UNITED STATES NAVY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 727, 28 January 1910, Page 4

UNITED STATES NAVY.

» RISING PACIFIC POWER ' J ; Next'after the rise' 'of 'the' Gorman, Navy; ■ as ;the ! ;'dominant factor,;iri;'the''political;, conditibris of Europe, .the;naval expansion ■ :'bf; : ;the'v.UMted-'.'St^vdobkiM..t6;-.-'suprc : 'iriaey :-iri''the Paiific/ claims-the: attention of: all : ;whb : loolC''.'to;.tho- rivalries / and groupings:, of '' tho ■ future (states', a special: corrtsponde'nt/of. thb:-"Glasgow Herald"). I .. Just astthe,Germ6ai';Navy.,'ha9:becn : Shown by /the'.Kiel- trial. to '■ have' outgrown ;in" jt's rapi(V" 'expansion ; its' - administrative I : 'orghftisation,:' 'so • has'/the ■ iXJnited: States Navy •'.demanded,, aad -is . ;uridergbing cbanges; whicli - irivolvo a : remodelling •of ) ; the*;'.'system,^both 7 -/ at /.headquarters;. at/. ; ;Washin^on.'and in'-the-navy yards/ The. organisation' was .'obsolete, and /inadequate for/,the .requirenients of.the.present tiiric. It?has.;suueied' .fr'oiri "all/ the defccts of •a; ! bureaucratic .'system,'iri ;.which ; chiefsof Departments have been immersed-in cbmplex, business,- have ,- had , no. v:organic; relations another, and-havp left, the- Secretary: of tho Nayjr- with; no com-; potent' advisers ' for /his ,:guidanco..vlb, was , -mainly: the.:agitation; set: on foot.■ by, ■ the | inagaßine' artioles "of;' Mr. Eouterdahl ithat, . set-in/tnofepn!';the' forces that, have brought r/bout -the He /wao able to .show -that *..in\ 'the.:. design-,, of. . ships 1 there . was no - proper f co-brdinstion. of, t the' -elements to bo'. ombodiedj/whilp./the , system; at tho yards was- not -fitted; to/keen tho ,Navy; iri a state.of preparednoss.for war. / ■ DOMINATION OP THE PACIFIC. 'In fact, /the disparity between.-tho immense work in' hand arid : .thp;means by. -which iit '.was ? executed' was ;plain,:'to': iiH■olM^ers.''-! ':Hflre'Kwasi'a/.neatf'Nayy-";whicli. ' was -tb • ■ givb;/.tho -United • States. a:. world "pb'sition.::/;':lt' 'had undertaken: - tb/' ;umto: : two-Vocearis '-,by..; the--. Pa nam ci' : Cajial', -it had ; Qssiime(l: a':. gToat. •'position ;.:in ' the: ! OPacifid;, ? oonfronted - by;-'; tho : 'necessity A ofljuilding'/ sliips. • of.-; tho ' : ■ 'dilriensions of, modern Dreadnoiiguts. 1 , - The ' .ambitions-of'theUnited: Siates axo ••'not''limited : by'.any-rcgardrforvihe Monroe' 'doctrine--.There-.mil bora.; Pearl- Harbour/'.Hawaii,*, in-, a: maffnificdnt • ,sheltßred;4{vrbour, docking,; ropaiv- ; irig. 'in 'focus- Ofr-tho;^opQ.apiwlerc;- great.'.com-. ' mercial 4 routes (Horb: almost'half%oyv;to /tho ~ -United States "Asiatic. pos^saons-^'a^^ vanced .towardsj. those Qreat; vßritain, Franco. and GcTmaiiy. iii'.'-the - Pacific.' ; Thero'-;will' be/a/minor..baso at Olorigapo, or ; .Cbrrcridor,;lslahd;';iri:/the ! .; Philippines, 'anS .the-fleets ,>ml/patrol'from",Now\Tork' by ithe/.Canal "along--tho /Pacific/'coast/'a.nd Across to^'.