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THE
COASTARTILLERY JOURNAL
published asthe Journal of the U.
S.
Artillery from
1892
to 1922
JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1939MAJOR AARON BRADSHAW,
JR.,
C.A.C.,
Editor
VOLUME LXXXII
NUMBER 1
CONTENTS
Cover Design by Carl Mydans,
Life
PhotographerFrontispiece 2
THE
BACKBONE OF SEA POWER 3
By Major
E.
M. Benitez
THE NAVY AND THE COAST ARTILLERY .... 14
By Admiral William
D.
Leahy
BLACKOUT 16
By Lieutenant Milan G. Weber
PALESTINE 23
By Major William Yale
OPPOSITE THE MAGINOT LINE - Pictures .... 29LEADER AND LED 48
By Major Thomas
R..
Phillips
FORT BRAGG FIRING EXERCISES 58
By Captain
E.
W. Chamberlain
NEWS AND COMMENT 66THE KNOX TROPHY 72
By Captain
H.N.
Tottoy
COAST ARTILLERY ACTIVITIES
75
COAST ARTILLERY BOARD NOTES 83THE CONTRIBUTORS 89BOOK REVIEWS : 90BONAPARTE IN ITALy 34
By Fletcber Pratt
COAST ARTILLERY ORDERS '" 96PUBLICATION DATE: FEBRUARY 1, 1939
Opinions expressed and cOllclusi01JSdrawn in articles are solely those of the authors and are in no sense official.:hey should not be considered as tbose of the Chief of Coast Artillery or any branch of the War Department.
TIlE:
COASTARTILLERY]m':RXALpays for original articles UPO']publication. THE COASTARTILLERY]OI'RXALdoes not carry paidadvertising. Published bi-monthly under the supervision of the U,Jited States Coast Artillery Association for the information of the~t Artillery personnel of the Regular Army, ~ational Guard and Organized Resen-es, Publication Offices, 1406East Franklintreet:Richmond, Yirginia; Editorial Offices, 1115 17th Street,
)J.\\'.,
\Vashington, D.
C.
Terms: $4.00 per year. (Coast Artillery~SSOclationmembers, $3.00per year.) Single copies, 75 cents. Entered as secondclass matter at Richmond, Virginia. under the Act of Ja.rch 3, 1879.for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 412, .-\ct of October 3. 1917. Copyright, 1939,by thefiltedStates Coast Artillery Association.
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