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men and officers. [[red underlined]] The men are undoubdetly inferior to the class of blue jackets our Navy used to have fifteen years ago when there was too much riff-raff amongst [[/red underlined]] them. Then by [[strikethrough]] ships [[/strikethrough]] [[red underlined]] battleships look more like floating steel factories. [[/red underlined]] - [[strikethrough]] or b [[/strikethrough]] It occurs to me that their shape after all is simply that of a [[red underlined]] magnified "monitor". [[/red underlined]] 
So after all the type of [[red underlined]] monitor introduced during the civil war has slowly but surely developed into the present type. [[/red underlined]] It occurs to me that the 1050 men send officers on this $15,000,000 "Dreadnought" are exactly the number of men and officers which were on a 3000 tons warship of 1864 which only
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cost $500,000. [[strikethrough]] instead of the [[/strikethrough]] [[red underlined]] but had so many small guns [[strikethrough]] while [[/strikethrough]] to attend to and sails and other details of operation [[/red underlined]] While ^[[on]] this enormous 300,000 ton vessel [[red underlined]] everything is operated by electical machinery enabling [[/red underlined]] a relativity small force to man the ship. Another example how machinery is substituted for men in modern war but therefore it [[red underlined]] requires splendidly trained men. [[/red underlined]] - When I see all the delicate work, quiet decisions, careful observations etc I fully argue with Secretary [[red underlined]] Daniels [[/red underlined]] that alcoholic drinks have no place aboard a warship.
The weather was splendid clear atmosphere allowing to distinguish objets at considerable distance. The sea was choppy but not excessivly

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Instructions say to use the word 'underlined' in brackets when words are underlined in text. Seems appropriate because indicates past tense.