Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-19

lsu' l. hat it may l" asked by III"
lail uan, - he ! tactical value to IN"
tinted States q. This achi'vtnI"ni'
In VIA, respect will our navy ia riv''
subs an lal benz n; from The 4',n"'
mile. .yasr OF the battles hi :" VIII
The IL vessels which nav" cirrum-
uayigal.d The II br be more "ff"c
=, ti,r Oh H. fighting line btraus" Of
their !,r0"d breaking crui." than
they ": nd b" j! they hal never
STEAMED aruunG the world? WI n"I
' rce,rd 10 The prr@tiS" which our
na,v h., acQGiIrd by the voya3" Il
! the. Meet, WHIT results have been a..
cumplSi. By the und"rt' kinS winch
viii add /" the !iici"nc: OF the naval
! :. +, ice in i'm" ol war? ,
{ nsidrrin. m" cruise SGlriN !ronl
ih. .sanG ON, i the incNp ri lay,
man il seems to Ms thai lie test 10
which oar battlcship l,trt has been
! subject and the experience winch ]!
/ ,h.. Officers ana taiin'rl men OF tn"
, .i,- have gained thereby VIII b" o.
very great value 10 our navy. In n
| first place. Ii" S"awur,hln'"S Of "h'
most important fighting vessels ha:,
been d.mun<tra ed beyond que siIDh.
IL i n" t"H' i'm ~ 4 naval N1l"'f#
who SPEAK with Il G rtain aulhc.!'!
iLn when the hat:l,shipS left Glh:al-
,or on February q, on tn" last leg ~
the riui.r. tnry were. a lit + a
i've service Is when they STATED
from NImptCn Reads il &c; mhcr.
! 1907. That is to say. after III; .hipH
haJ aud.rg, re such Il "shakt down
H. no thor htl,lrShipS have ever mad
under 'eacr ndi, ions. they were"
/ in a coalition # practical tlhcI' hiE.
or the Value OF thi, dtmonstra ION
thcr,. seems to be no iouh' IN 'h"l
minds >f reasonable. mtu. battle
shin is Il comp!icai,h rirc" =! mech
auism. and in IA. view OF mary :'r-
:,u, t has also ht"n regarded a !
very d.lir.,n" piece e n"'h" Ism.
tn" tuun mile cruise Ct uu: meet
has r-;blishrd Ia" :at thar h""'o'
,.: complicated and hrlica'" mech
AM III il may b,. it can IT," relied uroA,
if p:up.rlyS constructed and handled.
r. stand c; ntinu rs strain and ni't'
all the requirements o: the naval ser
vice. The IruiS" just ahoni to 'nl
has .I.mJnstra'pi that 'nr hai TO-
Ship are staunch and depend 'b'".
This i, one practical II sui; o. n"
record br, tking voN a"t oar 81
and a most v.!uanl, onr.
n; only has he quality OF on
shin, h.tn tested. az rG otA"r battle
S,aia, nave been te.,rd mt.r N
time o. y, ace. but ';hc quality o: the
rsOnuel If our navy-OfhcerS ana
seam, n-has been tried by me Sc
y,r.s1 ordeal short CT war and iouid
TO BE- W IIhy r all confidence. FoE
ii mtn'hs the officers an! crews OF
the battleship Meet have been. with
few in,ermissionS. on steady s'ra'h
The disci line of warShip must he
intirNible. even under ordinary SCI
Vice cun,iitiOnS ThroughCG tn"
cruise ,f . wear and twJ months lhc-e
hov. beer rarely r,laNati, rs Of dis
ciplinc All reports agree that TN
u..lsOrn.l {; our Lattw:hip ii'ct
made prcf"und impression npol
foreign o5yerI;ry. Will" Ii" "Ficlen'F
cr tiircr: aid sfamtn has evoked
uI.tir.rd comm.nda n. Tbs Voy-:
az. around the world has MT been
ucrrlv a pleasure t:i'. y" C"N
h..r the strength. reliability ah"
mechanical excellence OF our battle
shirs been established a!,fr III" IN"
y. rorch shaking down =" which
var ,.sscls w.l- ever subjected. bu-
the "shakirg down test has been
an lied with eOnal ihor ug.:n-ss 20
IN" Cheers and men. III" rt'nlt
Iur:ifis a, unt. n;ly the CC.:tid"n"" c.
til. American r"ople. in the person
mel OF their navy. W. have no. FL
naval vessels which mt asur" UP u
thu highest standard OF s'aw r'h'-
II, - but We have objects AID s'a-
mcn capable OF 2errilE The bssf re-
ulr. frcm on: w&rshins. In mark
n.,rsI.ir and sca2i-nship the battle
shin ftS., - the United = i'r> Ea',
demonstrated that il is without
uprr:C: in N" navi"s OF n wo'h.
| NAV 70 suggested. indeed. Win u
uns..m', Roasting ;ha Ih"r" j. TO
nr,i OF th,. sane size equal - Il N
Ia. cEcisrcN Of personnel AMI Ia
;nc quality Of ships.
TT" !etrrr 0f IN" batticShip fe''t
10 Hampton X ads j. - ~ made IN"
o.c%~: II Of review 81 the arm"!i
Nv the Pr <;dsn! OF the United State =
Many Americans proud {: the rec:'''
C our globe 'nC:-CIinx fleet. VIII
| rroha hlv avail themselves n" OPP
Ior'uni % wi;n.sS s2rCiaC!" IN
sni:lng ~ every ri:rE tic Ct!z'n Of
,h,. :. puhric Whcr M. ~ battle
Sip sr"lrri on {: fiampt Ro"GS