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Captain George N. Barker will be stationed here as professor of Naval Science and Tactics next year, replacing Captain Chester H. J. Keppler who will return to active service as commanding officer of a new squadron of destroyer leaders, the U. S. Navy Department announced yesterday...
Head of the Naval Science Department from 1934 to 1937, next year will be the second time that Captain Barker has taught at Harvard. He was relieved by Captain Keppler in 1937 and was stationed as commanding officer of the U. S. S. Houston, which has frequently been reserved for President Roosevelt's private...
...Naval Science Department, which is limited to 200 men by federal law, will have no such increase in the enrollment, C. H. J. Keppler, captain of the U. S. Navy and professor in Naval Science and Tactics, stated yesterday, Congress has authorized R. O. t. C. units to be established at two new universities, but it has not changed the Harvard Unit, he explained...
...advent of Anglo-American naval cooperation, Captain Keppler predicted that the combined fleets would easily dominate the seas. "We must remember, however, that the size of a navy isn't the only factor in its effectiveness," he said. "Both Italy and Japan occupy important strategic positions...
...just as pointless to have a navy insufficient for our needs as to have defective or antiquated fire equipment or inadequate police departments in every city or community." Admitting that a naval race would raise the rate on our naval "insurance," Captain Keppler said that the increase is only relative. He pointed out that naval expenditures are only a very small fraction of the national budget...