Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-22
The World Wide War Trust

NOR in the naval bin % 1904 was yer,
brief. a. follows.
Armor and armament; Toward the
armament and armor - domestic man
ufacturc Tor che vessels authorized.
81. ooo 600
O, was brlos but % did the business
for the ring Domestic" manufacture.
no armoT plant. no limitations as 20
price. smooth sailing
nut hy 1905 the demand for an ar.
NOR plant 70 rescue the Eovcrum
from tho tender mcrcios % the armor
trust again became hot some kiad 81
action seemed necessary. 80 the com
mift~~ increased the appropriation for
nrmor By So 600 600 and declared Tor
anrtErT Investigation a. follows,
Arfnor and armament. Toward the
armament and arr1or 90 domestic man
rfarturr Tor vessels authorized $4,000.
0FE. And provided further That the
secretary nf th~ navy shall cause a
thorough Inquiry fo b. made a. 90 the
ooat 90 a-rnor plate and % nrmor plant.
ttr -rp1rs ~ ah.ch shall b. made fn
cusErcss.
AithouEh che naval b.u directing the
e--rrsn-v % the navy 90 make "a
a-mn- plate and urncT plant" was ap-
proved and became a Law on March
e. 1905. th@ matter Nas piEconholed a
fF~ navy department by officials 20
charge. Who evidently felt friendly in-'
r'tHrd 90 che artncr rims and did not
desire an Investigation
FHr more than year nothing was
dose Forced ~ congressional activ.
.fF enc frat step toward on investiEa-
fI1r uas tnk~a ON Man 81. 1905. when
Acting Secretary - che Navy New
trrrF issued en- order appointing q
board % experts. composed % Kossuth
Ntirs. captain. United States navy.
Waite Nciear. Commando. United
Srffra navy. and Edward Simpson. Z
lieutenant commander. Tul'ed States
navy. 90 proceed v-ifh che iuvcTfirufiou. .
Tire rcfi1r 90 the navy department boz
attempting to r.dr-rucS The iuvcrfIEH-
zion dg'v ordered by law amounted 90 /
n rubUe scandal The house o. repre- I
sentative. on June r. 1906. passed q 4
--so'ufrn directing the secretary ~
flr navy 90 report a. 90 what action I
had been taken ir response 20 the spe-
eife direction 90 congress 90 more than !
a year previous.
The matter vas 1evr~ satisfactorily .
explained. Secretary CO.. the Navy
Charles =. H1uaparfF. iu making Eis .
Official report. simply stated that the .
matter had been originally placed iu
.bs faafs 90 the preceding secretary .
pr che navy. Paul Morton, and that
Tor reasons 90 which tho department
F not informed no further steps were
taken ir fho premises. and thar -ihe
subject seems then 90 have escaped at
eu'irn
This incident war distinctly srmo--
asTlr With only one OF two eNcep- T.
ions. fae secretaries OF che navy have
been very friendly 90 the armor con
germs one secretary % the navy
B o. Tracy. fss9-iss1-made contracts
FIfh the Carnegie company and the
harvey Steel company worth large
sums to them. and was criticized for
lo, having properly protected the iu-I
ereEts 90 the government in his trans
icfious Witl these Two armor con
Germs. After his term as secretary OF
.lc navy expired. hs became counsel
.ur both rompauies. but close scrut
1y o. his dealings with the Harvey and
.a-nsEis companies while he was sec
rotary % the navy develops grave
iorbfs re- 90 whether his SeEai services
1 the Carnegie rud Harvey companies
.1uid have been ourhalf as valuable
.u these concerns as his official acts
b. secretary OF the navy had been.
tTo BE ContinuedJ