Show 0 nautical novelties I 1 0 U the navy department has issued a general argeneral order that will provide basic instructions on aviation to all officers of the united states navy the department states that it desires that all line officers have personal flight experience as a basis on which to judge and ap preci ate the potential value and limitations of aircraft in naval warfare admiral reeves commander in chief of the U S fleet is planning to have the fleet pass thru the panama canal in less than 47 hours the time required for its passage to the east coast attempts will be made to cut the time down 24 hours the record for a sailing ship is 21 knots there are over 1200 ships at the present time on the american shipping list that depend on sails for motive power since the dawn of recorded history adventurous men have sailed the oceans reaching out as time passed and navigation and ships developed men of the sea transformed the into the known the annals of colonization commerce and civilization are overwhelmingly a history of those who go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in the great waters in the record of achievement the navies of the world have had a large share in our own history the united states navy has had a real part in its developments development whether jr in war or peace it is an acknowledged fact that the navys errands of mercy have saved more lives than th an its it s guns have destroyed this has been accomplished by the rushing of medical attention provisions and supplies to stricken areas of floods famine fires and earthquakes in additional disasters it has always been the navy which has first offered assist assistance anceto to the population of stricken areas the modem navy destroyer is a long slender ship of about 1200 tons displacement its length is a little over feet and is about 30 feet wide it has more horsepower per pound of weight than any other type of ship and is capable of speed up to 40 miles an hour i thirty three men will be enlisted in the knifed states navy from froin the salt lake recruiting district during the month of september fifty men were enlisted during the month of august great britain has a warship named sandwich italy one called bologna germany the hamburg and the united states has the turkey quail and teal during the past years 1800 to 1934 the navy has conducted scientific expeditions to every quarter of the globe discovering new lands and new civilizations treating with strange peoples and attaining to hitherto unknown regions by ship dog sled and aircraft |