The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-29

arisen a feeling OF uncertaln'. q ~
uhat is to come. It is "a
disinterested citizen far removed ~
navaI Influences and a knowledge OIL
49, laval service would fail TO com
mend most OF what Mr.. Danieis haS
done Yet naval officers are con-
demning him. and there is a stfohs
current of opinion both In ana ~. "
the service that he is making SUING
mistakes OF judgment
Officers Think Him Extremist
The general criticism OF what MT.
Daniels has done is that he tnciines 10
extremes and has attempted TO carry
Ia good thing too far. Naval OfncerS
that the Secretary has ap-
parently come into office with the con
Iyiction that all that was done IN pre-
yious administrations must nave peeh
wrong and that the navy mas Deen go
ing TO rot While waiting for q Demo
cratic administration to take hold or
It and make it what it should be. so
far has this feeling gone that men
most friendly to the new secretary ue-
clare thai he is in grave Danger OF
alternating the support Of those VINO
have been most willing to cooperate
with him in what he has tried 10 40.
Take the POtts-AndreWS cases.
Sound as is the principle Of requiring
sea service of all officers, in the Two
cases mentioned it was applied With
out an hours notice. The two OmceIs
became the victims of the previous ad-
ministration Mr.. Danielss predeces-
sor had the same control over these
officers as he has exercised, n ne
chose to detail them to assist him at
the Navy Department.; h officers
themselves had no choice.
Vas Justice one Potts?
Yet both lost their promotion for a
time, with the result that n OF them.
captain Potts, was cOmpulSOrily re-
tired by the plucking board, on July l.
Had he been given his
when it was due he would nave been
beyond the reach of the pluck1ng
board. 1t has since developed that the
plucking board inquired if they were
to consider Captain Potts as a captain
or as practically an admiral. Know
ing the reason for their query, Secre-
. tary Daniels replied that they must
} regard him as a captain, and thus IN
a measure at least he signed the war
rant for the termination Of Captain
lPotts'S naval career. Yet both men
are universally known as most capable
: and efficient officers.
The case of the attack upon the
: steel firms bidding on naV contracts
t is another instance cited. The system
of which Mr.. Daniels complains was
: built up by the Navy Department in
! tWCllly yGdlo SAPS1 lC0SC Will otSC
d makers. Yet Mr.. Daniels proposed tG
e make the steel companies pay tht
penalty for following the system thrus
s upon them by the Department itsel1
t under both Republican and Demo
q cratic administrations Naval officer:
pronounced the scheme of a Govern
lment steel plant as one involving pro
hibitive expense both for initial con
IS struction and for maintenance AM
d operation
8. His Policies Resented.
II But Secretary Daniels, idea for tn
10 the better instruction OF enlisted me-
er in the W is the feature of which tn
IN incidentally, has aroused the most re
ID sentiment among naval officers. Tn
t Secretary has declared that the nav
lg has not been making good on it
at promises to the young men it has en-
Sc listed in the service; that they hav
70 mo had the opportunities to lear
trades that were promised to them.
n To this naval officers have reptile
In that such Is not the case, that ever
young man who really wants to lear
INC who wants to advance can do 8
IL and that he will find the officers gla
e TO help him. In response to the Sec
ey retary's insistence hat the Office
e. should give up more time to instruc,
ing young men in duties not in lr
uioA WOIh Ou DO1TO Snl
OF ofhcers have pointed to the schedu'
p OF daily routine required and HAY
ng inquired wherefrom the addition;
x time required is to come.
ny Inere Is g reason for all these q,
Ipartures Of Secretary Daniels from II
=; pain which the men who have give
M tneir lives to the navy had expecte
'eT that he, like other Secretaries. WOW,
,es follow. Those who were deceive
ne overlooked the personality, the trai,
re ing and associations of this newe
secretary OF the Navy in making the
~ calculations as to what he would do.
ne A Pupil of Bryan.
one has accomplished half Of +,
task in ascertaining the influences III
nave SNAPPED Mr.. Daniels's words ar
IT. oeeds when one takes into account I,
eo 1act that Josephus Daniels is a wo
~ shipper at the shrine Of William .Je,
nlgs Bryan. who occupies an Once
No - same building with the Navy D
IPartment. There is between n
Bryan and Mr.. Daniels the relate