The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-23

Lecturer Gives Ciftsen 1hzs 1l~
Reasons for Adequate rrcDarsn- q
NINE CREWS IN BOAT RAC1s
Moving pictures and Amateur Ca1Ias
rets Break Monotony OF sTfaintnG
Work. Interesting Papers Arc
Read.

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On Board The Maine,off Montaut.
l. l.. Aug. 22.--The element Of cons
petition which the officers In charge
of the civilian training cruise are anx.8S
ious to introduce on the various battle~
ships was much in evidence today.
Following the Afternoon lecture on the
flagship Rhode Island by Commander
lvogelgesang race crews from the nine
battleships manned cutters, whale-
boats, and dinghies and settled the 4
question of the three fastest bOatG Of
! their class In the feet Since the ar.
rival here the crews assigned to the
| racing boats have been hard at prAc-
tice and a large sum Of money ~
understood to have change hands o.
the results of today's races.
| Captain Niblack of the Naval War
| College lectured the volunteers. He
pointed out the need Of q strong
national policy to back up diplomatic
acts OF the government. In support
of his plea for preparedness he gave
eight grave dangers OF war:
| Danger OF War.
First-The country is pledged to .
policy OF no entangling alliances.
Second--Thc Monroe Doctrine.
! InlTQ--CppOsitiOn W thC HhLAA0 AAsA~
! ton of certain races.
/ Fourth--The guarantee OF an OPEN
door to China.
| Sixth--The freedom Of the seas.
| Seventh--The limited sovereignty Of
! the Central Government over the
States.
! Eight--Supremacy in the Pacific.
He laid stress on the point that the
National Government may make
treaty with foreign nation which
any one or all the States may ro-
pudiate. He described the policy o.
that country in regard to the Philtp-
/ pines as "wobbIfng" But what CAN
a man do" he asked. who has put
his hand on a piece of fly paper7'
| Discussing diplomacy, Captain Nip
lack said this country had made tbs
mistake of pitting men unframed In!
the service against the keenest minds
| in the world.
! In afternoon lecture Commander
lvogelgaSang talked on strategy ana
| tactics. He told how strategy was beeeS
described by q Southern soldier VINE
said that 1t consisted of getting there
firstest with the mostest."
A sailing regatta will be held tcuAar-s
row. 1t is planned to have the rAco
start from this point and finish on
Block Island. The fleet will steam for
| d
tomorrow morning
With five days of their thirty-day
period over the volunteers are In good
condition physically and trained To-
many of the phases of battieships
routine.
Some Possibilities.
The enlisted men are laughing over
what Ia bound to- happen when the
gun khy'' volunteers begin target
HkI-1 "a sxtss nrA 49,
close Of the cruise. They offer much
advice to the anxious Gifts who In
quire how best to stand the shock ~
the big guns explosions.
If a gun goes off when you are NCt
expecting it," said an enlisted mam8e6
one volunteer, ut has no effect on yQ1
Els the waiting for the cxplosion thA&
causes the trouble. have seen re8u@a
larly enlisted men try to get out Of III
Igun compartment to avoid the shock Of
firing when the doors were closed on
| them. And--with a reflective air.
the bark of the three-inch sun ~
worst of all to stand. / have fireds
the big twelve and thirteen incher1
and l know"
1 1t may be remarked that the three
inch guns are those picked out for
the rockies to. handle at Tangters
Sound.
i The time of the volunteers has not
been spent entirely in the grim work
of learning naval warfare For three
nights movie shows have been given
| aboard the Maine with a Zig canvas
sheet spread aft. with pictures throwns
on 1t from the machine below the biz;
guns OF the main battery. Visiting
parties have piled between the vArt-S
Gus ships so that friends from the
same city or towns wide apart might
meet and talk over the cruise which,
so far. has gone well.
A carabet show Ia being given toe
night aboard the Maine with talent
supplied from the volunteers and
the regular crew. There IL Bill Hobbe
to "hit the keys and Cabtn-aheAds
Donovan to MARBLE. a song or two.
with Junius Spencer Morgan to Ap-s
plaud them both
While the volunteers are at -
they will stand regular watches, on
the bridge. In the engine room, ~
| lookout, and on deck. The hours
| come inconveniently 1T times. b2ts
there IL no complaining. Some cheer.
full grumbling Ii heard from the man
assigned to deck watch from ~ 4
A. NJ. but that comes only from The.
attempt to impress his mates with IT,
fact that he Ia doing his share Of The
work.
| During. the war manoeuvers, No.
messages will leave the feet for Ioars
! its whereabouts will b learned ~
the enemy SIs