Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-02
Had Been in Feeble Health for|
Weeks Recognized as Alb
lest Modern Writer on Naval
Strategy,
HIGH TRIBUTE IS PAID
BY SECRETARY DANIELS
Funeral Services This Even
ingi Simplicity to Mark
Ceremonies in Accordance
With Wishes Of Deceased.


Washington, Dec. Rear Admir-
al Alfred T. Mahan. L. s. n. retired,
acclaimed In naval circles as the
greatest modern writer on naval
strategy, /" died at the naval hospital
there today. aged ~ years. Death
was due TO heart trouble. The ad-
mirai had boen In feeble health for
several weeks. but he was not taken
to the hospital until last Saturday
and II was not generally known that
his condition was critical.
Admiral Mahan had greatly over
taxed his strength In study OF the
present European conflict and 1t Is
thought the many long hours he de-
voted to following. the naval opera
tions Of the belligerents probably
caused the breakdown which hasten-
ed his end.
In the early stages of the present
European war Admiral Mahan, whose
! works are naval text books almost
the world over. discussed for news
papers the significance of the various
naval maneuvers. He gave up these
activities when President Wilson is
sued his proclamation exhortlng navy
and army officers TO desist from any
thing resembling partisan discus
sion of the conflict In order that the
position OF the United States might
be one Of strict neutrality. He, how
ever. did not relax his close obserya-
tion OF all that went on in Europe.
Admiral Mahan came TO Washing
ton from his home In Quoguc. l.. l.,
In early autumn aud had planned 10
a Il. s.st.. 4
ton. Surviving are his widow, two
daughters. Misses Helen and Ellen
Mahan, and one son, l.. II. Mahan.
Commodore Dennis II. Mahan, U. S.
N, retired. is brother.
Funeral 10 BE Simple.
Funeral services Will be held TO-
morrow evening at . o'clock. In ac-
cordance with Admiral Mahan'a ex-
pressed wish the services Will be Of
the simplest character There VIII
be no military ceremonies and no.
honorary pallbearers The body will
be taken by members of the family
to Quogue, l.. l., where interment
will be made Thursday morning.
- Upon hearing of the death OF Ad-
miral Mahan, Secretary Daniels adj
dressed a letter of coincidence to Mrs
Mahan, In which he said
Admiral Mahan was not only u
fine type OF naval officer, but pos
sessed u lovable character that en-
dcared him to all with whom he
came IN contact. Ills attainments
which gave him "a Worldwide renoWE,
We're OF immeasuraDle value to the
country he loved and served, and
though he IL gone, his works happily
remain us u guide and inspiration not
only for this generation but for all
thut are to come.
i"What he so ably and convncingly |
wrote was accepted at home and
abroad as authority, and there are no
peoples who are not fa-
millar with his name.
'ln your distress you must feel a
solemn pride that throughout the |
world today his passing will be
learned Of with deep regret, not only
because of the high esteem In which |
his name Is held but because he
leaves in the world OF achievement a
place that cannot be filled"
A formal statement issued from the
navy department contained this ap-
probation OF the admiraIs works:
Department Appreciation.
admiral Mahans books were class
les in their line and we're widely read
throughout the world. In England
md Germany, in particular they re-
,cived the highest commentator and
IN every country possessing navy
hey became veritable textbooks In
1aval strategy.
In England the leading naval men
IF the day confessed that IL had re-
NAMED for him to elucidate the work
If the British navy IN way that they
had never understood or
'ven dreamed Of. Since hla first
books he has written many OF lesser
mportapcc, and these and his essays
lave kept his before the world us the
greatest modern writer on naval STRAIT
,gy. He was a close student OF
World politics and his writings on the
rcnd of the politics of the leading
iations of the world were accepted as !
In authority. 1t may be safely said
hat no writer OF modern times
WINGED keener insight into the af- I
airs of the world or expressed him.
elf concerning them more cleary and
than did the late Ad- {
nral Mahan.
International Regret.
His death will cause International
egret not only because of the high ,
'stccm in which he is held In every
ountry Of the world interested In ma i
al affairs. but also because OF the ,
act that his death leaves void ,
mong naval and political authorities
Il the world that no author and writer II
an fill.'
The admirals literary achievements
AVE been widely recognized. In I
Sst oxford university. tEngland), /
0nferred the degree OF ID. G. Il. upon !
lin and later he was awarded the | n
egree of LID. by Cambridge, eng (
and). Harvard. Yale, McGill and /
Columbia. He was member Of the /
lmerican Academy OF Arts and Let I
srs and of the National Institute Of /
Irts and Letters u