Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-20
.SUBMAR|NESNOT
YET PARAMOUNT
IN IMPORTANCE
BaltIeships Still Have First
Place, According to Secfe-
tay Daniels and His Expert
Assistants,


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SIN hold their place az the paramount
factor IN warfare on The sea. III the
opinion Of eontrolline American naval
authorities desplte the remarkable
effectiveness Of submarines demon
Mrnted since the European war be
Kan
The general board OF The navy Is 80
much Interested In the renl tests that
are now going On nbroad however
TINT II VIII withhold iis recommends
tiuns as 10 the naval needs OF the
United Stntes during the coming year
~ long ar possible and secretary Dan
iels viii moi prepare his report 20 con
gtae until late next month
IN an official settlement Issued to-
night Mf. Daniels mid
iiaitIeships Paramount.
while the submarine il a most Of
fcctiNe defensive weapon ana has
great possibilities of marked develop
mcnt ia the future ns an offensive
weapon, Il Is not believed that sub
/ marines in their present state Of de-
velopmeni will decide any naval war.
bat that the paramount need Of the
prcFent-day navy IS for battluships BY
which the ultimate test Of strength
will be decided
The statement followed the publi-
cation Of an article by an anonymous
naval expert who criticised the Ameri-
cnn navy As woefuliy unprepared for
war. Tho secretary, defending the or
eanlzation Of the navy and ~ pnrtic-
uiar the general board which he said
CONSTITUTES la effect general staff +
said.
The permanent detail Of our first
naval officer, Admiral Dewey as It's
president. inaurca Il continuing policy
in les recommendation
Discussing The strength Of the
American navy IN the submarines, The
secretary said
our Submarine Fleet
"When the relative sizes Of the
fleets Of tho great naval nations are
considered u viii he seen that the
United States Possesses a submarine
flotlln relatively and actually very
powerful cngland's fleet Is more
than twice ns large as that of this
country. vet she has bat little more
than bali AS many submarines
France has considerably larger sub
marine fleet than ours. with a smaller
navy. but she has IN the past taken
the loud IN submarine building ana
this lead England has overcome, and
We are on that road Germany. With
IL more powerful fleet than ours has
many less submarines, and Japan
with "a fleet approaching ours In
strength. has only half az many sub
marines
Needed for Coasi Defense.
III il true that tho conditions are
moi an equal and requirement for
submarine strength cannot be based
entirely on fleet strength. HarhOrs
and caaa,s 90 10 defended must be
considered and the United states with
long coast lines and many harbors,
may need rather more than q proper
tomato number Of submarines
"As fnr az the submarines are con
ecrnod II b. believed ours are on a
par with any IN the world The de-
yclopment of our types has been log
icni and IN each new type the ideas
and comments of The officers and
men who operate the submarines IN
scfVice have been considered. Ia the
appropriation made by the last con
gresa two types for tho first time
were included
rwo Types OF Vessels.
one Of high surface speed, 60 ae-
company tho fleet and one for coast
and hurbor defense In the building
OF two such distinct types We are in
accord with what foreign countries
are doing and submarine flotllas IN
tho mmre VIII be probably composed
OF vessels ~ these two types
in general, then. It may be said
that our submarines themselves are
the oqunl of any. and Ia point Of
numbers we compare most favurahly
with foreign nations However. the inn
purtauce 81 submarines rs undoubtedly
being shown at the present time and
rapidly as the submarine fiotllas of
sumo countries notahly England, have
been built. this pace viii probably he
increased For many reasons We
should undoubtedly them keep W
ana Increase our suhmarine strength.
huildlne submarines not only To- de-
frna our long COASTS hut TO accom-
panN the fleet Congress in Nppro-
piiating for twelve In the last two
years rs following out this iden and
with the navy department and con
eress both whiking hard toward an
adequate submarine fleet i Is he-
lirVed that our concurrent progress