Show V v r T Y 7 T VV T V T Y V Yv T TV T T V T T 11 T w 7 v V VV wr V Vw I In the of the Modern Battleship Where the Strain Is Greatest During puring a Sea Fight o 0 writer of net has hud hind slon thus i far to his hid hi hero horo a aal al stoker In of tho the fuel fact that navi navigation milan gation has hll provided less picturesque ma mt material tend for tor fiction than wets furnished by the Iho nailing sailing craft of or long ago ngo the tho dearth Is not yet et KO EO com complete pleto that any novelist has bus been driven to 10 tho the for tor a I proper setting Nevertheless the tho stoll hole mid and Its Ita presiding genius are aro as me to tn tho Success l of at steam UIn navigation ns os was WAil tho the bumble humble blower to tho the old ole fashioned pipe organ The Tho human beings who delve dolve at lit the tho very ver bottom of the tho great transatlantic carryalls which have been be n not Inaptly characterized as nJ heaven above and s below may muY not be bo subjects fit far tor Idealization but they are 1110 prime primo necessities In navigation It H Is Ie on the tho warship however that n 1 stoker becomes a person of ot acknowledged edged consequence It U upon him to a II great grant extent o tnt whether his yes ves eel Is la to cut through tho rho waves wavel at nt the speed that was Intended by hy her do signors signers or whether Bho sho thrill shall crawl along nt It three or four tour knots under un tier that speed p 1 Dad work or neglect In III the 1 media means disappointment and J t Invites disaster of o mans nanny kinds kind It U manna primarily that the tho fires are aret t not going to burn properly and ancl that thata t as a a n consequence the tile amount of or steam generated will bo ho loss leas than then Is le required It U nt means also that nil tho the plans no so carefully formulated by hy the experts above decks docks are likely to miscarry through the tha Inefficiency or carelessness of ot the men who fe tee teed d tho the aree I cruisers or torpedo l C boats bonne lo t carrying e badly or reck reek reckless F i less lug stokers become what are termed wasters In other othor words is they oat eat eats s too tog much lilliCh drink too tOil much and an as II u II 4 consequence sleep leep too ton much the Tho Ih toed food h ch they ho tuo tue tu la Is IIII I th r c n a I J h f r u 1 fl Ir IrI I d daI 11 aI aIer er I I i iI I I I I ft I III I Id I It f I I I II d I I I l 1 1 1 I dl L I t i ia I I 1 a I I 4 u I I r II 4 1 t IT I FE dl t s c f I Its si I Ia f a Tb lb Te roan Nand tJ r Ib vv v I coal lam tho drink which they Imbibe too freely frell In is water and the tha th consequent somnolence la Is decreased speed Kuch Ruch n 1 ship could tint not bo be depended upon In III n a critical moment If tt the admiral of nf the fleet should hould nek for tor a Trust burst of ot she would not be he ready roady to respond It must be lie remembered also that the speed of ot tho the Squadron IH lee the thi speed off of ot tho the slowest Tho f ho ve l of oC a II Squadron must not be b n tom foi nay nn great rent H ut u time lime a fur for It would not do de to leave lea n a 1 lT to 10 HID nurcy o ut the Uio bu du tt it Is la m the capability of n a 1 single stoker that the time of an nu entire squadron N depend From Irom Ihla title will he bo seen the this for In III the Iho eol of ot atthe the Ihl nun who the tho turun ia of ot it II warship This Is le HO so well by hy 1111 VII I that provision hits been made by h all nil countries of or navies worthy of tho narno ta tn In Instruct Instruct men In It the th duties of ot hue fin lin I ant Pa 11 II lit U n e Ie I i l hut l the thu for lie pu 1111 f r of 1 her tr u e followed 1 liar Iier and onel tilled tip liP the theold old lId NIllon IK liB II a training ship for tor this class clans of ot beumon In II and Italy holy Is le given at nt the Iho various Parlous lIllou navy yards In III thin tho Untied United ha tins matter r has Ima received proper Attention Naval fire firemen firemen firemen men as 1111 they the ire lIre known In arm are recognized of ot one ems of the time 0 fiss r which cl the Iho en eo enlisted enlisted listed lilted naval force torce A fireman II Is le classed u lie H nod lit lie h titled rated with I 1 nets und and Ho He i II Ie i J ij I ease UD I M i kit Wa bun arm JCK I 1 4 ace D I man of ot hits rating rail nil r receiving o If It of or the tin first cla class tili IG 86 per JAr month while the gunner lulu tun hll 20 and tho ilium 32 Any Auy All d nits man nf of gaud co oil character between tb th of and may IMY enlist wll t nu no In Inthe th the tho United navy nat He lie will not hot be he to active duty dully however until he 1111 lu been In hem his hid new how Hasa he lie lea ban his hiD I cause CIolino of ot liu hI is le quite likely to I realise hut he 10 might have cho eho fieH ern u II less I ss tin U It U le au lack ta Ic tl young youna Cie Aue I I