Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-03
BOB IS
THE CITYS GUEST
Program for Today Includes
Luncheon, Review Of Cadets
And Lecture Tonight.
DISCUSS NAVAL AFFAIRS.
ship ror ship. BE Says. Nmcrica'~ Navy
Is the Uounl az Any--1hc PAM
anna Canal u.s. Factor

Rear Admiral Eob|ey ID Evans
reached the city about o'clock last
evening over the oregon short Line.
and was met by Governor spry Mayor
Emusf0rd. captain D. 49, savage OF
the Fifteenth infantry and representa-
Gives of the Commercial club. There
uas poo demonstration 90 the depot and
the distinguished visitor was taken lul-
modiatclv to bis quarters at the Kuuts-
ford. whore Doe rested for while, after
which De received the newspaper men
of the city
Regarding Toe condition OF the ships
of the American navy the admiral said.
'ShIp for ship our p1ttleshlps aie
Just as good. and Co my mind. llt-
tlU better than those Of amy other couu-
trg OF course. the Older hattlcships
do not compare fuvoraolN with the
newer ones of either our navy or the
navy of the foreign powers, but thet
arc lust ar good ae the ships of their
date belonging 90 other powers aud an
can bc depended on 90 give good ac-
count of themselves BE- things break
loose.
"The latest ships we have built are
Zoo class by themselves. and are far
superior to anything in their class az
Ha timc of their construction The
Utah and Florida. the new battleshlus
now under construction. win b.. when
completed. the masters NJ anything de-
signed up Co the present time. our
gauuers arc the best iu the world to-
dHy For myself I'd vastly prefer in-
teror ships with superior crews SUCH
ass we have. Co superior ships with
inferior crews. AS long as our Eunnety
remains what lt now lt, i consluer tHe
question OF the size of the ships 20 Doe
Iar less important u'ah al any un'e ln
the past speed is q far greater es-
sehlldi IMAM SIZE aHn gu" service TOPS
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.Vvs roiIst have "a fleet maintained
fbera az NOT less than ID batfIeships.
Win ar canal number In fhe Atlantic
Six could be- u.ed for drill PURPOSES.
with "a reserve OF eight When we have
that. you'll lind nobody win want 70
pIav horse with u.s."
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u NE PANAMA oA-NAl'
He expressed his idea Of the value Of
the Panama canal as a means of pro-
| lection as follows
with no Pacific fleet 90 protect
/ them. the heaviest armored ana most
| deadly feet in existence could not be
| brought out of the canal and formed
| into battle limo without being cut to
/ pieces. as they would have to steam
out one at time. TO would be another
| case Of Carvera's squadron coming out
of Santiago.
Not only that. but suppose depend
I ence wore placed ON the canal and
[ some foreigner with his c0uatrys well
J fare at heart should take his lie ip
| one hand and "a stick OF dynamite iu
/ The other and blow one of the locks 90
/ klugdome come. where would our pro-
| lection come from thenY
eve nave 3i batteshius and two
{ mon. being built. making SO in ALL
Forty-eight only are necessary. ana
! we could hav, them am In "a few years