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Show I A PROCLAMATiONAmericans PROCLAMATION PIOCLA1\IATI0N PIOCLA1 IATI0N PROCLAMATIONAmericans : \ Americans Amenctlns are proud of cf theh theii thehl'Iay theiiI'ay theliNavy l'Iay lIay I'ay Iay ' ' , and 311d its acliicvcmcnts achicvements acliicvemcnts From Fromthe Fromthe Fromthe the time that John Paul Jones JonesS Jonessnooped Jonesswooped S\\ S Sooped snooped \ ooped down dovtt with his 5mall 5mallccmmand 5mallecinmand ' smallcommand ccmmand ecinmand upon the thc ships of ofEnghnd ofEnghnd ofEnglind Enghnd to the present , , the re- re recOld recoid re-coid re coid - - cOld coid of the Nav Navs Nav3 of the Umted United UmtedSt'1tes UnitedSfrites UnitedStites St'1tes St1tes Sfrites ' has been one Ol1e of the out- out outst outstanding out outstanding - st standing ndmg accomplishments accomplI.Shments . The TheN"W TheNay TheNa\y TheNa y N"W NW Nay " \ % has carried the flag of tur cur turNation curNation curNation Nation to every seaport of the theV thevorld V \ ' or1d orid In times of peril pun pcril aud and andi audI I evolution ievolution 1 jn In foreign fcrelgn icreign countnes countries countnesI countriesI countnesAmericm countriesAmerican countriesAmerican I Americm American : citizens l1a have liae \ e fr\red fr red g'l7ed gl7ed frredI g'l7edupon : \ gizedupon ' : I upon the SiAis SL-3.1S SL3.1S SL 3.1S 31S Sais - . , , and Strips t1ing flying t1ingflom flyingfiorn : flyingfiom } flom fiorn the mastheads mactheads mructheads ; of the Am- Am Americari . Am American \ - erican ericnn ericari C1 duisers ciuisers Ulsers and battleship battlcship5 battlcship5and battleshipsand , > and felt secuie secUle in m the protectIOn protectionnhich protectionwhich nhich \ hich those tho'5e tho5e ' grea great t \ ' vessels cs-els cs els 'es.cels es.cels escels . . " ' - af- af afforded ? f- f fforded f-forded f forded - forded them the men meH meu in m the theships theships 5hlps ships ' ti tel cf the American Amencan Navy have havegt.ardcd havegtarded haveguarded gt.ardcd gtardcd gtarded . our coasts coacts coats : from invas invas- invasion invas- invas invasioct invasion - - ion ioct by foreign powers po\1ers po 1ers poners \ , , andIth and with \\Ith- Ith nith- nith nithal \ withal \ Ith31 - - al 31 it has never been used in inforeign Inforeign inforeign foreign aggres1 aggressionIt aggres&ion aggresion aggression & > lon * " It has become customary custcmaf eustcmary , } each eachye'1r eachyear eachyear ye'1r ye1r year ' to observe Octobel October 27 the theanniversary theanniversary theanniversary anniversary of the dite d'1te d1te ' upon uponwhich uponwhich uponwhich which a member of thf th } . ContI- ContI ContInertal Continertal Conti-nertal Conti nertal - - nertal Congress introduced mtl'Cduced mtlCduced rntrcduced ' a aresolutIOn aresolution aresolution I resolutIOn authorizing authorizmg the pur pur- purchase pur- pur purchase purchase - - chase of merchant mcrchant vessels ves5c-ls ves5c ls - to be beI beconverted beconverted beconverted converted into menofwarTHEREFORE menofwarTHEREFORE men-of-war men of war menofwarTHEREFORE - - I THEREFORE I 1 as Mayor of ofMo'ib ofMoib MO'lb MOlb Mo'ib Moib ' ' do hereby designate and andset andset andset set acart mart atart : Tuesday , , October , , 27 27,1936 271936 , , 1936 the one hundred and SlXty- SlXty sixty- sixty SlXtyfirst sixtyfirst sixty-first sixty first - first ann1\ ann1 ann1eJ annheisarry anniezcarry \ % eJ carry : of the birth of ofour ofour ofour our Navy N9VY as NAVY DAY and andtl1 andvtll andtill t\l1 t l1 vtll ' \ upon the people pcople 'C C ' cfthis ef'Thls efThls 1 ' ls CIty CItyto Cityto Cityto to commemorate with fittmg fittmgexercises fittingexercises exercises in e1 e e\en e en \ , en er approprIate approprIateplr appropriateplrce appropriatepirce appropriatepirceD plr plrce plrceD ce ceD D E BALDWIN BALDWINM 1 , 1lhYOl M \ Miyoi l\hYOl l hYOl iyoi |