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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. John M. Clayton of Delaware, in Regard to Captain S. F. Du Pont, U. S. N, in the Senate of the United States, March 11, 1856, in Executive Session
Captain Du Pont has also contributed to adorn his profession and benefit his country with his pen. While in 1851 the idea prevailed in the country of modifying the existing system of national defenses by the introduction, to a greater or less extent, of floating batteries, Captain Du Pont was called upon by the Secretary of War to express his opinions on the subject. His report on the national defenses was considered so masterly, that it has been republished separately, and very generally distributed by some officers of the corps of engineers. It has received distinguished notice abroad. Lieutenant General Sir Howard Douglass, in the last edition of his standard work on gunnery, a work which has always been considered, both in England and in this country, as the highest authority, has cited its opinions and conclusions with respect and reliance, and styles it an admirable work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
