The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-03
The Complex Modern Battleship.

The Complex Modern Battleship.
The modern haulcshp is probably
the most complete and complex ma
chine man ha, ever produced, and
though the picturesque features which
surrounded the wooden man-of-&ar
Of years ago have gone, their place
has been taken hy FEATURES a thousand
tunes more interesting and inspiring
Here IS the last word m a cold, brutal
fighting machine that Is also a home
for q thousand men. machine that
fairly fadlatc, personality and proves
itself both Worship and a seli-sup-
porting community able not only 20
clothc and feed teach employ and
amuSc those who live IN ~, but also
10 supply virtually everything that the
average raau'S comfort or interest de
mands. Truly the modern battlcShlp
offers community life developed 10 the
nth degree.
Probably too. there iS no more COM
rlclc and startling proof OF the value
OF discipline. drill and corporation ior
| maintaining not only efficiency hut aI')
safety than that given on a ba'i'c'hip
Responsibility rests on tho shoulders
OF every man on board and vital re
'ponsibllny rests on the shoulders oi
many hundreds among the thousand
That IS why practical, not theoretical.
training IS necessary, why the mancu-
yer, at 'uAtanamo are TIE most val
uao'e sac OF naval NE why laNne" IS
! io' loleI ateI. 100 many nllli'n dol-
,"fS worm ot property ana too many
huhufedN o' liNeS are al stake 10 per
mt Z" lnelh''en'N. OF cafe!e'NneNS
WIN Su'h '"n'pirhily IN NINA as
ia'l to every man rom common sea,
man 10 captain one may undtrN'ana
why inc go'crnmcn, wants only i'
o'>' ana most 'n'eillsen' among 'he
Young men "' We country IN us navy
I"u'ldcr iof \ moment inc person.
net o' ha'I,Nl'p. NJ thcc TOP WIN iGIl
command ana i'Npon''niii'y' SiandS inc
captain 'he ad'n'n'Ntator lie Is per
maps as near an ah>olui, monarch
Whcn AZ sea as the civilized world oil
'crN. Ni,cf inc captain comes inc eN-
e,u'lVe "iil'ei' on whose shoulders ms
Ihi'i places teNpon''hinN tor main
tanning ,hr general ana mil'a'} en-
C'ch'l "i INC snip. hc - the captain
tepie'en'atiNc ana 20 nm every QueS
uoh IS te,etted he heidN oi depart
mch,N ana an o'ilcefS ana men are un-
uct ms uic'' orders ndcr the cN'tu-
uNS o'''tet' VINO may nave one oi sew
ctal rank nut on inc larger 'h'ps IS
'iket 10 nc lieutenant commander
comes the ir'' lieutenant hlm Is
"o'cNa'eu Ul', care ana otlcr nl inc
e''eL III snort ne i' me house
Keeper men day and night some ol..
n'ct must he m temporary and iul
'naiHe on 'hc de'E 'iS headquarter
ar ON 'he h'l9Hc lie Is Anown as m'
''l'o' VI c-uc'N 'n 'hc'c olllccr'
teWS tne nam executive control
~ INC hc3d' o' the various depart
; ncnN are ine meol's' Md pay ON
CetN, INC oi'l'et m command nt Tho
marines or sea 'oldler>, me chiei en-
g'neet VINO mas charge oi the mouv,
naonlhetF ana hsh'hinS ana hca'ln
pnht" tne naV''atot' the gunnery OF
ordnance officer VINO is responsible
tor INC tesl WORK iNf which the Shil
" pu'lt 'na' oi destruction, ana th'
chaplain Ihe,e men. win their ditcc
Nuhotu,n''e'. H'Wn lo INC Younger en-
signs iotm whsl rs called the ward
, ioom me-" he captain, however
u'hSN alone ''hei ueN'c' or iaml
y" u'nlng 'ose,het are those iorm,e'