The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1902-12-12

individual instances of wronpdoino
| among them.
They warred under fearful difficu,tie,
q. eOmate and surroundings; and under
~, s,n OF the terrible provocations
Wh,eh they continually received from
tneir toes, occasional instances of cruel
retaliation occurred. Every effort has
oeen made to prevent such crueIties
and finally these efforts have been com
p,etey successful. Every effort has
also been made to detect and punish
the wronsdoers.
After making all allownnco ,ou 49,.
| mlsdeeds IL remains true that few In.
deed nave been the instances In which
| war mas been waged by n civilized
| power against semi-civilized or bar
narous forces where there has been 90
.ittie wrongdoing by the victors as in
.ne fhilippine islands. on the other
had. the amount OF difficult, important
ma peneiicient work which has beer
uohe Is well-nigh incalculable.
THE NAVY AND ITS NEEDS.
For the first time In our history ma =
val maneuvers on a large scale are he
ing neld under the immediate com
rnahu OF the admiral of the navy. Con-
stantly increasing attention IS being
paid to the gunnery of the navy hui
| IL IN yet Tar from what II should he
l earnestly urge that the increase asked
| ior py the secretary of the navy In the
APPROPRIATION for improving the
lilorksmanship be granted. In battle
the only shots that count are the shots
that hit. 1t is necessary to provide
| ample FUNDS for practice with the great
| guns In time of peace These funds
n1ust provide not only for the purchase
or pro1ectiles. but for allowances for
prizes TO encourage the gun crews, and
especially the gun pointers, and for
nHIfeCtlnU
which alone IL is possible to get good
practice e'0N
There should be no halt in the work
OF building up the navy, providing CIV.
cry year additional fighting craft. We
are a very rich country, vast in extent
OF territory and great in population: a
country, moreover, which has an army
oimlnutive indeed when compared with
that OF any other first class power. We
nave deliberately made our own Ger.
tam foreign policies which demand the
possession Of first-cass navy.
The isthmian canal Will greatly in
crease the efficiency of our navy IL the
navy is of sufficient size; but IL we
nave an inadequate navy, then the
building OF the canal would be merely
giving n hostage to any power of SUI
perior strength. The Monroe Doc
trlne should be treated as the cardinal
feature OF American foreign policy:
but II would be worse than idle to as
sert IL unless we intended to back It
up, and 1t can be backed up only by n
thoroughly good navy. A good navy is
not a provocative OF war. It is the
surest guaranty of peace.
Each individual unit of our navy
should be the most efficient of its
kind as regards both material and per-
sonnet that Is to he found I'm the world
| call your special attention to the
need OF providing for the manning of
the ships. Serious trouble threatens
US IL we can not do better than we
are now doing as regards securing the
services of a sufficient number of the
highest type of sailormen. of sea me-
chhnics. The veteran seamen of our
war ships are OF as high tyne as can
be found In any navy which rides the
waters OF the world; they are unsur-
passed In daring. In resolution, in read
mess, In thorough knowledge of their
procession. They deserve every con-
sioeration that can be shown them.
PIe there are not enough of them. II
is no more possible to improvise a
crew than 1t Is possible to improvise a
war ship. To build the finest ship.
with the deadliest battery. and to send
1t anoat with a raw crew. no matter
how brave they were individually,
would be to insure disaster IL n foe Of
average capacity were encountered
Neither ships nor men can be impro-
Nlseu Wnen war mas begun.
We need thousand additional off,
ccrs in order to properly man the ships
now provided for and under construc-
ton. The classes ut the naval school
ut Annapolis should be greatly en-
larged. At the same time that we thus
add the officers where we need them.
we should facilitate the retirment of
those at the head of the list whose
usefulness has become impaired. Pro-
motion must be fostered IL the service
is to be kept efficient.
The lamentable scarcity of officers,
and the large number of recruits and
OF unskilled men necessarily put aboard
the new vessels as they have been com
has thrown upon our off,
Cers, and especially on the lieutenants
and Junior grades, unusual labor and
fatigue and has gravely strained their
powers OF endurance. Nor Is there
sign Of any immediate let-up in this
strain. 1t must continue for some time
longer, until more officers are grad
ua'ed from Annapolis, and until the re-
cruits become trained and skillful in
their duties. In these difficulties Incl
ient upon the development OF our war
0@tt the conduct of all our officers has
been creditable to the service. and the
and junior grades in par
ticular have displayed an ability and a
steadfast cheerfulness which entities
them to the ungrudging thanks of all
who realize the disheartening trials and
fatigues to which they are OF neces-
silly subjected.
There is not a cloud on the hori-
ION at present. There seems not the
chance OF trouble with a for
eign power. We most earnestly hope
that this state OF things may continue;
Gi.d the way to insure It's continuance
Ia to provide for thoroughly efficient
navy. The refusal to maintain such a
lv.xy ltA
BILE came would insure disaster. Fat
ut Us self-complacency or vanity, or
crt-sightedness in refusing to pre-
pnre for danger, Is both foolish and
wicked In such a nation as ours; and
past experience has shown that such |
faulty in refusing to recognize or pre-
pare for any crisis I'm advance is usual |
" succeeded by mad panic of hys- |
erical fear once the crisis has actually |
lrrived.
RURAL ROUTE APPROPRIATIONS.
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