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Show LIFE IN U. S. NAVY LIKENED UNTO TORPEDO; Secretary Daniels Explains How the Recruits Are Trained. By Jotephut Daniels Secretary af the Navy in President ' WHnn't Csbinet. On of Uia Important feature! hi the development of our modern navy haa been the train In of lta young men. The public little realiaea the extent of thla educational work. Uncle Ham maintain! a large vocational voca-tional university for the practical In-atructlon In-atructlon of the many thousand recruit! re-cruit! admitted Into the navy each rEducatUnal farlllwes axe available to all. from the date or entrance 10 the date of retirement. They do not terminate with Instruction at the training stations or trade schools. Whenever possible, without Interfering Interfer-ing with military duties, schools are held on every ship of the nsvy. Such schools enable ambitious young men to prepare themselves for entrance to AnnapoHa. I whteb Iwststatiew im enlisted men may now be appointed each year. By far the greater number of young men enter the navy as apprentice seamen, sea-men, the lowest rating In the enlisted grade. The recruit serves an apprenticeship appren-ticeship at a naval training station, sometimes supplemented by a course of instruction on board a veeeel of the reserve force, or on a cruising vessel. The first station to be established waa ar Newport. R. 1.. where Narra- gansett nay arroroa loeai lacuitiea ir boat drills. Another la at Norfolk, Vi, with like facilities on Hampton Roads. The Pacific coast is provided with a naval training station on Terba Buena Island, in San Francisco bay. and our most modem training station ia at Great Lakes, on the shore of Lake Michigan, about thirty-five miles north of Chicago. . When young men enter the navy with some knowledge of a trade and enlist for duty in that trade, they are sent direct to a trade school. The most popular of the schools arc the electrical schools, one at' New j Tork and one at Mare Island, Cel. i Each - school Is divided into two classes general electricity and radio. ' The course of instruction In both classes is eight months long, but students, stu-dents, either recruits nor men from aboard ehlp. may enter at any time. At Uorfnlk there Is an artificer school, with classes for shipwrighta, shlpflttera, blacksmiths, painters and plumbera. The course of Instruction laata three montha In each class, excepting ex-cepting thst of shlpfltter. whicb extends ex-tends for six months. Yeoman schools are located af Newport, New-port, Great Lakes snd San lfranclseo. Yeomen perform the clerical work of ; the navy. There are preliminary classes In arithmetic, spelling, composition compo-sition and elementary knowledge of naval conditions. If the recruit is not a stenographer, he can Join a class In stenography after hours Then come classes In the supply officer department. depart-ment. . executive officer's office, pay office and commanding officera department. de-partment. In each of which the students stu-dents are taught the duties pertaining to the several departments. Kaoh of these classes tskes five weeks to complete com-plete the course. Hchools for instruction of the nsval hospital corps are at Newport, Great Lakes and San Francisco. , Musician schools at Newport. Norfolk, Nor-folk, Great Lakes and Ban Francisco i furnish skilled musicians, for navy ! bands and orchestras. The course ls eight months long, and the applicants I must be able to read music and puvy the easy gradea on band Instruments, either atrlng or brass, and on the piano. A most Important factor In the welfare wel-fare of the crew is a supply of wholesome whole-some food. To Insure satisfaction tn tbie respect, commissary schools are established at Newport, Great Lakes and San Francisco, for tralnlne misaary stewards, conks snd bakers, ! The length of the coarse Is six montna A machinists' school, with rlaaaea for coppersmiths and for Instruction in caaoUne ena-lnea, Is located at Charleston. 8. C, where the coarse lasts sixteen montha tor machinists and alx moptha for coppersmiths. The classes of this school are open to men of ft-ood record upon re -enlistment. Two schools for seamen .runners are maintained, one at Wash Ins-ton. lor instruction in-struction In ordnance, the otlr at Newport, for education In torpedoea, diving and torpedo machinery. The eourse at toe Newport school Is eight i montha and at Washington six montha flying and the mechanism of aircraft air-craft are taught hi the naval aero-nautie aero-nautie school s4 Penaacom, Pia. This coarse la open to men already In the service, and is eighteen montna long There Is a class ta fuel all baming st PhUsdolphla. with a stx-month course open to men of the ftreroom branch, and a class at New Tork tor the seaman branch, offering a special two-month eourse m gyroscopes. Upon completing- 1 course of Instruction In-struction In one of the navy's trade schools, the men are advanced la both pay and rating aa they are found qualified, and are transferred to gen-eral gen-eral service. After eervtneT one or two enlistments many decide to return to civil Ufa where the training they reserved re-served In the navy enabhw them to command positions af reeoooerioillty la .Ihe industrial world. |