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Show SPYGLASSES SOUVENIRS JF II Utahnt Who Gave Uncle Sam Ue of Optical In- ttruments to Be Rewarded Re-warded for Their Use J OYAL Mi Lakers uJ 1 I'tah iir who loaned thrir binoculars, toloiscopefi and spy-plassrn spy-plassrn to Untrlo 8am to bo used H8 "eyes for the navy" soon afteiv America'! entrance Into .the TJNtC ' aolns to et their contrlbutloneicit Thle anurance ha been received n a menHe to the Kcal navy office from Franklin D. Rooeevelt, aimtalant Becre-Ury Becre-Ury of the navy. Not only will every ft'forl be .ade by the e-nvernment to ntnro each In-ptrument In-ptrument to ita rtshtfut owner, but i special end raved ceitifteue oi thankn and appreciation will aent to all thoi"e whnee artlelee Wf,r accepted for eervlce. Wore than tfflffl blnocularn and oiher Imllar lnetrii,nt were lent to the navy diirnati,e crinin of the IJ-boat terror. V! thou-aand thou-aand phlra were mrned In jhe Iik-mI nava. office and Torwarded tvaah. . inaton. "a , VALUABLE SOUVENIRS. In addition to tha enaraved crti,. rale of thank from the novni"i., each Instrument will I returned- wohv a complete record of Ma war history. It ia not unlikely that many Rlaaeaa neti t from t Ha h were the mea na of I locatlna; lurk In U-boata on the btgli . laeas and of dlrectlna; the fire from naval Kima that aent them to the bottom. bot-tom. AH this and perhape peraonal thanks from the officer who used them will accompany each Instrument returned. re-turned. Assistant Secretary Hooaevelt states that c-mslderable delay may result be-fwre be-fwre ell the Instruments ran ha re- turned, as they have been in uae In all parte c.f the world. lie asks that owners refrain from unnecessary communications com-munications to the department, as tola will tend to delay rather than expedite return and distribution of the instruments. instru-ments. ALL ARE USED. Mr. Roosevelt calls attention to the fact that a majority nf (lie article returned will show evidence of hard usage, but the added historic Interest that will be attached to each article will. t ts believed, compensate the owners who so patriotically enl them to the aovernment when they ,fi most needed. The messsge re- celved here atsta that It will be probably prob-ably 4V year lief ore the Inst of the ar-ticlea ar-ticlea are returned. Permanent chanac; of address of owners should be com- munlcated to the naval observatory. WHshlnaton. D. C. COPV OF ORDER. Followltia; la the neneral o.rder sent out by Assistant Secretary Roosevelt to all commandant, cnmmandlna; officers of-ficers and supply officers of the navy: "in accordance writ h navy promise to return binoculars, telescopes, apynlasees and navigation Instruments loaned for period of war. all commandanta, commanding; com-manding; officers and suppiy otttcera are to return immediately al! of th above articles that can be spared. Irrespective Ir-respective and regardless of their condition con-dition All articles are to be returned to supply officer. naval observatory. "Washington. I. C and must bave ae-curelv ae-curelv fastened thereto a tag stating ship or station where same was used, and if anv historic interest attached in connection with war activities, full de- frtils sre tn nrrnmi'iv h r1"'" |
