The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-05
NEEDS OF THE SxvY..
More Ships and Men. Needed to Keep
Pace with. the 9N IN es. .4.sy.

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For the first time, in, our history naval
nnasr Ss dss ass Of ofhs tSs sa
ra Of the Ssy nsyy s;, increasing
shsnls shssss ssseJ Ss tar sarpSs.fy Ss Ts !hR,
the marksmanship De granfed III Batte
the only shots that count are the shots that
funcs fof preesee y thsp Srest ampIs
time Of peace These FUNDS must must prov proSide dc ?
nS fSn Sny on as ss. e
gun gun crews. ao and especially the gun pointers,
under which alonsit Is possible TO sei go6d
There should be no halt IN the work Of
sSIiddi,ng up pS the navy providng every year
rich country. vast In extent of territory and
great IN population;, a country, moreover.
compared with that Of any other first-ciasa
power. We have deliberately made our
own certain foreign policies which demand
isthmian canal wiir greatly incresse The
eficiency of our navy II the navy Is of suf-
tSs Rst have an
Of superior strength. The Monroe doctrine
eaesn ai pSsS hs woS S S
: worse than idle to assert 1t unless we in
tended to back 1t up, and it can be backed
navy not pro~ocatvs Of maT i siSs fSs
sqTsst guaEIannty Of peace.
BE- sSs mSsi scen na q {. Hns should
both material and personnel that is 10 be
found In the world. i call your special at
annns Of the nesd sps for hs
threatens US II we cannot DO better than
were; we are now doing as regards securing the
est type OF sailormen. of sea mechanics
The veteran ssamen Of our warships are
Ss sSy ss aSsh .ss rSIDs as esa
ton n readiness: in thorough knowledge
consideration that can be shown them.
But there are not enough OF them. II 10
no more possible to improvlse a crew than
the nest hIPoy,s shlP tss tSssrsasD aesDssss II
SIssuay STs% H matsS xtSid hgw ~ ssays were
z foe Of average capacity were encountered 3
Neither ships nor men can be improvised
We media THOUSAND ADDITIONAL officers in
ylded for and Under construetion'N m1N RTH TSe
thSss i%s shs a. ws sTsaiSs Ffss fss v
ssa ts'T q those " sGss *. M sS:
whose usefulness has become insps ired.
Promotion must be fostered IL the ssrv.
The iamsntsble scarcity of ofncer,. ana
the large number Of recruits and Of .un.
skilled mon necessarily put aboard the
new vessels as they shayes besn' Commits
on sa sn ssS sunos aSS
sa: sraveiX .trsiaAd :hsis powers Of enc en-.
%sdists .t.ap sSis :ira :traipe q fpy mG.s %s
SSnsnss Ss.as ass tSs ,1md @ STs
and until the recruits become trained
and skiilful In their dutias.- In these aim.
cuities Incident upon the development of
our war Meet the conduct Of all our ON.
and the ileutenants ana jnnior .srS1S srs1Ss
ana dDsr'Ssisr sisaSfsh have hdi.Pirysd an bjty
All who realize the dishearteniiir frisiS
sa1 st1 satiEuss s,hn to which they are Sf nsSss-
There 6 not cloud, on the horizon al
ghss1m- chsnna mere seems not ltbet slightest
we most earnestly hope that this statc
insure It's contInuance IL 70 providsy ~
q = thoroughly snieient navy. The rSfussl
tsoass and saSo tsouSs nays SsTs wsSIa ssIa ,nyt
xshIy. or short-sis htsdnsss I'M rST,.,nv1
20 prepare for danger. is both foo:isk snE
past msfee xnnr,sh IN such nation AZ Mrs; and
fatulty IN ras"s, mas shown that. suck
pare pare i3r any crisis In advance Il msueisS1
ssaesoeueu sas Dy mad papio OF hvsf~sta.X
lsA' once the crisis has actually ssrivS6
Rusal Free Dslixsly.
~ Tne. strlkinE Increase lin - .r.v......
20 S'spsrix ef our people ss1rSSs
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