Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-12-05
aysiry Just as ther. is a chief Of arm

terry.
:, Perhaps the most important Of All iegis-
iaeion needed Tor the beneiit Of the army
~ Ia to equalise and increase the pay
OF omcer~ and enlisted men of the army.
navy. marine corps and revenue cutter
service Such bin has been prepared
favorable consideration. The next most
essential measure Is to authorize IA num-
Der OF extra otilcers as mentioned above
listed men. Y Il absolutely essential to
create service CORPS. such as exists in
n ne ~ every modern army in the world.
separably connected with military adj
mtnfetration. which is now exaetea With
o o,ho Just ccmpensi:i.n. Of enlisted men
service OF an altogether different kind.
There are number of other laws neces-
s g 80 organfxe the army as to pro-
mote its efficiency ard facilitate its rapid
are the most important.
To build one battleship OF the best and
n , advanced type year would barely
Keep our fleet up TO it's present force
80 No. This is not enough
"s NAVY. In my. judgment. we
should this year
idle to build battleships unless in addi-
ton to providing the men. and the means
Tor .,, stno o;s training. we provide the
the cor ena them Snnss ne ne
.ssrs@ely deficient in es eoa aans stations
a ana docks sss ON the Pacific and this
TO exist Plenty of tornedio boats and de-
strovers should be built Both on the At
iantfc and Pacific coasts, forttncations OF
our greatest harbors.
Until our battle fleet Is much larger
IMAM at present 1t should never be split
into detachments SO far apart that they
could not in event of emergency be
speedily united. Our coast line IL on the
racinc Just as much as on the Atlantic.
Warrington are as emphaticaliy the In
terests OF the whole Union as those OF
Maine and New York. OF. Louisiana and
then be moved to the Pacific :s, as at
other times 1t should DE kept IL, the At
la n.t
transit of the battle fleet from one ocean
to the other will he comparatively easy.
. nn5il y Is built ! earnestly hope that the
t1as fleet VIII be thus shifted between
the TWO oceans every year or two. The
marksmanship on all our ships has Inn
proved phenomenally during the last Ave
Years. Until within the last two or three
years II was not possible to train bat
tie neet In squadron maneuvers under
service conditions. and 1t is only during
t the last two or three years that the
come really effective Another and most
necessary stride in advance ia now being
taken. The battle Meet Is about starting
by the straits of Magellan to visit the
Pacific coast. Sixteen battleships are go-
ing under the command of Rear Admiral
Evans. while eight arr:ored cruisers and
two other batteships will meet him al
san francisco. whittier certain torpedo
destroyerS are also going. No fleet Of
such size has ever made such a voyage.
and It will be OF very great educational
use to all engaged in it, The only way
bv which to teach Officers and men how
to handle the fleet so as to meet every
possible strain and emergency in time OF
war Is to have them practice under sim
mar conditions in time of peace. More
over. the only wav. to find out our actual
needs is to perform in time OF peace
Whatever maneuvers might be neces-
| sary In time Of war. After war il de-
clared It is too late to find out the needs
that means to invite disaster This trim
to the Pacific will show what some OF
our needs are and wi. enable us 10 pro-
v,Ge ror them hem, The nrooer place for an
the only way in which a navy can ever
be made efhcient is by practice at sea
under all the conditions which would
have to be met If war existed.