Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, December 12, 1918, Final, Page 8, Image 8

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kyvwin.4 unit nfllnlanM' nf A T. Atf .fl ,. 1 I
The story of the crcat aircraft 'fac-
".tory at Leamio Island 1ib beon tolil.
Kfy Until tha' Navy Department permitted
rc Bomq ox me xaciB w uu juuuu. miunu
s ,-few PhlladelDhlans even BUosned that
fonl ennlnnAn wpta lining- hullt at the
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' airplanes could be constructed for our
.t land forces In private rnctories.
!f ,, The "flying boats" were finished at
Tjeaclia Island' at the rate of two a day.
fe ""Hie men who ran the big airplane plant
there,'- Commander Coburn and his as
sociates, would have Increased produc-
fj-f, tlon to'four a day within a short time.
uyj- "fney even piannea six a any a iimn
W later. Any one who saw the great
iii - nying Qoai exnipueu on mo imrui
IT nlain nf Cltv Hull tiurlnr Iho last Lib-
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erty Loan drive can easily realize the
work Involved In manufacturing even
& two of these giant aircraft
In a single
ij, .equipment i t ium
jnent for th construction or repair of
!v -vwrv mrtr'n. . ThA vnrd wan inat he
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M'Einning to rcacnout arter tne "new
'f construction work" shipbuilding in
nontechnical. " langTjace which every
'hlladelphlnn .cbnsl&cred Its due. This
had to be set-aside, very largely, during
the",;perlod of .tho war.. The yard's fa- I
ctlliles could bo put' to better 'Use for I
the'Vepalr and jeHttlng of croft already
in the service.? M& with the taking
over or merchant. ships for naval ana
transport purposes, and the general con.
(version of pleasure Craft to serve in
tho scout patrol, the shops and dry
docks, at Leagua Island became vitally
important to the American naval pro-
gram.
The most Important activities of the
1,, yard camo under on? or other of two
. main departments, the "Hull Division'
and, the "Machinery Dlvtsl6n. Between
thentthey employed' 11,000 men-
Construction work at the yard was
ri101d.Lm,.aL.aPi"
tnietlon offloer there, an expert trained
t'l'jsr." ", . V." . W i! j nr i
w ,!ca 'and .England .He had the good
fortune to be in cnarge or construction
at' the Philadelphia Navy Yard during
?-" the entire period of this country's p.r-
'tIclnatIon in the war. his start was ai'
S ways small It takes
"ways small it takes seven or ew
toara to train the likeliest candidate for
SitH.'. exacting Job of naval constructor
r-Mld espens were in universal u,,
iMVthe work they did was tremenaous.
4000 In "null DlTlslon"
Construction, repair, refitting of Bhips
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war. began their working personnel
conslsted of -about 1000 men. At the
I, signing of the armistice this number
.n.:.'- .... . a. . i ,!
5 had Been multiplied oy lour, jvna me
t. 4000 man were almost all engaged in
vitally necessary renair ana reniment
j Work."New"conBtructlon was abandoned
or cut down to the minimum that would
l 1ren tttn vnrlmis shlobulldlncr under-
F'J. takings Just moving along.
Thft "'Phltnrli.lnhia vnrd became the
iff central1 repair station for all subma
rines.
Many' German ships a score at least
which had been seized by this country
5 tor war 'transport purposes were fitted
IVr5 put at- the navy yard to carry troops
mp. as -.well as supplies. The policy was to
vy uiuhb ycry vceaei uiai aaiicu uictwaa
jf .capable. 'of carrying troops If lt were
to onlrJarhundred or so. This waB one of
ka 4lijirwta ft nnr trpmndoua movement
l'of fighting men to France.
are 'During, the war two German auxu-
; .lary cruisers which had fallen into our
hands were put to extremely gooa use
-against- their one-time owners. Theso
' -swere" the Prlnz Eltel FHederlch and the
tKronprtni Wllhelm. They were fitted
RSK'nnt.' at IhH Phlladeinhla navv vard.
