Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-25

 sand words long. in which he said
 "Our system of government deh nitely provides for a civilian head of | the navy Absolute control of the navy by 8 military head or by a general staff composed of naval officers sole ly is contrary tc the spirit of our in- stiutOins While no general staff eX ists. there is a definite organization . of an the work of the navy. and a | permanent position in this organiza | ton Is assigned to the General Board !. of the Navy By reason of the off | cial positions of certain cf It's mem | bers and by reason of the duties as- sirned. the General Board constitutes in effect a general staff and Che per manent detail of our first naval off cer. Admiral Dewey. as its President. insures continuing policy in it's rec. concentrations "The General Board, after a care ml study. submits each year Co Che Secretary of the Navy what in thc boards opinion snou-d se the number and type Cf vessels to be built Since 1900 the General Board fthe Navy has furnished consistent and com tinuine program: it has fully recog- nized the importance of destroyers au4 submarines it has since 1907 con sisteutlv advocated the policy of four desuoyers for each batteship, it has annually recommended additional sub marines and tenders for submarines in the proportion of one tender Co six submarines and tenders to destroyers in the proportion ol one tender to sixteen desroyers.
 Because of his intimate knowledge of the policy of the Administration, demands of other departm nts Of the Government and the condition of the countrys finances. it has not been possible for the Secretary of tne Navy Co adopt in toto the General Boards recommendations nor has 1t been pos sibla for Congress to provide always the vessels which the Secretary has recommended.
 There are many opinions of course. as Co what constitutes aa ad Quate navy and the proportion of vessels of cue type or another The ultimate de- cision as to how many vessels, how many of each type. shall be provided rests with Congress Neither the Sec retary nor the General Board deter mines upon appropriations for the navy, which matter is entirely iu the hands of Congress. the court of last resort in expressing the desires of thI people Having at hand the Secretary of Che Navv's recommendation. and understanding the counrys policy the state of the countrys finances, an, the relative proportion ol such dnau ces available for naval purposes. Cen gress authorizes the numbers an, types of vessels that iu it's opinion best answers the Countrys needs Ii 1912 Congress appropriated for sir gle battleship. Again iu 1913 tougres appropriated for a single batteshiI Realizing the importance Of battle ship construction and view of tI economies instituted by the Secretar of the Navy, it was possible for Col gregs. in 1914, to provide for tw battleships. by which the ulumat test of strength will be decided TT, day, in the number of submarines, th United States Navy stands thir among the nayies of the world am in the proportion of submarines to ye. sels of other types is exceeded onl by one navy, that of France.
 "Considering the number of submi rinos in our navy and tho principal fol eigu ravies. we Gnd that England Ina flee. og about 75 in service an probaly g building Germany, 2i service and or more building; Franc 67 in service and or more building Japan. 15 in service and 2, and poss ly more. building while in the Unite states Navy we have 36 in service building. and about to be contracta for These figures may be mOdih5 somewhat at present for in son of thee countries submarines wei building for other powers at the con mencement of tho war. and these ye sels have undoubtedly been taken ov' as part of the respective navies, Fu mer since submarine matters are co sidereC secret, the figures of yesse building are guarded and may not exactly correct. However looking oF the above figures. we find that, roue ly. there are built or building for q various navies: England. S4i Franc 76: United States 5l Germany and Japan IT,
 "Suhmarines form simply o bianch of navy, and should. thr' fore. other conditions being eQu form proportional part of 'le When the relative sizes Q fthe ilee of the great nations enumerated abo are considered 1t will be seen that { United States possesses a submari noiua relatively and actually Ye powerful Englands fleet is more th as great as that Of this country , she has but little more than hall
 many more submarines. France has considerably larger submarine fl' than CUTS, with a smaller navy, ! she has in the past taken the le in submarine building and this le England has overcome and we are
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