400 Popular Science Monthly 



Did He Join the Army or Navy? The U.S.S.iVetvForiSt as She Appears 

 This Service Flag Tells in Pipes and Pipe Fittings 



ONE of our Jackies, Maurice Clem- 

 ent, the Quartermaster on the 



U. S. S. Texas, thinks 



that the conven- 

 tional service flag 

 which is now flying 

 from innumerable 

 windows all over the 

 country, has one de- 

 fect. It does not tell 

 what branch of the 

 service each man has 

 entered. 



Now Quarter- 

 master Clement is ex- 

 tremely proud of 

 being in the navy, 

 so, when he came to 

 make a service flag 

 for his own home, he 

 framed the central 

 white space with a 

 piece of white -line 

 tied in attractive 

 knots. At the top and 

 bottom of the panel 

 he made a double Car- 

 rick bend; at each side, 

 at equal intervals, a figure eight knot, and 

 then a square knot, thus making a bal- 

 anced design. 



This flag is not only very attractive, but 

 it leaves absolutely no doubt as to what 

 branch of the service it symbolizes. 



White-line tied in sailor-knots frames 

 central panel of this naval service flag 



HERE'S a curious new battle- 

 ship, a model of the U. S. S. 

 New York, made en- 

 tirely of pipes and 

 pipe fittings manu- 

 factured by a prom- 

 inent firm. 



The boat is formed 

 of forty-seven differ- 

 ent kinds of pipe fit- 

 tings, four types of 

 valves, a brass whis- 

 tle, oil cups and valve 

 parts. It is elec- 



trically wired, so that 

 its propeller revolves, 

 its cannons fire, and 

 its wdreless apparatus 

 emits sparks. 



The man who con- 

 ceived and built the 

 vessel is Julius Gerion, 

 a Belgian mechanic, 

 employed in the com- 

 pany's shops at 

 Bridgeport, Conn. 

 He drew no plans of 

 any sort, nor had he 

 ever inspected a battleship. He simply 

 copied photographs published in the mag- 

 azines and papers. For ten weeks he 

 worked at his toy, evolving it part by 

 part. Six thousand, six hundred and 

 sixty-nine separate pieces were used. 



The Merits of the Wooden 

 Barrel are Obvious 



A BARREL can be rolled. 

 This is its greatest merit. 

 Every other shape of contain- 

 er which weighs over a hun- 

 dred pounds when filled, must 

 be lifted bodily and carried 

 on a hand truck or by hoisting 

 machinery. One man can un- 

 load a carload of sugar two 

 hundred barrels of it in less 

 than an hour. I^on't you wish 

 it were at your door? No 

 other container can be han- 

 dled at this rate, even by two 

 mon working at top speed. 



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Model of the U. S. S. New York made entirely of pipes 

 and their fittings. It is the work of a Belgian mechanic 



