. The story of the exposition; being the official history of the international celebration held at San Francisco in 1915 to commemorate the discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the construction of the Panama Canal. of a popularwelcome for the rarity of the occurrence. The Signal Corps and the Artillery exhibited some excellent stuffedmules, one with a complete wireless outfit on his back. Vital things wereshown, such as the Army boot and the Army shoe as they had been wornfrom 1857 down to 1914. Some of the early ones would make the deathagony welcome. There were signal corps phones, and switch
. The story of the exposition; being the official history of the international celebration held at San Francisco in 1915 to commemorate the discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the construction of the Panama Canal. of a popularwelcome for the rarity of the occurrence. The Signal Corps and the Artillery exhibited some excellent stuffedmules, one with a complete wireless outfit on his back. Vital things wereshown, such as the Army boot and the Army shoe as they had been wornfrom 1857 down to 1914. Some of the early ones would make the deathagony welcome. There were signal corps phones, and switch boards. Andall about were transparencies showing war scenes. There were someexamples of ordnance—two three-inch rifles, and a six-inch howitzer with anoil recoil cylinder. A series of 14 transparencies illustrated the military history of thecountry. There were scenes, sometimes consisting of reproductions of fam-ous paintings, later of photographs colored, from the Revolutionary war, theWar of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Indian wars, the SpanishWar, the Philippine Insurrection, and the Siege of the Legations at Pekin. Shortly before the opening of the Exposition the Life-Saving Service and. ARiUUR PUTNAM. SCULFTOH THE MERMAID FOUNTAIN THE GOVERNMENT IN THE MACHINERY PALACE 191 the Revenue Cutter Service had been consolidated, and the names had beenchanged by act of Congress to the United States Coast Guard, on Janu-ary 28, 1915. So its exhibit in the Palace of Machinery was in a sense thefirst exhibit of the last named service. Its history and traditions, however,were those of the old services; and what the Coast Guard was for, appearedpretty plainly in a posted record covering the years 1904 to 1914. It ran: VESSELS IN DISTRESS ASSISTED, 2,070. VALUE, INCLUDING CARGOES, ^92,934,435. PERSONS ON BOARD, 28,448. PERSONS CARED FOR ON CUTTERS, 4,429. LIVES SAVED FROM DROWNING, 1,169. VESSELS BOARDED AND EXAMINED, 198,693. VESSELS REPORTED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW, 6
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