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Show Navy Not a Reformatory. Lieut. Blerer, Jr., charge of a naval recruiting station In Kansas City, does not countenance tho Idea that tho navy ' a may bo used as a reformatory for bad r ' boys. A father brought his 18-yoar-old son to tho station and showed unusual anxiety that tho lad might pass. Tho lieutenant asked somo questions and learned that tho boy had bad companions compan-ions and was disobedient at home. Thoreforo tho father wanted him to havo the strict discipline of tho navy. "It Is not tho purpose of tho navy," said Lieut. Blerer, "to enlist boys who aro incorrigible at home, for the pur-poso pur-poso of reforming them. I don't want your boy or any other whoso parents aro unablo to manage them." |