Show NEWS FROM U S NAVY recruiting STATION SAUT SAIM LAKIE LAKE CITY the following nautical novelties were furnished by the U S navy recruiting station salt lake city utah additional ones will will be furnished each week there hangs in the reception room of the new york two ordinary coal shovels that have a brass plate attached which announces that king george of england englan d and king albert of belgium had used these shovels to fire boilers on this ship on the occa occasion alon of their visit to new york it is said they both made honorary coal passers during the world war the american mine laying division planted mines between betwee ir the baltish isles and norway checking the agress of german submarines by this route american cruisers and tana boits poi ta garrbed just less than 1010 0 soldiers soldier or 43 per cent of our overseas army to france without loss of a man american warships escorted 82 per cent of all transports from the united states to europe they loot last the antilles covington and president lincoln all homeward bound there were re crossings of the danger zone with a total loss of men no passengers and four ships after the Arm amutice itice the american mine e vessels swept up the mines they had laid one of the great feats of the postwar post war navy the navy ha has haa s the largest crane ship in the world crane ship no 1 formerly tire the U S S kearsarge its enormous machinery macht nery can lift tons twice the weight of an locomotive on saturday and sunday november 7 and 8 over visitors came aboard the aircraft carrier Saxa saratoga toga there would have been many more except tor for the limitations of transportation to and from the ship the body of john paul jons jones was found in paris on march 31 1905 by general horace porter ambassador to france it was brought to the U S in july of that year and P placed laced la in the crap crypt t of the chapel at the U S na naval academy at annapolis on april 17 1912 a statue to him our first great mariner was waa wa s unveiled in washington some of the inset inscriptions options on the statue are first to compel a foreign man of war to strike colors to tha th a stars and stripes surrender I 1 have not yet begun to fight john paul jines definition ot of a naval officer promulgated in I 1 n 1779 is still regarded in tire the american navy as an to the service the definition is as follows it is by no means enough that an officer of the navy should be a ca capable pabla mari mariner fier he must be that of course but also a great deal more he should be as well a gentleman of liberal ed ti uca cation tion refined manners punctilious courtesy and the nicest se senco zise of honor bonor 11 |