Show Walk Seventy Miles Miles' to Enlist Enlist ann titi III ann f Y Youths From Dixie Join N Navy vy a- a 4 a S f T rt IL 4 1 e I Milton Herman Hota loft left apprentice seaman and royd Grant Grat right hospital apprentice ap ape prentice who walked waed seventy miles me to enlist t In i the tho to navy nv Tired Tire of Country Life Boys Decide to S See e the World Its Is nothing to walk wak seventy miles mUe if i youre you're going somewhere told said fad Floyd Foyd Grant modestly modesty as he ho an and Milton Uton Herman Her Tier nan man Ian each 21 2 years ot or age e waited aled In tho United Unie States navy recruiting station staton Inho in ho Judge building yesterday afternoon for tor or their final examination for admission ml slon to the nR navy Grant and Herman have b been en companions compan ions for tor years Their home has been at Now New Harmony Washington COunt county where whore they attended school worked on tho farm and In tho the general Generl store storo together Grant tired of ot the dull dul life In the little country vila village go an and for months ha has been considering Joining tho the na navy J Hena Herman n tellin tell fell fellIn tel In readily with lh his plans and the they determine determined determined deter deter- mined mine that at the tho te first opportunity they would come to to- Salt Sait Lake and enlist In Inthe inthe the recruiting office The chance came this week eek and therm they ther m mado do up tp their minds to wait walt no longer The They said eaid sad goodbye to their relatives und and started for tor salt exit l Lake City The They rode to Payson and end walked tho the remaining distance making the hike In two days ays Why h do you ou wish to Join the te navy was a asked of ot the young men Their answers were the same came am They had hR tired of ot life in tho the little village They wearied of ot knowing knowing every ever mans man's ml middle dle name and the names Imes of ot his hs children chit chil dren In Jn the tho order of their birth The They I grew weary ear of Re seeing the same faces d after da day and they wanted wante a I change Herman Henon paid said If we wc go so Into tho the navy we no t figured rc that we would have ha havethe havethe the tE chanco chance to I leap rr a ul useful tul trade and anI that tha t we would 8 see O the world In a way a that Is honorable find and square Wo We 0 want to travel ord the n navy is s the only place wo we know n a fe fellow 1 On can go to 8 school hool learn a trade travel tr el and bo be paid for or It It Betides Besides there ther might be b a chanCe chanc for tor a I scrap and wo we would want ant to be he trained and an on the tho Job if it there thee should hould b bs b alY fighting for tor Uncle Sa Sam Grants Grant's application for tor enlistment I wasas was wasas u ual as al an apprentice f seaman Herman Henan appl applied applied ap ap- ap- ap pl plied d for tor enlistment as aZ a a. a hospital apprentice ap ap- prentice The bo boys pasted pasee their examinations examina ton with good marks and Dr J. J C. C LItell m r officer a say saps ard that they have have- tine fine Constitutions Their firm mu muscles ct clear cJe and brown Cb b ekR indicated life le In the tho open air cl class s of ot young men meg Is the kind the navy naV wante iante said Id Edwin Guth- Guth rio Om l' l In command Clean limbed husk husky outdoor lade like co these will find life ue In tho the navy naY to their liking These boys Os O's have havo been In correspondence with this office for tor nom comae time inquiring about abut life on the th water a ter In the government senIco sen Ico ice I J sent cent them a 8 pe personal onal Invitation a short ago to come com to th the Ul office oce for Cor fora Cora a talk with the force torce and was waa Wa pleased to t see Bee them show elow up sip Grant and man Herman were ord ordered red to training ship at San Sn Francisco and loft left lot yesterday afternoon to begin their lives as 81 sailors In tho nl navy |