The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-12-16
THE NAVAL PROGRAM.

The program Of the navy department for condera
during the present session disappointing considerable
portion navy who have hoped for recommendation
one possibly battle cruisers. For several years past
considerable of the total displacement TO their
hgpeed cruisers of moderate protection the United
concentrating its efforts the upbudng of
heet of battleshipa pure and simple
in through the fighting strength of the
Navy for representative OF the muchalkedof class OF battle
cruisers Of which the British German and japanese naves have
remarkable representatives The section of officers who
the addition of this type service received much
exSccretay of the Navy Meyer who upon
during his office the necessity for baecuers to
supplement battle feet if to keep abreast of naval
The bateruser has been built by these Powers recognition
of the of speed of the factors which make the
ships which for foreign
navs evident that the Powers which them believe that
they will play important the tactics and strategy of future
naval warfare No doubt they will and in the of Power which
stands ready make liberal appropriations sufficient to the
annual drawn up by its naval advisers would be good
policy make appropriations include number
of these vessels in each annual budget
In the United States however it has always been difficult
from congress appropriations commensurate with evern
as WouPo"er mas o upon u III view ol tns one act ana ne
ing strong the conviction that the final strength in naval
clash have consistently followed the policy of putting the
Of the displacement of into ships of the first class
powerfully armed therefore capable of holding their
battle and of giving and taking the hard blows of decisive
gagement on the high
the time commenced in the early eighties rebuild
modern lines have followed the traditional policy of this
country of mounting ships batteries that considerably
by ships
Thus although first three battehps the Oregon Indiana and
Massachusetts had moderate displacement of only 10000 they
carried heavier ordnance than conmporaneous British ships of
three or four thousand tons greater displacement.
And furthermore throughout all the subsequent construction
that date ships date for date have carried heavier
and have had greater protection than the ships of other
The Oregon displacement of 10000 carried four
l3nch and eight Snc four 4nch rapid rers
four Pinch and twelve 6nch mounted the British FOmd
able of 10000 displacement Again the Connecticut 1904
with four Pinch eight sinch and twelve 7nch dis
placement of 5000 compared with the four Pinch and
four 92nc and 6nch carried by the British Dominion with
. 1880 tons displacement
Today holding the relative position but with the diff
that baths and the heavier
The Nevada nearing completion has 25OO tons displacement
Ying ten 4nch and wentyone 5nch and armored with
thirteen to eighteen inches of krupp steel powerful ship
than the British Orion mounting 35nch and sixteen 4nch
from to twelve inches thickness The
quality of baeshp fleet excellent but it numbers
that deficient In the spring of the present year Brit
had wentynne ships of the readnough class built and build
with five projected and Germany had ships under
strucon commission against thirteen for navy
If had not been parsmonous the of appopra
tons would have fifteen such ships
cutting out in two ship from moderate
of two capital ships ships below
standard OF naval strength.