New Britain herald., 1918-12-04
FACE DEPENDS 0N {, ABILITY 10 FIGHT
|Iniral Mayo FaVOrs Big Navy
 and Military Training

eW Ork, Dec, 4.-'IhG SalVatlO1 America and, indeed, the peace of whole world. lies in our having things-a big, efficient navy, and versal military training" declared e Admiral Henry T. Mayo yester-
 Admiral Mayo. just back from lhree months inspection trip cov Ag all American naval operations load, was at the Hotel McAlpin, Are he discussed his conclusions wn from the war while awaiting hour to board the dreadnaught Ansylvania and assume command the convoy today for President sons trip abroad.
 Tis declaration was in response to uestion as to the Secretary of the 5y Daniels's recent plea to con- ss that the "big navy program be ried out despite the ending of the M am heartily in favor of the sec rvs program said Admiral To, "and I still am firmly convlnc- that had America had universal tary training long ago, we never hld have had to go to war. One lg I am glad of is that a great ay Americah congressman have hsed the Atlantic since we entered struggle. These men have seen learned much and I anticipate they will be more sympathetic, result, with the aims and ambl- Is and needs of the navy. l am many of them can not have ed to learn that it is better to hd millions for fighting ships, than ons of money, and countless lives we'll, that eventually must be sac sd because of lack of prepara- ]"
 said he came back full of pride enthusiasm for what the Amerl- Navy had done abroad, and he
 nothing but praise for 'the ndid youth of America" He ex- ned that the American vessels op- ling abroad were in reality g. part he Atlantic fleet, of which he is in mand.
 k-can say that I found everything plendid shape, with just one quail ltion," he said. That was in the ter of aircraft. There Was some " in getting all the flying craft we ded, and naturally it was long to build up, often from the very inning, the tremendous ground fa- lies that we required. However, that was brought to a satisfactory Ee just about the time the war end and had it gone on there would e been nothing to com plain of as he navy's part in the air.
 The way our young men, thou 1s of them, altogether unaccus- led to such work, turned in and the foundations for buildings, ted the frame work, and even put the steel, deserves the highest se. Not only that, but the way boys turned to on all their jobs, made good, has made me intense roud of them. They deserve well he country. One respect in which behavior aroused my particular iration was in their conduct rd the foreigners with whom they b ,throWn in intimate contact for first time in their lives. They e friends, and when they come they are going to leave mighty
 impression behind them. Their Prience abroad has had the finest t on them as a whole, and I am dent they are going to come back dened into better citizenship.
 Df course, we can't keep all these Ag fellows in the navy, but I hope of the best of them are going to
 The opportunities are very and while it is still true that the way to get into the navy is to get egular appointment to Annapolis, Prtheless, it has become compare y easy for enlisted men to take secretary's examinations and go e, or to rise to the grade of war Iofficer and then get sent to the emy. am sure a lot of them
 acquired the habit and are so ued with the attraction of the sea, they will stay with us"
 think it a fair matter for self Eratulation," he said, " that we pared well with the others over e.. We went over realizing that
 had been at / more than e> years, and expecting to
 that wherever our pro- Ire differed from theirs. we
 wrong. But I am able to say that in all technical matters such ange finding, fire control, an di- on, range recording and the like, we're up to the best there is. Nor
 we fear any comparisons at Imanship. Of course the only Shooting we had was at the sub- hes, since there was no fleet ac- in which we took part, but our st practice showed us up mighty
 At the start of the war we were Ptter shape than we had been for years, and though extraordinar- apid expansion lowered our eff y for a while, we soon same back Erst- class shape"
 Do the British concede all this?'' Has asked.
 hey say they do, and am con- ed they are quite sincere about was the reply. Admiral Sir Da- Beatty expressed his personal fication to me that we were able Sd a fleet of dreadnaughts over and that they were able to fall