The Elements of Fleet Tactics

By Lieut.-Commander A.P. Niblack, U.S. Navy

April 1906

Motto: "For now we see through a glass darkly."FIRST HONORABLE MENTION.The principles which govern military operations on shore are well understood and have undergone few changes from century to century ...

Reflections, Historic and Other, Suggested By the Battle of the Sea of Japan

By Captain A. T. Mahan, U. S. Navy

April 1906

The principal and determining features of the Battle of the Japan Sea have been made known to us by the official reports; the many details are wanting, and, as was ...

Earliest English Navigation and First Schools of Warfare

By Thomas G. Ford

April 1906

Tis the bold raceLaughing at toil, and gay in danger's face,Who quit with joy, when fame and glory lead,Their richest pasture and their greenest mead,The perils of the stormy deep ...

The Principles of the Deviation of the Compass and its Correction

By Lieut.-Commander L. M. Nulton, U. S. Navy

April 1906

1. Introductory.—These notes are not a complete treatise on the deviation of the compass but are an attempt to explain, by simple laws of magnets, how deviation is produced by ...

Annapolis: A Fair Show Wanted

By Lieutenant W. T. Cluverius, U. S. Navy

April 1906

The rapid expansion of tilt navy and the continued policy of keeping a maximum number of vessels in commission is the chief cause of the stress in the course of ...

Submerged Salt Water Storage for Coal

By Captain W. H. Beehler, U. S. N.

April 1906

The great expense and anxiety due to fires in coal sheds makes the advisability of submerged storage for coal very important. At Key West and Dry Tortugas, Fla., 35,000 tons ...

An Answer to Criticism of "Is Amalgamation a Failure"

By Lieutenant-Commander L. H. Chandler, U. S. Navy

April 1906

After reading the discussion of my essay on this subject, I find but one point on which I wish to touch, and that is in regard to a phrase current ...

Small Arms Training in the Navy

By Lieut. Ridley Mclean, U. S. Navy

April 1906

Now that attention is being concentrated throughout the service on developing a high degree of skill with the guns of the ship; now that routine drills have largely given way ...

Approximate Dimensions for a Compromiseless Ship

By Assistant Naval Constructor R.D. Gatewood, U.S.N.

April 1906

After reading with much interest Comdr. Fiske's Prize Essay and his later article on "Compromiseless Ships," it occurred to me that it would be of interest to many officers to ...

The Conditions of the Continental Naval Service

By Charles Oscar Paullin

April 1906

The nineteenth century worked its marvels on sea as well as on land. The progress of invention, the discovery of new sources of wealth and power in nature and in ...

With the Baltic Fleet at Tsushima

By Lieutenant R. D. White, U. S. Navy

April 1906

INTRODUCTORY NOTE.—The following account is compiled from information obtained from one who was present at the battle. Having no station in battle he was selected to observe and record the ...

The Modern General Mess

By Paymaster George P. Dyer, U. S. Navy

April 1906

It is with some hesitation that I respond to suggestions favoring the expression of ideas on the subject of the administration of a general mess, based on an experience of ...

Wanted: A Synthetic Wireless

By Commander B. T. Walling, U. S. Navy

April 1906

". . . but information service is sui generis, with an importance all its own. Speed, and size to maintain it in a seaway, are the prime requisites, supplemented by ...

A System of Instruction and Exercise in Flag Signals

By Ensign William Smith, U.S.N.

April 1906

Signaling between ships under service conditions is unquestionably the best method of developing proficient signalmen, but often this cannot be done, when ships are alone. Ships are often on detached ...

A Reply to the Criticisms of the Prize Essay for 1906

By Commander H. O. Rittenhouse, U. S. Navy

April 1906

The discussion of "Promotion by Selection" shows clearly that in one matter I have been misunderstood. It is stated by more than one of the contributors to the discussion that ...

For the Broader Study of Tactics

By Rear-Admiral C. F. Goodrich, U. S. Navy

April 1906

Writers on military subjects include, among their definitions, one to this effect:"Grand Tactics treats of the handling of troops on the field of battle," or "Grand Tactics includes the combination ...

Discussion

April 1906

The Elements of Fleet Tactics Lieutenant-Commander A. P. NIBLACK, U. S. Navy.—In correcting the proof of this essay, which was submitted last December (but which represents some years of careful ...

Description of Portrait of John Paul Jones

April 1906

JOHN PAUL JONES.The portrait of John Paul Jones which forms the frontispiece of this number is a copy, reduced, of a sepia drawing owned by Mrs. J. V. L ...

Professional Notes

Prepared by Professor Philip R. Alger, U. S. Navy

April 1906

SHIPS OF WAR, BUDGETS, AND PERSONNEL.AUSTRIA.VESSELS BUILDING.NameDisplacement.Where Building.Remarks.Battleships. Erzherzog Karl10,600Trieste.Under trial.Erzherzog Friedrich10,600“""Erzherzog Ferdinand-Max.10,600"Building. On account of the excessive price asked by foreign shipbuilders, the Austrian government has decided to build ...

Book Notices

April 1906

"Marine Boilers." By Bertin & Robertson.As stated in its preface this work is based on a course of lectures prepared by M. Bertin for the students at the Ecole d'application ...

List of Prize Essays

April 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

April 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-third ...

Officers of the Institute

April 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

April 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 ...

New Books Published by the U. S. Naval Institute

April 1906

Navigation and Compass Deviations.By Commander W. C. P. Muir, U. S. Navy, Head of Department of Navigation, U. S. Naval Academy. A practical treatise on navigation and nautical astronomy ...

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April 1906

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