Our country and its resources; . Plioto Harris & Ewiu; ENTRANCE HALL, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. CHAPTEK NEW NAVY THE NAVAL PROGRAMME OF 1916. ON August 29, 1916, PresidentWilson signed the Naval Ap-propriation Bill, authorizing athree-year building programme, of greater size and importance thanthis nation has ever previously con-templated. To get a perspective onthis bill and what it means, consider INCREASE OF NAVY SINCE 1903 Year Appropriation Amount forincrease navy Building programme 1906 $33,475, 1 first-class battleship3 torpedo-boat destroyers8 submarines 1907
Our country and its resources; . Plioto Harris & Ewiu; ENTRANCE HALL, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. CHAPTEK NEW NAVY THE NAVAL PROGRAMME OF 1916. ON August 29, 1916, PresidentWilson signed the Naval Ap-propriation Bill, authorizing athree-year building programme, of greater size and importance thanthis nation has ever previously con-templated. To get a perspective onthis bill and what it means, consider INCREASE OF NAVY SINCE 1903 Year Appropriation Amount forincrease navy Building programme 1906 $33,475, 1 first-class battleship3 torpedo-boat destroyers8 submarines 1907 98,958, 23,713,915 00 1 first-class battleship 2 torpedo-boat destroyers 1908 122,063,885 47 30 307 962 00 2 first-class battleships5 colliers 10 torpedo-boat destroyers 8 submarines 1909 136, 38,819, 2 first-class battleships1 collier 8 destroyers (3 sub-surface)4 submarines 1910 , 33,770, 2 first-class battleships2 colliers 6 torpedo-boat destroyers4 submarines 1911 126,478, 26,005, 2 first-class battleships 2 colliers 1 river gunb
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