Coalville Times | 1901-03-22 | Page 2 | British Naval Proposals

llrlllah Natal l'roaala In tha House of Commons Monday, Mr. Hugh Oakley Arnold Foater, par-tlmentary par-tlmentary seoretsry to the admiralty, explained the nsval propotsls of ths government. Their object, be ttld, waa to maintain tha navy aud to carry on a tuccettful war aliould occasion arlte. It was poopoaed to have 114,171 men available to man the fleet, of whom 118,021 aliould be on the active list, 98,010 on the royal naval reierve list and 7,100 on tha royal licet rtttrvi list. The government, he went on to explalu, would ask for 0,000,000 for construction, the largest turn ever ap. proprlatcd, out of which thlrty.tbret new vetiili were to be stsrted.