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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · May 4, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 18.

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Note and Comment

REAR-ADMIRAL MELVILLE in an address before the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, on the occasion of its annual dinner, April 27, expressed the opinion that the present navy of the United States is far too small, being sufficient to protect only its North American territory, and that to insure the protection of the Philippines and the Panama canal, a navy treble the present size is required. The existing navy cost something more than $200,000,000. Every addition to the navy means a permanent increase in the cost of maintaining the government.