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Show "Nautical Novelties" The native population of American Ameri-can Samoa has increased 90 percent per-cent since 1900 and is new 10,773. This increase-is d rectly attnuted to the sanitary and medical work of Naval Medical Officers. About once in every four years, Hawaiian natives of Honolulu reap a golden harvest from the beach of WaikiW. A special tide that occurs onlv that often washes into in-to the coral beds of Wa kiki beach rings, watches, bracelets, and gi ld pieces which bathers have lost while enjoying Hawaii's Riveria. On April 6, Bear Admiral Peary of the United States Navy went around the world in. six seconds. He stepped one pace from the North Ple and then, d'escrib ng a circle in eight paces, wlas back at I the starting point, taking about 5 seconds on the journey and pass-ling pass-ling through all the meridians. ! Before discovering the North Po'.e, Peary had spent 23 years in Arctic j explorations or ;n making preparations prepara-tions for them. A neat trick in ship surgery was done by England during the World War. Two of its destroyers of the Isame class the Zul;i and the Nub-'ian Nub-'ian bump-d into mines and were I damaged beyond roiiair, the for.v.-! for.v.-! er Icing her bow and the latt-.-r ! her stern. In the Navy Yard, the Ishipr. were put in half and the !gcod bow of the Nubian was welded to the gcod stern cf the Zulu and the "new" sh p was named Zupian. Epaulettes and shoulder marks, new worn by Naval Officers, survive sur-vive from olden days when fight-in? fight-in? men were metal plates on their shoulders to protect ihem from saber cuts. It was the historic battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac which proved that wooden ships were obsolete. Millions of people have read the account 0f , ) worid-momentous battle but hS not know that at the tlrnc t ' I attle was fought, the Mon tor Ie ' not government property but cwi,ed by its designer, John ' son of Vermland, Sweden? United States Navy Recrultc the Naval Training ' Station ' s.M Diego, California, average a' T in weight of about 14 psunds three months. Th s th r of hard work and drills, ' nourish ng food, and the keeni? ' cf regular hours. Tne Salt Lake recruiting n, tnct ctmprises the States of otah Idaho, Wyoming and Montani ' j These states are well represent ' in the Navy by the Battleshlns- n S. S. UTAH, U. S. S. IDAHO am,' ' iU. S. S. WYOMING; and th! Cruisers: U. S. S. SALT CITY, U. S. S. BOISE and tr r ' HELENA. ' ' I The above "Nautical Novelties ' jweve furnished by the Navy He ' cruiting Station, Salt Lake r.tJ ; Utah. ' |