Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished by the 0 S navy recruiting station salt lake city the navy introduced camels to tho the army in 1847 lieutenant W F lynch received orders to command an expedition tor for the purpose ol of charting the den dea sea and to discover the source ot of the river jordan when he arrived at acre lie he found the horses to be ot of such poor door quality that he be harnessed camels to his wagons to transport him and his equipment to the sea ot of galilee Gal tito the camels proved so successful that the government decided to use them in the army tor for transport work in fit texas and on the nevada desert T tides 1 d es a are r e e caused a u s e d b by y the gravitational tio n a 1 a attraction tv r ac t 1 or i 0 or r pull ot of the sun and moon on oil the water and the earth itself the close relation that the tha times ot of high water bear to the times 0 ot t tho the moons meridian pas sago sage shows that tho the moons influence on tides Is much greater than that of 0 the sun it has been estimated that tt it is two and one halt half times as great the result ot of this attraction 0 of the moon Is to draw or heap up the evater in the parts ot of tho the earth nearest it the surface oi of the water rises and tails falls twice in a lunar day ot of about 24 ho bo ursand 52 minutes the tides do not always rise to the same height but every fortnight after the new and full moon they become higher than they were in the alternate weeks these high tides are called spring tides and the low ones neap tides the states navy engaged in indian fighting at the battle of I 1 jj J attle washington on october 27 1855 when the crew of the decatur was landed to assist the tha white settlers in refi re peling eling an attack by the indians honoring the anniversary ot of the flight ot of the wright brothers the united states stales army and navy joining with civilian aviation had planes in the air tor for halt art an hour on december such a nationwide light flight was a demonstration of 0 air power worthy ot of popular attention it Is a tar far cry and a long road I 1 from tho the blood soaked cockpit ot of our old wooden frigates where men suffered amputation by thi grisly medium of a hacksaw an aal I 1 a lot hot iron with senses by any an aesthetic to the cool grey gray and white of the sick bay which is found on our modern battleships the modern sick bay is supplied with every comfort and merciful agency that the cumulative years of medical research and investigation can furnish there is nothing that can aptly typify the contributions which the united states navy has made to medical science in the hundred odd years of its existence istance exl ex stance than this officers of the united states nay are paid a straight salary depending or on rank and length of service they receive no allowance for clothing and they pay tor for their own food at one time surgeons and paymasters of 0 the united states navy were civilians and had no military status at the present timet commissioned officers |