Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES i I 1 furnished by the U S navy recruiting station salt lake city one for robert believe tor t or not column is the fact that 0 o nion men now attached to the salt ke navy recruiting district have aly ly the same names both men assess sa the cognomen ot of arthur ve neither have a middle name ane e Is a chief with 17 rs and 9 months of service in he a navy the other Is a fillet machinists ts mate with IS 18 years yeara and 8 ii youths in the navy 4 0 facial navy records show ahe the 0 0 aro sro o loves as aa weighing and ato founds 0 ands respectively their heights height ill I 1 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 7 I 1 ff ches es both have dark brown hair 42 clad ruddy complexion one was tarn n on november 1 1890 the cipher 10 years later on november ki 1300 both share the same per ti anal 1 characteristics and the same gatior ot of conduct the only ap F 5 arent rent between the loves is that one has brown kat has es and the other blue alsta q ango as is it ft may seem both men NI 0 never met not notwithstanding with vt anding belr 1 long ions period of service in the 1 wy r where nearly every old timer ner or later makes the ig js josce ce of 0 other old timers ir le now that both are in the same gulting district one would think I 1 ill tt t surely this Is the time for all 1 r hur love lore to meet arthur love ask it t fate has decreed otherwise chur love chief ship titter will transferred on january 11 1938 arthe athe recruiting station at his ink rila ila Alon montana tana and about march ass arthur love chief machins ma chan mate who has been the recruit in n charge at boise idaho tor for the curt alti three years will be transfer to duty on board some ship of biml pa I 1 i fleet d dasi lla up labout bout march 14 1938 over with planes and some hh 00 men will assemble for IT U ow oci Fleet leot problem a battle sonA euver which will simulate ac alu war conditions in defense of a OB ie line extending from the A oth etli lan fan islands in alaska to a p ipolit 0 int t a distance southwest of hawaii problem will extend over a AT d of about six weeks and will frol ne of the most extensive in the colne try ry of naval maneuvers e eaf W I 1 appropriations provide tor for an average enlisted en liste strength of 0 imen men for the fiscal year of 1937 of I 1 this number were advanced tn in rating exclusive of apprentice seaman to seaman second class because ot of the requirements tor for new ships the enlisted personnel allowance for 1938 Is menthe percentage of in 1937 was wads percent which required iho clio of new men thesa men were selected from a total of applicants which la is tho the reason the recruiting service requires the he t services of 81 officers 36 of whom are doctors and enlisted men to mallit maintain aist 35 main and sub stations throughout the country the son of a czecho slovakian imm immigrant grant will become command er in chiet chief of 0 the united states fleet early this year when admiral claude C bloch re relieves rieves admiral arthur J during the spanish american war admiral bloch served under the renow renowned neKI fighting bob evans on the IOWA and earned cl a citation for conduct for his participation in the descue of spaniards from burning vessels of admiral cerveris Cerve veras rasp squadron while in co command minand of tho the transport Platts plattsburg burg during the late war admiral bloch was awarded the navy cross for distinguished service statistics reveal that over one fourth of our navy is under awen ty tive five years yeara ot of age which by tho the way is the maximum age it is further revealed that 85 percent of the enlisted personnel ot of the navy is under the age r rat t there are sailors in the navy who have not reached the age of 25 and of this number 17 are between the age of 21 and 24 dearest sighed the young marine could you learn to love me 1 I guess so replied the girl 1 I once learned to eat spinach 0 |