The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-11-06

tAS ~ NyODV ulG UNIV /
miles a month. For hard work, con-
slant vigilance, and perpetual discom-
fort this record Is hard to beat even
In this great war of universal strain
and hardship.
What / have said of the d%estroyers
applies In no less degree to your sub
marines and your chasers. Their un.
firing and constant harassing of the
enemy has helped to bring the enemy
submarine to its present position In
which we can confidently say that 1t is
now held, though not yet mastered. L
lay great stress on these words. A
great renewed effort on Germany's
part Is impending. We know II and
Of Its extent. We face 1t with that
knowledge. and with the steadfast
courage of u seamen II will be met.
Praise for Aircraft.
What your ships of all classes are
doing on and under the surface your
aircraft In no less degree are accom-
plishing In their own element, and,
among all the instruments of war
which are combining to make the life
VI ~ uiN'NtSt0 ptiattc iltOt'I dDttt
there Is nom which causes them great
er anxiety and discontinue than the
constantly vigilant aircraft.
So far | have given a very brief out
line of what your various units are en-
gagged upon, but In order to gauge the
fruits of their labors just zeal this
one fact in mind During the last three
months, seven American soldiers and
; their equipment have arrived In Eu.
rope every minute Of the day and
| night, and their maintenance ON top of
that That is the formidable fact
which the enemy has to face, and that
Is the result of the exercise Of sea
power by the alliance. to which the
|, American naval forces are so ably
contributing.
1t is q great tribute to American
shipbuilding and to your enterprise
/ that you are now able to carry more
/ than half of these troops In your w
vessels, built In your own country, and
/ manned by your own men Thanks
|, to the mercantile marine of the al
|, lies, with their skill, unflinching o
age and ~pertinacity which we cannot
, adequately extol, we have been able
Ito maintain those sea communications
without which our man power, our
|, munitions and our food supplies would
, have been d~islntegrated and para
lyzed.
: Value Of Sea Power.
/ The record of the seaborne traffic of
[ the alliance is the clearest proof of
: the value of sea power about which
your great naval historian, Rear Adj
miral Mahan, wrote SO emphatically
and prophetically. but this result has
: only been attained by the splendid her.
. oism and endurance of the seafaring
: men, whether Of the fighting forces or
Q OF the mercantile marine.
To have had the opportunity Of Wis
iting your country In the great war Is
the very greatest honor and pleasure
to Vice Admiral Duff and myself, as
. representing the British board Of adj
miralty, and 1t is an added pleasure to
us that we have come at a time when
the allied forces are winning all along
the line, and when we are reaping the
fruits of the sound naval strategy and
$ the overwhelming sea power Of the al
lied nations.
I cannot close this very brief APP
t lpreciation of the magnificent work
i which is. being undertaken by the
United States naval forces operating
: In European waters without express
n ing on behalf of the board Of admiralty
{ and the royal navy our affection. In
Q many cases personal, and our admira-
{ ton for your officers and men who,
side by side with us and the other al
q lies, are keeping open the sea com
IS munications of the alliance; are re-
e duclng the enemy's fleets to impotence,
z end have driven his from
the sea
e U. s. Navy Plays Big Part.
, None Of the navies do much talking
It but among themselves they talk the
h, same language. They share the same
dangers, they undertake indiscrim
" inately the same responsibilities. &C
c, cording to the whole power behind the
rs controlling chief of staff in each coun'
st try. Since the beginning Of the wal
o. the British navy has escorted over
n seas to and from all theaters of wal
o. some 100000 men belonging to the
A. ermies of the British empire. and the
lr loss has been one-thousandth part of q
* man per hundred carried from al
n causes-marine risks or enemy actor
and 1t Is our purpose and u pride
tc maintain and reduce that percent
I age In the great flow of young nan
e. hood across the Atlantic.
venture the opinion that when tn,
It. history of this war Is written ther'
n, will be no more glorious page In tina
he history than the one which tells mucl
that today cannot be told of the worl
D done, the dangers faced, and the pri
dr vations endured by your navy, In com
ed mon with the navies of your co-bel
le- l~igerents, and there will be no great
d. err manifestation of the Overwhelming
he Importance Of sea power In a figh
10. such as this has been. In that mani
he festation the great American nav