THE AMERICAN NAVY.
WEAKNESSES BEING REPAIRED PERSONNEL TO BE INCREASED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received June IS; 1.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, June 16. The Navy Department strongly urged on Congress the need for increasing the enlisted strength of the Navy to 131,458. The strength now is 87,000. It is pointed out that there is only one commander of the transport and cruiser force, and if the nation had to meet an attack with separate cruisers and scout forces there would l , not be a commander for both. Three additional RearAdmirals are needed to remedy the defects. The destroyer and submarine forces could not be properly organised if it were necessary to divert them to fight against surface enemy craft instead of submarines. Increasing the strength to 131,458 would give 5500 officers instead of 3700.
It is further pointed out tbaf the United States mxist prepare for a larger navy after the war. when the world will be in a “perturbed state.” The Navy Department announces that America will send 180 destroyers to European waters during 1918.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4898, 18 June 1918, Page 5
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