The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-08

est roused relating TO things m,N
tary. n the results OF the stu, In.
dous European conflict remain un.
needed by tho citizens Of the United
States and II no definite policy 10
adopted the day will surely come when
we shall suffer the humiliation NJ
China and the agony OF Belgium.
1t was natural that our interest in
our military defence should hay.
dwindled. Bu. 1t is obvious TO-DAY
that so-thought barriers Of the oceans
constitute the best high road OF IN.
,asion. Men and munitions can ho
handled with better Ease and rapidly
over sea than over and through per.
lection achieved In marine archi,ec.
ture and naval engineering. We had
not awakened TO the fact that modern
scientific developments have allowed
the use Of armies Of undreamed mag.
nitude and that 10 MI the ranks o.
these armies the entire resources o,
the nation must be dedicated In war
TO the cause Of victory.
We have orders In this country
alone for @40o, 0oo. 900 worth Of ammu.
nition-the cost Of the Panama Canal
II In estimated that for every man IN
the field there should he n man IN tho
factory. II Is stated. moreover. tina,
to defend ourselves properly from an
invading force this country must mn.
5000 0 men in the field. Tho Govern.
ment Ia advocating the centralizatlon
Of ammunition manufacture In It's a-.
senals. Should this policy be adnp,.s
TO supply the 312, 900 shells which our
forces would use every day we should
have to Increase the output Of orr
arsenals thirty times.
From these general considerations n,
Ia vident that the material neccs.l'.o.
or war require the entire material 70.
sources of the whole nation. The groa,
mistake that the Allies made was Ia.
ing shamefully unprepnred for WV
and Understanding the physical and
moral strength - the Germans am
pro-ANy. and In my mind 1t ia a sc-.
u menace tc our cause ina, ia
whole truth s.ould not a,vays va
known and understood. The hrag a,
the English Newspapers In .ae hes.a.
ming has led to lack OF Leadership n
present British leadership. Chur,,il
was To dig out the German navy aks
rats. but was almost caugh, n ,hs
German rat trap at Antwerp 10
howitzers. according to Rritlsn .Xpor,,
were so much junk. The Dard,ucu.,
were easy taking and Faster service
was to be held by the Allies under ,ha
dome OF st. Sophia. I'russianism ard
militar'sm were to he crushed and ,pa
poor Germans relieved Of their au.o.
cratic leaders.
meanwhile the Germans W all
classes. old men ard BOYS, Ciyilians
hot soldiers. were Fastening of thor
own free Will for the love Of their
ratherland TO it's defence. The Allies
are not fighting 'isms'; they are irh,.
ing Germans.
The whole trend of modern wo-t,n-
IL 10 inJure the enemy as muchs.s
possible from a distance and thereby
conserve your " forces. To-day
the tonnage Of the battleship is reach.
Ing the 10000 mark. In speaklr,
with one OF our naval constructors
some years g ! asked him why. In
stead of wasting money and time n
building battleships in n progressive
series OF steps. each step increasing
the size OF the hattleship. they d!d
not Immediately jump To tho 5o00l
ton hattleship and thereby save the
useless expense Of all intermcia'e
classes. He acknowledged that 'her.
was no question that the Sims
would ultimately reach this ,rcnen.
dous size, blu he said that while the
naval experts knew OF this fact Il
would be impossible to educate Con.
gress to it. and therefore the grad.
ual transitions were necessary. A..
though the many steps involved would
all he relegated to the junk heap
as the final steps were reached T7a
Panama Canal is limited to a 1900
ton ship.
Mines. submarines and torpedoee a-o
certainly limiting the power ~ 'H,
capital ship: but inasmuCh as the
battlesh!p is the only method w. haze
TO bring guns into action on III, So,
and as We are still fighting by throw
ing things at each other. how can y.
dispense with this floating ana IT
bile u platform? The aerial So.
Vice to-day displaCes the cavalry IS
the eyes Of the army. II also c'us'-
tutes the EYE OF the navy. In s;.''
OF the fact that the aer!al service =
so important. We have only eleven
a~eroplancs 10 protect more than 100
900 900 citizens in time Of war
believe IL Great Britaln's me-
chant marine were equipped with y'--
sells OF higher speed and som" a:-
mament and with the same lucky p''-
sonnet which they now have tire .r-
struction Of ships could Ice mad" r"'l-
lively Insignificant. And yet ''cr"
are a number Of hysterical poop"
who declare h n tho submarine -
surely going to take the place II 80
battleships.
! am one of the school Of military
scientists working to cripple the dread
noughts, but / am attempting to O. il
with all the advantages which w,rt.rt
from the shore gives,
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