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Excerpt from Annual Reports of the Navy Department: For the Fiscal Year 1917 I have the honor to submit herewith the annual report of this department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, including opera tions, recommendations, and estimates to date. Since April 6 the Navy of the United States has been undergoing the test of war. While I may not, therefore, speak in detail of the greater naval operations since that date, it may be stated that the record is one of increasing power, of developing resourcefulness, and of cooperative achievement which the American people may well survey with national pride. The spirit of the Navy of to-day was tersely expressed by a young oflicer, the senior in command of our first flotilla of destroyers sent abroad to combat the submarine menace. When asked by the English admiral, upon the arrival of the ships in England, when they would be ready, the American officer answered, We are ready now. This was not the language of boasting. It was the prophecy and pledge of our service with those fighting in a common cause. In the trying months that have fol lowed the readiness and fitness of our men and ships have been tested and established amid perils more insidious and baffling than those that ever before confronted a nation at war. During peaceful years the Navy has been quietly but steadily perfecting itself to meet the time of war. How adequate was its preparation, how eflicient its personnel, how competent its machinery to carry on the multitudinous activities of war time could only be surmised and estimated. Now the hour for which it has been preparing has arrived. Our sword is drawn, and no one will dispute that the blade is keen and free from rust and its temper true. Although the naval activities in this war have been largely confined to the extermination of the sub marine, our Navy has been called on to do much more than the public realizes, and in no case and in no way has it so far been found wanting either in material or personnel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Report of the Department of the Naval Service for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1911 Government to establish a Naval Service, and preliminary steps to this end were taken towards the latter part of 1909. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.