The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-09-24
MEYER WAklS
STRONGER
NAVY
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p NNNts+"f Afyaf ~ - - ~ -
Sgmf Big panf ere under pay for .
m9Ts eslcifrt sEa . mofs t1Tm.eabls
&ayy, They ere sxpsets1 - bs 10 fBii
fDing within . ZEN Vsekf, although
ihey fDmp.ats egeegiioh WI BE- q mat
tef ~ 3 mufb iDnl"f tine, fesfstsTy
BfYff has bfeB NoTslHg ODt q pm
gram, bBe Wasif bstDesbipf that VII
brBg EUT0yeaB experts bsTs ~ Oh,
feFse Bhst NS are dOibg ~ thinks The
rBite9 ttstfs OBgbt ~ ies1 the worm
iB SfFiglBlDg s1yaBee1 iypss NJ GgbiiDg
gbips, JB feosBt yeats EBgiabd has
been ios1lBg fbe United sisiof, This
beafs BpgB important policies ~ ~
Bayal b8ses, The FeeTefsTy NaDts that
pfDJ'fm, lbVOjylbg bayy yaTds, refer.
fog ~ y f1iBt bOafd NJ hFWy abd saVy
0Gipots f1f study abg recommendation,
The Bsyal baEes are q vGfy blg gDeg'
DgB, beeOWiBg mDTe ana more ~ with
NE bHliGiBg NJ BeU dTea1DOBpbts,
There h M GguH IN The beefoi8ry's
mind tbst sevefal NJ tbo smaller yards
should be- aDabdOBe1, fOT II Uill be
Impossible ~ d0ek aDd repair the future
dTfgdHOBgbf fleets NJ me United siGtes
fEcfpi ~ % fcW ySfGg Jie wants those
feW yGTds ~ be- fDily cgDiDDcd 0Bd vii
mex COBgfcEE mn eBhlecDt 1ppfOpTi6.
DOBs N bTB9 them ~ ~ o Yofy high
standard NJ cmcieHey, ~ there nfe
DfOspeeis NJ q struggle With CObgTetg
OVef bis mmtoT, tbe sccTeiary II fOTti'
fyjBg blmself Vim fret hand iBf0fmas
iiDn abOUt ibe bctief yaTdg md nlsO
Gb0Hf me- y8fds which apparently must
be abandoned IN tbe cOurgs NJ few
y61fs,
m be II visiting tbe yards md giving
tbom VoTy c6Teful iBsDCcBCB, On this
GfT6Bd no pfODOsos 10 tTaycl f0nbeT
uaB my Fecfciafy ~ ibG N6yy before
bim bas done, ~ least In TcCeBt years,
Ne saiG ibc OibGf my TINT he viii go
~ UOBOIulH, within The BGzt twelve
months, lle IL greatly interested In
naval bSses on ne Pacific Ocean, This
includes tWG OT three b0ses on the
Pacific CO6st, tho Pead JIaTb0r base,
non being constructed Bear Honolulu
aBd . naval base IN the PbilipDiDes
The Yard ~ Mare Island IL well
fqBppfd bHf me channel can be Bayi
g6tod OBly vim diGicUltI especially by
ibG w0fsbips NJ tbe I6rger type, There
IL . good yard ~ BTem6Ti0B, Washing
ION, ma Congress has set on foot IN
inquiry fOf establishing new Bay6
basG IN Southern California. N may
bs that socfotGfy Meyer will jDuTBcy
~ far ~ tho Pacific COast before Con
gTess c0ByeBGs GBd the time come
when be- must appears before the Raya
| TOmWiftefs NJ Senate hBd House ~ an
sWef questions about appropriations NM
give bis opinion ~ 10 whore tho mODcj
| f0f HaVy bases should be expended, III
b8s Glf0ndy directed Assistant BGcro
i6ry NJ me Navy Winthrop 10 make ~
inspection trip 10 tho Pacific C0Gst
1be Hayal baF6s on tho htlnBtit
COast drG receiving bis immediate ~
iGBiiGG this autumn, for sucb Obyi0ul
Reasons aE their proximity w washing
ton, Formidable M tho department
would make the Pacific naval bhscs
ibOsr ~ tbG Atlantic HfG regarded NJ
lHife ~ important The battlGGcC
Il being kept IN the Atlantic Tor tbl
present nGd pfgbably will be k0Dt tbor
fOf number Of yGap, Then tho gT6a
naval p0WGfs NJ tho world aro jus
across The Atlantic ana any prORrar
~ naval elirioBcy must b0 studio
viii reference 10 their activities
Signs point eventually 70 tho main
i6HanCG NJ Portsmouth, Boston, NGg
YORK and Norfolk M tho great Dayn
bafes ON The AURDiic OG0Gn, gba
mems the other yards will 6yeBtuall
be abandoned, although N IN likely b
be question NJ several years b6fOf
Congress paH bG brought 10 aeduiesC'
There are powerful Senators who VII
resist any Legislation 10 cripple w
| yards NJ New DflGhDs, Pensacola, P0f
iiOyal and beague Island, which IN nGa
philadelphia, NJ these yards o
stations Rf6 matters Gf local prid,
LGapHa iElnHd, " course, IN now II bi
naval establishment but n has tGrtl
Ous rbBuUd and In mnGy respects II mn
dNtlmhln tGf bnsT, The yard ~ Port
mouth, MI, would probably bo nbnl
dnnod bul fpf The fact that n now NJ
n splendid dYi0ck nnd very de-,
pinuHrl II 10 IN nrnT ~ Boston that u
the work could we'll ba done lheT
rllpr llHn N Portsmouth,
There will ha u vast mount NJ 90
ir0yeTay before tho naval bnaG auGslil
is fully worked ont, There viii 6e hon
pd dabnlna IN kHnaio Rud Hons
Political considerations VIII bG WGigbG
The opposition 0f influential CoDgrof
men viii have ~ bo overcome ~
naval authorities aTo driving hard I
Wald Tho elimination NJ Tho uHal0
yards and II h Inevitable ihai Tho gre
drfadn1nghi leeIa ~ tho Amerlel
Navy mal operate from such ponio
40 BOSTON Now fork and koTfolk,
No Atlantic and from liromenNn a.
Marc Island and pnarl linrhpr ~
iAYltp nn no papIGp, All these yAf
now other have great drydoaks, u
hrlrnllY large l0r dlpAdnQuphlal ~ "
sNon have tlph decks The biz dos
prn Indispensable fnT tho modern na
nnd VIII hfplml m0re indispensable
lhe flAa NJ llr fhipf nle lnrlnAb0li
FW ihp haYy Department W N
building 10000 iun baiipahips ana
s.nul lmnmhnhlp lai before lpng N
viii he milipg 10000 l0n sbips ~
WnAps moi only Hemppd0us naval a0l
pnl also Nely drep hnrhofg nnd
navy AAriH lhli hlfp rhnnnrH N
fnpnRh faf lhr hsaN0rfi hAillnphlpa y
naturally hp ihNplei Win applppl
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