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Mr. Si'Erry: — I thank you — that is very interesting. 



The President: — Then it is your opinion that, as a matter of fact, the machinery 

 was damaged through faulty installation and faulty operation? 



Mr. Anderson : — I call it faulty personnel. 



The President: — Not through malicious action? 



Mr. Anderson: — I am confident the engineers were in very serious trouble before 

 this ship laid up in Hoboken. 



The President: — Gentlemen, it needs no comment from me to emphasize the very 

 great importance of the paper presented to us by Mr. Anderson, or to call your attention to 

 the interest which it has created. As a matter of fact, from an engineering standpoint, this 

 paper is one of the important human documents of the engineering side of the war, because 

 on the very rapid recommissioning of that ship and German ships similarly damaged de- 

 pended to a very great degree the rapidity with which we could send troops abroad. The 

 rapidity with which repairs were made to that ship and other ships in somewhat similar con- 

 dition had a most depressing influence on the morale of the enemy, and no man can deny 

 truthfully that the quick rehabilitation of those ships was a definite and great factor in the ter- 

 mination of the war. 



Therefore, I know that the Society will be very glad to express its special appreciation 

 of the paper presented by Mr. Anderson, and of the comments which have been made by 

 him and other gentlemen in the course of the discussion. 



We will now proceed to the next pai>er on our program entitled, "Standard Lubricat- 

 ing Oil System for Geared Turbines," by Mr. J. Emile Schmeltzer, Member, and Mr. B. G. 

 Fernald, Member. 



Mr. Fernald presented the paper. 



