COPYRIGHT, 1919

BY J. W. CONROY

TRUSTEE FOR U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE

The Lord Baltimore Press

BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A.

The writers only are responsible for the contents of their respective articles

CONTENTS

WAR DECORATIONS. By Colonel Dion Williams, U. S. Marine Corps.. 493

NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS. By Captain Charles Conard, P. C., U. S. Navy 537

SYSTEM. By Captain J. F. Hellweg, U. S. Navy.....

559

WINNING THE ENGINEERING WHITE E. By Commander Bruce R.

Ware, Jr., U. S. Navy

593

THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD: ITS MILITARY NECESSITIES. By

Captain F. S. Van Boskerck, U. S. Coast Guard............

623

OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTE

President

REAR ADMIRAL BRADLEY A. FISKE, U. S. NAVY

Vice-President

REAR ADMIRAL A. H. SCALES, U. S. NAVY

Secretary and Treasurer

COMMANDER G. M. RAVENSCROFT, U. S. NAVY

Board of Control

COLONEL DION WILLIAMS, U. S. M. C.

CAPTAIN W. H. STANDLEY, U. S. NAVY

CAPTAIN DAVID POTTER, P. C. U. S. NAVY

CAPTAIN A. ST. CLAIR SMITH, U. S. NAVY

CAPTAIN J. G. CHURCH, U. S. NAVY

COMMANDER J. A. FURER, CONSTRUCTION CORPS, U. S. NAVY

COMMANDER G. M. RAVENSCROFT, U. S. NAVY (ex officio)

PAST PRESIDENTS

OF THE

U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE

DMIRAL DAVID D. PORTER, U. S. NAVY, 1873

EAR ADMIRAL JOHN L. WORDEN, U. S. NAVY, 1874

EAR ADMIRAL C. R. P. RODGERS, U. S. NAVY, JAN. 1875-JAN. 1878
OMMODORE FOXHALL A. PARKER, U. S. NAVY, JAN. 1878-JAN. 1879
EAR ADMIRAL JOHN RODGERS, U. S. NAVY, JAN. 1879–JAN. 1882
CAR ADMIRAL C. R. P. RODGERS, U. S. NAVY, JAN. 1882-JAN. 1883
CAR ADMIRAL THORNTON A. JENKINS, U. S. Navy, Jan. 1883-Oct.
1885

AR ADMIRAL EDWARD SIMPSON, U. S. NAVY, OCT. 1885-Oct. 1887
AR ADMIRAL STEPHEN B. LUCE, U. S. NAVY, OCT. 1887-Oct. 1898
AR ADMIRAL WM. T. SAMPSON, U. S. NAVY, OCT. 1898-Oct. 1902
AR ADMIRAL H. C. TAYLOR, U. S. NAVY, OCT. 1902-Oct. 1904
AR ADMIRAL C. F. GOODRICH, U. S. NAVY, OCT. 1904-OCT. 1909
AR ADMIRAL RICHARD WAINWRIGHT, U. S. NAVY, OCT. 1909-Oct.
1911