New-York tribune., 1906-12-07
NEED OF BATTLESHIPS
REPORT ON THE NAVY.
Nr. Bonaparte Suggests ReOrgani-
satioH Of His Department.


On the subject OF reorganization he says:
re work OF the department should be grouped
,--o four sections one under the immediate direc-
esa etssstaut secretary and the remaining two under
csaoers OF flag rank OF the last mentioned two
sections. one should be intrusted with the duties
~ imposed upon the bureaus OF yards and docks
s1uipr1ent. construction and repair. steam engf-
neerng and ordnance. ana ne ofhcer at its head
,hould have assistants the chief constructor
irsssfe6 in The law for whom I suggest the titles
~ mister OF ordnance and master Of public works
ray III 5e deptss ana techn,eai adT,ser. ST 6G u
,beir respective provinces OF the chief OF section
srF s5Caid discharge such special duties of slIper
ssleEate 70 each of them. Moreover. they should
form board under MS presidency which would
upon the board on GO 1tTqoyl29 3 fnG any other du-
Tie other chief OF section should be intrusted IN
fs- -pe 75a- r the chef ~ = the the @ peg nus nus
rear os navigation, and he also should have four
fhe corlrraidant OF the rnsrna i oynI ser
- s5rerrrrer5ent Of the Naval AcadeTnvp Tba
6uss Of these officers would be necessarily more
trenioaed crolr. but they should ell be the depI-
fes within their several fields OF action OF The
chief ~ secu0l. a5io IKE the other group, should
rrns-itGte board under his presidency, from
+-s-s s4rs~tfr-- the personnel 81 ,be Da1,y 'i a."
TIE Secretary should Immediately supervise the
and the of7oe o. the Judge advocate general and
also The AFFAIRS of localities. such as Tutuila and
: & Rev. n a--arSed 10 His ooe r5sfs- s9oeld 81 @
Tbo could at once assist the present bureau ~
sgDEles sna accounts s- in burdensome and sOms-
II addition to The duties now imposed upon the
ssgS-e~r Serreta-- bV the regulations he -,fCt,+
bs required re supervise the work Of certain aFen-
Tirp,- te r~6r.nce ot either 81 The I've ssc+,ng
CHEFS, such as he photographic Office and the
! Do rot 7eoor1mend that the foregoing plan OF
ors1ntz.tic2 should be embodied in legislation 10
h APPOINTED ~ consider tt s1S aIso t
suggestions ire subject matter and 70 re-
port a. t1e 6-s- session OF the Goth Congress-
RECClD-ENDATTONs on PERSONNEL.
The Secretary submits with his report the re-
ports Of The board On personnel This board rec
onmends provision for three officers OF the rank
o. vice-adu-i-al. and Nr. Bonapa-te urges that at
least ot this rank be provided. Recommends
tions also made as 20 a slight reorganization
O. the general board and decrease in its size
The report says regarding the Naval Academy
that hazaE IS practically extinct at least for the
moment I- recommends that the classes there
te not reduced al the time row fixed by law, but
that graduates of that school be appointed 10 the
pay and marine CORPS. and. II they wish Il 10 be
assistant surgeons or assistant civil engineers the
government providing Postgraduate training which
VII Il them for this work The Secretary believes
that tais would tend 10 DO away with the antas-
orism between tle lire and the STAFF
he report co-1ats the impression that Il is diff
cult 10 obtain recruits for the service saying that
the reasons II IS not tun are the high standards
required and ne lack Of attention 10 recruiting
Deserti1n, e IS said. is evil ot secondary i'm
por1a1cs. but lie pleas made by men Of standing
n ne community for deserters and for persons
guily q fraudulent enlistment are condemned
The Plans for the new monster battleship are
transmitted with the report. and regarding the re-
euirenent that they be so transmitted Il says:
While 10 practical inconvenience may have re-
LIe4 -r1In -.e rroV1SO above mentioned n this
sar-.--ar lance. deem Il duty very re-
ErcI-y summit for TIE consideration OF the Con-
gsS TIE suggestion tat the insertion Of this pro-
ueL us moral eject, both AZ home and abroad has
1ot been wholly desirable, and that II appears in
srn government II dealing viii the ssT5A one sbior
ta1er- II Is t1e universal desire OF the construc-
as nearly rs possible. secret: and so far as am
@ @S1sIe j-.s Is tae only instance in which disap-
q: --e es-s-a--F- branch OF any government
INCREASE OF NAVY.
The part Of The report dealing with thu Increase
n the navy follows:
In ny ast annual report I stated that .tba
ss-t 2. our oattleships, arrnored cruisers ana
cie-- ~ -- ing 20 present Indications. suff-
i-r- ~ - ..--- l'r any contingencies within the
[5l2I- Z E9 and 10 the Congress that in my ttdg
rsLs ----.-es nave 50 far changed to
- - ilr q moderate increase in the ef-
patriotic Foresight at present racor7nSaT7 @ te 49,, OF
Easg, 80 - S91n as may be practicable al this
s--. ~ . -reSs authorize the construction OF
49, s--I a. --r one already authorized and az
s.---- are now submitted so that hy
--flzs -- ing t-ese plans and the further de-
~ - 7.-... .Is and drawings BY which they
~ 1-ler-ec, can have TWO vessels
y '-s l-s- completed within the time v1fct, zo11IS
' --ie CONSTRUCTION OF only
re---- '-- .s---9E as expressed nv last annual
.--r authorization Of TWO l6 90 ton hat
EcTg.- - te 9i tAe south Carolina and the
0r~- u aHtnOrZec. could have been I
- 7..- .-ateoLs.E with the last mentioned
fa-- --. s---le us A. once SQUADRON ~
SHIPS. would have been the rgsr
fe-- - ID which 10 provide for the ma in
s.ss -- a-f+t-2.h Of our navy al the last
hir-., --t same reason. I think il
-..~ mat clusort 10 the single vessel
--@.- az substitute for the two rscoT1
- --. s.-zTc tr this session and II TosSi-
g,e.-.- e. session. Lrau ma bo,e
H. '..-- -fatl the Increased speed oF rHsss
Rre- fl alf al4tsge IN great part nulIffied
n 6-.r 80 'i-7 Only one OF her class
.+ Vows at the General Board and the hoard m
"-.t regard 10 new vessels - -.
f,r- ...--- .F authorization OF the rresar, s.
~ So -ss are III substantial harni0nv T1aeC~
vsu-e ~ '-s 10 give % 1ugress the benefit of rbe
Dreoe5a~- - lil detail. ana following the
follows. - SeN1' submit them as
GENERAL BOARD
Approximate T-r+ cos, -r-..r
w. -. ----.--------s -sl0O 900 go $40 900 90
-Four oesr--,-- -'-'-"''--.--. <oOVOOO 1000 600
l1-F sa.-.s -.,-- $4,000 100000
- s--a-@t y TIE Helena
~ srls,- -----.--------- eco GO 100000
Two sr---. cats .-----...--. - 30 0OD
-. sc .-w c-4r- r.zer Funfaets 5000 7s,1,y
Jre s3-afr9n rcllers ........... 250OO0 500 90
q carr