SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
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TODAY—NAVY DAY
By W. A. TATTERSALL
The United States Navy is built
and owned by the American people.
The officer and enlisted personnel
are its custodians charged with ef
ficiency maintaining the nations first
line of defense ready for immediate
use. This is the fourth year that the
Navy Department in cooperation with
the Navy League and other Patriotic
organizations has set aside the 27th
of October to be known as Navy
Day. On this day the personnel of
the navy is directed to exhibit and
explain the navy to its owners and
to give an account of our steward
ship.
It. is highly appropriate that the
day chosen should be the birthday
of one of America’s most distin
guished sons, Theodore Roosevelt.
For although our late chief was not
the father of the modern navy he
was certainly its big brother and to
him more than any other one man
our country is indebted for making
us one of the foremost naval powers
or the world.
Up here at the most northerly sta
tion of our Navy we have not a
great deal to exhibit but cannot al
low the day to pass without a brief
resume of the history of our serv
ice perhaps to serve as a reminder
that the country has found its navy
•useful in the past and, in spite of
the contentions of some, are likely
to find it so again.
We believe that we can claim with
out being immodest, that there is
no more important Department under
the government than the navy. But
no government department has had
such a struggle for maintenance and
even for its very existence against lack
of funds, popular indifference, and
the open attack of pacificists as this
right arm of the nation. This is dif
ficult to understand when it is known
that the navy is essentially a de
fensive organization, and its very
nature prevents it being employed
by “Junkers” as an agent of con
quest or oppression.
This service came into existence
in 1776 shortly after the “Declaration
of Independence.” The record of
our dozen or so converted Merchant
men of a few hundred tons manned
by merchant officers ad crews dur
ing the Revolution is known to ev
ery school boy to be one of glorious
achievement.
After the close of the Revolution
the Navy, as such, ceased to exist.
Through lack of funds and lack of
interest it seems to have died a nat
ural death without a struggle. For
tunately for the country the naval
spirit did not die. And in 1798 when
our relations with France wei*e strain
ing toward the breaking point a per
menent navy, although illy provided
for with funds and poorly equipped
as to ships, was organized.
The part played by this young
service in the War of 1812 cannot
be over-estimated. A handful of
ships and a handful of men pitted
against the foremost Maritime power
of the world undoubtedly saved our
country from being re-conquored by
England who seemed to consider us
an obstreperous offspring only need
ing a chastising to make us return
and drink tea out of her hand, so to
speak.
During that war two or three of
our vessels pitted against fearful
J odds were compelled to strike their
[ flags after most of their crews were
Skilled or wounded and the ships
i were all but sunk. It is an interest
; ing fact that since that war and for
one hundred and ten years no Unit*
j ed States combat vessel has ever
! surrendered to a foreign power. Has
i the navy of any other nation such
|a record?
! The foreign student of our history
I is no doubt amazed that after prov
| ing its worth so thoroughly our navy
| should have been allowed to enter
a period of decline and dwindle to
| almost nothing. Rut such was the
i case. The outbreak of the Civil War
1 found us without an adequate navy
i to seize the seaports and control the
| navigable rivers of the South who
! possessed no navy.
It was necessary to build a navy
j for that war and outside of block
ading oo extensive naval operations
j were conducted against the Sou'h un
til 1863. The close of the Civil War
! found us with probaoly the strongest
! navy in the world. We not only had
; the ships but what is more import
ant we had a trained veteran person
! nel who had smelled Durning powder.
! The dawn of the year 1880 saw
our navy again at almost uDsolute
zero. The ships accumulated during
the civil war had been sold or were
useless because there was no money
j appropriated for their repair a.id up
keep. Such ships as were tit to go
| to sea were propelled by sails most
ly, for reasons of economy. There
; was little inducement for officers or
men to make the navy a career. The
pay was low and promotion slow.
' An officer getting promoted once in
fifteen years was lucky. The United
! States presented the spectacle of a
country or sixty million people with
j seven thousand miles of coast line
land a navy inferior to all the Euro
I pean powers who made any naval
pretensions and to several South
American countries.
