The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-23
NJ The control OF tho navy the clique
Is so anxiotsly striving for would bring

..,,- ,,.i,i ,i,,,ay harn mai, CAPABLE
~ ha,di,np fleet. For that matter
.n. 1I,o,,tnnart commander in the navy
,,,n,,,d hc Greatly offcnded IL lie should
~ ,,,id ,hat he could not take command
~ !, f,oel ms we'll MS any of the ud-
-. ~ ,,,o,,ld be right so far as
- ,a,.,,nicoi knowIedgc goes,
ana would bc deficient only in the SUI
. ~. ax,,oriorcc of the officers OF
ii, .,,,, ynu n,,st remember that
,,t..s,. ,,.,s rnntnin when lie COM
-, 49,. ,I,,t ~ Mantle, and Samp-
Nv, ~ ~ ADMIRAL ut Santiago.
80 60, W." 80 rnh,,v SEE what politics
N Nc, . Nae two ttnd there been no
~! ior enos. 80, ,,,,-,,t l,ve been made
po,l'ie, ,'..,,,, 49,
N'ee-hu''''.a's' -
Higher .trmof
So long as the President is coil'n'i'io
er-in-clicf of the army and navy, as
the fathers intended. and as lie shouiu
continue to be. he can always assiSn
capable men to the command oil tlee''
no matter about the system OF ,pro-
motion Admirals NAV be set o',.n
,r s,iperseded. but there is no neeess Nv
for degrading them. Remove an'pi.'.'.
and there is not much incentive ie1
10 the mon who give their lives 10
the'- rnnn'rv's cause
$50 the CLIQUE thinks the arnor ne't
Is too low. does 1t? Well. it's nv"
that W. cannot eru'n o"r shins WIZ
n slid'nu ar,ro~ th"t u'~ht De moN"'
sp and down at will Then we "'"ht
he able to suit some of these rr't'"s'
a shin OF n certain tonnage WI carr
only 50 much width Of armor If 1t is
to carrv ANYTHING else.
Take Fvans's fleet. for example.
They are loaded down to their utmost
capacity with armor. coal. ammunition
and provisions. Every meal from now
on will bring the protective belt hiEn-
n out of the water. Every ton VIII
10 the same thing.
OF can 20 more FISK the Top
)ieaviness higher location of that
armor would bring than You can FISK
tho same thing by placing the tufrets
Eisher out OF tile water and thus gam
The higher treeboard the cliaue,
through what's his name. this fellow
writing for II. claims our ships ought
I" have. The guns must shoot over
Tie freeboard. and II placed higher
above the water than they are they
night make the ship turn turtle.
Ammunition Hosts Adcquatc.
so our marine painter thinks that
our ammunition hoists arc not large
enough or saie enough. There is not
Il ship In our navy from out OF which
s.els ounce ., us powder ana sheil
-,hoists ~ az ,,o,r e. ,,,i' tn,. a..
nc sars tba,. % S,,ii, ~. a. CO.
from The flare .,,.c,, ~ :, ,,,,, o az 81,
,,own thro,rh ~, bn;.t ana axn,aaa
,re ro,vder ~, ,ho naSsi,,, 80, W.,
t.erhsns tbera ,,,igbt no Sow i,,nro,.
nent in them AM wo,,1I s,,nn -. :. :.
I1c CLIQUE that thev hn;Il thnin s.,,,,
ga thai there viii no NJ, t,ana $50
rom them
II remember ono ,imo IN wa.,,,,.,
when some of the naval ofricar. 49,, 49,.
rriticzing the army r,,ns ma or,,,.
.orget practice. when General croziar
silenced them with tho ouiet ohser,,.
lion: No army gun ever f,ared bacL
And no navy gun need To nl,houch
several of thew havn =. nNlt :.
NJ human life Lot ~ a''u 49,; a. .''e COS.
To the guns, end there win he M 49,,
lie. from the hoists NV
But whats tho use r,,o
thing is a series of nbsurdi,ios tI,a,
would not be worth considerjne nv ~.
men who know ANYTHING about the CO..
struction of warshins nv, ~ -.
Jay public will listen ,o-s,,o, -,
- unfortunately ana esneci,Il,. w., :. =,
statements are given the ,n1o.s.,,,, .,'
OF so powerful a cliouc
Comprom3.c n ro,.,,o
"ryer, ,,..,..,,,s :, "'o"'
tween mo da,,,a,,is y mp oi'.ise pe
."sei inc demands of the different
ordnans. icy icy always must be. The
,,a..a oliicefs VIII always want
ana,,, snis ana ammunition; the
sneah ~, ptlics VIII always demand
80 ''nu .hat means heavier engines
ana more coal. with its weight ana
space; the navigators want lower draft
and quicker response to the helm: the
armor men want heavier armor .,na
certain tonnage there must be a com I'M.
promise between all these demards
''Tha. reminds me that ten 80.
ago ii was no less than ceorsa ".
Melville who demanded The IN mn W.
battl.ship. There ,va-a 81 oVoS- ION
constituting the Mans - i've OF US
When ,oId tt,s .' l"f new Sims.
of cnsinss , VI ~, re ana CAPACITY
.Urb,. ,r,,,;i,. "an.ed .he others said:
want us Il, h,,;ia % 80, 80 IN YOU will
II ran,tstS - I"'"o"-t"n Sims
wan, On Xxx :. gentlemen do
thai o. ','''@snt',s. and think
RON. ,. na't'"shios would h.
-, was ianehad at ;,n,i,E
with ,b., ,a opt her r'raadnouPbt.
ravies az tho war,d w." zen an N"
have got two t,n,or m""nN' them We
eress viii t,s now. md Con-
more ,,hjs u,;,4.,. ~ e'Fe us four