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Show NAVY LMDS ITS g ACTIVITIES RAPIDLY p Not Lagging Behind the Army in Preparing for Its Part in the War. s M'lth n cnntlnuTiit In Franco the fc huslni f rnKliig n great nuiiiliei t h poldlorx under the elrctlve draft, nnd fe the ofllriTH being turned out nt the R tntlntntf en in is, nrmy netlvltloH have N overshiidtiwed to n large extent the u, lliivy's hit in the war thui fr. Ej Hut the iiiivy Is not lagging fur I e- M lllnil, If It enn lie culled lngglm: nt nil. Bl Here l the llmillon In the navy, giith- a ered fimn ndlclnl vouteei: K One hundred jmil llfty new dc.tio.v- B or1? niv ti li- tuMvldeil, In nddltlon to nf thnep iim.v ImlUling. Si Hverv reserve nldp In the navy luw g boon fiil' mntmeil, nml n great ninu.v u nuvllhiili") have been added. W Slliee the day war utm declared, the M Whole co ist of the I'lllted Stilted lm K; been umli r ennstMrtt patrol by naval 'h vessel ji-iil evci.v port pnrtleiilarly ft WPll (.ll'inli .1 R) Kavv i nlNfnientx finve renelieil V'.H- a not). Tin t'ii'iiiitid National Nnvnl a Volutltei'is iivi- In service. In addition H to n rei ive tmee of .15.000 men. R Coiitr 'i t li ive been pliiPoil for overv a leitroxor llnjt the yards of the country ft enn lm'td Ve'v ponstniftlnti repmil- U nre Inol d for both In the number of k ships built mid the time teipilied for bUllllltl'?lluMII. U Some :tj i "(to ton supeulreadmiutrhts U nre lulu.' built the evict number N 8 not stud d K Five .'trifiOO-ton buttle cruisers, the large.t unci swlftent ever contemplated I by nnv nntliiii In tho world, are under f const met Ion. D SK foriiildnble scout cruisers are r being completed, I ContrnetM have been let for tunny 1 needed auxiliaries for the navy. fi The navy sent the llrst contingent of F the American armed force to France n' corps of uvlator.H which landed I June 8. I The Aeronautic corps of the navy I has been greatly enlarged, severiil I new aviation bases have been estub- I llshed imd men trained In the opera- tlon of seaplanes, dirigibles and other I types of aircraft. I The Marine corps has moro than doubled Its enlisted strength. A detachment of marines Is now In Europe under General Pershing's command. com-mand. These are n few of the things the nnvy bus done so far. And they say nt the Navy Department they arc Just beginning to do things. |