The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-19
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A Writer Draws Comparison ne,wsen
Him aud nia American CampeeFs.


A Writer Draws Comparison nsiween
him aud nis American Compeesa
Admiral Sir Vesey Hamilton pub
llahed not long ago an interesting con-
versation which he had with an Amer
Lam admiral, wherein the latter spoke
with the warmest admiration OF the
manner In which he saw our young
midshipmen handling their boats and
keeping their men In order, and then
drew comparisons between them ana
his own zine gentlemen" most undat.
tcrlng TO the latter. says Blackwood's
Magazine. His young gentlemen. ne
said, knew how n ought to be- done.
but ours knew how to do II. The dlf-
ference Is great The British midshlp-
man IA brought M In his profession.
and when he finds hiGSelf suddenly In
q tight place he knows what to do in
stlnctIyely without waiting to reason
about a. lie does the right thing AZ
once. and as rapidlty OF action il ono
Of the most important factors Of sue
cess IN nautical matters he generally
gets out Of his tight place with credit
To himself aud his profession. Thus he
gains confidence at every step and pre-
pares himself for more important COM
nands. On what grounds. then. NJ
logic or of common sense. are we about
10 alter system which has produced
such excellent practical rosults7 II Is
only fair however. 90 see what can be
said on the other side OF tls question.
and thus We would frankly acknowl-
edge that our naval officers are the
worst educated In Europe. taking the
word education" ln the sense In which
10 Is generally used Il IL only quite
natural and reasonable that they
should be- so. Tor reasons which we
ha,c already sufficiently indicated For
0ur own par, We DO mot think that they
arc by amy means such iguommusos
aH they are sometimes supposed to be-
and portrayed as being by som, self
constituted cri.lcs For instance. q
wen known civilian writer ou naval
subjects masquerad.nr under the title
" "NauIuus. published lately a yio-
len, da'rIbe on the grufa and doplor-
able ignorance ~ the british naval on.
GERS lIe described them as being all
together behind the times. as compar-
Ink most uufayoahly iu point u gem
erll knowledge With the officers of 10
European nations, as well as with
those 90 ihe United States They were
hg'd up to scUm Cor not being men
of tho world. ana Cor not being able
90 'shluo In society" boz consequence
az their faulty education. and % was
further stated that they were not
sound scientific officers % d. quite
possible that 40 these accusations
might Dol true th, third modified and
ye' that ours mleht bo the best naval
officers Iu tho world Wc aN the third
modified as Do depends o. good deal up
GOA what wo understand hy a sound.
scientific officer o. Or probable may.
almost certain that so flr as abstract
science De- concerned. our naval officers
ore surpassed by those 10 most other
countries. and certainly by those of
France aud Germany. Boo when %
comes to ,he practical application 20
such scientific 0r other knowledge la
ths officers of tbe different uatioull.-
uss r0s.ss 10 BIAS been proved hun
dried times over that our officers are
ahead OF AGO. Ten thousand horse
power which cannot b, applied b. not
so good ior pr0pu.s.yo purposes as 5000
horse power which can Dol applied.