Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-16
CONGRESS GIVES
| STRONG SUPPORT
|TONAVY PROGRAM
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lied in the, two naval appropriation
bills an entire division of FIVE dread
noughts which viii each cost in the
neighborhood of fifteen million dol
lars: three, = sea-going submarines
which will cost $4,000 each: %
submarines which will cost about $500.
900 each; II torpedo boat destroyers
averaging In cost about $50. eco each,
and a4fuel ship to cost 81. 00oS08e The
total appropriation for increase Of the
navy. authorized by y the Sixty third
Congress is Sc, ~ 5.5S5,; showing an
increase q over the sixty-seeond Con-
gress by thes sixtythfrd Congress Of
f30. 250,4 1850, for; additional ships for
the. navy 40 this sshould be added
$L000y e00 for ayiati0n and $500 600 for
Submarines reappropriated from saw.
ings effected in expenditures ashore
oven the ns last z. fiscal a yearsutf. This
81 SOC, 0eH Faf moReysnr Foprfated
bye reason i7cf economies effected
should aibe addedr;toF thee $50. III, 58Ii
making &S'7 1853 l. for eeM construct
tiDn.Er ~, adtteG to .thE $50 iiasji3t ]
mThA real progress rhattwill be made.
bythe navy as a result Of its liberal
and d lltgent re treatment by this
congress cannot be, expressed by dol
lars and centa! AIiyaperson or any
Congress can! spend money hut no
other Congress has gone so, far to see
that its appropriation ;twas applied
where most vitality needed and with
out regard to merely political consid
-, - rs,,o .,,f1,f;,o q haaA hx,oSS eth
ordinated to the battle feet and its
efficiency. The haphazard and some
times prodigal appropriations OF
previous Congresses for unnecessarily
costly. buildt .gs at navy yards, which
has been so Justly criticized by form
er. Secretary. OF the Navy Meyer in
the public press, has been done away
with. Expenditures ashore have been
reduced to an absolute minimum and
in this connection it is pleasant to
record the cheerful cooperation of the
Democratic, members of Congress
from navy yard districts who have
periodically risen to the occasion and
acquiesced in the desire Of
the department to first of all increase
the strength and efficiency of the
feet. OF perhaps even greater, event. |
ial importance than the mere physi- |
cal additions to the feet are the steps,
which have been taken towards in.
the personnel and modern
Izing the military organization of the
navy The 'Pluckingt Board" which |
had outlivedr Its usefulness, has been
abolished and system of promotion
10. take its place i'll be one of the |
irst things taken up by the new Con. |
gress when 1T assemblies. a. ~
ccnnparison aof Estimates land Apprc.
.ifE >: - . = Z si
A eomnaslso 4of the provisions OF
he bill sNithst the recommendation in
he annual report of the secretary of |
he navy for the fiscal year 1914; and
he accompanying estimates for the
iscal year 1915-I6. shows how closely |
Congress followed the thought and
reasoning OF this report The building I
,rogram recommended by the secre-
airy. was: "a y@9szfi -. - = - 2 s'Fa&-:
q dreadnoHghts. ~ u SCI
6 destroyefs. ~ ..:.,...
5 submarines or more; / to be OF
.eagoing. and z or more of coast de-
ense type with supplementary /
recommendation for larger increase
q submarine craft "appropriating Il
therefor without reducing \
he appropriation for other classes, !"
nd $1,000 for aviation.)
! gunboat .....,~ TX : ~. -.
4 oiler. - ~ =.
The building program passed by
congress is as follows.
dreadnoughts. 4 ....' -
destroyers.. -r.>.. 80
seagoing submarines, a., III
316 smaller Submarines. ,ss,sEs- -. III
! L oiien 81 ,,e .,ssss,tste - III
/ million dollars for aviation. -
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