Show eel N Q 4 IU 1 ed 3 ice 3 ram WW ge 5 x g V r i 4 1 W rt y a t I 1 Z A 4 A W V 6 Q MA 27 C Z 4 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON 27 of each year la Is widely celebrated in tills this country as navy day on that date tile navy holds open house mid find invites the alio public to visit its ships and stations navy my day was urk first celebrated in under the sponsorship of the navy league ortho of the united santes since that time other oilier patriotic tlona have joined in the lie co celebrations and with tile tho co operation of the united states navy department tile the part that the sea service tins hns played in our history and its present peacetime peace time work are recalled each year there I 1 s it a dual reason for celebrating navy day on october 27 it la 14 the of an important event tit n tile tho early history lil story of the navy lind and it Is tile the birthday of a 4 man inan whose ufa life was devoted to advancing it 11 sound naval pol icy for tho the united stat states es theodore roosevelt tho the part which tell atoo develt eltiy played ki in our seu sea power Is but little known to many arn americans ri compared to other moro more spectacular parts vt of his career hut but it was his work ns as assistant as stat tint cec rotary of the navy under resident president mckenley which BO 0 raised the efficiency of our navy ns as to enable it to win astounding vic victories torlea lit in the span ish american war and to krutso bulso the united states to a position among tho the great powers of tile world almost ills his contribution to building n 9 up our naval strength begun tile then a continued during du r the tsuio he i was president and to tile the day of ills his death lie he was sylas an earnest and influential adae advocate cate of maintaining a navy commensurate with oui our needs the significance of october nin our naval history Is tills this on october 13 1775 the continental congress meeting in philadelphia appointed a marine committee and on October 27 tilts this committee reported a resolution outlining a program of ships to bo be purchased and converted into nien of wor war on october 20 congress authorized tile the purchase of two ships aud and in tile course of the next ten days daya appropriated for a number of additional ships so any one of it those three dates may be considered tha birthday of tile tho states navy but by comi common fion consent october 27 it has ill 3 been selected forthal for that honor since it marked the th e first offic official tal step towards the establishment of a sea force from tilts this modest beg beginning linning tire uniel d states navy in IM years tins baa grown to be one or of tile the great institutions of the united states with a total strength of af more than officers and moro than enlisted men and tile lending leading power of the world in number of ships it and nd tonnage tonn afta although that leadership will be red with Wit britain itin once the mistress of the seas under ina terms ima of tile tho naval treaty made in london in january of tills year the history of our lavy in nil all of our wars from tile the revolution doat f 1 tile the world war has been one of utmost almost g victory and success cess outstanding in that history are these thao ten record si 1 the united states navy has bas had only four fleet actions and tin in eachl each one lina has captured or dm destroyed troyed every enemy 2 no united states naval ship tills lias ever been in tile the hands of CC while in other navies whole squadrons and herts have lieen been in the hands of mutineers muti cers 8 the united states navy la Is tile the only navy in tile tho world that owns a royal standard by capture taken at york fork canada fly by commodore chauncey 4 the united states navy holds tila the record for or the capture of seventeen IIrI tIsh ensigns in one ona day at the battle of mike luke this beets beats the capture of sixteen by the french at tile the battle of la clogne 6 5 in the war ot at 1812 15 tile united states t VILTY navy captured or destroyed every ship put in the great lakes by great britain 0 there has never been a mutiny of any sort eort in the marine corps corm hence its motto semper aidells Fl Fi dells 11 7 the constitution took during the war of 1812 1100 prisoners the united states navy did not love lose during the entire war 2100 1 too officers sailors still and marine prisoners 8 the united states navy possesses in the frigate constitution the greatest mon man bf war th tant st ever sailed balled the sen sea she did five a she knocked down the stone forts of Tirl tripoli poll b site she esca escaped from admiral brokes squadron of aeden amps after a tour four days chase without losing it zun CUD a boat or on mn anchor r r g 0 V 7 it r all ON ma N 1 ma ae M ZA oam za kyzr ar 5 c she defeated the guerriere a crack british frigate in seventeen minutes after firing firlus the first broadside wrecking the guerriere Guerr lere which lost men d slie she shot every spar out of the frigate java in a running tight light without taking in her royals that Is to say she tier her enemy without taking ort off tier her coat e she captured the canne and levant at the samo same tittle without being raked once white while every site fired ircel was as it a raking broadside lit in addition slie she ran the blockade ot of british ships aen times dines she never lost tier her commanding of officer licer she never went aground and the largest number of mon men she ever lost in a light was aa eight site she was in commission more than