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more than fulfilled every promise of
ability her early work predicted.
AS clerk of three of the most i'm
portant committees in the Senate she
has given valuable service to the gov
eminent and has won the praise and
gratitude of more than one congress-
man for her unfailing Willingness to
assist them collectively and individual
ly in the matter of giving out carefully
verified information concerning the
matters in her charge.
Mrs. Wells first clerkship was In the
Senate claims committee. Of which Sem
ator Warren was chairman. Her serv-
ice on that committee was so enectiVe
that at the close OF the Fifty eighth
Congress she was designated to pre-
pare an alphabetical index of private
claims pending before the Senate dur
ing that Congress. This index con-
tanned the names OF more than $4,000
claimants, and each case was followed
by its history in brief to the close OF
that Congress.
This was done 80 we'll that IT was
printed as a public document and is OF
value to those who desire to trace the
history Of claims which have been be-
fore the Senate. So familiar did Mrs.
Wells become, through her work on
that committee and the compiling OF
the index. with the details of all claims
before Congress, that even yet when
there is any tangle over claims the
claimants and their attorneys come to
her for assistance.
Mrs. Wells efficiency was particu-
larly noticeable. II is asserted. when
she was a clerk of the Senate commit
tee on military affairs. the first wom-
an employee Of the Senate placed in
charge of the work of big commit
tee. The military affairs committee
support OF the army. aggregating ap-
proximately a hundred million dollars,
and the smaller but very important
Military Academy appropriation bill.
besides many other public and private
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to: the captain knows what happens to
the swordfsh which strikes a boat or
a whale.
The English and the French have
maintained a safe passage from Dover
to Calais, and have transported perhaps
100000 men with all their munitions
and supplies, almost without loss, al
though it is militarily certain that
their foes would, if possible. break up
this line of communication. They can
not, because the German submarines
their only means of offense. thanks to
that channel fleet and its destroyers-
are excluded by the rigid patrol. in
which destroyers, assisted by aero
planes and very swift light power
boats, are playing the most important
part.
NO matter what my opinion may he
as to the size of our navy" said Ad-
miral Gleaves, II have no intention of
expressing it at present; but / do say
that the only sane reason for having
a fleet is to have one that can be used
Immediately If it becomes necessary
So far as l can draw a lesson from the
European naval operations. I consider
the destroyer stands next to the battle-
ship and battleship cruiser in general
usefulness, and while other vessels
SCOUTS, submarines anu all tHc Icst-
are necessary to complete the modern
fleet, none are more necessary than de-
stroyers.
Each division of the destroyer force
should be complete, so that it can. IL
necessary, be detached from the fleet:
hence. each division should be attend
ed by a mother. or repair. ship, and
should be headed by a swift, we'll
armed cruiser, and the destroyer COM
mander should have for his flagship .
swift ship of great offensive power.
1T is not the function of the de-
stroyer force in general fleet engage
ment to dash into the thick of the con-
fiict in an attempt to destroy a capital
ship, but rather to withdraw to one
side out of range and await opportu-
nifty for such an assault: to throw con-
tact mines in the course of the enemy:
to discharge torpedoes at long range;
to dash upon crippled fighting ship;
to guard its own fleet from assaults of
hostile destroyers and submarines, and
to engage or avoid, as opportunity may
offer, the hostile destroyers."
The destroyer is the one picturesque
ship left in the navy now that the SAIL
driven ships have had their day. Long,
low and lean, they seem to lie on the
water. and when, with smoke clouds
flowing from their stacks, they tear
along, throwing the white spray from
their bows and leaving behind them
clear white water. they suggest the
dark. low craft of the vikings.
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four to each dreadnaught-kept faith
tul watch over them, and, SO far as 1t
is known. not submarine has sneaked
in If one approaches by day it Is
spotted and driven away, and If 1t does
not get near when there Is light it
cannot set a course to reach the ships
at night. 1t is said that IL submarine
is detected two destroyers will sweep
for it with great steel nets. as fisher
men do for their catch.
If destroyers detect a submarine
steaming on the surface they immedi-
ately head for it at full speed. and as
it takes the boat several minutes to
get under. and the destroyers can
travel hair a mile a minute. they are
very apt to get within shooting range.
and a submarine is even more vulner
able to shot than the destroyers. De-
stroyers do not ram unless they have
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sines, although crowded into a very
small space. SO powerful that they
make a speed of thirty knots; and some
on their trials have even exceeded this
by knot or more. Even this does not
bring them up to the standard of the
English destroyers. some of which are
reported to have an actual speed OIL
thirty-five knots.
