“WHAT THE NAVY HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT” 1879 Naval Education. Prize Essay, 1879. By Lieut. Commander A. D. Brown, U. S. N. NAVAL EDUCATION. First Honorable Mention. By Lieut. Commander C. F. Goodrich, U, S. N. NAVAL EDUCATION, Second Honorable Mention. By Commander A. T. Mahan, U. S. N. 1880 " The Naval Policy of the United States." Prize Essay, 1880. By Lieutenant Charles Belknap, U. S. N. 1881 Tho Type of (I) Armored Vessel, (II) Cruiser Best Suited to the Present Needs of the United States. Prize Essay, 1881. By Lieutenant E. W. Very, U. S. N. 1882 Our Merchant Marine: The Causes of Its Decline and the Means to Be Taken for Its Revival “Nil clarius aquis." Prize Essay, 1882. By Lieutenant J. D. Kelley, U. S. N. “MAIS IL FAUT CULTIVER NOTRE JARDIN.” Honorable Mention. By Master C. G. Calkins, U. S. N. " SPERO MELIORA. Honorable Mention. By Lieut. Commander F. E. Chad wick, U. S. N. CAUSA LATET: VIS EST NOTISSIMA.” Honorable Mention. By Lieutenant R. Wainwright, U. S. N. 1883 How May the Sphere of Usefulness of Naval Officers Be Extended in Time of Peace with Advantage to the Country and the Naval Service ? Pour encourager les Autres.” Prize Essay, 1883. By Lieutenant Carlos G. Calkins, U. S. N. SEMPER PARATUS.” First Honorable Mention. By Commander N. H. Farquhar, U.S. N. CULIBET IN ARTE SUA CREDENDUM EST." Second Honorable Mention, By Captain A. P. Cooke, U. S. N. 1884 The Reconstruction and Increase of the Navy. Prize Essay, 1884. By Ensign W. I. Chambers, U.S. N. 1885 Inducements for Retaining Trained Seamen in the Navy, and Best System of Rewards for Long and Faithful Service. Prize Essay, 1885. By Commander N. H. Farquhar, U.S. N. 1886 What Changes in Organization and Drill Are Necessary to Sail and Fight Effectively Our Warships of Latest Type? "Scire quod nescias.” Prize Essay, 1886. By Lieutenant Carlos G. Calkins, U.S. N. SION IN GOOD ORGANIZATION AND THOROUGH DRILL ON BOARD OF SUIT- 1887 The Naval Brigade: Its Organization, Equipment and Tactics.". In hoc signo vinces." Prize Essay, 1887.' By Lieutenant C. T. Hutchins. 1888 Torpedoes. Prize Essay, 1888. By Lieut. Commander W. W. Reisinger, U.S. N. 1891 The Enlistment, Training and Organization of Crews for Our Ships of War. Prize Essay, 1891. By Ensign A. P. Niblack, U. S. N. DISPOSITION AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE FLEET: SHIP AND SQUADRON DRILL. Honorable Mention, 1891. By Lieutenant R. C. Smith, U. S. N. 1892 Torpedo-boats: Their Organization and Conduct. Prize Essay, 1892. By Wm. Laird Clowes. 1894 The U. S. S. Vesuvius, with Special Reference to Her Pneumatic Battery. Prize Essay, 1894. By Lieut. Commander Seaton Schroeder, U.S. N. NAVAL REFORM. Honorable Mention, 1894. By Passed Assistant Engineer F. M. Bennett, U.S. N. 1895 Tactical Problems in Naval Warfare. Prize Essay, 1895. By Lieut. Com mander Richard Wainwright, U.S. N. A SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION AND OUTLOOK IN EUROPE. An Introduc tion to the Study of Coming War. Honorable Mention, 1895. By Richmond Pearson Hobson, Assistant Naval Constructor, U. S. N. SUGGESTIONS FOR INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR New SHIPS. Hon orable Mention, 1895. By Naval Constructor Wm. J. Baxter, U. S. N. THE BATTLE OF THE YALU. Honorable Mention, 1895. By Ensign Frank Marble, U. S. N. 1896 The Tactics of Ships in the Line of Battle. Prize Essay, 1896. By Lieu tenant A. P. Niblack, U. S. N. THE ORGANIZATION, TRAINING AND DISCIPLINE OF THE NAVY PERSONNEL AS VIEWED FROM THE SHIP. Honorable