![]() In the next place, our ships were never even severely tested, as they would have been against a stronger foe with greater staying power. Military prowess passed away from Spain many years ago, and her organization to manage the modern ship, composed principally of machinery, is wretchedly deficient. ![]() In the first place, we must not forget that our enemy was so weak and unprepared that it seems almost pitiful to glory over him. It will not be safe to draw too many lessons from the results. The ships did their work so quickly and with such precision that we are likely to be led into erroneous conclusions, if the conditions which made their victories possible are not very carefully studied. ![]() THE success of our navy in the war now happily concluded is only what we had reason to expect, considering the difference between the resources of the two countries and the qualities of the men engaged on the two sides.
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