•The Mo THE MACMILLAN COMPANY BOSTON • CHICAGO DALLAS MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON. BOMBAY CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LID. TORONTO "A NECESSITY IN TIME OF WAR; A BY Um REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM S. BENSON, U. S. N. DIRECTOR OF NAVAL OPERATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY DURING THE NEGOTIATE PEACE, PARIS, 1919; AND CHAIRMAN OF THE New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1923 All rights reserved PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1923. Kinghts of CC. Mat. Come. Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A. This study in American History was written for the non-competitive program of the Knights of Columbus to encourage investigation into the origins, the achievements and the problems of the United States; to interpret and perpetuate the American principles of liberty, popular sovereignty and government by consent; to promote American solidarity; and to exalt the American ideal. 426979 |