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Show WILSON'S WAR RULES FOR NAVY DISCLOSED 'BE AUDACIOUS; I D0SHET1G Ml NEW; MISED I "Throw Tradition to Winds" j H Was Wilson's Exhortation H in August, 1917 H j IH "SEEK OUT HORNET'S NEST," HIS DESIRE I Secretary Daniels Discloses H What Entente Wished Done H to End War H WASHINGTON, May 11. President H Wilson's hitherto unpublished war l instructions to the officers of the At- 1 IH I an tic fleet, given in person on the IH quarterdeck of the flagship Pennsyl- jJ vania on Aueust 11. 1917. and hlddinc l them "throw tradition to the wind," ( H strike the word prudent from their tB vocabularies and "do the thing that is audacious to the utmost point of risk and daring," were made publia H here today by Secretary Daniels. In laying the text of his remarks 1 before the senate naval Investigating 1 committee, Secretary Daniels said ' they showed "tho bbld and strong" ' H policy the president had outlined for y H the navy. H Win by Audacity. "Do not stop to think what is pru- H dent for a moment," the president said. "You will win by the audacity of H method when you cannot win by cir- lfl cumspection. "I think that there are willing ears to hear this. In tho American navy and the American army because that is the kind of folks we are. . ''There will have to come a new tradition luto a service which does not do new and' audacious and successful r IhtngV' ' H The president also expressed his dis-satisfaction dis-satisfaction with the progress' then be- " i , ing made toward crushing the suma , rine campaign. The British admiralty had mei IH American su:gestions with whal L amounted to statements that "it ncv , er had been done," the president said, Mm adding: i jH "And I felt like saying, 'well, noth- j ing was ever done so systematically as nothing is being done now.'" lH Address to Officers. '1 In opening his address to the off i- 1 lH cers, Mr. Wilson said; ! "Admiral Mayo and gentlemen:. "I have not come here with malice prepence to make a speech, but I have ' come here to have a look at you and say some things that perhaps may be intimately said and even though the company is large, said in confidence. "This is an unprecedented war, and, nM therefore, it is a war in one sense for 11 amateurs. . Nobody ever before con-ducted con-ducted a war-like this and therefore nobody can pretend to be a profession t IH al in a war like this. Here arc two . great navies, not to speak of the oth- ( jH ers associated with us our own and the British, outnumbering by a very great margin tho navy to which we are opposed and yet casting about for a way in which to use our superiority and our strength. Room for Thought. "Now, somebody has got to think this war out. Somebody has got to think out the way not only to fight the submarine, but to do something differ-ent differ-ent from what we are doing. "We are hunting hornets all ovei the farm and letting the nest alone. fl None of us know how to go to the fl nest and crush it and yet innespair of hunting for hornets ail over the sea JW, when 1 know where the nest is and i know that the nest is breeding1 hornets as fast as 1 can find them. I am will ing for my part and I know you are willing because I know tho stuTf you I IMWa ure made of I am willing to sacrifice ' ' half the navy Great Britain and we IH together have to crush that nest be cause if wo are crush it the war is V won. I have como hero to say that 1 H 'do not care where it comes from, I do not care whether it comes from tin1 youngest officer or the oldest, but I JWi want the otneors of this navy to have ..IH the distinction of saying how this war ; is going to bo won. Make Any Sacrifice JWM "I am willing to make any sacrifice WMM for that. I am ready to put myself at the disposal of any officer in the navy who thinks he knows how to 9 run this I will not undortake to tell yon W whether he does or npt, because I know: that I do not, but I will under- M take ' to put him in communication with those who can find out whether his idea will work or not. I have the authority to do that and I will do It with tho greatest pleasure. "I wish that 1 could think and had the brains to think in the terms of marine warfare, because I would fee' then that I was figuring out the future mm history of tho political freedom of JW mankind. 1 do not see how any man can look at the flag of the United MM Stales and fail having his mind crowd-ed crowd-ed with reminiscences of tho number Jm of unselfish men seeking no object of their own, the advantage of dynasty, Wm the advantage of a group of privileged MM people but the advantage of his fellows Mm who have died under tho folds of that tM beautiful emblem. I wonder if men W (Continued on page !.) -jjjB 'Be Audacious; Do Something New Me Advised (Continued from page 1.) who do die under it realize the destine-tion destine-tion they have. Throw Away Tradition "There i3 distinction in the privilege privi-lege -and I for my part am sorry to play so peaceful a part in the business jas I myself am obliged to play, and 1 I conceive it a privilege to come and look at you men who have the other thing to do and ask you to come and tell me how this thing can I be better done; and we will thank God thai wo have got men of originative I brains among us. I "We have got to throw tradition to the wind. I "As I have said, gentlemen, I take It for granted that nothing that I say here will be repeated and therefore I am going to say this: Every time i nnncinrl nnvlliinrr to the British admiralty the reply has come back that virtually amounted to this, that it had never been done that way, and I felt like saying 'Well, nothing was ever dune so systematically as nothing is bein- done now." Therefore. I should like to see something unusual, happen, something that was never done before, don't you think It is worth while to try something that was never done before against those who are doing them to you? No Other Way "There is no other way to win. America is the prize amateur nation of the world. Germany is the prize professional nation of tho world. Now, wnen it comes to doing new things and doing them well, 1 will back the amateur against (he professional every time. He knows so little about It that he is fool enough to trv the right thjng. The men that do not know the danger are the rash-est rash-est men. "Please leave out of your vocabulary altogether the word 'prudent.' Do the thing that is audacious to the utmost point of risk and daring, because be-cause that is exactly the thing that (ho other side does not understand. under-stand. "I think that there are willing ears lo hear this in the American navy and ihp American army because that is the kind of folks we are. We get tired j of the old ways and covet the new' j ones. 1 Is Not Discouraged ! "I am not discouraged for a mo-jmenl, mo-jmenl, particulaily because 1 have not i even begun and, without saying any- 'thing in disparagement of those with whom we are associated in .the war, j 1 do expect things to begin when we begin If they do not American his-' his-' tory will have'ehanged its course; the j American army and navy will have changed their character. There will ! have to come a new tradition into a ! service which does not do new and j audacious and successful things." |