Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-02
S1,573,468,4 MORE
FOR NAVY INCREASE
Total Appropriation, 3 IL Billions,
for More Ships. Seamen,
Marines and Officers.

4I5.S4. the biggest credit ever placed 10
the navy in n single measure In the
last twelve months Congress has APP
propriated in six separate measures, in
Guiding this one. 3.25O,0oO 600 tor tho
navy.
In statement to the newspapers to-
dav Secretary Daniels explained the pro-
visions of the new measure.
AnoLIsHrs NAVAL MILITIA
The hill aholshcs the National Naval
Volunteers. or. IN other words, the Fed
cra Naval Militia. ard empowers the
President TO transfer the mombcrs there
Of TO the Naval Reserve. This lcgIsla-
ton was needed for administrative rca-
sons and a better and more efficient or
ganization is bound to result.
Perhaps the outstanding feature OF
the bill is the permanent increase IN the
enlisted strength OF the navy from 5000
In i3l 49, men. Many new ships have
been permanently added tn the fleet. and
MANY more will hc commissioned IN
1919. and this increase IN personnel IS 70
provide the officers and crews for these
permanent additions rs they are com
pleted and placed IN commission.
OFFICERS iNcREAST AUTOMATICALLY
The officers come automatically
with the increase of ships and the men
to mau them Ghat Is 10 say, the exist
ing law FIXES he permanent cUmmls-
stoned personnel ai per cent Of the
enlisted strength i,it. ot course. our Of
ficcrs come from annapolis and the au-
thorizcd number viii hc made mp Of
graduates from the academy 81 Il Will
he several wears before the inll author
ized number ot prrur,nen: officers need
cd for the I'll 49, Increased permanent
strength will be commissioned In The
end tho ncw law will give t. additional
rear admlralS - captains, 10 com
manders. and over | 600 IN lower grades
for service
The b'il authorizes an increase I"
- 600 IN the Marine Corps trotn 10000
and carries also ono nov permanent
major-gcncra and ono temporary major
general who with the major general
commandment give three officers Of this
rank 10 the Marine Corps II also M
thorizcd for tho duration 81 the war
sly acknowledgements twenty-five /
colonies and fwcntv-two lieutenant
colonies There are no better fighting !
men IL the world than the marines. -
recent events in France have cmpha !
sized and Congress wisely provided for
an increase IN numbers aud for increased |
training stations where men can bc |
prepared
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and toward the erection III suitable
h,nldince "a make this a con,nIetc and
we'll equipped barracks and advance base
training station
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chase OF Pans iSiann. ALREADY
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