The American Blind Spot

By H. C. Washburn
January 1917
Motto: None are so blind as those who will not see. INTRODUCTION In the following article, a brief is held for the growing conviction among Americans that our military and ...

Ayesha (Continued)

By Lieutenant Hellmuth Von Mucke, I. G. N.
January 1917
VI. Padang On the morning of November 23, we "cleared" ship. We were approaching land and we decided that we were apt to find either a British or a Japanese ...

The Training Of Recruits

By Lieutenant Ernest Durr, U. S. Navy
January 1917
Motto: "Good men with poor ships are better than poor men with good ships."—Mahan. Introductory Knowledge of many of the finer points of the naval profession which could be gained ...

Kapok

By Naval Constructor A. B. Court, U. S. Navy
January 1917
The vegetable fiber commonly known as "kapok" has, during the past few years, come into very general use in the navy as a stuffing fiber. There are now found, as ...

Discussion, Battleships

By Naval Constructor I. I. Yates, U. S. Navy
January 1917
(See Page 1413, Whole No. 165) Naval Constructor I.I. Yates, U.S. Navy.—The following discussion is offered on above mentioned reference, which I would like to see published to correct certain ...

Professional Notes

Prepared By Lieutenant R. S. Edwards, U. S. Navy
January 1917
AUSTRIA Vessels Building.—Nothing is known about the ships now building in Austria. FRANCE Vessels Building.—Nothing is known about the ships now building in France. GERMANY Vessels Building.—Nothing is known about ...

International Notes: Naval War Notes

Prepared By Lieutenant R. S. Edwards, U. S. Navy
January 1917
BRITISH NAVAL STRATEGY AND THE POLICY OF THE ADMIRALTY The following discussion of the war policy of the Admiralty by Mr. Arthur Pollen appeared in Land and Water. "Lords Sydenham ...

International Notes : Diplomatic Notes

Prepared By A. F. Westcott, Ph. D., Instructor, U. S. Naval Academy
January 1917
CENTRAL POWERS MOVE FOR PEACE Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg on December 12 read in the Reichstag a Note prepared by the Central Powers proposing negotiations for peace. Identical copies of the ...

Review Of Books

January 1917
"Stresses in Wire-Wrapped Guns and in Gun Carriages." By Lieutenant Colonel Colden L'H. Ruggles, U. S. Army. $3.00 net. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) This book presents a ...

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