ALLENBY TO THE RESCUE! HOBBY-HORSES in the Jordan Valley, hobbled in the Plain of Jericho! Make-believe horses, put together of sticks and canvas, hitched in long rows on either side of drinking-troughs to deceive the Turks and their instructors, the Germans! Dummy camps and dummy tents; mules drawing heavy drags around at random to make a big dust... continued
The U.S. Navy in Peace
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ALWAYS ON GUARD – BY CAPTAIN L. M. OVERSTREET, U. S. N. THE Navy is a constructive and a humanitarian as well as a fighting organization. The general impression that the men of the Navy are idle in time of peace, save for necessary war drills, and that money appropriated for the Navy is expended entirely in preparing for future battles... continued
The American Navy and the Turks
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THE AMERICAN NAVY AND THE TURKS BY COMMANDER ROBERT A. BACHMAN (M.C.), U. S. N. WITH events in the Near East bursting suddenly from an apparently peaceful condition into a state of war, the United States Navy found itself once more so placed as to make it the center of the entire Nation’s eager interest. In order to clear up the offici... continued
Britain and the Defence of the Straits
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE BY MAJOR GENERAL SIR GEORGE ASTON, K.C.B. THE friendship between Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson and Marshal Poch made its mark upon the world’s history. I had the little story which follows from Sir Henry Wilson’s own lips, when we were serving together on the Directing Staff of the Army Staff College at Camberley... continued
Navy Day
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ROOSEVELT AND THE NAVY THE selection of Roosevelt’s birthday, October 27, as Navy Day was a distinctly happy thought. No American President ever had greater interest in our Navy than Theodore Roosevelt, and no one has had a better comprehension of the value and principles of naval power. Many men manifest an understanding of the function ... continued
Clark of the Oregon
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WE do not think often nowadays of the anxieties and feats of the Spanish War. The death of Rear-Admiral Charles E. Clark brings back vividly, however, an adventure which was rightly a nine days’ wonder at the time of its occurrence. It will be remembered that while Cervera’s whereabouts were unknown Captain Clark was entrusted with the ... continued
A Million a Day for our Wounded
November 18, 2009 By
WHAT IS THE REASON for the failure of the Government’s program for the rehabilitation of disabled soldiers?” is the pointed question put by the leading Republican organ, the New York Tribune. Last April a new director, C. R. Forbes, of Seattle, was appointed by the President, and in August the Sweet Bill was signed, combining the insura... continued