New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY F1rz1HuGH GREEN IL sN
Photographic Office.

Flghtlng Is the NaVy'S vocation Like pugilist or a policeman the Navy must arm, train, drill and grind in nro pstratlon for the great moment ytb,, It can really test it's strensth.
 but every fighter must also b,,,o It.: 'IoI"'ions. lie must devote himsclf "ilh enthusiasm to peaceful t,sI-a Whlch shall not only distract his na,. VouS concentration from the Wear ,n,z .e"i ol the war game, but shall alec Iu9'lAS hlS existence in the community lie N'FyS aVocatiOns are innu,oa, able 1 oilAef-
 one of them is making charts Par lis'p9 HOW hefe else in the Navy is the o'''i"HF pelWcen man and machine so ,lp., "9 III the Hydrographic Office ,i'c tue Nhlef--rank of Captain or judges with artistic nicety of '''e tue ueHcate shades of d new chart, in the same moment he may be eauglng the diaboIical pcrfectjon of sohlo insignificant reef or island for batting a submarine tran or laying a deadly mine field.
 rOgraphy--literallv a writing or drawing of the water-is taught our officers 1t Annapolis. Sooner or later nearly every graduate has a crack at surveying duty. Under the Hydro- sfaphlc Ottlcc of the Navy Department several vessels are kept constantly pu@y revising the old charts or making ne" ones of coasts and harbOrs all over the world.
 Imagine the value of such work
 Buoy on port bow, sir" a quarter master reported to the captstin of d destroyer Huh" gruntcd the lieu tenant, put that in myaelf-three yards too far out tOO.' He chuClled "Spcnt three months here on map work. Bet I could bring this bucket in With both hands tied behind me and my head in d hard tack bag!" Figure thaat fellows worth in War scouting~-no buoNs, no lights, no any thing, except that experience of his from which he now knows this bay as cnce he knew his nursery floor.
 The marine world turns for guid- anCe to the H. c. as they call it. Last year PAP new charts came out. From PCarH's newest Polar Map to the latest set for the West Indies and the samoan Islands vast areas of ice, reef, shoal, and blue water have been measured with microscopic ex- actitude.
 In the same time l2 new volumes
 
 six additional volumes prepared. Ehcae books give more than just the picture of the harbOr. They stand like a pilot a the Captains elbow and counsel his every step of the way. ''Don't turn too sharp at the entrance" they read. Allow 300 yards when passing tho lightship, then steer for the red house on the hill 0heod--Or, if you must check use Fullers wharf on the right name in big letters" Follow direc- l tions for obtaining provisions, water 1 medical service, and other useful in | form ation. And all neatly bound to 1 go with the proper charts to our sail , ors all over the word--for a few 1 cents d copy.
 Then there arc the charts and sta 1 ton catalogues. the light lists, AnG ! Notices 10 Mariners. The last named l is a regular bulletin containing all 1 sorts of timely information about l WreCks, derelicts, new reefs and shoals 1 channel changes, and thousand 1 other little items so vital to a ships 1 safety In return all vessels con- l tribute to these notices through the i H. Q.
 Since the Titanic disaster regular patrol has been kept in the ice lanes