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Dearborn St, Chicag Dear Sirs: Please enter my name! for a year's subscription to The Christie C your regular rate of $4.00 (maisters R remit upon receipt of bill and you will without extra charge a copy of of Religion," by Ellwood, or D Churches" by Leighton Parks, or the Making," by Robinson, or Means to Me," by Lyman Abbott. Name.... New York City Address.. By iz & A. Photos HE AMERICAN NAVAL ISSION TO BRAZIL Γ ́ HE United States Naval Mission to Brazil sailed December 9, on the Pan-American of the Munson Line. This mission is the first of its kind ever ent out by this country. It consists of sixteen naval officers and nineteen petty officers of our Navy. It is headed by Rear-Admiral Vogelgesang, Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The sending "of this mission to Brazil has considerable political significance and should help our relations with Brazil and PanAmericanism. The French Government sent a military mission of French army officers to Brazil some time ago. There has been considerable interest in naval circles throughout the world to see what country Brazil would invite to send a naval mission to assist in reorganizing the Brazilian navy. It is significant that Brazil chose to invite America to send this mission. The officers in the mission are men who have specialized in naval strategy, the operation of submarines, destroyers, minelaying, naval engineering, the gunnery of battleships; with an experienced aviator, a doctor, and a paymaster. The nineteen enlisted men are all the very best mechanics of our Navy and include torpedo men, radio men, engineers, turret captains, gunners' mates, machinists, aviation mechanics-in fact, skilled men DECEMBER 20, 1922 able to deal with any mechanical problem in the fleet. Our Secretary of State and the Brazilian Ambassador in Washington signed a formal agreement covering a period of four years as the life of the mission. A Washington correspondent of The Outlook states that Brazil claims that her military expenditures to-day are fortyfive per cent less than they were in 1913; that she was not able during the war to do anything to strengthen her Navy and that costs during the first few years after the war' were prohibitive; so that her Navy is not sufficient even for the proper defense of her long coast-line, large area, and population. She has but two modern battleships. Brazil's delegate at the meeting of the Disarmament Commission in Geneva several months ago opposed the plan proposed for international limitation, on the ground that it would never permit Brazil to build a navy yard (she has none at present) and that it would give her insufficient national defense. NEWS MAHAN WOULD ENJOY HE Navy Department has announced The Alantie a has the pacifie fleets are to be united under a single commander. This announcement should mean much to the American people. It is essential that our fleet, now that the race in battleship construction has been practically eliminated, should even more than ever be maintained at the highest level of efficiency. With the fleet divided and under separate commands, this ideal was impossible of attainment. A fleet is something more than an aggregation of ships. It must function in peace time as a unit if it is to be effective in times of National crisis. leader must not only know the vessels under his command, but must also know the personalities and the mental attitudes of his captains. They, in turn, must be familiar with the method by which their chief approaches the problems before him. 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Faunce Pictures from an Outlook Reader The Book Table: Two Generations of American Au thors...... 724 By Brander Matthews The New Books Mail Coupon to-day. 725 The Foreign postage extra CHRISTIAN CENTURY 508 S. Dearborn St., Chicago Dear Sirs: Please enter my name (a new subscriber) for a year's subscription to The Christian Century at your regular rate of $4.00 (ministers $3.00). I will remit upon receipt of bill and you will please send me without extra charge a copy of "The Reconstruction of Religion," by Ellwood, or The Crisis of the Churches," by Leighton Parks, or "The Mind in the Making," by Robinson, or "What Christianity Means to Me," by Lyman Abbott. 'ervices Bishop I outstan I of pub 1 force f Feneral, ht agair Las cang -his fe tie hum YORK CIES Agen ork privates NUR Tra K Ap! I LET P. & A. Photos THE AMERICAN NAVAL MISSION TO BRAZIL T HE United States Naval Mission to Brazil sailed December 9, on the Pan-American of the Munson Line. This mission is the first of its kind ever sent out by this country. It consists of sixteen naval officers and nineteen petty officers of our Navy. It is headed by Rear-Admiral Vogelgesang, Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The sending of this mission to Brazil has considerable political significance and should help our relations with Brazil and PanAmericanism. The French Government sent a military mission of French army officers to Brazil some time ago. There has been considerable interest in naval circles throughout the world to see what country Brazil would invite to send a naval mission to assist in reorganizing the Brazilian navy. DECEMBER 20, 1922 It is significant that Brazil chose to invite America to send this mission. The officers in the mission are men who have specialized in naval strategy, the operation of submarines, destroyers, minelaying, naval engineering, the gunnery of battleships; with an experienced aviator, a doctor, and a paymaster. The nineteen enlisted men are all the very best mechanics of our Navy and include torpedo men, radio men, engineers, turret captains, gunners' mates, machinists, aviation mechanics-in fact, skilled men able to deal with any mechanical problem in the fleet. Our Secretary of State and the Brazilian Ambassador in Washington signed a formal agreement covering a period of four years as the life of the mission. A Washington correspondent of The Outlook states that Brazil claims that her military expenditures to-day are fortyfive per cent less than they were in 1913; that she was not able during the war to do anything to strengthen her Navy and that costs during the first few years after the war were prohibitive; so that her Navy is not sufficient even for the proper defense of her long coast-line, large area, and population. She has but two modern battleships. Brazil's delegate at the meeting of the Disarmament Commission in Geneva several months ago opposed the plan proposed for international limitation, on the ground that it would never permit Brazil to build a navy yard (she has none at present) and that it would give her insufficient national defense. THE NAVAL COMMISSION BRAZILIAN Commodore A. T. Beauregard, Lieutenant J. D. Pennington, Commodore R. S. Holmes, Lieutenant P. S. Carrol. An article by Captain Overstreet entitled "Naval Strategy as Affected by Aircraft and Battleships" will be published in an early issue of The Outlook been practically eliminated, should even more than ever be maintained at the highest level of efficiency. With the fleet divided and under separate commands, this ideal was impossible of attainment. A fleet is something more than an aggregation of ships. It must function in peace time as a unit if it is to be effective in times of National crisis. Its leader must not only know the vessels under his command, but must also know the personalities and the mental attitudes of his captains. They, in turn, must be familiar with the method by which their chief approaches the problems before him. Under Secretary Daniels all this advantage was thrown away by the adop tion of a policy of division which the naval history of every nation has shown to be fallacious. The new order not only means increased naval efficiency, but it also assures the American people that politics will not govern the disposition of their first line of defense. |