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It is with some hesitation that I agreed this year to deliver the opening address to the War College, as I realized that any discussion of the work of a war college is in large part technical,...
By Beekman Winthrop, Assistant Secretary Of The Navy
It is with some hesitation that I agreed this year to deliver the opening address to the War College, as I realized that any discussion of the work of a war college is in large part technical, and can best be discussed by technical experts. On...
The use of these formula, in the form given by Professor Alger in the NAVAL INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 37, No. 2, Whole No. 138, has been limited to pressure calculations, and to fixing charges for low velocities when the charge for a higher...
In order to give the origin of our present signal book it is necessary to mention briefly the lives of the English commanders and the conditions under which they developed it.
For our Revolutionary War, England was thoroughly...
Signal Codes Used By Our Revolutionary Commanders For The Convoy Of Merchantmen.
By Gilbert Totten Mcmaster, M. D.
It will be recalled that during 1798 Captain Barry, U. S. N., while off Cape Cod, made out a frigate showing French colors. He ran up the same. The two maneuvered for position. The American gained the advantage, was closing, when the frigate...
COMMANDER E. L. BEACH, U. S. Navy.—This essay contains a valuable suggestion, that of regulating requests for alterations from ships in commission. The experience of sea-going officers...
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