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November 1917—Five of this issue’s nine articles possessed a very technical orientation. “Altitude, Azimuth and Hour-Angle” by George Washington Littlehales explained how to use a table of haversines, a formula for finding zenith-distance and its graphical form, to aid aerial navigation. Littlehales also pioneered a method for electrically recording sound.
The Nava! Institute’s “Annual Report,” published in the issue, announced Marine Brigadier General John A. LeJeune as the chairman of the board of control and the reelection of Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske as the Institute’s president. Fiske held this office longer than any other (1911-1923).
He helped create the office of Chief of Naval Operations, developed numerous improvements in gunnery, and invented the torpedo plane.
The year brought 923 new members, raising total membership in the Institute to 4,365.
November 1937—Marine Captain Evans F. Carlson wrote a short and cogent article on “Military Leadership.” He had served in Nicaragua and been an observer with Mao Tse Tung’s Eighth Route Army in China’s war with Japan when his article was published. Honesty and loyalty to his men, he said, were the most important qualities a leader could have. Adhering to these beliefs, Carlson became an excellent small unit leader during World War II and introduced the words “Gung Ho!”—work together—into the national vocabulary.
Lieutenant Raymond F. Farwell, U. S. Naval Reserve, contributed a study of ships meeting "Head and Head,” the 11th in his Proceedings series on the Rules of the Road. Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road was turned into a book and is still updated and published by the Naval Institute Press.
Commander L. F. Safford wrote of electrical communication, including television, opening “Wider Horizons.” He saw that with radiotelevision, “Each ship can watch the maneuvers of its own target, the fall of its own shot, and the effect of its own gunfire.”
As the war clouds gathered, members were treated to an explanation of "Splicing the Main Brace” and the serving of the rum ration. Lieutenant Commander R. E. Bassler, Civil Engineer Corps, explained that the U. S. Navy had abolished the “grog” ration on 1 September 1862.
The book review section featured Martin Niemoller's inspirational U-Boat to Pulpit. A World War 1 U-boat captain, Niemoller became a theologian and an opponent of the Nazi regime. With his courage in the face of oppression, he gave hope to many in and out of the Third Reich.
Soviet bastions and the U. S. maritime strategy were foreshadowed in a protessional note, which told that the Soviets were abandoning their naval base in the Baltic because ice conditions and air attack threatened their ships. They were instead strengthening Murmansk.
J. T. Salmon outlined “A Strategy for Thrift” to help the Depression-era Navy man manage his money. Salmon’s was one of the few Proceedings articles to address this issue until the recent appearance of the “Money Matters” column.
November 1957—In “Middle East Challenge,” Captain Brown Taylor told of how one prominent Kuwaiti wanted the foreign powers to go home and leave his country alone, because “Kuwait was the friend of all . . . all would enjoy her riches and none of her friends would attack her.”
Commander P. W. Bairden said in a contribution to Comment and Discussion: “All of us who have been in mine warfare know that our most important task at the moment is to impress upon other . . . sailors that the mine is big business.”
"Every article one reads in today’s press . . . [says] that BATTLESHIP is a nasty word!" said an exasperated Captain Charles B. Brooks, Jr. He believed instead that “if present types of surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles were to be installed . . . the Iowa (BB-61)-class will be among the most valuable ships in our fleet.”
Lawrence Carroll Allin, Maritime Historian
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