Show THE TIIE BRITISH NAVY J Great Britain is fixing for a celebration n t She She is g going ing to have forty miles of warShips war war- Ships hips in the Thames Thes These will have haye a review at on the of Jul July On the of Jul July nl iere re will be he a naval battle fought at the mouth the e Thames in honor of the lord mayor ol am and of the corporation of the city of London will be the guests uess of the the admiral The The next July this visit lt will be ll uy returned with the tho ot and 1200 will lunch at Guild hall f with ith the lord mayor mayoras as their ther host On the i j fourteen admirals and as many officers as can be spare spared from the ships will lunch at Guild hall hail In Inthis this pageant ships of war and about men will be enlisted In the same paper is an account of some sonic gun nery practice in the fleet A gunner on the SutIe Sutley of the home fleet with a six-inch six gun made eleven cleven hits out ut of eleven shots all inside of a minute The ship ship at t t the time timo was b knots an hour That record was beaten 1 y another gunner on Quo ono of the tho ships of the channel fleet and the account says s the stan standard ar of shooting in the tho channel channel chan chan- nd nel fleet and home fleet i is behind the standard in inthe inthe inthe the Chinese squadron which for over eight years p. p ar has taken the record from the royal nR navy With those fort forty miles of f ships audi and with gunners gunners gunners gun gun- ners of that kind behind the guns gun one would think that England would feel reasonably f safe afe from any attack from Ger Germany an or any other country A gunner might not firing at an enemy fire firo eleven shots in a minute and make eleven cleven hits but a a. few like liko him would make male it interesting at least fo for foi those on board hoard the enemy's fleet and England ought to get over o her scare and offer new premiums pre to inventors of airships because it looks taus to ta tous tous us that the next danger is s coming not from below but from above |