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Torpedoed bhips Repaired
Durtar'-tho war two American ships
ih.wrm toroedoed or mined in American
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8-1 waters. Tncse were tne sieamsnip jier-
KTbert Ix Pratt and the United States
s.;. stMmshln Minnesota. '
":Both were repaired at the Phlladel-I
fc' K.phla, Navy Yard. The Minnesota Is
feV'-Uwre In drydock now.
kj Early. In the war the local yard fitted '
fe, "out forty- destroyers for overseas serv
ice, seven or tnese were of tne earnest
type built for the' American navy coal
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Of uurocrD. 'xiicjr ncio vvc.jr uno vt wicti
orougnt-uP to tne last possiDie- acgreo
Lb ' of. emclency, equipped, with tne latest
a battering of heavy seas on ,iho"-ynt-
V .ntrniur ArMilnneri tn itr&tt dpnthvhcfnVhs
i.Hhe,"'asli cans" which the German sub
marine jedmmanders came ;to hate, and
fear n't! 'the League Island -yard.1, .The,
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MADE COMPLETE BY RECORD IN WAR
PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD'S FEATS
OF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
AT THE PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD
NOW Building tho world's greatest drydock It will bo moro than 1000 feet
long and will hold 3,500,000,000 Ballons of water.
Making ready to lay keels for two largest battle cruisers afloat, at a
probable cost of $40,000,000 each.
At work on Immense now shops, ono of them COO f?et long, built of
concrete, steel and glass.
No curtailment of activity or working. force. A Job for every present
employe this winter and work for many moro next spring.
DUllIKO TH13 IVAIt
The embarkation point for marines. Tho two regiments which won
tho Chateuu-Ttilcrry fight boarded their transports at tho yard.
Tho aircraft factory built two flying boats a day would havo mado it
six a day had tho war continued.
From tho yard were shipped tho great sixteen-lnch naval guns, made
at Baldwins, which proved tho most powerful weapons of tho war.
It was tho repair base for all American submarines; dock and repair
station for American transports and merchant ships.
It equipped American fighting craft with wonderful mine-sweeping
device, ono of the most carefully guarded Eccrcts of the war.
It repaired th only two American ships torpedoed or mined in home
waters.
The war mado the Philadelphia .Navy Yard tho greatest naval depot
in the United States.
cdlclency which won fame for tho Amor-.
lean destroyer flotilla In the Irish Sea
had its beginnings at the great repair
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tor overseas duty at League Island. Two
tcore American speed craft of thl3 typo
were fitted with towing gear, big gas
tanks and depth-bombing tncklo at tho
yard ; another batch of about a dozen
were similarly made ready for tho French
navy. Kvcry one of the less modem
American submarines that went ncross
was prepared there for deep-water serv
ice. Many battleship for the fleet now
In British waters were outfitted and
Attention to Merchantmen
AmI ,n between other Jobs the navy
expcrta and their 4000 workmen gave
somo of ti10 energies to the repair of
merchantmen. All the merchant ships
tnat came up the Delaware Itlver had
necessary work done at the League
.i,nli drvdocks and outfitting piers. It
was the only repair and docking station
along the Delaware. There the mer
chant ships were fitted to carry troops
and additional cargo, or put In shape
lo take across some of the war mate
rials that were more difficult of trans-
port.
Kor lngtanC0l lt was a problem to get
,h. hue. ..nvine boats" built at the
n ard over to France, because when
crated theso craft were too big and
K, , , nt nn h ,iMk of anv
ordinary ship. So the navy experts
, h, h tn b, crates were Jasned
fast, lt had to De a morougn joo
. fl . t0 preoloUB to ri
...... ,h n,i ..rhr,!,r,i in a. h.avv
having them slide overboard in a heavy
! Perhaps tho most Interesting thing
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or mo war -vvus i i ""-,"
, famous naval guns mint a, me i.u.