eighty years 0 the chest measurement of recruits in tile united states navy la Is the largest of any navy in tho the world 10 the mortality tables show that the united states nuy navy sailor pallor lit la tile the healthiest man of any ally navy in tile world and tile hardest man to kill of tiny any navy tit in the world the birst purpose of uie tile navy Is of course lit in time of war to safeguard our country front from aggression ly by sea to protect our comiono com mono und and of course to defeat the enemy and bring about a successful cessation of tile war tile the task assigned to the anny Is a great one in addition to pur our own on tremendous coast lint line studded with largo cities and important harbors there are our outlying territories and possessions from tile the virgin islands it thousand lions thou sant ind miles allies to tile south cast of continental unit united ik states to the lie philip pines lying seven seen thou thousand allies across tile the pa ift ciale including alasa Alas kii linwall hawaii and samoa and perhaps labost important of nil all the canal zone in Pa Ian atna naina to all of aich we e le hava exten extended deI the ilie protection of the american flag the mere task of protecting the merchant shipping to the states Is it a cotos colos nl one tits alada lacuea of merchant ships bringing braingin 9 goods to Ani erica WWI anil taking american products abroad form a 0 network talat covers the lie whole globe and in n times of beace its as lit in time of war the navy protects tilts this great commerce the nay navy has hall b bli bern li culled called our first line of defense it operates under tile the sen sea on oil the surface and in the alie air over tile the water nut but it a tine line of defense which takes lence even over tile the navy Is diplomacy since negotiations conducted over oer live lit table often are of the greatest importance to tho the notion nation and can affect ilia progress and prosperity of a people as much ns as can a nur ur in carrying on diplomatic negotiations it Is of the utmost Import importance that our views on international que questions be heard and considered consider etl and treated with respect the tha existence of tin nn adequate navy unquestionably strengthens the hands of our diplomats in addition to the great peacetime activities of 0 the navy in supporting our diplomacy and ansur las fair treatment to our foreign orel git trade there are innumerable activities which return to the american people the maney money that li Is annually eP expended ended on tue the navy our navy yards are great industrial all u plants and in each a testing laboratory ta la mec necessary essary for investigations and research on th the 0 in multitudinous materials entering into the construction of the naval era ment and the fleet under such materials of engineering may in ily tie lie mentioned cement c stone brick tile ferrous und and nonferrous non ferrola ferrous metals bituminous materials paints and olli ills rub her ber mechanical and electrical specialties etc iq the pu purchase r anse of large of binate rials and supplies supplies it Is of vital importance from the standpoints of service and abild economy to abt i al n tile the host hest possible and tile navy lins lills been re a PH prime m 6 mover lit I 1 the preparation and promulgation of stant d for such requirements there exist hundreds ot of stich covering articles ar tills standardize diza tion ion hus been of InesM anble kalhe mili ip to private in I 1 dust austrie du rles ns as the navys stan durd requirements which are known to be high are bettig used by utility many such enterprises the of tile nley makes many valuable contributions to charting tho the seas in many qu of tit alio world ll IT aids the cot coast guard service in reporting icebergs and destroying der derelicts ellets and other menaces to navigation the clocks of the country tire are set by the naval observatory time the navy has been foremost in scientific exploration beginning with the early curly voyages of wilkes in fit the Pa bacille cille reaching a high point in the discovery of the north pole liy fly koberl 10 peary tt a naval officer and in the exploits of admiral It richard ichard E byrd in both the lie arctic and regions and ln in addition to tile lie valuable scientific data secured us Is tile result of ills explore at nelona fOlls tills naval lias fins the lie distinction of being the first vinn to fly over hoth tile north and south poles the navy Is among tile he foremost lu in aviation it is progressive she in tha development of both airplane and thain nir craft for four years a anvy plane phine and und it n navy pilot held tile the iv worlds plane piano speed revard agg rulles tin an hour made by kleut A J williams on ilay 8 1 1920 2 bluet apollo sou ek of the he navy mado made it a wor worlds record for or altitude flight fligh tin in tiny any class of airplanes when he rose to a height of feet the previous lugli high marls mark had bern been held by an navy aviator also licht 01 0 champion litif ath a mark of feet made in july 1027 on july 4 1 2 lieutenant broke the attitude record for seaplanes sea planes by ase ascending ending to feet thus breaking the record ot 0 feet made by lieutenant cham plon on july 4 the navy holds numerous worlds records for lifting and endurance of sea planes it lins has developed and perfected the airplane catapult and in many other ways ills helped the united states maint maintain aill supremacy Is lj the tha air na as well asa ns on the wn water ter I 1 0 by western newspaper |