Show THE COYS BOYS IN inma THE NAVY admiral portor porter criticisms Critic isas oar cull naval apprentice system US ITS advantages AND DEFECTS the morl literal It forra 8 h binol 1 of the truvy file 1 in our navy G lly in boit of I 1 on an A erlean aro VL 1 A anft to lid bo corrected the training h hill of fly aro re soloed I 1 fur in Ir ho home til tili I alint for fee airrion rIon go ardent attention ono omi of at tile the bent beat in the iho navy although on oa a limi liMi toil seals scale la Is the apprentice apprent ico system or school choro ahva aro arc trained to become petty seamon sad segment seamen liko like ORD dao in the navy kavy title tills to the son ice him has lad ft a tor for existence bail and one would cold suppose that instead ot of the training system being considered a necessity eIty the homeer jo n char chare a whose whole bout III 1 enlisted in tf lie a matter waa aa receiving gains private benefit from tho the ap actions necessary noc Miary to keep this thia desirable institution afloat the training hyston Is not only to the boys by giving them a practical education but it Is a must most admirable school fur for officers cora nowhere aa hore else in ia the abe navy can ca young officers acquire so ao readily those habits 0 of thought so necessary la a the service anil which can only DO bo acquired in willing 1 1 V vessels ae is ines A da 1 1 eye alato to of things exists on oil board a sailing bailing vessel to w buat I 1 prevails i on boor board it a steamer F for dipri ho ol of th tho a forier former Is required tire balck eye READY READI COMMAND and prompt t lence der and habits of prompt ido on t the ile part of the rob fic seabea cannot at aall be obtained in boy any befool but bat tho the sailing bulling 0 ship hip I 1 lie value of an apprentice I 1 la shown by the llano anti anil noncy money ilea dea voird vol ted to lo it by till the british navy kavy in order to keep up thi the supply sup AY of well petty officers and ceamon tor for that great creat organization our ampre apprentice system la Is on a very s mail ducale compared with that of areat britain Br italo tor where wo we hav have hundreds she alio tra hai tile uganda of boasi boys no ID oro aro spiral to attach them permanently to tho the service la dome borne respects our one apprentice oysten lil Is bolter better then that of of great britain particularly in fit our custom of using ve vesel elf propelled by ail alone keeps ill alie a atten attention tio I 1 of and men fixed upon sea sun A ship 1111 that h t most lost essential of tin tile naval rat profession pa a com pluto plate knowledge ot of this branch neither officer nor sailor will at eier or bo be entirely effi clout tak tag OFFICER abit BE USEFUL in ordinary times on board a steamship aud and the abe sailor having pawed a cou Adorable portion of his bli apprenticeship tice ship in hoisting ashoo way answer to nil fill up a 0 gnp gap on m a top topsail 11 yard al but neither will be equal to the den emor or bency it left tobi to ills own sOwn rc burces la III times timed of great need couo but a thorough IF fit to command a ship of at war in little cil all his will ill be called in play and to collide him film to manage tale bla ship with dexterity it is ia necessary ebsary that lie ho should boys the aid of at the intelligent goninan the product tit of the apprentice system or a few years before was an lilt idle clity city lo 10 or country boy eating more ill than an L ho earned ions Os favorable to an aa apprentice tom are ard raining gaining ground la in great britain and ovea even while tho the tire live or six alx lx thousand boys boya who are intended fur for the royal navy avy win will ultimately serve sene on noard steamship every effort la Is made to send abend none afloat who have not been brought up tip exclusively us its seamen lor for la in the ibs new blabs of vessels the engineer element is so 8 a dobao daut dant that it is ii absolutely lecessi try 10 leaven lc it with a modicum of old time seamanship lot learned from but with actual conflict with the elements we have hare experienced much biffi catty in lining filling vacancies vaca acles in ia the navy kavy I 1 from t rom tire tho apprentices owing to tile tho fact that WE NE AIM AiuTO TOO onion lit in the first place requiring iring too funch from the apprentice boy IF on hla his outer aluir the aery co I 1 ho a was waa to a ba so of g good stock perhaps per of the of ollan and graya 9 boys were I 1 located ho who nere w ere the leaah e t ft tor for the navy havy to whose parents areole hopes 0 es had bad been held out t that at their cal enlistment st was the stopple stepping ste 0 to high I 1 position in the gory ner nervina vica C when t the 10 fallacy of such ench hopes been became a evident the parents moved heaven and earth nelll their boys wore were discharged from their uncongenial U 0 L lot employment employ munt C n how many ha handrix d ls of poor boys la in OUT oar largo cities would havo have been do light til to obtain the at wh which felt their more aristocratic brethren turned up their noses base and liow flow much more aptitude they would have shown tor for the ser serviced vicel true policy would indicate lodl cato that the farnol tar mera son should be left to till the soil BO anti and follow to in the