. Battles of the nineteenth century . LORD CHELMSFORD. 156. GI\E me iron in the men, and I shallnot mind much about the iron inthe ships, said the American ad-miral Farragut, when some of hisofficers were discussing the changes that wouldbe introduced into naval warfare by the newironclad navies. And Farragut was right inholding that, whatever the ships might be madeof, the most important thing was to haveenougli iron in the men who worked andfought them. We are sometimes too apt tothink that the power of rival fleets can be esti-mated by setting off their weight of guns andthickness of armour
. Battles of the nineteenth century . LORD CHELMSFORD. 156. GI\E me iron in the men, and I shallnot mind much about the iron inthe ships, said the American ad-miral Farragut, when some of hisofficers were discussing the changes that wouldbe introduced into naval warfare by the newironclad navies. And Farragut was right inholding that, whatever the ships might be madeof, the most important thing was to haveenougli iron in the men who worked andfought them. We are sometimes too apt tothink that the power of rival fleets can be esti-mated by setting off their weight of guns andthickness of armour in two parallel columns,and striking a balance, as if it were an accountin a ledger. But all naval history goes to provethat, within certain wide limits, the power ofnavies depends chiefly upon an element that canonly be tested by the stress of storm and battle—namely, the courage, the nerve, and the grit of their officers and men. No more striking proof of this was ever giventhan that which is afforded by the sea-fight ofLissa, the only battle between
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