be so of vessels at this yard. old rag papers then in use. both for writing and print- In 1880 he was selected as a member of the first Ad- badly damaged as to make it impossible to use them. ing purposes, were mostly of a dull gray or blue color, The instructions, it is said, will suggest that… … gray or light blue, but no white, and in fact, U. S. N. A great deal of the hardest work no brilliant colors at all. The type should which was done in the navy in the prepara- COMMODORE PHILIP HICHBORN, CHIEF NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR, U. S. N. be clear and simple, and not too thin.' The tion of vessels…
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