Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-12-08
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
FOR GREATER NAVY.
Always Looked 20 Il as Our First and
Chief Line o. Defense.

The program which WITT Dee iald he
fore You by tlIc secretary of the navy
Is similarly conceived u Involves only
a shor'enug of the time within which
plans long m1iurcd shall Dee carried
ont. but n dop- make definite and tx.
plelt ptO.ram which has heretofore
been only implicit hell iu lhe minds of
the committee, 600 uHpi affairs ana
disclosed M 'hp debates of The two
houses. hu' nowhere formulated cot Tor
mnly adopted o. seems 20 me- very
clear that 90 Wlu br t' thn advantage
or the count. ur tuu usu-rr,. 20 adopt
"a eomprri ru-.Fo plan Cor putting the
navy upon % WuI' luuNu- OF strength
aud efficiency and n press that plan
to completion within the next i've
years We have AWAY. looked Co tho
navy of tbc country a, our ursi aud
chief lime Of defense. 500 have always
seen 80 to hr our manifest course "i
prudence to be strong on the sens
Year by soar vs., have been creating
navy which now ranks very h-h iu
deed among the uaEirs ~ the maritime
nations We should now dcuu'o'v a"
tcrmuo how We shall complete what
vr have hoIun and how soon
Tho program 20 ho hd before Won
contcmp'lfes tho construction within
fyo yelrs ~ ton llfiI'e1ps SIS battle
cruisers 'en se1U' cruisers. my DO
strDyers. fifteen feet Submarines
eighty Eve coast submarines. four gun
boats. ono hospital ship. tvo awuun'
flou ships. tup fI"l oII ships nuj ono
repair ship u is proposed iha' ~ this
uumlpr ve shall the % .,t ypar provide
f1r tho CONSTRUCTION ~ two hsfi'o-hius
two battle cniisrrs. three scout cruisers
fftern dc.'rnycrs. dfn feet submarines,
twcN'r Nrr cr19t Submarines. $50 gun
bua's and ono hospital ship. tho second
ss1r t"o hlffieshp- "ur s0uut cruiser
ton dcgFnrcrs. FOUR fret Submarines
fifteen coast submarines uu" .I1h11'
mud ono fur oU Ship 'Hn tn. wear
Two l7tIicsh.ns ono battle ru...r two
scout .fu .rrs tive dr-'r0fcrs. '.r' foot
submarines ard fnr.u ro1V sHHmn
rucs. tHe fourth frrr tvo .'Hsh'us
tr0 battle cruisers. fup scout .ruI~cr'
Pom dcsuyers two ncrt submarines
lftccu rrlsf go ua-uos. ONO rWmuu
ZION Sol. nud ono fIr COIL shin. and
/ fhr H0b ,rar two NfflIrsHIps nur hI'
dc cruiser. trY scout cruisers f.u DO
strorcrs trl fcet submarine. fftrrY
/ c0ast suhHarues oHr -uu0a' .Hn 1u
/ ulll.uu Sod, AMI .r. repair -..
Tho SECRETARY ~ fIr rlfF q. ..klu.
I also for ihc Immediate addition ta ihr
personnel - Goo navy ~ 1-n' .1irr-
,-01 apprentice scamou aud -'n 900
+ r'urs This Increase would sIf
. .rnt o. .8rt flr fhr .HIp- which arr
/ f1 loo Completed v'fh.u f.r u.a' reI'
/ 1919 nnI rIep fu- tHc rWhsr .' mon
! which nusf be rut iu training fH man
/ tHr sl'us vh % ViN lr ..HH'r''u
I rar'v Go 1918 lt lsB'.p necessary tlH'
/ mo number ~ mil,lipmel 90 fHr "a
,a. academy lt Annapolis sU'Hl h'
Increased bv ~ le1st 30 in order chat
[ ihc force ~ ofieers should boz mDr.
rspilly added to. 1nl authority s ask
- o. appoint ~ cug.uerr.H- duties
only. approved graduate. of engineer
ing colleges. ana for srrri.e .l fhe ayi
rfiou corns certain number - mer
taken from rlrH life
n thls fuil program .hHu'd D. carrie,
out We should have hu1t or building ~
1907 according a. th. estimates ~ sur
rirsf md standards - Classification
followed bt tho gcuersl board - ih'