The Washington times., 1922-06-04
OLD MAN OF
MOBILE FAME
GREAT CHIEF
Brutal Punishment Was Melted Sailors in Old
Times, Before DespiSed FLOATING Tea-Ket-
tleS' or Steam Vessels Became Established.
Rhythmical Chanteys Remind of 'Pinafore." "

Sc: sDd e fs re Dictate - cssr>-
mon Ssz1se 70 protect this com
msrce. This can only be done by
an effective navy"
Quite In keeping s the ADVICE
o. 0apta4n McEsmee, director Of
naval Intelligence. q man who
served on the staff OF Admiral
Sims fn London during the war
and who was one Of the naval ad-
vissrs Of the American delegation
10 the peace conference In Parisi
II We expect great merchant
marine to carry our surplus prod
ucts over the seas We must have
an adequate navy to protect Il.
The two 60 hand in hand, as
every nation has found by costly
experience. Political economists
tell us that war 10 but the uiti-
mate form Of economic compe-
tition. II we are to compete IN
the worlds markets. let US see
that our weakness does not tempt
our competitors to paraiyze our
foreign trade"
ITO one who has for SIXTY years
Of his fourseore span kept In
touch with maritime events, the
truth Of these statements is estaS-
lished rt t'...'
DISCUSSES PRESENT NAVY.
Tho Navy Department win tan
you that the number Of vessels of
500 tons and over registered on the
first Of March Of the current year
In the merchant marine was s,ses.
with q gross tonnage OF 1s.s61,114
or these ships. 2.3s7 were regis
tered for foreign trahA. and the
remainder. 1.2T1. for coasttns
trade. These include steam. gzs
and sailing craft fiyinS the Amers-
can nag.
with . constantly growing
population Of the United States
there must be Q corresponding In
crease in the production ana en-
port Of manufactured goods. az
well a. In the import of foods and
raw materials. The natural Sc
Quence il an increase In ocean
transport: and this. In turn. de-
mands protection by an adequate
navy Just AZ increase In the popu-
lation Of . city requires Increased
police protection"
Under the present plan Of 80, 900,
the man power Of our navy does
not como up to the 5-5-s ratio. The
British navy viii have approxi-
matsiy 100000 men, the Japanese
$1,000. Our navy Includes In It's
complement the mon of the radio
and air service. and regular navy
mon are used for supply ships, col
liers, tankers and repair ships. IN
Great Britain there is q separate
royal air toroe Of over 10000 men.
which could be used to re-enforce
the flset in q naval campaign,
while naval reserves and civilians
operate shore radio stations and
many auxiliaries and merchant
ships are available to supply and
repair the British fleet. The low.
est estimate that the Navy De-
psrtmentf fconsdersd sufficient TO
preserve the s-5-s ratio was $4,000.
The number really necessary was
12o, 900. ....
NAVY CONTROLS RADIO.
To-day the American navy con.
trolls and operates our world rndio
ocmmunication,.' said Captain Nc
Nance recently In an address. 1T
furnished the charts for our mari
ners. II controls and operates the
radio oompasses that guide our
great commercial fleets Into our
ports In storm and fog. It 10 guild
Ing. fnstructing and protecting the
nsttves Of Haiti. San Domingo
and the Virgin Islands, where II
has stamped out revolution and
reduced the death rate To = figure
equal to the best we can show in
our homo country. u has In
creased our trade In tho Near East
through the protection Of our de-
stroysrs by over 1000 per cent II
has earned the highest commen-
dation Of Mr.. Hoover by It's spon-
taneous effort In all European re-
lief work. II IL protecting our
missionarfs5 and our trade IN the
far reaches Of the Yaag-tse-lSisns.
II II our standing guarantee OF the
integrity Of the Western If"'-'.
phere against the aggression ol any
fursign psyW.