That, to my mind, shows his great ineradicable weakness, for it not only reveals him as a man too little for his job, but prevents his comprehending the basic thing upon which naval discipline is founded.

Nevertheless, as a man you like him.

It is as Secretary of the Navy, and particularly as a War Secretary, that you very definitely don't." Some time after our visit to Raleigh my companion and I heard Secretary Daniels speak in Charleston.

He told a funny story and talked generalities about the navy.

That was before the United States entered the War.