Show RECRUITING SERVI SERVICE KEEPS RECORD OF r c MARKS err Navy N vy Officer Says Most Sea Sea- Seamen Seamen men en Have Hav Pictured Ink-Pictured Bodies Orders have been received re el cd by b Lieutenant Lieuten Lieuten- ant Edwin Guthrie officer In chargo charge orthe of or the United States navy recruiting station fn in this city warning him to be bo especially vigilant In the matter of or fraudulent applications applications ap up- ap- ap for cn enlistment In n. n the navy It Itin Itis in is pointed out In this that fully folly 95 93 per er cent of tho men who ho enlist fraud fraud- have hays b been n tattooed J with marks that arc are characteristically call of or tho the military 6 service and that In most cases they will tr try to enlist as 08 coal passers firemen of or ortho tho the first and second d l cla classes ships ship's cooks cook landsmen for or 1 bakers 1 els for 01 seamen or for Cor ordinary seamen One Ope of the tho principal inducements to fraudulent enlistment according to Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Guthrie Is to secure transportation tion Uon to the sea coast the government o fur fur- railroad d tickets to the Ule point of or service Ice from the point of enlistment Sent to Coast Men enlisted d In this city and In Butte Mont where tho the local maintains a are sent Bent to Bremerton navy Y yard Washington ton or to are Island na navy yard ard San FrancIsco whore they BO go aboard training ships for tor preliminary In Instruction Instruction instruction In- In before they are sent enl to sea There are often cases In rn which hleb men out of or employment desire des to reach sea seaports seaports ports porte and will tako take a a. chance of being being- arTe arrested ted for fraudulent enlistment to get getto getto getto to the coast Il It Is fJ a peculiar fact said Lieutenant nant that great numbers of or men who follow the tt sea 1 are tattooed The Thc vastness vast vast- ness of the sea and mans man's In w when cn tho the elements are aro at pla play has a powerful Influence on their minds e espe especially pe cIa dally 11 the le less lesa educated men and mall many o of them Viem to tho the supposedly evil e Influence of ot the spirits of the sea have them themselves les tattooed with symbols that that have e been cn handed down for ages an and curative e and nd preventive agencies Tor or example In olden times It was b religious faith that a A. pig tattooed upon the foot would insure Injure A R nian mrIan a against drowning Hundreds of oC sailors sail sail- ors ore have ha a little pl pig tattooed upon the Instep of tho the left leCt foot Others have havo ju just t the head ead and shoulders of ot the pin pig tattooed tattooed tat tat- there This superstition has spread to 10 virtually all the nations of the earth rth where here men go o to sea Japanese Chinese Clunes men anal from the tho Scandinavian peninsula South Americans AmerIcana virtually all belle bellve Implicitly Im im- In this tIlls fetish and the pl pis Is a most common tattoo mark marl Animal Favorites Sailors on their first cruise to tropic latitudes are struck b by the great reat numbe number num bens ber or of bright Plumaged birds ui lit these theae Pont ponti Many Ian of or the sailors have ha long long- tailed tattooed upon their shoulders Oth Others rs affect o e animals or even their household pets Man Many men haVe tattooed on their bodies the pictures of ot dogs they havo have owned In their thol- boy hood Butterflies and stars also are very common The star usually Js Is placed on the tho left hand between tho thumb and forefinger fore fore- forefinger finger The butterfly often orten Is Ig placed l cM there with the Ue wings extending to the thumb and forefinger Tha Th eagle easle and globe typifying th the mastery of tho the United States Stat J. J Is a common com corn mop mon emblem Tho The American flag however bow bow- C ever r. r is 18 perhaps the most popular J Tim Tho chest usually Is chosen for the tho Hag but I 1 IhLe haVe hL seen en a a. great reat flag covering o orin rin almost t the entire back o of a 11 broa shouldered broad sailor sailor Tho pallor's s head the eagle calle and th shield ld crossed guns JUns crossed cro Bed sabers the tho apprentice tice UC knot and other military emblems are arc m popular pular The sailor of ot a 1 sentimental E turn tura lias 6 a J. J large Jarge standard stock to choo choose e from and can an be tattooed with his fa favorite ft- ft design In an any port These include the willow rind and tombstone the mottoes Death before dishonor In memory of my m father In memory of ot my may mother and others of at similar Import The practice of or tattooing in IA so common common common com com- mon among that it Is almost st t ta a a. certainty c that a u. man with Ith mat marks has seen service H It is ms for fur this r reason mason a on that the na navy department has warned recruiting officers to make a minute ec ecord ord 1 of these marks that the tho enlistments mn may be chocked CAre carefully full to prevent pe fraud |