Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES contributed are you oil informed of the tact fact that I 1 the depest deepest place yet found in n the arcan is in the mindanao MInd inao deep between bet ieca the philippines and japan jap air chero soundings show feet the doldrums is a narrow belt lying between the northeast and southeast trade winds it is a region characterized by sultry air or calms or light and baffling breezes inter by frequent rains thunderstorms arid and squalls equal ls the doldrums in tho the atlantic ocean extend front from the U equator qu ator to the latitude three degrees north the horse latitudes are arc tile t he regions of light and variable on the outer margins of the trade winds the horse latitudes an alio known as the calms of cancer and of capricorn the trade winds are those winds which blow from the belts of high pressure towards the equatorial belt ot of low pressure in the northern hemisphere from the northeast li it the southern hemisphere from til th southeast tho the roaring forties are tile the boisterous westerly we winds which blow tit in the approximate latitude of forty degrees south about five west indian hurricanes occur each year they are more likely to occur during august september and october than in othe ce months Mj erchant Yei veoila sels when rifi paying slug a man o war salute the latter by dipping the national ensigns the man o war returns dip tor for dip the of a ships anchor 1 li i pounds is approximately the same as the displacement of the ship in tons for example a ten thousand thou said saad ton ship will use an anchor welsh ing about ten thousand pounds there are sixty six chaplains in ithe the united states navy tor for the purpose 1 of 0 administering to the spiritual needs of the iha officers and men there are little hundred doctors in the U S navy to tend to the sl sick ick and injured some of the doctors are on oil ships others are at naval navai hospitals where the veterans bureau patients are also admitted in addition to naval personnel A deserter from the navy in time of war forfeits ills his citizenship arid and becomes forever prohibited from I 1 holding office u under u der the united states the following 7 harbors are clos d to foreign vessels except by special authority of the U S navy department part ment tortugas Tor florida great harbor culebra guantanamo naval station cuba pearl harbor hawaii guam bay philippine islands and elska aleutian islands |