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Benjamin Tracy
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Benjamin Harrison 1889-93
- "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"
Grover Cleveland 1893-96
