The Nation's Greatest Need

By Colonel Dion Williams, U. S. M. C.
May 1917
Motto: "For God and Country." The question of preparedness has come to the fore during the past two years as never before in the history of this country, it has ...

Tactics And Gunnery

By Commander T. T. Craven, U. S. Navy
May 1917
TACTICS AND GUNNERYBy Commander T. T. Craven, U. S. Navy Foreword.—Strategy associates itself so intimately with national policy, public opinion, economics and the other important governmental interests that it is ...

Modern Management Applied To Navy Yards

By Naval Constructor F. G. Coburn, U. S. Navy
May 1917
MODERN MANAGEMENT APPLIED TO NAVY YARDSBy Naval Constructor F. G. Coburn, U. S. Navy The attention of the country having been given recently to the preparedness propaganda, we are now ...

Compulsory Citizenship Training

By Dr. Harold S. Hulbert
May 1917
COMPULSORY CITIZENSHIP TRAININGBy Dr. Harold S. Hulbert At the present time there is much discussion about the compulsory military training, and while the plans are still in the formative stages ...

Professional Notes

Prepared By Lieutenant I. C. Kidd, U. S. Navy
May 1917
PROFESSIONAL NOTESPrepared by Lieutenant I. C. Kidd, U. S. Navy ARGENTINA Shipping Policy in South America.—There is a plan on foot by the South American republics to form a shipping ...

International Notes: Naval War Notes

Prepared By Lieutenant I. C. Ki6D, U. S. Navy
May 1917
NAVAL WAR NOTESPrepared by Lieutenant I. C. Kidd, U. S. Navy NORTH SEA AND BRITISH CHANNEL Zeebrugge Submarine Base.—A military expert commenting in the New York Times of April 15 ...

International Notes: Diplomatic Notes

Prepared By A. F. Westcott, Ph. D., Instructor, U. S. Naval Academy
May 1917
DIPLOMATIC NOTESFrom March 18 to April 18 UNITED STATES AND GERMANY AT WAR President's Address to Congress.—On April 2 President Wilson delivered the following address to Congress, convened in extra ...

Review Of Books

May 1917
REVIEW OF BOOKS ON SUBJECTS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST"England in the Mediterranean: A Study of the Rise and Influence of British Power Within the Straits: 1603-1713." By Julian S. Corbett. In ...

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