Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-03-15
DANIELS WARNS
MIDSHIPMEN OF
AMERICAS TASK
Continued From Page ohel

does not lose its visions Of world
duty" The Navy. he stated. must De
over the instrumentality of altruism
and benefcence. as well as powerful
fighting agency
/ Continuing his address. Secretary
Daniels spoke as follows.
In the new world that lies before
rs the Navy will have much to do.
tand yon viii find all your resource
and ability challenged to measure Up
70 the needs Of the new day First
Of all you must devise and operate
the best engines Of war on seas. un-
der the sea. on land, and in the air.
1 The Navy mast keep step 10 progress
and yen must make ready The best
defense for any possible offense ana
be quick TO adopt new methods and
revolutionary plans when experience
/ has demonstrated that odd ones are
no longer adequate
Navy Fighting Agency
The Navy must ever he the IN
s1rumentality Of altruisrn and beneh-
cence as we'll as a powerful lighting
/ agency Naval officers in tie field
of discovery have given the world
Wilkes. Perry, Maury Peary and
other immortals. We must never be-
iieye that there are not fresh worlds
70 conquer or forget that
There are firths beyond Pentland
/ And Friihs bayond Forth
/ You viii come into the Navy in
he period that will challenge your
| highest initiative and genius The
l'est days Of naval service are before
you. not in past glory. The war
taught us that the ocean was made
not TO divide people as the ancienis
believed. but to unite them. In 1914
/ II seemed far cry 10 the light
houses GA the coast of France In
| 1877 and 1918 more than two million
American soldiers made the journey
through the submarine infested zone
Not one was lost going over, thanks
to naval vigilance and naval Drotec-
/ ton and naval skill in navigation
We had just begun, as the wal, end
90. TO perfect new military agencies
Of oGense and defense, new discoy-
cries for locating submarines and
Il aew methods of aerial combat. Radio
4 was utilized as never before and, like
aviation. is but in its infancy. Naval
ana civil scientists and engineers
save new evidences of mans power
oyer the elements. with. the promise
hat the days before us viii witness
greater heights scaled than any gen.
Grafton that has preceded Us.
What America Needs To-day
What has been done is but al
\ earnest Of the great things we shall
DO, and the solidHying of world ideals
md world communication and world
unity OF purpose will demand the
] greatest progress. on the sea and in
the air.
America needs today more thar
anything else some inspiring anc
aoble altruistic task worthy of It's
deals, of its wealth, of its achieve
i ments in war. We must never &c
back to The crude materialism into
which we had fallen before the
World War To do so would be 70
lose our vision OF world duty. That
struggle lifted US to the heights. We
stand today as nation upon pre-
cipice, III danger of having our
noblest ideals descend into the
depths. What the country needs
what the Navy needs-is. as the boy
! John Quincy Adams wrote 70 his
father u pray give me a stunt &c
! do. Our young men, in and ont Of
The Navy. did stunts in the war. and
at Annapolis and the young men II
40 selfish aim directed their courage
4 and achievement The midshipmen
civil life in America make the same
plea 10 their country for they know
/ that unless they are given stunt
they known they cannot reach the
highest excellence and he worthy to
rank with those who gave new
glory to America in the splendid days
hat ended with the Armistice.
| World craftsmanship
.ewhat is the duty Of America to-
( day. Men are lkSsiHS anu Auliii ias
about dividends and wages and taxes.
with their faces turned toward the
ground with never a glimpse OF the
sun. What is the danger? II is that
we will assume no gigantic task Of
world peace and world-heip. The
problem of world craftsmanship to-
day is TO find some task that will IRE
The national ina gination and ennoble
national enthusiasm. At home we
must not rest on the record OF dig
ring the Panama Canal and building
the Alaskan railroad. We must adopt
wise plans for development and reg
ulatinon of coal and oil supply, d.
rect wise river and harbor improve
ment. aud adopt large policy that
viii insure a merchant marine worthy
of our national wealth and confirm
ute TO our national prosperity. But
we must, in order to save the soul OF
the Republic. as we'll as serve hui
manity. be willing to undertake some
some great world task What shall