Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-01-09
Record oJNovy
AzG Marines Is Revealed
In the Daniels Report

ton, urn it against the remaining Ger
man positions in the forest.
in all The history OF the marine
corps there is 10 such battle IS that
one III Helleau wood. TIE heroism and
~doegedness OF chat battle are unpar-
alleled.'
h. The Mine Barrace.
The r. port describes the laying of the
North sea mine bairage. wholly an
American enterprise. While there is no
way Of ascertaining definitely what that
2a0-m;ie barrier did TO enemy subma-
rines, Mr.. Daniels says there is reason
to believe that - U-boats had ended
Ihelr career at the barrage before the
middle of October
The building and manning of the IA
men r4le naval batt.eres working with
the armies in France is also described.
Ihere have been no equals in the fight
ing of these highly mobile
with d range of 30 miles. the report
says, adding:
The Biggest Artillery.
Briefly, the American navy has de-
signed. built, and is now manning with
biueJacNets specially trained for land
service, the largest and most highly
powered mobile land artillery in the
world. SO successful have these guns
been that additional orders for many
more were requested before the arInis-
tice.'
The depth bomb has proven The most
effective means or combating the sub
marines, tho report states. and il Shown
mat American enterprise was spo
s.ble for very largely increasing that
effectiveness. The early 50-pOund
charge bombs We're crude and OF low
destructive force. compared to the 300
l'ouh" ana tc0-pound charges now be-
ms produced. Many allied ships have
hsen equipped with these American i'm
provements.
Another ordnance development that
is noted Is the perfection OF 16-inch
rifles for all new battleships. They will
make these vessels, it is said. the heav-
iest armed craft i'm the world. with a
~bfoadslde projectile weight of 25,2oO
i,ouno against l7,5oS pounds for the
pennsylvania, the biggest and most
powerful craft now in commission.
me report emphasizes also i'm the
record of small arms training during
the year. 100000 900 rounds having been
fired without accident due to care
icssness. Since last July the navy has
aualllled o4,l47 marlNslnen. 23.222 sharp
shooters and 1857 expert riflemen.
Today. the report says. practically
every combatant ship is able to organ
ize a landing force of as many men as
IL can send ashore. with every man a
trained rifieman n many Of them
trained machine gunners.,
~ aA ' -
Electric Welding.
To Capt. f. r. Jessop. engineering
officer at The New York navy ward. the
report gives credit for having recon-
mended the revolutionary practice of
electric welding when repair of the dam
aged German shipping was undertaken.
Careful estimates have shown that this
one innovation saved IL months in
time and $50, 900. 900 in money. while
the ships thus made quickly available
carried 100000 soldiers in France.
Another engineering achievement of
the year is the completion and test
Ing Of the first electric drive battle.
ship, the New Mexico. Despite ad.
verse criticism which met the deter
mination to employ this mechanism on
battle craft, the report says, the New
Mexico has not only met every require
: ment but has passed many additional
tests with the result that lin this
unique vessel the United States navy
has a battleship which has no peer in
the worlds navies. not only for eco.
nomtc propulsion and less liability to
serious arrangement. but her military
superiority in greater m%aueyering
power and Increased underwater pro.
lection" Credit is given Rear Admiral
! Griffin. engineerinchief Of the e
for this accomplishment.
The report shows clearly that Mr.
Daniels has not intention Of propos-
ing an adoption Of the naval general
staff suggestions that have beer made.
He finds that the navy organization
has stood the strain of war without
faltering and says:
Navy General Staff.
For years there was a persistent
and inststent demand on the part Of a
small element OF the navy and SOM
we'll meaning citizens interesting them
selves in naval matters for a naval or.
~ganination labeled General Staff Of
the Made In Germany pattern. This
pattern has not worn we'll, and il IL
observed that the Made in America
pattern Of the United States navy
seems to be appreciated now not only
In America but in some on the nations
associated with US.
The teamwork has extended from
the secretary's office to the deck Of
the smallest motor boat: from the
ranking admiral to the lowest recruit.
The men In Washington who have
been responsible for the direction OF
the navy's preparations and naval OPP
erations on every sea and every shore
hase ara the m nf the adyisnrY