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Show THE Page 6 History of Salute Provides Interesting, Varied Tales Nothing could be a more interesting study in contrasts than the salute, a gesture you make (or see) every day, yet, for a commongesture, one with a very uncommonstory. Consider: ® It is a purely military custom—yet derived largely from a civilian one. It is American in spirit—but we picked it up from the British. It is used by the Navy—but its origin is Army. It is rendered by Navy personnel only when covered—but its previous usage was essen- ations, at least on the sinister side, is that which traces the salute back to a Roman of the time of the Borgias, if not earlier. Assassination by the dagger being apparently a reign- Saturday, February 19, 1944 SEAGULL Packer Speeds Up Production Recordings from Section Five By G. McClanahan School days, school daze, dear old Storekeepers’ school days, and “hats off’ to Mr. Barton for being a gracious and splendid instructor. Time and tide wait for no man. Just happen around to the new Labor Pool building (rightly named) about 0815. Time is the main element then, and once you get in, you’re fit to be tied if you can get back About 1705 the tide out. sweeps one in AND out, but why bother about time then, as ing fad then, it was the custom for men to approach each other with raised hands, palms to the front, thus offering assurance that there was no dagger concealed. In Days of Chivalry time marches on, too. tially an uncovering. Reva Kennedy and Grant A friendlier interpretation It is now a symbol of smart is that which places the origin have recently joined our Stott discipline—but was originally family of Storekeepers. in the days of chivalry, when condemned as a “‘slovenly’’ knights in mail, upon meeting gesture. ing the cap,to (c) today’s hand It is the democratic sign of others, would raise their visor salute, was not accomplished with their hand, enabling othcomradeship among all miliwithout some opposition: tary men—butit got its first ers to see their face. Eventually the gesture came to signify Getting ‘’Slovenly” great impetus from a Queen. membership in the same order, An order of 1776 stated that Its form is authorized from or at least in a friendly order. officers were to take off their above — but revolutionized A romantic version of the hats when receiving orders from below. It is regarded as the province Knighthood - in - flower angle from superiors, “‘and not to solely of military men — yet places the origin of the salute touch it with an air of neglione of the main reasonsforits at the jousts and tournaments, gence.”’ Although touching the interest today is the great in- when, after the Queen of Love cap wasthen considered ‘’slovflux of civilians into the armed and Beauty was crowned, the enly,’’ a lazy substitute for unknights passed in review before covering, the custom was alforces. +.|her throne. Each knight as he ready creeping into the British More Than Mere Reflex drew near raised his mailed service. All of which makes the sa- fist to shield his eyes—a subAn American inspection in lute something that is appar- tle way of letting the lady 1826 showed menraising their ently a lot more fundamental know that her beauty blinded hats, ‘or, in default of one, than just raising your right him. Many reserves todaystill catching hold of a lock of handor having a sort of reflex have this trouble when they hair.” In 1849 someBritish ofaction at the elbow. spot the scrambled eggs on the ficers were ruling that on occaThere is a great deal bill of an admiral’s cap. sions when enlisted men pulled wrapped up in that simple gesoff their hats, ‘’the petty offiture. It means, “1 am a mem- Indian Sign cers shall then only touch their ber of a great military organIn America there is the fa- caps.” ization, and proud to be amem- miliar greeting of the Indian, By 1882 British regulations ber of it. | am therefore happy the hand raised palm forward, stated that you could salute to indicate my membership by perhaps with somewhat the either by touching the hat or giving the accepted sign—the samereasonasthe Borgia lads, cap or by pulling it off, but salute. In other words, it’s the to show a lack of concealed they had an afterthought six ‘high sign.’ ” weapons. But in the American years later and amended the So quite the opposite of Navy the hand salute comes to regulation so that the hat somefeeling, that the salute is us most directly from the Brit- would always be taken off for a mark ofinferiority, the salute ish Navy, which in turn bor- “Admirals, Captains, officers * is rather an affirmation of the rowedit from the British Army. of the same relative rank, and importance of all members of For all the different possible the officers commanding the the organization. origins, there is the general saluter’s ship of whatever agreement that the hand sa- rank.” Origin of the Salute Numerous and sometimes lute as now renderedis really Queen Decrees Salute There waslittle uniformity, fanciful are the various origins the first part of the movement and it took a Queen to bring attributed to the salute, some of uncovering. From the earliest days of the some order out of this infinite of the versions military, some of them not, and onedefinitely military units, the junior un- variety. Because of her dison the. romantic side. A poly- covered when meeting or ad- -_pleasure at seeing officers and glot fellow, the salute traces dressing a senior. Gradually, men stand uncovered when his origin back to the Romans, the business of taking off one’s they appeared for royal comto the English knights, to the cap got simplified into a salute. mendation, Queen Victoria deHowever, the process of mov- creed the hand salute only in American Indian and to the ing from (a) complete uncover- January 1890. Custom had British Navy, amongothers. Most colorful of the explan- ing, through (b) merely touch- won out, after all. Douglas Prince, packer in D-10, speeds up production at NSD with his latest invention, a “‘radio jig’’ which he attaches to a regular saw. Output Booms as Prince Invents Labor-Saving Attachment for Saw With a trend toward inventiveness and an eye for in- creased efficiency, Douglas Prince’s latest idea really clicked when he devised a method of saving roughly 130 man-hours a day in the operation of cutting out barrel heads. ® Using his new “radio jig’ at- "woodwork and after school picked up as many pointers as tached to the regular saw, Mr. he could by working with his Prince can cut out 1760 barrel father in the contracting busiheads daily where it once took ness. over 17 days to accomplish the Prince of Fellows Living in Salt Lake, he has a samething by the old method. Formerly it required one eight- wife and one child. Truly @ “prince’’ of a fellow, he says hour day to cut 100; now 220 about working at Clearfield barrel heads can be made in NSD, ‘In many ways | like it one hour. better than any other place | Works as Packer have ever worked. For one Mr. Prince, who is twenty- thing they encourage you to one years old, has worked at use your initiative and are so Clearfield Naval Supply Depot interested in any idea for more since July 8, 1943. Employed efficient operation.” as a packer, he works under Lieut H. J. Crowdis SC-V (S) and A. W. Wightman in Storehouse D-10 where approximately 75 percent of the packing for the whole depotis done. Nor is the “‘radio jig’’ the only way in which Mr. Prince has helped step up output in D-10. Recently he perfected an “auxiliary jig’’ which saves 16 man-hours a day in setting up forms for nailing material to- gether. Mr. Prince’s background includes one year at Dixie Jr. co!lege at;St. George, and a night coursein blueprint reading, architecture and drafting at the vocational center at West High in Salt Lake. During his high school years at St. George, he took all available classes in Speaking of Salutes -- Here Are Some Beauts “LOSE FORMATION’ New Officers Come Aboard at NSD New officers who have come aboard at NSD during the past two weeks include: Major James B. Hardie, USMC. Lt. (jg) Lorraine Christiansen, (NC) USN. Lt. (jg) Ernest R. Wilcoxon, USN. Ensign Charles A. S. Howlett Jr., SC-V (S) USNR. Ensign Charles K. Rissler SC-V (S) USNR. Pay Clerk Howard T. Hancock SC-V (S) USNR. Pay Clerk Robert D. Kelliher SC-V (S) USNR. Lieut. Dale C. Carter, A-V (S) USNR. |