The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-01
THE NAVY OF '99,


Here Arc the Plans Of the Navy De-
partmcnt Fully Outlined.
Phrases about "the lessons of the war;
.t.o grown to Doe $50 common within the
I.st TWO or three months that ID is mate
..r for no small wonder that the general
reader has not grown weary unto death
ID the very sound OF the words, and uo
better proof could Doe offered of the gene
..al interest taken iu tle results of The
war than tho aYdity with which the
liects under that head arc devourcd by
newspaper and magazine readers.
U1 90 the present the military move
u.uls of Tho war have had compare
lively Few chronic.crs while the naval
movements and battles have been go Vac
nousiy and copi0usiy reported That the
man who is not thoroughly familiar with
Iu the details of the ships that come
Irscd the old navy is Che exception in-
stead " the rule as was the case bee
fore the Maine was blown up BOO Havana
haID9r
To keep up with the Increases in our
new navy however. one who wishes
tY Doe thoroughly informed would do well
t0 spend almost as much time in studying
The progress of the growth OF that iog-
midahle fleet that is 10 Zoe as one spends
.n reading of tho old nayys glorious
leeds 100 Manila and at Santiago. Those
tso victories cost the United States
$4,000 for ammunition. But when it Is
considered the position boo which they
placed our country in the eyes oi the
great powers abroad, and the change in
public opinion al home regarding the use-
fuuess of the officers of the navy and
t.- lighting machines thcy commanded it
ID .f... ]. II
they cost the tw0 millions that 10 was
st first reported had been spent in am-
munition.
THE naval programme of the United
States authorized for this year VIII Zee
quire the expenditure of nearly $4,000
900. It calls for the completion OF no less
than 5l Vesselsi 10 includes the cst4h-
lshmeut of a. complete fleet off trans
ports numbering about DO, and be Will
probably increase the number ot sailors
TO over 5000 men These hsures-l0okfd
40 from the viewpoint Of year ago
seem stuDend0us.
but they represent nothing moro than
taking 90 heart "the lessons of the war
in % spirit that Us consistent with our
national idea of the economical admins
tutiou OF the army and the navy.
Fifty-dvo millions may seem good
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l .....-. d., b. , ,...,,t. f.l.. haze
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