The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-11-10
THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA


Not soldier has gone forth but d
sailor has carried him on his back
We ask sometimes, in sem decisive
manner What about the boosted ma
vies of England and of the United
States?"
We expect to hear of these ships
Of war being in great. and glorious
battles with the ships of war Of the
enemy; and because the encounters
are few and because there is no glor-
ious victory heralded now and again
we are apt to scout the idea that the
naval arm of the service is also do.
ing valiant work.
England has moved over three mil
lion soldiers with loss of less than
three to the thousand, or one-tenth
of l per cent. The United States has
moved so far number that is as
tonishtngly large-the exact number
is withheld-and the total loss has
been one patrol boat and one destroy
e., with each of their equipment of
men, something less than hundred.
When we consider that the United
States is moving soldiers daily and
has been for months, over three thous-
sand miles of sea through which the
enemy prowls with his undersea NEIL
ace. when we consider that England
has been moving hundreds OF thou
sands of men from Australia, and all
the other provinces of her possession
enirdling the globe; and when we con-
slider that the wonderfully boosted
feet of Germany has been kept-fast'
ened as it we're, bull in pen. not
daring to make an attack outside OF
its own yard, by these same nayles
of Britain, France and the United
States. we are led to think that the
navies, of the allies are doing no small
part in winning this war
PROFESSIONALLY the apparent mac
tivity of the navy of England and OF
the United States is the cause of much
dissatisfaction on the part of those
who would belittle the operation of
this arm OF the service. Unquestion-
ably there has been little Of the spec
tcautar in its performances so far.
The battle Of Jutland. while claimed
bv Germany mas as we all know re-
suited in the staying closer TO home
OF that bzoasted victorious feet OF
the imperial government" The bat
tie Of Jutland. like the peace propo-
sitions was far from satisfactory TO
Germany.
Great battles are epochs in history
of warfare between nations.
Trafalgar, Lake Erie, the Spanish
....l H. sNon;+o, sDJ EIar,,imac
Manila Bay and Havana. re great out
stndinf glories in naval warfare.
They are not repeated daily, or even
annually; but the work of the sailor
and the marine in all the wars of all
nations since time began is the under
lying victory-maker.
1t takes two to make a battle on the
seas as on the land and the fleet OF
Wilhelmshaven dare not come out
while it would be foolhardy, and trea-
son almost, for any naval commander
oattempt to penetrate the mine-la-
den torpedo piercing waters that sur
round the entrance to Wilhelmshav-
en-.
The sailor is the Old Man of the Sea
in sense that is most commenda-
tory to the old man. He has carried
on his back the soldiers of the nations
and he has carried on his back the
food and clothing and ammunition and
supplies and that this soldier has need
for to make him fighting benefit,
Then, too, there is the blockade
which the navy has made effective
If it were not for the patrolllng guard
ians of our coast, there would be in
Vulnerable destroyers and unter-sea
hoten harrassing our shores and sink
ing our ships and men In commerce
as we'll as in war The navy is
sleepless guardian of the coast al
we'll as the transporter OF assistance
to the stor-ridden soldiers across th'