Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-31

sn,s, overlooked the fact that MANY :,
soiete departments are AIN i'uy %.
swung, one section OF the serv,e. ~ tull
ano.her mas been, to use a navsI allet
sMspt ny proadsldes; and Vet ~ "tm'
,ilua,ed Pigeon Service-drst ,ns,, an.
py one Noah of Ark notorietv"ss,,suiVated
mains IN being. A number Of ns .i'l re-
nave been made, through tho nrs Sso'es,s
ptlvately. against keeping m ana
praneh or the service; vet NY ms
BOARD ollngs To it as II wlrees. naval
aapny were mere fgment OF the s'' ,lss
according TO recent estimate. 4.
plrns employed by the English nsr, me
carrier purposes. number no les, ior
t,vVo, ana cost, approximately nan nan
ming IKE Sl5,0D year To tos sD"ls-
framing There are pigeons ke5p, IN
each or the four home naval ~ a.
portsmouth, Chatham. Plymou,hV 'es,
Pembroke--and besides these b,ra. ana
installed at Malta and Glbraltar are
Ihe training OF these birds is
req on with great care and tho ssr,. Sar'
or many skilled ofiicers-whose .,ces
lion might be devoted to soma "s'eh'
up-to-date part OF the service-aro" .ore
ployed IN this work. This brSreL en.
tne service Is specialized. and staf,s W
appointed al each of tho polnts r.s al-
TONED TO Keep the seryice eme,nI,
Each bird has pedigree and h ,s,o..
sheet, with complete record NJ W.
forinances great deal M 80 a.
work Is connected with "keepipg ,ai h.s
on the various birds, and both na os
Officers and laymen are askIng--u' Iu,sl
tne use IN maintaining at such eyns.
diture both of money and brains an 4,
stitution that is far behind the ,,na.
Perhaps however, this Is quite acrors
TX TO the fitness of things. for tber u'g-
q fairly well grounded belief tha, ~.
Famous British navy Is, after ali ro NJ.
what It Is cracked up TO be. '''
The pigeons are especially troirad :.
ny certain distances in given dlro, 4"
lions. and each bird is, of comrsa
Instructed to seek mn,
Tight. one particular poln, d,
objective. Birds are taken ~,
an early age and flown IN dlstaroa,
divided between 100 and 1870 miles. ~,
distance being gradually increased 'o az
the bird learns more Of the service and
us muscles harden for longer nIpbts
In the Forthcoming naval maneuyers
II Is said that NAVAL Pigeons' ara "a
be much In evidence, and II will tbsn
be proved whether or not thew ava ~
much use. either in time OF peace a.
war. In the first place. the birds ar.
not trained to fly at night: and as
their distances are limited, II IL dla.
cult 10 see just where they would coma
In from a ship moving two or three
hundred miles in a few hours, In al.
dition to the fact that the birds canno,
fly at night. It has been found thst
weather conditions must be fayorahs
for the best results and. besides thie
the wind must be In the direction IN
which II Is intended TO Nv the carrier
In the event OF war breaking out and
birds being placed on outward bound
warships, there is no regular board.
ship coops for them. and no seamen
trained to arrange the messages they
would have TO carry At present ali
the flights have been arranged from
shore TO ship; and none from ship TO
shore-the birds being kept at The
naval bases already mentioned.
1t Is rather singular thing, and IL
arousing not little comment In naval
circles In England--and abroad also
that, while the naval estimates have
been smashingly dealt with. no one
has blue-penciled this obsolete and m.
efficient branch of service In the Al.
legged best navy In the world