From Northern Idaho News, June 5, 1942
LOCAL NAVAL BASE NAMED FARRAGUT The selection of the name of a naval hero, Farragut, for the new naval training base on Lake Pend d’Oreille, was annonced Friday by the navy. The announcement, which did not state when the station would be completed, said that Farragut would have facilities for training approximately 30,000 men at one time. The Farragut station will be named in honor of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, whose Civil war order: “Damn the torpedoes–full speed ahead!” is still the watchword of the Navy. David Glasgow Farragut, famous naval commander, born near Knoxville, Tenn. July 5, 1801; died in Portsmouth N. Il., Aug. 14, 1870. He entered the navy as a midshipman at the age of nine years, was promoted to a lieutenancy in 1821, and in 1851 secured an appointment an assistant inspector of ordnance. The long period of peace gave him little opportunity to distinguish himself as an officer, though he received a captain’s commission in 1855. At the outbreak of the Civil war he was assigned to accompany an expedition against New Orleans and with it set sail in Feb., 1862. After shelling the city without effect for a week, he succeeded in forcing a passage of the river in the dark on April 25, which caused it to fall and pass into the hands of the federals under General Butler. Later Farragut took possession of Baton Rouge and Natchez, ran the batteries at Vicksburg and joined the union fleet above. He was made rear admiral on account of his success at New Orleans.
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Crossword Solution
If you go to a costume party at your boss’s house, wouldn’t you think a good costume would be to dress up like the boss’s wife? Trust me, it’s not.