Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-22
TAWHEY SOUNDS NOTE OF WARNING
Says in Two Years Country win be
Expanding Seventy Percent of Rev.
cnues for Past Wars and Wars 1t
is Afraid of-Republicsns Resort to
Dilatory Tactics.
Osy Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, u. c.. March I'll
When consideration Of the for,inca-
tions Bill WAS resumed In the House
today. Mr.. Kcifcr. Ohio. q member of
the committee on appropriations
charged that large sums had been
wasted In attempting to provide de-
fcnses on the Atlantic and Pacific
! coasts. lin pretending 10 do certain
Things that cannot be done by the
engineers ana officers IN charge of the
improvements"
In other words, he said. dcfenyos
never were completed. He believed,
however. in sufficient appropriation
OF Pearl IIarbor 10 n naval base.
Should that DC granted, he said. It
VIII be absolutely Impossible for any
country. however strong 10 assall our
Pacific coast.
BY properly terrifying Pearl Harbor.
nc said, tho country could dispense
with 4 very considerable number OF
/ battleships. proposed to be construct
cd
Mr.. De Almond. Missouri. conaraui.
lated the country on the fact that If
the Philippines weru to be fortified
! the army engineers had at lcas, dc.
| tcrniined that Cavitc was the placn.
Had that point been selected in the
FIRST place. nc said. there would have
hcen n larger saving in money which
Lad been lost on Subig bay. The
government he declared. had poured
millions into the morasscs Of the Phil
ippines and he was glad the money
now was to be properly spent.
Discussing the estimates of the war
department for Qualifications. Asr.
Smith. Iowa, declared that the money
asked for could not have been spent
In Ten years. The amount allowed
by the committee. he said. while. the
largest ever appropriated for forti-
fications in a time of peace. WAS no
more than needed TO meet the present
requirements.
Further condemnation OF the war
department III connection with ms
recommendation in the past regard
ing the fertilization OF Subig bay was
INDUCED In by Mr. Fitzgerald. New
York
He was glad. however. he said.
that the department had not wasted
any money in Guantanamo lie scri e.
ously reflected on the department Of
ficials when he charged them with re.
commenting an appropriation of $780,
900 for n sea wall around "a certain
fortifcation" when he charged they
knew the title to the property needed
for the sea wall was In litigation.
Declaring that there was not SUI
ticicnt water al Cavitc 10 accommodate
great war vessels. Mr.. Butler, Pennsyl-
vania expressed the hope that the
House would exercise it's prerogativc
and prevent the removal of the naval
base from Subig bay 10 Cavite.
II was not intended. he said. that
naval battles should be fought in
Subig bay, but that American war
ships should have storage" place.
out of which to emerge and fight OF
the high seas. where. he said, fu .
turc naval battles will be fought.
TaWney Gives Another Warning.
Discussing the expenditures made
for military and naval estimates OF the
government. MIR. Tawney. Minnesota,
chairman Of the committee on appro-
priations. repeated his warning of a
deficiency made earlier in the scs-
sion. He declared that it cxpcndit.
rrcs for these purposes increased in
tht HcAi TWO or tnrcc years as tney
had in the last two or three years and
the revenues continued 10 decrease.
1t will not be two years hardly le-
fore we will be spending seventy per
cent. of orr aggregate revenues on
account of wars we have had or wars
VIC arc afraid of.
Believing it 10 be the intention OF
the war department.. Mr.. Shcrlcy.
Kentucky Offered an amendment re.
moving the restriction of the score
tary OF war 10 buy abroad war ma
| tcrials in limited Quantities"
The amendment was lost. Sc TO Ga.
An amendment 10y Mr.. De Armond.
Missouri. TO give The secretary OF war
j"tcmporary" authority 10 purchase
war materials was also lost.
Mr.. Dc Almond declared that by
limiting the secretary in these pur-
chase his hand would be partly stay
ed against robbery.
| further amendment by Mr.. DC Ar.
mond to allow the secretary of war