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Best general references:- J. W. King, War ships and Navies of the World, pp. 337, and Congressional Record. vol. XV part...
...present navy is utterly inadequate. (a) to guard the coast; (b) to protect commerce; (c) to police the seas; (d) to uphold our dignity abroad:- Donaldson's Public Domain, p. 464, Congressional Record, vol. XV., pp. 1089-94; Nation, vol. XXXI...
...expense of constructing and maintaining a large navy is enormous: Congressional Record, Vol. 18, page 1812; British Almanac, 1889, page...
...February, 1889; (b) they are constantly being rendered useless by new inventions:- Forum, vol., 6, p. 370; Lippincott's, vol. 29, p. 346; (c) other means of warfare would be more serviceable to the United States:- Porter, North American Review for February, 1889, p. 213; Speech of Ingalls, Congressional Record, vol. 18, p. 108; speech of King, Congressional Record...
...permission to register late. Of the remainder the majority have since filed satisfactory excuses for not complying with the regulation, some having been detained by sickness, and some by other reasons. Only three or four have failed to offer any explanation for their absence. This is certainly an excellent record when the total number of students who were subject to the regulation is considered...