Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-09
SECRETARY HERBERT
The First 01cial OF The Ulittt States
RlTy To- Tho City Today.
ENTERTAINED ny noaE PEOPLE.
What llo Ih.ak, rf salt Lake, liis Mis-.
sion to tho Coas! aud Something
About ,Ic American NarJ

Secretary Herbert, OF tho United
States navy 10 the guest Of the city
today. 40 arrived at O'Clock this
morning To- hla private car Delaware,
accompanied by bis daughter Niles
Leila Hcusrl bis niece, Allas Edith
Buell., aud Mr. Nlo0u, the young
lndit' oIalefJuc, ami Lieutenant
Ramsey, The sugfoiary'H aide.
a NLwa representative called on
MI Herbert aud was pleasantly TO.
ccived by him snt accorded ca in,or.
cotiug Interview. In RESPONSE 10 qu1s.
tign' he stated that be- was on his way,
across tho continent on visit 20 the
navy yards atsau FrancsUi, here ho
proposes 10 spend two or three days
inspecting the work. A good deal Il
being done there now IN the way OF
fepaifs, A. the European and Auatio
squadfons arc receiving a thorough
oyofbaullug. IF never have seen the
yards and am anxious 10 become faml.
liar With their Uprrati0ns,H said tho
secretary. "in fact, ! have never been
farther west than Colorado before.
From California / will 20 20 tho g0v.
eminent nnvy and dock yar1s on
tIo Puget SOunI, near tsrat.
Tie, aud thence back 10 Washington,
which We leit on Saturday last We
came direct 10 Utah without stop.
rulH valley, / tBiuk, IL the most
beautiful one I have ever sors, anu
am cefialu that shall enjoy myself
very much while / am here" Cues.
toned us 10 what was being done Ia tue
navy yards At Washington at the
present time, Mt. Herbert replied that
tue manufacture % heavy ordnance
of the moot modern auJ approved
pattern was being oEtouaively pro
ccrdcd with. Not many years ago the
United States hai one VI the most
feeble and poorlyItquipped nayies u
great natOns. lOlay conditions In
NAT respect are very much changed
aud this county has advanced until II
stands fith Ut sixth la the list ia naval
strength anu superiority. There II
some doubt as 10 whether the United
SIates VI Germany 10 entitled - nth
place.
Secretary Herbert Ia n large, fne
| pleasant face aud entertaining man.
uors. He IL said 10 be-, when In his
Cilice surrounded with his models aud
department work, Oue Of tue busiest
men Ia the Presidents cabinet. His
| capacity Tor brain work anu physical
endurance Is marvellous and his
thought anu labor are manifest Ia
what IL now being done Ia the naval
Affairs Of the country.
Regarding bis naval studies the sec
Rotary said 10 a NEWS representative at
WA-hlnton recently;
81 think my frt interest IN the
navy was aroused by book which
/ read when / was q boy. IL was
entitled The Naval Battles OF
the Revolution " lslg,r and II
made such an impression upon
my MIND that Tor n line 1 wanted
10 20 90 sea. From that 10 tnis have
read aud studied everything I could
iud Ia connection with the navy, and
when / was tst elected o. COngresr,
about seventeen years ago, 4 remember
that l came here with the ilca that the
navy ought % DO improved. Richard
Thompson, OF lud ana, was then
secretary, Aud Il was with some
trcpidaiIan that I, green congress.
man, called upon him anu told him that
I wanted O. EuUw something ~ tu
the condition Of the navy. said
tuat l thought our cities along the
coast were Ia an unprotected state,
1nd that We ought 10 have better
ships Ru1 better guns, Secretary
Thompson, VINO hal probably been
bothered by young C0ngr,ssmen be-
lore, listened ~ my statement. ASH
MFHNaIUssHf hssF
niuutlally, told me that / might fust
easy about the matter. And that our
tOTpUdOes had then reached such
state Of perfection that ~ the ships OF
all the world could come at once within
the range " those We nave planted
along the sus coast We could blow them
uul VI the water. / remember that 1
went away ifUm the department with
my mind considerably relieved. dld
DOT know as much about lUrped0ts
then as 1 DO now or 1 should un-
nouttedIy have had a different
opinion"
luis government has teot Of
tWeuty.onu mOIeru war ships AhJat.
Several others arc now bulug built ami
ihcy viii be- superior perhaps 20 auy
that have ever been turned out by any
country. A number OF splendid ships
have been built but have not yet been
accepted. There arc employed ia the
navy today 5000 men aud boys.
American sailors are the peers of those
Of any nation, Aud tho naval officers
OF this county are the best In the
world.
Secretary Herbert apparently takes
great prize in the department over
which he preslues, aud under his
able ami efficient management tho
naval affairs Of the United states are
certain 10 become conspicuous among
the nations OF the earth,
Al 1880 tho secretary and his party
attended al organ recital In the Tab
rfnuclo which had been specially
arranged tor them. They were highly
delighted Ut what they saw and heard
while there anu later were taken 90 tho
Fort, accompanied by Governor West,
Hon, John A., Game, Surveyor Gen.
oral Snow anu other prominent geu.
tlsmuu. On their return to the city
the party plTtoJk OF an elegant lunch
at tue Irmpl ton hOtel, % O'CLOCK,
AMI at three o'clock were booked Tor u
run our 20 Salinlr on special traiu.