Army and Navy Review 1915 Panama-California Edition - Balboa Park

SAN DIEGO
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J u l y 1 5 th ,
1 9 1 5 .
H r. A. A ronson,
E d it o r ,
Army and Navy Review ,
San D ie g o , C a l i f o r n i a .
My dear s i r :
To the men o f th e Army and
Navy, San Diego owes a d e b t o f g r a t i ­
tude as t h e i r p resence in t h i s c i t y
has been o f u n u s u a l v a lu e , e s p e c ia lly
d u r in g t h i s year o f 1915 when th ousands
o f v i s i t o r s have come from a l l p a r t s o f
the U n ite d S ta te s to see the Panama-Cali
f o r n i a E x p o s itio n .
The E x p o s itio n o f f i c i a l s fe e l
t h a t the men o f the d i f f e r e n t arms o f th e
s e r v ic e have added c o n s id e r a b le to the
success o f the E x p o s itio n and t h e i r w i l l ­
in g n e s s to le n d a hand on a l l o c c a s io n s
has been o f in e s tim a b le v a lu e .
I t seems o n ly f i t t i n g t h a t t h i s
memorable year s h o u ld be p r o p e r ly recorded
and p e rp e tu a te d by the Army and Navy
Review and as p r e s id e n t o f the Panama-Cali
f o r n i a E x p o s itio n I am w i l l i n g to le n d my
h e a r ty s u p p o rt to t h i s u n d e r ta k in g and
w ish i t a l l su cce ss. In b e h a lf o f the
E x p o s it io n , I d e s ir e p e r s o n a lly to th a n k
the g a l l a n t and c o u rte o u s men who go to
make up the ranks o f the U nitedStates
Army and Navy.