Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished by the U S navy recruiting station salt lake city tic the first foreign flag to fly over the british building was vas tto the baited states flag it was flown at tha th tallest spire on april 1917 in celebration of the U S entry to the world war about 72 of the surface of the cloce is covered by its oceans anil and tea tho the average depth is awu miles in the pacific the greatest depth discovered Is tet fet off p alo tto island of mindanao in the dilill the deepest point in tho th atlantic is near the mouth of 0 thi the th i R ro 0 o de la plata where the depth is S miles tho the largest submarine tho the unit ted states navy had in 1913 WM nas 2 buc IG N A t bang ang maid and di t al tons eight years later the navy built the IV V boats tet feet lon ion ich I 1 ill a displacement ol of 2161 2164 tons all ships of if the united states navy are quipped equipped t with good ill librae aar IFS tho the men of the navy read over a million books annually which are loaned to them by the navy all citizens of the united stated pre are to observe monday october as navy day by dis r p abing aying the national emblem 0 01 11 homes and public buildings and by conducting on ducting appropriate exercises wherever possible proclamations j lavo lave been issued by the president ot the united states governors of states and mayors of cities all ships A and stations of the united states navy will be open for in ejection by the public and the navy invites every citizens citizen sto to visit the nearest naval activity prom from every direction we hear bear it said erld that the upkeep of I 1 the lie navy Is too expensive civilians cry out in anguish at the millions spent on the navy yet white while the airm rm millions sounds bounds enormous to 0 tile the individual it Is not so to a large nation like ours american business busi nets men are great advocators advocatory advocat ors ot of insurance they take out insurance for or ferels damage then life disablement flood and earthquake yet the greatest insurance ot of all gnu ana the most likely to pay dividends is insurance against war the rate ot of this insurance when considered as the cost of 0 maintaining a first line ot oot national defense W E comparda com parea to the volume of business of the nation is a lower rate than any of thee others it has been elated that the tax on cosmetics alone would maintain the worlds largest navy while the tax on deal cigal cites would pay tor for an army and nava greater than any known during the world war pe riol tile ho united states built 2500 ships ot of gross tons at a cost ot three and one halt half billion dollars but duo to the hasty construction and obsolete standards these vessels had to be disposed ot of after the war period tills this fact bears out the following statement made by our former president theodore goow the navy must be built and all its training given in time of peace when war has broic en out it is too late to do anything what do our people expect ot of ill thal navy first and preeminently they expect it to prevent war it ii 13 r uch itch easier to prevent sickness than to cure it and war is a terri ue sickness A nation with an efficient and adequate navy will not bo be attacked by an aggressor until after very careful consideration strange as it may seem the american navy had its origin in the army and george washington was it its admiral in lire dire need d of supplies in fit the tall fall of 1775 washington tilted fitted out several vessels manned by soldiers under command of army f ff leers for the purpose 0 of capturing the needed articles from english supply ships bound for boston this soldier navy had surprising ring Bic ceia avid and captured 35 prizes |