QBriJnance ann Gunnery RDNANCE-the most important of our professional studies-for a battle- ship without guns is like a song without words and music. to quote Cy Lyle. The department snares the cagey Second Classmen, puffed up with pride, convinces them in one lesson that resistance is useless, then pours oil of fat marks into the gaping shell wounds. First Class Year there is a terrible change of heart, aspect and treatment. Lieutenants junior Grade become vivi- sectionists, members of the Inquisition, and Keepers of the Holy Horrors. Erstwhile gentle-looking torpedoes reveal their dread interiors fthe Service is crazy about Plate IO4J and mines show hitherto unsuspected internal complications. The year ends in a blaze of glory-range finders, 320-page pamphlets, and specially- M prepared-for- the-use-of - midshipmen range tables chase each other in a series of semi-empirical nightmares and we leave with a muzzle velocity equal to the rate of propagation of l light in ether and a fervent prayer that God will be with us if we meet i again. 17
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i l l l e l l ahigatinn AVIGATION does not become impossible until Second Term, First Class Year, although it is always improbable. Most of us are of the opinion that the science of conducting a ship from one position on the earth to another is decidedly shady. We are not yet exactly sure of finding our position unless we already know it to a reasonable degree of certainty-and then-why take sights and fool with C-W's to find out something we already know? lt seems useless, but the Regs require it. One rule sticks with us-that if a sight is taken in the morning or the afternoon it is better to guess at the Lati- tude rather than the Longitude, and l i the contrary holds at noong all of which is very simple and seems to solve our difhculties in a remarkable manner. The casualties credited to Nav are few and we are duly grateful. The department seems to realize that we have about as good a chance of being right as has the gougeg at any rate they give us the benefit of the doubt. A 19
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