Show people who ought to be the seemingly strangle suggestion is made and in england that the roea who man the navy should be taught how to swim ordinary sailors are instructed and expected to qualify in swimming ut the marines firemen and engineers are not and it is a fact that a large portion of the latter large body of men icho serve on warships cannot swim it is said that many more men would have been saved faoro the victoria but for this fact also that many sailors who were good swimmers were undoubtedly dragged down by the men who were not the matter has been taken up in parliament and it is probable that swimming will be insisted on as a part of the training of every man servina aboard ship |