| Show 0 t I d U i I I It Ii c Y r S t ti d r MAKING I S tl OFA MAN i I i t I I IS Ii SI J JY Jt 6 a It l L 1 S i The Navy Na vy Dep ri meni ment Is Engaged In fn Inan an Active Effort io to Fill the Places of the Men Sent io to the thee Pacific e Coast talk of or hard times s 7 J Y fills the land Imd and corpo corporations m l rations throughout the i country are aro reported to tobo toM M 1 be bo laying oft thousand thousands 0 of men mon there thre Is one big ME em employer employer employer who ulio O Is not only maintaining the status tatUS quo qua but who Blonds ready to lake Hike on tho the good mon men others are ore forced to turn away awn That employer la is Uncle Sam He has Just sent to tho the other side aide of or the Iho world sixteen battleships i e 1100 men and ond he ho needs thou I funds more to man the tho vessels ve sels now built buill or building which are to Oil flit the holes tort left In the Atlantic by b the depar departure lure ture of oC Hear Admiral fleet that It ll Is ls only Ignorance of or orthe the delights oC of life liCe on the ocean wave that the general public from rushing ru the recruiting stations Uncle Him gam Jm has hns decided upon a campaign of ot The Tho gunboat Wasp Is his advance agent ment Her way WilY Is blazed by b ers who advertise the attractions attractions c Ions ot of u a naval life In eight and sheet posters Curious lIghts Fights ron en n foreign shores are 1 ro shown to youths oU of traveling turn To the adventurous views slews of landing on hostile strands tran s and hand band to tn hand conflicts ap apical appeal peal ical Everyday life lite In the tho navy nary Is de detailed detailed tailed by b moving picture machines The Tho advent of the trim white la is Ii the culmination of oC the campaign From Irom hilt hill and hamlet factory and form farm men run to the waterside and some Bome who come to stare Iare remain to serve Recently the Wasp returned to New Nelv York from a II up the tho Hudson as HI far tar as us Pouch peepsie taking with willI her hor re ro chosen front from rural patriots who ho pleaded for Cot admission to the tho navy 1 e the winter months tho the Wasp taking advantage of Dr the tide of enthusiasm enthusiasm stirred up by the sailing of Admi Admiral ral Evans grans armada will wilt make a south southern ern em m voyage and ami then will steam up the tho Mississippi stopping at al the tho chief towns townsen en rots either hank Hanle Meanwhile from tram re ro reis is ships und and recruiting stations scouting parties armed with ith posters postern and pamphlets p are arc 11 going out by land lind to sound Hound the cull call of 0 the sea lie In ears earll which lave Save never ll heard the tho booming of 0 the surf suit Going to School If the amazed landlubber decides to and If It he pauses passes lII se the examining surgeon wr eon lie he goes not to sea but to school 8 hool In the old days of ot the tha wooden navy naw the duty of ot a sailor was to tall ill aU but In these days das of great fighting machines gadflies u Il sailor may have to 10 be a n a carpenter a machinist a I plumber a gunner or an nn expert exp rl In any all pee of a score of Dr trades The recruit goes first to one of ot the naval nIl va training stations nations where ho he Is educated to per perform perform form torm tho the task to which he be Is most adapted As AI soon oon as alJ he enlists he ho goes goeson on an the pay payroll roll at 16 a month and nod from that time lime Sam provided him with bed bcd board nod and clothe clothes If tr he Is II to he henn hean nn an able uhl he ho must learn nil all about a n ship before beCore ho he goes goel on board one Ho lie HoIs lieIs Is taught laught to stow slow litO his bag sling his hammock tho the lead leall box hox the tho compass and all ull the strictly nautical Then ho he Is U assigned to a bat bal tullon tallon where he li Is drilled In and In performing the manual of arms arm He lie goes through setting up exercises and anti learns how hole to handle cud and fire firo u tI rifle how to shoot shoat at nt a tl mark mail and hit It U it Then he Is taken for Cor a short cruise crul e on a small practice vessel and has hus a chance to put Into practice his hl instruction In hoisting boats weighing anchor steering pointing etc At the end of or four months of 0 this Instruction months not all work for Cor the apprentice has every day from 4 In the afternoon after afternoon noon to devote to his own on n 11 devices he Is again examined and If he qualifies qualities he goes goe aboard a IL with an In Increase increase crease In pay PU to 19 a IL month After Arter one year as ordinary seaman he Is advanced to seaman f at 24 34 a II month provided ot of course he pusses passes the necessary examination After Acter reach ing the tho rating ot or seaman he Is eligible for or advancement to third class driss petty with teal pay at ut 30 3 a month After Acter one year ear as third class petty Iett he hela heIs heis Is la eligible to the grade of or second class petty pelly officer with pay at 35 and ana 10 40 per month After Atler u n year as second class potty petty officer he Is qualified to lo ho be pro promoted promoted to first class clans petty with pay at al 15 or 60 50 per par p r month After At r a n year Mr as os first elMS class petty he heis Is In Inline Inline line JIM for tor promotion to officer who after atter serving one y Creditably r i can get a permanent appointment It If recommended by an nn examining board with pay pa nt at 70 iO a II month A chief petty who has hus been In ht the navy nay seven years ears Is qualified to advance to warrant at 1200 to 1100 2101 per annum A warrant who can pass the thee examination may