| Show VIEW EASTERN EASTERN VIEW OF OGDEN ARSENAL Last Monday the New New York fork Sun re reproducing an editorial from Irom The Standard Examiner says Bays Obviously The The Tha Standard Standard- Standard Examiner Examiner Is i ot any more afraid of ot being belne blown up than than are are the New eltes who live 11 near near L Lake ke Denmark Familiarity and ambition in inthis case produce mental conditions It should be borne borM In mind however h we ct that the tho navy does dolis not ot build its arsenals In big centers ot of population n i The moderate sized centers ot of population that surround them appear after aHer the depots are established established often orten as liS a direct conse conse- conseQuence consequence consequence quence ot of the ot of those who ho ft ho handle handia and guard the ammunition Storehouses for explosives In the Interior ot of the country are essential but the nay navy must have at hand adequate ammunition to meet Its needs it if It must act QuicklY and quick action by bythe bythe bythe the fleet Is Imperative at the outbreak ot of o hostilities If I the technical advisers of ot the navy and the army recommend recommend mend great ammunition works In Utah by all means let them be built and at once but to strip the seacoast of pt Qt am ammunition ammunition tion tion for tor- ships and for tor or coast defense would be absurd In the put past the army and navy have made mistakes In building arsenals and tailing failing to establish a no-man's no land around the sites wide enough to keep the encroach encroachments ments meats which attend growth In pop pop- population population To the tho south of o Ogden is a district on the sand Mlle blUs much ot of o which is 1 now owned by bythe bythe bythe the war department It could be added to at no great cost until the required lOa square miles 11 s obtained Then Ihen a barrier against human habitations say two miles mUes wide could be created and within that isolated area the the arsenal ar enal could unction function without endanger endangering ing lug anyone not J ln line Ine ot of o duty As to the need of o having ade- ade adequate ade adequate de- de quate ammunition on the seacoast every fort ort and every Ivery ship carries enough ammunition ammunition on for or all emer emergencies There should be no sur sur- sur- sur surplus surplus surplus plus supplies within the range range of the guns ot of en enemy my ships or the sudden flight light ot of bombers from rpm on oft onan an enemy squadron That is Is why the arsenal should be near Ogden Reserves ot of ammunition from Og Ogden den could Teach reach Los Angeles San Francisco bay or Puget Sound within 24 4 to 36 hours hour after arter the alarm had been given This inner line ot of defense defense- would be far farenough farenough farenough enough removed to boo bo Invulnerable able le yet closet close enough to serve efficiently |
