| Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES E s furnished toy by the U G S navy recruiting station salt lake ib city lt Y on july 3rd ard 1898 santiago cuba was held by the spanish army and a spanish leet fleet of 0 4 cruisers and 2 destroyers destro yera under admiral cervera was in the harbor the city was besel gerl by Awe rican troops and the harbor was blockaded I 1 by admiral sampson with 4 battleships 2 armored cruisers crul sera and a converted yacht cervera received a cable from ram the spanish minister ot of marine to run the blockade go to manila and destroy deleys deweys fleet and then to return to cuba although cervera had a very infer interior lor force and was almost out of coal he gallantly attempted to carry out his orders at july 3 1898 he left the harbor and headed west due to the inefficiency ot of the forces his ships were overtaken in spite of the fact act that before his egress the american ships had been steaming under halt half boiler power to save fuel in a running tight fight along the coast the spanish ships were sunk one vy by one or forced eato to run up on the beach in flames the last ship su rendered at p in seeing the spanish ships burning up the crew ol of the TEXAS cheered and captain john phelp called out dont cheer boys those poor fellows are dying the spanish lost about killed and wounded the Axne americans ricans had 1 man killed and 2 wounded the remains ot of the spanish fleet can still be seen along the southern coast ot of cuba on july 1st ast 1936 the great lakes naval training station near chicago was opened lor for ive re to the naval Reser reservists vista ol of tle the middle west state stales reservists in that sector will make training cruises from chicago to ito duluth ani detroit the old cruisers willamette wilmington DUBUKE PADUCAH and HAWK will be used the number ot reservists to be taken will be the largest number taken on such an extended jaunt since world war days the united states lias has an extra special ceremony known as the salute to the nation which consists of one gun for each of the for ty eight states this mimic war la is staged only at noon on july ath at military posts although it has been given on a few other occasions such as the death of a president the navy full dresses ship and tires fires a twenty one gun salute at noon on the ath of july on july ath 1917 the united states destroyer U S S PORTER commanded by lieutenant commander ward K rescued THIRTEEN MEN ALEN and a BLACK CAT from the floating mast of the schooner they had been in the water tor lor 72 hours during the past fiscal year july lot 1936 1935 to june 1936 1578 young men from the intermountain mount aln region applied tor for enlistment in the united states navy through the salt lake recruiting district of his number were actually ep enlisted listed |
