New-York tribune., 1918-05-22
100000 More Men
To Join Navy Soon,
Declares Daniels
Kaiser to Lose When We
Get Needed Bottoms, He
Says at Rutgers

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j.. May 21.--
Secretary Daniels, speaking before 400
alumni of Rutgers College here to-
day, declared that by next year Amer
ica will have enough ships to send
millions of men" to France and
enough destroyers to carry them
there in safety" He asserted that he
believed this country will be able to
win the war with men from twenty
one to thirty years of age.
But" he added, 1--WE will call on men
from eighteen to sixty to win it, II
that is necessary"
"Ships and still more ships" was the
gist Of Secretary Danieis's address Oh
Rutgers the degree Of Doctor Of Laws.
President w. H. S. Demerest conferred
the degree. Secretary Daniels was the
central figure in the colleges 152d an
nua commencement exercises. Forty
students received diplomas, among
them Mrs. Mary Mitchell Moore, of
Bryn Mawr, who won the distinction of
being the first woman graduate of
Rutgers. She was made a Doctor of
Philosophy.
Lamenting that the war found Amer
ica without merchant marine, Secre-
tary Daniels declared that there was
no doubt that the future would find
this country with ships sailing on
every sea.
eve have learned from this war one
thing more than anything else, and
that is t1at never again must America
be dependent upon foreign bottoms"
said Mr.. Daniels. eff before the war
he had had the vision to build up
merchan5 marine commensurate with
our commerce we would not now have
transport our men and supplies across
the water. The Emperor of Germany
knows that when the United States
builds enough ships his end has come.
That is the reason of his recent big
drive. The only limit to Americas S
fighting force is tonnage. l have no
more doubt as to the ultimate victory
of the Allies than l have in the ex-
istence of God"
Pays Tribute to Ensign
Mr.. Daniels paid a tribute to Ensign
Arthur S. Carpenter, of New Bruins
wick, who, as commander of a subma-
rne chaser, captured the first German
prisoners taken by Americans. Car
to win this war;" he said. "He lived
up to the traditions of the navy.
"The spirit of the navy to-day is
splendid. We have 100000 men now,
and soon this number will be increased
to 100000. There is no trouble getting
the men. They will have to stay home
until we can build ships, but we are
. going to get those ships.
Before the war it was the idea that
the young men of to-day lacked the
stamina of the men of '76. If this war
had not come our boys would have died
| wronged in our thought. But in the
hour of this crisis the men of 1917 and
1918 have proved that they are made of
the same stern stuff as the men of 1776.
"The value of college men in this
war is inestimable. The college men
are among the first to respond to the
call to arms. The impression had gone
abroad that colleges were just turning
out good lawyers and doctors. but
rections. This war has revealed the
college men to be foremost among our
patriots.
To Build Ships Faster
eve are going to build ships faster.
Almost every day l am called upon to
give a name to ship. We are going to
get out the greatest naval ships afoat,
the destroyers on which men do not
sleep for days and do not eat except
standing UP. | have knowledge of one
destroyer which conveyed TT ships
safely. Admiral Sims, when he came
upon this particular destroyer in a
harbor, expected to find the boys tired
of their duty, but he found them
fresh"
Mr.. Daniels advised students to re-
main in college until they are twenty
one. "The day may come" he said.
when Congress may change the age
limit. Then We will call on men from
eighteen to sixty to win the war"
Mr.. Daniels referred to President
Wilson as "the foremost statesman of
the world and the spokesman for hu
manity." "And all the world thanks
New Jersey for giving him to u.s." he
said