Professor Philip Rounseville Alger, U. S. Navy. An Appreciation

Written For The Institute By Rear-Admiral Austin M. Knight, U. S. Navy

March 1912

Professor Philip Rounseville Alger, United States Navy, for the last nine years Secretary and Treasurer of the Naval Institute and Editor of its Proceedings, died at Annapolis, Maryland, on February ...

Naval Might

By Lieutenant Ridgely Hunt, U. S. Navy

March 1912

Prize Essay 1912

The American Navy In The Orient In Recent Years

By Charles Oscar Paullin

March 1912

III.The Spanish-American War in the Philippine Islands, 1898.Until 1898 the duties of the Asiatic squadron were chiefly such as fall to ships of war in foreign ports during periods of ...

A Short Method of Calculating the Zenith Distance

By H. B. Goonwin

March 1912

It is a leading characteristic of the St. Hilaire method of laying off position lines by means of “calculated altitudes," which is now coming into very general use, that it ...

What's The Matter With The Naval Academy? A Plea For A Five Year Course

By Lieut.-Commander A. W. Hinds, U. S. Navy

March 1912

There is probably no school in the country with a better reputation for thoroughness than the U. S. Naval Academy; and there are many reasons why the Academy should have ...

Cruising In Formation

Translated By Commander R. R. Belknap, U. S. Navy

March 1912

A. Station KeepingGood station keeping is an indispensable fundamental condition for good and safe steaming in formation. This should be perfectly clear to every watch officer, and as a result ...

The Athletics And Amusements Office, Fort Slocum, N. Y.

By 1st Lieut. Paul D. Bunker, U. S. Army

March 1912

It having been suggested to the writer that due to the prominence of athletics in the Army and the Navy, and to the unique functions of the above named office ...

The Fundamentals of Naval Tactics

By Lieutenant Romeo Bernotti, Italian Navy; Translated by Lieutenant H.P. McIntosh, U.S. Navy (Retired)

March 1912

CHAPTER III. TACTICAL EVOLUTIONS.48. Tactical Evolutions and Maneuvers.—Let us consider a compact fleet with the units grouped in the manner deemed to be expedient for tactical action, and at the ...

Discussion

March 1912

Collision between H. M. S. "Hawke" and R. M. S. "Olympic." (See No. 140.)Naval Constructor D.W. Taylor, U. S. Navy.—Referring to Lieutenant Nixon's account of the Hawke-Olympic collision I must ...

Professional Notes

Prepared By Lieut.-Commander Ralph Earle, U. S. Navy

March 1912

Ships of War, Budgets and Personnel.Argentine Republic.The Argentine Battleships “Moreno” and “Rivadavia.”—The arrangement of the armor amidships of the two Argentine battleships Moreno and Rivadavia, which are being built at ...

Annual Report of the Secretary and Treasurer of the U.S. Naval Institute

March 1912

ANNAPOLIS, MD, March 16, 1912. TO THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE:Gentlemen:—I have the honor to submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1911.On Feb. 23 ...

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March 1912

Book Notices

March 1912

"The United States Navy." A hand book, by Henry Williams, Naval Constructor, U. S. Navy. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1911, 228 pages, illustrated with numerous half-tone engravings and ...

The Vandalia's Flag

By William Churchill, Sometime Consul-General of the United States for Tonga and Samoa

March 1912

I find that I have kept no record of the transactions in the matter of the Vandalia's flag other than skeleton memoranda that I wrote a despatch urging the State ...

"Punishment" As Applied To Soldiers And Sailors.

By Lieutenant-Colonel G. Haines, British Imperial Service and Commandant Detention Barracks, Aldershot, England

March 1912

Note.—Lieutenant-Colonel G. Raines is the father of the Detention System in England. He has been connected with prison administration for about 14 years in England and India, and has had ...

Report Of The United States Joint Army And Navy Powder Board In Connection With An Editorial In London Engineering Of October 6, 1911

March 1912

IntroductoryWithin the last few months a number of editorials have appeared in London Engineering criticising .the nitro-cellulose powder used in the United States Army and Navy, and claiming great superiority ...