Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-03
rnr N,vy CONTROVERSY.


II would have bcon extraordinary
II Secretary Daniels letter 10 prcsl.
dent Garfield. Of Williams college. re.
abrdina tle preparedness Of the navy
mad not provoked reply from some
representative ~ The TAFT administers
tlon. Tor Mr. Daniels invited con-
trovcrey ~ making comparisons be-
tween his own record and that Of his
predecessor "a Office The Invitation
was promptly accepted hy former
Secretary Meyer and lively argu-
ment is now on.
n partisan politics could have been
kept out ~ tho discussion Il would
have been more conducive 70 q calm
and lnlclIIgent understanding Of the
VarionF points at issue between Mr.
Daniels and Mr. Meyer. No party has
monopoly on patriotism, and any
claim bs either tho democratic or
Tho republican organization that Il
IL aetnaiad by greater love of coun-
try Tran the other IL In the last de-
gree foolish, Tho whole question Is
one 81 prudent administration and
business Judgment into which no
aentimcntai considerations Of devo-
ton 20 tie ceuntrgs interests enter,
for II Is 10 be assumed that all clll.
gems ~ lntclligence and integrity are
equally aetuated bs patriotic impulses.
Secretary Daniels Claims that the
navy is today IN better condition
than II has ever been, and gives fg-
ares 10 prove his claim. Former Sec
retans Meyer takes issue with him
and asserts. among other things, that
to pat an the ships in commission
that would be useful Ia tium Of war
would require $4,000 additional men
Hnd many officers. that the efficiency
OF tie nHyy has hecn impaired by
Keeping many OF the hattlcships in
Mexiean waters longer than should
lave been done. preventing The hold
ina ef manensers that we arc build
Ing no fast cruisers or battle eruia-
ers. that IN size and range of guns we
are surpassed both BY Japan and
Greai Britain. and that we have not
enough aircraft, submarines Or sup
ply ships His severest arraignment
OF the present administration Of the
department is contained IA the nnal
paragraph of bis statement and Is as
follows
frhe difficulty In the admnistra-
linn az the navy IL the present mo-
mcni ia due 10 the fact that the or
saniautlon ia force for four years
founded on plan 10 a great extent
ihe outcome Of Admiral Mahan's
idpaa. has been disrupted ana diaor-
ganigcd Without consulting experts,
and nothing has been pHt ia It's place.
imaglne q new railroad president res
MOVING division heads without replac-
ing Thorn aud expecting the operation
~ tFp entire railroad system to he
continued with efficiency economy
nnd Dispatch The icgt Of i naval orr
sanitation rencs Whom, in an emer-
nfncS II can pass smoothly from Ii
poase tu % war basis ~ the present
condition nf the organization Ii could
not ht accomplished without The
greatest confusion. and congestion. IL
ms modification ~ the NAYS and with
possibility Of very erNNe e0nse-
puepcea % the discredit az the eoun-
Tx
u 81 on ihis charge that Secretary
naniels win Do iudsed hy the eoun-
as The bllding OF new ships "a a
mntter which argeB ia the con.
trel of congress The management Of
those thai are already built Is the
ital concern that IS ii the hands Of
the secretary Of ne navy. ana & il
me charge that az has been disor.
ganislng and demoraNzins Influence
"a the navy that Mr. Daniels 80 RAJ
has failed squareS TO meet
The Htoaent controversy viii az
good, 70 il win plYe the people 81
he country accurate information Of
: subject that Is ~ thc utmost im.
porsanee 20 the welfare 81 the ma.
ten
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