Excerpt from The Steam Navy of the United States: Its Past, Present, and Future; A Letter to the Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Sir: The condition of the steam-navy, as now exhibited to the world by the examples of the Ossipee and others of her class, made under your administration, having attracted much public observation, and brought the Navy Department into very general public discredit, I propose to call your attention to a few of the facts of the case, in order that you may have the means of avoiding the ...
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Excerpt from The Steam Navy of the United States: Its Past, Present, and Future; A Letter to the Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Sir: The condition of the steam-navy, as now exhibited to the world by the examples of the Ossipee and others of her class, made under your administration, having attracted much public observation, and brought the Navy Department into very general public discredit, I propose to call your attention to a few of the facts of the case, in order that you may have the means of avoiding the errors of the past in the conduct of the future. I take the liberty of doing this, because I have watched attentively the progress of construction which has now matured, and have foreseen and foretold the consequences of the ignorance which has controlled the engineering depart ment of the navy from the beginning of your administration; and being therefore perfectly familiar with the facts, and feeling a deep interest in the success of our navy for our country's sake, I think it my duty to address you on the subject, now that doubts no longer need be entertained, and failure is certain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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