Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-27
B|G FLEET on BOTH oceans WANTED
PROPOSE to Have Sixteen 5attleships
Stationed on Both Atlantic and Pa
cfic Seaboards-lf Plan IS Carried
Out Four Big Ships Would Have
TO he Constructed a Year.



SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. June %
BY Announcing that hattl"Shln h"tt
viii .vnl,Iuaily be stationed IN th''
pacitics. although III" necessary shor"
.>tablishnl- ntS ut its efficient malh'
I.,nance musl first be- developed, SEC
r,tarv Al-tcaif has Indicated the ad-
minis;ration Sh adoption of the Two
ocean standard rational rollCF con
complaining the Development Of an
American sea power to an effective
strength uf forty light haitlcSiips
with cruisers. scouts. torpedo boats
and auSiIiaTi; ) in du" proportion. ms
raicy promises TO II" OF Iuil" as
much Importance 10 IN" world IN
Great Britain'S two power standard
under which the royal navy has I'M
faI;crirgly led the armorcd ship
building race and has been maint41p'
ed presumably capable of defeat ing
any possible combination of two great
naval nowe:1i.
The mns: compact definition of the
'Twx ocean standard" heard since II
became talked of III naVa! circaes
WAS given by Rear Admiral Richaru
Wainwright.
Il hope We have impressed the Ia
cific coast" h. said, with the neces-
i;ity for the establishment of the Two
ocean standard two adequate hec's,
one in the Atlantic and one in the
Pacific. which pr, I'are1 fTr war can
compel peace: too wise for conquest
too strong for fear
Wainwright Outlines Plans.
In response 10 request Rear Ad-
mirai Wainwright has given an eX-
plantation in some detail 90 the two
ocean standard idea i'll this memT-
apdum:
Il first heard the two ocean stand
ard used by Justice Harlan, speak
ing at a naval leagn" dinner about
TWO years ago. psTarhraSing 1t from
the English two pow = standard. 1"
my mind it is logically required. 10
afford an adequate defense, that q
fleet he based on our Atlantic coast
and enc based on orr Pacific coast
Each hCet should consist of sixteen
bsttlcships ready for service and
eight under repair. thus having caeh
ship ready for service and under drills
for eight months and four months
UT der rgrair. with fr.l opportunity -
give leave to officers and men IN
their home ports.
With sixteen battl"saips always
ready. ample time would b" Afforded
for much needed haiti" drills. Tar
90. practice would he carried on as AT
present. With Zach fee th"r" should
be a division OF aTnoTed cruisers and
one Of sc~rrs. With each squadron
there should bc a division Of destroy
c:e. 4 repair shipt an ammunition
ship ard 4 hospital ship. WTh 'ach
division acct collier and supply
ships. according Ia circumstances.
The fleet hospital Sill. ~" icr
each squadron, should b. in addition
to any ordinary hospital ship. as now
constructed aud used. They chouId
b. for surgical cases only and m or
dinary sick taken on boar: They
should he kept surEicaEy can and
reserved for the wounded u action.
Bait and building the Uni,'d States
has Twenty. igh; frsi class ha:'i"-hips
several Of which aUe hcins m"f"Tn'
lied
The s, nate has committed ts'lf IN
a motley oT auik-rizing tv" new
batfIcShips annually. This would
mean twenty four more. or a '''a! "i
forty eight. IN twelve year ar hy
1920 Iu. nv tina; tim" SON. 81 In"
ships nov IN commission vii IN
firviy obs ietc.
r. j. OhvioUE that the achic 7r'ni
Of thu 'Fwo UC"au standard" ht To"
time the Panama canal Is con 'i''"d,
1915. will r7guirc the constrscS7n n
unrr than tEn sirsps year. F"ur
annually at least will bc need IN
addition TO tho aaxiIiarios. in HI"h
the United States IS bchtn- h"
i-shsr great naval pcSrrS.
The rualplot ion of Panama anal
VII b. worth many taiilrshirss. 80
trnarcc Cf the "iwp occsn stsn6 ~
without the canal u"anS the CON- NJ
prpscncc 81 = sixir~n ship battle -
IN eact ocean. With the canal b Y,