But, unfortunately. the latest eight
destroyers are unavailable for immedi-
ate use. as some have not been COM
pleted and taken the contractors test.
and, even more unfortunately, there
are not officers and men available to
fully man the thirty-seven boats in the
fleet as now organized, to say nothing
of additional ships. Twelve of them.
which are inferior in speed and quality.
owing to their age, are not manned
sufficiently to perform full sea duty,
but take their stations as sort Of dunn
mics to practice fleet evolutions.
When the fleet goes south it is eX-
pected that some if not all of the
eight new boats of the Winslow class.
including the OBrien, the Wadsworth
and five others, will sail with 1t, and
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her frames were bent and her fore
deck raised from it's bed. Destroyers
are of the lightest construction, with
not more than eight feet of freeboard
aft of the forecastle, and it is almost
impossible in heavy weather-when
they are showered with spray II not
covered with green water, when they
are rolling and pitching. standing on
end or sliding down long wave, into
the trough of the sea-to locate hostile
ships and report their presence.
Those who have tried it and know
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stroyer. swift enough to run away
from danger and stanch enough to
worse to exneet q little fellow to do
a mans job, and none should be mis-
led. authorities explain, because our
destroyers can make thirty knots in
good weather. into believing that it is
safe to force them at that speed
through the seas Their bodies are so
fine that they cut through waves
which carry away upper works
stanchions, masts, rigging and con-
ming towers; and strain and twist
frames and decks out of shape.
A great battleship, the Kansas, once
struck a wall of water SO hard that
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10 cLEAvEs. I Z. . $. n. is the first
JM officer of so high rank to be
q - detailed to the command of the
destroyer force of the navy. and upon
him will devolve the task of reorganiz-
ing this branch of the service.
The course of the department, acting
through the division of naval opera
ton. in assigning Admiral Gleaves to
the destroyers and Admiral A. W.
Grant to the submarines. is taken to
mean the recognition of the value of
these ships and the necessity Of
strengthening them in every way.
Hence, when a successor to Capt.
Sims, who has done SO excellent work
with the available destroyers. was to
be named. the department wanted an
organizer for the force which is soon
TO be augmented by six destroyers
from the contractors yards. and, it is
hoped. by additional vessels greatly
needed.
Admiral Gleaves is well qualified for
this onerous undertaking by both tenn
permanent and experience. He was in
command of the Cushing, the first real
torpedo boat in the service. when Free
mont had the Porter and Usher the
Ericsson in the Spanish American war.
pedo factory at Newport and was its
prime advocate. His last shore detail
was the command of the New York
navy yard. where many of the de-
st-oyers are overhauled and fitted out
and where some of the navy's largest
ships are built. He has had many
years OF active sea service, command
ing some of the dreadnoughts of the
navy in long cruises and feet maneu-
vers.
He has seen the evolution of the de-
stroyer from the first semi-open wood
en- torpedo boats, Lightning and Sti-
letto. from the early steel boats, the
Porter. Du Point. Gwfn and others. with
seven knots up to the point where they
were known as the destroyers of tor
pedo boats: the cambridge and others,
with speed of twenty-five knots. up
70 the latest Of these ships. which are
BIO feet in length, thirty feet wide.
LOO tons. thirty-knots or better speed,
calling for crews of the best class of
onicers and enlisted men, many of
whom must be highly skilled mechan-
les and electricians.
The new ones carry .50-caliber, quick
hring, four-inch (sixteen feet eight
inches long) and six treble tubes for
the new United States twenty-one-inch
torpedo. constructed at the Newport
station, with a range of 10000 yards.
Their tanks hold sixty to eighty thou
sand gallons of oil for fuel under the
water tube boilers which drive their
dius sufficient to take them at low
speed to Europe and return.
Their models are SO fine and the en-
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what they are talking about will tell
that these things are SO. II the wealth
er is good and the ocean calm. these
vessels do better, but even then they
lie SO low in the water that the look
outs vision is very limited.
The proposed work of the destroyer.
or its predecessor, the torpedo boat.
was by a sudden dash in numbers
especially at night. even with the
probable loss of some of their num-
bers. to dischage a torpedo into a
capital ship. which in such case was
usually sunk. In this way the Japanese
deStroyers put several of the Russian
fleet out of commission at Port Arthur.
but other navies profted by the object
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They are intended only for ofrense. and
depend entirely upon their speed to
take them out of danger
1t must be remembered that every
fleet must expect to meet ships of all
classes just as good as it's own. and
perhaps little better. The object of
any enemy will be to cut of our de-
stroyers. and then speed becomes the
factor which determines the issue. for
il the enemy is superior in numbers
our ships may, if their speed is greater.
evade his force. and il not, he catches
them and they must fight against odds
which may be courageous but is not
good strategy.
