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Josephus Daniels. Our Navy at war
Our Navy at war
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. WHEN THE WAR CALL CAME
CHAPTER II "TO BE STRONG UPON THE SEAS"
CHAPTER III. THE BREAK WITH GERMANY
CHAPTER IV. THE DAY OF DECISION
CHAPTER V. SENDING SIMS TO EUROPE
CHAPTER VI. NAVAL ALLIES IN HISTORIC CONFERENCE
CHAPTER VII "WE ARE READY NOW, SIR"
CHAPTER VIII. RACE BETWEEN WILSON AND HINDENBURG
CHAPTER IX. THE FLEET THE KAISER BUILT FOR US
CHAPTER X. GUARDING THE COAST OF FRANCE
CHAPTER XI. GIBRALTAR AND THE CONVOY
CHAPTER XII. SHUTTING UP THE HORNETS IN THEIR NESTS
CHAPTER XIII. PRESIDENT WILSON AS A STRATEGIST
CHAPTER XIV. COMRADES OF THE MIST
CHAPTER XV "CINDERELLAS OF THE FLEET"
CHAPTER XVI "DO NOT SURRENDER"—"NEVER!"
CHAPTER XVII. WHEN THE U-BOATS CAME TO AMERICA
CHAPTER XVIII. MARINES STOPPED DRIVE ON PARIS
CHAPTER XIX. THE ANSWER TO THE 75-MILE GUN
CHAPTER XX. THE NAVY THAT FLIES
CHAPTER XXI. THE FERRY TO FRANCE
CHAPTER XXII. RADIO GIRDLED THE GLOBE
CHAPTER XXIII. A SURPRISE FOR COUNT VON LUXBURG
CHAPTER XXIV. AMERICAN ADMIRAL SAVED KOLCHAK
CHAPTER XXV. THE HALF-WAY HOUSE
CHAPTER XXVI. TO VICTORY ON A SEA OF OIL
CHAPTER XXVII. EDISON—AND 100,000 MORE
CHAPTER XXVIII. BUILDING A THOUSAND SHIPS
CHAPTER XXIX. MAKING SAILORS OUT OF LANDSMEN
CHAPTER XXX. THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND STRONG
CHAPTER XXXI. WOMEN IN THE NAVY
CHAPTER XXXII. COAST GUARD WON DISTINCTION
CHAPTER XXXIII. WINNING THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE WAR
CHAPTER XXXIV. FIGHTING THE PROFITEERS
CHAPTER XXXV "SIRS, ALL IS WELL WITH THE FLEET"
CHAPTER XXXVI. AFTER THE ARMISTICE
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Josephus Daniels
Published by Good Press, 2021
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With all the Navy striving to build up and expand the service, I turned attention to other forces that might be utilized. War had become a science; inventions were playing a vastly greater part than ever before, and on July 7, 1915, I wrote to Mr. Thomas A. Edison, suggesting the formation of a board of eminent inventors and scientists, and asking if he would consent to become its head. The idea appealed to Mr. Edison, as it did to the various scientific and engineering societies, and in a few weeks the Naval Consulting Board became a reality. Composed of men of eminence and distinction, this was the first of those organizations of patriotic civilians which, when war came, rendered such signal service to the nation.
This board began in 1915 a survey of all the country's industries and resources which might be employed, in case of war, for the production of munitions and supplies, and the thousand and one things required by armies and navies.
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