Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-03-17
DOUBTS ABOUT NAVY
aDprNloNs DIFFER AS TO THE
TYPE or VESSELS THAT
- MOST NEEDED
wsKs LESSONS UNCERTAIN
mseais Cruisers Are Strongly Urged by
eos.s Naval Experts and Congress
nseD-compsratlve Values OF Dread
~.suAfs and Submarines In Debate.
pr eEoRoE CLINTON.

n-sphts and Submarines In Debate.
~ GEORGE CLINTON.
W.zhingfon.-cne Of the difncul-
1,nn csnfronting congress in framing
Drppnrpdners :egislation lies In the diff
r.nracs ef opinion as 70 what tyre o
vusssas shall be built In order that
IN bcst naval protective service may
- secured for the country.
N may bc that the ship building pro
Exum wtn be attacked not because II
~ fDo ambitious. but because the ves-
ssfs provided Cor do not meet. as some
nu@~anrs. representative and navy men
view n. the requirements OF the case.
N A. held that the present war has not
prsancrd conclusive proof that one
Ups - snip must be done away with
zna another type substituted. Some
- the navy men urge, and some con-
wrcsxncn hold tho tame view. that the
= -fls cruiser is an imperative neces-
sffy. but while this is so, they say. it
~ nnt necessary to supplant other
nlassen Of ships.
Ths hattie cruiser 10 q fast steam
1zE. nEhfing ship. Il is the peer of
eha bnftleshfp I'm armament and in Of
fs1sfvs strength. and II can. outstrip
.nu hattss~hip afioat
Drsadnzunhts Versus Submarines.
m fhe senate there Is a controversy
~yrr ths comparative values OF dread
mmuxhts and submarines. Most of the
wrmbsrs Of the senate committee on
naval aKairs seem to think that big
n<kfieships are more necessary than
e-w. while the belief is that the
chairman OF the committee thinks sub
marfnrs have made the lives of bat
csuships precarious and that therefore
r.kief attention should be paid to the
construction for the American navy
~ plenty OF under-the-sea boats.
An these differences OF opinion must
Bw fhressed out and the chances are
thnt IN the final outcome II will be
f1und thRf the Judgment of the ma
5Drffy OF the naval experts has been
tnhan- II Is a fact. however that the
nEsnE STUDENTS Of the present warfare
msrund are nj variance in their views
ns 60 JuEt what kinds OF ships will be
Rrxt adapted to meet conditions of
tka rusnre-
- a difference OF opinion some years
Ola has been renewed because Of the
resuy' OF the first fight between the
Germans In southern waters and the
MnwsEsA ship Good Hope and the
xrs@llcr vessels which were with It,
rhs Germans sank the Good Hope
nnd efther destroyed or drove away
The smaller ships. American naval
'expsrts say that Il is now known def
mlRnly that the Good Hope was unable
to ma Ms heavier guns effectively
bscanss q high sea was running and
ths bounding ship made &C curacy Of
nrs fmpossfbIe.
81 Fighting In Heavy Seas.
Eigkf years ago an article was writ
Gun by q naval expert in which he
sxfa that under certain conditions of
weather some OF cur ships woul be
urslces IN a fight He singled out one
80 our cruisers and said that IL IT
were cumpeiied TO engage in battle
whEls anything more than a moderate
s1A Was running II could not use it's
hiE gums. Ths argument was Lhat the
vzRnsis a. this type wero built along
wrong fineG- II 10 limited today that
N fhs American navy there ere sew
~rnA ships which would meet the fate
90 ths Good Hope n they we're COM
psElea Go nght while a high sea was
running. and. of course. II their an
taEumists we've more stable than they
IN rsuxA wster.
N sgerns likely that the question OF
STABILITY OF certain types of ships in
an khnds OF weather will enter into the
Ashnnss m congress. =
N1s Conditions IN British Army.
within a day or two in Washington
ahurp have been issued as an article
% Attenuation some facts concerning
ahs condition OF the British forces oi
IN Kinds NJ the outbreak Of the pres
gzt wnr. Unuuestionably the object oi
MN article Is to help the propagands
hnr m Increased regular force in thi:
= svuztry ns opposed to a plan which
wonla place main dependence upor
1ofies OF partially trained men like the
mnafiA and continental army of re
ssrveR The article. however. has
much interest as showing actually the
uonditions which existed In the rank.
81 tls8 English territorials and tn,
Rpsoss known as the special reserves
~ the time Of the outbreak of the war
Whea your correspondent was II
Engiand some months ago he had al
sppartunity to visit the training camps
Ne saw enough to know that England
sven when the war had been in prog
rsxs for more than half a year, wa
In<xsly In the same condition with re
prrd % trimmed soldiers that the Uni
fBA 8tRtRs is today. He noted tn,
ahmrp differences between the men o
me British regular army, of the terri
aorlnls and Of the special reserves.
Thsre was also in England a fore
known IN the army reserve. This arm
reserve. as the article just given out Il
washington and written by Frederic
Benra OHiver shows, was composed @
AMY trained fighting soldiers. Mo-
Gk@ Rritish army reserve has in II
EznAs men who had served in the regl
Nzr army and who after their terms {
enlistment had expired had gone int
the reserve organization.
The situation In Great Britain ther,
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