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Show The cltbens of this country as a whole will heartily agree with the ex-picsslon ex-picsslon of a piomlucnt man w ho said: "The American navy todaj In its material ma-terial and pcisonucl, man for man, ton for ton and gun for gun, has no equal on the face of the globe. It Is true that theie arc larger and heavier navies na-vies in tons and pcisonucl, but If the navy of the futuic will continue to grow as the nay of the past has grown the United States navy will nccr have to change Its standing of cHlclency, which had Its beginning In tho first few puichased csscls antedating antedat-ing the war of the lteolutlon. It Is simply a matter of dollais and cents. As we have the laigcst population of any nation in the woild, cosmopolitan cosmopol-itan In ehaiacter; from which to draw olllccis and men and the greatest wealth with which to pay bills, our internal wealth gies us not only power pow-er to build vessels, but the ability to maintain them on the seas longer than any other nation on the globe." |