Show carrier pigeons for the navy when the united states practice ship constellation sailed on oa the cadets cabets summer voyage monday afternoon it had aboard a number of homing pigeons to LO be used ri as means of communication between the ship and points ashore the birds will bo be liberated at intervals and tire are expected to bring official messages es from the practice vessel to the naval academy where a loft or cote has recently been established if the experiment should prove successful the government rn will probably find it profitable to the navy to encourage the homing pigeon service with the small email appropriation needed to carry out ont the plans of the projectors of the enterprise at present the facilities for training birds at the naval academy are limited no government appropriation being available at fortress monroe the first stopping place of the ship it is possible several trained birds from baltimore philadelphia and new york will be taken aboard and later dispatched with information from the cruising grounds the headquarters at washington will also be posted of the where of the vessel through throng gh winged messengers from that city A loft of birds to accompany the ship will no doubt be sufficiently trained toward th the e close of the voyage to bo be useful in conveying messages ashore annapolis An napolia cr cor baltimore sun 21 |