But In other ways than torpedo at
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lacks destroyers have proven their
worth. In the North sea the British
channel fleet lies somewhere. and.
without firing a gun. dominates the
seas thus enabling its cruisers to de-
stroy German commerce. 1t holds the
great German battle fleet helpless under
the shore batteries of Kiel and Helgo-
land and behind rows and more rows
of mines.
German submarines threatened those
great bulldogs of the sea. but the Brit
ish terriers, the destroyers-at least
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all will be attached as soon as practi-
cal. making a fleet of thfrty-eight fair
1y up-to-date boats, with twelve not so
good. The officers are trying to make
of that mixed collection well drilled.
smart feet.
Perhaps they will not soon be able
to produce a show fleet. for in their
number are such boats as the Barry,
Dale, Hull and Hopkins. which cannot
make more than twenty-five knots, and
in fleet evolutions the swiftest are lin
tied to the speed of the Slowest. But
officers and men alike are determined
to lay the foundation for a fleet which
can maneuver when it receives the
proper number of real up-to-date boats
for which the navy need feel no blush.
There is one scout cruiser suitable
in point of speed for the flagship of
these speed merchants. At present
there are three mother or repair ships
for the feet, and they are used also
as pennant ships in the different 40
tillas. although there should be a sepa-
rate pennant ship for each of the three
divisions, in addition to swift and
powerful flagship for the whole force.
Uncle Sam has thirty capital ships
in commission or In reserve and build
ing or appropriated for. In addition to
the forty-f1ve destroyers in the fleet
there are twelve under construction.
Six more have just been contracted
for and will be delivered in the natu-
raj course of events in about two years.
The universally accepted rule for the
number of destroyers required for
balanced navy is four to each capital
ship. When all the ships now under
contract are completed the United
States Navy will possess "a destroyers
for each capital ship.
One incalculable advantage of a large
number of destroyers and other small
er ships is that it gives commang
rank to officers at an earlier age and
teaches them to take full responsible
ity before they become comparati lively
old in the service. Without these op-
portunities some of them reach rank
carrying command of a twenty-million
dollar dreadnaught before they have
had other than subordinate position.
Destroyers may in moderately
smooth weather. where they can keep
in sight of one another, be of great
value as a patrol. 1t is said that the
presence of the German battle cruiser
fleet was detected by such a patrol OF
destroyers, and it's wireless call
brought down the English battle cruis-
ers. with the resulting North sea bat
tie where the Bluecher was sunk.
But they are utterly indispensable as
scouts. In the maneuvers last year
the defenders absolutely failed for
lack of scout cruisers, which really
are a greatly magnified cruising de-
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lesson, strengthened their secondary
batteries and improved their own de-
stroyer patrol so that it is quite prob
able that no such attack in the future
will be altogether successful. The sub
marine will undertake most of that
work.
Destroyers have no defense but their
gunfire, which is light, and their tor
pedoes, which cannot be used with GER
tainty except at short range, and they
are SO vulnerable that a ship of any
metal will soon shoot them to pieces.
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womens votes have been sufficient in
number to materially affect results.
"Of course. in the early days, long
before my time. when Wyoming first
became territory and women were
given the right of suffrag e, there was
very small female population there
in the then far west Certain il is
that they take keen interest in
politics and are well posted on ma
tional. state and municipal public
questions. and that they vote for what
whom they consider will bring the
most good to the people"
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measures dealing with every sort OF
legislation affecting the army and its
officers the organized militia, military
posts and reservations. and the records
OF former volunteer soldiers.
Every appointment and promotion In
the army. made by the President and
sent to the Senate for confirmation,
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CHE Is Now Clerk Committee Engrossed Bills
- and Has Been in Federal Service for Fifteen Years-Was
Once the Highest Salaried Woman Government Serce-as
Served for Various Committees and Her Record Is Envabe
One-Has Travelled Widely.
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must pass under the scrutiny Of the
military affairs committee For six
years Mrs Wells performed the work
incident to the care of such bills and
nominations. and it was frequently re-
marked that this quiet young woman
knew more about the details than any
one else in the committee room. The
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legislators and army officers like her,
for, while businesslike to marked
degree in all her dealings, she always
took time to be courteous and oblig-
ing and was ready to impart .legiti-
mate information to those who had
right to know.
could tell off-hand whether the promo
ton of three brigadiers and four
colonies would give certain lieuten-
ant anything to hope for. or whether
cavalry barracks at Fort Duchesne,
Utah, meant a war with the Ute In
dams or simply a new brigade post.
