Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-08
DANIELS ACCOUNTS
 NAvY'S BRILLIANT WAR ACnItvf MEN1S

The Service Was Ready From Stem To
 Stern When the United States Enter.
 ed the Conflict.
 Washington, Dec. With story of brilliant achievements of the Amer ican navy in the war, Secretary Dan iels couples, in his annual report made public today, an urgent recommenda- tion for continued naval expansion to meet the demands of peace for na-. tional and international work on the sea.
 Through nearly all of IA printed pages the Secretary tells in brief phrases of the navy's part in the war, of the doing of the seemingly impos- Bible through teamwork. He speaks of the mighty accomplishment of trans porting two million men to France. without the loss of an eastbound troop ship through enemy action, and he devotes a chapter to Marine Brigade, which as all the world knows blocked the last Prussian advance on Paris, and started the German retreat.
 This reference to the future con- cludes the report:
 1uc Ody IS IOL ldI ulSlduL WIcl the world will witness an end of competitive building between nations of mighty weapons of war. In the peace treaty there will undoubtedly be Incorporated President Wilson's pro- posal for a reduction of armament to the lowest point consistent with do- mestic safety
 'Navies will still be needed. as an in- ternational police force to compel compliance with the decree of an in- ternational tribunal which will be set up to decide differences between na- tions. Naval vessels will have large peace tasks of survey and discovery and protection in addition to police duty of an international as we'll as of 8 national character.
 'Inasmuch as the United States is the richest of the great nations and has suffered less in war than any of the allied powers. it will devolve- up- on this country to make contribu- tion to the navy to preserve the peace of the world commensurate with it's wealth, its commerce it's growing and expanding merchant marine, and it's leadership in the council of free peo- pie. It is therefore, our duty now not, indeed, to enter upon any new and am- bilious naval program, but to go for ward steadily upon the lines of naval increase to which the country con- mitted itself by the adoption three years ago of the first far-reaching constructive naval program in the history of the Republic.
 have recommended to this Con- gress the adoption of another three year program substantially like the one authorized in 1915. But the vic- tory of the allies and the United States should, and will l sincerely trust, within few years make 1t no longer necessary for any nation un- der whip and spur to burden it's tax payers to undertake to build, in com petitive construction, bigger fighting ships and more of them than any oth- CT nation can construct"
 Mir. Daniels shows that the new $60O,00O,0 ,0OO three-year building pro- gram he has proposed will provide 15S additional naval ships ,ten of them dreadnaughts and six battle cruisers, and the others to be in such distribu- tion of approved types as the depart ment may deem best.
 Taking up his story of the navy and the war, the secretary declares the service was ready from stem to stern" when the United States entered the conflict. From the day when the first three-year program was adopted in 1916, he adds, Congress has given everything that could be desired to in sure the eectiyeness of the naval arm.''
 ot,NW nrly hna tEn ol gan for five years, and it continued to be the war motto both at home aNd abroad. The striking success of the navy is ascribed to this fact by Mir, Daniels, who continues
 Apparently there have been times when Secretary of the Navy seemed to find friction and lack of cooperation among the officers around him. If that spirit ever existed in the United States Navy, l can state with confi- dence and pride that there is now no vestige of it, and I firmly believe from my experience, not only during the last year but during the five years preceding, it will never return"
 The report shows that Vice Admiral Sims, who was on his way to London as head of the American naval estab- llShment i'll the war zones even before war was declared, is soon to be nam. ed full admiral by the President ir recognition of his services, the high character of which the secretary says 1t is yet too early to give proper place The sending of Admiral Sims was tho first step in a program of which tho Secretary says:
 Cooperation Prominent Feature.
 "The outstanding accomplishment of the Navy abroad in this war, out side of rigorous and valorous servic' in the danger zone, has been tn, character and degree of cooperation and practical consolidation for tn, time being or our service with htos, services with which we have beel associated. The Navy beginning witt the arrival of the first ship abroad has stood out for unity of command even though this in some instances in volved sacrificing, temporarily some