This incasurably interesting not only because of the changes it will bring about in the navy yards, but because it shows that the statesmen of the nation recognized the positive need for preparedness, and for preparedness, and for possible. Never since the European War, the private shipbuilding yard is throughout the country have been swamped with orders, both foreign and domestic, and the gentlemen who used to haunt the national capital for the purpose of obtaining government unlets now have to be fully coaxed to make bids for naval contracts. They may, of course, be induced to build ware raft for Lucie Sum, but at advanced prices, and only after they have completed their European contracts, which number in the thousands. It was therefore perfectly apparent to Congress that if the United States Impeded to give a competent navy within the next ten years it would have to build the ships it is.

The most important necessity in battleships, on the other hand, is space. A battleship is a large era and requires great deal of room in which to grow. At the present time, New York has space enough to build only one at a time. It is not large enough to accommodate.  At the battleship, while Norfolk has been in service for four and Philadelphia at many as early as possible. In order to secure space in some of the yards, it will be necessary to tear down whole buildings, the yard at Boston, for example, in two.

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