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Allenby in Palestine

Flapper — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:58:36 +0000

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

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The U.S. Navy in Peace

Flapper — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:48:15 +0000

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

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The American Navy and the Turks

Flapper — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:22:33 +0000

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

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Britain and the Defence of the Straits

Flapper — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:37:18 +0000

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

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Navy Day

Flapper — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:49:46 +0000

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

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Clark of the Oregon

Flapper — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:15:25 +0000

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

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A Million a Day for our Wounded

Flapper — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:42 +0000

If there is anything that the people demand with all the sincerity and earnestness of which they are capable, no matter what it shall cost, it is that the disabled soldier must be cared for, put on his feet, or made physically comfortable and easy in his mind for life.

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