.* "ONCE ARIZONA, ALWAYS ARIZONAn * * Vol. 7 San Francisco, California., 14 April, 1928. No 8

FRISCO AGAIN POST CRUISE MANEUVER8 NATlONAL DEFENSE vs PACIFISM Here we are again troops! How All clouds have been scattered; the These last few months have found does this cosmopolitan city, the New haze has been blown away. At last a great amount of anti-arms propa- York of the West Coast, strike the the correct dope regarding early man- ganda floating around in political cir- eye? Looks pretty good, you say. euvers for 1929 is out-made clear cles in our country. Representative Thats about a 4.0 answer. when the hearings on the 1928 Naval Maas of Minnesota proposes an in- We all have memories of the good Bill were made known. The rumors vest&.ation of * activwes of all or- times spent--also the good money- of the Aeet rounding the Horn are ganimtions protesting egdnst miut- in its many places of amusement. An- only r)cuttlebutt. ary defense programs. It is his be ticipation makes our feet itch t0 pound The United states Fleet wfll Con- lief that certain associations engaged the pavement of Market Powell, and Centrate during January 1929 off Pan- in sending out propaganda hoeffle to other streets; makes our fingers itch ama, engage in war games, gunnery, the naval building bill are dominated, to blow some of that money thats and tactical exercises until the latter financed, and inspired by domestic burning holes in our pockets. Part of February, den, it appears, and foreign interests. He claims that And girls! What fair ones they Units of the Fleet will make short members of Congress mebeen bm- have in this town! Tell me, is it true visits to South American ports. barded with letters against the naval that the Frisco sweethearts are sweet- The proposed employment formed building bill, one member havfng re- er at heart than those of other ports? the basis of the fuel estimates sub- ceived as many as 2,500 of such con- What causes that? mitted to Congress for Fleet opera- munications. Don't forget the laughs you can tions covering the ftscal year July, Representative Maas's proposed in- have on the civillians. Remember 1928 to June. 1929. vestigatlon would be alright, but no they have to pay street car fare and After the Hawaiian cruise the Battle government investigation yet attemp we may not have to. We have to Fleet returns to San Pedro, staying ted has. to our knowledge met ad- like Frisco for that. If you are broke there until the units separate for equately its purpose in establishing you don't have to walk back to the trips to Fourth of July ports. Fol- all of the facts in the case. It is our dbck. lowing that, the Battle Fleet and belief that so long as the people of But somerning else to remember, Train Squadron Two will operate in the United States realize the impor- don't forget to come back every time Puget Sound---Columbia River area, tance of national defense that no 3- your liberty or leave )s up. Donst go off Sad kancisco, and in tBe San amount of propwwda caa do mat. A.W.O.L. or be A.O.L. its a good port Pedro-San Diego area, carrying out deal of damage to our present' azld sad all that, but no place is good Fleet exercises, gunnery training, and proposed military system. enough to stay A.O.L. for. So when engineering exercises. the sweetie begs and pleads to stay The Battle Fleet and Train Squad- No nation can long neglect its nat- ional defense and remain prosperous. .%- 'q just a little bit longer, turn a deaf ear. ron Two are scheduled to leave San " There should be something worth Pedro for Panama on 15 January, History fails to show a single people -. while in your schedule, however, be- 1929. who have been able to rise to main- :a 'tain prosperity without the fore- , -.-, *- , sides all fun. The city afPords many __0__ chances for improvement of historical MODERNIZING THE ARIZONA thought and capacity for national de- fense. % A> + knowledge, there being many spots The recent bill for repairs and al- c. We believe that in this stage of - worth seeing. Here are a few of terations to the ARIZONA states that , -.1 them and the cars to take. the cost of the work should not ex- our history. the great majority of 4.