The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-11
EVANS ON The NAVY'SGUOVIH
IDuIRu SIIS IT ~ AIMING
IHFtD OF RIy as.
,Iurnins % Oii FOE FueL BE ~ay~. h .
STRAIT Nds anee serroinr, Meyers
REORGANIZATION Plan o. admirable
INprrtS Trouble WITH japan Ssue Day

.an RHar Admiral kptarN " tVans,
r .afI-..d del cred lecture IN Car
ego Hail a yea aga last January he
al % ~ ON a chair wIth has crutches be-
.a I'm Later has condition was such
....' 30 could not R-t abo,t al all.
\ rhe Plaza Hotel yesterday tn. Adj
.r.. -hoV ed that he was physically the
g..pg Boh - old lie had Erappled
.t Uis suc,"n' enemy. rh"umat ism.
,rH .N-rcpme Il. and h. looked twenty
..a., ,punser than when he got through
s..S 'u" Atlantic hattlsship fleet around
-.rrr~. half of It's glol+ grid hing cruise
rH.t made the doctors walk the
...ut said the Admiral Yesterday in
..' rE how he had got we'll again 4
4ai fr..i an sorts of remedies and cures
,.ll d In = get better So just made lIp
De-. m.ud that The thing 70 do was to diet
.piri eating meat gave up every
.0gfn the mature ~ alcoh oil beverages
ats httle and regularly wear ago l
49, able 20 throw away my crntches
.ui 'or he last few months I have been
.p.r 80 do without a cane much 81 the
uu- Ia fact | only have To Use 1t be-
.suss Il some wounds I got in my legs
20 he CIVIL war
/ Vas IN pretty had condit ION when
me china station for a long time. and in
Nl vas something like three years sad
Il Sh' months A. sea That's pretty
..rs 30 he cooped up IN a steel box. and
had rad SIX severe attacks Of my maladv
~nen I got hack 70 stay on land Blu,
soud rather he at sea than on land
There - absolutely nothing in the world
IKE commanding big feet Of war-hip~
am business men nov, hut there is
nothing I enjoy SO much as thinking over
tho old days al sea
ASIDE from the recruits Of that round
tho ~orld cruise that were apparent at
me time or soon aftsrward. there has
h@~n an important result in regard to the
pArsonnel ~ the enlisted men IN the navy
"" are getting all 'he time a be'ter class
o. men They hope TO be- taken on a
cruise 10 SEE the world while this serves
- q stimulus 20 Enlistment Il ought not
tn be necessary. for aside from patriotic
motives the navy man shoul d look mainly
- he rev ards for good conduct and I'M
proved ehhciency
~ - not known generally Judging
from what I hear and read. that twelve
enlisted men are each year promoted
n commissions after of course an ex-
Animation. Some Of the men who have
got their commissions IN this way are
among the best Officers We have In the
navy
10 think Secretary Meyers r~organ-
ration plan has worked out weIl' Ad-
nlrably' lite principal scomnsndAtion
. that 70 has given the fghting element
N the navy a voice IN determining VIVA,
The ships u may have TO fight in shall no
Ike
have Seen many changes m the
ravy. the most striking Of which has
h~~n the creation Of the new navy To
The late william e Whitney a. Secretary
= the Navy under Cleveland iRrge
gart Of the credit for this i due chandler
va- eager Tor change hu' ne could
lot accomplish much whitney nitro
duoed busInes-hke method into the
department But the new navy Wa
really forced upon us by foreign nations
CUR navy IN the early Sc was composed
n such obsolete typas tha' they wer.
the objects Of ridic Iis az course there
we're occaS ions when Amsr,an nava'
o~acers felt the effect Of Cou,ra r-ons
shlD@ Time wa when there were not
30 ver cent OF the crews Of our war-hIps
''a' we're native born Ar orleans Sow
-" number " per cent which - a
~ m.ra satisfactory
10 vou think the American navy is
:
The Germany The Admiral was asked
IT, my opinion ~ - keeping ahead of
"'tsr ~ them. wa. the reply This
o. r~Ie rot only IN the way Of constr1Ic- /
'inn b.' IA vha should call the battle .
-NrIenoy Of ships and men | fought 4
i0r The Dreadnoughi for a long time
~ 81 our modern types - the equal Of .
thr~e ordinary ha'tleship- aud the new
. in"h gun preadnough's will have even
. IN greater efficiency
j. = -lgn that the American navy
--~plug abreast Of the times when i'
j. -ardlv Converting IT. ships into oil
-fn"r- continued Admiral Evans
y .~sIa vas he first nation TO bum oil I
20 nan-o war. hut the English were
~" N-~' 10 90 INTO extensive experiments
~ 'his fuel The principal reason thar
Il England 20 TAX. this step was the
sr"a' disadvantage, under which a Goa
.runE warship laborr not only beCsiIs"
"a. = heavier and requires much greater
.4N"r space but II makes smoke. and
a. = a very serious matter IN warfare
%. cannot get near enough 10 your
" axe a shot a. him. Why, IN sham war
af~ nave been able at a distance Of forty
Mes not only TO discern the presence %
~" hostile squadron but TO count the
''~7.v- ships. reckon his course and
- - ,s speed Now six 81 our new
90 Sc - burn oil as we'll a. coal aud
'T"fs are icing fitted with oil burners
'.- zen new torpedo boats are oil burners
''' ''' 81 our mon Or~ nave been con
.@~-e1 The advantage 81 n ship burning
~ ~ oIl or coal IL that you can probably
M ono kind % fuel where YOU cannot
&C. o." other
'".a' 30 you think about the fire.
7 "'' "Nrlo-IonS ~ - inch guns on our
No. '"~tlr~' l. that an argument that
~ ~ ara defective IN CONSTRUCT lon'-
TIE "Splp-ions are not frsuu ent re-
r.r"1 no Admiral But our - inch
sIT- 49," wearing out and Congress won Z ,
r. 'r-.a'" money that NAV keep
-'9TUF IN hand or that We can replar. i
f-'h sben the limit Of their efficiency |
go HpU' reached. and We have 70 take ,
~ '~d rim" Ia the days OF the old cast :
No. guns - vas the practice 10 take one .
. "' up" and shoot II until !, was de- :
: E-d hrs was the only practical !
- In this way We were able 10 gaug"
''. er1s" J. 70 ~ such n gun which was
q ''F ~ rounds The new built NJ I
..- .-" ION expensive 70 be shot 20 dc
= on ~ they cost from forty to fifty
= be - much ~ the old cast iron type
o." 'hps no. able 70 tell exactly what
VI. 20 ~ The y inch gun IL. bur from
o.. a.'"r"" ! should calc'IIa'e II AZ some