Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-13

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sight and horisometer. His telescope sI.s,
has been adopted by all the nayls. f.
the world, and 1t is responsible for 4.
improvement in gunnery that has ~
noted in recent years.
With Evans at Valparaiso
Admiral Fiske has been more than
mechanician and electrician. He ssr,a
| on the Yorktown at Valparaiso dur,..
the critical times when Robley D. Eya,,
uttered his famous remark about makln,
hell smell of garlic, He was on boa,i
| Admiral Benham's flagship In Rio harb.,
when the United States fleet cleared h
| action and enforced the rights Of nss
trails. He was the navigator of the Peta
| at the battle of Manila and was reports
by his captain for eminent and consps
uous conduct in battle" and by Admhtl
| Dewey for heroic conduct" He con.
manded the monitor Monadnock dufim
| the four months following the outbresk
of the Filipino insurrection and took paa
| in the bombardment of several town.
Later he was put In command Of the afA
division of the Atlantic fleet, was men
ber of the naval wireless telegraph boari
and was made a member Of the GsnenI
Board of the navy and of the Joint ARM
and Navy board in 1910 and later becans
Chief Aide for Operations under the ~
tenn of aides instituted by Secretary MeyE
He reached the rank of rear admiral 4
1911.
A little more than year ago he r
signed as Chief Aide for Operations q
the reason that he could not make Hsssf
tary Daniels understand the neeesslz5 f
preparing the navy for emergencies Il
believed that 1t was important thal = i
technical control of the navy and ,
preparation of plans for its use shOuh
In the hands of expert officers who upasf
stood the tools that they were to use ~
were familiar with the art OF stra's4
We might have the best ships 10 %
world, yet be inadequately preparea y
war so long as there was no wellthcasa
out plan of operations. Without saeA
plan, intrusted to able officers, the nasl
would be like a feeble-minded giant u
argued that brains as well as sIrehsa
were necessary If the navy were %
made efficient. And he insisted IN seasoa
and out of season that a strategy n0s'.
was of prime importance
When He Denounced Daniels
On one occasion he told coasle
sional committee that ever since
Franco-Prussian War the naval ana ~
tary men had realized increasinsp 3
Importance of continuity OF pohcy =
the imperative necessity OF the osss~s
ment of capable strategists' just - -.
were capable navigators ana eAlss1
naval instructors. He declared ua.
question of strategy was the mos -. =.
tant before the country, and thas =
national life had hinged more than =.
In the history of the world on the 'ue'.
gical skill of its defenders. The us'.s
General Staff showed what coulu =
when their new strategy was useu - r..
Austria in 1866 and resulted IN -
in six weeks.
But Daniels would have none q .'. =
He ignored him and his recomihsi,4 ~.
SO completely that when Admlfai
said that he presented TO his sugs.~
long report on the defects In the hA.
on it's unprepared state secrela's
iels denied categorically that ~ !. i.
ceived any such document ~" =
President interested himself In ms
troversy Daniels weakly admlttea -
might have received the docunlsas
that If he had received It ths pas ,e.s r
passed on in the course OF
some subordinate. This eonfess'oA f
difference TO an important report
condition OF the arm Of national
IN his charge from his chief aias
enough to prove all that ths -. a.
admiral had charged in his pupas
ments of the indifference Of the s7s
of the Navy to the gravity OF ss
tion IN which the nation finds itseiti
Admiral Fisks retires with the
OF every officer in the navy. an
last months he has won also ths
ton of every patriot who likes
man stand up and night fof &
believes is right. The stress E'alsA 81
laid on the necessity for a poasu 4 s.
egy that shall plan for all poss.s
tingeneies. SO that when an enc,
arises the plans win not have .
proyised. has opened the eyes
citizens and has aided In sirens
that public sentiment in fav0t IS.
-. ...ithnIlt NhIgH .