FOR ALL THERE IS IN IT INSULATION No. 7490 INSULATION "MADE IN AMERICA" LOUIS STEINBERGER'S PATENTS ACE LIGHTNING-PROOF INSULATORS 1000 TO 1,000,000 VOLTS DERMIONE INSULATORS ARE STANDARD WITH FIBRE No. 4518 No. 7870 BROOKLYN, N. Y., AMERICA Please mention the PROCEEDINGS when writing advertisers SPECIAL NOTICE NAVAL INSTITUTE PRIZE ESSAY, 1920 A prize of two hundred dollars, with a gold medal, and a life-membership (unless the author is already a life member) in the Institute, is offered by the Naval Institute for the best original essay on any subject pertaining to the naval profession published in the PROCEEDINGS during the current year. The prize will be in addition to the author's compensation paid upon publication of the essay. On the opposite page are given suggested topics. Essays are not limited to these topics and no additional weight will be given an essay in awarding the prize because it is written on one of these suggested topics over one written on any subject pertaining to the naval profession. The following rules will govern this competition: I. All original essays published in the PROCEEDINGS during 1919, which are deemed by the Board of Control to be of sufficient merit, will be passed upon by the Board during the month of January, 1920, and the award for the prize will be made by the Board of Control, voting by ballot. 2. No essay received after November 1 will be available for publication in 1919. Essays received subsequent to November 1, if accepted, will be published as soon as practicable thereafter. 3. If, in the opinion of the Board of Control, the best essay published during 1919 is not of sufficient merit to be awarded the prize, it may receive Honorable Mention," or such other distinction as the Board may decide. 4. In case one or more essays receive "Honorable Mention," the writers thereof will receive a minimum prize of seventy-five dollars and a lifemembership (unless the author is already a life member) in the Institute, the actual amounts of the awards to be decided by the Board of Control in each case. 5. It is requested that all essays be submitted typewritten and in duplicate; essays submitted written in longhand and in single copy will, however, receive equal consideration. 6. In the event of the prize being awarded to the winner of a previous year, a gold clasp, suitably engraved, will be given in lieu of the gold medal. By direction of the Board of Control. G. M. RAVENSCROFT, Commander, U. S. N., Secretary and Treasurer. SUGGESTED BY REQUEST OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL "Duties and Responsibilities of Subordinates with Special Reference to the Relations between Commanders-in-Chief and Chief of Naval Operations; Commanders-in-Chief and Force Commanders; Force Commanders and Division Commanders." 66 Initiative of the Subordinate-Its True Meaning." “Military Efficiency Dependent upon National Discipline." Governmental Organization for War." "Naval Gunnery, Now and of the Future." "Naval Policies." "The Place of the Naval Officer in International Affairs." "Moral Preparedness." "The Principles of Naval Administration in Support of War 66 Time Operations." Responsibilities and Duties of Naval and Military Officers of the United States in Educating and Informing the Public on Professional Matters." "A Commission in The Navy: Its Meaning and the Obligations Which It Involves." "The Relations of an Officer to his Subordinate, Both Commissioned and Enlisted." "The True Meaning of the Expression 'An Officer and a Seen in the Light of Recent Events, What Should Be the United States Navy of the Future as Regards Types and Numbers of Ships." "Probable Future Development of Surface-craft, Air-craft and Submarines and the Relation of these Types to Each Other and to Naval Warfare in General." "The Grand Strategy of the Great War, with Especial Reference to Coördination, and Lack of Coördination, Between Naval and Military Forces." "The Problem of Overseas Operations in the Light of Recent Developments." 'The Influence of Sea Power upon History as Illustrated by the Great War." |