Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES I 1 each navy recruit receives rec elvea free worth of clothing and bedling bedding which includes udea uniforms underwear der wear shoos shoes socks bocka towels blankets anti and a mattress the mattresses used by tho the navy aro are manufactured at tho the navy yard at philadelphia and mare island and are made of equal parts parta by weight 0 of horse tall hair and horse mano mane hair life jackets and ring life iko buoys frequently aro are mado made ot of kapok some are mado made from cork which cornea comes from spain kapok comes from the philippines mexico and the west indies it la Is a 0 fibrous substance from rom n woody capsule of a tall evergreen tree the entrained air clr in tho the fibres fabres provides the flotation property Torpo torpedoes does are driven by pro collors which are operated by small reciprocating engines or steam tur bines contained in the torpedo the steam Is made from water which Is also carried la in the tb torpedo torp clo as la Is the fuel tho united states fleet Is scheduled led to leave california in april transit tho the panama canal visit cuba and haiti and be reviewed by president roosebelt Roos erelt in the hudson river in juno june in october all or part of the leit fleet will return to tho the pacific coast I 1 the U S S los io angeles built as will be dismantled by order of the chief of naval flaval operations signed on oil january 22 since its delivery to the states in october 1924 at germany cormany the shap has made flights spent hours in actual operation another 2080 hours at masts and covered land miles |