The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09
WILSON TO GET ALL
HE ASKED DANIELS
Tells Southern Society Here
Congress Will Favor New
Naval Programme.
NAVY FULLY RECRUITED

Editor Josephus Daniels OF Raleigh.
N. c., was the especially honored guest
Of the Southern Society at the society's
thirtieth annual banquet last night at
1.-The Waldorf-Astoria. The fact that
Editor Daniels is also Secretary Of the
Navy may have had something to do
with the increased output of Dixie sing
ing and rebel yelling. but his undisputed
right to register himself from a South
crn State didn't hurt his popularity with
the men who live In New York and
gather ever so often to chant the glories
!. Of the South.
When It came his time to speak he
praised as much as one might by the use
Of the outstanding personal pronoun his
administration of naval affairs, recorded
himself as strongly In favor OF a real
big ready to fight navy and opined that
despite much talk the President was GO
ing 20 get out Of Congress about what
he asked for In the message of Tuesday.
'The naval programme to be presented
TO Congress is based" said the Secre-
tary. upon the experience Of wars
abroad and war games at home. The
necessity OF vessels of the battle cruiser
type and scout type was impressed by
the sea fights Of Coronel and the Falk-
land Islands. In every naval event In
the North Sea the leading part has been
taken by these fast ships.
ships Needed ny 4. 3.
THE Ave year programme puts these
fast fighting ships as the first units or
the stronger navy We are to build. The
sensational and wonderful effectiveness
OF the submarine has been fully demon
stratcd and Congress Is asked to give
us a submarine fotilla OF 175 within
the next five years. The destroyer fo-
| tilla will hen number 1903. These to-
gether with the gunboats and auxiliaries
will give a well proportional navy, which
may he enlarged az conditions demand
or he reduced II the navy building ma
| tons OF the world should. as we all
hope, ~signalize the end OF this war by
an international agreement to end the
! competition In building costly fighting
ships,
THE navy can never he made the per-
feet and effective right arm OF national
| defence so long as the construction Of
its units is subject from year to year
to sudden fluctuations and changes OF
| policy. Our methods OF construction In
the past rave resulted in an unbalanced
force.
1.-THE construction programme takes
precedence, but there are other iinpor-
tant requirements. II Is necessary to
secure young men of the highest type.
II IL necessary to bring about c%oordina-
ton between the bureaus or the navy,
80 that the work OF the seven bureaus
from buying a pot Of paint TO building
a battleship should he considered from
the viewpoint Of highest efficiency. 1t
Is necessary TO accumulate reserve sup
plies of munitions and TO provide un-
failing sources for the manufacture OF
munitions at a moments notice.
I'VE must also be prepared to At out
! and arm In the shortest space OF time
many merchant auNiliaries and TO In
I creas e the number OF our smaller boats.
at will appear In my report that the
quota OF 81 $500 men authorized BY law
has been secured and that we now have
a waiting LEST that the securing of men
Of long training has risen from 81 pc'
cent TO 90 per cent that che navy now
accepts only one man OF six applicants.
I have taken the first steps toward lodg-
ing certain duties and functions IN Nh
division of operations and In abolishinG
the aid system which had failed to
justify expectations.
THE third matter 10 that the navy
must not only he prepared for the man.
ufacture of munitions but for extern
sive repairs 10 our battleships and for
actual construction. In ship repair. shin
building and ammunition making the
navy ought to he self-sustaining In titne
OF war"