Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-08-19
.LlREADNOUCHT is
SUPREME ON SEA
Submarines and AOrOpIansS
Limited, Says Admiral
NEVER HAVE HAD REAL TEST

SooH DIscaro Soa Fi9htih9 monsters
For Simpler Graft of tho Air and Be-
meath the Water--Dreadnoush to
Remain Great Fighting Power.
That submarines and aeroplanes are
not likely soon to supplant Dread.
noughts In naval warfare was the
opinion expressed by Admiral Yates
Stirling, U. S. N, retired, Mt his home
In Chicago
He was discussing recent letter OF
Sir Percy Scott to one of the New
York papers, In which he prophesied
the doom of the Dreadnoughts and the
substitution OF the submarines and
aeroplanes
whenever anything new Is invent
cd In the line of warfare there Is q
general belief that the new discovery
will take the place Of the old methods
used and that the latter will become
obsolete" explained Admiral Stirling.
IAN example Of this Is the gun that
was invented to fight against the In
fantry. While 1t did do away with
the old way Of lighting, such as the
Roman phaianx formation, the infan.
try is still In the field fighting, but the
method Of formation has changed
Now, instead Of forming the phalanx,
the infantry scatters and does not fight
In masses. 1t Is therefore to me, plain
that, while the submarines and aero.
planes may at come time play an Inn
portant pr, in warfare, they will only
chanpc the mode of fighting Of the
Creadnoughts and will not make them
obsolete
There Is another theory that can
be advanced-that the submarines as
well as the aeroplanes have never
been put to a real test. They were
not used to any extent In the Russo.
Japanese war, and when they were
they met with little or no success.
There Is also great danger in both Of
the new Inventions for war. The sub.
marine is handicapped, inasmuch as
1t has vision at the most Of only
about 600 yards, and this only through
the periscope, and 1t must come to the
surface Of the water. Numerous acci-
dents have happened to the subma-
rines In which they have gone to the
have been lost. The United States has
been fortunate in this respect, as II
has not lost single one, but the Eng
lish and French governments have lost
a number.
Can't 90 Far From Base.
Another thing that must be OBJ
served In both the submarine and the
aeroplane is that they cannot 90 any
distance from home, but must con
tlnually be in touch with their base.
In the case Of the submarines their
base Is called the parent ship and they
must always be in close touch with
this ship in case OF trouble. The aero
plane must also have this base, for
1T can stay In the air only O GER
tain length Of time. or course both
are useful, but they will never, in my
humble opinion, take the place Of tho
Dreadnoughts.
There Is now under consideration in
this country the building Of what will
be known as submarine cruiser, and
this may be one Of the greatest ad.
Vancements Of the modern age. 1t
must also be taken into consideration
that with the present success that has
been achieved with the torpedo the
submarine would have rather rough
sailing, for these are. becoming more
and more efficient and can be fred
with twice as much accuracy as they
have been before The Dreadnoughts
Will always be the main fighting pow,
er on the seas, and It would be unwise
70 trI1 Ahnk
but submarines and aeroplanes would
be match for another having battle.
ships and cruisers. as well as the large
fighting monsters. 1t must also be re-
membered that every country will have
a certain number Of submarines, and
these will take care, In way, of
those Of the enemy"