Battleships for Babies

ARMY & NAVY

Battleships for Babies

"Friday afternoon, Aug. 23, at 2 p. m. off Point Loma. there will be a review of the U. S. fleet. 90 warships and 400 planes. Admiral J. M. Reeves, commander in chief, has designated this combined fleet and air review in honor of the school children of the nation."

Such was the announcement which lay last week on the desks of editors throughout the U. S. Immensely proud of holding what was believed to be the world's first fleet review for children, the Navy planned to mass thousands of them on Ballast Point at the mouth of San Diego Harbor. Its reasons: 1) Admiral Reeves's "intense fondness" for youngsters; 2) His desire "to indoctrinate them in what the Navy means."

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