The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-05
sEGREIlRT DANIELS
E|lAGIs IFE IBEACY
Naval Journal Takes Cabinet Of.
ficer To Task For Some
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\ NEW YORK, December II. Charging
that Secretary Daniels in his Official acts
and utteranees fails to realize that he IL
the manager Of a great Industrial coni
cerA and does not know that the great
plant Of which be is the head WAS meant
tor produce battls efficiency, the DeceIii-
Der isnle OF The Navy comments as
follows II sl,ti7 ti',ut Nc l'i,s
sy'sAttention 20 the inasy's byeproducts
has certainly commanded an undue part
ofiihis (the Secretary,s) attention. He
l.freqidhtly appears 60 written and spoken
sttftcments anl1 newspaper interviews ~
which he dwells upon the swalue of the
navy Ms a great national university. This
COURSE may have popdiafized THE navy
and the Secretary before the.ecountry,
hut it has added nothing to,the fighting
efliciencyaof the navy The men who are
In the navy did not enlist to 20 to
school; many Joined possibly because they
did not want to go to school or because
they were ill-fitted to the school life.
This compulsory schooling has been d
cause of discomfort among the enlisted
men and initiates seriously against EN-
cheney. 1. 'sI s.s r. = =.
aMr Daniels has himself flown in
the fact cof al established principles
OF discipline, military, naval, or any
other sort, BY encouraging enlisted men
to communicate direct with the Seere-
tafy OF the Navy instead Of through the
regular channels. He has carried this
same idea into the civil establishments
of. the navy yards He has directed in
a particular case that q navy yard work
man, reported with other men for an i'm
fraction OF the rules, be not disciplmes
| until the conduct Of this particular man
be brought to the secretary's own atten.
| ton. tI '.N ~ 50
Another instance supporting this same
idea Is that of the appointment by the
Secretary of q certain North Carolinian to
a position in the navy after medical OFF
GERS had pronounced him unfit. a.r ~
"Mr. Daniels supervision Of details
has extended to matters remote from
general efficiency, which at first may
seem petty, but which in the aggregate
have % considerable influence upon gen
eral efficiency ia so far as the content
ment OF the individual Is concerned. For
instance, ne has discouraged, IL not net,
ually prohibited, the purchase of certain
proprietary articles for sale in the com
missafy store aboard ship. His theory
prevents certain dealers from enjoying
an undue share of patronage. phe act.
uni result has been to keep from the
commissary store certain proprietary ar.
tieles, such sAs particular brands Of smok-
ing tobacco, TO which the men have long
been accustomed. NO.. q
L ~ As this paragraph Is being written
4 1t is reported, that Mr.. Daniels has exi
| tended the period Of training at the
ttfaihing stations by,"two months, with
the purpose of giving the apprentices a
further academic training. II this add
ed period were for naval training wei
! and good, provided that It Is necessary
for that purpose, but Il appears TO be
4 nothing more or less than an attempt
TO increase the by-produet at the ex.
pense' Of the real product for which the
navy is established and maintained.
4 Meantime how does battle efficiency
farei Fleet maneuyers and target prae
tice have been ut q minimum for the
last two years. 1t has been replied
when this criticism has been made be
4 fore, that 1t has been NECESSARY 10 keeI
the feet in Mexican waters, but thu
heavier ships have been there but 3
comparatively short time, although il hal
been all too long, for during most o.
the time they have been doing the du
| ties which should properly be allottet
to gunb0ats and cruisers.
"The fact remains that through tbi
policy, If it be a policy, or through !
mistaken view of the necessities Of th,
case. il has resulted that on October 4!
Of this year eight battleships had no
held divisional target practice since TIL
autumn Of i9i2, and another consider
able part of the feet had not held divl
, sional practice since the spring OF 1912
while another considerable and large
portion, including some Of those men
tionod above, had not, held day indiyidna
practice since the spring Of 1918. Mean
, while feet maneuyers The necessary nc
companiment Of feet target praetic,
haVe been neglected ~ a-8YE VI.