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structlmi leaked out. Even since the
' war comparatively little has been made
aii th Mm nf this tvno that went to
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France were shlppea xrom me i-miauei-
phla navy yard. The great gun snoots
a projectile sixteen menes in uiameicr.
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The
una im a. ii " '"'
gun Itself weighs 1U0 tons.
The mount
ing for lt weighs another hundred tons.
Tho "small" parts weigh fifty tons cacn.
Hhlpment a. Problem
The problem wsb to carry these guns
on the uecKS oe mercnuimut:ii. aiio
mammoth cannon weighed bo much that
there was a real danger that they would
smash through the superstructure of a
merchant ship and tear their way out at
the bottom. A dozen of theso big guns
had to be niBhed to our armies In
France.
Every one got overseas. Far more
of them ' than the Germans . cared to
reckon brought flying earthquake to the
boche lines.
The men at League Island found a
way to send them across safely. They
simply shored up tho decks of the Bhips
which carried them, building 'a support
ing frame for the big guns that went
down clear to the keel plateB.
Another ble Job that must only be
wtd at llere cven though the war is
.:.. .u. ...a.n A,u,-i.-n
I OVGr WciEt IHO VUklHN'ft wv .... .......
! fighting craft with a device that auto-
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EVENING PUBLIG LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY,
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matlcnlly sweeps for mines as tho ships
Bl(nm through a danger zone.. The
Qcoree Washlngton PreslUent WIlson.s
8h'P - Is cJ wlth hl3 device, which
originated with the British and was
lJeriecieu vy jvniencan nuvni
experts
It has been nttached to twenty American
wnr craft at the local yard.
Theso aro Just a few of the big under
takings that have been completed suc
cessfully, but without a word of pub
licity at the Philadelphia Navy Yard In
the last eighteen months.
Now for tho future. The yard Is
starting oft with a thoroughly modern
ized equipment. Electric and acety
leno welding Is used In practically every
operation where old fashioned methods
could' be replaced with now.
New buildings aro going up on every
hand. A new structural shop for the
shipyard Is nearlng completion. It is
a huge building of concrete, steel and.
glass COO feet long. Then there Is a
new galvanlelng plant, known us the
"gas nnd flame" plant, about 100 feet
long by 100 feet wide, of the same
modern type of construction. It will bo
used for electric and acetylene welding,
for galvanizing, "pickling" and polish
ing all very essential operations In
tho building and repair of snips.
A new smlthery Is being built ; a new
boat shop, for tho construction of small
craft of various kinds a, great deal of
this tort of work was done during the
wnr period, by the way and a new
mattress factory, where they make life
buoys, belts, pillows, out of "kapoc,"
a silk-floss material that is extremely.!
t.,,A..n I
Lnunclilngs Next' Bprlnr
Next spring they will launch the
hospital ship now on the ways, and
, rr min..iv..n.r. .w r iV..h
, R(lTOBMd towa'rd "comp,eIi0n.
And then the Phlladeinhla Navy Yard
Wlll enter on a new nhnin nf it. Mtnrv
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I with tne laying of the two battle
cruiser keels lt will spring Into first place
as a shipbuilding yard.
There are four new shlpways practic
ally ready. Two are for smaller craft ;
two for the Immense new battlo-crulsers
that will be tho pride of the American
navy, and the most powerful fighting
ships afloat.
These will bo sea mammoths 850 feet
long, armed with guns of the heaviest
caliber, yet capable of extreme speed.
One o( them will be named the "Con
stitution." As yet no name has been
provided for the hecond, which Is known
as "No. 6," Us listed name In the de
partment. They wero to have cost
about $20,000,000 apiece. Under war
time conditions, with material and labor
costing double or more, it Is estimated
that when completed each of those new
super-dreadnaughts will represent an
outlay of nbout $40,000,000. ' i
,On a, par with these big ships Is the
Seirf Pins,.... $1.50 to $50
Stone Rinj $2.50 to $25
Caff Link $5.00 to $52
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music lover's individual taste may
be satisfied in that shade of tone that
makes the piano
Then. ,there. .is .a Steinwayittf suit the
dimensions of every house, each size designed
for a specific purpose and every 'one true to
that exclusive musical quality that has made
tHe Steinway house authoritative the world
over, and kept, their product Bupreme throughout
the entire history of real piano music the best
jiano., In mahogany cases, $600 upward.
