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...nation a military duty, not merely in arousing patriotism, but especially in training capable engineers. It is becoming more and more evident that the engineer will be the great factor in modern warfare. The skill of a machinist in mounting a gun may determine the value of our coast defenses. The efficiency of the modern battleship depends upon the ability of the fireman behind the ram, and of the engineer who directs the machines within the vessel...
Down from Misti on the other side from Arequipa are several other stations, Mount Blanc (15,700 feet elevation), Hursos (13,400), Cazro (11,100), and Santa Ana (3,400). This forms a complete chain of stations, the most perfect in the world, reaching from Mollendo on the sea coast across the Andes...
...United States needs a navy in time of war.- (a) Our sea coast needs protection: Mahan, p. 87.- (b) Foreign commerce must be attacked: N. A. Rev. 148, p. 64.- (c) Hostile fleets must...
...available as G. T. Kirby '98, A. E. Schaff '99, N. G. Bijur '96, and Chatain '96, each good for at least 54s. At the 220 and 100 yard dashes are Clark '97, Caswell '98, Moffit '99, the Lawrenceville sprinter, Underhill and Miller, the champion of the Pacific coast colleges...
...very strong in this branch of the service. Not only was she favored by her machine shops, and skilled engineer, but the crews were imbued with the same bold spirit, which carried the navy so triumphantly through with its unheard-of task of blockading 3000 miles of sea coast...