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and [[underlined in red]] restrained [[/underlined in red]] in expressing his joy at the return of our sons when [[strikethrough]] such [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined in red]] confronted by such tragedies. Patrick [[/underlined in red]] entered the club [[underlined in red]] as a boy - waiter, [[/underlined in red]] worked his way up and his son because [[underlined in red]] a lawyer, [[/underlined in red]] the pride [[strikethrough]] of his l [[/strikethrough]] and [[underlined in red]] hope of his life, [[/underlined in red]] the war broke out, when he had just begun to get along in his profession; [[underlined in red]] he volunteered and this is the end. [[/underlined in red]] Poor [[underlined in red]] Patrick with the keen sensitive loving Irish soul. [[/underlined in red]]
Dec 14. Went early to New York. Meeting at [[underlined in red]] Naval Consulting Board [[/underlined in red]] at Engineers Building. [[underlined in red]] Webster [[/underlined in red]] made [[underlined in red]] again an ass of himself [[/underlined in red]] by one of [[underlined in red]] his sneering speeches [[/underlined in red]] [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] in which [[underlined in red]] I [[/underlined in red]] and [[underlined in red]] I [[/underlined in red]] and [[underlined in red]] I [[/underlined in red]] predominates and where he treats every one and the whole world but himself [[underlined in red]] as idiots [[/underlined in red]]
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ignorami, and fools.
Ran out for awhile to the Chemists Club Building to vote for [[underlined in red]] Cottrell [[/underlined in red]] as [[underlined in red]] Perkin Medalist. [[/underlined in red]] was elected [[underlined in red]] 11 votes against 7. [[/underlined in red]] Then vote was made unanimous. [[strikethrough]] Evening took s. [[/strikethrough]] Coming back we [[strikethrough]] had [[/strikethrough]] [[continued?]] [[underlined in red]] meeting of Naval [[Two large red exclamation points in left margin]] Board while taking lunch. Sperry gave [[/underlined in red]] account of later experiments with his [[strikethrough]] Area [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined in red]] Aerial torpedo. [[/underlined in red]] Have succeeded now in getting [[underlined in red]] 8 good shots out of ten. [[/underlined in red]] Accuracy at [[underlined in red]] 48 miles [[/underlined in red]] is at least equal to that of a howitzer gun. At [[underlined in red]] 48 miles [[/underlined in red]] error in length is about [[underlined in red]] 0.25% [[/underlined in red]] and in width about 1% Flights as far as [[underlined in red]] 96 miles have been observed. [[/underlined in red]] Speed is estimated as much as [[underlined in red]] 110 miles per hour. [[/underlined in red]] There would have been no trouble in bombarding [[underlined in red]] Dusseldorf. Peace congress will [[/underlined in red]]