V rabote rassmatrivayutsya voprosy ukrepleniya distsipliny na flote v period mezhdu russko-yaponskoy i Pervoy mirovoy voynoy. Issleduyutsya problemy vzaimootnosheniy mezhdu ofitserami i nizhnimi chinami, izuchaetsya vliyanie voenno-morskogo dukhovenstva na protsess vospitaniya matrosov. Krome togo, avtor raskryvaet nekotorye protivorechiya, kotorye voznikli vo vzaimootnosheniyakh mezhdu ofitserami, nizhnimi chinami, morskim dukhovenstvom i rukovodstvom flota v tot period vremeni. V knige daetsya obshchiy analiz sostoyaniya voenno-morskogo flota posle russko-yaponskoy voyny, reformy kotorye provodilis" v to vremya v Morskom ministerstve. Izuchaetsya vliyanie ekonomicheskikh, politicheskikh i sotsial"nykh faktorov na protsessy vospitaniya matrosov. Avtor raskryvaet rol" i znachenie sudebnoy sistemy morsogo vedomstva v dele ukrepleniya distsipliny i podderzhaniya pravoporyadka na flote. V rabote opisyvayutsya osobennosti ispravitel"nykh uchrezhdeniy Morskogo ministerstva, ikh reorganizatsiya v mezhvoennyy period, rassmatrivayutsya tipichnye sluchai pravonarusheniy, kotorye sovershali nizhnie chiny na flote.