Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-12

navy for officers and men as most
urgent He says that the bureau can
,,.irt IN many cases where the service
h heinz harmed by lack OF 0ih.eis.
The uaNal academy Is SUFFERING lot
,ygrt ~ Instructors. and the present
Mon standard of training cannot pc
maintained. Every bureau IN the ea-
uartnent Is Snort OF officers ana VIZ
service. the report predicts, soon WIZ
IAN bahind In the struggle; hrst Tor
leadership. and then for quality, win
r. other services. The disability uI
me sea.gcnp corps Of officers mas
gI,atly increased since the Spanish WaI
ana many OF the best officers are be-
ING lost as a result Of breaking Gown
from OyerWOrk
Tba .dmiral severely critcises the IN
effective effort of Congress az the lds'
session 10 meet immediate needs TOT 'l
fcers by authorizing the employment Oh
retired officers, and be DEMANDS tnt ll'-
mediate repeal OF that act, lie cidlils
that the retired list. intended as lhe !e-
ward FOR faithful service othtI WISE ue-
comes a hardship and a puulsh menI
The report says that England, "iliSu
this year lays down fifteen war 'eSsg.sii
/ Notod an increase Of 42i0 officers ana
! mon 10 the naval establishment to man
| NE shins. while Germany. which m
| tends doubling her fleet In the seNt SIN
| teen years. has provided In the senate
| nrogrsm for increasing the petsonnel
! bv sighty-nine officers and LOS men
! Zach wear until the total Increase
| reaches 3j,jjl
II Is declared that It is now impos-
| sibio TO man the vessels OF our navy al
| rcady constructed with the present
| force not to mention those building or
| authorized. Congress Is urged TO make
! any increase IN personnel Immediately
/ available. -.
The training system, az now prac-
/ tised I'm the navy. IS commended, ana II
! is declared that by no other means
| could tho navy secure the sailors neces-
| sary 10 man Che Geet. Since the close
J of tkt Spanish war the department mas
fouliL that the RESOURCES heretofore de-
! pendgd on 10 furnish seamen for the
! navy no longer adequate
only 231 seamen have enlisted lot the
| first enlistment In the past year, so ule
| department has been obliged TO lely
upon ana develop the training squadron
! for lauosmen, and now mas ABOUT 4'Vyo
! men under instruction. VINO, on lle 9N %
| arara require about six months tram
There were 2,452 desertions from the
navy and eighty-siX deaths during the
uast fiscal year. The enlistments NUM-
her 6 1923 from a total number Of apph-
cauts Of 4O.S54. over 6S per cent OF
tho mon IN the navy are native born,
No Dor cent are noturalized and 3 per
cent have declared intentions. Ninety
two per cent Of the landsmen now I'M
der training are native born
IL Is also strongly urged that the Two
Years supplemental course at sea snail
be- abandoned. Finally strong com
mendauon is given tO the superlnlen-
denfs recommendation that age limit
for cadets upon admission shan be pee
tween the ages of IS and Is. and that
the course at the academy shall be four
| years.
The admiral makes a strong point IN
his report Of the necessity of naval
barracks. 20 take the place ~ the pres
emit receiving ships which be- says are
nothing more nor less than poorly con-
structtd. ll-ventIlated badly lighted
unsanltary eating houses Congress is
urged 90 authorize am expenditure ~
$500 600 for seamen's quarters at New
York and at League Island >l0uVvO 90
be- made Immediately available.