-Hawaii s Md;M«(nila , ;''' r :-.?,'-;,,*-:,." , 'i'- 1 ' -It. is/absurd, to, speak, of; Pe'aTl Harbour - as. thejMke j: ,of". .lies;iri- and 'riot only"in:;positioris,. important, ns theso'/ai'o.' .'and the United. States Navy'/is building' a' greatvtot for :thb/appointed/" driy./wheiL "tbb, istlimus - is ; c.nt Vand/' thev dominatiori'/of • the. .Pacific: and the:,Caribbean'!begins.," ThbiSecretary, bfitiie''Navy;recbmmerids-tlie.btLildingioi /two. ;big-gunfcl!iss;':to .'tnako j-eiElit. '-with - the; of docking facilities.wlU:.j;o- ca! pari.passu- ; thp^buil^n^:M^i^ips:S.ieiv ; ;' -J--THE ABVISORy BOAED. ' iifgrlon—arii ./iritettded Jtb;^aSsurftSthp:re-. 'eppnMblel ■ Secrb taiys> .larpfossiprial: ! SdStceS l ßi='a , hb .-'%stMffr; wjtt7.be ppiprb; -• likb: 't"Kat::.irite.duced'/:iri:: ; .thp '-.jlVeiichr'Havy, ip-, : ' ; pomtw%fo>.iidT9e -ine:'/;;:.MSiMoyerV.-tlie': of: tho; -tTnited/. States' 1 ; If ; hiivo.; fourjfitig ; tioiisof •' tho-! flebt "Potter, ■ \thp/i, personnel i flMtrand'fear-A-dmiran'Ward'bn spMtibrisiaiid .tlie ;.th6 Navy, s 'iW tho arrange-: have' no. supcrvhory or/executivo.'power or author--sity, fandvjvill'.-bg? lfmited l^ ->vliblly; to_! tlieir': ,/hbpe.di'i sayis; pr: vlfef,'-i that;.,these.'; apr, ■ l out-recognitibn,'--.'i'lib. 'success :o'{, tha ;sys-: teiniWill'depeiitl'entirely; the mariner, ■in'-wlich;;the bers^-;worKf together.: A COifPLEX BUSINESS ;: andi iaUi^h^'^^rs^-^H^/detoMds'lthe; assiduous'/ cdrVTof arid' ■ : in ; asso!ciatibn';,withHh'ei:W"ar'ColleKi!, :jthe':-Nayal IriteUigcric'e /Office,'arid, the/Gener al''Naval 'Board;.'/arid;', will ' have j spmetlung': to'/ say; on tho/ desigri/'of : and?the 'location "of;. dockyoirdsi. //The ipfficpr;, cbiicempd ',with the'personnel/'is; cbhfrbrited .'with'/a ;com'plbx - business; iii v removing ■■: the grave bf /Amoricah. 'i^ioft^;;M'V&mwrod , : bther: nayies' bid ( thp-/Jlock: in'/prombtion average ■ age: of_ American rear-admirals - is. /about' CO- : ari'd /of'captains'/about ,56; while .'Captain' /who": Ms/'now ;at ;tßo':':head/,pf..-,..the'--('Brinsh' "list,v ; %fill i: Certaihly^'•-be* fa,;flag .offlcer/long; before'-heVis": 40;,-, To', deal 1 properly .mtii' :tho%va'st/; wbrk/ oX-.. naval consCTUcHon v 'in ':its"';present;fcomplexi'coriditioh-i-''irill-/:re'- ; 'quire;;th6 /ripest'- cxperience/iri ithe.officer. 'cha^e'd;^mtfi-,/theV.auiy;.6f'''ndTisiiig.i i 'npdn /it. -fThe - .cbn,'ducti.:bf -tho ' work/connected with dockyards and dock .calls for • constant • consideration.; : Tho work of' iri'specr 'tion /may -.b6 r oasieri but 'it. is/vitally, im-. ;i^rtant; r 7:y . •- ' TKAINING. OP pPITICEES.;'. : •: ./•: The .object of,-tho.,reorganisation', of HlO Navy/, yards".'is :-ito'/;establisfi;f;,a.' 'Bysteiri, .whereby, the - ileot^:will- : bo/.'maintained in' a- Pbnstant/fstato^'-,of--,readiness/for-/■/war. .The,. ofEear's 'of the .fleet'are'to have .both shop; and fleet training, - so that with -tho /help;/ of"; repair;;ships' tliey." may/'be-'able - .to make-tho;fleet more -mdopendent of the yards—-mora ■ self-sustaining:; and capable of' keeping;: lorigei' at sea. . "To • develop its ..entire preparedness the. battle fleet shoo Id/bounder sea conditions and sea training 'as much- as possible, and at navy: jrardsi'ifor tho. minimumtime/' This ■ is' .britirely .: sbimd,; : arid corresponds .with .the 'system now/ pursaed 'ia; tho -British ■'Navy.;:':'-i://-;:.;'/.v '