Show TRAINING MEN TO DO UNCLE SAMS NAVAL FIGHTING about men man beenu fitted for the navy at the great lakes station EVERY MINUTE IS OCCUPIED keen determination to make good la Is the prevailing spirit of the camp plan to make station larg V tot est of kino kind 0 n world fad la 11 grent lakes ill III about men aru are being fitted for fighting lit in the nations of defense at tile the united state training station here not unlike that in n bal big college football camp Is the i online foutine of their training chief petty officers nicora ti tire uio coaches who drill tho the nicci m oil up ind down tho the helda fields lit in tile final days of preparation for the big game war every minute Is 19 mado made to mean sono sonic thing on oil a dozen fields tile air in bi tilled aith the authoritative comm amli of the offitt ra ond and tho the pounding of thousands of heavily shod feet on oil thi th turf commingling Com mingling la Is tile blare of tile the bands which are directed by john philip sousa famous bandmaster who now lias bils musicians in ili training and expects to develop the finest military blind band in thu the world but tile tho spirit of the camp Is as sorl ous oua ns that in a football camp ali and its as evinced by the last lays days of november in tiny any college the statement Is not meant lightly everywhere about tho the station the sentiment seems to bri bd to stick to tho the team and mako make n good showing IQ in tho the eyes of tile alio co coaches nelles that it permanent place may bo be obtained in the greatest game of nil all 0 0 smith captain ot tills this years football eleven at the university of michigan expressed tills this when lie he said wo going in with everything wo we have wo we aro are going to win and make the commandant capt IV A BI moffett offett proud of us when yvo vo go to son eon or bo be ground to pieces trying to train men plans are under way to make inako the station tile tho largest of its kind in tile alio world preparation have been nindo mado to train upward of men luen during the suni summer mpr tho the navy department upon tile tho suggestion of captain mot fott fot has asked congress to appropriate funds for this purpose constructed originally for men the war nod the resultant influx of recruits lias has necessitated tho the springing up of fit a white tented citron city on tho the reser nid and adjoining leased lemed lanil land camp paul jones lying immediately to the north of the station proper lins lias been fully equipped and shelters men among them tile bayal militia from the antes of michigan and missouri it Is believed that tho the station will train five of tile men who go to tho the navy during tho the war recruits tr from 0 in practically every community in the middle west are expected men from illinois indiana ohio michigan wisconsin minnesota north dakota dakhin south dakota nebraska kansak Nan stis missouri lown iowa kentucky and parts of other oilier states being sent here bore to learn tho the business of n mano man o barsman wars man men of every station virile young americans front from tho the colleges offices forms farina and factories of the middle west the men at the station seem to bo be trained for almost anything hero here ono one may see a civil engineer enlisted its as an apprentice seaman using his transit to mako make bench n marks while over thero there on tho the corner of tho the reservation aro are the two slender foot wireless towers from which it a inn ann n la IS sending a wireless message to to tile tho government station in arlington va in the heterogeneous personnel bonnel there la Is n representative of almost every trade profession and bustness business homesickness home sickness Is a disease that hns has little place tit at the sta station flon there Is not time for it lying in the sun still swept harbor of lako lake michigan below tho the wooded bluffs ot of the reservation are united states navy warship warsh lp aboard a rd which tile men get sonio of tavi r training for the leisure hours tile thu dimpling waters of the lake inko invites the more hardy to bathe hion thero M anro re 6 Q athletics under tile supervision afa ot n naval oni eer track meets boxing bouts and baseball games tiro fire field also there Is a and a fully nu quipped p ped library to occupy tile tho time earn money on 0 n side many of tile men earn carn money other alinn their pay by doing odd jobs for their fellows there Wit la willetter irnetter letter writer who fy a small juul ILI write i to U ir r to ii ft parent ar or a burning love letter to a young woman for it inato who ho finds iglesi it less easy to express himself over ancamp in caknip paul jones Is it tented burber barber shop in barbers tire kept busy scraping tile faces of their comrades alongside Is 11 parlor and ll calbY Is ft a cleaning and pressing establishment nil of them do rood abod bustness business for among tho the first th things inga a recruit Is taught tire neatness SS and per bonol J at cleanliness nor to do the men want fo for r a a wo comans womans malls interest mrs mra moffett Mol wife of tile the herse heisele it tile mother of I 1 three small I 1 sons tries tiles to take it motherly interest in ili every roan man in tho the sta tion ion As president of tile great re lukes lakes I 1 ancillary or of old navy c f 8 society evict fa she liaa has direction of th tho caring for alio needy fain families illos in ili the lie middle west of officers and enlisted men of the navy and marine corps gifts received at thu the station she distributes personally frequently of offering ferine bits of kindly advice simul simultaneously t and when finally tho the raen men ore ready to take their places in the american battle fleet each seems obsessed with tho the idea that lie he personally must make good |