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Show CACHE AMERICAN. LOGAN. UTAH QoiWJ6 v of- OuATUxorvj-- - eaa& :; f i I1 F ' I 7 "' f pss' ..vCV:U r - : '; . "QUOTES -- : ; - BRAIN OF MAN - n ,sr'sL' - , l British Scientist. ;v "o -- x, . V. rlT n , irv-li- n Qarruyd&vu resentatives from other colonies that, after a brief consideration, action on the proposal was In the meantime postponed until a later time. congress had received certain Intelligence of the sailing of two north country built brigs, of no force, from Kngland on the eleventh of August last, loaded with arms, powder and other stores for Quebec without convoy. It being of importance to Intercept these, a resolution was passed on October 5 requesting (leneral Washington, comnmnder-lchief of the colonial forces at Cambridge, to apply to the Council of Massachusetts Bay for the two armed vessels In their service" and to send them at tiie expense of the continent" after the brigs Furthermore, he was Informed that the Ithode Island and Connecticut vessels of force will be sent directly to their assistance and It was also resolved that the general he directed to employ the said vessels nnd others, If he Judge necessary. That was an lniortant step In the develop ment of our navy hut more were to follow. On Friday, October 13, another resolution was passed that a swift vessel to carry 10 carriage guns and a proportionable number of swivels, with eight men, he fitted out with all possible despatch for a cruise of three months" nnd also that "another vessel be fitted out for the same At this time a marine committee," purpose. composed of Silas Deane of Connecticut, John Langdon of New Hampshire and Christopher Gadsden of North Carolina, was appointed to look afterihe fitting out of tiie vessels. On October 27 tills committee reported a reso lutlon outlining a program of ships to be pur chased and converted Into Heretofore tne action taken by congress had only pro vlded temporary means for obtaining supplies. But this action by ihp marine committee was a definite step toward the establishment of a colonial navy, For that reason, many years later. Octolier 27 was chosen as the date for the of Navy day. An additional reason for the selection was that It vns also the birthday of Theodore Itoosevelt, who played such an Im porlnnt part In the modernisation of our navy and In Its eventual growth Into one of the great est in the world. On October 21) the marine committee" was succeeded by a naval committee of six members John Adams, Silas Deane. John I.iingdon, Stephp Hopkins, Joseph Howes and Billiard Henry l.ee. Fro in the beginning Adams bail been an cnlliesiastic supporter of tiie project to ere ate a navy but, because of other duties, he was - x w gjlhftHir.ritt ififfnatwriWriiwA-- i 'nr &uJ, HcrtunA. McDougall. Third Warner, Thomas Weaver, lieutenants John Fanning, Ezekiel Burroughs, Daniel Vaughn. Resolved, That the Pay of the Commander-in-chie- f of the fleet be 125 dollars per calendar month. Resolved, That commissions be granted to the above officers agreeable to their ranks In the above appointments. Resolved, That the committee for fitting ont armed vessels, Issue warrants to all officers employed in the fleet under the rank of third lieutenants. Resolved, That the said committee be directed (as a secret committee) to give such Instructions to the commander of the fleet, touching the operations of the ships under his command, as shall appear to the said committee most conducive to the defence of the United Colonies, and to the distress of the enemys naval forces bringing supplys to their fleets and armies, and lay such Instructions before the Congress when called for. jQfiOm The United Colonies now had a war fleet ready to proceed against the enemy. But before unable to continue on this committee and his It did so there must take place a ceremony In place was taken by Christopher Gadsden. accordance with a naval tradition first observed For on November 2 congress placed $100,000 In this country In 1775 and followed ever since. at their disposal and with this amount they went The new commander-ln-chle- f must put bis ships about the purchase of ships and supplies. When In commission, pipe all bands on deck and then a London packet called the Black Prince, com hoist lu their appropriate places the national manded by Capt John Barry, came Into port, the colors and the pennant of the commanding offcommittee considered this vessel worthy of be- icer, after which he must address the crew and coming the flagship of the navy that was about read to them the order by virtue of which he asto be created, and purchased it. The Black sumes command. Prince was renamed the Alfred, for King Alfred So, on a beautiful winters day In 1775 Comthe Great, and given an armament of 20 modore Ksek Hopkins and his officers proceeded and four They also to the foot of Walnut street in Philadelphia, purchased another merchant ship, the Sally, re- where a t awaited them. They pushed named It the Columbus and mounted 18 off and rowed away through the floating ice In on its deck. the Delaware river (even as George Washington Next they bought three brigs which were was to do up river near Trenton a year later) named the Andrea Doria, for the famous Geno- until they reached the ladder at the side of the ese sailor, the Cabot, for the discoverer of conti- Alfred. As the shrill whistle of the boatswain nental America, and the Providence for the town called tiie crew aft, Hopkins and his ofiicers in which It was purchased and because that stepped over the side and gathered on the quartown was, according to John Adams, the rest terdeck. Then a quartermaster made fast to the striped flag, dence of Governor Hopkins (a member of the signal halliards a naval committee) and his brother, Iisek, whom across which was spread a rattlesnake and the This done, he we appointed the first Captain. The Andrea words Dont Tread on Me! turned toward the master of the ship, Capt. DudDoria and the Cabot were armed with 14 each and the Providence with 12 guns ley Saltonstall, and saluted. sixes and fours. Next the committee purchased At a gesture from the captain, the executive In Baltimore a sloop named the Hornet officer of the ship grasped the flag halliards and schooner named the Wasp. while the men on the ship uncovered their heads, and an eight-guAnother eight-guschooner, the Fly, completed while spectators that lined the banks of the the list of ships. river cheered and a battery of cannon roared On November 28 the first Rules for the Regu- out a salute, he spread to the wintry breeze the lation of the Navy of the Dulled Colonies were first American naval