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...just missed the kitchens. The Navy men in the Yard charged out to help with fire and medical units to tackle the various incidents. Men were seen running towards Widener with buckets of water from the old well in an effort to put out the fire there. Tolstoy, Emerson, Taussig burned merrily in the basement of Widener bright enough to throw ample light on the crews clearing away the pile of rocks from the crumbled east wall which was obstructing the road. Massachusetts Hall suffered a hit from an incendiary bomb, but the fire was put out by the powerful...
...mood was that of a man well satisfied. The usual weekly meeting with the Pacific War Council was more than routine; as the other members emerged, their grave faces reflected the seriousness of the Solomons battle (see p. 27). With his onetime brain-truster, urbane Charles W. Taussig, and Sir George Gater, Britain's Permanent Undersecretary of State for the Colonies, he discussed the urgent need for food in the West Indies; with William Green and Philip Murray he talked again about manpower (see p. 18). He also discussed the possible appointment of a food czar. He gave...
...Navy last week honored a sailorman who had dared to think out loud. Giving up his last command (of the Norfolk Naval District) and preparing to retire after 42 years of service, Rear Admiral Joseph Knefler Taussig received 1) a formal commendation from the Secretary of the Navy, 2) notice that on retirement he will be promoted to Vice Admiral...
...Navy does not object to thought as such, but prefers to have it muted. Gutty, caustic Joseph Taussig never muted his ideas on reforming the cumbersome naval bureau system, reorganizing the fleets, pussyfooting with the Japanese, many another controversial subject...
Although he distinguished himself in the Boxer Rebellion, the Philippine Insurrection, and World War I, Joseph Taussig never reached top rank (his biggest job: Chief of Staff of the U.S. Fleet). But, for a Navy man who had his rare, hazardous quality of dissent, he did very well. The Navy for years discouraged and repressed the late, great Alfred Thayer Mahan while he was evolving the doctrines which still guide the navies of the world. Vice Admiral Taussig, in his idle years, may well remember that Mahan on active duty never rose above a captaincy, got to be a Rear...