The herald., 1911-12-14
OUR CLAIMS FOR REOPENING STATION

The following resolutions succeeding article
prepared the present session
fight be made for the eopenng
resolutions adopted unanimously
Association its meeting Monday night and
through the Mayor who recently had MI
Pad of Tennessee Committee of the House
and who requested that ne
bearing claims for its reOenns The Council acting upon
Mayors these printed and extensively circulated
constituting case" n important contest
resolutions follow:
Whereas The Secretary the Navy 1871 just
submitted to the recommendation made in his report
authority his department move the Dry DOCK
the New Naval other locality; and
Whereas the Secretary why said station should
be those on page 81 OF the 1910 report
ares by follows:
lies about 100 miles 5 16e M T a a
500 tons displacement buildings and excellent
5 % hg5 water or food of the Navy
machine tools from being flooded Its position up the river is @
aT on of the danger of the Passes being
Whereas Said Secretary for Cor
the danger Of this paragraph in
which on page 49, where he says
THE Gulf entranceFlOda strait commanded
by Key West and the IaeaaR paSsag at @ M a y o suaded
cruisers prevent ys or attacks on the Gn coast 0y
syeT penetrate the Gulf Caribbean has
beend
Whereas Said Secretary in this reference to
the Pensacola Yard in possibility of
getting into the had just said
d easily keep them out when Pensacola Bay
probably vessels in spite OF the
tons at that place" quickly cons this statement in his
prediction of big Gulf while they are
bombarded which latter contradiction appears
page and follows
by feet in the Car
n can n e ad q csr S@ may be
that time war the Sss h G O material T De- and the probable
points from which our troops Tb carean @ may be required
Whereas The purposey located 100
miles the Mississippi river by two emden Boards OF Experts e
and because they naturally assumed that
denses the shape OF Floating Batteries then ALREADY ~
mated and In ns th b If this nations greatest river TO
Secretary lightly
passing the OF the supplies he nee
less promises us be furnishe Gulf and,
the War Depar
these floating mperavey not only to protect
the great government works the
all circumstances which protection and
realize that this river national highway o
soy this is sufficient for
mpeave essential to the up
keep of said vessels; and,
whereas which author
lied building the advice and recon-
eminent experts mentioned which plant o the
and because of the further reason that no forts or lana
utilized the present
national defense will consent said
secretarys request based as is upon tne unsupported
of the great Mississippi Valley will be
in of even probable war; Therefore be 1t
Resolved by Association That deprecae
evident lack of prudence peumng reverse policy
course u ire cmuleton and which is shown in letters
this stating that the enses for the
t .o would carried ont de this whole Mississippi river pro-
c The Lakes
Waterway and various other kindred measures and be
further
Resolved
said repor-nso least refers to
Channel as being some
miles wide which of itself
his whole argumen argument can be cad-we desire
whole connection
work to and then officially
selfsustaining
resolved That call Senators and Representa-
different
Representatives the assist
Mississippi Valley with only
attitude this official and his advisers but
America, valuable the national defense
THE NEW ORLEANS NAVAL
STATION AS AN INDISPENSABLE