Qnlytf Philadelphia representative of Steinway & Sons
Amazing Feats of Construc
tion CJwllengc World by
Magnitude a n d Effi
ciency Prompt Response to Call
for -Service Insures
Greater Record in the
Future
new d'rydpek which has been In course
of construction for about a year.
No Drydock. (o Mntrli lt
Norfolk will have a drydock of like
Blze nnd capacity. But thcro wlll be no
other drydock In the wholo world to
match It. It would hold a boat 1030
feet long and, 11C feet wide If there
were a ship (hat size to float In through
its hugo water-gate. It goes down full
forty feet below water level.
The drydock Is so big that the greatest
ship In tho American navy could be
placed In It and there would be room for
another small craft
To make way for it required tho ex
cavation of GOO.000 cubic yards of earth.
This part of the Job Is finished. T6 build
tho dock Itself will require tho laying of
200,000 cubic yards of concrete nnd the
use of 7,000,000 o'r 8,000,000 pounds of
steel for re-enforcements. This part of
the work Is beginning nuv. It will take
two more years to complete.
When filled preparatory to floating a
ship Into It the dock will hold 3.500,
000,000 gallons of water. This will be
pumped out nfter a ship is In place by
thrco huge centrlfugnl pumps, so power
ful that they, could pump out at the
Bame time another drydock of the same
dimensions.
Tho bottom of the dock wilt be faced
with concrete twenty feet thick, partly
to serve as ballast. Otherwise tho dock
itself would float hecause of the upward
thrust of thd water outside.
Another Interesting featuie of the dock-
Is an arrangement by which the Immense
basin can be divided by a "caisson" door
placed two-thirds of the way from th
water end. This permits its uso by two
ships nt tho samo time. Either com
partment can be flooded or emptied
separately.
The Machinery DliKlon
The big constructive Jobs done by the
hull division are matched by the more
delicate but no less Important work done
by the machinery division under Captain
C. A. Carr.
When we got into We war this latter
division had 1800 employes. The total
Jumped as swiftly as tho men could be
trained for the work to 7000.
Tho hull division has to do with the
outsldes of tho ships, tho machinery di
vision with their Inner workings elec
trical appliances, boilers, engines, con
densers, the thousand and one con
trivances that drive and direct and
operate the bhip.
Judge of the big work done by this di
vision from the "Job orders" recorded
during the rush period of tho war. There
were 1C.000 of theso orders Issued ay
executed. They ranged from overhaul
ing a big condenser down to small re
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History for now and
all time.
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JEWELRY-Ihe Gift Permanent j
Nothing that you can give possesses
more permanent qualities than the gift
wrought in solid gold. The: season's latest
offerings are here at moderate prices.
Wi!demrChini.$7.50 Is $30
Pendants $5.00 to $75
Brooetes $3.00 to $100
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)5teinway Pianola and Duo-Art Piano;'
Sterling Pianos
Sterling Player Pianos
tdisonuiamonauisc
Phonographs
All the
S t e inways
six grands,
three upright
styles are identical
in generalities, but
a delightfully different in
particulars: bo. that every
a personal belonging.
pairs -tot) 'technical to be dono by tho
thlp's crew.
