Evening star., 1934-10-26
ELABORATE PLANS
TO MARK NAVY DAY.
HERE TOMORROW.
Various Activities of Fight
ing Branch Will Be
Demonstrated.
NEW DESTROYER OPEN
TO PUBLIC INSPECTION
Program in Different Parts Of City
Will Include Many Interest.
ing Features.

An elaborate program designed to
show the various activities OF the
United States Navy will mark the
local celebration Of Navy day to-
morrow.
Thousands are expected to witness
demonstrations at the Washington
Navy Yard, where there will be many
features from 8 am. to late in the
afternoon. Also, special services will
be held at the statue of John Paul
Jones, at the foot Of Seventeenth
street, under auspices Of number OF
patriotic organizations. A wreath will
be placed on the statue of Commodore
John Barry, first American of that
rank, in Franklin Park, under aus
pices OF the Knights of Columbus.
New Destroyer Here.
As a special attraction, the Farra-
gut, the Navy's newest destroyer, was
brought to the Navy Yard yesterday
and will be open for inspection tomor-
row. Secretary Of Navy Swanson,
Assistant Secretary of Navy Roosevelt,
Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taussig, act
ing chief of naval operations, and
other high ranking naval officials are
to visit the Farragut.
Attractions at the Washington Navy
Yard tomorrow include air shows,
various exhibitions by Navy and Ma
rine personnel and demonstrations of
use Of Navy equipment.
Beginning at the main gate the
colors will be presented at 8 am. Fol-
lowing, in close order, will be dem
onstration at the torpedo shop and a
band concert; a formal guard mount
by Marines from the Washington bar
racks at am; special exhibition of
deep-sea diving from the boat Crilley
at 9:15, to be repeated each hour
until pm.
Navy Yard Program.
Following is synopsis of events at
the navy yard:
Machine gun demonstration, by
Marines from Quantico, $40 am;
demonstration Of making cartridge
case in shop, GAS am; demonstration
in forge shop, $50 am; battalion
drill by Quantico Marines, $50 am;
air show by planes from Naval Air
Station, 10 am: maneuvers with pack
howitzers by Marines, 1910 am:
parade of sailors, Marines and Coast
Guardsmen, 1918 am; demonstra-
ton of forging gun parts, 1920 am;
demonstration Of saving the crew Of
a ship in distress by Coast Guard life
saving crew, 1890 am; demonstra-
ton Of anti-aircraft machine guns,
1O:45 am; demonstrations in foundry
and forging shops, 11:05 am. and
11:10 am, respectively; anti-aircraft
drill on board the destroyer Farragut,
11:15 am.
Next come a series Of demonstra-
tions in the yard shops and cata-
putting an airplane; a demonstration
of fighting fire aboard the Coast
Guard cutter Apache, 1:20 pm;
parade of planes past the water front,
followed by individual air maneuvers,
1870 pm; guard mounting by COM
pany of Marines from the Washing
ton Barracks, las pm, to be fol-
lowed by a machine gun drill by
Marines, the catapulting of plane
from the yard catapult and battalion
parade.
Air Show to Be Given.
At 2:55 pm. begins an elaborate
air show by planes from the Aircraft
Fleet Marine Force Of Quantico, Va,
to include various fighting maneuvers
and laying down smokescreen.
At 3:15 pm. a parade Of sailors,
Marines and Coast Guardsmen will be
reviewed by Rear Admiral j. r. De-
frees and members of his staff from
the east portico of the commandant's
Office Starting at $3.50 pm. there
will come ii order maneuvers with
pack howitzers, demonstration by
Coast Guard life-saving crew, cata-
putting a plane, machine-gun demon
stration and simulated landing oper-
ations against hostile shore COM
pany. The program will be concluded
with the assembling of the colors at
the main Navy Yard gate at 5:13 pm.
A group of patriotic organizations
will assemble at noon at the John Paul
Jones Statue. Rear Admiral Thomas
j. Cowie will preside. The affair will
be under the joint auspices of the
Military Order of the World War and
the National Sojourner The United
States Marine Band, under direction
of Capt. Taylor Branson, will furnish
music. Invocation will be delivered
by Capt. Sydney K. Evans, chief of
naval chaplains and the life Of John
Paul Jones will be eulogized by Lieut..
Comdr. Webster NJ Thompson. The
colors and standards of the various
patriotic organizations will be grouped
around the statue.
Wreath to Be Placed.
The wreath will be placed on the
statue of Commodore Barry in Frank
lin Park at IL am. by George z.
Herring, State deputy of the Knights
of Columbus in the District of CO.
lumbia, who will be accompanied by
William A. Mulligan, State warden,
and Msgr. Eugene j. Connolly, pastor
of St. Peters Catholic Church, who
will deliver prayer.
In line with the days program, the
Naval Observatory will be open to
the public from g. am. to 4:30 pm.
and again from 7:30 pm. to 10 pm.
Admission viii be without cards dur
ing the day.
Tomorrow night, at Sis o'clock,
the three divisions of the local bat
talon Of Naval Reserves will drill at
the Naval Reserve Armory before
Assistant Secretary of Navy Roose-
welt. At the conclusion of the drill
Mr.. Roosevelt will present q silver
cup and three gold medals to the
battalion commander, Lieut.. James
E. Sullivan, to the division of the
battalion which shows the highest
drill attendance for this year.
Following the ceremony there will
be a dance given by the officers of the
battalion to the enlisted men and
their friends.
Navy day, sponsored by the Navy
League of the United States and first
celebrated in 1922, falls on the birth
day anniversary Of the late Theodore
Roosevelt, the date having been chos- |