The Calumet news., 1912-07-18
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GOTHER HONORS
Effort to be Made to Break Du-
Iuth's Winning Streak

seven naval militia organizations
have the laudable intention this year
30 getting the Gopher's goat" and
hon the members OF the Duluth nav
a militia start on their annual cruise
on August they will find themselves
onposed to seven other crews deter
mined 10 wrest the laurels which the
Dnlnth men have been monopolizing
eor several years, says the Duluth
Herald.
The Gopher's crew has won every
c,,n for rowing races ever offered To
The naval militia. both for officers and
men The Gopher never lost "a signal
hoist until last year, and i'm the regu-
lar navy II is considered an excellent
record for a ship To win a majority
NJ the signal hoists. Last year the
Goph9r crew lost two hoists, but won
all the others. The Gopher crew
holds the records for the man over
hoard drill. and has won first place
With monotonous regularity I'm other
drills and maneuvers
This year the other ships crews
have determined to beat the Gopher
NJ all costs and the Duluth boys are
inst as determined to keep up their
record.
The Gopher will leave Duluth in the
afternoon of Aug. and is due to re-
mort 10 the flagship at Manitou island
at II q. m, Aug. IL. The eight ships
NJ the naval militia squadron will as
semble there for their drills and man
euvers. The ships are: the Gopher,
Essex Dubuque, Yantic. Don Juan de
Austria Dorothea. Hawk, and Wolv-
crime. Capt c. c. Marsh will no long
q direct the squadron. having been
relieved by Commander Stone of the
United States navy. Commander
Stone has been in the service for
thirty years, and is said to be an ex-
merit ON maneuvers and target practice.
He will plan all the maneuvers for
the squadron and the local boys are
expecting something out of the or
dinary.
Landing fartJ.
There win be landing party at
Nanitou one of the ships viii send
crew ashore during the night. They
win take up their position on the ISL
and and mount gatling guns. In the
morning the ships will line up In n
fan-shaped formation and shell the
beach Under cover of the fire the
men i'm small boats will attack the
beach and attempt a landing. There
will he nine boats from each ship
making a total of seventy-two small
boats.
The other drills include the signal
drill and the man overheard com
petition and the boat races. Quarter
master lie Page. who has been in tn,
regular navy recruiting Office at Du-
uth. has enlisted i'm the militia, and
he will be i'm charge OF the sigma
corps. The same men will comprise
the corps as last year, and they hope
10 win every hoist. as Quartermastei
lie Page was one of the expert sigma
men Of the regular navy.
Ensign Galloway of the regulai
navy Will he the Gopher's umpire IL
the various drills.
The squadron will spend about
week at the island and will then leave
for Chicago. to take part i'm the bi'
naval spectacle at that city Ther'
will be q landing party there also, an'
a novelty will be an exhibition o
bomb cropping from aeroplanes. I'm
viii be followed by a parade. Com
mander clyde w. Kelly Will be Il
charge of the Gopher. Next Saturda
the boat will take another short pre-
liminary cruise to the north shore
and the men will practice their drills