The machinery division mad'o repairs,
big and little, to thirty-eight transports
and auxiliaries. They manufactured
bolters, Installed propelling machinery
fitted ships with the standard oll-burn-Ing
equipment They overhauled ma
chinery, rewound motors, put in bear
ings and batteries on about fifteen sub
marines. They tuned up and generally
made shipshape mechanically twenty-six
submarine chasers and performed similar
services for various scout patrolbonts
All tho work was rush-order worK, es
pecially thnt on the transports. Tho big
ships that ferried troops across the sea
could spond little time at the repair
docks. So It was a matter of three
shifts a day( and in a pinch fheso shifts
overlapped, men working from twelve to
sixteen hours.
The great shops of the division took
care of every need thnt arose. Patterns
-ere made in tne yarus own iutiu
shops i castings came from a . foundry
that was part of tho plant; new parts
wero machined and finished at still other
ol.rmo nn,1 nnl Alreri n the mechanics
waiting to Install them. Coppersmiths
shops, electrical shops, factories, Dig au
little, served the experts who' set Up the
machinery. The new foundry makes
practically all the propellers used In the
navy.
Not tho least Important work of the
division hod to do with radio Installa
tion ivrnot nt tho niivv'ii radio workwas
clone at League Island. In addition, radio
gangs were Bent to other ports to insiuii
radio sets on merchant vessels.
Men for the Oil llnrners
Ttnrlor th machinery division comes
nlso tho fuel oil testing plant, directed
by Commander A. M. Penn. Testing
fuel for our oil burners Is only part of
their Job. Of equal Importance Is the
school conducted there to train experts
n serve on oil-burning craft Thou
cands of men were Bent out during the
wnr, after six weeks of Intensive train
ing, to servo on our oil-nurning uranuj.
ers and battleships. . Important was
thin nViasn nf the work that Hear ao-
mlral Palmer, chief of the Bureau of
Navigation, wrote to Commander Penn
that "the bureau considers that your
ofllclent efforts have materially con
trlbuted to lhe results which, have
brought Bu'cli high praiso to the' Navy
Department." The praise was from Sir
Eric Geddes, First Lord of the uriusn
Admiralty.
And a word about the spirit of the
thousands of workmen who mado pos
sible the yard's fine performance In the
war. When the I. "W. V. agitation was
at Its height they signed a pledge of
nllcglanco and sent It with a committee
of thirty of their fellows to Secretary
Daniels. He took the committee to meet
President Wilson, and the President was
so Impressed with the loyalty of the men
at the yard that he referred to their
patriotic pledge In his next communica
tion to Congress. A fino type of work
men, these nt the yard, many of them
the sons and grnndsons of old Philadel
phia shipbuilders.
No Interruption Expected
The Philadelphia Navy Yard looks for
no interruption of Its activities because
of the cessation of the war. The air
craft factory, of course, has put the
brakes on production. But the great
building program outlined by the Navy
Department promises to keep every man
now employed nt the yard busy indef
initely. It Is even possible that next
spring the working force wlll have to be
augmented.
Itcar A'dmlral Hughes, commandant'
of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, looks
for prosperous times ahead, and new
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Stuffed
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Cranberry and Giblet Sauce
Roast Potato
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Achievements in peace time- to add to
the fine list of things accomplished
during the war.
"It looks an If thfrn would be plenty
of work this winter for alt, the prcsont
employes of tho yard, said tno Ad
miral, "and work for even moro men In
the spring.
"Wo' exnect this to -be the biggest
navy yard In the country. We don t
brnr much, but we th nk we can do as
good work here, as quicmy, ana at ns.
low a cost, as .can be. done In, any pri
vate yard,
"We are educating our1 own men. We
naifl Bcnogia lor nppreiiinicn nuu(rviiuuii
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in the Rhons. Some of our apprentice1
boys are getting a 'thcoretlca") schooling
In such 'branches as mathematics and
drawing, In addition to their practical
work. Much of the' work done, hero
has been directed by men we haveedu
catod oursetveB. This has been a very
successful phaso of our general 'activity.
Wonderful Development
"Slncef tho war the yard ,hn.B tlevelopcd
Into'a' tremendous plant. A few years
ago people thought the, Philadelphia
Navy Y,ard was so big that we could
never make use of tho ground we had
Now. we are forced to go' outside the
yard limits, (or needed extra Bpace.
