Word: oceanic
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...January, 1918, to April 1 of this year, 22,523 American citizens have been accepted for training on the ships as apprentices, of whom the majority were under 25 years of age. The course of training is two months and graduates are shipped in crews of both coastwise and ocean-going vessels under the American flag...
...Fratrer," more poignant in its greater simplicity. If Mr. Snow's poem is decorative, its decorative is decoration deluxe. In "The Seventh Wave" by J. J. Ryan, the little picture of sea and sky is exquisitely painted: the music is subtle and haunting. Through his eyes for us the ocean lives...
...will become one of the great sciences of the future. Perhaps it will not be many years before we see regular aero passenger lines running between the big centres of industry throughout the country. Already a limited mail service has been established. In a short time the Atlantic Ocean will undoubtedly be crossed by a heavier-than-air machine. All kinds of possible uses of the airplane suggest themselves...
...this case we are wont to ask why the Navy had not put guns on these ships and why our patrol boats were not on the job. Such questioning is ridiculous and unnecessary. There has been no reason to mount guns on coastwise ships and the Atlantic ocean is too large to be completely covered by patrols. When the submarines succeed in such a surprise attack we must be philosophical and not get panicky. In the Spanish War people gave up their homes on the seashore and trooped inland for fear of Cevera's fleet. This is just what...
...Navy, including the Marine Corps, consisted on April 6, 1917, of 83,738 officers and men; it now numbers 352,752 officers and men. For months our way vessels have been patrolling the ocean routes and have accounted for many submarines and convoyed thousands of ships carrying men and supplies to Europe...