Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-12-10
ANNUAL MESSAGE


conduct is not only unjust and lrriiat
lnE toward uH. bot Do ia difficult ID
see ita wisdom from RuaalaA stand
point 40 conceivable good ls accom-
Pitched hY o. m am American Jew ol
Hu American Christian miabohavol
himself DOB Russia he can 40 onte bi
driven 0ut but Che ordinary AmcrI
can jew, IKE The ordinary American
Christian. would behave just about nl
hr behaves here. that o.. behave a.
any good citizen ought to behave
and where tha is the case 10 is
Wtena against which we are onttio.
tu protest tu refuse him bis passport
Wihou. roEIrd 90 h.g conduct and
character merely Ou racial and rouEi
uua EuuniH Ono Turkey our difucuI
Ties arise less from the way 90 which
uur CltEOus are sometimes treated
Than from che Indignation inevitably
excited lu seeing such fearful misruit
as haa been Witnessed both in Ar
mDnIa Bul Macedonia
The Navy.
The strsne arm uf inD government
Loo enforcing respect for us Just rghta
iH International matter. Is ih, navy
ui ile United States ! most earnestly
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ihc work 1f uubnIldus ilo American
navy There ca no more patriotic duty
ht.oro uH as people iiau to beeu toe
navy adequate tu thr moods 0l this
Cuun'ryE position We have under
taken io build thc lstbmIan canal We
have undertaken to secure for 0ursol
toa our just share ln ODE trade of thO
orient We have undertaken 90 pro.
teci Ouf Citil.Ia 'rIu Improper treat
men. .u foreign kinds we continue
steadily iD insist 0n 'he application of
thC Nnuru. Doctrine lu fhe western
hemisphere Unless our attitude boo
those and ai' similar matters Is to ho
90 mer, H0aH.lU sham aD can not af
ford iH plaudDn our naval program.
cur voice De- now potent i1r peace.
and To- Hl potent because We are not
afraid of war But our protcs'ltions
upon .o.I'. OFF peace would neIthor rp-
rpIye nor deserve the slightest atton.
Nuu 90 wH were lmp1.olt to make
them good
The war whites now unfortunately
uEUs u tho Cor east has emphasized
u striking fashion The uDW posaiblll.
tDs ui naval warfare Tho lessons
fdu Do are both strategic and tactical.
and are political as we'll military. The
experiences of the war have shown in
conclusive fashion that while Bpa-g0.
ing and sea.kooplng torpedo destroy
urs are Indispensable. and fast lightly
armed and armorod cruisers very use.
wl yoi that the main reliance. the
main standby. ln any navy worthy the
name must De- the great battle ships.
heavily armOrcd and heavily runued.
NIi Russian or japanese battle ship
has been sunk hy "a torpedo boat. or
Ul guuirE, while lmoae thO less PRO
ioCted ships. cruiser after cruiser has
boon destroyed whenever the hostile
suUlHfoUE hnrr cotton Within range
OF one anuthera weapons There viii
always be largo fold of usefulness
for cruisers, especially of the moro
formidable type. We need 10 increase
me number of turpodu.hoat destroy
vfs. paying less heed tl their having
e hno. or two extra speed than 90
their capacity To- keep the soas for
weeks. and. lf necessary for months
ai time. 10 is wise to build suHmar
inp torpedo boats ns under certain
circumstances thoy might Boz very use
ul. hut most OF an we need fo con.
I.nug building orr fleet of battle ships
ur chips SEQ powerfully armed that
they can lnflict the maximum OF dam.
age upon our opponents. and sl we'll
protected that they can sui'r se.
we're hammgrinR b., return without fat
al impairment OF their ability 90 fight
and maneuycr OF course ample
means must be provided for enabling
The personnel OF the navy to be-
urcueht Co the hlghc-t point of eff.
cheney. our great fighting ships and
torpedo io1fe must ho ceaselegnly
trained and unanswered In squadron.
The officers and men can only learn
their trede thoroughly hy ceasCless
practice on the high seas lu the event
OFF war 90 would Boz Tar hoitcr 40 have
up ships which. however good were
Ypt manned hy unframed and unakill-
ul crews ris best officers and men
Iu poor ship could do nothing
lenIusi fairly good opponents. and on
tIe other hand a modern war ship o.
useless unless The Officers and mon
abroad BIER have become adopts in
Jbur duties Tho Workmanship in our
navy has improved On an eNlmnrdIu.
avs dCErc. during the last thrCc yul-a.
aud On the whole the types OF our bat
Is ships are impruvIng hut much ro.
mains 90 ha done. sooner or later we
shall have to provide for somo menod
hy which there Will be promotions for
merit as well as Tor seniority cor else
retirement of all those who after "a
certain age have not advanced beyond
certain grade. while 100 effort must
ua spared Oh make che service attraC-
i've to the enlisted men 200 order that
fHcy may Boz kept as Ions AZ possible
u ll Reservation public schools
huuIi br provided Wherever there
afe uaVyyaIds
The Army,
WItG.u thD last three years the
United states has sot an example in
disarmament whore disarmament was
proper By law our army Is fixed at "a
maximum of ono hundred thousand
and minimum of sixty thousand
mun When there was iuBurrection in
fhu Philippines We Kept the army ut
fhD maximum. Peace came Boz me Phil
iupues. and now our army has been
reduced tO the minimum at which d iH
possible lG keep 10 with Cue regard tu
Iis efficiency the guns now mounted
require twenty eight thousand men, %
the coast Qualifications are Co hg atc
luatgly manned Relatively 90 the ma.
fun 30 .s not now EU large as ,hg pO.
Ico force of Now YORK. or Chicago rDl.
aNYcly tU tine population Of either
l.ty Wa uc"d more Officers there arc
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