Show My 0 at se J 0 Z r i- i hy CAPTAIN GEORGE FRIED Life as a crew sailor is behind him Fried is at the turning point in a seamans seaman's career he becomes a junO jun officer Another step is taken and with it more responsibility Hen are in his hands to do his bidding Fried explains why one type of officer fails and the other succeeds succeed Copyright 1929 Associated Press Vt VI The turning point Ja In th the I life fe or of a sailor is when he becomes a junior officer I remember when I the gap I thought I had achieved a great triumph Perhaps you remember remember re- re member how yo OU felt when you OU graduated froni college collego and yo-u yo were ready for tor your vocation ready to I c I tJ b a d ll IIi I. I Ii Y tt I 1 r I t 0 p I In sh short ime dislike for for him be I a rt became a e evident among h Fie crew overcome very obstacle and were vere certain of a a career There is a slight dlf difference erenee between be- be I tween becoming a junior offIcer r an and l going out Into the world after gra graduation grad grad- from college An has hasa a uniform There may be very littIe lit lit- tie gold on it but nevertheless it is isan an to the wearer At any rate he has a job A college e collegeman man has to sec seek his Making t the grade of a junior of- of fleet fleet- fleetis Is like any other step if ad- ad An examination must be passed His duties of course coulse are on th thO bridge lie Is now hi di- di Ie i t contact with his superior officers of- of and captain A depends on the individual Ito He have a good gOOl education for a foundation tion he must ha have ability as akad 1 and the most of all he hemut must mut ha have ve executive e ability I This Is quickly determined by he h hother other officers that work with him orl u. u of f n u jl uv or rt- rt i I u. u u uv or closely supervised lIe Is permitted permit permit- permitted ted to give a few orders and must stand watch After a short p period of time If he is capable lie he remains in the position but if not he falls by y the wayside This means returnIng return return- Ing to the ranks Few m men n will accept demotion because of his mid ond off times the lung officer abandons abandons aban- aban dons the sea If he fInds he Is not qualified to go up UI the thO ladder If Ii h ri Ii h continues hl his studies and Is alert so that he the of his that success t of beIng being be- be ing a captain Supreme of a ship Is the hope of eVer every seafaring sea sea- faring man It has often been said that if H a man taken talen from the ranks Is given authority his true truc colors will vill come to the fore Sonic Some m nien n become abusive others can can issue orders In a pleasant miI and obtain ob- ob Lain tain the confidence and an l' l of every ry one whom they conic come in contact I recall several instances when a junior juniol o officer fIel would study dill gently and work hard bard on he fa for l' l many hours hourI to obtain that rank only to become unpopular with the them themen m men n that were his former One officer I remember beIng assigned as- as assigned signed to the bridge for the first time would stand beside the quartermaster quartermaster quarter quarter- master for several se minutes th then n walk away some 10 or 15 feet and call the quartermaster aside to Issue some kind of an order The matt man would carr car out his instructions returning tb tb his post and the of- of fleer would again join him and a afew afew few minutes later would walk away and call him to his side to Issue another another an- an other order This became very irksome to the quartermaster and word ord around In the forecastle that the or- or fleer was getting gettin a big head The j other officers cl'S on the the bridge were I unaware of the s t tio l In Ia a short time dislike fOr h him beca became ne evident I among the ere crew lIe his realized his mistake but it was too loo late Or- Or dars were not being carried out and finally the man fell by the Another instance was that of Q a junior officer who would give r.- r. to a boatswaIn and have havethe havethe the latter convey them to the Repeatedly he call someone to give an order iO 10 another man When the me men were not re receiving their ot dirO diree from the Ule officer in charge they thay did not feel particularly gracious about it The man who ha to to- carry the order was dl untIed bee because use he was taken talen aw from flom routine tasks and was compelled t tO Oct as a me- me enger Th The officer like the other soon became unpopular and was transferred ed I I On the other hand I have se seen n junior officers who have b been n COUrteous courteous COUr- COUr and polite to theIr su and By tIe the crews vs they were regarded as good fellows Ely By superior officers hey were considered considered con con- able so together with stud study the they soon advanced There ThelO are many young oung officers who who have shown u unusual n usual qua If lea lea- ions dons Harry Manning chief otrIc of the America who was in charge of the boat that saved the crew of the Flodda is is' is only 32 years of oC age lie had He-had had been captain for tour four trips aboard the President Hoose- Hoose velt durIng 1928 Durin During my ab- ab settee from from the America on the vo voyage age following the rescue of M h lie crew lie he was as c plain to 1111 the ship youngest officer on the bridge This should be an for fOI tho young men inca of thIs country Advancement is just as al rapid amid nud no more difficult than It Is hi any them o-them- field or of or Hard lI work wo-i. and study alone will make m the grade glade io o pull man lucans nothing nail and can Ul in whon the s of a e trans are hIs Ships art are mechanical l. l but the there mUst be mon nien behind them who vho can Operate them successfully s to insure th the safety fet of time the lives of all those aboard Monday Thrills With u. u In In a short time dislike fo for him became evident among the crew |