Professional Notes

Prepared By Lieut. Commander Wallace L. Lind, U. S. Navy
August 1920
PROFESSIONAL NOTESPrepared by Lieut. Commander H.W. Underwood, U. S. Navy FRANCE French Navy Notes.—Since maritime expansion is par excellence the outward expression of the political and economic vitality of nations ...

Review Of Books

August 1920
REVIEW OF BOOKS ON SUBJECTS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST "The Maintenance of Peace." By S. C. Vestal, Lieutenant Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, U. S. Array. (Published by G. P. Putnam Sons ...

The "St. Lawrence" And The "Petrel"

By James Morris Morgan
August 1920
THE ST. LAWRENCE AND THE PETREL By James Morris Morgan Few people now living are aware of the fact that the states of Louisiana and South Carolina had navies separate ...

Our First National Shipping Policy

By James P. Baxter, 3D
August 1920
OUR FIRST NATIONAL SHIPPING POLICY By James Baxter, 3D A more cogent presentation of the case for government owned and operated merchant ships than Lieut. Commander K. C. McIntosh’s brilliant ...

Notes On International Affairs

Prepared By A. F. Westcott, Ph. D., Instructor, U. S. Naval Academy
August 1920
NOTES ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSFROM JUNE 10 TO JULY 10Prepared by Allan Westcott, Professor, U. S. Naval Academy WORK OF THE SPA CONFERENCE Preliminary Meeting at Boulogne.—At a preliminary conference of ...

Tact In Relation To Discipline

By Lieut. Commander J. Ogden Hoffman, U. S. Navy
August 1920
TACT IN RELATION TO DISCIPLINE By Lieut. Commander J. Ogden Hoffman, U. S. Navy To achieve the greatest results from any organization, civil or military, there must be discipline, tactfully ...

Accuracy of Fire at Long Ranges

By Captain J. V. Chase, U.S. Navy
August 1920
In recent years there has been much discussion on the subject of the accuracy of our naval guns at long ranges, brought about not only by the natural increase in ...

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