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Show I S. S. WASATCH 'UNO M Naval Destroyer on Wheels to Be Commissioned on Main Street. ; LaKe residents will have 'an oppor-Sv oppor-Sv of witnessing a naval launching, i Sr,H formalities, at noon today. : " e L- g s Wasatch, "the destroyer I lee!8 "' win launched and put into i Emission In front of the naval recruit- .station on Main street. Tenant Commander Richard R. senior naval oftlcer on recruiting : "",' the district of Utah, has arranged dulLeram for the launching which will 1 ? Sf ,i tabic commemoration of Armi-! Armi-! S lay, in honor of which the ceremony j "Jfi? hlvfbeeh made to have men ,i, army -navy and marine corps Ei iff offices, with 400 boy scouts and - Executive Oscar A. Klrkham, the ffdeoartment and some members of the ., JSicerce? present to aist in the TrratSments are made to have De uAoe IUop. bugler of the West high yi'ool blow "attention' and to the oiors' when the ship is launched and as t slides down the ways Miss Beatrice Timmons a- former yeomanette, will ', the ship with a bottle of the j iirongest liquid obtainable, according to ueutenant Commander Mann. ' At noon Mr. Kirkham will commence ! .1,, urogram with an address on the gen-i gen-i ml theme of Armistice day. All niem-' niem-' tors of the navy recruiting station will be assembled in two ranks facing the . boir of the ship, as Is customary in naval - Iiunchings, under the command of their divisional officer, Lieutenant W. J. walker A? Bishop pounds "attention,' Ke ship will back down the ways and ifilss Timmons will christen it. W By the regular naval method a ship is lual'y launched about three months be-Bjre be-Bjre It Is put into commission, but Lieu-lenani Lieu-lenani Commander Mann has combined K. tn-n eeremnnies. and as soon as it is unched it will come alongside and Com-lander Com-lander Mann will read the orders placing ie model torpedo boat Number One in flimtssion. The bugler then will sound 0 the colors," while the commission innant Is unfurled from the mainmast, t the same time flags of the interna-mal interna-mal signal code, spelling the name tah, will be hoisted on the starboard Lrdarm. Following the program the Wasatch will (t under way with a crew composed of etltenant Commander Mann and the ro builders, Sidney L. Smith, painter, rst-class, and Byron Gray, chief carpen-r's carpen-r's mate, for Ogden, where it will par-ilpate par-ilpate In the Armistice day parade and ilebratlon. It Is planned to send the Wasatch on ii extended cruise in the Utah naval dis-lct dis-lct shortly, according to Commander ann. It will visit all the recruiting sub-Itlonfi sub-Itlonfi in Utah, Idaho. Montana, Wyo-ng Wyo-ng and Nevada, and will stop at all ntermedlaie points on iho trip !o dis- tribute literature and aid generally In 'letting recruits. : Mayor Ferry, on the occasion of the combination of celebration of Armistice day and the launching of the Wasatch. .yesterday issued a proclamation urging young men of Salt Lako to join the navy. The mayor's proclamation follows: I "The United Stares government lias laked Salt Lake City for good, clean young men to help nil the ranks of the my, made vacant by the discharges iranted to men enlisted for the duration of the war. "The United States government prom-liee prom-liee to these young men fair treatment, Mucatlorial work, wholesome recreation, interesting travel ant) a general atmo- sphere of right living and clean thinking. "Our navy is our most important line of defense and must be maintained at til costs. Salt Lake City realizes the Importance of this fact. "Salt Uake City has a duty to perform In the present campaign of navy recruiting recruit-ing drive, which ends November 15. She 111 do her shar gladly, proudly, as she has always aided the government in very worthy cause. "Therefore, 1 urce young men of Salt Uke City to consider the advantages of the navy to go to the recruiting office ind lalk to the officials In charge of the wondorful advantages now offered by en-Mtment. en-Mtment. I also ursre evorv ritizen of It Like City 10 co-operate with the re-milting re-milting officials In interesting logical Wwpects for enlistment. 1 personally know that young men "of (pammar school education, or some high crior, Hiucation. can ,-. tually better their PI8'-T. in life by spendiim two, three or Bjr years in the navy. I know that thev m enloy the travel over the world, the association with other clean vounar men, fl Hie opportunity presented to learn JKrui occupations. And (hey will be miWikt the United States government to maintain an ample protection for our Wits and liberty. a ' shall be proud of any young man of mi Dike City who joins the United Ktt navy," |
