The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-09-17

the number OF gallons Of oil and the number Of
gallons Of water used In tho engines. dynamos
and auXiliaries.
Competition thus engendered and intelligently
rewarded for success or failure has compelled a
study Of the enlisted man by the officer which
has resulted In a feeling of mutual intcrdepend.
ence which has brought officer and man In n
relationship which makes snobhishness on the
one hand and Misunderstanding on the other moro
nearly impossible every day.
To m the man to his position ~ maximum
usefulness In the navy demands. therefore, no
change In existing mechanism Of effort. The
only thing necessary Is to coordinate and TO
direct To a given end the forces already In ex.
istence on every ship and at every station Of the
navy.
This given purpose is two-fold in character.
First, 10 use the navy 10 give education. broad.
mindedness and personal efficiency to each of.
hcer and enlisted man In the service. training
each Individually TO give the highest possible
returns In actual useful effort for the money
expended for his pay and training.
This first aim will send forth among our citi.
zenship each year approximately 1000 men. each
OF whom IL qualified by his Industrial training,
by his association with officers and men OF df.
ferent nations, by HIS habit Of mind Of intelll.
gent comprehension and quick. welEdisciplined
action and by his broad understanding OF world
politics, To act as a center for spreading knowl.
edge Of discipline. ~ good citizenship. o. tho
highest Ideals Of mental, physical and spiritual
efficiency, through every section OF our United
States.
Second. from the body of men thus qualified
the employer will be able "a select, from exact
records. the man fitted In every respect for best
efficiency In any given position. Letters from
some OF the largest employers Of labor In the
country show that they are now employing men
holding honorable discharges from the navy and
getting from them higher efficiency than from
the average man.
Give greater certainty Of direction to the In.
dustrial education OF each man and II Is not pos
sible 10 avoid the conclusion that greater eni.
cheney still will result.
Let us pass now TO consideration OF the ma.
terial side OF the navy. 10 you realize that
when n ship Of our feet visits a foreign port
she carries on board practical, complete, work.
Ing demonstration OF the best and latest Ameri.
can'made types OF machinery?
Suppose I am a mine owner IN Rio de Janeiro.
u In my desire to install a 100000 pumping
plant in the mines under my direction. The
the ship as a visitor. In the engine room and
In the fire room | find American pumps operat-
ing so smoothly and efficiently and with so small
a necessity for supervision that I am impressed
Immediately with the fact that those pumps,
made by an American manufacturer, are the
only ones that will serve my purpose.
In other words. the actual demonstration OF
the machinery has overcome any means brought
to bear by foreign manufacturers to convert me
TO their product.
A systematic use thropsh the consular service
OF the possibilities In this line would. Il seems