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Show SEA'S PERILS EVER PRESENT Maneuvers and Sham Battles Cannot B Held Without the Element of Danger, It Is the great distinction of the sea that Its peace maneuvers are never sham fights. To whatever branch or grade of the naval service a seaman may belong, when he Is on active service- he Is always face to face wltti "the real thing." A mistake of any sort, a pardonable miscalculation, a momciitnry failure of irrvo or attention, atten-tion, or even some Htiiall unavoidable accident, may Involve the forfeit of many lives. Hence the niagnitlcent training tho sea I in poses In manliness, manli-ness, riiourcefulness aud self control. The Hubiiiarlne brnuch of tho navy has undoubtedly risks and dangers of Its own, as the sad tale of previous disasters plainly shows; and when a catastrophe unhappily occurs It Is ot a nature to make a profound Impression Impres-sion upon the public. Hut In relntiou tu the number of submarines In commission, com-mission, nud to the constant exercise they undergo, the picked officers and men who serve In them do not Incur a risk out of all proportion greater than their comrades In other branches. Danger and risk are no peculiar prerogative of the submarine. Daily faced In the routine of duty and dally overcome, they form the very foundation founda-tion of navsl character, and are a pledge, In no small degree, of the security se-curity upon which as a nation we r |