Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-20

ton viii be:
United States ........... 52j. $50
Great Britain Observation-Disclosures. j5S $50
Japan ................ .3Ol $40
I'm SO far as capital ships ro." tho
admiral CONTINUED. the United states
has. by the treaty. only Il small in
fcri"rity Of tonnage and OF four ships
IN number Hs compared with Great
Britain. ana il one and twO-thirds
that of Japan. The infcriority with
REGARD 10 England Will be reduced "a.
time goes ON by the disappcatancc of
the older ships"
Taxing up the matter Of aircraft
carriers. who are becoming more and
more important. tho admiral said.
'"Ihc treaty provided a maximum.
tonnage OF aircraft carriers as fol-
Lows:
United states 900
Great Britain 1875. 900
JAPAN .'...... ............... Sl,DCO
The United states may CONVEX,
tw" OF the partially completed bat
tie cruisers 10 aircraft carriers ii IL
go desires. At present the three
powers hay" In commission or uu-
der construction or authorized. the
following aircraft carriers:
United States. one vessel. 1900
tons: Great Eritatn. six vessels S.
800 tons. Japan. three vessels. 20
900 tons.
I'm view Of the growing import
hnc" oi aviation AS an Indispensable
auxiliary to feet. 1t is not To b..
japan viii fan 10 build w TO tho
tonuag" allowed. To maintain
[""y '" " me S,.@s s sn th%
conversion ana completion to air
craft carriers Of two partially com
plctcd tattlc cruisers and at least
on" additional aircraft carrier Of 27.-
900 tons"
Dealing with tho question Of
strength that Is OF Importance. the
admiral said:
Cruiser TonnnEc Unlimited.
The cruiser tonnage allowed the
various powers Is unlimited In in
shutting comparisons and cstimat-
Ing our needs. we must exclude all
old vessels Of less than twenty-scvcn
knots speed. Tho apparent situation
w!ll alter from year 10 year accord
ing to the progress OF tho various
building programs.
At present the best Information
Indicates there are In existence.
building or authorized for the three
years. the following tonnage In
cruisers OF twcntyscven knots
sped or above:
s.itea '''''''''. '"''po
.a, "'''''' ''''''''''..'.''E 2z'po"
...'' - '''"'
- .r 49, '",' ''Ni -
-, -! % |'rnI '',"lh.
-. .,,' ..l'i"S ."' lDi
,Inn,I o.. oon 49,
rm,sid,rir,, -
s,rn,,r~ ,r. ,d,,lr,t ,,ot,,,.,,
.-rl. r.,,..I G,..
gupcrior Ia ,;,c., s-,,,tr an, r,...,
I'm dcltrnycrs DIN. 10 our a,n.-g.,cy
war i,rogram Ia comma, suh,rnr,,.s
Tho DESTROYER ,onuages arn.
l-nitru states a2..1-
Great H!I,a!n a;-rn;
japan 10, AGO
Personnel 4, short
1T should be noted thai AT present
the United S,A,cs has only losg AGO
tons OF dcstrovers I'm commission.
The remaining aUI 600 tons IL ON, Of
commission because ,h.r. Is no NOR
sonnet to man them. Th. delicate
high pressure machinery Of these
vessels is much ,more susceptible. TO
deterioration when out OF commits
SION than when there is "A crew on
/ GARD TO care for 1t. II this condi-
tion lasts Il few years longer We can
not count on destroyer strength Of
much more man tho vessels th,, ara
KEEP, IN commission.
1t may. perhaps. seem that our
excess destroyer strength. Offsets our
deficiencies In cruisers. This il MOI,
wholly true. D.stroycrs havr not
the armament. FadIus .: action. nor
db!lty To make speed ia u scaway
TO enable thorn satisfactorily to uer.
form the Indispensable functions Of
cruisers In wartime"
Taking up the matter o, sub
marines. the adin!ra! continued:
In comparing submarines. they
must be treated in two classes; small
boats anu large boats. The first
by their small size and radius OF ac-
ton chiefly 10 a coast defense role
Their IMPORTANCE Will probably al
minish with the development of air
craft for this purpose.
Boats over 1000 tons are susccn-
t.blc OF great development and con-
sequcnt usefulness. They can be
given adequate armament and grca,
radius of action, thus rendering them
to degree independent OF shore
bases Ihey can be used extensively
against an enemy without rcsnrtIng
10 me horrors and ruthlessncss ON
pioyed by the Germans in the late
war.
BOnts over 1000 Tons Useful.
ne tonnage OF small submarines
I %. to-. -. "a.