The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-07-29


bility that the Japanese were intending to land on
the Pacific coast Over at Newport, Rhode Island
the naval college had worked out the prob
lem which would confront the navy If the Japanese
fleet had succeeded in reaching the Pacific coast
OF there were two answers to the PROD
lem and involved the defeat and the scatter
ing Of the Japanese ships. The army Officers gave
consideration only to the condition which would
arise If the Japanese navy had Overmatched ours.
and the Japanese had succeeded IN landing great
army on the Pacific coast
In working out these games. officers arc
detailed represent the enemy and others to rep
resent the forces of this country. The moves
in the game watched and umpires decide
which has the better of the matter. When the
game has been finished the various moves. II they
deemed to be successful from the viewpoint OF
America, become a part of the plans which are
recommended for adoption in case the war game
becomes dire reality.
In the war and navy building there are naval
secrets. Once q time a magazine contained an
article which said in effect there had been great
mistakes In the building OF our batteships and
cruisers The article met with some approval and
some disapproval at the hands Of the naval e1-
perts. One statement In II was to the effect that
when our battleshfps were not heavily laden the
heavy armor plate was above water and that con-
sequently a part of the hull. the moet vulnerable
part made a fair and unprotected target for the
enemys guns
In making the comparison the writer Of the ar
1cle said that one of the great British warships
the most recently launched and considered
the most formidable. was protected by her heavy
armorplate no matter whether she was heavy Ia
den or light laden. 1t was stated that this dread
naught's heavy armorplata extended below the Wa
ter line at all times and the fntimation that
the statement could not be disproved.
AS this article appeared inquiry
made at the navy department concerning the truth
of the story that ships unprotected at
certain times by their heavy armorplate and that
the reverse true of one Of the British dread
naughts.
From . DARK I'm a vault there
brought forth q photograph which had been &C.
cured OF the British ship which had been used for
the comparison The photograph took AL The
strength out Of the written statement
1t is probable that In all the navy departments
o the world there are photographs Of the var
ships of other nations These are not hard to OBJ
tain for they sale everywhere. but there arc
photographs taken under certain conditions which
not supposed to be In common circulation.
Some Of these photographs show ships 1t Q die
advantage. and they are OF service to the naval
authorities Of countries which one day may en-
II photographs Of this kind taken Of foreign vee
sells Il In the possession of the United States
thorfttes.
The state var and navy building has its %
crets. and while the show places In the structure
are not many there Il . sense Of interest and
mystery which appeals to the visitors when they
wander through the corT4d0rH nj time of var this
building is the q the greatest activity. Tar
the three departments which Il houses are th0os
which have do with warfare In its vc1y essence.
The state department In peFflo0s times has . vuRk
no less important than the work Which falls - tAs
lot of the army and nayY.