The Globe-republican., 1901-12-05

trial political chaos We 90 wish
la 0a a o be- TO @
military power ourselves The peoples Of
our their own salrafion in their own way '-
Powerful Navy Urged
steadily wesn of the navy s, must be
pot We must henesforth rscognizs that we
ssationaI rights Ever # our nag were HAUL
even If we decided not to buiId the Tssh Milan
we sh9n1d n SEED thorough e1 sraned
definitely ard for. all time to abandon the
sons go down TO the sea in ships Unless
eign bottoms, we must have war craft to
$50 far from being in any way a provoca-
ton TO war. an adequate and highly trained
cheapest and most efrective peace insurance
eoss ol @ ana snen
for insuring pace which this nation can
Probably no other great ration in the
TSeTe not ssagie eivlf R power which
Psaee; and toward this IS end we wish to be
rights in return. to insure fair treatment to
of the american people .'-'se- sis -'ie's
roe doctrine and TO insist upon it as the one
suee means rs, of securing the peae fs OF the
only means of making our insistence upon
jet of derision to Whatever nation chooses
to disregard ID it We desire TIL, the peace which
not nc IT. the peace grantsd on terms OF iEnominy
1t is not possible to inipTovise a navy
@ and the en raned on anp a
In the late war With Spain the ships tina that
tiago had been launched from two to four
did because the men in the coming towers.
the gun turrets and the engine -rooms h. had
1T was forethought and preparation which
secured US the overwhelming triumph of 1895
as ge viii befail us instead of triumph and
me e
primarily. not upon those whom the acct
the moment, but upon those who have failed
There should be no cessation work
of e,onnpeting our navy 1t is unsafe f and
additional battleships aud heavy armored
proportion for the exact numbers and char
ae.sr refer you to the report OF the Seers
need even more than additional ships, and
vide DattleshiRs and cruisers and then ZEN lay
them unmanned until they are needed in
actual war would be worse n than folly it
ITO send any %aTshiP against t eompe hs
trained by years of actual sea service in
eudng s b YOU'D be
shame and humiliation Four thousand
tionai marines should be provided; and an
Annapolis.
Our Present Naval Force.
We now have seventeen battleships ap,
and have been commissioned for actual serv
from two to fonr years but It M taFe at
least that time to recruit and train the men
have trained crews ready for the vessels by
and good guns are simply good weapons. and
hands Of men Who Know how to light with iiih
themr The men must be trained and drilled
of progressive INSTRUCTION. while the recruit
' ViseE must De carried on with z'lii greater
in event of war they will constitute the inner
encouragement from the general government
vide for a Nationai Naval Reserve organized
and trained under the direction of the Navy
Chief Executive whenever war becomes imni-
naual aeasoing peace estab1iahinent. and one one
oar s to ee in e of ON at nG
be composed of graduates of the Naval Acad
and crews of coast-Iine steamers. Iongshore
sogether with the Coast popuiation about
such centers as Hfe-saving stations and light
Need Powerful Navy.
The American people must either build
and maintain an ADEQUATE navy or else make
ondary position in internationai affairs, not
IN has been we ent said Phnt a7 m no
surer way of counting national disaster than
1T is not necessary to increase our army
is NECESSARY TO keep it at the highest point
Every efrort should be made to bring the
army to constantly increasing state OF eff
f~iency- When actual service work
s-ye that directly in the line such service
should be required The paper work the
army, in the navy. should be greatly
duced- What is needed is proved power of
command and capacity well n the
field Constant is necessary preveu
dry rot in the transportation and
sary departments.
THE Congress should provide means where
by it will be possible to have field exercises
by at least division regulars. and if
possible also division o national guards
n,
only actual handling and providing for
camping, enbarking. and diseIn ba rking will
it be possible to train the higher officers to
perform their duties well smoothly
"A great debt is owing from the public
the men of the army and navy They should
be treated to enable them the
highest point of efficiency, that they may
be able to respond instantly any demand
made them to sustain the interests of
the nation and the flag The
individual American enlisted man is prob
ably the whole q formidable fighting
man than the regular any other ARM
Every consideration should be shown him;
and the highest standard of use
fuIness should be exscted him is
worth while Congress to con
slider whether the pay of enlisted upon
second and subsequent eEIistneDts should
not be increased to correspond with the l.
creased value of the veteran soldier
Militia Laws Obsolete