This state of affairs was caused
by a people who knew nothing and
cared nothing about a navy. And
luckily witn England ousy in India
and Africa, Germany busy consoli
dating and France recovering from
and paying for a fearful drubbig in
| the Seventies we had no immediate
need for a strong fleet.
In the late Eighties and early Nine
ties a naval revival was commenced.
Congress voted money for new ships
and equipment and for navy yards
to accommodate them. The versa
tile pen and great influence of the
young Theodore Roosevelt greatly
influenced this legislation. Later as
Assistnnt Secretary of the Navy and
still later as President and Comman
der-in-Chief this far-sighted Patriotic
American Statesman placed the navy
on a permanent progressive footing
as to material and personnel ad laid
the foundation for a steady growth
that has continued to this day in
spite of pioneering disasters on the
sea, under the sea and in the air.
It is not generally known that
when the navy goes ito battle with
NOTICE
No. S
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division
In the matter of the exclusion of cer
tain territory from the City Limits
of the Town of Seward, Alaska.
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that a pe
tition praying for the exclusion of
certain territory from the city limits
of the Town of Seward, Alaska, has
been filed in the above entitled court
on the 19th day of October, 1925, and
the Court on said date has fixed the
time and place of hearing on said pe
tition at the hour of 2 o’clock, P. M.
on the 17th day of November, 1925, at
Valdez, Alaska, when and where any
person interested may appear and
show cause why the said petition
should not be granted and the court
order and election on the question of
the exclusion of said territory from
the city limits of the Town of Sew
ard, Alaska.
The area sought to be excluded by
said petition is described as follows:
“Beginning at a point 266 feet east
of the N. W. Corner of the Townsite
at a point where the center line of
Harold Ave., Bay View Addition in
tersects with the northern boundary
of the Town of Seward, thence 270
feet in a southerly direction along
said center line of Harold Ave.,
thence 668 feet east along the line
separating Lots 15 and 16 and Lots
10 and 9, Block 4, Bay View Addi
tion, thence north 270 feet to the
northern boundary of the Town of
Seward, thence west along said north
ern boundary 668 feet to place of be
ginning.”
WITNESS the Hon. E. E. Ritchie,
Judge of said Court, this 19th day
of October, 1925.
(Seal) W. N. CUDDY,
Clerk of the District Court, Third
Division, Territory of Alaska. 3-t.
Publish, Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 3, 1925.
j th'e National Flag flying from every
| mast that no provision is made for
j escape in case of disaster. All hatch
es are battened down. Every turret
and gun compartment is closed off
behind armored doors, therefore is
a fort unto itself. The engine and
firerooms escapes closed. All boats
and other wrooden gear that would
float are thrown overboard. The guns
must fire as long as there is a man
alive to fire them. If the ship sinks
the Captain goes down with the con
ning tower, the gunners beside their
guns, the engineer at the throttle,
the fireman at his boiler, the surgeon
beside his operating table, and the
radioman with his headset on.
Cutting off avenues of escape is
not a suicidal procedure. It is a
measure that make for battle effi
ciency and the Sailor is taught nev
er to think in terms of failure. The
word surrender is not in his lexicon.
To die may be a part of the days’
work but to be beaten in war or
love is unthinkable.
The navy should be of especial in
terest to Alaskans. Proponents of a
separate department of Aeronautics
stress the fact that in case of war
with a Pacific power the attack
would be made by way of Alaska.
At present the Navy is Alaska’s only
defense. Unquestionable this terri
tory with its vast natural resources
would be a prize of inestimable val
ue to an enemy who has no coal,
copper nor timber.
Judging by Germany’s performances
operating under great difficulties from
1914-1918 one can easily conclude
that a fleet of submarines operating
out of Seward or Cordova could
strew the Gulf of Alaska -with the
wrecks of an invaders troopship and
your beaches with the bodies of his
troops.
The only permanent naval activi
ty in the territory as yet is the
chain of radio stations along the
southeastern and southwestern coast.
