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COVER DESIGN
STUART TRAVIS
Admiral Groiho Dowry
NEEDED A POWERFUL
NAVY
ny ceorce dewey
Ailminil of I lie Navy
ADMIRAL MA I IAN' l.ns staled
that tlic size ol' the Navy must
lip determined nut so liiucli by
what :i iiatinn is willing to accom
plish as by wlmt it is willing or unvvill
i 1 1 lt to concede in respect to iintiunnl
policies. The rutted States must
therefore measure its strength with
the nations that are most likely to
oppose our policies, anil this strength
must be judged by comparative and
not by absolute strength.
The Toiled States Navy at present
ranks third, with (J real Mritain and
(iennuny lirst and second respectively,
and France fourth. With the definite
huildiiu: programs possessed by (treat
Britain, (iermany, I'Vanee and .lapan,
the lnited Stales will soon drop to
fourth place. The (Jcneral Hoard of
the Nay (of which I am president)
reciiuimeuded as early as lilOU that
the ultimate strength of the Tuited
Slates Navy should be forty-eight bat
tleships with the necessary auxiliaries,
and this policy has been consistently
advocated from year to year.
Dreadnoughts must constitute the
basis of our building program. At the
present lime, the Tuited State and
(icruiauy an nearly equal in capital
-hips now built or building; but we
will vuiii be third. At the rate of two
battleships each year, the Tuited
States in 11)20 will have thirty-flvo
Dreadnoughts and pre-Dreaduoughts,
(ienuany, according to her 1011 pro
main llfty-llve, and Japan, as nearly
iix tan be determined, thirty-six. Situ
ated as we are with such an extensive
coast line and interests in the A I lan tie
and I'acille, our Navy must be pre
pared for an enemy in either ocean.
Panama the New Naval Key
TUT. I'u'iama Canal, however, will be
of immense military advantage to
II-. because it will enable the concen
tiatiou of the tleet on either coast in
a much shorter time. Without the
canal, to insure naval supremacy wo
should i ossess n tleet in each ocean
mi erior to that of our most probable1
enemy in that ocean. With the com-'
plctiou of the canal, the Tuited States,1
due to its ownership, assumes new ro--ponsihilities
and obligations, lt must
exercise military control of and main
tain peace in the ("anal Zone ami its
icinity. Our traditional Monroe Doc
trine and the Open Door policy must
be supported. 'c must be pre) ami;
to defend these policies and be ready
in defeat any antagonist likely to chal
lenge them. This can onh be done b I
bavin'-' a Na v ,idi'iiate to meet an
NEEDED A POWERFUL NAVY-IYtoo7 ADMIRAL GF.ORG E DEWEY 2
TIT: NEGRO AND THE LW HARRIS DICKSON 3
Illustrations bo J. N. Marcltanil
FRI SII FINDINGS FROM MARK TWAIN . ALI1ERT HIGELOW PAINE -1
Illustrations bo Horace Taylor
KEEPING UP WITH WATTIVILLE Airt . . OWEN JOHNSON 5
Illustrations bo Osc.tr Cesnre
THE SOLE SURVIVOR DRUCE FARSON fi
Illustrations bo I'etcy E. Cowen
HER WAYS MADELINE BRIDGES 8
FLOWERS THAT ANYBODY CAN GROW .
BULBS F( R SPRING PLANTING .
GARDEN WRINKLES
LOOKING I ORWARI) TO THE NEXT NUMBER
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For that sleep jinx Big Ben
For that thing that tries to
chloroform you in the morning
for that other fellow that pulls
the covers up around your
neck claims five minutes
won't matter, then double
crosses you and lets you sleep
twenty:
For a pleasant on-time a wak
ening, a velvet-like shaving, a
Sunday-like breakfast for a
good hard day's work that
will put feathers in any old
bed for a little spare time
around the evenings and a lit
tle play with the little ones:
Big Ben seven inches tall,
two good clocks in one. A
rattling good alarm to wake
up w ith, a rattling good time
piece to tell time all day by.
Great easy iv'mdinz keys that almost
wind themselves big, bold hands and
figures you can sec at a glance in the
dim morning light big, jolly, deep
toned voice that greets you on the dot
on your drowsiest mornings.
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sudden emergency. Hy adequate i
meant a Navy powerful enough to seek
ami destroy that of the enemy.
Wars are certain to come and the
nation must be prepared. The history
of all ages has shown that the proper
provision for peace is preparedness
for war. A large Xavy makes for
peace and is an essential asset to the
nation possessing it. National supiue
ness has cost us much in the past and
wo can not afford to have it repeated.
Weak Navies Have Spelled Defeat
CORXWALL1S was not properly
supported by the Xavy. Conse
quently, F.nglaml lost her colonies.
Xapoleon fell because Villeneuve Ma
no match for Nelson. The ('onfedernc
lost because the Federal Navy block
uded all its ports, shutting oft' su,
plies and revenues. After Spain'
navy was tlest roved, her colonies weie
no longer tenable. The defeat of the
Russian Navy by the Japanese decide 1
the Kusso-Japaneso War. Italy in it
recent war bail command of the sea
and Turkev had to make peace. The
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(trecK javy nt the present tune Mas
been a powerful factor in the success
of the 1'alkan States against Turkev.
To have a weak Navv courts attack.
I disaster and defeat. Diplomatic de
mands in international affairs will be
beetled only if a nation has the nec
essary force to back them up. The
Navy is an important factor in inter
national settlements. This nation can
not afford to be content to have its
Xavy relegated to fourth or fifth
place.
I lie Spanish-Amcrtcan War, uhich
lastnl ahtmt one hundred duiis, cost
U8 appro rimati hi fire hundred million
dollars, or about four times the total
annual erprnditure for the Xani, and.
thts dors not tnrlude the urarla pi n-'
sions result inn therefrom, to ; noth-
ma of the Iters saenlieeJ. ri) la mil
lion dollars properlii spent on hat tie-
lilt ipa preceding 1S0S, irould have made
tliis nar a hopeless undertahinq for
Spain.
Our Standing Before the World
TMIF. Tuited States iu recent years
A has become a world power, necessi-
toting the assuming of corresponding
responsibilities. These obligations our
representative citizens are willing to
accept, but turn to our military expeils
for guidance; and their studies, and
not political or economic conditions,
must decide.
We must have a Navy not to wage,
but to prevent war. It must he a well
balanced Navy; that is, battleships
.with the roper proportion of auxil
iaries, such as destroyers, scouts, sup
1 1 ly and repair ships, etc.; but battle
I ships are paramount, and the build
ing of them must continue, lt requires
thiee years to build a battleship, anil
they can not be bought or improvised,
i Battleships deteriorate and become ob-
s-olete iu time, so that provision must
be made to replace those in service.
Carefully studied and scientific prep
aration for war must be made in times
of peace hy our naval olliccrs; but
Contrress must provide them with the
necessary ships. If they fail in this,
wl en war conies, as it surely will, the
nation will not be citilled to win suc
cess, but oiilv humiliation and defeat.
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