- - :,. Frisco Sights ceed $7,310,000. and that the work is sensible people are convinced that ' ' California Place, Legion of Honor, to be commenced when those ships national defense pays, that the old 7% Lincoln Park. Dedicated to the men now undergoing alterations come out flag is worth working and fighting for, - .*- who died in the World War, and con- of t4e Navy Yards, that patriotism is better than pacif- . tains rare pictures by famous artists. The alterations proposed include ad- ism. So long as these ideas remain L$;. L$;. - .- instilled in our minds we need not L: ,$ Take cars Nos. 1 and 2. ditional defense against submarines City Hall. Take cars Nos. 6. 19, and their attacks by the installation feer the results of propaganda for pac- -{::&. (Cantinad on W. four) (Oolltlnrud on page two) ifism. AT 'EM ARIZONA

rr)c* JUST BE YOUR VERY BEST NEXT YEAR'S NAVY AT 'EM ARIZONA It you can't be the pine on the top of According to information recently of A rhip'a paper for the dis~mination the hill, given out by tbe Navy Department, hslniul information aboard the U. 8. 8. Be a scrub in the valley-but be ARIZONA. Publiehad with the consent our navy for the'coming flscal year of the Commanding Ofllcer. Captain W. T. The best little scrub by the side of Tarrant, U. 8. Navy. the rill; 1928-1929 will consist of 304 warships EDITORIAL STAFF Be a bush if you can't be a tree. and auxiliaries and 718 aircraft. E. Sunrrvisorp Oflleer..Ch.gldn 8. Dyer If you can't be a bush, be a bit of Included in the list of warships Editor ...... Ensign H. M. Zemmm which will be kept in full commission &rib...... B Fh. Ye080 grses, ...... J. Gatanby, Fec And some highmy happfer make. during the year will be 15 battleships, Sealc 16 103 74 Distribution...... E. E. Collins. If you can't be a "muskie," then just cruisers, destroyers, sub- be a bass, marines, two aircraft carriers, eight PRINTERS minelayers, 12 eubmarine and destroy- J. C. Thompson, Prtr 8c But the livliest bass in the lake. J. A. Mmosi. 9ea le er tenders, 12 patrol vessels, three J. L. Vortsrgaard. &a la We can't all be captain's, some have 5eet submarines, one fleet submarine to be crew, minelayer, two aircraft tenders, two FOOT STEP8 Theres something for all of us here; repair ships, two supply ships, five ave you ever, during a stroll on Theres work to be done, and we've cargo carriers and transports, one some sandy beach, noticed foot- all got to do collier, nine oil tankers, 24 mine prints. some distinct, some Our part in a way that's sincere. sweepers and a number of navy hos- pital ships, tugs, ofl barges and mis- nearly obliterated, worn by If you can't be a highway, then just cellanions crafts. washings of the constant $idea and be a trail; 5lled by the shift* sands, orrried If you can't be the sun. be a rtsr; An effort will also be made to ip- by the breeze of the sea shore? Did It isn't by size that you win or you crease the enlisted personnel to 83. they cause you to wonder who made fail ; 250 men, in order that all of the above them, what might have been the oc- Be the best of whatever you are. craft may be manned to full peace cupation of the originator, where time strength. those alternate visible and indistinct - ISN'T IT TRUE? prints were leading him? Ita inter- I don't walk with a seagoing roll. NAVAL ACADEMY esting thinking and wondering about I never had a girl in everq port. On 1 September, 1928, enlisted men those footsteps; but did you ever try I haven't got a ship tatooed on my who desire to enter the Naval Acad- to follow them? Where did they lead chest. emy will be given a preliminary exam- you? Nowhere. I can't tie a knot. ination. Every day we cross the trail of in- I have never been in the brig. Those who will not be over twenty numerable footprints, some 5rm and I never hitch up my trousers. years of age on 1 April, 1929, and distinct, apparently leading