Show 11 I J I I I il i HOW TO ENLIST IN THE I i I I 1 1 i UNITED STATES NAVY II I Every member of the house ot rp IJ rntall i has the tight to appoint a Ii T youth between the ages of IS and to to I rlt i i the United I Stales Naval academy at 111s fi Annapolis when his congressional district 1 dis-trict Is I unret resented there The pre I dent I of the United states has the pow 1 or 10 appoint ten at larGe unit usually i Ii J I elects the Pons of those who have been II I relh In either the army or navy I Thus tile nu labor of midshipmen as I they wtre rormeii called or naval o l cadets as they lire now designated In I the school of Instruction vvhkh Is the Naval I academy would be 357 the number num-ber ot congressmen Plus 10 the lrel U dentla I appointees Hut there are dim i min 81 a and relgnallon requntl ev I i ery year and that full complement Is I i never me of at Annapolis Many of the representatives to aold charges o rtutlm or aorlllm now I have coituellMve examination held In 1 I their dlitllcl and the youth receiving I the highest per cent ut sin h Is I then upI up-I 1i pointed by the ccrgnssman that Is I I the boy receive the nrrntatle I lecommendatlcn and goes tu Annapolis 1 with his credentials It h arrives In I time he Is I txamlned In June If later than that month he Is I called Vfore the I j examining board In September If he I I I successfully ansviers the required lists ot questions lhch relate 10 tile Grill nre InKIIAh I I branches end a I Igbra ho Is theWsorn In AS a o cadet of the N I United States nnw Anent es onth to I I I t IU tolttI gclernmen I 1 eight earn from the date of I 1 jf a Ills enroilment unless otherul laid iI r t gra rpped j I I a Ow a Junior officer ot the nan I I I tt merit a unlform and IS Paid by the gov 4 ornmenl 61 it n vur Uut till salary t j t II not ghn 10 him monthly Tile cost 01 I ot hI I board nbout I a IIIonth And tho t P Ire ot Ills suite unlerclothlng I hoe I boot and general < 1ohln st redills S I duetd from his monthly lIpnd ot I I E nit he Is only orcuslonts ifIllpend to 1 d raw a few if offers for Ind I I In0heY Ills tuition book and a flunr tile e I room art given Ishm free One ot the prnt Itrllllant Ueutot um II thent ders 01 the M told tho lrlter T I Ihal lie ad jut 1000 during Ills tour I years term at the academy which was nn Illustrious ample From June till the latter part of Au gust the cadet goes on a summer cruise about Chesapeake bay lonG Island sound and the New England coast varied va-ried rarely by a trip to England and the Mdltrnwnthat In I lie IIIay ur may nol hOe one cruise In foreign voters during life holllc tVrin at Anne ell The second ear there he I 0 ghen n brief furlough to go home oe elseultere I as lie pleases There is I nn annual ex mlaatlon an < llt lie falls In any one lie I U I Immediately 1 dropped from the roll Mrmulls expelled from the nav VAt V-At the conclusion of his four years I Inn he Is I then technically a passed midshipman and Is I Bent on a two Years I nulse for final graduation when as the government elects he may bo din in cited with a vears extia pay I K0 or continued In the service As the I car go by h advances train grad 10 I grade providing his health remains and he U I capable of passing the continual vamination from one rank t It another I through the grades of ensign 7 llcuten I ant lieutenant commander commander command-er captain eumllllor and rear al Isilral mith natu1111y a constant In trestle of pay i the highest being 6000 Ir annum But only very few leach the superior position Promotion In times ot Ire U sluggish It Is I only I meary altlllg for those above to dl or resign IIr bo dismissed Before the civil war there were men who had been ewar 1I0uleonnt tor 2D Years a In the case of Dald D Poster In 18Ct who foul rum later was a rear admlral I trbO al dl Ilat It a boy live neither Influence ian favor lie i-an only Join the navy by ell llwtment lIetcen the age ot It and i 17 he may with the consent ot his parents par-ents or guardians be enlisted to nerve until the age of 21 The youth must be perfectly healthy and sound free from all physical defects and have the following fol-lowing requirements Height not Weight not As I than ha thnn The L 14 tlv dro 4L 9 In 70 Psalli 2 < Inhaa 11 Year 1 n 11 in le Polusill 21 suction IG yeara U Ita olD pound 28 hch 10 must be aI 10 read and mrlte but he will be I given a good common school education tree ot expense In addition ad-dition to that Pertaining lu all seafaring accomplishments All boY I ho enlist an apprentices nre educated to fill tile loltIon ot seamen and petty officers hut they cannot become com commllond Illcers As soon 4R Iney are renellied Aboard a ship they ar > furnished with an ulllt of clothing the cost of which do s not exceed 15 In value and their magen as third class apprentices are U a month When ad vanced to the second elms their pay 11 I i i 1 115 a month and when 11 r t class It Is I 21 iery one In the BSV > MA oil I prentice boy to rear admlr1 roetcelvl I J 30 ccat a ot I ration I or Pay olluun day dayUpon the expiration of the enlistment of on apprentli he ufl I tr re < om mended receive nn honar able dl < home and upon renllII1nt llIhla three man I his from dt ot honornblo ills charge receive thret months tra i ot his rating when dl < < hnrd a eon 1 tlnuu Service certllkoe nn1 an add ad-d lion of Jl month to his pay The cc rllncato entitles him to Promotion i over every outsldr Mea holding such i certificates are the ones not deshred by the naval powers and they are the nice t frequently enlisted the sen Ice The document Is I In Itself a guarante of good character and liobt highly prized by the possessor The apprentice In the course ot time an i become a Petty omr uh a i pay ot from JD 10 f7D a mlh anti finally a arrant t officerntaln cartn k r2n ter Kunnr or allmker hoe a pay Is fUOO CI Year Th chances therefore there-fore are excellent for a poor but deservIng deserv-Ing boy to time to an honorable position ot considerable emolument Enlistments ot apprentices are made on board the Constellation at Coasters Harbor Island near Newport It L the Vermont at the Brooklyn navy yard the Wabash at the Hoiton nan yard the Itlchmond at the League Island Philadelphia navy > ard and the Independence In-dependence at the Mare blond navy vard San Francisco I I 1A l I I 1 I 41 1 Il I 9 If P I rzv N 1 = = 74 f rt7 7 = LIX I 1 rf MT7Niw g = i 14 TJ It In 11I cj 11 1 7 q1j 11h 1 11 R 71111 rJ i I Z r ev 1 4 I I I 1 I I Z I I I I I N I V 1 87 I I I fI I I t I I I 11 I I I I THE TRAIMNO SHIP ADAMS |