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Ma. q. : Clarke. G. N. c.. roy
Engineers. spent the Autumn Of last
fear In tour 81 Inspection in the
nitod States. and on his roiurn O.
.ug and embodied his observations in
report which was anersurl printed
4 the war olice in London. and
united number was DISTRIBUTED with
ihe Injunction that they we're % be-
considered strictly confidential 4
upY Of this rep5rt has found ii- way
q this country. and it contains much
hat l. Interesting 90 iAa United States
fruy and navy officers. allowing theta
. see the estimata that Is put on
american military aud naval resour-
e hy a professional expert in the
English army The first feeling o.
81 officer In reading the report is one
= satisfaction tina M8i Clarke found
- much IN this country To approve
l. seemed 20 take very fair view OF
verything he suw. aud when he
.ould not praise his criticisms seem 10
3e without prejudice or bias.
Al the very outset OF his report. ia
he letter of transmittal 30 the direc-
or OF military Intelligence. Maj.
.ilarSe says: "fhe general impress
ion / derived was that. thanks 10 the
ligh technical training provided al
Annapolis and West Point. the United
states possesses. both In the naval an
military service, quite exceptional
number OF experts The results Of the
knowledge thus difIused would with
Dut doubt be very marked Ia the event
)l war, and with the vast aud highly
organized manufacturing resources OF
which the states dispose the coast de-
enses. which haye 50 long been allowed
@ fall behind the age, would ia com =
1aratiyely short time be raised %
an unexpected standard OF practical
siilciency.'
lie then takes up the naval estab-
ishment beginning with an account
u his visit to the Annapolis academy
and n sketch OF the work done there,
summing up as follows "The effect
IF the high standard of training en-
forced at Annapolis nc denny is 10 be
clearly seen in the number OF Ameri-
,an naval officers who become experts
n steel manufacture and are fully able
to carry out elaborate tests in connec-
lion with the supply of steel for ships
and guns The great Intelligence aud
success with which the problem of
run manufacture has been handled is
also unque~tionably due to the same
cause. The diflus ion OF knowledge OF
this class would unquestionably make
tsef felt in the event OF war. when
he manufacture OF large quantities OF
material Of all kinds would have to be
undertaken.
Newport was visited where Mai
Clarke attended lectures at the naval
war college and witnessed expe riments
At the torpedo station a- the guest OF
Commander Goodrich He was struck
with the ability with which the lee
tuTers handled their subjects, and
some of the torpedo experiments he
suggests might be proftably repeated
in England.
At Washington the naval ordnance
'oundry gave promise Of good results
in the future, but Maj. Clarke seems to
have been most impressed with the
naval intelligence office under the
charge OF Lieut. Rogers and with the
great amount OF useful information
stored up there and its accessibility to
the officers OF the service. He seems to
have been somewhat surprised by the
amount of Information he found there
OF what was going on abroad, and says:
1T is actually easier under some cir
eumstance for II British officer TO obtain
information MS to military and naval
progress in England from the Ameri-
can intelligence department publi-
cations than at home. In this
connection the reports annually
made by the American naval and
war department to congress may
also be mentioned These reports
may contain matter to the publication
Of which we in England are not ac-
cuJomed, but they have the doub BILE
advantage OF placing members OF con-
gress and the nation at large in pos
session OF the direct expression OF the
views of their professional experts and