someplace; I don't swear. whose mental, moral, and physical others almost invielbl~maze of I am not tanned and browned by qualifications warrant it, will be ac- aimless wonderings, such, that by fol- tropical suns. ce~ted. lowfng them we would get no piace, I ain't a sailor. Those accepted will be sent to either im except perhaps in trouble. I am a yeoman. Hampton Roads or San Diego for a It is a good idea to pick out some __O_I preparatory course. OUR CLOSED PORTS one of goad charactor and habits, Hsre ie chaace to go to the with a purpose and an ideal in life The term "Closed Ports" ctseo not making pr~greas tmards his goal. mean much to many of the boots and His footsteps follow his nose in the quite a few of the old timers of the dir- to hts afm in life, toward Arizona so here is the dope. which his heart and conscience guide Seven ports: Tortugas, ma; Great him. We cannot go far wrong if we Harbor. Culebra; Guantanamo Naval chose the proper kind of footsteps to Station. Cuba; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; placed on the second deck, there will follow. Subig Bay, Philippine Island; and But thats the only kind to follow. Kiska, Aleutian Island; have been set the oil burning equipment and the If we try to journey along the trail aside for the use of U. 8. Naval ves- main propelling machinery. of some one who has no definite pur- sels. Foreign men-of-war or private vessels must have special authority The bill also proposes increase in pose, whose footsteps are just aimless turret gun elevation; new type tripod wonderings, let us be on the lookout of the Navy Department before they can enter these ports. masts in place of the present cage for the consequences. The old ad- masts; modernization of the dre con- dage, "A rolling stone gathers no chosen path. You will soon be cur- trol system; airplane handling and moss," holds a wealth of truth. prised how much fuller your life will the replacement of the 3" anti-aircraft. So look around, chose your man- feel; and you will 5nd your heart battery by 5" guns. the kind whose footprints are arm, singing a song of gladness instead of These improvements and alterations distinct, going some place, then fol- crying the blues of injustice and de- should make the ARIZONA on a par low closely without deviation your presstan. with our newest battleships. AT 'EM ARIZONA ODE TO FRl8CO . LOCAL' AD, In the city known as Frisco, close Waitress- "Hawaii, gentlemen. WANTED; 8' adesgirl; mnst be re- besides the Western Sea. Youse must be Hungary to eat in a weatable, until after Christmas. There's an unknown maid awalting- dump like this." and I know she wait6 for me; Diner-"Yea Siam, and we can't Division 0d~cer:' are very late And soon I hope to meet her, by the Rumania long efther. Venice lunch a&nS 0' Brady. How do you acoount Ferry Building tall, ready ?" for your continual tardiness?" (And Sailor Boy will wonder if for Waitreera-"I Ruseis to a tabla Will Brady: 'You see sfr, me father him she's &b?wto fall-) you Havana?" 4 the late Patrick 0' Brady." "But I'll fanib my very sweetest, and Mner-"Nome. roll ems wait an us." - some tender things ru my, Waitre~s-~~~od.Japan the menu Hubby: "I found fifty cents on your WBen I meet the little ldip up by yet? The Turkey is Nim." bed last nighL" Ban Francisco Bay. Diner-"Awthlng at all. But can't Wife: "Oh think nothing of that. CHORUS Jamaica little speed?" They are my aleepiw quarbna!' Up by San Francisco Bay, Waitress-"I don't thillk we can - Where the fog is thick and gray, Fiji that fast, but Alaska." it*s lust as we11 to with-hold mean Where the parties start at sundown, Diner--"never mind aem anyone. thoughts -until tomorrow, hut kind And hang on till break o' day. Just ~uta Cuba suuar in our Java." thoughts had better be expressed b - ~~tress--"~wedenit yourself. I'm day. She was a buxom eophieicated lass, only here to Servia.,, Even at its worst, life is amu Our and of men cheese, and that appl881~use if you have a sense of humor and a the BoBpm ' went a long way. good