Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-10
NAvY'S CONDUCT
PROLONGED D WAR
At LEAST FOUR
: : MONTHS CHARGE
Admiral Sims Says Failure
of the Department to Act
Promptly in 1917 Served
to Lengthen Struggle,
NOT THROWING MUD AT
ANYONE, HE DECLARES
Admits the Fleets Performed
Magnificent Service IN
1918, After They Really
Got Into the Game,

Icy MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LhAsto NtNel
Washington. March 9,-Rear Ad-
miral Sims today told the senate
committee investigating the navy'5
conduct of the war that the failure
of the navy department 20 act
promptly on recommendations and
to place the country's enire naval
resources at the disposal of the
allies within six months after the
United States entered the war pro-
longed the struggle for at least
four months. He added that It
also unnecessarily jeopardized the
outcome.
Declaring that 5000 lives were
lost and $l00, ,000,0 600 spent every
day of the war, the admiral said
| the conclusions from his statement
were obvious. a.
Admiral Sims said his criticisms
were directed at the navy's work in
1917 and had nothing to do with
the magnificent way the navy
functioned in 1918 after it really
got into the war" t
The navy, he said, was not prop
erly prepared in April, 1917. He
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suporuihatIolI ahu hl'pIop,leIy.
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ne cnaFactert"eu as eiiorts 10 con.
Nict i,le ot uiNioeu aIies sldhve' anu
OF peiis p.o- pI't'sh, SAYING tha'
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Admiral SIMS SAID ne repeatedly
asked the department. 10 reviews
him If he had lost Its confidence.
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ed reading statement the COM
,mlttee recessed uhtii tomorrow
without cross questioning him, His
statement set forth IN detail MS
CRITICISMS OF tne navy oepartileii. 1t,
method OF conducting It's partici-
patlon IN me war. , c,.
IN MS statement Auhilrai olnis
aillrheu tnat .iie MAN lssue "as
not 'aeterihimhtioh oI persohai re-
sponslbilitles, put the recosnitoh
OF 'uhsouhd metnoas IN tie eNecu-
lpoh OF war pollcies .hat 'he iuhu
emental causes thereoi may De
removed
III l am wrong, ne cohtinueu'
and we We're prepared ana II we
had plans peiore ana at the pc
ginning OF the war similar TO tnos'
announced on paper some unte
after we declared war ana II susii
piais "e,1 IA ,i,,ei,, anS
policy which was actiVely anu
actuaiiy pursueu al .ne Iu 90 tha
war, then is IL not Il grave error