National Geographic Magazine, April 1918, Our American Navy
This issue features an article on our American Navy written by Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, profusely illustrated with photographs of Navy ships and personnel.
Volume XXXIII, Number 4, April 1918
Contents:
- The Gem of the Ocean: Our American Navy
By Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy
36 Illustrations - Forerunners of Famine
By Frederic C. Walcott
Of the U.S. Food Administration; Author of "Devastated Poland"
9 Illustrations - An Appeal to Members of the National Geographic Society
A pledge to elimate wheat flour from our menu in support of our troops and alied forces.
2 Illustrations - What Is It to be an American?
By Hon. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior
An address delivered before an educational conference in Washington, D.C.
8 Illustrations - Forming New Fashions in Food
The Bearing of Taste on One of Our Great Food Economies, the Dried Vegetable, which is Developing into a Big War Industry
By David Fairchild
Agricultural Explorer in Charge of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, U.S. Department of Agriculture
11 Illustrations - The National Geographic Society in War Time
By Major-General A. W. Greely, U.S. Army
5 Illustrations - The Symbol of Service to Mankind
The Greatest Humanitarian Movement of Modern Times Originated in a Practical Attempt to Meet a Pricatical Need with a Practical Remedy
By Stockton Axson
National Secretary, American Red Cross
11 Illustrations
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