Stephen B. Luce

INTRODUCTION. In an article entitled, "The Manning of our Navy and Mercantile Marine," which appeared in the UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1874, an attempt was made ...

Scarcely a generation had passed before the influence upon the country of the war of 1812 began to decline. The idea of complete isolation, and freedom from "entangling alliances" With ...

Mr. President and Gentlemen :—It is a great compliment to have been asked to welcome to the College the class of officers who are to attend the course which opens ...

In establishing a branch of the Naval Institute at Coasters Harbor Island (Newport), I beg leave to avail myself of so fitting an occasion to offer a few remarks on ...

[In a few introductory remarks, Captain Luce said that as the generality of the naval officers read nearly the same kind of professional literature, much that he had to say ...

By Rear-Admiral S. B. Luce, U.S. Navy.[Reprinted from the North American Review.] In his "Essay on History," Lord Macaulay observes that "no past event has any intrinsic importance; the knowledge ...