The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-31
Secretary Daniels Wants Men
at Sea In Touch With War
College
POINTS TO GREAT VALUE
Secretary of Navy Says Both
Officers and Enlisted Men
Could Then Work Out Pro-
biems Under Nearest Posi-
BILE Approach To Service
Conditions

War games by mail. a correspond
enCe school in high strategy. constant
study Of naval science from the time
a youth enters Annapolis until he re
tires as a flag officer. This is a policy
which Secretary of the Navy Jose
phuS Daniels seeks to nCourage, says
the Washington Post. Constituting and
progressive education is. in his opin-
ion. the greatest need Of the service.
D you really intend to bone STRAIT
egg and tactics alongside the lieuten-
ants and the Captains?' the Secretary
was asked as he was landed a clipping
which stated that he intends taking q
course at the Naval War College at
Newport next summer.
Il would mighty well like to- he
replied. The war problems-I do
not call them games, for they are
tense, hard work, although inspiring
are OF vital Importance to the future
OF our national defense. | have &C
copied an invitation to open the sum
mer term Of the War College next
June, and hope that my public duties
Will permit me taking a vacation, a
part Of which I will spend with the
president and faculty of the War Col
lege and seek to learn something Of
the problems of actual war which
they endeavOr to solve.
No Mere Checker Games. He Says.
These problems are no mere check
ct games with paWns upon a board.
In the final analysis a naval war
problem comes to a battle between
two fleets represented on a board sym
bOlizins the sea, but the problem
takes in likewise all the diplomatic
situations that lead to war, the com
mercial conditions that determine the
strength Of a nation, and the psyChol-
6 Of international relations"
AS the Secretary spoke there lay or
his desk a report from the president
Of the Naval War College, Capt, w. l.
Rodgers, recommending an expansion
of the service and usefulness OF the
War College. 1t found the Secretary
favorably predisposed. When he Wis
tied the War College last summer he
found a splendid plant, adequate
system. But there were almost a:
many teachers as students. h strucl
the Secretary as a rather expensive
proposition. He ordered to the col
t lege three officers from each battle
1 ship. Some opposition was expressed
BattleshiD commanders were lOath t.
E lose any of their officers. but Whel
S more than seyenty-five had taken th'
e summer course and returned to thei
ships the criticism ceased, and man,
n a captain and commander a sine
: told the Secretary that the experiment
was highly beneficial in stimulating
$ the professional interest of the office
students.
AsccrtainS Candidates Interest.
g By way OF emphasizing his sense O
g the War Colleges Importance. Score
tary Daniels ordered the naval exam
lining board to ascertain whether car
n didates for promotion had been to tn
e War College and what benefit the
= had derived from the instruction.
y The Secretary'S announcements tns
IS Rear Admiral Mayo. who left Anna
d polls 81 years ago, is still going
'e school in order that he may be thor
ie oughly up to the responsibilities {
d high naval command, invites a%ttentio
le to the methods Of the war college.
War appeals to the average min
as a clash Of arms. The usual ment;
conception Of battle is a chargir
brigade or the belcl,ing broadsides
two fleets. But the real essence
p war is organization and administr;
= ton. Japan'S victory over Russia W;
won on the fields Of Lao Yang,
10 Mukden. and at Port Arthur so f;
e as the land campaigns were concerl
re ed. But the Russians might ha'
m changed defeat to victory had Roles
vensky instead Of Togo won comnaI
of the sea at Tsusnima- A Russis
to naval victory would have cut off t
victorious japanese armies from the
". source OF supply. and Russ.a's lol
On but unbroken Siberian railway wou
Ii have enabled the cars fortunes to 7
CupeTate-
is Not Hay Cropping for csHlts
he Although naval warfare is the mC
q theoretical OF material sciences b
ut cause seldom, put to test, study at t
Ell war college is no hay cropping for I
suits. The appiicatory system is g.
he ployed. Concrete problems are Off
ed for solution. Given. for inStan'
A set OF conditions representing y