The Independent . © E. Muller, Jr. A SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR SAMPLE THE BATTLESHIP NEW YORK, ONE OF THE HALF DOZEN BIGGEST SHIPS IN THE U. S. NAVY. SECRETARY DANIELS TRAINING A BIG GUN OUR BILLION DOLLAR NAVY BY JOSEPHUS DANIELS DURING the four years of thefirst administration of Wood-row Wilson there was appro-priated on account of the navalestablishment the sum of about $1,135,-000,000. The three-year programadopted by the first session of the Sixty-fourth Congress authorized the con-struction of 156 vessels of differenttypes, and the money has now been pro-vided to commence the construction of
The Independent . © E. Muller, Jr. A SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR SAMPLE THE BATTLESHIP NEW YORK, ONE OF THE HALF DOZEN BIGGEST SHIPS IN THE U. S. NAVY. SECRETARY DANIELS TRAINING A BIG GUN OUR BILLION DOLLAR NAVY BY JOSEPHUS DANIELS DURING the four years of thefirst administration of Wood-row Wilson there was appro-priated on account of the navalestablishment the sum of about $1,135,-000,000. The three-year programadopted by the first session of the Sixty-fourth Congress authorized the con-struction of 156 vessels of differenttypes, and the money has now been pro-vided to commence the construction of7 battleships, 5 battle cruisers, 7 scoutcruisers, 35 destroyers, 48 submarines,1 destroyer tender, 1 submarine tender,1 hospital ship, 1 fuel ship, 1 ammuni-tion ship and 1 gunboat. The outstanding- features of thelatest naval bill are, first, the $115,-000,000 appropriation for speeding upthe construction of ships already au-thorized and those authorized in the billjust approved, and the purchase or con-struction of aircraft, additional de-stroyers, submarine chasers, motorboats and other small craft, which willbe essential in an emerge
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