The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-06

Probably the result would be attained oy adding sinsie battleship so ir our worn vessels being laid up or, broken up as they are thus replaced. Ine -four single turrst monitors ,n bui's snan. am. would be of but little use in the event event of war The money spent en,Ips rpsGn snen1 .nem in mot other @ys ways ss Thus Thus it would have been far better never to have Dunt .
 single one of these monitors aaa to to supply of of reserve sas o guns. Most of the smaller cruisers are gunboats. tnougn they serve useful purpose ,io,s1 ,os ice work, would not add to the strength of our Navy in conflict witn e Il serious foe. There Is urgent neeu nI Der of efficers, and especially in the number of enlisted men.
 Recent naval history mas empna.. i sized certain lessons which ought not Ito, but which do, need emphasis. sea. going torpedo boats or destroyers are Indispensable. not only for making ehsmy ensht sssaexs Sas exsn % % batte for finishing already crippled ships. Under except ional circumstances submarine boats scouts are needed. The main strength only lie in the great battle ships. the seis which decide mastery of the seas. Heavy-armed cruisers also play most useful part :, and unarmed cruisers. II Between antagonists of approximately equal prowess the comparative per, lection of the instruments of war VIII ordinarily determine ,he fight. Hut 1t is of course true that. the man be- hind the gun. the man in the engine room. and the man in the coming iy. but especially with regard to the way in which they work together are even more important than the weapons formidabie form a.sI batie Ship is if course help: less against even a light crusier if the men aboard 1t are unable to hit oagfhis" onghiy weiirhandied cruisers may wieh much superior vessels. If the men wSssHar a9SsFa tao from aes of iranns or are most formidable mechanisms when well handled but they ,nd ar" ,bay aseissn esn not be. handled at all without long and careful training. This training can under n9 Sn brosen eu 9e fighting ship of the first class should ever he laid up save for necessary repairs and her crew should be kept constan1ly tssa hy may stand at the highest point of per, lection To put & new and untralned crew upon the post powerful battle
  to insure disaster and disgrace. TO improvise. crews at the outbreak of a craft are concerned. is absolutely hope- less. If the officers and men ar" nof thoroughly skilled in, and have not ties, 1t would be far better to keep the ships in port during hostilities than to send them against .,,. fern foTmida6Is able be that they would be either sunk or captured The craftsmanship Of our Navy is now on the whole in gratt- We need additional seamen; we need q large store of reserve guns: we need sufficient money for ample target prac,, c, sea. We should substitute for com paratively ip fficient types-the old sie-turreted monitors above mention: ed, and indeed all the monitors and some of the old cruisers-efficient. torpedo-boat destroyers should be sub stituted for some of the smaller tor pedo boats. During the. present Con- ssress there nesd pc nS ns aoatienS mnits of % tbe Navy. Our Navy, though very small relatively to the navies. of other na- point of numbers for our needs. and while we ~-ust ronRtantly strive to make it's ericiency higher. there need he no additions to the total total number nsee ! in the way of substitution as above outlined. recommend the report of
 the Sa the Mavy fbs 9o 1ne es pecially with view to the leglslation therein advocated
 During the past year evidence has accumulated to confirm the expres, sions contained in my last two annual messages as to the import,anIcts, 0t re- re- system of naturalizing aliens. I ap- pointed last March a. commission to make careful examination su.nsr of our torious abuses resulting from the in- nroyiSent or bn 1I
 State, of the Department of Justice; and of the Department Department of s co%Hree S,tS and ,m posed upon 1t, and has submitted report. which. will be transmitted to the Congress for its eSns'derS9,on' SeI,on and' 1 The distinguishing recommendations of the commission are: .,
 First FedeSs s GTyssS n Sf pssuTo TSt pa- na rtnrent of Commerce and Labor, To supervise the administration of the naturalization laws and to receive s rcs acse%%rsne0ti seconas Uniformity of natura',za- ton certificates, fees to be charged '" Third. More .e~acting qualiflca- tiors for citizenship.
 Fourth The preliminary declara. ] ton of intention to he abolished and no alien to he naturalized untfl at [ least ninety days after the filing Of
 Fifth. Jurisdiction to natural,zc l aliens to he confined to United States district courts and to such State courts as have. ,turisdicti n in civil actions Tn i unIirrited; in cities of over 100000 in | h abitants the United States district | courts to have exclusive Jurisdiction Tn the naturalization of the alien resi-. | dents of such cities.
 CrImirRI Laws.
 l In my last messaRe l asked the at. tention of the Congress to the urgcnt ' need of action to make our criminal | law more effective: and I most earn report of the Attorney General on this l suhtect Centuries ago it was espec- i lallv needful to throw every sateguard around the accused. The danger then State. The danger Is now exactly the | reverse Our laws and customs tell | immensely in favor of the criminal and against the interests of the public he has wronsed. Some antionated and i outworn rules which once safeguarded the threatened rights of private citi- Zens now merelv work harm to the general body po'itic. The riminal law of the United states stands in ur- gent need of revision. The criminal process of any court of the Tinted states shonld run throughout the en- tire territorial extent of our country. The delays of the criminal law. no less than of the civil, now amount to q Rreacb of Trust in Public Service. 1 There seems to he no statute of the