aound bdl3r. slim, He'll probably Kenya. I don't Bol- He was a Mered creature, ivia knaw who I am:s - unaware that it wasn't Tuesday. and As long as she can fascinate the Waitrese--"Nos and I don't men, no woman really womb8 aboat that crochet needles didn't croak. bean. guys sure Armenia.., She smiled. her age. B~ss-'~Samoa your wfsecracka, is - He shied. it. what got InPfa? Yay that No man looks twice at the woman She seized his hand and exclaimed: arguing business?,, who io a&+@@& dressed. "Let's be naughty! " Diner--*'Canada racket! Spain in - And they went and threw mud at the neck.,, Many a gay party bas been shot at tho city Hall. -Training Station News. sunrise. --Life. - - "Mn on your own bread and but She: "Did I ever show you where I Andrew's grandmother had * term said one -chbh girl wheg Was hto~ed?" ling him Bible stories, his favorite be- other one on her knee. He: "Oh no." ing that of Daniel in the lion's den. - She: "Well we can At the age Of four he was taken An O.O.D. was heard to remark, that a circus for the first time. When the "that he considered a man that wears - Iionmtamer put his head into the bell-bottom trousers, the same as a They say that the flapper & passfng, .d Andrew's excitement knew no Mexican greaser or a half-witted That soon she will be no more, bounds. Jumping up and down he mode star. It's certainly time, she's passing all ~legt* ved: - fight-, , "h*that hlmh-th..pols OL ~e YO- %&o-~W &earsYWl mUSt om pasad me sh Uma bt-.M - miel!" really get rid of those ducks. They insult me every time I enter or leave Mary: "Mother, baby was sent down THE BEST STORY OF THE MONTH the house. from Heaven, wa#'nt she?" The pastor of the Smoke Ridge Bab- - Mother: "Yes, dear." tist church was driving about in hie "It's no disgrace to die poor." Mary: "They mmt like it quiet up tumble down buggy drawn bp a ram- Maybe not, but it's sure a dirty trick th ey?" shackled mule. He was making pa* to play on the relatives." -Line magmine. torial calls among his flock, Bringinp - - . his outfit to a stop in front of a cabin Father: "I'm SolT'b' to have to wmp One: "my are your so* on wrong . & one of his members he observed a YOU, mY son,, for as I've told You be- side out?" alpall pickaninny playing h the yard. fore. it hurts me more than it doen TWO: HM~feet got hot, f turned "1s yos mammy in de house, sonny t" YOU." the hose on them." "Yessah. Brudder Whiteaide." ~imxay:"I know that pama, and it's - "Is yo' pappy down in de field plow- only because I know it hurts you "Pardon me, but yoa look like Helen in'YS that I cry.'' Black." "Nosah, pappy's in de home with - Is that so, well I look worse in mammy." Jane: "Md you have a good time white.- "well," redied the Parmon, thought last nlghtTS - fully, "tell 'em ah said howdy." June: "Maw, I got too much will Toll the bell for ahipmate Spencer, -Pearl mbor Weekly. power!' He ran a bum test on the condearer. 4. AT 'EM ARIZONA U.S.S. Arizona4-12-28-2~.

THE C-IN-C'S TROPHY SMALL CLASS WILL GRADUATE MAY PAINT YARD RADIO TOWERS hat standing, showing the AT ANNAPOLIS THIS YEAR An experimental project has been ZONA next to the bottom, does Compared with the 1927 Naval Acad- established at the Washington, D. C. look so good, but it isn't as bad as it em9 class of 559 members, the 1928 Navy Yard covering the painting of appears to be. Its true that just at graduating class will be very small, radio towers for the protectio the present We, we haven't much of about 176 members. craft in flight during the a raceboat crew, but we have hopes. This reduction in size of the June hours. One 300-foot tower here are men on this ship that are mduating class wfll necessitate a painted. with alternate as good crew men as other ships have. reduction in the number to be assigned white bands, 40 feet broad. It is li Back in the old days, and not so far to duty with the staff cows of the that all d the Navy's shore radio either, say about 1924, we had crews naval establishment. It is estimated tion tower#, lpcludisg Mare Iela in every type of boat that couldn't that 145 IB6?Ub@rSof the 1928 clsee ranging in hight from 200 feet to 600 be defeated. We had diincnlty h be~eb~1dl~~skified. feet, will eventually be marked in this ,.