Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished by the tt S navy recruiting station salt lake city THEODORE ROOSEVELT Tho theodore odore roosevelt on choss birthday navy day is celebrated was born in new york city on october 1858 A man who through will power built himself from a trail child to a man of robust health and dramatic power educated in harvard and columbia law school and the north woods of maine lie he emerged strong and healthy and with a tine fine outlook 1 towards people of all classes was a member of the civil service commission in washington in 1889 president of police board of new city in 1895 and the ele f lection of 0 president mckinley brought him back to washington as assistant secretary ot of the navy was always it a firm advocate ot of preparedness Condl conditions tons in cuba set him to work with vigor to make tile tiie navy ready for any eventuality he rc reorganized organized the system ol of rank and promotion among naval officers and adjusted the differences between the line and engineers finding navy marksmanship inadequate he asked tor for and got SOO for target practice it and asked for half a million more when the maine was blown up in 1898 he ordered in the secre I 1 temporary absence great quantities of coal and ammunition directed fleet assembly and got plenty of activity in the yards and arsenals on out outbreak brcak of war with spain he resigned and joined his old friend colonel wood to help organize the first U S volunteer cavalry assumed command after the first battle for which the colonel had been promoted led his regiment up san an juan hill swept over the tho defenders and helped immens in n breaking spanish spirit shortly after the regiment broke up he was elected governor Govern cw af 0 t new i york and held office tor for two years I 1 next was elected vice president under mckinley Alc mckenley lUnley was shot and killed in september 1901 and roosevelt took oath of office he pointed out the results of un preparedness in his first book the history of the naval war wair of 1812 he built up the army and navy and when he sent the FI fleet around tle world in 1907 it was against the advice of experts in naval construction st he ha did so partly to call attention of the powers notably appan to the fighting strength of the united states and partly to dramatize the navy and its needs to the american people the cruise was brilliantly successful I 1 his attitude at all times was frank clean cut and firm and he acted with boldness never reckless tor for he calculated costs in advance long delay in bringing one ot of our first line ships the V U S 3 OREGON from tile tho west coast to the east convinced him ot of the great need of 0 a canal across the isthmus ot 01 panama and at the first opportunity acquired the right tor the united states to build the canal in 1906 he was awarded the nobel peace prize we have reason to be proud ot of theodore roosevelt and grateful for what he has hag done tor or us and navy day la Is a fitting remembrance tor for a strong leader |