"During the war period w'e.had about
2B.0P0 persons In tho yard not all at
one time, but all employed- here or on
duty hero constantly. Seven 'thousand
sailors are In camp at the yard. 'When
the aircraft factory was ruririlng at ca
paclty wo had In nil about 1400 women
employes, counting In the girls who
hold yeomen's ratings. ,
"Our biggest task will be the build
ing of the battle vcruleers. Our orders
are to' go right ahead with them. All
the nctlvlty at the farther end xt tho
yard Is In preparation for the beginning
of work on these ships next spring."
Admlrnl Hughes has at his command
tho moBt wpnderful equipment for doing
big work that one could Imagine. When
tho wnrtlmo prohibition Is raised and
Phlladelphlnns are free tu enter the
yard and' see the changes that have
taken plnce, they will marvel that bo
hugo a plant could have been created
Atterbury
The truck means it is notably the dependable truck for
every use, every user, every day. The house solid as a
rock, square as a die, efficient as skill and good intent
can make it. The service complete in every depart
ment, whole-hearted, backed by unusual facilities,
promptly and cheerfully rendered. Atterburys,
therefore, are'
has been'; built into them and .sold
Wt. to
5 Tons
TTJtJi
Freihofer s pure, delicious all-wheat loaf again no
more substitutes, AH the good, old-time nourishment and
sweetness of the wheat is waiting for you at the grocers;
fresh. from the over every morning at sunrise. ;. ' l ,
Save Waste, Time and Fuek
Let us bake for you
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here, and" not one citizen out of 10,000
have an Inkling of Hi
The appearanco of. tho 'place cannot
bo described, , It Is too big, too far
flung, too full of tlfo and motion.. Steel
goes into tHe big railroad yards that
aro a part of Its .equipment by the hun
dred carloads an order. Purchases are
made and stored by the million pounds.
IShops nnd factories are everywhere
during the' war the shlpflttcrs nnd re
pairers had virtually all their materutla
muncuicu mr mem in me yuru uatm
.1 V-lInte Warehouses
Tho huge warehouses ' of tho yard
handled every conceivable commodity
which the navy needed for export abroad
during the war from motortrucks down
to pins and needles. The factories
turned out buoys, sllco bars, tool chests,
canvas covers, towing gear of nil kinds,
oars, fenders, collision mats, mess tables
and benches', awnings, steam tables for
ships' galleys, fu'rnlturo of all kinds
for ships, tackle blocks, life lines, spars,
seaplane pontoons the -list might be
continued almost indefinitely. They
even manufactured paint they made
more paint at .League Island than at
anv navv rn'rd In the country.
And with nil Its manufacturing
activity the yard has never for a second
ceased to' be first of all a naval reserva
tion under the strictest discipline. " Two
thousand marines; housed In the big
brick barracks that face the continua
tion of Broad street through Uie yard
supply the policing force, aided by de
tails of Jackles. Day and rilght every
approach to the yard nnd every Impor
tant point and workshop within the
yard are under the strictest guard,
Civilian employes must be tn a position
to Identify themselves at all times. 'No
one gets n Job at the' navy yard Who
cannot satisfy tho authorities that he
Is a loyal American. And even now,
with the war as good as over, the same
strict supervision guards the great
plant, against spies or traitors.
One of these days, however, the public
may once more get a .chance to visit
League Island and see what has been
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nut they stand for achievement. The
bftlcers who worked at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard during the war, desp'te their
protests and1 reheated rcquestetfor'Tiert)
duty, largely made It possible 'for our
destroyers' to- sweep the seaiOf Oormnn,
p.t,,,-t,.a' to our mllltois of troops
to get safely across, to (France, for tho
so.u r.C Am re o bring tho war'
to R speedy and. splendid end. ,
That's what the Philadelphia Navy,
Yard And Its personnel did toward win
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