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Show A City in Itself , Great Lakes Naval Training TrainingCenter TrainingCenter TrainingCenter Center Is Largest . of Its Kind IGnd in the World , | Thousands of Youths Are AreTrained AreTrained Tramed Trained There Each Day . From farms factories factones , of offlces offices offices flces fices and classrooms of the thegreat thegreat thegreat great Midwest plains area areathousands areathousands areathousands thousands of men today are areI areon areon areon I on the marchI marchSince marchSince march marchSince Since that fateful Sunday of ofDecember ofDecember ofDecember I December 7 when Japanese Japanesebombs Japanesebombs Japanesebombs bombs rained on Pearl Har Har- Harbor Harbor Harbor - bor they have been headIng headIngtoward headingtoward headingtoward toward the naval training sta stabon station station bon tion Great Lakes 111 Ill , bent benton benton benton on becoming becommg seagoing seagomg fight fighters fighters fighters ers with Uncle Sam s 5 fleetAt fleetAt fleet fleetAt At this great naval training tralnmg base base40 40 miles north of or Chicago on Lake LakeMlcllgan LakeMick LakeMicligan Mlcllgan Mick igan tar far from trom salt water the thenavy thenavy thenavy navy is undertaking undertakmg the huge task of oftransform oftransform oftransform transform ng land lubbers Into Intohard intohard intohard hard hitting men of o1 the greatest greatestfleet greatestfleet greatestfleet fleet in m the worldGreatest worldGreatest world worldGreatest Greatest of all naval tra n ng cen centers centens centers ters tens in the world during durmg World War WarI I the stahon statIon again agam bears that repu reputatIon reputation reputatlon tatIon In the near future 11 camps campseach campseach campseach each bearing beanng the name of a navy navyhero navyhero navyhero hero will provide tra nmg nlng ning and 1 I v vmg ving ving mg ing quarters for tor men on the statIonThese stationThese station stationThese These camps will wllI be Barry Bron Bronson Bronson Bronson son Luce Paul Jones Perry Dew Dewey Dewey Dewey ey Lawrence Porter Moffet Moflet Mor Mon Morrow Monnow Morrow row now and Mclntire McIntIre the latter bemg being bemgthe beingthe beingthe the hospital arpa area of the stat on . . Supplying Supplymg approximately 35 per percent percent percent cent of the enl sted sled personnel of the thefleet thefleet thefleet fleet , . , Great Lakes is the headquar headquarters headquartens headquarters ters tens of the Ninth na\ na nay naal \ al d strict . . . The Thedlstr Thedistr Thedistr dlstr distr ct et Includes 13 m d\\ d destern dwestern dwesternstates dwesternstates \ estern esternstates states North and South Dakota Ne Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska braska Kansas Missouri Iowa IowaM IowaM IowaM M nnesota Wisconsin Illino IlImo s Ken Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky tucky Ind ana Ohio and M chlgan chrgan chlganCommandant chrganCommandant chiganCommandant Commandant of the d strict and andcommandmg andcommanding andcommanding commandmg commanding officer of at the station IS ISRear isRear isRear Rear Adm John DownesConstruction DownesConstruction Downes DownesConstruction Construction of ot the ong orig nal tra n nmg ning ning mg ing station at Great Lakes was au auJionzed authorized auJionzed Jionzed thorized by an act of ot congress In InApril inApril inApril April . , . 1904 Seven years later Pres PresIdent Presrdent President Ident rdent William Howard Tatt Taft official officially officially officially ly opened the station on October 28 281911 1911 It consisted of 33 bu Idmgs ldings Idmgslocated ldingslocated Idmgslocated located on a 167 acre tract of ot land landand landand landand and it housed 1 400 men W th the theoutbreak theoutbreak theoutbreak outbreak of war m in 1917 900 bu Id IdIngs Idings IdIngs Ings were constructed construrted More than125 than 125 000 men were tra ned tor for the thefleet thefleet thefleet fleet during the firstorM first \ world \\orM orM confl ctThe ctThe ct ctThe The buildings bUlldmgs erected dur ng ngWorld ngWorld ngWorld World War I were temporary struc strut structures struttunes struchires tures tunes and were d smantled after the theslgnmg thesigning thesigning slgnmg signing of the Armistice Armlsl1ce Todayoth Today-oth Today oth Today- Today Todayother Todayothen - - oth other other er en temporary structures are be ng ngprovided ngprovided ngprovided provided to handle the daily dally Influx Influxof influxof influxof of recru ts is in this ne v war warA warA A Self-Sufficicnt Self Sufficicnt Self-Sufficient Sufficient SelfSuficlent - - UnitExtensl UnitExtensne Unit UnitExtensive Extensive Extensl\ Extensl Extensle Extensne \ e facilities facllltJes of ot the statIon statIonmake stationmake stationmake make it a self sufficient unit There Thereare Thereare Thereare are offices barracks mess halls hallsclassrooms hallsclassrooms hallsclassrooms classrooms drill halls halIs g gymnasiums gymnasiumsstore gymnasiumsstore ) mnaslUms mnaslUmsstore store houses and large hosp tals talc The Thestat Thestat Thestat stat on has bas its own barber shops shopshostess shopshostess shopshostess hostess house post office talor tailor talorshop tailorshop tailorshop ! shop laundry and shoe shop There Thereare Thereare Thereare are three s v mm ng pools and ten tenregulatJon tenregulation tenregulation regulatJon regulation ABC bo vhng vlmg vlrng alleysBut alleysBut alleys alleysBut But more mportant than the thebu thebu thebu bu Idmgs ldmgs