The primary purpose of these sta
uons is military, rsui our second
ary purpose is to serve you in any
manner possible. That we have been
of some service is evidenced by the
vast amount of traffic handled by
the Cordova, Sitka and Seward sta
tions between May and October of
this year. During -the Cable inter
ruption of 1924 Cordova alone han
dled 6,610,431 Vwprds in ten months
which is equivalent of a fifteen Word
message each minute every twenty
four hours. It has been a pleasure
to render this service. This is a
SERVICE because due to operating
from a military standpont our budget
does not balance. The volume of
traffic is too low to show a profit for
twenty-four hour operation. The Na
val Communication Service does not
retain funds received for services
performed. The money is turned
into the treasury for reappropriation
by congress. Therefore the Naval
Communication Sendee is not a total
spender but partially pays its way.
In conclusion on this Navy Day
and Natal Day of our dead past
Commander-in-Chief wre pledge anew
our faith to the American people.
The times change. So do people,
arms, amusements and ships. But
the spirit of the navy is the same
that it has been from birth. The
spirits of Jones, Barry, Decatur, Per
ry, Farragut, Rowan, Dewey, Roose
velt, Ingraham and ten thousand oth
er heroes for whose names history
has not space, go marching on.
ALASKA WILL LOSE GOOD
CITIZEN
(Juneau Empire)
R. L. Bernard, for the last six years
joint owner with Edward G. Morris
sey of the Ketchikan Chronicle, has
sold his interest in that excellent news
paper and will soon leave for the
south where he expects to go into
business. Mr. Morrissey is the pur
chaser.
The Alaska Railroad
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Here is a wonderful cast in a great story—
JAMES KIRKWOOD
NORMA SHEARER
ADOLPHE MENJOU
MAE BUSCH
GEORGE FAWCETT
RORERT FRAZER
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Alaska will lose an excellent printer
and a fine citizen when Mr. Bernard
departs. For sometime he was man
ager of the commercial printing de
partment and mechanical superintend
ent of the Empire Printing Company,
and never was better services render
ed in those capacities than he gave
this company. Mr. Bernard will take
with him when he leaves for the South
the best wishes of hosts of Alaskans.
In an editorial signed by Mr. Mor
rissey, editor of the Chronicle and for
six years its joint owner with Mr. Ber
nard, the Chronicle says:
By a deal consumated yesterday, R.
L. Bernard disposed of his interest in
the Chronicle, thereby giving a pre
ponderent majority of the stock of the
corporation to the undersigned.
For six years we have been equal
Holders of stock, having between us
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SEE THE INTERIOR
eiki4 • —v.a—
THE GOLDEN BELT
To the end that the countless places of scenic and other inter
ests in the Territory may be thoroughly enjoyed and understood, and
to enable them to acquire first hand and accurate information con
cerning all Alaskan activities and development; travelers to the
Northland are urged to visit
ALASKA’S “GOLDEN HEART”
Interior Alaska and places en route—including Kenai Lake, the
“Loop District,” Spencer and Bartlett Glaciers, Tumagain Arm, An
chorage, the Matanuska Valley, Curry, Nenana River Canyon, Mt. Mc
kinley National Park, Nenana, the Tanana Valley and Fairbanks, hold
much of interest to everyone, whether on business or pleasure bent;
and a tour through these regions creates a true conception of the
good things that Alaska has to offer.
For train and automobile schedules, passenger rates and other in
formation, confer with any steamship agent, or
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all but two shares. Starting with
nothing we have built an institution
of some size, so that naturally there
are many regrets at the parting of the ft
ways. Mr. Bernard, during the years
has done his full share and more than
his share in the building. It was the
Call of the South, an opportunity there
which induced him to offer to dispose
of his interests in the Chronicle. He
is going south in the near future to
look into that opportunity and if it
looks all that it now appears from the
distance, he will go into business in
one of the cities of the coast.
Wherever he goes, goes a master in
his line, a man who will fit into any
printing business in the world. That
he will meet with success there is no
doubt, and in his departure we wish
him Godspeed and good luck.