Show I Navy Day Will Be i Observed ed Oct 28 1 Due to the fact tact that tha-t Navy Navr Day i October r falls on Sunday Bunday this Year Year It will NUl be observed ou on Monday October t throughout hout the country r 7 Navy f vy Day was Inaugurated In do 1923 1922 b by bythe the the Navy League of the United States and Its ita observance Is U annually annually an an- by the League October was selected because It L is the anniversary ersary of ot the birth of President Theodore Roosevelt so 80 much of whose life was devoted to establishing a sound Naval policy for the United States of America It will be remembered that President Roosevelt first achieved d a National reputation by writing a B Novel history of the War of 1812 a a. work ork of such SUM merit that it was incorporated into Clowes Clowe's Royal Navy a monumental history of the British Sea Service Later as aa Assistant Secretary of the Navy and finally as President Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt bent tent his tremendous energies to impress upon the Am American people the thene necessity fol ne f r an Navy and endea endeavored through h his leadership to realize this IdeaL October Is Js is als also the month in hi which the American Navy was founded In 1775 by the Continental Congress tesa In addition to to paying a deserved tribute to the sea heroes of the N Na Nation tics tion and recalling the splendid part the Navy has hu played in making and keeping us a Nation the Navy Day observance has hu proved a valuable means of fostering a better understanding understanding under under- standing of the Navy and BIld Its work Such information in a country where government Is 15 by public opinion Is essential to the formation of correct Judgments affecting naval policy and andin andin 1 in this work of Information the Navy Day bay observance has baa played a considerable considerable consid consid- erable enable part |