Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1915 — 100 WASPS FOR U. S. IN TWO YEARS [ARTICLE]

100 WASPS FOR U. S. IN TWO YEARS

Naval Board to Ask Congress for 30 More Submarints in the Fall— To Be the Best of Them All. Washington, July 9.—The next building program for the U. S. navy will include estimates for nearly double th enumber of submarines appropriated for by the last session of congress. From officials in close touch with the administration’s plans for the navy it was learned tonight, that while the general board would wait until September before making its recommendations, at least thirty and probably more submarines certainly would be requested. The last congress in three sessions authorized 26 submarines and the U. S. now has a total of nearly 70 in commission or building. Within two years the total, it is estimated, may be-brought up to 100 undersea craft. •Secretary Daniels, it is understood, favors a large building program, believing that in the development of the efficiency of the submarine arm lies the most important task of the navy toddy.