Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES T furnished by the V U S navy recruiting station salt lake city th the e native population ot of american amerith an samoa has increased 90 per cent since 1900 and is now this increase is directly attributed to the sanitary and medical work of naval Af medical edical officers about once in every four years hawaiian natives of honolulu reap a golden harvest from the bench beach of waikiki kl A special tide that occurs only that often washes into the coral beds of waikiki beach rings watches bracelets cand and gold pieces which bathers have chave lost while enjoying riviera on april 6 1909 rear admiral peary ot of the united states navy went around the world in six seconds ile he stepped one pace from thi the north pole and then describing a circle in eight paces was back at the starting point taking about six seconds on the journey and passing through all the merin meridians ians before discovering the north pole peary had spent 23 years in arctic explorations or in making preparations tor for them A neat trick in ship surgery was done iby by england during the world war two of its destroyers or the same class the ZULU and the NUBIAN bumped into mines and were damaged beyond repair the former losing her bow and the latter her stern in the navy yard the ships were cut in half and theo good lt bow w ol of the NUBIAN was welded to the good stern of the ZULU and the new ship was named epaulettes Epaul ettes and shoulder marks now worn by naval officers survive from olden days when fighting men wore metal plates on their shoulders to protect them from saber cuts it was the historic battle between the MONITOR and the MERRIMAC which proved that wooden ships were obsolete millions ot of people have read the account of this world momentous battle but did you know that al a the time the battle was fought the MONITOR was NOT government property but was owned by its designer john ericsson of veraland land sweden united states navy recruits at the naval training Stal irn san diego calit calif average a gain gaill in weight eight of about 14 pounds in three months this is the result ot hard bard work and drills good nurl hang food and the keeping of regular hours the salt lake recruiting district comprises the states of utah idaho wyoming and montana these states are well represented in the navy by tile the battleships U S S UTAH U S S IDAHO and U S S wyoming and tile the cruisers U S S SALT LAKE CITY U S S BOIST BOISE 1 and U S S HELENA |