footsteps of his illustrious but a contrary policy has brig prevailed find and tile tearl wal waife waifs a E in the streets of out our cities have received no encouragement to enlist in the navy and fight tor for their country somo some per Bonfi sont accrued to think that every apprentice apprent ico should choul it he be of the highest morat moral character before lie could lie bo permitted to agn on board a ship of war leot ho be might TITE FIREMEN anti and but who knows what noble sailors those calill we ime mentioned would onto day halo haio mado made after having passed through the iho moral reform school of tile llie ayr in a groat country like tire united states it Is the duty of be Government govern mint to stretch out a hand baud mi an it rescue a portion of these hoso bi bos 8 froni from perdition t ion by placing g them on ward board tho the receiving steeply sig ship now at constello harbor iti illi illand and newport where he with good or ex A ample PL it aud d on under d or it kind I 1 treatment oa 1 mena they won would liB wp to 0 both bell in morally 0 Y and dentally on to ily and neph yel fly to vary or the fa coup couplet let apo P a little we w 1 t say nay til T to u forma iti abe va mind a just ge aitio tle 1 asedo aea BO la 11 the ad to As a gentral rule there here is too great a 1 desire on the part of commanding officers to try aud and introduce a higher etem ot at education than ii called for among the apprentices to reid write and cipher would be a boon that the ordinary applon lice boy would lethly h appreciate ue ile could cold loara loam that well tit in tho the fuw few months ho to walt wai attached to the lie ko ing ship while tile study of noo iseo dialectics logic and conic sections nin HAD BETTER nii BE LEI to ro the naval academy acad early where such auch shingi dingi might bo be affected and where seamanship tin tho uto life of tho the navy avy may not dot bo be considered on a liar aar with the high lebeis I 1 by no DO moans object to tho the I 1 otro intro it luction lie lion of at tile the farmers into the novel ahval apprenticeship with their sturdy jillbba find moral attributes int but that has been run late into the ground round to use lire a homely but seventeen icv enteen per cent of all that dais clars of joya boys havo have up to this ibis time in n tile the navy not enough IQ in fact to make bako tho the number of at petty of licero required for ill the service leaving out tho the want of aptitude for or tile iho sen her ice which 1 aich generally lu in duc luces cathe die boys boya to leau leao whon when their apprenticeship is fit at an end there ire are too few boys boya allowed by bylaw laor and not lot to supply tho the sh ships ps of if war ar nath a number 1 in 1311 u ip p their quote tor for the more of thinie boys ys a commanding can get to S THE CROWS CROWD of f foreign seamen now ou on board an american ship of war tho the bottor better tho the commending officer bolcer fools lor for it would bo that the rea cros of our ships chips of war are 91 generally ene U rally 1 I ado up TIP of 01 ii allura 1 ore from 1 11 very ivery part of tb lb world id but 1 u silly rom tho scandinavian niico norway sweden den mark etc em gaud rel reliable lable i noil who be dont care what flag th they OF sao batu inu under n der they anro till fialo old hill gor germans goths goehs and other barbarians who once debauched debouched debou ched upon udon tho the plains of lit italy is y nuil IY Francea ran uil helped thorn solves selves to w what b t sic lit not at adlong ion to them they ey come and enlist in ID our ath ny 8 of t cued down dona in character it 1 tl but the thoy DIO are tho the same bamo freo free lances a os a of lilt thoy they sh ship or money they little huie no bon sentiment in t t lor r bag or nationality and dolliff 0 dolli bly fy if it came t to fin action witha with a a hip ot of their own daou t they h 0 y WO woold old belul flown down do colors 1 0 r a find anil holat hoist their own this lit Is a wo we 9 houll provide against aud and we have tile tho beaus of doing it through the taut tast boys who nho arn am roamine tho the streets at will aud and who would wool consider G government employment a boon boo but afew a few years year ago age one of 0 our oar sloops of war with A crew was la in the iho bar her ot of the crow was wag corn com pilled ot at DIFFERENT al and so BO indifferent aud and inefficient ans t the is argent t on tha tant dome 0 9 wag aff pa it ou on it a board la in I 1 large r 0 letters 1 anil I I 1 hung it lo in the gangway id ci on ewh an iltis like the signs hung hone out in it paris when our finest ship the trenton calel lately wont went to soft as line hue a body ot of baths germans nuns hung Nor norseman norsemen semen gael chinese and diller other barbarian softened down by timo time and an 1 we one itoh to le see went la in her ber out oat ot of tto ilia who whole Is crow not more than eighty could bucak ak the english language lang langu imKO ago Is not act athla a comment commentary axy upon the american correna corrected navy aay to la it ft not a defect to be ano thing wanted la Is a larger num nam lor her of 0 native apprentice boys nud find fin an enlargement a of tho the conveniences tor for their introduction elloa into tho the isaly avy the english