The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-28
JAMES URGES BIG
POSTWAR FLEET
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and ready Universal military
raining may be the only answer
TO that problem" he said.
Eyes, a Navy is COSTLY" Admiral
James said. 1--WE have spent over
Twelve billion dollars on our Navy
during the years of peace from
1889, but during just one year OF
this war just past we spent thirty
billion dollars had we spent
during the years Of peace just a
reasonable part Of the ninety-tWo
billion which the war cost us, we
would not have had the war and
we would still have our loved ones.
we must not be parsimonious
in providing for our national de-
tense
Insisting that to enforce peace
the United States must maintain
strong Navy, Admiral James
concluded his address, saying,
1.-THE choice is in our hands. With
foresight and courage and pride
in our own strength, we can en-
ulov the tremendous power OF our
armed forces as an instrument for
the maintenance of peace. The best
Of international agreements re-
ouires power to make them stick.
All our words are useless without
the power to back them up. Man.
made law is no stronger or etfec'
tive than his strength to enforce
it. Today we have that strength.
Let us maintain it. 1t is our surest
guarantee of peace and of nation
al survival
Present on the flag-draped speak
ers stand with Admiral James
was his wife, Capt. Ralph E. Mills,
USNR, his aide, and Mrs. Mills.
Directly behind on the City Hall
portico were the city councilmen,
headed by Mayor W. Ronald Lane,
and the board of county commits
sioners, headed by Chairman Addl'
son Hewlett, along with the com
manders of the five naval craft
here for Navy Day, Commander
Richard P. Nicholson, USN, OF the
submarine Quillback; 1t. Com
mander W. H. McClaskey, USNR,
of the submarine Greenling; 1t
Commander John E. Wicks, USN,
Of the destroyer Dashiell; Com
mander Paul G Olser, USN, OF the
destroyer Harlan R. Dickson; anc
Commander James r. Hinton, Jr..
USNR, Of the destroyer escort
Coates. Commander Hinton was
accompanied by his mother, Mrs
James R. Hinton, and Comman'
der Wicks had as his guest, Mrs
Robert B. Dashien of Annapolis,
Nd, sponsor of the Dashiell, and
her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Catch
wife of Rear Admiral Thomas
Catch, Navy judge advocate.
Admiral James made what will
probably be his last appearance be-
lore going overseas as coznman
der, Naval Forces, Northwest Al
rlcan waters, succeeding Vlce- Ad'
n1iral William A. Glassford, USN
BY coincidence, Admiral James
succeeded Admiral G1assford a:
commandant of the Sixth Nava
district and commander, Southern
sector, Eastern Sea frontier, II
May, 1913.
On the first naval convoy to sal
tor France in 1917, Admiral James
has had distinguished Navy ca
reer. He has served as asslstan
Chief of Staff of six naval forces
IN European waters, and as an as
sistant naval attache at Paris
MADRID and Lisbon. He was II
charge of the department OF Oro
nance and Gunnery at the MAYA
Academy from 1934-37. In 1871
before the United States entere
the war. Admiral James was q
dered to Bermuda to build, com
mission and operate the naval OF
rating base obtained there by IN
United States, and for this d:
signment he was recently aware
ed the Legion of Merit by 70
President of the United States.
Admiral James met his wife !
the Philippines in 1928, where
was serving as aide to Govern'
General Henry L. Stimson, recen
" retired Secretary of War, Mls
Eleanor Gamble, of Bryn NAV
Penn. They have three daughter
Eleanor, Mable and Ann.