Identifier: stnicholasserial392dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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OH, PARDON ME, YOUR EXCELLENCY! I CRIED. (THE LUCKY SIXPENCE, PAGE 827.) ST. NICHOLAS Vol. XXXIX JULY, 1912 No. 9 FOR THE PENNANT OR, BATTLE-SHIPS AT TARGET-PRACTICEBY CHARLES B. BREWER Every boy who reads this might have been ratherangry if he had heard some of the naval officers,who had been keenly watching the progress offoreign navies, go to the President several yearsago, and claim that the gunners on our battle-ships could not shoot. Some of the ordnance men in the departmentprobably felt that way about it. At any rate,they would not believe it. But President Roose-velt, who knew a good deal about shooting, half-way believed it, and decided to find out for sure.He ordered some special tests made to try outthe shooting, and, sure enough, as good shootinggoes, they could nt shoot! Old methods were quickly and thoroughlychanged. What is known as continuous aim,that is, keeping the guns on the target all thetime, instead of the old method of aiming themafter they were loaded, soon b

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