Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-07-02

These SIRE The criticism cf the navy
enc hears everywhere uniformed mon
loose their Tongues en- Washington
They Flow from the fear OF the adj
miu.stFlticn fhat we would boz pulled
INTO The Mexican troubles through THE
readiness OF some naval officer. They
are, therefore, criticisms of the ad-
minisyIstion rather Than of Daniels
BW Daniels IS criticized on other
ground They are
First. thtt tne navy has run down.
Second. that be- has made 4 kIn-
/ dcrglrtou.
Third, chat the discipline has So
| fallen of that he could not get re-
suits
As To the first. there is am immense
1 debate always on. 1t is more acute to-
| day because the foreign situation Is
such that the public looks MS anxious
~ 90 the navy As the individual does
! 10 his Insurance policy
| Could the navy deliver the goods f
/ we got into action This is the cues
/ ton every body asks and which mo-
/ body not even congress, can answer
/ The nearest TO an answer one gets is
/ that under Daniels il would be doubt
/ fun because there is no confidence ia
him. He stands to naval matters
| about as Bryan did To International
4 law Nobody believes he knows any
/ thing about managing navy.
There is loud demand that he fol
/ low Bryan ont of the cabinet. But the
president does not give any Countc-
nance 10 this sentiment He knows
I that Daniels has just about followed
orders As TO the condition of the
navy Secretary Daniels recently took
occasion to answer some of his critics
! through a letter addressed To col
lege president. In this reply he point
ed TO the fact that there are now I'm
active service 225 vessels of all types,
! thirty-siX more than were commits
stoned two years ago. The navy has
under authorization or construction
seventy vessels of all types
nine dreadnaughts, twenty-three de-
stroyers. thirty-eight submarines and
seven auxiliaries.
old BattleShips sold.
Congress has authorized the build
inc of three submarines of the largest
and newest type lie has sold off two
old battleshps and IL building new
dreadnaught with the money. Sub
marine mines. of which We Were in
nocent up TO year ago. Secretary
Daniels has started making. Mine
laying ships are building Stocks OF
torpedoes are being laid in.
1t is long list Of Improvements
Daniels mentions in his explanation
running all the way from money saved
on armor plate to the extension Of tht
aviation service and the appropriation
of sufficient funds To build thos'
scouting airboatS.
Yet with all his explanations, tht
critics come right back AT him--for'
mer Secretary Meyer, former Assis
tant Secretary Newberry, Congress
man Gardner ana others. The ques
tons they ask 60 far beyond the in
Ventory of boats, built or building.
They search the horizon for sign
that We could meet navy such as thu
Germans have They declare that
measured by the achievements OF tn
present war our navy would go dowi
like nine pins. British cruisers haN'
sunk German cruisers at a distance
greater than our men have ever free
p even in practice The German nav!
mas sent submarines everywhere. The.
p have put three British cruisers TO th'
bottom in a single hour while ours ar
taken out of the maneuNers becaus
= they cannot make good.
| No Question of Inventory.
These are the practical question
i that the inventory Of new and ole
p ships does not meet.
p These criticisms do not prove ina
7 the navy has run down. They do shoN
b that. judged by the standards set b
actual warfare in Europe, We are be
hind. They point to another and NOR
. energetic management before we ca
hone to run up to the standard neces
- sary for self-protection This kind q
, criticism is subject to the discoun
that nobody knows today just wha
! kind Of navy we should need /
, time of war and nobody knows Wheth
er Daniels could conduct "A navy j
1 wartime.
The second count against Daniels
d iand one that the rough and read
!, sailor delights to dwell upon. is tina
, Daniels has tablished schools in tn
, navy, has promoted enlisted men an
y. has abolished drinking.
d The last named innovation cause
n great tempest at first, but 1t wa
!. soon followed by the European wal
y whereupon the car of Russia abolish
: ed drinking in his whole realm. Eng
= land fell for the temperance dope
the extent of reporting that her man
{ ufacture of munitions was hampere
by John BafeycOrn. since tllen III
= trough and ready boys have been dis
e tinctly queter.
Has Decreased Desertions.
e As to promoting enlisted men an
J. education, Secretary Daniels man
tains that both have caused decreas
in desertions and an increase in re
& enlistments. He points with satisfaC
e ton to the opening he has made 10
y enlisted men in the paymasters dt
l. partment and is not ashamed OF nav
ing the jack tars taught Schoolln
n has occupied their time, improve
+ their minds and made them the read
IS Ter to re-enlst. surely, in demo
Il cratic country this cannot be a(
Il counted crime. If il is, Secretat
y Daniels invites the scoffers at his ao
II ministration to make the most OF IT,
Lastly, as to the discipline, for tn
y reasons that have gone before, IN
u secretary believes that the disciplih
a is better, not worse. Neither officer
l. nor men, he believes. will have an
= excuse for cooling enthusiasm Tor IN
= service; the men because they ar
n better treated and have create
h chances for advancement than eve
l. before: the officers because they al