New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-19
BIGGER NAVY SLOGAN.
BUILDERS HAZE DINNER.
McAd0o Says Presidents Election
Concerted Him to Latter'S Policy.

The two days convention of the Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers closed last night
with a dinner at Delmonico's, at which hun
dred and fifty members and guests were present.
Francis 7. Bowles the president of the society.
was POSTMASTER. The toasts and the speakers
responding We're: The President of the Uni ed
states, Paul Morton, Secretary of the Navy; The
United States Navy" Police Commissioner McAdoo;
The Merchant Marine" Charles a. Allen. who
succeeded Theodore Roosevelt as Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy Yachting" Arson Phelps
Stokes Inland Navigation Colonel E A. Ste
vens' and The Port of New-York," Senator Nc
Kinney.
AS told elsewhere in The Tribune Secretary Nor
ton was Ill. and able speak only briefly. The
tenor or his speech was that. the present admins
tratlon believed in the expansion of only the
we'll
Coming from the Western country I believe
more than ever in expansion" he said Il think
'nat we all do now; all believe in the expansion
~ only or our national navy, but also of our
merchant marine. commerce and everything
'hat tends to make country greater America
ought TO be the greatest country in the world and
1t Is destined so to be. I am in favor of a navy
VI Sucn eInclency that no other nation would
undertake to seek engagement with us l be-
lIeNe mat 1t should be second to none in the world
you can be assured that you have in the White
Liouse now man who believes in having the
Jest ana the strongest navy in the world"
rear Admiral Barker responded TO the toast
me North Atlantic Squadron"
II Is worth remembering he said cha. o,.or,,
'esSel OF the North Atlantic Squadron was de-
sisneo ana built by you gentlemen here. When
.ne squadron visited the ports of Europe it was
and courts paid their tribute Of praise and adm7
did not ~ was slsnncant to US, however that
nag. You will have during the next four wears
me best chance that you ever have had To- secure
The increase of the merchant marine and there are
none none who hope to see the American flag flying
navy N'''p' 4io'e IMAM lhe american
cbant Iai the ehiarsement Of the American mer
CIi i marine was not only desirable, but alb
there was a dangerns TesfTnto 1lT; ne ne qreiafed
OF American merchant sailors.
81 Before introducing Commissioner McAdoo Pres
an increased merchant marine and better encour-
agemeht to American shpbuilders by the govern
T., He dG3Glared that the policy of the government
c.h rs and transports was directly AGAINST the
interests Of shpbuiIders and the development Of
% c4mmissioner ,McAdoo declared that the results
him TO the idea of m ncTeased navI NAG the ne6
he said, had ratified the policy of the administra-
Canal, and having dom SO, it would be bad now
to abandon the increase of the navy.
ne MAYA! question, he said, is no longer an
academcal one, but a practical question. The only
Question amd u bod fo h ms IS "a PToess0na
men The cnDtrI bpti g ItcIf f nS 10 @ a.
entitled to the best built ships and the hes; men
should be told by the professional men What sort
of ships shall be built to give the best navy
possible. a large navy is a different thing from
militarism, and no matter what a man may think
OF a large standing armv he should have no OBJ
lection now TO an increased navy in this country
TO carry out the immense responsibilities which
were placed upon the government by the people at
The Commissioner said that he had originally
been opposed TO the retention of the Philippines
and the policy of the government In Panama. but
in view of the vote of thinks that had been rem
dered President Roosevelt by the people," he
now in favor of large navy necessary to carry out
those policies satisfactorily
The merchant marine, yachts and high speed
motor boats were discussed at the second morning
session of the meeting. The discussions motor
boats, which were most technical attracted the
greatest attention. and frequent prophecies were
made that the greatly increasing interest in the
boats such that 1t would not be long before
their number exceeded that of automobiles. The
paper on Recent Launching Practice of the Pacific
Coast" by Everett i. Lesley. jr., another
topic which greatly interested the meeting
The first paper read Time Allowance for
Steam Yacht Races by Rear Admiral George W
Melville L s. y. (retired) In the discussion that
followed all were agreed that Rear Admiral Mel
Villes rules were great step forward toward
making steam yacht races possible and fair Naval
officers said that the Navy Department much
interested in steam yacht racing and that the
observation of such races had proved of consider
a 10 V9ln