The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-07-04
|NEW CELEBRATION
INDEPENDENCE DAY
ONE HUNDRED SHIPS ARE TO
BE LAUNCHED BY THE u.
S. GOVERNMENT.
NO Ships Have Been Held Back 10
Make Big Showing on This Day
But Extra WORK Has Made the
Stupendous Task Possible.

Washington, July 3-The United
States celebrates independence Day
tomorrow by launching between sun
rise and sunset, more ships than
Germany's submarines can destroy
III month at their present rate of
underseas piracy
one hundred ships-perhaps more
approxmateH half million tons
Of dead weight tonnage are expected
to slip from their ways
Without holding back single ship
in order to swell the number for In
dependence Day launching the ship
workers by Drawn and sacrifice have
made ready at least % ships, and Il
is said not to be improbable that the
number will be one hundred. These
ships, when completed at the same
rate of speed which has made posi-
BILE their launching today will take
their places in the bridge of ships
to France" which will maintain the
armies fighting to defeat Germany.
ably will be accounted among the
safest and sanest Fourth of July cell
ebrations in the history Of this coun-
try has been made possible only by
the loyalty and devotion of the ship
yard workers themselves working
under the organization OF Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board and
Charles NJ. Schwab, the new director
general of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration.
The request OF Chairman Hurley
and Mr.. Schwab that the day be
celebrated by launching the greatest
number of bulls ever put overheard
| In one day, specified distinctly that
the war program was so pressing
that it would not be permissible to
| delay launchings which could be
made earlier Any ships put into
the water must be the result of ex-
ira exertion to get them ready a
J head of scheduled time.
| The response Of the workmen, the
men who actually are building the
merchant marine, needs no comment
| other than the list Of vessels to be
| added today to the worlds marine
| population Sacrificing their regu-
lar Saturday half holidays, accepting
only straight pay instead of time and
working overtime the men speeded
| up production in great drive for
n Fh hoC
full that the launchines today exceed
by $4,000 deadweieht tons the entire
| output Of 1901, the best pre-war year
| in American shipbuilding
If an official communique were is
sued on the result of the days oper-
ations, its mish read thus:
i Our shiphulders attacked the
( iboat campaign today everywhere
/ in America achieving their objective
/ early in the assault and pushing for
beyond. The result utilities in one
| day all that the German underwater
\ navy takes more than one month to
/ accomplish. All our units behaved
+ magnficently and it is expected that
distinguished service medals will be
| awarded soon to some individuals by
| the Shipping Board"
Beginning in the east, because of
| differences in time, the launchings
until the last hull has been floate6
on the waters of the Pacific. At
| least IS ships are expected to be
mage of 470,5S6. Work has continued
until the last minute in hope of the
| launching of other ships. Launch
inss planned for Atlantic and Gulf
yards number IS, including 7wood-
en- vessels of 95. 700 tons, and all
steel ships OF 1886 tons. The Great
Lakes yards Will launch IA steel
ships of 41.n00 Maintaining its re-
| cord, the Pacific coast will land the
rest OF the country with 20 wooden
| and " steel launchinss, totalling
25070O tons.
The Bethlehem Union Plant OF
| San Francisco will have the honor
| of launoh hing three ships with a ca
pacity of $4,000 tons. The Moore
Shipbni1ding Company at Oakland,
| Cal, also will have a triple launching
the tonnage being 2S,200. Triplets
! also will be born in the Encorse,
| Mich. yard of the Great Lakes Ship
building Co, the tonnage being s.
800