The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-15

ieceiye more tnan SioO, several thou
sand who receive from $40 to SEA, and
several thousand more who receive
$3.50 per MONTH"
I'VE have also advantageous regula-
tio1s for retirement After an enlisted
man has served thirty years ne may,
upon application to the President. be
retired on three-fourth of the pay
which he is then receiving plus $l5.-
20 In lieu of quarters. light and heat.
We have also service pension for
those who have been disabled after
having served for period OF twenty
years, and the men may also receive
pensions under the general pension
laws"
Scientific Management at Sen.
Are the bluejackets interested In
their work?"
Very much SO. The members Of each
crew feel that they are part of their
own ship, and the different crews are
pitted against one another as to which
can snow the best results. This re-
fers not only TO guns. but to the hand
ling of the coal in order to create the
greatest efficiency. 1t applies to gun
practice, to economy of coal, of sup
plies, and TO everything connected with
the ship. You have heard of scienti-
lie management Well. that is what we
are using in the highest degree in the
battleship. We are getting the most
out of each man and each effort. we
are bending at our energies to bring
forth results. We are doing this on
the battleship not only by study OF
the individual, but by the selection of
men, the putting the right men to-
sethei. and by working them as teams.
This making saving OF minutes and
even of seconds"
The Improvement In Markmnnship.
But are the results satisfactory"
Yes. Take the Improvement In the
emclency OF our guns over those OF
the past Scientific management ex-
perts VINO have recently witnessed our
target practice say that the american
Dattieship is the finest exhibition of
scientihc management they have ever
seen. FOR instance, take our mark
mahship. At the battle of Santiago.
out OF every 100 shots fred, only three
and one-half hit the mark. Now, out
OF every hundred shots fired, thirty
thre and one-half are effective. At
santiago 1t took five minutes to eacn
shot. Now We can fire one shot every
thirty seconds and keep 1t up. The
range then was 5000 yards. or much
less than two miles. Now 1t is 10000
yards or almost six miles. In short.
our present efhciency in gun-irinr Is
LOO times better than it was at the
battle OF Santiago.
This has come from competition in
gunnefy among the gun crews and
from the training and developing of the
individual and the teams. In modern
warfare the battle efficiency of any
snip Is her ability to deliver the great
est number OF hits in the shortest
time with the least expenditure OF
ammunition. after the enemy is sight.
ed. Indeed. our hitting efficiency IL
ROW the equal. II not the superior OF
that OF any navy OF the world"
"The Fleet Is the Navy.n
What is the secret of success
full nayy?"
The feet" was the emphatic reply.
he tlcet is the navy and tho navy the
Meet. The navy yards are merely tho
adjuncts, the regular shops for the neot
we are trying to make tho tleet self
sustaining. We have on each vessel
ofiwar foundry, and are able to make
ordinary repairs. 1t is only for srious
repairs that the ships have to go to
the yards"
What kind OF ships should we havo7r
Tho most powerful, We want ths11