Mention, 1896. By Lieutenant Wm. F. Fullam, U. S. N. NAVAL APPRENTICES, INDUCEMENTS, ENLISTING AND TRAINING. The Sea man Branch of the Navy. Honorable Mention, 1896. By Ensign Ryland D. Tisdale, U. S. N. THE COMPOSITION OF THE FLEET. Honorable Mention 1896. By Lieuten ant John M. Ellicott, U. S. N. 1897 Torpedo-boat Policy. Prize Essay, 1897. By Lieutenant R. C. Smith, U.S. N. A PROPOSED UNIFORM COURSE OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE NAVAL MILITIA. Honorable Mention, 1897. By H. G. Dohrman, Associate Member, U.S. N. I. TORPEDOES IN EXERCISE AND BATTLE. Honorable Mention, 1897. By Lieu tenant J. M. Ellicott, U. S. N. 1898 Esprit de Corps: A Tract for the Times. Prize Essay, 18y8. By Captain Caspar Frederick Goodrich, U.S. N. OUR NAVAL POWER. Honorable Mention, 1898. By Lieut. Commander Richard Wainwright, U. S. N. TARGET PRACTICE AND THE TRAINING OF Gun CAPTAINS. Honorable Men tion, 1898. By Ensign R. H. Jackson, U. S. N. 1900 Torpedo Craft: Types and Employment. Prize Essay, 1900. By Lieu tenant R. H. Jackson, U.S. N. THE AUTOMOBILE TORPEDO AND ITS USES. Honorable Mention, 1900. By Lieutenant L. H. Chandler, U. S. N. 1901 Naval Administration and Organization. Prize Essay, 1901. By Lieuten ant John Hood, U. S. N. 1903 Gunnery in Our Navy. The Causes of Its Inferiority and Their Remedies. Prize Essay, 1903. By Professor Philip R. Alger, U. S. N. A NAVAL TRAINING POLICY AND SYSTEM. Honorable Mention, 1923. By Lieutenant James H. Reid, U. S. N. SYSTEMATIC TRAINING OF THE ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE Navy. Honor able Mention, 1903. By Lieutenant C. L. Hussey, U. S. N. OUR TORPEDO-BOAT FLOTILLA. The Training Needed_to Insure Its Effi ciency. Honorable Mention, 1903. By Lieutenant E. L. Beach, U. S. N. 1904 The Fleet and Its Personnel. Prize Essay, 1904. By Lieutenant S. P. Ful linwider, U. S. N. A PLEA FOR A HIGHER PhysICAL, MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL STANDARD OF THE PERSONNEL FOR THE Navy. Honorable Mention, 1904. By 1905 American Naval Policy. Prize, Essay 1905. By Commander Bradley A. Fiske, U. S. N. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE Navy. Honorable Mention, 1905. By Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce, U.S. N. 1906 Promotion by Selection. Prize Essay, 1906. By Commander Hawley O. Rittenhouse, U. S. N.' THE ELEMENTS OF FLEET Tactics. First Honorable Mention, 1906. By Lieut. Commander A. P. Niblack, U.S. N. GLEANINGS FROM THE SEA OF JAPAN. Second Honorable Mention, 1906. By Captain Seaton Schroeder, U. S. N. THE PURCHASE SYSTEM OF THE Navy. Third Honorable Mention, 1906 By Pay Inspector J. A. Mudd, U. S. N. 1907 Storekeeping at the Navy. Yards. Prize Essay, 1907. By Pay Inspector John A. Mudd, U. S. N. BATTLE REHEARSALS. A Few Thoughts on Our Next Step in Fleet-Gunnery. First Honorable Mention, 1907. By Lieut. Commander Yates Stirling, U.S. N. THE NAVAL PROFESSION. Second Honorable Mention, 1907. By Comman der Bradley A. Fiske, U.S. N. 1908 A Few Hints to the Study, of Naval Tactics. Prize Essay, 1908. By Lieutenant W. S. Pye, U. S. N. THE MONEY FOR THE Navy. First Honorable Mention, 1908. By Pay Inspector John A. Mudd, U. S. N. THE NATION'S DEFENCE—THE OFFENSIVE FLEET. How Shall We Prepare It for Battle? Second Honorable Mention, 1908. By Lieut. Commander Yates Stirling, U. S. N. 1909 Some Ideas about Organization on Board Ship. Prize Essay, 1909. By Lieutenant Ernest J. King, U.S. N. THE NAVY AND COAST DEFENCE. Honorable Mention, 1909. By Commo dore W. H. Beehler, U. S. N. THE