The Voyage of the Dewey

By Lieut.-Commander F. M. Bennett, U. S. Navy
October 1906
It was the intention of the writer to make this narrative simply a plain tale of the sea, describing mishaps, accidents and obstacles met with and expedients resorted to by ...

Sabre and Bayonet

By A.C. Cunningham
October 1906
[Copyrighted.]U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE, ANNAPOLIS, MD.SABRE AND BAYONET[1]By Civil Engineer A. C. Cunningham, U. S. Navy.Until within a couple of years the sabre and bayonet had become to be regarded ...

Permanence of Enlisted Force of the Navy

By Lieutenant Ridley McLean, U. S. Navy
October 1906
NECESSITY OF PERMANENCE. The desirability of having as nearly as possible a permanent body of men for our ships of war has probably been recognized since the formation of the ...

A New Method in Nautical Astronomy

By H.B. Goodwin
October 1906
(SECOND PAPER) In the number of the PROCEEDINGS for December, 1905 (Vol. XXXI, No. 4), there was included a paper which, under the title of "A New Method in Nautical ...

Electrical Installations of the United States Navy

By Commander Burns T. Walling, U. S. Navy, and Julius Martin, E. E., Master Electrician of the Equipment Department, Navy Yard, New York
October 1906
A MANUAL OF THE LATEST APPROVED MATERIAL, INCLUDINGITS USE, OPERATION, INSPECTION, CARE AND MANAGEMENT AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION ON BOARD SHIPCHAPTER IINCANDESCENT LAMPSGeneral Considerations of Naval Types ...

Discussion

October 1906
How to Have the Ship’s Store We Want.(See No. 119.)Pay Inspector J. A. Mudd, U. S. Navy.—Most of us feel grateful to Paymaster Dyer for his timely and instructive ...

Professional Notes

Prepared by Professor Philip R. Alger, U. S. Navy
October 1906
SHIPS OF WAR, BUDGETS, AND PERSONNEL.AUSTRIA.VESSELS BUILDING.[TABLE]FRANCE.VESSELS BUILDING.[TABLE]Trials of the Republique axd Patrie.—The new first-class battleships République and Patrie have successfully completed their trials. The Minister of Marine, M. Thompson ...

Book Notices

October 1906
"Suggestions to Military Riflemen." By Lieut. Townsend Whelan, U. S. Army.Lieut. Whelan, who has been the coach for the U. S. Army Infantry Rifle Team for the past two years ...

List of Prize Essays

October 1906
1879.Naval Education. Prize Essay, 1879. By Lieut.-Com. A. D. Brown, U.S.N.Naval Education. First Honorable Mention. By Lieut.-Com. C. F. Goodrich, U.S.N.Naval Education. Second Honorable Mention. By Commander A. T ...

Notice

October 1906
NOTICE.The U. S. Naval Institute was established in 1873, having for its object the advancement of professional and scientific knowledge in the Navy. It now enters upon its thirty-fourth ...

Officers of the Institute

October 1906
President.Rear-Admiral CASPAR F. GOODRICH, U. S. Navy. Vice-President.Rear-Admiral JAMES H. SANDS, U. S. Navy. Secretary and Treasurer.Professor P. R. ALGER, U. S. Navy. Board of Control.Captain ...

Special Notice

October 1906
NAVAL INSTITUTE PRIZE ESSAY, 1907.A prize of two hundred dollars, with a gold medal, and a life-membership in the Institute, is offered by the Naval Institute for the best essay ...

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