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Show Navy Recruiting Station Contributes Items ; Law authorizes the appointment to the naval academy of 100 enlisted i men each year from the regular navy ! or marine corps. These men are j selected as the result of competitive ' examinations. An applicant must I have had at least one year's service ' by July 1, of the year of admission j to the academy, have had at least j nine months sea duty, and be not lover 20 years of age on April 1, of j the year he enters the naval academy. I A new 40 inch reflector telescope is j ready for installation in the naval j observatory at Washington. It has been under construction for nearly j three years. It weighs nine tons and j will supplement the navy's other 26 ! inch instrument which has been in , constant use since 1873. Special photographic accessories have been development for use with it. I Tho Chinese claim to have inventtd the magnetic compass and to have used a crude form of it as early as 2000 B. C. The earliest trace of the use of the compess by western people ' is in the 12th century. Tho weight of a ship's anchor in pounds is approximately the same as the displacement of the ship in tons. For example: a ten thousand ton ship : will use an anchor weighing about ! 10,000 pounds. ; Several years ago congress authorized author-ized the naval academy to give the (lea roe of "Bachelor of Science" to its graduates. 1, At present, midshipmen are required re-quired by law to wait two years after ! graduation before marrying. l! U A person having a police record . cannot be enlisted in the United i States navy. |