Evening star., 1923-07-01

commander cnn,nn ssr'eH Howard Mads' tccI. United
States Navy. Finance committee.
Commander Higgins (S.Co. United
States Navy.
Uniforms will be left to the dis
erection of the Individual guests but
white trousers, duck OF flannel, with
sack coats, is suggested by tho CON,
mittee as the most comfortable and
suitable clothes for these hot nights.
A strong appeal to. commanding
officers to secure more entrants to the
Naval Academy from the enlisted
personnel has been sent out by the
Bureau of Navigation with copies OF
| the 1924 regulations governing ga aas d.
are urged to begin instruction OF
likely candidates now for the exam
nations which will be held next
April. placing the work In the hands
Of capable and interested instructors
Practical demonstration of how the
naval recruiting slogan, Join the
Navy and See the World" works out
in service is given by an interesting
report from the destroyer Smith
Thompson sent to the department
! while she was at Chefu. China.
Her skipper adopted the novel idea
of painting on her mast the name OF
each port visited since being com
misSioned in 1919. and now the prob
lem he faces is Of finding room for
those to come.
More than sixty ports are listed on
| the mast. Starting with Philadelphia
the list includes Constantinople, Alex
| andria, Port Said, Bombay. Singa.
| pore. Manila, Shanghai and dozens OF
places in out-of-the-way parts Of the
| world
Restoration of the graves of an off,
| Ger and seven or eight men, members
4 of the Perry expedition to Japan In
| the fifties, In the Loo Choo Island. ha:
been ordered by Secretary DENLY.
! Acceptance of the offer of the Rev
Earl II. Bull. missionary of the Meth
| tendent of the Loo Choo Islands, Il
| have the graves and headstones re
| stored is contained in a letter JUS
sent to him by the Secretary.
| Requesting merely that the wori
be of as permanent a nature as pos
sible, the Secretary leaves the de
tails to the bishop. placing a limi
on the expenditure of 400 yen. IL
his letter the Secretary says:
THE care of the graves OF naVa
dead at home and abroad In aimos
/ every land Is one Of the official du
| ties of the Navy Department, as vel
as a custom founded on the tradi
| tionS and the spirit of the naval serv'
ice, and the department therefore
| gratefully accepts your kind offer Il
\ superintend the restoration of thes'
seven or eight graves.
1T is regretted that at the tim,
| Commodore Matthew Galbraith Perry
| visited the Loo Choo Islands. abou
| seventy years ago. the same carefu
| attention was not given to the trans
mission Of the full records to the de
| partment as was given to the honor
| able sepulcher of the remains.
| I'm accepting your kind offer, per
| nit me to request that you have theS
graves and gravestones restored a
| may be practicable with a view rathe'
! to lasting results. using your own judg
ment as to the character OF the worl
found really necessary when yo'
shall undertake II. the cost to be lin
tied to the 400 yen estimated by you.
An illustration of the increasing in
terest shown in the various trainini
schools for enlisted men in the Nav.
is seen in the report just submitte'
to the bureau of navigation fror
Pensacola.
Practically one-third of the entir
station complement at the naval al
tStation there is enrolled in the Nav
seducation system. During the mont
OF May an average of more than on
assignment per man enrolled wa
The following additional course
hare pow available upon request {
navigation: Boiler care and repair
prepared by the bureau of engineer
fling; pharmacy. prepared by medicin
and surgery: geography and citizen
ship.
tions will be conducted for the ap
pointment OF seventy-two gunner