navy nn that Is well prepared at ot oil nil times limes to take lake ot their defenses and to pro thAI In tt 1101 I all i n art in i to accomplish O PW h It t Is i useless to build ships provision lon lonIs Is matle mil de to nun for tor ute them Tho of ot ho Iho war VM lit hI the tho east thus till far Aro Iro tho th same ai M those of oC tha tho Spanish war with leaped to the rela relative tive 11 value and u uses es of ot battleships tor torpedo torpedo boats and ond Weight of at metal heay henn guns guna And Ild nt al or short range do dothe dothe the most work The Tho day of ot the tho Is II not over oer and ancl tho sphere of oC the lighter vessels while Im hn Important Is auxiliary only Geay Morton Mort n quotes from Cram a loiter letter ad by tho president In February 1902 to the tho of ot tho In which the tho chief assigned tho of or first Importance to the heavier healer vessels of ot modern fleets concluded In the future as liS In 11 the tho past battleships bAttleship must hold the tho lino and emphasized sized l tho point of or taking tho ground the tho place of ot the tho admiral In hI war ond In peace Is on the best fighting ship ot his bis squadron The chief object of ot the navy III con continues Is 18 to prevent war He lie quotes the tho chief of ot the tho bureau of ot navigation as IS Although U It Is still too early corly to draw final conclusions from Crom tho affair In tho far cast one cardinal military principle has MY received new and striking continua continuations that la Is preparedness and tho swiftness ot oC fiction action which can be sue BUC only with thorough nesi cu for tor Immediate action on the outbreak of DC war requires that the whole holo field eld havo first been boen considered Sw S Morton Morlon also In the opinion that of ot the navy attain command unit runic too tOI late lato In III life and BB S It Is Ie no disparagement nt nf oC the senior of ot the service to say lIay th t twe we wo should two younger mon men In com COin command mand of If our ships In of at as aswell well as In n time of ot war He lie recommends that officers of oC the tho navy MV be plated placed on the same sume footing us officers of ot the with respect to roc rec for Cor conspicuously meritorious conduct lId recommend two of ot medals one to bo bl given for tor acts of or performed In of ot peace the other for tor acts of oC hero horo Urn Ism In time of ot war |