Arizona republican., 1916-03-26
Men can find it more easy to flat ter than to praise.
 Jean Paul Richter.
The Growth of a Navy.

According to Admiral Fiske and no layman will have the hardhood dispute witn am, the ation of a navy is much more than building of ships. If willing to spend the money, could have battleships the end of three years than any other nation in the world In the construction of battleshps and cruisers, torpedo boats and submarines time would be sential factor. With proper facilities and enough workmen, could approximate in the output of naval vessels the output of automobiles by the Ford factory But for things time is essential for ma turty, for instance It is essential in the train ing of and officers for the navy without which the battleships would be worthless.
 In the opinion of Admiral Fiske the training of admirals is the needed; it takes ten years to produce admiral and it takes generations to pro- duce perfected naval system. It has not been very long since Germany began the cration of system and Admiral Fiske tells us that the United States is five years behind Germany; how far be- hind England France and Italy and Russia he does not state. We have ships than Italy and Rus sia but suspect that naval system is crude in comparison with that of either of them for in both the creation of naval system has been the work of generations.
 We have competent admirals and officers of low grade but not enough of them for first ond class navy and have them Josephus Daniels who has not had ten years of training and had not had ten minutes of training when he was called from editorial chair of small newspaper receive his reward for having been deserving democrat" He had been less successful politician, a faithful follower, for years of William J. Bryan, and therefore, at the time of his appoint ment he follower of Mr. Wilson.
 If MT. Daniels had had any sort of an idea of his ncapacity and had followed the example of his incompetent predecessors the navy department it so bad He ed his proper role of a rubber stamp and the real direction of the department would have been left to naval officer. But MT. Bryan believed that had come up an perpetual and universal peace and therefore, Josephus believed it. To him navies of longer use, except berths for 'deserv- ing democrats and he entered upon the dismantling of the American navy by the process of robbng it of it's efficiency
 He curbed the activities of admirals upon whose training the nation had expended millions of dollars and he showed them into the background. They were reprimanded and broke" giving information contrary that Josephus had dictated the press from his swivel chair. No could be made, sug sestion could be offered by naval expert without the approval of this deserving, small politician. All the work of construction of a naval system was to be condemned and wrecked Josephus created an ad- visory board consisting of inventors and scientists whose work had been remote from naval studes they create system unlike any other of which the world had ever heard.
 We will have to rise long way from the depths which is now in such state of dsorganzatiOn that it may be compared with the state of reorganization in which w. C. Whitney found it when he began the creation of American navy thirty five years Five years, is therefore, short time in which 0 bring our navy to a state of fficiency.