The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-15

the attitude of begging American man
ufacturers to get acquainted" with this
country's foreign representatives
State Department Humor
The state department, to the mind of
the general public, is a drearysome
place, overlooking with formality,
stlff necks' and silent as church
yard Generally speaking, this con-
ception is correct. but at present there
is some person of frivolous mind con-
nected with the department, who leans
TOO much TO the human side of life to
make the posseSsor a valuable adjunct
to the solemn state department staff.
formal inquiry is being conducted
to discover the identity of this frivo-
lous person. The cause of the agitation
that stands at the entrance of the room
OF huntington Wilson, assistant secre-
tary of state, the following verse:
Our eyes have met,
Our lips. not yet,
But, o. you kid,
III get you yet"
The development of the efficiency of
the naval reserves, or militia of the
several states, is subject to which
deep thought is now being given by
Secretary Meyer of the navy. Efforts
are being made to secure needed leg
lsIaCion 10 promote naval militia ef-
1lclency- Commander J. c. Marsh, SON
ln-laW OF Rear Admiral Evans. retired.
mas immediate charge of the state naval
sailors.
Like Director of the Consular Service
Carr, Commander Marsh IS frequently
on the road visiting the headquarters
OF the various naval battalions, and by
hustllng and lecturing, stirring up SEN
timent and enthusiasm for the service.
Both men, 1t is said, have adopted the
successful methods pursued by John
barrett when he took charge of the
bureau Of American republics. No
place on the map is too far away nor
are personal conditions considered
when either get an opportunity to dis
course On their hobbies.
Calculations made roughly show thai
the Atlantic battleship fleet made
splendid records in the elementary tar
get practice recently completed off the
virginia capes. The Idaho, with a
final score of more than forty, leads
the fIeet- An idea of the excellence
OF the score may be gained when it
is remembered that the U s s. Mary
Ieno. leader of the Pacific fleet, made
maj score of thirty-eight under the
same conditions. This indicates that
the. Atlantic fleet once more has scored
a victory over the Pacific fleet in tar
get practice.
The practice this year was under
new rules, which made it more diff
cult than ever before Instead of fir
Ing at a stationary target in smooth.
or land-locked water, the vessels fired
q a lAONAHS target IN the open sea.
several remarkable records were made
The battleship Louisiana, which last
year broke the worlds record with one
or her twelve-inch turrets, euualed
her score on one of her runs at this
practice One turret, firing eight shots
at the running target, made eight hits
Another turret, firing eight shots, also
made eight hits. On the second run,
however, the gunnery crews were so
anxious to excel this record that they
fired too fast and spoiled what other
wise would have been generally ex-
cellent score.
Spectacular Night Firing.
The night firing especially, was
spectacular. Only the smaller guns
were used at the night fire, the object
Of the practice being to protect a bat
tleSh1p against torpedo attacks The
ships steamed out into the black sea,
the commanders knowing that three
or more targets We're hidden some
where By the aid of the searchIights
these targets were picked up, and the
three-irch guns Immediately marked
them as their prey.
The scores are calculated according
to the time it takes a ship to put the
targets out of commission Should
even one target be overlooked by the
ships commander, it is regarded as
very grievous mistake and counts
heavily against the ships score, be-
cause it is reasoned that if this tar
get had been a torpedo boat the ship
might have been destroyed. Each shot
fired at night has a small red tracer
attached. so they are easily discernible
as they pass through the air. 1t
makes the ship appear as if rockets
were shooting from all Sides and