Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-06-30
HITS ALONE COUNT
IN NAVAL FIGHT
UNDER PRESENT
CONDITIONS
Errors Of spanish-American
War Showed Defects in Our
Fighting Ships and Their
Crews.
CUNNERS TRAINED
EACH INDIVIDUALLY

day ct santiago when the American
fleet destroyed tho ba,tlcships O,
Spain. the nation has taken growing
int.rcs, and pride In its new navy.
writes Lieutenant Commander Waiter
H. TardS T. u S. n thd carfcnt
issue ~ the Engineering Magazine.
IA. press ana the people were sa'is-
lsd with their navy Il had n.en
ucccsslul aud thus efficiency WAS
takcn luf granted. but when stock
was eventually taken the small pcr.
csntaRc of nits mad, became k"o 80
and naval officers realized that s,mGt-
uipg must be- done 10 justify tHr
public confidence
Tho result of that realization W.
hat Lieut.. Commando Tardy onhpd
les In his paper on scientific mrn-
agcmrnt and efficiency Ia the united
states navy. 1T IL not uncommon
60 human experience hc obss Yes.
Tor different cxperimontrrs workins
al similar problems indopendo ltly
and without any knowledge of Oh,
an0ther's efforts. To- arrive indcpcnl-
discoveries Something like this has
happened in the case OF the nav and
civil establishments. Tor only since the
technical ana popular press took W
the general discussion of scientific
management have naval officers be-
gun TO realize that their management
wAs of IN. kind nov 50 strenuously
advocated Tor industrial pur suits oS
all sorts
This efficiency may be divided 'u,o
ttreo parts~-,fficicpcy of thL sun
crew. efficiency VI the fighting uni,,
or The SHIP. and efficiency ~ ,h"
lighting division or fleet. Fn' II "
with fighting efficiency that a fight
ine machine, such ~ a navy is intend
I'd 90 be. ~ firs' concerned siut The
effort Tor efficiency has NOT been
bounded by fighting iriii Important
economies have been won IN enFirc
practice. the aim has been to mako
engineering ronnt equally with gun.
merry ~ sists rsnisp .the 5Nla' shW'
efficiency. Celebrity in c,1ling and
economy in the stoke hold and en-
ginc room. when translated iDip ac-
ton mean that "A given Shit :un IL
The fnll of her capacity. Is able u
steam just so much isrthcr to attain
GUST SO much wider a cruising radius,
to cl@Nr from port Ia II hurry Just ="
much ,suicko:, - show Just SO mach
more speed In a desperate pinch than
the same ship or her sister when
slbckly Differed.
Counting engineering ,euti.y with
gunncry ia de,crmining the final rer-
q - Sal, IL. nh
her guns on 'hc enemy her engines
mus, first cat hcr INFO anl keep
her in rangco-,hc navy gct itself this
standard. az embodied "a lnp Rules
for Battle Practice, 1871. anu quoted
10y Li,Dt.nant rardy. "yho measure
~ the battle efficiency OF any vessel
Is her ability - deliver tpp grca' os,
number az hits IN tn. sh,r:rsi post
bic time after he enemy t. sighted.
and with the least .x9cRdl urc OF
coal
Ia ihis air lion let ~ set what
has been don The Tcyaa." Nriic
e, .hmand,I Ia IS. "Has ono 81 tic
American Hhipa Ia the oati.l nf san
taRo. Less IN n . pes cent nl "a an"
= It's fired y this bat" rs the
- ,croian flee. hit the M rv rhcrc
~ no record th'li "a sing, i?-lnch or
- inck she'll 'oos effect Jhs ranges
~. less than = 0aa yards. Recently
tae New Ia nosAinc us fnH did
f"nA ~ "a ta's ?. She firci 80 t'inrcs
oi from 10000 to SOC is ana
isnjtd whole ,n'Vocs on the gCX. =
remover she wished.
Recently tn Michisrn. IN 40 rig
gan ship made - l2-inch hits a.
"a gcs of 30 800 yards wh.ic siaam-
ma a, y knots. ihr target hpins On =
40 feet Ions ~ So feet nirr She
nrcd A. l2-iETh shells Her per,
Gfagc 81 hits eretofc'c was ls"st
a.. The RAGS 81 firing was about
1--WE shots per Iiiute per gun fhis
Va a moderately rough SEA while tie
fei. was smog'h 90 the bn' 90 sam
tiako'
These ard pthci similar results re-
cruy induced the sscro' trA ul ~.
navy 10 say In an address delivered
hefOr. the New YORK Economic club
Scientific management experts vho
snw I'll. recent battle pract,cc ioil .le
that The battlsship ~ iha finest ex-