Show MEN OP OUR NAVY the law has gone into effect prohibiting hi aliens from enlisting in our davy heretofore the life on an american man of war was second rate and ao citizen of the united states with any degree of pride cared to serve under the stars and stripes on board of huch old hulls now that wo have a number of new boats the situation is changed A man enlisting at present gets the very best kind of gervit Q and if he has a spark of patriotism in his breast it must glow when on board one of the vessels of the white squadron for instance ho knows that finer ships of battle never plowed the briny deep no trouble ia now experienced to get navo sons of tho soil to serre under the starry pennant and it is therefore right to only patriotic citizens with our guns so long as our navy was maintained only in the name and not for battle BO long as we had lothine bettor than dangerous old tubs for the boys to flail in it little mattered who manned them or whether we employed irish german danish or any other country but does matter now henceforth our navy is bound to play an important part and we want men at the helm whom wo trust the law that went into effect with the beginning 0 the year provides for the same |