In the Proceedings of the Naval Institute for June, 1906, in an article entitled: "Reflections, Historic and Other, Suggested by the Battle of the Japan Sea," Captain A. T. Mahan, U. S. Navy, retired, has stated his conclusions concerning the characteristics of men-of-war best suited for increasing a nation's naval Power—assuming a certain limit of expenditure for new vessels. These conclusions are, I believe, opposed to those reached by practically all naval officers who have given this subject serious consideration; but so great is the weight of Captain Mahan's opinions, that they would doubtless be accepted by those who may not be in possession of certain recently acquired information, which bears with such directness and force upon the question of the fighting qualities of battleships as apparently to demonstrate that Captain Mahan's conclusions thereon are in error.
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