REORGANIZATION OF THE NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT. Honorable Mention, 1909. By Pay Inspector J. A. Mudd, U.S. N. A PLEA FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING IN THE Navy. Honorable Mention, 1909. By Commander A. P. Niblack, U. S. N. 1910 The Merchant Marine and the Navy. Prize Essay, 1910. By Naval Con structor T. G. Roberts, U.S. N. THE NAVAL STRATEGY OF THE Russo-JAPANESE WAR. Honorable Mention, 1910. By Licutenant Lyman A. Cotton, U. S. N. 1911 Navy Yard Economy. Prize Essay, 1911. By Paymaster Charles Conard, U.S. N. NAVAL POWER. Honorable Mention, 1911. By Captain Bradley A. Fiske, U.S. N. WANTED—FIRST AID. Honorable Mention, 1911. By Commander C. C. Marsh, U. S. N. 1912 Naval Might. Prize Essay, 1912. By Lieutenant Ridgely Hunt, U. S. N. (retired). INSPECTION DUTY AT THE Navy Yards. Honorable Mention, 1912. By, Lieut. Commander T. D. Parker, U. S. N. 1913 The Greatest Need of the Atlantic Fleet. Prize Essay, 1913. By Lieut. Commander Harry E. Yarnell, U. S. N. NAVY DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION. A Study of Principles. First Honor able Mention, 1913. By Commander Yates Stirling, Jr., U. S. N. THAND INITIATIVE AND UNITY OF ACTION. Second Honorable Mention, 1913. By Lieut. Commander Dudley W. Knox, U. S. N. 1914 The Great Lesson from Nelson for To-day. Prize Essay, 1914 By Lieut. Commander Dudley W. Knox, U. S. N. NAVAL POLICY AS IT RELATES TO THE SHORE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FLEET. Honorable Mention, 1914. By Captain John Hood, U. S. N. OLD PRINCIPLES AND MODERN APPLICATIONS. Honorable Mention, 1914. By Lieut. Commander Dudley W. Knox, U. S. N. MILITARY PREPAREDNESS. Honorable Mention, 1914. By Naval Constructor Richard D. Gatewood, U. S. N. 1915 The Role of Doctrine in Naval Warfare. Prize Essay, 1915. By Lieut. Commander Dudley W. Knox, U. S. N. AN AIR FLEET: OUR PRESSING NAVAL WANT. First Honorable Mention, 1915. By Lieut. Commander Thomas Drayton Parker, U.S. N. Tactics. Second Honorable Mention, 1915. By Ensign H. H. Frost, U. S. N. DEFENCE AGAINST SURPRISE TORPEDO ATTACK., Third Honorable Mention, 1915. By Ensign R. T. Merrill, 2d, U. S. N. 1916 The Moral Factor in War. Prize Essay, 1916. By Lieutenant (J. G.) H. H. Frost, U. S. N. NavAL PERSONNEL. First Honorable Mention, 1916. By Lieut. Commander J. K. Taussig, U. S. N. EDUCATION AT THE U. S. NavAL ACADEMY. Second Honorable Mention, 1916. By Lieutenant Ridgely Hunt, U. S. N. SOME UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES OF MORALE. Third Honorable Mention, 1916. By Commander Dudley W. Knox, U. S. N. LARGE vs. A GREATER NUMBER OF SMALLER BATTLESHIPS. Lippincott Prize Essay. By Lieut. Commander Thomas Lee Johnson, U.S. N. 1917 Commerce Destroying in War. Prize Essay, 1917. By Commander Lyman A. Cotten, U. S. Navy. THE PEOPLE'S ROLE IN WAR. First Honorable Mention, 1917. By Lieu tenant H. H. Frost, U. S. Navy. THE NATION'S GREATEST NEED. Second Honorable Mention, 1917. By Colonel Dion Williams, U. S. Marine Corps. 1918 Letters on Naval Tactics. Prize Essay, 1918. By Lieutenant H. H. Frost, U. S. N. THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE FUTURE. First Honorable mention, 1918. By Commander H. O. Rittenhouse, U. S. N. Retired. NAVAL STRATEGY. Second Honorable Mention, 1918. By Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, U. S. N. 1919 MILITARY CHARACTER. First Honorable Mention, 1918. By Captain Reginald R. Belknap, U. S. N. Honorable Mention, 1918. By Lieut. Commander Beirne S. Bullard, |