An Admiral from Texas. By Henry A. Wiley, U. S. N. Retired,
formerly Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, United States
Fleet. (New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1934.
x, 322 pp. 8vo. Illustrated.)

"From the plains of Texas to the Admiral's bridge of the
United States battleship Texas, flagship of the United States
Meet, seems like a long, long jump. It is. It took forty-six
years to make it." With this sentence begins the book. Born
in Alabama in 1867, the son of an ex-Confederate soldier, Harry
Wiley came to McKinney, Texas, when a year old, to grow up
with the country. The title he gave his autobiography indicates
his feeling for his home State.

"During my forty-six years in the navy, I had served in every
type of surface craft from full-rigged sailing ship to our heavi-
est modern capital ship, and in every capacity. These years em-
braced a period during which our navy passed through the great-
est changes it or any other navy had ever known, or will, in my
humble opinion, ever know in the future." Admiral Wiley is a
keen observer, has clear-cut, practical ideas, and is direct and
outspoken. He points out the valuable service of the navy to
this country in peace and in war. He does not mince words in
answering its opponents and detractors.

During the World War he commanded the Wyoming, serving
with the Sixth Battle Squadron, British Grand Fleet.

E. W. W.

How to cite:
"Admiral from Texas", Volume 39, Number 2, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v039/n2/review_DIVL2139.html
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