Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-07-20

SNlvania The strength Of the force
as set in motion would be Snfli-
Gent la htt that mighty ship
twenty feet onl of the water This
force WOULD he sufficient To life
Il, 900 men higher than Wash
notnn monument Since il costs
S. 900 Ia tire such a brOadslde IN
target practice. and $4,000 to
perform such an act in war. il be-
comes evident that thes. hiE guns
may not he expected To work Very
rcg,larlN
Ihe Guns ON the Queen Eli2-
ahclh, premier ship oil the Brit :
Ia naNN, are OF T., inch calibIf.
h.ii she mounts h,,t riaht nl
them. They are probably guns
OF thu calihrr on German ships
completed since he European war
hegan There are those who hold
that The nitrd states builder nf
the World ) biggest hattlc-hipS
llonld likewise mount upon them
!li, World 5 biggest guns. IL
in,.h Gum has been considered in
this connection. but not built
Captain Wilson Commands.
The captain OF thus great ship
is Henry r.. Wilson. formerly in
command Of the hailr>hip North
Dakota and for the last two wears
al the head Of this. board of in
4prcliui al the NAVY department
Captain Nilsson will try nut his
i,il, in he summer manruNerS
oh Nalr:lnanscit bay and when
lhe fleet assemblies al Hampton
l'@:,ds IN September for annual
target practice the Penn svlNania
SSH he it,, FLAG ship. Oft HE Nlr-
"iliia c:pt.- al that Time hn great
.urrris OF the PENNSYLVANIA will
liSrh;trs.e their FIRST hrnad>idrs
lrh broalsides as had never lie !.
fore BEEN ,llcas hfd hN any SHIN
Captain Wilson is a native nj
N,W Jersey and graduated from
inlapulls a, a meinlmr at he
famous ciaSs Of 1891 which wa>
ersletlrallN mustered nnl az ser
.'rr l.tlt mrtlihitrS of which have
attained brilliant success. Amnne
hrm are Senator John w Weeks
.. T.. Weller. who WAS HE rrnMh-
Fn'an Nominee for governor ~
MARYLAND al he lasi election. and
Major General Barnett command
~" he niird States marine
corps Two years after gfahua
f',,f In, class Wa@ recalled la The
faNaI academy for competitive
examination and nmt nf q total nf
tbuut ~. iIIy members only seven
remained i'm the lime uf The navy
al,lle the Others were rrtifcd Ia
plNil life because ltr NAVY. al that
sae had more officers than il
needed
Captain Wilson standing in
his class gave him one of The
coveted positions i'm the line. or
lnanN wears his course of duty
has been almost routine, for
Whenever the department builds
a particularly good modern shin
Captain Wilson is put i'm com
,aand nl her To organize the new
system OF drill. instruction and
routine nreessitatrd by the new
lNlr vessel This being done ne
usually returns To The navy de-
marIment. where he takes what
ever duty is next i'm Importance
To that of the chief of operations
s'lallN this duty consists Of or
eani2atinn work along The lines
ni @rIrntlIi,. manaeelnrnta.
Captain Wilsnn is now APP
preaching he head uf list of cap
lainS. The PENNSYLVANIA will
III ,hahlN be he Last single ship
Ir Will command for il is quite
certain That As soon as MS pro
motion comes lie Will he given
command of one Of The divisions
III hatlrsii irs, and most officers
"0lnsn!er n almost certain that ne
Will come To command the squad
rom
NJ irri the birth OF one of thasf.
upper hips Is announced i'm the
United States il often has The
effect n1 soothing a nantically UNI
sophisticated public into an nn-
due sense OF security Ii an
Anrrlran hip could go forth and
challenge individual ships of The
enemy to diiels and fight them one
lay one lie penns ylNania might
sIand a chance OF offering de-
cree al security To the nation
whose flag She flies. But a sea
il.h IS Il clash Of fleets and not
nj individual ships Two battle
cruisers OF he enemy. much
i'shIer and Individually with
fewer Guns. vel with greater
speed. might o,.t manenvar the
PENNSYLVANIA and sting her TO
death
Two wears ago ii rural con
@rcsslnan, a member of the house
of naval affairs committee. stood
on Inc bridge OF :, drradnoughi as
lie fired one of her tremendous