The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-24
SERIES OF NAVAL
BASES NECESSARY
Also Military Magazines for the
Storage Of the Usual
Supplies.
ARMY AND NAVY DEPOTS
BOTH COASTS AND THE GULF
EMBRACED.
ny SIDNEY EsPEY.

washington. July IA series Of
naval bases and military magazines
for the storage OF supplies for the
army. from Maine. around tire gulf
states and up the Pacific coast 70
Puget Sound. IL one OF the few plans
that will be worked out in The fu-
ture by the war and navy departments.
ID 20 the present time military stores
OF all kinds have been Kept In
arsenals located throughout the states
north Of the Mason-Dixon line. while
naval bases following tho coasts are
generally situated IN what has become
known as the north
Since the civil war. military stores
Of all kinds have never been located
IN southern territory, nor is there
naval base from Newport News. Va,
20 Galveston. Tex. with the exception
OF coaling stations at Pensacola and
Key West. Fla Through a general
reorganization scheme. however.
which az yet has not even reached
tentative plans, n system Of naval
bases and arsenals will eventually
wind thcms, ives from the northern
most port OF the United states In
Maine. on tn Atlantic side 90 Calves
ton. Tex. and from Puget Sound 10
Los Angeles. Cal, on the Pacific.
Naval officers. IN discussing the new
propaganda Of the departments. do
not believe that sectional feeling has
IN any way entered into n prohibit
ITO Of locating bases in the south. 10
s. pointed out that very few south
err cities offer facilities or sufficient
depth Go permit Of easy access 10 the
big battleships now being used by the
navy. or OF the procurement Of skilled
laborers. Charlcstown. Pensacola.
Mobile. New Orleans and Galveston
ere each cited as examples OF cities
whose harbOrs are not Of the required
depth Go permit OF ship evolution.
Base Now Necessary.
SIR the interests. however. Of the
Unit. states In both. Central and
SoutL -1erica have attained such
Import the ACCESSIBILITY Of cstab-
fishing modern naval base I'm some
or the southern states. has been
deemed necessary Pensacola. which
has the best harbor I'm the gulf. Il Is
said. will be one Of the first cities 20
have n naval station. a coalinE sta
ton e. located there now. As Ameri-
car commercial interests spread I'm the
will follow suit. and as naval bases
will be established. The army. too.
will follow suit and as naval bases
are established. % is the intention 90
locate an arsenal at the same place
capable Of holding enough munitions
OF war 20 supply troops quickly who
happen 90 be called out OF the country.
Al present the navy department has
obtained through purchase and by
courtesy the privileges OF coalinF sta
fioue and NAVAL bases IN some IN the
Genital and South American seaboard
countries. In Cuba. the navy has n
base at Guantanamo. equipped with
docking facilities and n repair shop.
and I'm other points coaling stations
have been located. The difficulty
there. however. g. the same that has
been generally experienced in the
Eouth-thc lack Of skilled laborers. n
follows. however. according TO Secrc-
fary OF the Navy Meyer. that NJ n
naval base is located I'm the south.
plenty 81 skilled laborcrs as well rs
unskillcd laborcrs will be easily OBJ
tainable.
Needs Aid OF Navy.
The building Of the Panama canal
while 10 will be fortified by the army.
needs the aid OF the navy. it is said.