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472 during the remainder of the year, but here friends, renewing acquaintance and reviewing accomplishments. I know of no better way of avoiding misunder- standings, heartburns and _ ill-feelings, than getting together in these meetings, and I am proud to say that in this par- ticular this society has been exceedingly fortunate. Social Side of the Meetings. "Tet me urge you to continue this good course. Let the younger members not hesitate to make themselves known to the elders and the elders not forget their own struggles in youth. Be ready to extend helpful thoughts to each-other, and remember, though you cannot see the growth of shipbuilding as you de- sire, you are members of a profession . second to none in building material things. Your members may be compar- atively small, but you combine in your- selves the knowledge and the skill of all of the other special mechanical and engineering societies, and your problems are more difficult to solve." (Applause.) Loving Cup for Admiral Bowles. The special committee, appointed at the 1909 meeting, to prepare some suit- able recognition of the services of Ad- 'miral Bowles to the society, recommend- ed to the council that a loving cup be presented to the admiral and submitted the following appreciation: | "The services of Admiral Bowles to the Society of Naval Architects and Ma- rine Engineers in connection with its formation and development, are too def- initely indicated in the proceedings of the society and are also too well known to its individual membership to require any extensive enumeration, purposes of historial record. most fitting, however, that formal men- tion be made of the facts that he was one of the principal organizers and. in- corporators of the society, was the first chairman of its executive committee, and served for a period of five years as its secretary, and more than five years as its president. Such a record of accomplishment speaks for itself, and any added force, which might be given through formal expression by this com- mittee, is believed to be best conveyed by quoting some remarks made by the late lamented Commodore Loring, one of the founders and original vice pres- idents of this society. These remarks were made by Commodore Loring on the closing day of the first annual meet- ing of the society, in proposing a vote of thanks to Admiral Bowles, and were as follows: ""Mr. President and Gentlemen:--- There has devolved upon me the very agreeable task of proposing a vote of thanks to one whose happy idea is re- even for. It seems. THE MarRINE REVIEW sponsible for the pleasure and profit we have derived from the inaugural meet- ing of this society. Recalling Commedore Loring's Remarks. "While individual commendation 1s, in general, to be deprecated, historical accuracy is never amiss, and the first volume of the published transactions of this society would- not be complete did it not contain a formal recognition of the services of one whose felicitous con- ception, aided by your generous and united efforts has culminated in such gratifying results. "'As Col. Stevens so aptly pointed out at the banquet last evening, our society now needs no sponsor, but we must not forget that this success, thor- ough and incontrovertible though it be, has been the result of studious thought and painstaking care. "Tn all the work of inception and execution, the master mind and guiding hand have been those of Naval Con- structor Francis T. Bowles; and it is to his unerring skill and tact, and untiring devotion that we are indebted for the formation of a society which will al- ways be a means of professional ad- vancement, and which cannot but prove a potent factor in the reawakening of general interest in our shipbuilding de- velopment, and in the ultimate attain- ment of that maritime supremacy which once was ours, and must in the future inevitably return.' Resolution of- Appreciation. "The unusual tribute to Admiral Bowles, made by Commodore Loring in 1893, in proposing the society's vote of thanks to that gentleman, was seconded December, 1910 by Col. Stevens and unanimously en- dorsed by the society. In the years of development of the society, which fol- lowed, the subject of this tribute, through his earnest, loyal and devoted service to its best interests, has not only justified the original tribute, but placed the society under renewed obligations which have found appreciation in his election to the highest office in the gift of his colleagues. As a further mark of appreciation of the services of its late president, the committee recom- mends to the society for its approval, the following resolution: "'Resolued--That the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers desires to avail itself of this first opportunity since the completion of his term of office as president, to give formal ex-: pression of its appreciation of the serv- ices of Rear-Admiral Francis Tiffany Bowles, whose skill, tact and untiring devotion--first, as 'organizer, and later, as secretary and president, contributed in sO conspicuous a degree to the de- velopment of the society and its present assured position among scientific institu- tions; and that in furtherance of the foregoing expression of appreciation, the president is directed to have this resolu- tion and the accompanying report of the committee recorded in the minutes of the society, and a copy thereof suitably engrossed and forwarded to Admiral Bowles.' "Very respectfully--W. L. Capps, chair- man; Stevenson Taylor, ex-officio; E. A. Stevens, Geo. E. Weed, Andrew Fletcher and Wo. f.. Baxter." The report was adopted. The loving cup was presented to the admiral at the banquet on Friday evening. Notes on the Armaments of Battleships a HE society then proceeded to the aL reading of the papers. The first paper presented was "Notes on the Armaments of Battleships," by Sir Wil- liam H.° White, which was read by D. H, Cox. Following is an abstract of its principal features: Wide and deep differences of opinion prevail in regard to this subject; as a- consequence, it may be anticipated that conclusions which the writer has reached will be challenged and declared to be unsound. Nothing but good can result from discussion and criticism when they are conducted on proper and temperate lines as they will be in this society; and consequently the writer has not hesitated to express freely his dissent from doc- trines which other persons have set forth in dealing with the subject, and will not object to equally free criticism being made of the following statement of prin- ciples to which he has been led by study and experience during the 43 years that have elapsed since he first joined the constructive department of the British Admiralty. One fundamental idea has governed the armaments of warships in all ages: viz., the desire to provide means of of- fense which will enable a ship making an attack to put her enemy "out of ac- tion" in the shortest possible time and insure the least possible damage to the attacking ship during the conflict. It may be admitted also that, under modern iy ayia ie rhe eas ot oe ea