ensign. None of those presadopted the first time that the term Navy of ent, either aboard ship or ashore, could have the United Colonies appeared In the minutes of realized that they were also cheering one of congress. On December 5 It decreed that British Americas greatest naval heroes. For the execumerchant ships, even when engaged In traffic tive officer of the Alfred, who raised that flag, other than that of transporting supplies to the was Lieut. John Paul Jones, destined for Imenemys military or naval stations, might be mortality as the victor In the battle between the seized and held until further order of this Con- Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis less than two years later. gress. Next the grand union flag of the colonies, a Six days later congress ordered that a committee he appointed to devise ways and means flag of 13 alternate red and white stripes with for furnishing these colonies with a naval arma- the British Jack In the field, and the pennant of were set In their places ment. Within two days this committee, acting the commander-in-chiewith unusual speed, had brought In Its report, and the resolutions of congress read to the crew. which was read, debated and adopted. Under This done, the first American battle fleet was In its provisions the colonies were to build five commission and American naval history began. ships of 32 guns, five of 28 guns, three of 24 Although Commodore John Barry Is often called the Father of the American Navy, that guns, making in the whole thirteen. While this ambitious construction program distinction cannot Justifiably be given to one was under way, the naval committee which, as man. Barrys claim to It Is based upon the fact we have already seen, had purchased and armed that his ship, the Black Prince, purchased by nine ships, was getting ready to challenge the the naval committee and renamed the Alfred, was our first warship, that he was the first comConsupremacy of the "Mistress of the Seas. missioned naval officer to capture an enemy ship gress had voted $500,000 In Continental currency foi the committee' use and on December 19 It (on April 17, 1770, when his Lexington captured the British tender Edward), and that he was the passed a resolution that the Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania shall be requested to supply the first senior officer with the rank of commodore armed vessels which are nearly ready to sail, after the reorganization of the United States In 1794. with four tons of gunpowder at the Continental navy But Commodore Esek Hopkins has some claim be committee the said and requestthat expense Deto being one of the "fathers of our navy. ed to procure and lend the said vessels as many stands of small arms as they can spare, not ex- spite the fact that his career as commander-inchieof the new navy was something of a failure ceeding 400. and eventually he was relieved of his command a was 1775, memorable December 22, Friday, and dismissed from the the fact remains date In American naval history, for on that date that he was the first service, officially appointed chief which warrant the upon legal congress issued officer of our naval forces. His title of our navy was founded. This was done In a set of the Continental navy was Inofof resolutions confirming the appointment of him with Washington, the commto rank tended ficers to command the war fleet These resolu- ander-ln-chlef of the Continental army. After tions read as follows: it was taken away from him, It was never again "The committee appointed to fit out armed ves conferred upon an American naval man. sets laid before congress a list of officers by them When speaking of the fathers of our navy, appointed agreeable to the towers to them given some account must be taken of the men who proKsek Hopkins, esq., coui-m- i vided the ships upon whose decks such naval by Congress, viz.: nder in chief of the fleet ; Dudley Sultonstall. leaders as Hopkins and Barry and Jones were Captain of the Alfred; Ahrnliam Whipple, Cap- to tread. They were the members of the "matain of the Columbus; Nicholas Biddle, Captain rine committee and the naval committee of of the Andrea Doria; John Burrow Hopkins, the Continental congress John Adams, Silas Captain of the Cabot First lieutenants John Deane, John Langdon, Christopher Gadsden, Paul Jones, Rhodes Arnold, Stanshury. Stephen Hopkins, Joseph Ilevves and lilOinril Hojsted Hacker, Jonathan Pitcher. Second lieu Henry Lee. tenants Benjamin Seabury, Joseph Olney, Kiislia C Wtitern Newspapn Unioi. long-boa- n f, drug administration, who teaches cannery employees the proper method of using the microscope In examining and counting molds on foods, was summoned. At the courts direction he instructed the cannerys food examiner In correct ufe of the microscope and revealed errors In the latters method of examination. The cannery at torney watched closely, and later consented to a decree of condemnation as originally sought by the t-- j' s',' .('; I READ THE ADS ALL the wonders of the OFuniverse of which we have - .lifrl1rlol In June, 1775, when the Battle of Bunker Hill Just missed being a decisive victory for the patriot forces because their supply of powder ran out, the necessity for an ample supply of It became apparent and that need became more urgeni during the succeeding months. There were no! enough powder mills In the colonies to provide them with an adequate amount but there was a source of supply at hand if they had the means for securing it. That source was the supply ships for tiie British forces In America which, because England was the Mistress of the Seas, were accustomed to come to Boston and other ports on the Atlantic coast unarmed and without convoys. Soon after the opening of hostilities the sea faring men of New Kngland began to fit out privateers to prey upon British merchantmen and their exploits not only pointed the way to a method of securing the much-neede- d gunpowder from the supplies afloat off their coasts, but they also suggested the advisability of establishing a colonial navy. On August 20, 1775, the two houses of the Ithode Island legislature concurred In ordering their representatives In the Continental Congress sitting In Philadelphia to propose the establishment of such a navy at the expense of the continent. But when one of the Ithode Island delegates, on October 3, called the attention of congress to the propostil of the legislature. It encountered such opposition among some of the cautions rep .,- micro-analytic- By PROF. W. W. WATTS vv B;?3&gp ' Uncle Sams food examiners strive for accuracy Its part of their Job. 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