The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-11
! s. ION
IS. IS Good
Metcalf Says the Trip Has
Created a Very Friend
~ Feeling.
TWO VICE ADMTRA.Ls
For the Navy at Once Are
Urged by Him in His
Annual Report.

wAsHINGToN. d. c, Dec. IL.
Secretary MetcaIf OF tho Navy De-
nartment in his annual report. dis
cusses the most notable naval event
OF the last year, the voyage OF the
battieship fleet. which has proven
mn epoch-nlaltlng cruise"
Late in the spring of 1909 il was
decided to send the Atlantic feet on
"a practice cruise TO the Pacific
When the purpose of giving this as
sembIage of sixteen battleShfDs Such
II practice cruise. under severe con
dftloms was announced. he states.
crilicfsln from high technical quar-
tiers wns ilchrd Tie undcreakins
81 WIS SsaId was roo monumental;
dangers moro than muhiplied with
numbers In such q cnse: battleshlps
should not he sent around the globe
or any ordinary occasion; the skele-
tons or some OF them would doubt
lees be left In the straits of MaGcl-
Ian: and, II the ships should roun
south America, they would, one by.
one. arrive with machinery loose ana
unserviccabie. ard with crews re-
iicctins the condition OF the mater
che facts are. Secretary Metcalf
shys that the ships maintained
scheduled time. and have practieally
taken care, OF their own renairS on
Tho Use. INC lEN@Al&Lt1 AlStF sem 80
NJ The naval station. Cavite. p l..
have diist been received. and are sig
nineant They show that after IN
voyage 10 tile distant borders OF th~
Pacific the needed repEtirs nre neg
lIgible. The performance OF the Or
tsfon In 1895 has. II seems. been sub
ThIs cruise. rs yet liardlN hall
Over. lic, declares has given as y
sppnrtunitX To get better actiusIinted
With rho Republics TO the snlIth CT
rs; with our. own island posseSssionS'
with the new vigorous pfttllG i 90 w
Isngllsh empire In Australia. anu
Ijarticularly With Japan: and has
given 10 those countries better op-
il0rtnnity TO get better acTuntnte'
with us. 1t has beer evcr-NwhefS
understood ana accented. as II was
attended. rs tho reaching out Of a
strong hand III friendly greeting IN
tho part OF America. and the cordi-
al hosnTtnIities extended to our fleet
viii hc long remembered. and have
powerfully influenced feeling In TINS
country. Between the United StateS
and every country visited there is q
Keeling OF deeper interest and fricna
shin than existed before the hc"t
sailed
Passing to certain recent criticism
OF th. new and larger batticships
now building, the secretary says tim.
ooencd bv the President In Newport.
tiin general nlattcr of design of these
ships was approved, after FORTY
ttrroe days confederation. by this rs
Semblagc. Of the best authorizes
aTnilnbIc I'm the navy. consisting OF
ni,out/ sixty ofIicors. all but seven of
whom were line officers o. the sea
going branch OF the service
Workmanship he says. has I'M
proved on the practice cruise. With
respect to the assertion that our L.
inUi, gums are interior to those oil
ctI,cr movers. the facts; arc found u
nc that the actual nltizZlc energy OF
these 2-inch guns. which form tht
main armament Of our eight rates.
DattIes!lips in commission. is some-
whnt greater than that OF any gu"
nfloat in any other navy.
Az Inc ofiIcer In command of the
American fleet now in the Far East
hoIds the rank of rear admira! onlN
l,c is in posiaion OF suhordinattol
70 foreign naval officers. rms y
trun because foreign powers nave or
iruportopt naval stations. represe nt:i'
tiycs If the rank Of Nice-ndmirnl'
The secretary urges that the navy
~, os,ld without delay. be proNiuS
wish two vicc-admirals
II "a desirable, the secretary states
to IenGthcn tn" dry dock "uthoF re- ~,
ia. congress TO he constructed -
IlcarI IFarbor Hawaii from 500 t'
1.nJO feet. to rcdcr It capable
accommodatin two or more yes
sells a. once.
Secretary Afctcalf recomme md
thai tho navy-yards at Sew "rN
phiIadofnhia, Norfolk. Puget Soun'
and Mare island be developed |"
thnir fun capacity for the rcpair ~
maintenance OF ships. but shy u
Itot further desirable TO develop OF"
az navy yards. Mt least. until that =
Guantanamo shan have been eGuip
,,cd the last named station penn
y.earticd as OF the nrst military inn M
nnr,ancs and as NATURAL stratcEet'
II is deemed highly desirable I
ScSnlrc by purchase or 20 construc
= docE in san Francisco Hnrhoi
win, the acquisition of such dock
ana the bringing up to- high cthclHn
~ OF tho vnrds at Brcm"rion an
Marc. island. another navy yard o
trsS Pacific coast will not he neceS
Snrvs for somc time to come
Tho navy department. ncinE
fn4Ee business organizatlon' AIT. 'l''
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