New-York tribune., 1914-12-21
Facts IN Tribuuc's Expos
are Substantiated Before
House Committee
SONF ARR CONCEDED
EVEN BY DANIELS
Iack of Submarines and
Practice in ManTuyreS
and Gunnery Admitted.


Wftfnlf.. u.. 'n Within
Fortnight r.H ... ..a publication
OF f.. ..".'. '. exclusive
ifNUD exposing ''. '.'''.'h''' ''
fswrsfs... ..l rra.... D. iHr present
,I~r...arn. .' '.. NsIf IepaI P
n.ni srI f.. depreciation oft the sea-
.rhrrg ....r. r.cr .a'cmcn' Don mo 90
tfe.s. .s boon "..,.a.il ana ''
noris.... .lo'.a'..'.eH 'l .ne ''.
isrcs o. cfer.s oi tnr nav! OF com
-sni rams and 'n some instance.
.s8grge admitted nE The secretary
Of he nav. himself. H testimony be
bfe che >a.a. committee %. 'h'
House
The Tribune contenoed mat lne
Navy Department lacked coheren''
definite policy and inai i"o-Eeat m
urrupton Of the mon~uvres Of the bat
us fleet had retarded the training ol
oAcsrs and men in fleet. evolutlons'
The Tribune sia'ea 'ha' '"e SNO'.''' NV
fotIlla on the Atlantic coast hau o"i'
one underwater vessel i.' ior au'y III
recent manGuves; that neglect OF TAR
get practice during the last two years
had wrought havoc with 'he nav!
personnel, both in craftsmanship ana
the science Of gunnery; that Secre-
,ary Danicls's plan for the develop
ment OF floating university IoI '"'
instruction OF 'oal paS'''' '''u - 80.
IN the 'h'es
WIN Oi''''I T.I-,---... @-.1 -. .or~os,o,dence
" - -.,..a5 .h.4 tho civil bosd
'e ~. -. n-..-...o., ua, a.
0 '"' ,' -. ~ +hat
oou' WIN MS 1'' - -s;.a.;o, The
hrougn 's'A o- w, 90 .,,.a3. 40.
navy laeAeu s'' P''"
'elopnen' Ut '''O' 90 ..,5 e
ne H's' Si'i,'' - ~ - 7''.e ao.iua
'ne "es h'e'' ~ ,''' 'V
l's "eao''"eS ''NO a.
ONLY ONE l. :. SUBMARINE
FIT TO DEFEND OUR CoASl.
TRIBUNE lNNEoll0AlloN
SHOWS FOUR N 'OMMiSoloN
ON HOME ATLANTIC oEAboAhD.
MONTHS NEEDED ~ GEI
olhkks khAD> foh van. NIL
TAPE AND lNEttIOlbN'l Al
WASHINGTON DELAY KbFAlRS'
Roar Admiral Fletcher before the
Vor,. committee tostifod N practically
tho ssr,o facts bY, tho detailed testi-
n,rr of Cor,,arder Yates Stirling. jr..
,,-,r..,5... cha s,h,,ori,a Aotilla Of
h, Ar.r+;. ao,. co,fr,,od tho revela-
,;or, g., . r.~ NOR, ,,-snbic fashion.
Ano. 5,...,h;no tbo vorious aeci-
5.,,s % .,s .1r,o,,, of tho twelve
und.,.,os bos., or his immediate com
n.,3 Cor,r,.-4or s+;rlirc said.
aA,.ou-..;o5 DO ,bo +ordor Tono-
-, ..-oftbo ,sos tvne 7 took
,bs To- s,,-,s,.;ro. % Uamnton Roads.
The cond;,iore whom We left Newport
x,,o .b.. .,ro or tho eybnarines we're
/, ,.o-,,.li,. 80 .ord;+io, hut the
,,,o, -. -. 80 ,ho .ced condition
~ -. h....-;o. ooo15 not remsin
,,a.. -. 80 .5.n to, or sfteen
r',,...a, nos+
arL. .,r.,,.-,do,. -. ct;,e noe of tho
o,;.;.. ..at ,~sn,;co With sucb sbort
f,''0' ''''' - e -
soomerslons ohiy poSsIO'e was ol ''''ie
value, so that reduced our number 10
tvo O,c of the effective submarines
l., -. ....t.h.s+ cd hor
Asu OioAeh "ei ~ '''"'' "'U ~
motor bearings on her Journey South'
50 that left me with only one effective
submarine ut the time the maneuvres
we're scheduled 10 begin. The boat re-
naming 10 me had we'll trained crew
and batteries sufficiently effective 20
permit her 10 msnpuvrc submerged for
a. least three hours. All Of this re
n,...t 49, a.. ..,....,,i,. ;r cbicf who
S''''' 70 '"' 0o',''''" - -.
70 turn reported 10 10 'he Navy De-
psrtmert"
II. ,..,,4 t,s,s1r,crt Of The Trih-
....5
'fnes oca4I " ~" '',' ''''' '''00
"e's Of the battle Meet Tot active war
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