Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-01-05

I
Officers in the marine corps and the
promotion OF 10 non-commissioned
I officers
Naval Reserve Plan Favored.
The administration provision 10 ere
ate a naval reserve designed to ul.i-
mately produce reserve of $4,000
former men Of the navy was adopted
without amendment.
4 Lack OF coordination between the
/ navy department the Atlantic fleet
and congress is charged by Rear Ad-
miral Austin NJ. Knight. in charge of
the naval war college. In a report dat
ed at Newport. December 6, and en-
bodied In the revised record of naval
bin hearings made public today by the
committee Admiral Knight was one
Of the officers whom Representative
Ilohson. of Alabama, yainly sought TO
have called to testify before the COM
mlttee. His statement was brought
out by teiegrams sent by Secretary
Daniels to Admiral knight and 10
Rear Admiral Fletcher, commanding
the Atlantic fleet asking whether |
there Is lack OF coordination in the |
administration OF the Atlantic fleet |
and what the naval war college says |
II should accomplished"
While Admiral Fletcher reported /
the same day from New York that /
he knew of no lack of coordination I
at the present time and believed that +
the present coordination meets with /
the war colleges full approval" Adj
miral knight made this statement
Coordination Il Lacking.
The war college believes that lack
of coordination does exist In the 4
fleet; between the navy department +
and the fleet; and between the navy Il
department. the fleet and congress. 4
The college does not regard this as
new situation. although it happens to
be at this moment unusually acute.
The remedy rests partly with the
fleet, where everything that can be
done already is In preparation: partly /
with the department. whore plans IL
ready have been formulated for moro
extensive maneuvers than ever be-
fore, and chiefly with congress whore
there already is pending a bill for Il
council of national defense which
more than all other agencies com
bined would make for a coordination |
of all the government agencies. MANY
of which tie FAR outside the fields of |
The navy and the navy department"
ADMIRAL knight cited the diversion |
of battleshins and torpedo craft 60
uses widely different from that for
which they exist with resulting in
terrupttun Of preparation for battle |
and the breaking down OF efficiency
He said this was In many cases the re-
suit Of lack of cruisers and gunboats.
Naval Appropriations.
Among other data just added to the
report Of the hearing is statement
Df naval expenditures for the current /
fiscal year showing that while the
United states appropriated Sl4,S72,4S0 i
Great Britain appropriated s260. .00e, II
poe. Germany tApril to March, Sll4,- II
200 600, France (January TO Decem-
oerl SlgA0eo, eco; Russia (January to
Decemberl Sl29.000.0 zoo; Japan (April |
% Marehl sos. .000, 600: Italy tJuly II
10 June 3p1 S57 zoe. .000 Total appro-
nlistlons on account OF the navy IN
hs country from 1894 10 1914 in
elusive, were shown To aggregate S8,-
l1l,ffesass
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