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Show BY THE Till : GOVERNOR OF or TIlE TIIE TIIESTATE TIlESTATE THESTATE - STATE OF UTAIiOctober UTAH UTAIi UTAHA A PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATIONOctober . October 27 1 is < ; the one hundred hundredand hundredand and sixty-first sixty first SJ'lCty-first SJ'lCty SJlCty ' - - anniversary anmversary of the thebIrth thebirth thebirth bIrth of the United States navy navysince , , ] since in the year 1775 a resolution resolutionwas resolutionwas was \ as introduced mtroduced in the ContinentalCongress Continental ContinentalCongress ContinentalCongress Congress authorizing thp thf the > purchase purchaseof of merchant vessels to be con converted convertedinto conveitedinto vel ted tedinto into alsothe men-ofwar men ofwar - The day is alsothe also alsothe the seventy-eighth seventy eighth - annl\ annl anniversary annlersary anni.ersary anniersary \ ' . ersary ofthe of ofthe ofthe the birth of Colonel Theodore TheodoreRoosevelt Roosevelt whose early battle I ph ) slcal handicaps whose . resorucefulness re- re reSOUl re-souicefulness re souicefulness - SOUl sorucefulness cefulness and eminent success successha'e successhave successhave ha\'e ha 'e e have \ ' served as an inspiration mspiratIon to tothe tothe tothe the youth of AmerIcaThe AmericaThe America AmericaThe The navy is the strong right armof armof arm armof of the State department , , and in m Its Itsenands itserrands itscnands enands errands of mercy has saved moreuses more morelives 11\ 11 11es uses \ es than its guns have evei evel ever destroyed de-stioyed de stioyed destioyedThe de- de destl - stroyed stl oyed stroyedThe The Father of our Country , CountryGeorge 'tobe tobe George Washington Washmgton held hcld that ' ' to be prepared foral for wai \\al al war \ \ is one of the theI themost th thmost themost e most effectual efIectual means of preservingpeace preservmg preservin preservmgpeace preservinpeace g I reiteratedin reiteratein peace " This thought is reIterated reiterate d in messages and statements of ofI ofothel o oother ofothci f I othel other gicafc gleat great men of oui om our natIon s nationshistory shistory nationhistory Piesi-dcnt Piesi dcnt Plesldent Piesrdent history , , and in m our own day Plesl- Plesl Piesr PleslI - dent heldthat herthat Franklin D Roosevelt has held her d I that ' 'Prom Prom From ' From the very beginning o oour of oflour ofour f our national life hfe the navy has al- al always always al always - - lour tobe tbe ways ; beep been , and justly deserves t to o be tothe tthe an object of special pride to t the American people The navy i inot is isnot isnot s not only the first line of defense but defensebut it is the most important lme lmeof lin linof lineof e of defense " i Now , , therefore , , I , , Henry H HBlood HBlood HBlood Blood , , governor of the state of ofUtah o oUtah oiUtah Utah do hereby set aside and proclaIm pro proclaim pro- pro proclaim - - claim October,1937 October1937 the 27th day of October , , , 1937 , as NAVY DAY , uponhlCh upon \hlCh hlCh which whichday , whichday \ hlChday day I request the citizens cltlZens of th thState the e State theState of Utah to unite umte in m honormg honoring honoringthe honormgthe Statesfurther the Navy of the United States II h 1furthci furthel further request thit tl11t that the merchantand merchantsand merchants merchant merchantsand s and citizens of the State of Utah Uta h jom join Utahjoin Utahjom Utajoin in displaying displaVlng the flag of th thUnited the theUnited theUnited he e United States , , in honor of said day dayand dayand , / and thit th1t that appiopnate applOpnate appropriate exercises be beconducted b bconducted beconducted e conducted wherever practicable practicableIN IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , , I ] Ihae have ha\e ha e hae \ % hereunto set my hand an ancaused and andcaused anccaused d caused to be affixed affDl.ed affDled . the Great Sealof Seal Sealof Sea ] of the State of UtahDone UtahDone Utah UtahDone Done at the Capitol , Salt Lak LakCity Lake LakeClt LakeCiti e Clt City , , this 16th day of Octobei October Octo bel . , 1937 1937HENRY 1937HENRY 1937HENRY HENRY H BLOOD , Governor |