TYPES OF NAVAL OFFICERS. 



are nomadic or "fond of the sea" or adventurous or belligerent in their 

 childhood and youth. Contrariwise, it is not probable that a boy who 

 does not show these traits will become a great naval fighting officer. 



STRATEGISTS. 



The successful strategist is one who plans successful campaigns, can 

 foresee the enemy's probable plans, and can take the appropriate steps 

 to block them and start a series of offensive operations that shall bring 

 the war to a close. Great strategists are relatively few. Those placed in 

 this category in the present study are as follows: 44, Nelson; 31, Jervis 

 (Lord St. Vincent); 38, Mahan; 47, Paulding; 50, Matthew C. Perry; 54, 

 Preble; 56, Rodgers; 60, Semmes; 24, Hardy. We have no data about the 

 juvenile reactions of No. 38. Of the remaining 8 the following behavior 

 is recorded. 



TABLE 3. Juvenile Reactions of Naval Strategists. 



24. Hardy: Loved the sea and adventure. 54. Preble: Ran away to sea; fond of hunting 



31. Jervis: Fond of sea, energetic. and adventure. 



44. Nelson: Love of adventure for adventure's 56. Rodgers: Ran away to sea at 13; fearless of 



sake; honorable. responsibility. 



47. Paulding: Desirous of adventure. 60. Semmes: Nomadic. 

 50. M . C. Perry: Fond of adventure, fearless. 



Thus of these 8 strategic naval officers every case showed as a boy a 

 fondness of adventure or of the sea. Two ran away early to go to sea. 

 They had not merely certain desires, but knew how to secure the realization 

 of those desires. They early show, on the whole, greater intelligence than 

 the fighters. 



ADMINISTRATORS. 



Of the men whose success in the navy was primarily administrative, 

 some were good strategists, but they were chiefly noteworthy for organi- 

 zation and the maintenance of discipline; or for administrative work on 

 land. Every navy has need of some of these, especially in time of peace. 

 The English navy develops a great many of them. To this group are as- 

 signed 18 naval officers, namely: 4, Beaver; 5, Beresford; 6, G. S. Blake; 

 8, Brenton; 28, Hornby; 30, Howe; 31, Jervis; 39, Markham; 42, Moresby; 

 46, W. H. Parker; 51, J. W. Philip; 52, Arthur Phillip; 56, Rodgers; 57, 

 Rodney; 58, Sands; 61, Seymour; 66, Tucker; 67, Winslow. 



The juvenile traits of 14 of these are more or less fully recorded in 

 table 4: 



TABLE 4. Juvenile Reactions of Naval Administrators. 



4. Beaver: Nomadism; scholarship. 



5. Beresford: Full of pranks and practical 



jokes; an adventurous sportsman. 



6. Geo. Smith Blake: Fearlessness of responsi- 



bility. 



8. Brenton: Nomadism. 

 28. Hornby: Nomadism; fondness for hunting, 



fishing, etc. 



31. Jervis: Fondness of sea; great energy. 

 42. Moresby: Fondness for sea. 



46. W. H. Parker: Fond of adventure and fun. 

 51. J. W. Philip: Nomadism; fondness for 

 pranks; good humor. 



56. Rodgers: Fearlessness of responsibility; 



ran away at 13 to see ships. 



57. Rodney: Went to sea at 13 years. 

 61. Seymour: Fondness for sea. 



66. Tucker: Longing for the sea. 



67. Winslow: Fondness for adventure and sea. 



