Evening star., 1926-10-26
PUBLIC WILL VIEW
NAVAL ACTIVITIES
Gun Factory and Other Ma
rine Establishments to Be
Inspected Tomorrow.

Naval activities in and around
Washington. which ordinarily are
Kept from the public view will be
thrown open to visitors tomorrow In
observance Of Navy day, which also
Is the birthday anniversary Of the
late President Roosevelt, an ardent
supporter of the bigger Navy.
Visitors will be permitted to see
operations at the Naval gun factory,
washington Navy Yard, the handling
of sea planes at the Naval Air
Station. and the products Of the
Naval torpedo plant at Alexandria.
There will be patriotic celebration
at 1890 pm. on the east side of the
Navy Building Secretary Wilbur
VIII deliver the customary address,
and Walter Bruce Howe, chairman of
the national committee Of the Navy
League, also will speak. The music
will be by the bands from the
Marine Corps East Coast expedition
ary post at Quantico, which also will
send a company of Marines and a
color guard.
Will Open at 8 AM.
The Washington Navy Yard and
gun factory will he open to visitors
from 8 am. to 80 pm. Guides will
be furnished for every one. There
VIII be band concerts there through
out the day and the ceremonial guard
mount will be held at 9:15 am AT
1890 am. a heat or iron will be
poured at the foundry, and pm. g.
neat of steel TO show how the castings
Tor the big Naval guns are made.
The slip models and the model basin
IN the construction and repair build
ing will be on exhibition and visitors
VIII be given an opportunity to see
how the naval constructors conduct
experiments with model ship hulls in
the water before they actually start
work on big ships of the Navy.
The presidential yacht Mayfiower,
the reserve destroyer Allen, Secre.
tary Wilbur's yacht Sylph and the
mine sweeper will be open for the
boarding of visitors during the entire
period the yard remains open. At
1l:30 am. and at $50 pm. there will
De exhibition gun drills by the crew
OF the destroyer Allen.
FROM until pm. there will be
an air show by the planes at the
naval air station. The air station will
De open, however, from 8 am. until
pm, and all types of land and sea
planes Will be on display, with naval
officers at hand to explain them.
Hospital to Receive Visitors.
The United States Naval Hospital,
at TWenty-third and E streets, will be
open from / to pm.
The Navy Department has sent de-
tails OF its program to the District
commissioners and the Board of Edu-
cation, and expressed the hope that
school children particularly will be
gwen an opportunity to visit the
navy yard for a few of the exhibits.
Lieut.. COmdr. II. Holloway Frost
will speak before the students of
George Washington University at
HOS am, and Rear Admiral Albert
Gleaves will speak at pm. before
the students of Georgetown Law
School
Capt. Conway w. Cooke, secretary
of the District of Columbia Federation
for Patriotic Observances. has in
formed the national Navy day chair
man that the tomb of Admiral Dewey
in Bethlehem Chapel will be decorated
at 1890 tomorrow morning by the
Naval and Military Order of the Span
ish War.
The statue of John Paul Jones, at
the foot of Seventeenth street, will be
decorated at 11:30 am. by the So
tournerS' Club. Rear Admiral l.. Z.
Gregory, president of the local club,
will be master Of ceremonies The
NVi'lti'lN' lollo"ihS tlie tIdultioII VI
SojournerS' Clubs, will open with the
singing of America" and will con-
sist of an invocation and an address
by Rear Admiral T. J. Cowie on the
life of John Paul Jones.
The knights of Columbus will deco
rate the John Barry statue, Franklin
Square. at IL o'clock.
The DANES of the Loyal Legion will
hold similar exercises at the Dupont
Memorial in Dupont Circle.
NATIONWIDE PROGRAM.