Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-28
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sion that there is any danger from
Japan or that she could accomplish
any disastrous results against the
| Republic. What are the defenses of
the Republic? The Notifications and
the navy. What are Notifications?
A great mass of field work, machin-
cry, appliances, guns, garrisons and
men. What is battleship? 1t is a
great steel structure upon which are
placed the great guns and machinery
for naval warfare, and manned by
officers and men for that work.
There is no battleship that can fire a
13-inch gun without being supplied
with coal; the lights which illumi
Late the great ship have to be sup
piled with coal. But we have a navy
and have had it already partly con-
structed, and there have already been
authorized by Congress a number of
vessels that are still under c6nstruc-
ton and are to be constructed. And
II those that are now under con-
struction were all in present use, the
ravy could not be manned for want
of thirty thousand men.
Must Have Men
Il agree with my friend, Mr.. Cap
ron, that we can walk the streets of
Honolulu and can pick lot of men
who are able to man the ships of the
navy, but you can not get in this
town thirty thousand men for the
present need of the American navy. |
can give the name of one of our
rear admirals, and who was a COM |
in our recent war with |
Spain, that on one of the ships that |
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there were just two men that were |
able to throw a lead line from the |
ship and take soundings. That is
the character of the men we have to
man our ships and it plainly shows |
the need of merchant marine that |
will build up sailors that can man
the ships properly. That is the first
reason why we need merchant ma
rine, that we need it to furnish men
for the coming American navy.
0ne Hundred Millions for Navy
There is not battleshlp today
that carries more than one hundred
rounds of ammunition; just enough
10 carry it through an ordinary bat
.le And when that is gone it is
helpless and is at the mercy of any
ship that is ahoat. We are expend-
ne today over a hundred millions of
dollars year for the navy. 1t is
said among military men, although
am not military man, that an ar
NY moves on it's belly. That is to
Jay that an army cannot move with
tut it's base of supply. And the navy |.
s precisely in the same condition rs
he army. You cannot move navy
bout and have it supplied without a
merchant marine Let me give an
Instance of the mighty Oregon, the
greyhound of the two oceans. She
allied from the Pacific Coast down
trough the Pacific and through the
traits, up through the Atlantic and
lrriVed off Santiago in time to take
,art in that battle, the only battle,
t might be said, that took place in
he war with Spain, only having had
o put in for coal three times. lad
t not been for this the bdttleehip
oregon would have arrived off San
iago three months after the battle
lad been fought
Probable Enemies
Let me ask you for moment
whether we have any apprehension
# danger from any of the nations of /
he earth. Is it China, with her civil
ization dormant for over a thousand
ears from the time of Confucius?
Where are our probable enemies To-
ated? They are located on CONT
ental Europe, They are Great Brit
in, Germany, France, Sweden, Rus
ia and Spain, out of that number
here are none worth discussing ana
hat from the fact that the mother
ouutY whose interest has always u
eeE with ms has formed a strong I
llieace with the American people.
ON behalf OF am American Mar L
le. saE let MS hl Join hands "a. L
ether Democrats ana Republicans