The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-26
Says Bureau of Ordnance Has New IA Inch Gun That Is More Effective Than Those Used By Any Other Nation iii the World.
POINTS OUT SAVINGS
 or WILSON RE EGIME;
Armament is Greatly In- creased and Ships A.rs Tn Better Com itio1 Great A dvance iz nilng Opera tions and iii Stocking Up
 With War Munitions.

Washington, April 26 Secretary Daniels has made pubtsc let1er4 he. williams College detaiasng the work in the Nary dS1r1ng the last two years xES Dan1s1a wrote in reply 10 MT, Gar Gcldss request for material to meet Htatenne ents that the United States is epared for military eusx gencies. The letter fozl08vs
 tsThere are now in active service saIls cornzn aoneds aa6 vessel s Of all cna arters which is S6 more than were fully comm iEstcned When T be- came Secretary There arc also 1o1l vessels of various types in reserve and sn ordinary and uI1-c 1En4sSionea capable Of xendering service iIi War.. aa| |e un0er construction and a1-
 orfzed T7 vessels. g dreadnaughtss desHoveEs 38 submarines and aaas1i iiarles9 as eoznpe ed with 54 ses- aeIs areadnn,u gnts IA deatzroyers,l faries9 which were under consEu ion on March q 91 3=
 All She vessel enuueratees those ii active service nd those in reserve are sappf1A WttA nlunitaons of war. rz8 NAVY makes public the qua nttty of arnnlunati ton and toEpedosss mines and other hnpIemsnts Of naval esFfers9 which # keeps ready. It may be said hovsever that within the last two years the aaantitx cf aIl has been steadily and greatly increased. For ezarnpIe Wa have ncr eased che num- Of Fnanufm rtuzes by 24 per cent With reference Ao torpedoes, the incr eases in two years has been 90 per cent By the elaIaE genaent of the naval powder factory VIC shall soon be able almost to double dta former caIpaeitys { nd like the ecua aprna1zt or 8 plant to construct mines will akiI Eurther incrE ases at decreased cost the quantity nf such stock and the possession of thRses plants Tn times of emergency will en- able the Departu1en& to be in . better supply of 3 nElszzr ftions than sKsE be-
 he persoFEsaaI a1 9z1e Navy is at present. com posed cf 4sS55 Hnes staff and afzfcers and 53,d T listed mem Incteases in the num- Der of eETlcers is dependent aim ost en- tlre1y upon tlae output of the Naval
 isafon to WE5ch ts re 0y stat tute The nsaxr Sser Of cd men also is restrietsds and ths NAVY is to-day reer riiite q to taes xizraaTn strength q a1lovVed- There are now with the colors 5.824 more n1enan increase o1 12 per ce er1.-s- than there were on M Harch I. IA.
 Ty prof essfonaI trsfn ming as a jour nal1st has always inclined me to the conviction That ny officer vzirlIn the prescribed limits reeognized in the N Na- should feel free to express his opinaon iii regard to matters in the serv1ce and there is hot an officer who nonariands q ship to-day who could or HvuHld say that his ship, BftEIout or within. WAS not as good as itl was two years ago. or that the officers who eonauaand 1t and tlae CT ews who man it are not as thoron gklay disciplined. so- hers loyal and efficient as they were tzfo years ago or as they ever had been-
 he Atlantic Fl seet has Just return ed from aIa fa.1aa4 mo where It has for many years held it's annual winter praeffses This year more ba tlesnips and 1esfFoSers have participated in the rnanoeuvers and for a longer pe- rftsd han ever baFore
 nder he q lizseetion of A drnira1s Fletcher upon plans evolved at the Naval War College and approved by tize DepartzaenE the fleet has been husIea in tactics to try out it's ef7cfen- cy and readiness. All reports tell of the enthusiasm of officers and men in made by the ships. The fleet is now zn Tangier Sound and on the south-s ern Drill Grounds. where it will be busy in target practice until May when moves to New Y ork for a weeks 5Ee1l-earneds leave. Then will come t1le32 IG$s404F seE 1A or 1Cl1O9F- ed by nanoeuvers in Narraganset Bay region. and finally the review in Ham pton Roads prior to sailing throash the Panasfa Canal 10 the Pa ciac en route to ti1e Exposi tlon at San Francisco.
 close apon the heels 5f valuable ma aeeuvres and tactics fr october No-s rernber and DeceInb er last This sas indeed strenuous practice, but it . is the way the Navy is kept fit and ready and the new Admiral in corn- r1ent planned such extensive evo1t1- lions because the only way that the. Navy can De always prepared is by practice and practice and then more practIees This simple statement of the operations Of the fleet since Oeto- Der is one Of the best answers can aeive Co your questions as to the Ma zzyss preparedness The necessity of. keeping ships in Mexico last year de- Nied Admiral Badger che opportunity for as long practiee as he had wisely planneds but the sf1a6en call for the expedition to Vera Cruz demanded sslr15 exacted unusual service to which the fleet responded with an alacrity and readiness which amply 5ustify the se-sth as tha coustry that there exists today no more efficient Institution than the United States My. Some critics have said the efictency of the fleet whs reduced by reason of going to Vera Cruz To our regret, certain za1alaoeuvers and target practice Of val Ire were necessarily o1nIeted The emergency experience. however, of 8 ssar Of stress and strain was of far greater value in one important res pect than the we'll planned routine, because It gave demonstration of 4lae raadfness Of the Navy in every T1epmTtx1erts anoat and ashore to aS+< :. veaa aAoNn in adjusting itself to en-