7th INFANTRY 3AJU2
11 After much negotiation a distinctive insignia has been adopted
for the 7th Infantry and will be wrn by the officers on the shoulder
strap and service hat and by the enlisted men on the coat collar and
the service hat* Ihe device is taken from the regimental coat of arms,
and cons: sts of a wreath of blue bearing the regimental motto "Volens
et Potens*’ which encloses a pair of colonial bayonets crossed at the
center and on which is superimposed a bale of cotton in white*‘,—
{Army & Navy Register, Dec* 22, 1923}
The motto ''Volens et PotensK , translated means "Willing, and Able’*#
The crossed bayonets of the colonial type represent the service of the
regiment during colonial days and the cotton bale represents the forti
fications used at New Orleans by the 7th Infantry.
No information has been received from Regimental Headquarters as
to the wearing cf these badges by troops of this command as yet; but is
expected in the near future, together with information as to how they
may be obtained, _ _____
MINERAL OUTPUT OF.ALASKA INCREASED DURING L923; GOLD DECREASES
A total of #99;300,000 worth of minerals were produced by Alaskan
mines during 1923, according to the report of A*H*Brooks, chief geologist
of the territory, summarized in Juneau newspaprs* r-ftie production of gold
decreased decreased more than a million dollars, largely due to the dry
season in the interior, which handicapped the placer mines, ihe increased
of copper and coal, however, makes the total value 6 all minerals mined
exceed the 1922 total of «>19, 506, 365*.
The report comments on the intimate connection between transportation
facilities and mine production* "’ifith the rapid exhaustion of the bonanzas,
successful alluvial, mining necessitates a gre iter use of power driven mach
inery to harvest Alaska's very large reserves of lo'v-grade auriferous grav
els; but this work is possible only.in easily accessible districts* Lode
gold, cooper and coal can, of course, be profitab3.y rained only at localities
served by steamers, railroads or highways, and the expansion of mining is pos
sible only in districts where freight rates are reasonable* Twenty years ago,
60% of Alaska's mineral output came from remote districts, not reached by well-organ
ized transportation; whereas in 1923, only 5'/* came from similar districts*
"The Alakkan miner shares -with his colleagues in the rest of the world
the disability produced by disrupted economic conditions, which cause very
high operation c#ost.s, while the value of his product remains fixed* Were it
not for the improvements in transportation furnished by the railroads,wagon
roads that in certain districts have reduced costs, the Alaska gold output
would have been far less than it is*"
SCHOONER .DONALDSON, EORifCRLY IN OOVj5V$£3NT SERVICE, X2 JUNEAU:
After rescuing the sole human survivor of the ill-f ated Stefansson
Exploration aid Development Company expedition to Wrangell Island, the pcwer
| schooner Donaldson, formerly in the service of the War ^Department at ?ort
■ Liscum, arrived last week at Juneau on her ‘tvj to Seattle^ according to the
Strollers* i/eekly.
At /rangell Island, the Donaldson found thit of t’.ie Stofansson party,
one had die! on tlio islunl uni three, who nad started over the ice for
’ eria, had not been heard from since. 'Die Eskimo woman, Drs. Ada Blackjack,
the only human 3urviver, an 1 a black cat, were returned to Alaska by the
Donaldson. After being repair© 1 i;i Seattle, the Donaldson '/ill return to
the mail 3er/ice in Alaska.