The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-20
York; S. Herbert Wolfe, Washington;
and ]. w. Sullivan, of the American
Federation of Labor.
MAN SENTENCED FOR
FAKE STORY

Passaic, N. j., July 2O.-The man
who started rumors of disaster to
American warships, which grew to
wild reports that the New York naval
hospital had been overcrowded with
wounded men, is believed to have
been found yesterday in the person of
Charles f. Knapp. District Attorney
Lynch has obtained confession from
Knapp which is said to contain WV
i'd picture of an American dread
naught. The prisoner, who was SEN
fenced to one year in Jail on charge
of disorderly conduct, will probably
be the subject of Federal grand
jury investigation.
Knapp's purpose in spreading the
story, it is said, was to prfit finan-
c'aly from sympathy he aroused by
claiming to be one of the survivors
OF the battle. He piled his begging
. operations successfully among sail
org, soldiers and marines, it is de.
! cared
When arrested Knapp was wearing
! the uniform of chief gunner's mate.
The Artillery School of instruction
at Fortress Monroe was established
in 1924.
The giving of cheers as acompli-
ment to any officer is forbidden by
the navy regulations.
Ali OF the largest guns for the navy
ar" manufactured at the gun factory
in Washington, D. C.
Warships are said to be in signal
distance when it is possible to make
out ag signals.
The Government pays no royalties
on ordnance or other inventions made
by officers Of the army or navy.
The only corps of the navy con
sisting exclusively Of Annapolis grad.
yates is the Corps of Naval Con.
structors.
The flag of the Secretary of the Ma.
Wy is of scarlet bunting and bears up
on 1t an eagle with outstretched
wings.
From 1892 to 1896 the regular army
was known under the official title of
the Legion of the United States.
Chaplains are on the same footing
with other officers of the army as to
tenure of office, retirement and pen.
sion.
Electric lights, Roman candles and
rockets are among the common meth.
DDS Of night communication by war
ships at sea.
The Oldest armored cruiser in the
United States Navy is the Saratoga.
formerly the New York, which was
launched rs years ago.
The funeral of Admiral Farragut,
who died at Portsmouth, N. H., in
1870, was the most elaborate ever
given an officer of the United States
Navy.
The wardrobe of an officer of the
United States Navy includes special
full dress, full dress, evening dress.
mess dress, and white and blue ser.
| vice dress uniforms.
| The many retired officers of the
United States Army who have been
recalled to active service in the pres
ent emergency receive the full pay
emoluments of their rank.
Major generals of the United State,
Amy wear their sashes across the
| body from the right shoulder to the
left side, while brigandier generals
wear their sashes around the waist
When the President visits one of
our warships it is required by the
navy regulations that the drum give
four ruffies and the bugle four flour.
ishes, followed by the national air
played by the ship band
The old frigate Constellation. now
doing duty as naval training ship at
Newport, is 100 years old. She was
one of the six frigates laid down in
1894 as the first division of the United
States Navy.
One of the most notable cases of
mutiny in the United States Navy oc.
Cured just rs years ago, when Mid.
shipman Spencer, a relative of the
Secretary of the Navy, along with a
boatswain's mate and a seaman was
hung from the yardarm of the u. 8
). Somers, for suspected mutiny.