Show SEAS PERILS EVER PRESENT maneuvers and sham battles cannot be held Without the elern element ent of danger it Is the great distinction of the sea that its peace maneuvers are never sham lights to whatever branch or grade erade of the naval service a seagai seaman may belong when he is on attivo service he be is always face to face with the real thing A mistake of any sort a pardonable miscalculation a momentary failure of nerve or attention or even some small unavoidable accident may involve the forfeit ot of many lives hence the magnificent training the sea imposes in manliness resourcefulness and self control tiie the submarine branch of the navy has undoubtedly risks and dangers ot of its own as the sad tale of 0 previous disasters plainly shows and when a catastrophe unhappily occurs it is ot of a nature to make a profound impression upon the public but in relation to the number of submarines in commission and aad to the constant exercise they undergo the picked and men who serve in them do not incur a risk out it all proportion heater than their comrades comrades in t branches danger and risk are ro 10 peculiar prerogative of the submarine dally daily faced in the routine of dut and daily overcome they form the very foundation of naval character and are a pledge in no small degree of the security upon which as a nation we repose |