The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-02

0HA GAtlcIGnl =: SIctN SllOCiI Oe GCSisCC.
Provision should be made TO enable the
SScretary OF war to keep cavalry and ar
@ silaery horses worn out in long perform
trihe when sold, and rather than turn
them out to the misery awaiting them
TO employ them at light work around the
posts and when necessary to put them
pa1niessly nnn M to to- death
1naneuvers on a large scale are being held
under the immediate command of the ad-
attention is being paid to the gunnery OF
the navy. but it is yet far from what 1t
fr by The hat ne Of the n
the marksmanship be granted. In battle
that hit 1t Is necessary to provide ample
FUNDS for practice with the great guns in
ony 1d or the These funds qss
age the gun crews. and especially the gun
system under which alone it is possible to
get good practice.
building up the navy n provdns th SorK exery cf
Year additional fighting craft We are
very rich country. vast in extent Of terri
tory and great in population, u country.
moreover. which has an army dninutive
INDEED when compared with that of any
other first class power. We have deliber-
ately made our own certain foreign poll
Cies which demand the possession of a
first class navy The isthmian canal will
greatly increase the efficiency of our navy
If the navy is Of sufficient size. but if we
have an inadequate navy then the build
hostage to any pnyer of superior strength.
The Monroe doctrine should be treated as
policy. but it would be worse than idle
TO assert it unless intcnded to back it
Up: and it can be backed up only by a
thoroughly good navy. \ good navy is
not provocative of war. 1t is the surest
guaranty OF peace.
:. Each individual unit of our navy should
be the most efficient its kind as r(.s-: rjS
goth ma tcrial and persanne!! that is to be
99nna in II the M g9rd rid, call y2ur speeisal
manning of the ships. Serious trouble
threatens lis if we Garnet do better than
services of a sufficient nHrnber Of the High
est type Of sailornen. of sea mechanics.
me ve{eran si..; seanen sea-, Of o,r w Warships are
navy which rides the waters of the world.
They are unsurpassed in daring. in reso-
Etion in readiness. in Thorough knowl
edge OF their profession. They deserve ev-
cry consideration that can be shown them,
no more possible to inprovisc a crew than
Jt is possible to inlprovise q warstip. To
souild the finest ship,. with the Geadliest
Battery and to send it anuat with IL raw
crew. no matter how brave they were in-
S;ividualiy. would be 70 insure disaster if a
zee Of average capacity We're encGun tered.
Neither ships 9cT men can be irlprovisea
when war has begun.
We need = thousand additional officers
In orGeE to properly man the ships now
provided for ana ur;ler const-uctiGn The
GLASSES at the naval school at Annapolis
inoa W, ne ea;ITsta, @ A. ,!ae same
we need them. we should facilitate the re-
, S,i,"ls.e'ls 81 'IoSS .!lG neg neaa oi tie ilSs
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..'', tii,ii ii|S !S !NS'Sleu IL t1!e service
s9 - p' hsl't c;i,t!Stlt, ~
- i!S !s'iileHti1,'!e St.i4c!t! OF olt3GeTss anS!
The large number CT recruits and Of un-
skilled men necersa;ily pat aboard the
ne" HcsSeiS as the% nave bee4 zen co11sn.s,
especially or the iieUtenants and junior
EradeS; unusual mus /! labor r, ana fatigue and has
graVely strained their powers of ent!ur-
Sance NOR is there slT1 Ct any immediate
some time longer until more officers are
recruits become trained and ski!lful in
their duties. IN these difficulties incident
conduct of all cur officers has been cred
itable to the service, and the le"tenants
and Junior grades IN pacuculir nave dis
inlness which entitIe, them to the un=rudring
thanks of all who realize the dsleartccin- trials
and fatigues to which they are of necessity sub
iected.
There is not a cloud on the horizon at present.
1here seems not the slightest chance OF trouble
with Il foreign power. We most earnestly hope
shat this STATE OF things may continue, and the
way to insure It's continuance is 10 provide for
thoroughly efficient navy. The refusal TO main
tain such navy woud invite trouble. and if
trouble came would insure disaster. Fatuous self
fusing TO prepare for Ganger is both foolish and
wicked in such nation @s ours, and past expert
encc has shown that such fatGlty il refusing to
recognize prepare for any crisis in advance Is
USUALLY succeeded by mad panic OF lysterical
Gear the crisis has actually arrived.
The striking increase in the revenues OF the
oostoticc department shows clearly the prosperity
OF cur people and the increasing activity OF the
business o! the country.
The rec@jpts CT the postoitce department Tor
The fiscal year ending june 80 last amounted to
S12l ,SiS Ui7... an increase OF S.J.2!"s53NI over
the preceding year. the largest Increase known in
ehe history OF the postal service. The ra=ni tute
of this increase VII! best appear from the fact
that the entIIa postal receipts tor the year ieGO
amounted 10 iut Ss.5lsOaI.
Rural free delivery service is no longer IN the
experimental s;a@e. 1t has become a fixed policy