Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
DIVERS TO APPEAR
IN NAVY GAY FEATG
Departments Activities in
Washington to Be Open to
Public Saturday.

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prominence during the past year as a
result Of the sinking Of the submarine
ga and subsequent efforts to provide
escapes for men in the vessel. will be
demonstrated to the public at the
Washington Navy Yard Saturday as a
part of the function in connection with
the celebre ton Of Navy day. Thu birth
anniversary Of the late Pres ident Fooso-
relt has been set aside annually for
focusing the attention of the neople
on its first line of defense. the NAVY.
Practically all naval activities in the
city will be open to the public Satur-
Gay. beginning at the Washington Nav
Yard at o'clock in the morning. wh-n
the gun factory will be thrown OMEN.
Full" $4,000 visitors are expected to
seek this ~ portunity to view the naval
ectlviti"s tEere. which through the re-
n1alroer cf the year are denied them
flans nave been made to coach 125
Suldes to Explain the details.
Tie dlIing exhibitions will ba
given frora the diving boat Crillv he
ginning at $50 am and continuing
each hour Until pm There will be
special exhibition of diving at |
o'clock by The students at the Deep SEA
Diving School.
Concert in Morning.
A band concert will be gwen from
$50 to 9:l5 in the morning. followed
NJ guard mount The band will give
c-hsr concerts throughout the morning.
There will BE- pouring of iron in the
foundry at 10 O'Clock and At 1890 thu
Marines will have fire drill. A half
hour later there will BE- a pouring Of
steel in the foundry. and at i 80 a sec
cna pouring of steel.
In the afternoon at O'Clock both
the marines snd sailors will have a fire
Grill. followed, at 2:30 by foot ball
same between team from the crew
CT the Reina Mercedes. station shin at
annapolis and the team from the See
nan Gunners' School at the lccol ward
There will be special guard mount
e. pm. and half hour later ~n-
other pouring of a heat of steel in he
foundry.
There will be big air show 9t 30
by planes from the Na"al Air Station
at Anacistia and from Granite. which
cen be witnessed from tl,s navy ward.
Inls VIII include formation flying b.
GU planes. parachute iumni~c. z-1~',--
screen laying formation flying, lighting
planes in action, aerial acrobatics cnd
cropping of bombs On th> navy ward.
Colors will be sounded at the main cate
at sunset. STA pm.
There will BE- four ships al the ward
open to visitors throughout the dav
Including the presidential yacht Nav
flower: the yacht of the Secretary Of
the Navy, Sylph: the light cruiser
Merblehead and the destroyer Abel P.
Urshur. The aforementioned the tr- ;;>'.7r
ship for the United States Naval Re-
RpHyN lat faiS
Iumola. Various emergency drills will
Be held aboard these ships through the
day.
The day will be celebrated at the east
END Of the Navy Building at 1880
o'clock, when Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Robinson will address gath
ering Of officials and civilians. He will
be introduced by William Howard
Gardiner, president of the Navy League
Of the United States.
Obseryances Elsewhere.
The Naval Hospital, at Twenty-fourth
and z streets, will be open to visitors :
for inspection throughout the day. as
viii the Naval Observatory, the latter
from am. until 430 pm, without
the necessity of Obtaining the usual
special tickets of admission. Capt.
Charles S. Freeman, superintendent of
y.
guides to explain the apparatus and
what is done at this institution. Dur
Ing the evening, however, it will be
necessary to obtain tickets of aGnlis-
sion from the superintendent, and these
VIII be issued to the maximum number
that the observatory can accommodate
In connection with the announcement
Of the plans for the celebrations, Sec
rotary Wilbur says:
The annual observance of October
n az Navy day has for its purpose a
periodic review of the intimate relation
between the national maritime interests
and the national welfare
The United States L the largest i'm
porter and the second largest exporter
in the world. In addition We have an
cceangoing, cosatwise trade incompa-
rable greater than any other country
The total value of American properly
carried on the high sea each year near
~ equals the national debt and is much
n excess of corresponding values for
oAher countries.
Upon the security of this stupendous
sea-borne commerce depends the very
existence of many of our largest in
iustries and the livelihood of millions
Of olJr citizens with the NAVY
rests the responsibility of maintaining
portation."
Various Exercises.
other exercises In connection with the
day were announced at the Navy De-
partment rs follows: United Spanish
War Veterans, 1890 am. at the mast
Of the u. S. s. Maine in the Arlington
National Cemetery: Naval and Milit2ry
Order of the Spanish War. 1890 am.
81 the tomb of Admiral Dewey Beth
lehem Chapel. Washington Cathedral;
knights of Columbus, II am, John
Barry Statue, Franklin Square: Danes
OF Loyal Legion, 1880 am. Dupont
Memorial, Dupont Circle; Military
Order of the Loyal Legion of the United
States, 1o:45 am, Farragut Statue,
Farragut Square: the Soiourners' Cub
1870 am: John Paul Jones Statue. foot
o: Seventeenth street at which Walter
Bruce Howe, national chairman Of the
Navy day committee. will lay wreath
and Veterans CT Foreign Wars of United
Etates, 10 am, Peace Monument, Penn
Mvlya Yia avenue and First greet