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Show ARMY AND NAVY. nccognlzlng tho good results that nccruo from soldiers singing when on tho march tho minister for wnr of Englnnd lias Just ordered 25,000 books of pntrlotlc and mllltnry songs ns nn experiment. TIicbo will bo distributed distri-buted to tho men in Infantry regiments regi-ments and classes for singing will bo Instituted In tho barracks. A similar experiment, mado In Frnnco by Gen. Polllowo of St, Mars, has bocn attended at-tended with mnrkod succoss, tho number num-ber of Btrngglors on tho march being reduced by 70 per cent owing to tho singing. Much favorablo comment Is being made upon tho recommendation of Secretary Long that tho vessels to bo added to our naval forco In the tuturo nro to bo sheathed nnd coppered. In this way the ships wo send- abroad can bo maintained for nn fndoflnlto period nt sea without the nocesslty of searching a dockyard nt frequent Intervals, In-tervals, a modern cruisor provldod with a sheathed bottom nnd coppered surfnee can bo kept at sea for a wholo crulso without danger to bor safety or efficiency. |