Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-26
Existing ! !, 8 Armament Should
Not Be Removed, He As
serts;; Better Transporta.
tion Facilities To Bases
Also Recommended. I. /.

Washington, Nov. 26.--Adequatel
defense of naval bases calls for the
installation Of no major caliber arma-
n1ent OF less than 16-inch guns. Major
General Lansing H. Beach, chief of
engineers. declares in his annual re-
port. made public today. The arma-
ment must possess power and range
sufticient to oppose successfully any.
which can be brought against it by a
hostile navy, the report asserts, and
should be placed on fixed mounts.
Existing ornaments should not be
removed General Beach says, as it
has an important function in ,consti-
tuting interior and secondary lines of
defense, especially against arn1ored
raidinE vessels or first line ships able
to pass the outer main line of FORTH
hcatiOn. .,i
Better Transportation.
Construction Of a comprehensive
system of interior roads and water
ways, especially along the frontiers, Is
of great necessity ns a measure of de-
Tense. the report said. A deep water
way between Chesapeake Bay and
s Delaware Bay, thencc to New York
harbor and Long Island, Sound, the
report declared, would "provide a
means of defense of Immense value"
The report contains recommenda-
tions for a ten-year program of road
construction in Alaska as outlined by
the board Of road commissioners for
Alaska Building Of an additional
100000 miles of roads at a cost of
$4,000 a mile is proposed. E
Three classes of roads are con-
templated: arterial or feeder high
ways: development roads, the loca-
tfon of which has not been deter
mined and the present road and trail
system which would be continued.
Needs $7s,207, ,665.
: Harbor and waterways improve
n9ent and construction will require
appropriations of .$7s,2o7,6s5 for the
fiscal year of 1921, according to esti-
mate Of Major General Lansing HI.
Beach. of the army engineers in his
annual report made public today. He
recommended a rivers and harbors
bill total of $57,206,715. supplement-
ed by sundry civil items aggregating
$10,982.950 for continuing contracts
and other items in other money
bills.
The recommendations will be in
corporated in the annual estimates
submitted to congress at its session
December s.
The Mississippi river, from its
mouth. to Minneapolis, will require
s1e,1so,ooo, including provision for
report said. muscle 4 shoals nitrate
plant Is 4, 900, 900: New York harber
snd its adjacent waters $500, 900. the
Ohio river $5,5s5, 600. Philadelphia
and the Delaware river will require
38a67. 900. The Delaware snd Chess
sypeake ir1lhnd waterway 81, 500 900 !;
the Missouri river So, LIS, ,ooo..
8 District Needs. . .. 4. z .5
Recommendations /. for appropria-
tions in the various districts include:
Duluth District-Grand Marais 81
100: Agate Bay $1,000; Harbor at Du-
luth and Superior s63.500; Port Wing
$4,000; Ashland $4,000; Ontonagon
$1,000: Keweenaw waterway $780,
900; Marquette bay and harbor $6.-
500: Grand Marats harbor of refuge
$4,000; Warroad harbor and river
&5.5O0; Zipple bay, $4,000.
m milwaukee, District = Manistique
$500; Menominee $4,000; Green
hay $5s,500; Fox river $500;
Sturgeon bay and Lake Michigan,
ship canal. $25, 900; Kewaunee $4,-
boo; Two Rivers farbor $500; She
boygan. Wis, s1S.5oo: Port Washing
ton So, 900: Milwaukee 1000; Ra-
cine $165, 900; Kenosha $4,000;
St. Joseph. s2s:ooo: South Haven,
s11.500; Holland, $57.50o; Grand
Haven, s53.000: Grand River, S4,5oo;
Muskegoni $s5, 900: White Lake har-
Dor $4,000: Iudington. 1925, 900:
Manistee, s22.5oo: Frankfort $4,000;
Charlevoix, $4,000.
Chicago District-Chicago harbor
s26S,0oo: Calumet harbor $500. 900:
Calumet river $4,000: Indiana. har-
Dor $430.0o0: Illinois river $4,000,
Detroit District-St Clair river
500, 900; Channels, Lake st. Clair
k34.000; Detroit river $1,010,0O0:
sheboygan. $4,000: Alpena, s. 600:
\ Harb0r Beach Harbor of Refuge $27,-
D0o: Black River $500; Rouge River
t103,OO0. 4. II rs n