Idings and facu facl facil ! t es are the menthousands menthousands men menthousands thousands -thousands - of Americans rang ng ngfrom ngfrom ngfrom from beardless youths to men In Intheir intheir intheir their fort es who were Bluejackets m in in1917 1917 and 1918 Besides being a per perfect perfeet perfeet fect feet physical specimen the Blue Blue- Bluejacket Bluejacket Bluejacket - - jacket of 1942 is A 1 m In In Intel tel gence Bence gencecourage Bencecourage gencecourage courage and patriotism Anx ously ouslyhe ouslyhe ouslyhe he learns the seafaring lessons be bemg being being mg ing taught by veterans of the fleet fleetExpectantly fleetExpectantly fleetExpectantly Expectantly he awaits awall $ the dayhen day \\hen hen when whenhe \ whenbe henhe he will graduate from the ranks of a arecrwt arecruit arecruit recrwt recruit to that of ot a full fledged fledgedsailor fledgedsailor fledgedsailor fledgedsailorRequirements sailor sailorRequirements Requirements of RecruitsFundamentally RecruitsFundamentally Recruits RecruitsFundamentally Fundamentally a recru t must be bebetween bebetween bebetween between the ages of 17 and 50 and _ . - _ _ . , " + . . - < " " w- w wz wb ' " - , . 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X ray rayand rayand rayand and e } ) e a ear nose and throat exam exammatlOns examinations exammations matlOns inations the results of wh ch deter determme determine determine mme mine a man s physical fitness for forthe forthe forthe the serviceEach serviceEach service serviceEach Each man is subjected to a photo-fluoroscopic photo fluoroscopic photo- photo photofluoroscopic photofiuoroscopic - - fluoroscopic fiuoroscopic examination exammatlon of his chest chestand chestand chestand and to the various vanous blood and labora laboratory laboratory tory tests He is also immunized immunizedfor immunizedfor immunizedfor for smallpot smalIpo't smalIpot smallpox ' typhoid yeUow yellow fever feverand feverand feverand and tetanusIn tetanusIn tetanus tetanusIn In some cases where there IS ISdoubt isdoubt isdoubt doubt as to the physical or mental mentalfitness mentalfitness mentalfitness fitness of ot an indiv mdlv dual he is sent sentto sentto sentto to the U S Naval hosp tal here herefor herefor heretor for a period penod of ot observat observa t on and andstudy andstudy andstudy study After Alter th s period penod . , . if It the m in mdlvldual individual individual dlvldual dividual is found to be phys cally tally callyand tallyand callyand and mentally qual fied fled he is outfit outfitted outfitted outfitted ted and takes h s place in m recru t ttrainmg ttraining ttraining ttrainingIn trainmg training trainmgIn trainingIn In cases v y here minor mmor surg sung cal calcondit calcoyidit calcondit condit coyidit ons are discovered the mdiv mdlv indiV mdl indi v duals are sent to the naval hos hosp hosp hosp p tal where the condit ons are cor corrected corrected correeled rected before the recruit is accepted acceptedfor for naval serv ceMen celien ce ceMen ! 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More than 700 experienced stewards stewards stew iards ards bakers butchers and store storekeepers storekeepers storekeepers keepers man huge mess halls halIs on onthe onthe onthe the stat on while whle ! a veritable ventable army armyof armyof armyof of mess attendants-recrUIts attendants recrUIts attendants - recruits who whomust whomust whomust must spend some time in mess halls hallsas hallsas hallsas as part of the r train ng-serve ng serve ng - serve the theBluejackets theBluejackets theBluejackets Bluejackets Twelve general mess messhalls messhalls messhalls halls no v are operated on the sta staton stat stat ton tonCafeteria t onCafeteria on Cafeteria StyleBecause StyleBecause Style StyleBecause Because of the great number of ofmen ofmen ofmen men consuming consummg three squares a aday aday aday day the navy serves serve its food cafe cafetena cafeterra cafetena tena terra style in m compartment trays traysThe traysThe traysThe The men pol poi sh off orr their meals at atlong atlong atlong long cleanly scrubbed tables To Tofacil Tofacil Tofacil facil tate operations at the conclu conclusian conclusion conclusion sian sion of each meal the sailors stack stacktheir stacktheir stacktheir their trays dishes and s lverware lverwareruch lverwarewhich Iverwarewhich \\ruch ruch which \ are then sent to automatic automaticdish automaticdish automaticdish dish washers tor for a speedy cleans ngEach ngEach ng ngEach Each mess hall is equ pped with a amodern amodern amodern modern galley butcher shop vege vegetable vegetable vegetable table locker bake shop refrlgera refrigera refrlgerators refrigerators refngerators tors bread room store rooms and andISSU andissu andissu ISSU ng roomsFru roomsFru rooms roomsFru Fru ts is and vegetables are debv deliv debvered delivered delivcred ered daily dally to insure msure freshness car carrots carrots carrots rots onions and ruta rutabagas bagas are 10 to 10cally totally locally cally tally grown and locally purchased purchasedcheese purchasedcheese purchasedcheese cheese butter eggs and poultry are aretrucked aretrucked aretrucked trucked in m from Illinois and WIS Wrs WISconsln Wrsconsm Wisconsm consln consm Dry provisions such as ascanned ascanned ascanned canned tomatoes are requ s tlOned tioned tlOnedIn tionedin tionedin In carload lots from the Navy Sup Supply Supply Supply ply Depot at Norfolk Va Coffee Coffeeis IS rece ved in m 5 000 pound lots from fromthe fromthe fromthe the Prov s on and Cloth Clolh |