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Harrison and Morton 1888

"Billion $ Congress" - T. Reed, N. Aldrich
appointed Benjamin Tracy - "Blue Water" admirals
crises: Chile, Italy, Samoa
Tracy idea to name battleships after states and cruisers after cities, to gain popular support for the Big Navy
Squadron of Evolution sent around world
First Annual Report Dec. 1889 - "a fighting force"
Eugene Hale and Charles Boutelle on Maine, Lodge of MA, Joseph Hawley of CT ("you cannot negotiate without a gun")
Navy Act of 1890 - from Boutelle's House Naval Affairs Committee, to build 3 "first-class" battleships with range of 5000 miles
"sea-going coast-line battleships" of 10,000 tons: Indiana, Massachusetts, Oregon
2 fleets to replace "distant stations"