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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Admiral Matthews what dates he could inspect the fleet during their maneuvers and gun practice at Hampton Roads. Roosevelt would like to take either the USS Dolphin or the USS Fern to Fort Monroe.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-08-23
Knowing President Roosevelt is actively interested in promoting military efficiency, Admiral Sims sends him an analysis of the army’s gunnery methods resulting from an action of the Joint Army and Navy Munitions Board. He concludes, “the army method is expensive, complicated, frequently comparatively inaccurate.” These issues result from a failure to update army training. To resolve this, Sims suggests adapting naval methods for land use.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-12
At the direction of the Joint Army and Navy Board, William Sowden Sims compares the methods used by the Army and Navy to aim and shoot heavy artillery. The report examines the relative efficiency of the gunnery methods of the two services, and concludes that the Army method is expensive, complicated, and unreliable, while the Navy method is much more reliable.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07