Judge, 1922-11-18 · page 16 of 36
Judge — November 18, 1922 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes U.S. Navy leadership during peacetime through mock-heroic praise. The cartoons depict scenes of shipboard life aboard the USS *Minnesota*, labeled "Our Happy Home." The text offers tongue-in-cheek tributes to three figures: 1. **Admiral Robert Edward Coontz** — praised for polishing the Navy so thoroughly he now "rules the Yank's Navee" 2. **Lieutenant Commander Henry Reuterdahl** — an artist-inventor credited with weaving basket-weave into battleship masts to make them "non-destroyable," and ready to "cast oil-paintings on troubled waters" 3. **Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby** — mocked for his supposed "hardship" of having to "see the world" and endure "sumptuous entertainment" The satire targets naval bureaucracy and leadership during peacetime, suggesting they're more concerned with appearances, luxury, and artistic flourishes than actual naval readiness. The absurd claims (indestructible masts, oil-paintings solving problems) underscore the critique.
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