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Show NAVY TO TEACH LsADSTO SWIM Young Recruits Must Learn Natatorial Art NORFOUf Va, March . Orders hav gone down to (lunluuno that some 4000 lada aboard ths ships of ths Atlantic fleet who don't know how to swim be taught to paddle their own canoe before tha fleet oomaa north for ths summer. They will taks to the nice, warm cuban water under the eyes of rough tonnes, but highly efficient ef-ficient petty officers who are widely known to be proficient In. the main business of the aavy la any Una-getting Una-getting results Navy men are always apt to got a docking. It looks lik plain sailing to see bare-footed launch crews whirl up to ths gangway In smooth water, but they have to do It every day. They are the butchers and bakers and candlestick can-dlestick makere bora of ths fleet, si-ways si-ways on the go. And It'a something of a trick to come alongside In a ses-wsy ses-wsy without bumping somebody off the boat or carrying away a fender to ths profane wrath of the bo sun and Indignation of ths deck officer and "first loot" of the ship. A ahip'a boat hops about like a flea on a hot griddle In a aurfaoa stir that leavea the ship as mstlonless as ths Statue of Liberty. Hence the order to teach the navy to swim. If a lad la dumped overboard over-board and can keep himaelf afloat for a while, - you can trust the navy In reneral to fish him safely out finally. They are always p tuning medaia on sailor folk for that. |