Show our navy kovy A few days before deneys deweys 61 aplon aon did victory at manila a rear admiral of tho the french navy was reported to have eaid that there i is not an officer in the united states navy capable of commanding a vessel and few vessels worthy of 0 command 11 about tho the same timo time la patrie a popular F rench french journal published an interview view with a high officer of the canadian military forces then in paris paria who said with tho the exception of two or throe three armored ships tho the united states navy is absolutely valueless the ofil cors cers who command it may be decent enough engineers in theory but they tire are entirely igno larit of the methods ineth of lighting fighting gun gum As to tho the sailors they havo have never boon drilled to fight thoy they we aie worthless as artillerists 11 tho the journals of franco france and germany and some of england and canada beside bolido the bombastic shoots sheets of spam spain havo have boon been pouring all possible contempt upon tho the american navy yet the battle of manila wai wag marked with most mait perfect discipline aud and a woud wonderful erful acquaintance with the methods of fighting guns every movement and showed that a master mind was in command and that all officers and men of our ships wore familiar with their duties and heroically performed them 1 I 1 ho he bombardment of mantanzas Blantan zas and other small transactions transact long in the cuban waters shows that yankee markman shil with machine guns which ro quire fine mechanical skill is of the most superior character in the wars of tho the post past the american navy though small has bas shown matchless match lobs ability and thorough skill both in commanders and in men out oat of the present war our navy will como come foith the tha admiration adm nation of tho the world tho the sullen pride of the european powers shows an anxiety that 0 a shall fail and a fear that wo we shall succeed one german officer is reported to have said that americas haughty disdain would be intolerable it if she ahe should bo be successful in war with spain they will find that america will havo have something to say in tho the worlds future commonwealth |