have live line ot of battle ships with one brig tender to each chere la is also a bulk attached to ouch each fillip ot of the ildo aldo tor for newly entered lay boya and rid lor r various other matters fob we ves lime have but ut ono one regular receiving at coasters harbor arbor island bland anti and it our navy Is to be enlarged wo vio should have larger accommodations for or apprentice boys we have throe three sloops ot of war in which the apprentices are trained previous loua to being transferred to a regular abi ship this la Is the bent feature la in our or t training I 1 a ng system tor for here the jar boys div oft training inseam in anchill an shill there I 1 of ene Is no steam hero to interfere with the exercising with a atom cal capstan atan and steam aluch halt half a dozen men man can ret get a vessel underway under way an tron on deck a man at the wheel anti and one at tile the lend lead with half a dozen on lock dock for or general purposes and the uhle can go to sea with the rest real of the crew in their hammocks the simplicity of the mano maneuver nver may perun ills py be died cited to show allow tile tho adv antigo steam gloom hug hue over ever seamanship but in the iho case of 0 the sailing i essel the entire seamen boys boya and all ingot bi be on duck deck at their posts posta of duty anti and be keenly alive to all that la is going on quick to coto and lull full of at alacrity anil and life to obey orders there Is a spirit ot of life alto here which Is never seen in a oc at war the like difference between a well man and a paralytic tor for while in tho the practice ship there la Is a soul FROM THE ZW EYES ot 01 every one on board alie seamen and boys la in a iship of war look on in sad and idleness Idle nei at machine work in which they have no part and i which lich excites excite no DO enthusiasm although the set sei vice performed in these theo practice aroura wiloh OR ball 11 to tho the coasto of 0 europe and oil all through the ibo west Js 9 not exactly that which is performed in the new ship emp of war denuded ot it bull ball power yet tho the qualities developed by hla service be it remembered are of the be value to the navy nary on board the modern cruiser the die officer who can call properly handle one of of 0 war N at con can saidy he be trust cil it with the deck of the largest commerce destroyer to apprentice boys who A he he hae been trained in these ships tile hie work a steam ship bill la Is mere childs play there to la not lot an officer in tho the navy W who he has baa nerved on buard board these training strips of wor war who avila does not eon can fratilla grat to himself on the ibo service he fie has as in them and tile the expert lice ence tie lie liaa has gained such experience bi an could be gained now nowhere else red and although the original intention of establishing THIS LITTLE was tor for the of iralu tra loing lug coys boys yet ot it bita baa the double effect of sen tug ing us as a training tra lulng school lor for officers and it goes without baying that in tile years yeara to como those who have received title this training will make the best beat coul manders of allott the sailing ship of war bai no rival na as a school of instruction it it id the school that has made the sailors of years gone by proverbial for trOng th activity toa readiness bess of resource adaptability if to pil lenco re trial and contempt ot of danger those these fire are tho the qualities absolutely necessary in III a true sailor which will ill be essential in tho the future as heretofore in any class of 0 vessel that may be used in a tho nairy kavy what was it that gave the th felon colun teer officers olli ecra in ia our cull civil war such great value but the early training they received on sailing clemola that training produced as 88 fine due a body of men as over 0 er went to sea we could not have done without them tiny more than we can do without them in future worst wars where m hero they will a to be it a powerful factor notwithstanding the train training ing alq yi tom tem has stood tile the test of time and la Is without doubt the best of tho kind afloat although on a sea small 81 i scale and bos bag RECEIVED TOE APPROVAL tit of some or at tha cho oldest nud and mot nio t die officers who iho halo haie spent a me ill time in tile the atu btu haudy dy slid and practice of tho the rentice bytow it la ill pro proposed proponed proposed rosed t to 0 all abolish no 11 all the time honored tta training ding of bairt put the whole oo 00 B toni under steam it lias has taken inken ink en some earns years yearn to build up till system on its plan and so lar far it hns has boon been properly cared tor for and the navy kavy Is just beginning to reap the it the greatest demand in W service Is in for seamen gunners and the high estima ilou ilea in which that claps ol of MOD men js is justly held proves conclusively not only the value of the ill plan an hitherto pursued but that it la Is necessary to consider cons ldar carefully before making chani chaugen that sol may mar ajar the sort ice ll if they do not destroy it some persons may think that by making radical changes in a system they tire aro making therus elve the father of it but they should reflect wo we cannot 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