Strategic Value of the Aircraft Carrier

By Lieutenant Commander G. B. Vroom, U. S. Navy
January 1925
The arrival of the aircraft carrier offers material for speculation as to its spheres of usefulness. There is scarcely any room' for doubt that it has definitely arrived, as a ...

Joint Army and Navy Operations, Part II

By Captain W. S. Pye, U. S. Navy
January 1925
In the first article of this series, Joint Army and Navy Operations— Part I, published in the Naval Institute PROCEEDINGS for December, special attention was devoted to a discussion of ...

Operation of a Destroyer at Full Power

By Lieutenant Commander H. G. Donald, U. S. Navy
January 1925
The following notes cover the main features affecting personnel and material when operating a destroyer at full power. The conclusions and recommendations as to operation are based not only on ...

Morocco—A Diplomatic Complex

By Lieutenant Commander Lucius C. Dunn, U. S. Navy
January 1925
Contrary to prevailing popular belief the World War did not have its beginning at Sarajevo. It is true that the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to ...

If I Were to Do My Service Over Again

By Lieutenant Commander H. R. Snyder, (Sc) U.S.N.R.F.
January 1925
After one has spent ten years in the navy and then resigned and notices that his liver is not acting as well as it ought to, due to too many ...

Our Chinese Navy

By Wallace S. Wharton, Lieutenant (jg), U.S.N.R.F.
January 1925
Pampagna, Villalobos, Palos, Monocacy, Elcano, Isabel, Penguin, Pigeon and Helena. To the average American citizen these names mean little; but to those few who have come in direct contact with ...

An International Incident

By Commodore E. B. Underwood, U.S.N., Retired
January 1925
As far as I know there has been no important work on international law published in the past fifty years that has not contained a discussion of the "case" of ...

"Blood Is Thicker Than Water"

By Willard C. Tyler
January 1925
In the Professional Notes of the PROCEEDINGS of the Institute for September, 1924, under the caption of "Great Britain" there is a sub-heading as above. There follows an extract from ...

Admiral Columbus

By Commander L. J. Gulliver, U. S. Navy
January 1925
“Your Holy Majesties have graciously given your approval of my voyage across the western ocean in order that I may find a short route to the Indies. Yet I must ...

Discussion

January 1925
Indoctrinating Civilians in Matters of Naval Defense (See page 1854, November, 1924, PROCEEDINGS) BY BROCKHOLST LIVINGSTON Lieutenant Daniels has covered the subject of indoctrinating civilians in matters of naval defense ...

Notes on International Affairs

Prepared By Allan Westcott, Professor, U. S. Naval Academy
January 1925
FROM OCTOBER 23 TO NOVEMBER 23GREAT BRITAIN RESULTS OF OCTOBER ELECTION.—The British parliamentary elections held on October 29 resulted in a sweeping victory for the Conservative party. With 606 ...

Book Reviews

January 1925
BLOCKADE AND SEA POWER—The Blockade, 1914-19, and its Significance for a World State. By Maurice Parmelee, Ph.D. New York: Thomas G. Crowell Company, 1924. Octavo, 460 pages. $3.00.Reviewed by Rear ...

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