New-York tribune., 1909-03-25
WILL ENLARGE BOARD
Dir. Meyer Plans M0Ue to Stop Con-
tention in Nary Department.
TFrom Tin. tribune Bureau.I

11-sbingtan March 24.-The Secretary OF lh7
Navv has determined to enlarge the NalH"i So
board The creation of which was announced III
,tesa dsDatches Yesterday. by adding several rep
resentatiyes OF the bureaus most interesteo' Al
though the board as originally created held sessions
Yesterday and to-day, Secretary Meyer has aSsuieu
.bo oh,efs of the bureaus of construction and re-
rair e1uipment ordnance and supplies and &C
counts that they shall have representatives on the
board.
Secretary Never is determined If possible. TO get
at the bottom Of the contention whlcn IS olVlolng
his department into two warring factions and TO
satisfy himself the merits OF the respective poll
cies To that end he sat with the General Board at
its last meeting and requested the board to give its
earnest consideration the subject and place be-
fore him d comprehensive report with recommends
tions At the time he was prevailed upon TO
appoint the Wainwright board, consisting CT three
line officers. with the understanding that it was
merely to reconcile existing differences between
those regulations changed by Secretary NewberTy
and the remainder of the naval regulations.
No sooner. however, did The Tribune announce
the personnel Of this board and It's purpose than
the staff officers submitted representations to the
Secretary showing that IL would be impossible for
the Wainwright board TO reconcile the regula-
tions without involving the entire subject in
troversy, and urging that they be represented
the board. Secretary Never decided that their
tentions correct, and promised to give them
the representation they asked.
The increasing of the personnel of the board indi
Gates Of course that the Secretary recognizes that
assumed and that he is prepared TO have the whole
subject sifted ana will welcome intelligent recon-
mendaticns on the subject. ?. is understood that
the bureaus enumerated IN be represented by
their respective chiefs e:se by Lieutenant Com
mander V. o. Chase for the bureau of ordnance,
Naval Constructor D. W Taylor for the bureau Of
construction. Pay Inspector Carpenter for the bI-
reau OF supplies and accounts. and Lieutenant Com
mander Cleeland Davis for the bureau Of equipment
The meetings of the full board expected to
be the scene of some exciting controversy, and
there Is considerable question regarding the
come With such a divergence of opinion It Is
regarded entirely possible that the outcome may
be a aj0rity and minority report the
far apart as the representations which have al
ready been made to Mr.. Meyer that ultimately
he may have TO disregard the recommendations Of
the Wainwright board and rely the general
board to help him of his inherited difficulty
Mr Meyers situation is made all the more difficult
by the fact that Senator Hale is deeply interested
IN the contest. fa- supporting the course Of
Secretary Newherry to have induced tho PTesi
dent to hod up the appointment. of Lieutenant Com
mander Hutch I. Cone. which had been recon-
mended by Secretary Meyer pending nnai recon-
mendation from the Secretary the entire subject