& - getting ships to race us. Men used Of the 1927 Naval Academy class manner if these experiments prove $@ to pay ARWNITES for transfers- 26 Were commissioned second lieut- successful. enants in the Marine Corps, 7 ensigns . . do most anything to get on a ship .__o__ with such wonderful crews. were commissioned in the Supply FRISCO AGAIN - That wPt the in the Come, 33 reshed upon graduation (WwIl~dh Dwolu) -- last Oouple oi -years. but watch out as phyeically disqnalifled. The 21, or 32. ?@other ships. hat old fight and spit retaw th. N~VYbsea~aigned 15 Golden Gate Park, one oi the most beautiful in America. 7; is eoming back like it should. But members of the lgM to be One may see it requbes the backing ot every man miasioned in the Mafine C~~SS4 will here the Academy of Sciences, Stein- and omcer on the ship--not only your be commissfoned in the SUPD~YCorns. hart Aquarium, De Young Museum &sword but your money. When those There * the and Art Gallery, Japanese Tea Gard- . athletic teams and crews flnd out that Of lBNsched*ed, to the ens, etc. Cars Nos. 4, 6, 7, 17. 21, 24, pweare back of them to a man, watch MC0118 'ft6r cmpletlOn Of *kht 32,. and 33. (For golf, take cars 1 or training at the paval Academy, some ,- ,+our smoke. 2.) -; of them being very prominent in ath- Mission Dolores, oldest building in *' - Lieut. R. letics at the Naval A&pemY. M. R. Frisco, esablished by Father Junip ,' head Paciflc Battlefleet athletic omcer, &,in wae twice ili&+ollegiate box- ero Serra in 1776. Cars 10, 22. 24, ' a~ounceshow the raceboat crews ing champion in the 145 pound qlase. 26 and 33. '#'01 the leet stood at the close of the W. J. ~~li~~a star back on Pre~idioMilitag Reservation, ee- regetta last week at Ban Pedro. the football team, a member of the tablfshed in 1776, by Juan Bautista U. 8. 8. New Mexico - 164 baseball team plays basketball, and de Rauza, who led an expedition from - U. 8. 8. Colorado 151 is a good boxer. P. F. Wakeman was Mexico. Cars 3, 4, or 84. U. fl. 6. Ponasy1vania -- 112 captain of the swimming team. T. A. Clid House and Seal Rocks, where Ahroon was a necessary member of seals and sealions may be seen sport- mm ;%,U.8. 8. Idaho --- 99 4- the soccer team. The tenative list ing in their native elements. Cafs rc s. 8. Temesaee ---- 99 inclubs N. Nash, €3. R. Armburst, 2, 6. or 7. U. 8. 8. Maryland 94 J. W. Millican, F. C. Hawk, F. M. Ocean Beach Esplanade. world U. s. S. Californis 51 Nickols, R. L. Morris, T. A. Ahroon, celebrated recreation place, near U. 8. 8. West Virginia -.--- 48 P. F. Wakeman, W. A. Cockell. and Sutro Heights. Cars Nos. 2, 5, or 7. U. 8. S. Mississippi - 42 M. & Getin. Chinatown, largest colony of chin- _d__ ese outside of China, about 10,000. U. 8. 8. fwzontr .- 18 OUR NEW EDITOR Cars 15, 16, or 29. U. 8. S. New York 0 Ensign H. M. Zemmer 'has taken There is an excellant A&N YMCA Due to the U. S. 8. New York not over the editorship of the 'At 'Em at 166 Embarcadero, one block from being present duethe full regetta relbving Ensign, D. W. Alexander, the ferry building. oifering all the year, she can hardly be included and although Mr. Alexander wzu an excel- advantages and privileges of a mod- is given last place in the above stand- lent and conciencious editor we have ern club to service men. ing. hopes fof a bigger and bettef At 'Em. It is suggested that men take this The U. S. S. New Mexico, by hav- Mr. Zemmer having previous exper- section of the paper ashore with them ing the highest average. in raceboat ience ,at editing "Buin Wad's" is cap in event they wish to visit any of the crew races during the past regetta able of maintaining the At 'Em's rep places mentioned as it will give them was awarded the annual Commander- ution as one of the best papers in the the easy directions for visiting these in-chief's trap-. fleet.. points of interest.