Millard County Chronicle | 1915-12-23 | Page 6 | Would Have American Navy.

WOULD. HAVE AMERICAN NAVY. Should be Equal to Most Powerful ' Maintained by Any Other Nation. Washington. The American navy should he "equal to the most powerful maintained by any other nation of the world" not later than 1925, in the opinion opin-ion of the navy general board, headed by Admiral Dewey. The board's conclusions follow: "The navy of the United States should ultimately be equal to the most powerful maintained by any other nation of the world. It should be gradually increased to this point by such a rate of development year by year as may be permitted by the facilities facil-ities of the country, but the limit above defined should be attained- not later than 1925." At the same time the board presented pre-sented a building program for 1917 in compliance with the secretary's request re-quest for "a program formulated in the most definite terms, planned for a consisent and progressive development develop-ment of this great defensive arm of the nation."