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Show Litil Boy Now In Mexican Waters Aa a Member of the Crew on Admiral tllonard's Flagship Mill He In ' the Thick of the Fray. If war is declnrcd between tho United States nnd Mexico, Lehl will ' havo a young mnn, Andy Whipple, right In tho midst of the fray. Andy has been in tho navy for over a year nnd Is now n part of tho crew of 1,000 : ' sailors who mnn tho war ship "Cali fornia," now In Mexican waters, nnd which Is tho flngshlp of Hear Admiral Howard, who commnndB thn Pacific squadron. , . Andy writes most entertainingly of life on tho admiral's flagship of which ho Is very proud. And he has a right to be, for tho California re-cently, re-cently, In n spend contest, went 22.423 knots per hour on a four hours' run. thus establishing u world's record for J i. nn armored cruUor. It nlso made a record of nenrly twenty knots per hour on u twenty-hour endurance ' test. Last month, much tlmo wns spent In target practice In San Pedro harbor In this practice n ship will plow through tho water, towing n target several hundred yards behind. Another An-other ship seven or eight miles nvva then fires at tho object being towed It requires tho firing of three or four shots to find the exact rango of the moving object, then "bang," thero Is a yi I shattering of canvns and batting l .flfe ? Prpjectllo weighing from fifty to two KH hundred pounds. HjH The California crow also won the mM P"t0'r V""Ket shooting In tho recent IH practice It) HW Peqro harbor, In 'twuin many an or the battle shipB ... mi. i at. me Mtiters took part. iil ciuiiumiit lias been in trie vi-.i..iij vi-.i..iij ot .viazutian naroor, .Mexico, lur umiiai uceKa, and Anuy writes in-..-ieswugi ol tliu liiavu una tliu people peo-ple A -u gold piece chniigcu into .tiexliaii suvur loans u suitor uuwn. At his last writing he was nuoul ouo miles south ot .Muzutlan, at it harbor called Auapuico. ihe iihips crow publishes n little uiiigiiziiic called tho "Uoideu West," nluuli nlso tells nil tho doings on uouru thu ship. Andy sends pictures of Ills ship ami ail the places of Interest that ho visits uuLk Hume to his mother. Ho has diuduu civil oi.gliieorlng. typewriting aim Is now delving Into wireless teie-raphy. teie-raphy. lie lias been advanced several times in both rank aim pay since Joining the service anil seems to like thu llto ot a bluejacket Hmmclt Halsey of American Folk is doing duty on thu same ship. |