get et a u commission This examination Is open to boatswains gunners and machinists who have been In that grade four Cour years and ore are well ell recommended Twelve may mn be tie appoint appointed ed each year ear After twenty years service a man manor manof of wars man mall If It physically disqualified may retire on the pay and al s lie he II Is Iff receiving at nt the time lime he h retires and after thirty years cars service he may retire on nn ot of 0 his pay and allowances Tine Time served nerved dm during In periods of 0 war nar Is counted ns nil double time lime In case of ot disability the man receives a n pension lon depending upon Ullon the tho extent of 0 his Ilia disability If H he ho dies his family tam 11 gels cels n a pension At the naval training arc special cial schools where tho the may mu accumulate knowledge which materially Increased his hlA warn wn 11 Men who are trl by b trade or who show shots a II mark marked ed aptitude for Cor this work wurl are RIt given a n thorough training In everything An electrician of the third claw clew draws 30 a month with the opportunity ty t to advance until mall he lie becomes a II chief thief electricIan with a salary of or 60 GO to monthly At I the th yeomans school the may learn bookkeeping ste Rte stenography stenography and oth other r branches of oC cler eler leal teal work and anel quality qualify 1 II all C u ns 1111 a Q third class yeoman comun at nt 30 a II month Tho Thu chief chic yeo man maa gels goto ge GO 0 or no 70 a t month with a n of 0 promotion to n 1 paymasters paymaster H clerkship which pays paYI 1000 to i year If It the recruit has musical talent he ho may go fO to Norfolk cud and learn to be bl u e bandsman with n II salary of oC no 30 80 u II month There Is la also alito a 1 II II 1 training corps which teaches recruits the elements clementI of 0 medicine and surgery cry In the artificers school are taught the arts of plumbing ship fitting lILLing PU rte If It the apprentice applies himself lt at al the Ih train training lug ing school he goes Into the navy with f f r A Man aye Wars APe a Man IV S r ll c tr V T Nik q na 1 d u Jl 1 i I Iw Is lh 1 1 t I w 1 Le J s 4 ri 1 I IIi J t N 1 Ii rv b I f Jr r rI I 4 1 lp a Boxing on Board l I ma Sl Ship p n rt i 0 a tl t a ai fi i tr j r United Recruiting Wasp v u f L I rf 1 In nn n Order Orden to io Make flake thc ike Recruiting Scheme Attractive Uncle Sam Has Decided on a Campaign of Education on onI a it I salary which considering the th taut fact that thal his hili board lodging and raiment cost him nothing compares compates quite favorably with frith tho thu average nv civilians pay HILife Life Aboard Abo Ship f fOnce Once aboard the lugger the sailors life liCe is a busy one At Al a m In reveille Is sounded Bounded The Tho Th sailor has hs a u cup of ot cof coC coffee coffee fee or cocoa then and washes his clothes clotheR At 6 G 39 30 all hands commence to clean ship Breakfast Is served at al At the sick lIck cull call Is sounded Bounded From Prom to 1130 th the time Is II devoted to drills and lessons In ht From Front 1150 11 0 to 1 Is ta noon hour dinner and pipes Drill recommences at it and lasts till 3 t After Arter that tho the time IB la usually his hla own Supper Happer Is at Aft After er supper su pr the sailor unless he I Is III on watch duty duly uty has nothing to tu do but sling his hammock and go to bed bd at al 9 On Wednesdays and Saturdays there are arc Ill no 10 afternoon drills and the sailor has ha a halt half day oft orr On Sunday too toe aft ACt after after er rr Inspection and divine services the bluejacket Is free Cree Whenever practicable ble the crew crey Is allowed to go Ita ashore every overy afternoon and may remain all night For the sailors leisure hours houn his generous Uncle Sam provides box boxIng boxIng Ing Jag gloves slaves fencing folio folia baseballs foot root footballs footballs balls cards checkers ch cho chess s and books Many crows have their own pianos The fleet which left oft Hampton Roads Dec 18 IB carried twentysix planolas and no n end of Dr phonographs Most crews contain the necessary talent to get up e ean an nn occasional minstrel show dramatic entertainment or concert Not Nat So Dad Bad as ae Printed a A warship Is not quite as comfortable a place to la live as all a big bis bl houM on shore but It much worse than a city flat The sailors hammock Is no piazza affair af affair fair but bul a n swinging canvas bed bell with a n hair mattress In It H and the thi sleeping seaman has plenty plent of or good warm blan blankets E kots kels to snuggle under As s to the food p the seaman gets President Roosevelt Is the tho best bent witness In n a letter to the thc see sec secretary rotary rotan of 0 the navy nay ho he says say On board hoard the MI Missouri url I took dinner at atthe atthe the tho mess moss of or the m men Inn n and d 1 sew SAW the bill billoC of oC fare Caro and sometimes examined tho the fowl food to of oC the Iho men every ever evI day I that I wits was on the tho Louisiana or 01 tho the Went Wl Virginia A epees mon men bill of oC tarn faro neither better botter nor wor worthan worse oue 1 than the tho average and und chosen at random Is as ns follows tollos BREAKFAST ABT Baked hearts Beans Tomato Catchup Bread lIr d Butter Dutler Coffee k DINNER toed Beet Beef Brown Drown Gravy String Dean Beans Sweet Potatoes Potato Cottage Pudding Sauce Bread Coffee Cortee e Cold Boiled Ham Flam Canned Peaches Bread Dread r Butter Toa Tea ToaI TeaI I Inspected nil all three ships most moat minute minutely ly h and I cannot speak too highly ot of tho tha w arrangements for tor the comfort and Ind cleanliness cleanliness cleanliness ness of or tho the men A W |
