Report Of Navy Department On Hr 4067 Introduced By Mr Havenner And Hr 4163 Introduced By Mr Welch

Author : United States. Navy Dept
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230182711
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book Annual Reports of the Navy Department written by United States. Navy Dept and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ...of officers and men has been worked out in detail for a complete year in advance, after taking into consideration the numbers of vessels which will bo completed and commissioned, and the important sea, land, and air operations to be undertaken. The finished plan shows where the supply of both officers and men of all ranks and ratings will be obtained, where they will be trained, where they will be rendezvoused after training, and to what class of duty they will be assigned. It has been so carefully prepared in detail, with a sufficient factor of safety to allow for unforeseen casualties and new demands in the operations of war, that, if followed consistently, it will automatically deliver the required number of trained officers and men for any activities authorized or contemplated, now or hi the future, covering a space of several years. It is because of consistent adherence to these carefully prepared plans for providing trained personnel for the great expansion from 56,000 to over half a million men that the Navy has been able satisfactorily to meet every call for manning the hundreds of new vessels of all classes and for providing the necessary skilled officers and men for all the detailed work of aviation, mining, bombing, construction, and other operations abroad. The system of providing and training personnel is operating on the assumption that the war will last for several years. Notwithstanding the enormous expansion of the personnel, the reports from the commander in chief of the Atlantic Fleet, and from all commanders of forces afloat, show that the various units composing the Navy have reached a higher state of battle efficiency than ever before. In the transport service alone, which has produced such remarkable results in...