Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 35, 12 December 1909 — Page 19

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1909.

PAGE SEVEN.

VERY DEFECTIVE WERE METHODS IH

NAVY DEPARTMENT

Reorganization of the Service

Was a Task That Confront ed the Last Few Secretar ies of the Navy. LINE OFFICERS HAVE

WON A GREAT VICTORY

Their Contention That the Men

Who Handle Ships Should

Have Some Say, Proved a

Great Argument.

(Roderick Clifford.) Washington, Dec. 11. The reorgan

lsation of the United States naval establishment has brought a reform of the defective administrative methods In the navy department which were

transmitted from a time when war

fare on the sea was far less complex than it Is today. It is a task which

has confronted three secretaries of

the navy in the past three years. The interests of those . in the service, whose Interests ran counter to the

contemplated reform, blocked all hope of relief from the bureaucratic sys

tem which had developed. The plans for modernization met the argument

that they would be an invasion of vested rights.

Traditions live long in the navy and it Is hard to down them, no matter

how antiquated life has taken place,

because floating fortresses and dread

noughts have replaced old wooden

ships, and have even placed the for

midable .battleships of fifteen years ago out of teal consideration as elements of naval strength. Tradition Died Hard. It has been difficult to fight against the spirit of naval tradition, which has its powerful sympathizers in both houses of congress. Secretary Meyer is to be congratulated on the courage he has displayed. It is true that the reforms he contemplates are not nearly so sensational or far-reaching as some newspapers have made them out, but nevertheless the "line" . has won the fight which it opened, .some years ago, when the Washington bureaucrats reached the cummlt of their dictatorial intolerance. The "line" officers have always held that -the men who are to spend their lives on the battleships, and fight their country's battles, should have some voice in their construction and design. The justice of this claim could not be entirely ignored by a senate, which is dominated, so far as naval matters is concerned, by Senator Hale of Maine, who is steeped in bureaucracy and has blocked all chance of reform for years. One Great Defect. One of the great defects in our naval administration has been the overlapping of the department bureaus and the lack of a logical distribution of authority. Warring administrative elements has made the secretary of the navy merely a buffer or mediator in quarrels of the bureaus, which were

more interested in controlling , him

than in helping him to manage the department efficiently.

He is now attempting to remove

himself from these factional differences by creating a board of disinterested advisers, who are entirely independent of the bureaus. The appoint

ment of four personal aides will elim

inate the strain of bureau friction, which has centered in his office, and

will do much to promote efficiency

in every branch of the service. The "line"' officers, having received the recognition they craved, are in a position to exercise direct influence on the battleship construction of the fu

ture. It Was Anticipated. The bureaucrats anticipated the curtailment of their power, for Secretary Meyer has made no great secret of his convictions on the spbject of naval reform. They have at times frankly admitted the failure of the old system to attach sufficient importance, to the military ships of naval administration. Ships were built and manned, but not enough attention was paid to getting out of them the utmost military effectiveness. Secretary Meyer's plan provides for a new division In the department concerned with the operation of the fleet, and, its preparation to meet all strategic contingencies, and it also creates an independent inspection division, charged with keeping both ships and personnel up to the required standard. Bureaus are no longer given the rather profitless task of criticising their own work. Tbe new plan removes many complexities in the organization. The bureau of equipment is abolished, and its functions partitioned among the other divisions. In course . of time there will probably be only four departmental divisions; one dealing with the material, one with the personnel, a third with the development of a thorough policy of defense and offense and a fourth charged with the duties of Inspection. . To Be Eliminated. Business methods are now in demand. All the points of leakage in efficiency are to be eliminated. Many a bureaucrat will be deprived of his perquisites, as the result of Secretary Meyer's activities, but of the great Improvement he has stimulated in the navy there can be no question. The navy, exists for the country, and not (or the officers of the bureaus, many

of whom have no practical knowledge of sea-fighting, and are purely academic in training. Some question has been raised as to congress abolishing the bureau of equipment, in response to the recommendation of Secretary Meyer. ' It is asserted in some quarters that the bureaucrats will make a last determined stand at the coming session, but the best authorities declare that congress will bow to public opinion in this matter, and there is no doubt that the public stands solidly behind Secretary Meyer in his program of reform. In fact, continued appropriations for a "greater navy" will depend entirely upon public confidence, for bureaucracy has done more to undermine confidence In the navy in the past three years than all other causes combined. There have been many charges of inefficiency proffered, and Secretary Meyer quickly recognized that they were not entirely without foundation. The fact that the "line officers" will henceforth be in practical control of affairs is welcome news to all friends of the navy.

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A Prehistoric Cave Dwelling Ruin Discovered by a Federal Expert.

HOUSES ARE TWO-STORIED

Washington, Dec. 11. William I,. Douglas, examiner of surveys, of the

general land office, has just reported to that office the discovery of an im

portant prehistoris Pueblo cliff ruin, near the head of Indian creek, not far

from the southwest corner of the Navajo Indiana reservation In Arizona.

This ruin contains 70 rooms and is

constructed almost entirely of adobe brick, 18 by 6 by 4 inches inside, made of clay mixed with grass and laid in single courses.

The structure is built high in the

cliff, under a large arching shelter rock. A number of the rooms are two

story, and some appear originally to have been three stories high. Many of these rooms are in a perfect state of preservation. One was covered with three coats of adobe plaster. Here was discovered an inscription, presumed to be Spanish, which, so far as it

could be deciphered, was: "Ghos Anno

D 1661."

The first line of this Inscription is

not complete. The second line also is not distinct beyond the letters given, but probably the words are "Anno

Domini."

The figures 1GG1 are about four

inches high and deeply cut.

The inscription appears on the last

or outer coat of mud plaster, and Mr. Douglas believes was placed ther.e by yearly explorers, who may have temporarily occupied the ruin.

At another point the letter "A" was

found. At still another Mr. Douglas deciphered some indistinct lettering, which read:

"Asoas." Study by competent au

thority may reveal additional markings. The first line of the insription possibly is the name of the leader of

the Spanish party and the last the year of its conquest if conquest there was

of the cliff dwellers.

Illinois Suffragettes Are Active Chicago Will Be the Base of the Campaign Opened by Women Vote Seekers They Plan Big Parade.

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Tom L. Johnson omitted the word

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Cleveland, because, as he said, he

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ple."

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