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Evidently the statements published some days ago by Mr. William B. Shearer, in regard to the present material condition of the Navy were not as pessimistic as the comment of Secretary. Wilbur would have led one to believe. The report of Admiral Robert E. Coontz, which-has just appeared, far from fulfilling Mr. Wilbur's predictions, might very well be called discouraging. While it is a long established custom for military and naval experts to wall and moan over the state of the country's armed forces, there is a dispassionate note of truth in the Commander-in-chief...
...need for more protection from the Army. The report which he receives is confidential but its main features are already known from a "critique" held by the umpires last week. Assembled at the Colon Y. M. C. A., 400 officers heard the critique conducted by Admiral Robert E, Coontz, Commander of the U. S. Fleet, and Major General John L. Hines, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army. Admiral Coontz was the predecessor of Admiral Eberle as Chief of Naval Operations and former commander of divisions both of the Atlantic and of the Pacific fleets. In conjunction with General Hines...
...hinder enemy reconnaissance. Next came the destroyer screen to ward off enemy submarines, followed by the Wyoming and three other battleships, constituting the scouting fleet, since we have no cruisers suitable for this purpose. Following these came the battle fleet of nine ships in three columns, followed by Admiral Coontz's flag ship, Seattle. Behind this came the convoy. The protective screen of destroyers fell into position on all sides. Out into the Caribbean at full speed the fleet drove. Admiral Coontz's wireless to every unit was: "Well done...
Admiral Robinson then ordered his battleships to sea and they steamed out of the harbor without waiting for the remainder of the fleet which was still in the Canal. But the umpires, Admiral Robert E. Coontz and Major General John L. Mines, ordered him back, declaring that his ships were disabled...
Speakers at the convention included Secretary of Labor Davis (for restriction of immigration), Director Frank T. Hines of the Veterans' Bureau (on care of ex-service men), Samuel Gompers, Admiral R. E. Coontz, and General Josef Haller, Commander of the Polish Army...