The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-17
NOT TO BE REDUCED TO A PEACE
FOOTING
THE NEW NATIONAL POLICY
Requires and will Receive the Support
Of Powerful Naval Force-The
Plans Outlined
Associated Press Special Wire

Tribune from Washington says:
The strength of the navy will not be
precipitately reduced on account OF the
cessation of hostiities, but on the con-
trary, the administration has determined
that powerful naval force is necessitated
by the increased obligations the United
States has undertaken has forced upon it.
Orders have been given not only for the
l prosecution of energetic operations at all
naval stations speedily to putii fine trim
all the regular warships Of the t1eet but
q large portion OF the auxlliaries which
were purchased, to the number Of nearly
hundred, will be considered in the category
of permanent additions to the navy, and
will not be turned back to their original
owners or sold to the highest bidder.
Such policy was favorably considered
by the authorities a few weeks ago, but
hardly had the peace protocol been signed
than there resulted more adequate reali-
cation Of the great change which the ma
tional policy of the United States had al
most invisibly undergone, and today the
conviction Is forced upon the naval admin
istration that American sea power cannot
be safely curtailed, If, in fact. It will not be
essential to materially increase the service
afloat as rapidly as possible. The revenue
cutters, sixteen in number. which were
added to the auxiliary force a few days
before the first gun was fired by the Nash
willie on April 22d last, will be restored to
the treasury department for coast duty al
most Immediately, and in such condition,
with their arms and equipment, that they
could be used for national defense upon a
moments notice. These vessels, or most Of
Them have been of incalculable service dur
Ing the war, and their officers and crews
have in some instances been as effective
as regular naval men under fire. This was
notably the case with the revenue cutter
Hudson in the flrst engagement in Cuban
waters on May 18th, when Ensign Bagley
and four other men Of the Winslow shed
the first blood of the war. The five light
house tenders are also needed for their
regular peace patrol work, especially for
the next three months, which constitute
their busiest period. One Of these, the
Suwanee, has been active in most of the
fighting at Guantanamo and Santiago, and
fought for hours at Manzanillo after the
protocol was signed in Washington last
Friday. The two fish commission vessels
were onlv loaned 10 the navy during the
war. and thew will. of course not be kept
from their accustomed duties day longer
than thew are absolutely needed.
Tn the Same manner the vessels which
u,era ch,rtered as aux,l,aries under Tho
proxs,ons ~ tho postaI subsidy law will he
ret,rnad "a their ovpars IN accordanca with
tba term. NJ the contract "a soon as thew
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