men Many have attempted the tha feat but few tew have havo been notably successful ful It In III reputed to be one of oC the tha most moet thankless In naval l life to lin bt detailed to teach tench young firemen how to shovel coal co l Ivory Every man of or course can shovel cool coal but exceedingly few can shovel It to the lie satisfaction of or a naval Instructor A young follow fellow brought suddenly nud un under tier der naval discipline after litter having lived a free life Ufa ashore will find most things not at rat II nit all to his hili liking and wilt will also find It r kably easy to g get t Into dim difficulty cults culty Ho Is la quite likely to forget torget that the tha critical Individual who Is hiding I fault fallt with his 1114 method of ot grasping a shovel handle handlo and IN Is no purist In his hiD hiDu use uso u o of ot tin tho mother tongue longue la In an officer petty tt no nn doubt but an officer In tho the navy vy notwithstanding lI t In each Buell an en n end and In such a n 1 temperature It does not require nn on act of ot violence tn rum the thC port pert of 0 the novice lI to constitute tute lute actual offense An Impatient ox ex exclamation or u a 1 ruin rash movement may Tho coal coni must bo ho spread over oer the tha lire 1110 In a n manner calculated to get from It all nil Urn tin hunt bent h It Is III capable nf ot giving In ht Inthe this the shortest t possible time line Not Oot a trust t ba ho wasted waited Th The rhe novice Is hI Inclined to 10 rail mull at ct Undo Uncle Rains Bains p par r ho lie has ban learned how to todo do du Iho properly long before he lie wins n u runt grunt of ot approval from hl his hlo In Instructor ho discover that It Is la not but It prudence Knowing how t to tn obtain a maximum of steam front from rt n c expenditure jt 9 fuel has hu bridged many a n yawning 11 chasm Mid turned morn more then than ono one Im Impending pending Il disaster tor Into victory If It this manipulation of ot coat coal were nil all thin tho would b his fireman night might look forward fully to 10 the tha near prospect of at relief from his but till ilia Is III only a I beginning lIe Ha must now meow to keep his bin tare lire clean cloan and free from mount that will inter I fern farn with thin tho heat making This seems to bo a 1 wlm I do mutter rr but bul bulI I nun t who hoe bits tried bled It II unit und would say gny otherwise n Like no so 0 much oleo oho that I b IJ be learned I thorn la III but bu ono Villi right Will way to do It Hy fly the I f II t thas h d I ly y t e thal elice lute has become accustomed ID u I I o lice has probably Ms his to resent his ila teachers J I Hides chins that ho he IH Is very vety MI iu I n rv and ond ma maIn h In lit Urn tune of ot course he h will III be br ime me It brt Itter ter able n ble to work In ht a n 1 truno uw ure t r Ives nt at h r but before degrees d il a that stage of Immunity his hA l v cu Ph otten Chun think of ot the superior of If t th ton all air allot of ot the tha upper deck mil and If It i II s a M iCa i ol 0 al algreen a PJ sentimental ho mn roar irn CV 1 II di green fields Il and brooks theory about abou his h hi There thero Is little training He actually bandies ta till t tool of ot his trade aa nil he lie will have to tl d m dl mho when well prepare fire fireman fl ho lie goo goes to sea seo A knowledge con eon man Is III n man ratan of ot vast and n engina Corning fires droll hollers boilers and Gild nowadays he Is le exp expected teJ to 10 j have a v with t bowing Most firemen In th the this course coure of ot t m p pup pi k and much knowledge abut holn up some of ot th them m become Upil ew enJI nav of ot early carl days daya JJ In the Ilia ners nee s t far ed ad a 1 firemans nun opportunity tW was Willi pair different V ll only Now It U Is entirely olan b t r hint hili ability o may a 1 1 firemans J Jany la In of ot tiPI t cB ch lOes number p on one of or a 11 any he hn v u branch but J Jall his hlo own I that h hopen at art all III the chances of ot enlisted nun to In the open to any other record lit In There a e risen navy havy have ave thus tho British navy of oC Inen from thin tho to be or of vessels month th hi his p pay y ot of tae 3 a of u uIs fireman of ot a 0 United tutee i slip P PIs of si the tha out W an r III eli ll Is II entitled to 10 at t r i lions tlona of or tho the seaman se d wl with ae n nam Halos grado Ire Ue In III l v 1 IS ai ap 1111 ample amplo supply of ot its yIng y dur duro lowed lowell a ration rallon of ot S 95 I f enS n A It h hl pf Jv vr Rhea Ing his hla tull nl eth Id I 11 a 3 years year he Is IA pensioned y Ii w II fourths of ot the tha B M h d tt f the th fc In la Spite ever received U attendant upon the tho WJ Ih that M 1 lack of ot candidates illS It 5 1 os 10 1 f t IP a athis N M It rt this Is II dun dUel It III r II n 1 dust the W tM U rate BO elm rigidly ly In J aunt l a as ln In of ot tho the naval U J J AMES V |