Show f ss j aaa NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished dy the like 0 S navy avy recruiting station Siai lun salt lake alty every year eltiy ship in our navy becomes one year closer to tho the aud ut of its useful lito life r etch tell yeal there here are a of our salih which ate aie reaching the overage overact period but our country has never bad dmd a regular gular re rebuilding Navy pro gram the snip ship cont of 0 out oui navy has been up and d down own bending to the wills of 0 the administration m be in n power from tile time of ft the ot of arms arma and treaty in 1922 up ill to and including 1933 the united stairs sates built very few ew ships chips ot of any kind were lifted by the ahe treaty 0 of 1922 but bui the oher navies ot of the world went ahead balding bul ding ships of all othet cla classy s that wese not limited by the 5 t 6 5 3 treaty wili the result that thal our navy dropped considerably behind we avo model mad a low few ot of our lanil and built balt a few gun boats ad crucera anile england jip dpn n ialy haly and even germany were building build ng up in all those causes cla saes of 0 ships not nol covered by tile the lim limitation tation ot of armament treaty ex plans plana one reason for the large laige bu briding bul ding Iding program ramat at the present ent ame it is necessary ni ebsary sary for us to do considerable building to replace the ob and average ships in our bleet as is well as add tile the additional ships required to bring our navy up to even the strength per mated by treaty it would be far ar better it bour our country adopted a definite bicy which would permit each year the laying down ot of such new saps that we will need for or the replacement ot of average ships cheh would be retired ilia that had reached the he end of 0 their usefulness to the fleet so that our navy can at all times be kept up to date with modern sh slips ipa tully lully marin manned zil wah up to datte and tra trained ned personnel to operate them A second class navy is like a second class aker hand good only until called and the united states needs arid and should have at a all 11 times nol mot a second class navy but a first class navy it if we have a navy 0 of this arthis kind our people can rest assured that it if we should ever become became involved in a war in the future our navy will justify every dollar we no have spent and every bit ot support that has been given it ex I 1 tract from see sea power editors note we take pleasure in quoting the below article from the blue bonnet ships paper ol of the heavy cruiser U S S houston returned jin n company with I 1 the U S fleet from the ithe hawaiian islands our fond memories of 0 the magic blagic isles are identical with those expressed in this article arit icle but our remembrances have always been so varied and enchanting that we dared not try to put them into words lest dest we should fail to do them justice and mar their beauty farewell hawaii Hawa fl we take our leave ot of you with mixed emotions piquant yearnings lor for home as against the memories ot of a beautiful paradise se yit in our n minds eye we Te reverie verle as we always shall in the remembrances of 0 your enchanting scenery and rank frank hospitality skies shies that one in moment e n pa palled 1 with a lim Uless expanse of ft ind indigo ig and in the next paired waiter from towering white vapor masses A sun that glowed like molten metal then was swallows swa llowd d by a cloud this was hawaii lik lii a purple ocean to eo clear that you you could count each link in the anchor chain we saw far below the cragged fantastic shapes ot of coral in 76 degrees fahrenheit SES sea water tinted fish cased effervescent bubbles as aa they made sudden scurries scurried ries in the ithe depitts 0 then remember how the wind rippled through the cane fields how it suddenly picked up and whistled d angrily yet through it ill all there W was another rustle a real iessi Kiss and quiver ot of growing things verdant lush vegetation grow grew everywhere it tilled filled the eye with a solid blob of green unbroken and unrelieved to the sea to those who made the tours the pall the blow hole the upside down falls haleakala the other major attractions these brought you a bit closer to the handiwork of 0 the great creator impressed we were reminiscently awed we are the royal hawaiian the alexander young hotel lau lail yee chat served as aa gathering places for or some here we laughed recounted stories glowed warm with tile the spirit of 0 the islands we were happily suffused with good fellowship arid and glad gild that the islands residents like liked M us perhaps you make a tour dr cr so 90 into town then re member most the hour the liula hula dancers the smoker the astr b abe ball games the handball courts the cho swimming pool movies on the quarterdeck quart erdeck the ithe land ottice office busl busi nos nes tit ait the ithe soda fouti fountain tain white uniforms arid and white chair covers and it all you drank deeply of cool restless air cur currents belits breezes that e enervated nerva ted completely without conscious ous effort A smile on every face ace that greeted us a vago vigorous us handshake tor for each aloha these tokens ot of friendship made us ua feel like visiting princes where else in ILL tills world we have felt so much like regal conquerors conqueror sT hawaii gave us all something whether it was its gran dothe masterpiece ter piece ot of nature or the effulgence c of warm hospitality or I 1 both it matters stirs not so much I 1 it t gl B irus ave ua something to remember ing to bo be missed something that tugged a bit at our heart strings in leaving and so we say aloha oe hawaii farewell to an island paradise that gave us so much and asked so little in return |