The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-31
SECURITY
HELD BASIS Of
{. u s. PEACE
Sec. Davis Outlines G. 9. p.
Policy Of Adequate Force
for Defense
CONTINUED from First PACED

y great saving TO our country as
well as a method OF helping to make
peace more certain by stopping
the competition in this line Of naval
construction
Both our army and navy are en-
gagged in many activities which
contribute to our. peacetime advap-
tage The navy has always been.
Of great assistance TO our foreign
commerce. 1t has helped to chart
the seas and find out the unknown.
1t was an American naval officer,
Admiral Peary, who reached the
North Pole. Whenever any calamity
occurs in our own country or
abroad like the earthquake In
Japan our navy is used as an
instrument Of relief.
Army Helped Build Canal
Likewise the army assists in the
arts of peace. It was under their
direction that the Panama Canal
was built. 1t is through their
trained engineers tlsat the construc-
ton work is done on our rivers
and harbors. Such work is an
absolute necessity to the opening up
Of our inland streams for naviga.
ton and the preparation Of our
harbors for our ocean commerce.
They have been constantly en-
ployed along the Mississippi River
and its tributaries, and they will he
used for opening better water con
nections from the Great lakes to
the Gulf, and through the st.
Lawrence River to the Atlantic.
Such development would benefit our
great Western States and by bring
ing down the cost of transportation,
increase the prices of products on
the farm. They would also be
used in the Colorado development
and the improvements anticipated
along the Pacific Coast.
Thus we see the practical value in
addition to the purely military activ-
tiles which we derive from our army
and navy. They are both real i'm
struments of peacetime service.
Keeping Navy Up to Standard.
While the Republican Administra-
ton has expressed a desire for fur
ther limitation of ornaments, it also
has the policy of undertaking to
keep our navy up to the number of
battleships and general strength that
is allowed under the limitation
treaty.
It is building additional subna.
rines and cruisers and undertaking
to develop and increase the air serv-
ice. To the American army belongs
the credit of having first circuin-
navigated the globe with airplanes.
That result raised new questions
as to the relative value Of the three
arms of the navy-the surface ship,
the aircraft and the submarine.
president Coolidge at once called in
Secretary Wilbur and directed him
to have the experts of his depart.
ment make a careful survey of this
problem for such action as their
studies might show to be desirable.
Since then dirigible has crossed
the ocean from Germany, and an.
otner has made great voyage along
three sides Of our national boundary.
Aircraft Development.
While our present expenditure
IN all parts Of the air service
amounts to some $4,000, 900 each
year, because this branch Of the
service is still somewhat in an
experimental state, a consider.
able amount OF equipment soon
becomes obsolete. 1t is evident
that it is in this field that we
may expect the largest develop.
! meN 1t already has accom-
plished the incredible. A Govern
ment plane started from the At
lantic, in the morning and reached
the Pacific the same day.
The armored battleship, the sub.
marine and the airplane were Of
American origin. We want all
these instruments used to min.
lister to the safety, peace and
confidence of the American PEG.
pie. We want our military force
always to be the servants, never
| the masters. We favor agree.
ments for limitations that we NAV
escape both the, menace Of militarism
and the menace Of foreign agrees
sion. We, believe it is in this di.
| rection thta we can best promote
the peace and welfare Of our own
citizens and arrive at just under.
events prepared by the the Review
standings with other nations.