Mrs. Wells virtually learned the army
that she occupied this position that her
name was perhaps more frequently
mentioned in coy corners of the Army
and Navy Club at Washington than
that of any other woman.
Il have always felt that the work of
the military affairs committee was OF
greater interest to me than any other"
she said. The great appropriation
bills for the army carried much legis-
lation. aside from the money items.
present at the hearings of the depart
mental officers before the committee.
Although long past. recall the
Brownsville affair with deep interest.
1t dragged along for two years, but
never lacked action"
Some one in writing of the Browns
vile affair said The acting clerk of
the committee is a woman. Mrs. Wells
knows more about the details than
any one else in the room. She knows
how many witnesses have been sub
poenaed. how many have responded.
where they are and at what time they
will be in Washington. She keeps
track of all the finances of the investi-
CATION well as of all property
known as exhibits When any sena-
tor wants to know what is going on,
desires to learn anything about
past proceedings, he calls on Mrs.
Wells for the information, and 1t is
always forthcoming"
1t was to serve in the same capacity
the more important Senate appro-
priations committee that Mrs. Wells
left that on military affairs. She served
on the former for two years and, until
the democratic administration took
the important majority committee
from the hands of the republicans. She
gives the same ardor to her work in
the less important post which she
now holds that she gave to her former
work. She cares for Senator War
ren's official correspondence and per-
forms the bulk of the general work
coming to the office of a prominent
United States senator.
Mrs. Wells Is an out and out globe
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IN HE trlnins minority OF scientists
who still persist in present
ing arauu.n,s IN d.uor.,r
~ III
'ioh OF women lhferlority IN
brain power would be puzzled at least
IL they could meet Mrs Ieona
n, VII
" s' WIN iof 'he past Htteeh years
has been accomplishing important con-
structiye work In the 1eyislative branch
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alton of Uncle Sans Fleet of DeStr0yers

NEEDS the FeSze and Speed the Sh-y
Work Of Detoyer-Our
S Qualified fo the
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trotter. and spends part of almost ev-
cry year in travel
1T is a mistake to assume" she said.
that when senator goes home for
the summer his congressional work
ceases Senator Warren simply moves
his Office and his office force from
Washington to Cheyenne, and the
work goes steadily on all through the
warm months Public land matters
are always on tap, and the mail keeps
coming in nearly as heavily as when
we are in Washington. To keep up
with it, it is necessary to retain the
staff throughout the whole year.
I'm the Off years-that is, the years
when there is no state or national
election approa ching-I fly away from
the sound Of telephone. and go beyond
the reach of kilograms or cable mes
sages. 1 have seen all of Europe, ex-
cept Russia and the Scandinavian
countries. and nearly all our island
possessions. went to Panama in 1913
and was there when the water was
turned into Gatun locks the first time
the locks The Canal Zone is simply
wonderful, and that was one of the
most interesting trips l ever had.
have kept a complete record of IT, a s
l generally do of all my travels.
This past summer 1 went to Hawaii,
and there Joined the congressional
party, and had some share in its pleas
ures. We were there when Representa-
tive Cannon celebrated his seventy
ninth birthday anniversary: and the
Hawaiian people made 1t a real event,
in honor of that veteran representa-
tive"
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Asked il she were a suffragist, Mrs.
Wells laughed. II was almost born
into suffrage. and certainly was reared
in it. for Wyoming gave the vote to
women more than forty-five years ago,
so that it has known little else. My
own earliest years were passed in ILL
nois and Iowa. Going to Wyoming as
a girl. / imbibed politics with my daily
bread. and l have voted since | was
of voting age; and also since that
date l have been either clerk or judge
of election in my voting precinct in
every general election.
Suffrage is an old story in Wyoming.
Women have voted there since the ter
ritorial act of December 10. 1869. which
extended to them the right to vote and
hold ONCE. OF course. the women take
advantage of their privilege, and in
order to cast their ballots numbers of
them ride for many miles through the
hard November weather Of our state.
That 1t is a success l think is shown
in the strides which have been made
by Wyoming during the years since
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i \

EAR MIR y L ALBERT
~ GLEAVES. L. S. N. is the first
N officer of so high rank to be
- detailed TO the command of the
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She has fne judicial mind. and since.
girlhood has been training her mental
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all will be attached as soon as practi-
cal. making a fleet of thirty Eight fair
ly up-to-date boats. with twelve not SO
good. The officers are trying to make
of that mixed collection well drilled.
smart fleet
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