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Show : 1 ! NAl'TICAL :- :- j -: -: NOVELTIES The fallowing "Nautical Novelties" are furrished by the U. S. Navy Re-ci-uitini Station at Salt Lake City: On July 7, 1917. the Un'ted States destroyer U. S. S. Porter, commanded command-ed by Lieutenant Commander Ward K. Wortman, U. S. N., rescued thirteen thir-teen men and a black cat from the floating mast of the schooner Snetop-pen. Snetop-pen. They had been in the water for seventy-two hours. The United States naval observatory observa-tory completed its 90th year of continuous con-tinuous operation on June 30, 1934. The United Sta'es Naval academy rifle team has won the national Inter-j collegiate shoulder-to-shoulder pham-, Licnsh p for the second consecutive year, this time with a record score. They made the fine score of 1388 out of a possible 1500 points to beat the record they set up in 1930 by eight points. Thirty-eight colleges had teams of five -men entered in the matches. The regular and organized life in the naval service converts an undeveloped unde-veloped youth into a healthy and capable cap-able man, ready to take a responsible place in civil life and possessing the qualities of punctuality, precision, initiative, and reliability. At the end of four years in the naval service the young man's enlistment expires. He has an honorable discharge from the navy. This shows that he is a successful, suc-cessful, sober man, of good conduct, for . in order to receive an honorable discharge a man must have attained and maintained a h'gh standard professionally pro-fessionally and must have been sober, industrious, and of excellent character. charac-ter. In the old navy, before the days of cold storage facilities which enabled the carrying of fresh meats and vegetables on board ships, the crews were subject to scurvy due to lack of proper diet. This disease, wh'ch more often than not appeared on vessels long at sea, caused loathsome sores to break but on the body; teeth to loosen and fall out, and a bodily weakness came over the strongest men. Fresh vegetables and meats for a day- would usually restore the entire en-tire crew to health. To secure fresh meat that .would usually stay off scurvy, old-time sailors would often eat rats. Today, regardless of the . length of a cruise, ships of our navy are fitted to carry ample supplies of fresh fruits, vegetables and meats. -Radio t' me signals are sent out daily from Arlington and Mare Island Is-land to give the correct time to ships at sea. The recent authorized increase 'in enlisted personnel of the United States navy will enable approximately approximate-ly 1900 young, unmarr'ed men between be-tween the ages of 17 and 25 to enlist each month during the next fiscal year, beginning July 1st. Qualifications Qualifica-tions for . enlistment will remain the I same, that is, applicants must pass a j rgid physical examination, be of or-jcellerit or-jcellerit character, mentally qualified, have no juvenile or police record and furnish sufficient references from' I responsible persons. I : While ships of the 'United States navy are anchored in Chinese waters, the nat'ves come alongside in small craft and solicit laundry trade from the sailors. One day, while doing the ! washing, a Chinese woman fell overboard over-board and was saved from drowning by one of the sailors. That night, be- j fore the same sailor could get his laundry from the woman he had saved, sav-ed, she demanded twenty cents . (which amounted to less than f.ve cents U. S. money) for her . services. j The Chinese will not attempt to save a person from drowning for it is their belief that the person saved will thereafter be their charge. |