UNITED STATES NAVY.
It"is' authoritatively 'stated 'at. the'/Wash; , in£ton , Niivy • '''Department'', tliat I'residcnt Roosevelt docs' not' contemplate. tho /creation of .two" battleship fleot's, and .'that jt; is not' intended'to l;'eep.'the. battleships which arfe'gjoing' to the',"Pacific " 'licrm'anohtly ill" tli'oso waters'.. Tho floet' lyill'.cnrtainly return "to .tho Atlantic' seaboard after havirtg .fulfilled' its mission arid "demonstrated., £he feasibility of safely transferring so vast a na>"al.force from ; cic'r>.nl\ to Mtiin.' ir,' ; .' . ~, ■ Tho .plan "is"' to 'ultimately : increase tho strength'of the. 1 Atlantic.,fleet r from/eighteen ships, its present' number, to : tiven'ty-cight', affording a' command, as largo as"can , pro/ porly be directed.by, on?rofficer.. TIV Acting Secretary of State .for denies, the report issued 'from ;Shanghai';that. :tho UnitedJjStatei! floVernni'cnt hilvo leased, a. ! coaling, station ot'Noiik .Bay .and .a,floating dry. dock: at, yiiidivostpch'.,;'. In rofcrenco/tp this-latter,..iiiowover,..ho said that it, Voiild .ho ivist ar> much use to the United StatesNavy as a canal on Mars.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 27, 26 October 1907, Page 10
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147UNITED STATES NAVY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 27, 26 October 1907, Page 10
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