Show to IU A A vv irl po M dt Comes to Young Government Warde A ft to naval for v nil of ot w u his i wants vr VI hl 1 MONO IONO nil all tho an over whom t Bam exorcist a 0 CO COta paternal guard guardianship 1 there Is 18 none OJ ta I to 10 whom tM holiday ar n lIlon com H more tn III the I acceptably than Ihan to lo 10 naval recruit often orten a amere aIn tn In border line between tho the Inh mere lad on h of oC boyhood antI and Irresponsibility Joyous His 1111 ten tender life Ufe to come the tho more serious chafed under th tho discipline der det years have pline to which h hll has haa been subjected 1 the Inclination resisted d manfully Ji rii Jut but he h has hI Ind now I nation to kick ocr oer the traces I the coming of ot the Christinas time timet t makes all things roseate He Is Ie a of oC humanity this lad I specimen taught tho business of oC na naval who I II being ha hat been val tit warfare and not 1101 enough of the breez breeziest written MUn of or him He lIe la III one of or orthe features iest lall and most nolt the new ne American m navy nn thore hs hU been such a dearth of ot prop properly erly qualified and that extraordinary measures mea url have been re resorted sorted to In nn effort to t bridge f the deficiency In order to 10 the out output put of ot officer utter cU ha hat been graduated of DC time at lit the Naval and the capacity of the school has h been bren enlarged greatly To provide extended sources of ot iii ly in the able Martian kanum dill there tha has been an en enlargement of the stations at Newport and lind at Han Kan Ind a anew 1 new nw Is II to be bp 11 hit hed on the Trent token st It n 1 cost colli of Moat of ot ull 1111 new ne tT mining squad squadron ron have hac been organized on both the Atlantic and const These Thew new ile fleets of training ships are I made macS up of ot thirteen VIC Ing 11 neM a 1 fifth of DC the total tonnage of Ui navy 1111 manned by nf oC th tb governments entire naval force torce HI U on these th ships It will be bt possible p to ut III one on time at nt least men I m mort re of whom wilom can POTATOES FOR DINNER L 1 be accommodated on the rout extant II Under this new Im men will be given more 01 thorough than Ihan over ever before since the will willbe be uniform and Ind not dependent upon up m the whim of ot each Ach captain of at a Ii training ship a y formerly the case cal The project ed cd naval station illation on nn the great gret lakes will VIII i mark a new era In American naval In Instruction Prior to 10 the war Uncle recruited practically cally call all of ot the men for tM his hla navy na from I the along the seacoast and In the of ot twenty foreigners to one native born citizen VIlh the rapid de development development of ot the navy and Ind I famine of ot the Iho department ned Its lis anxious e 8 Inland and recruiting om officers cers ous were soon In III the middle wet west numbers of or bright boya who were eager ti to servo on the big new battle ships These lads proved to bo be supe both physically and Intellectually to mot most of ot tho recruits obtained on tit seaboard and most of ot thun thon were werf Anier lean born Hereafter Interior young oung fellows will bo given ni nr opportunity to 10 become wise sea aes se customs custom at It their very doors to no u tv Boy Hoy recruits In the United States Sintee navy are divided Into two general class classes es ell apprentices and landsmen The fhe for tor former mer mtr begin their careers before belore tho mast between the ages of fourteen and sev seventeen ev enteen onteen They arc aro usually bound over te the of ot the government during minority their parents or guardians signing articles to that effect ett ct Many enter the service e an ay minors but not necessarily so Those Thole landsmen outnumber o tha apprentices two to one OM Until quite recently the schooling given riven to them WUI us very ver limited i now they the get rei about half an ilK much as the apprentices In time It will be arranged so that both bolh classes will receive the same Instruction Every r verY hour of the day Is II crowded with duties for tho youngster younK who la Is being converted Into a n seaman At tho th training school the boy Joy recruit In l taught nut of ot nil all to care for tor his per person son and for tor the clothing bedding which are UG given to him on entering His lis school hours proper re given up to making and furling fall the ho minor du duties duo ties of seamanship drill The re recruit reo cruit looks forward Impatiently to the close of MR his alx months probation Uon on en Und land and hili assignment to 10 a II training ship Once Onel on board ship the lad Iad Is II put through cour U of at seamanship and gunnery Ho learns All about aboul the tho partH of ot a 1 boat lighthouses buoys run running running ning lights toe fog signals etc and ami Is taught lau ht the rules rull of the road ro d how to box the Iho compass compa s how to operate t anchors and nil all the tha other that make up the equipment of an able seaman At AI first the apprentice Is I paid 19 U a month As he progresses his pay Is III In III Increased creased first nraL to 13 and finally to 21 This Hum Is over and above nil ull hit ac ao actual living expenses expense which are attended to by the government If U he IB 1 at 01 nil all thrifty the apprentice can accumulate le during the of his minority a II Hum num HumI I of money sufficient to cot himself up In InI I business If U ho IB Is no 10 Inclined he may 1111 save BIt trio hI Oft lm Im by the I J n m p plire lire ire supplied and an liberally at t that Whatever may bc n the In III olden time It tl Is now the tho policy of ot the department nt to 10 provide rather sell gen for tor Its ant good clothing Is furnished and j ilant wholesome food The galley jalley on ono of ot these modern floating n Is III not the forbidding spot of the oM nautical romances With Its Is well scrubbed floor noor and nd tables and Its Ita rows of oC copper and tin utensil 1 It U I by no means an nn unattractive place plic I Ito especially In Inho Inthe to the young ho the holiday season when discipline ti Is somewhat relaxed and the lads IUd are per permitted to offer their services to th cook If rr that f Is an amiable J overtures overture In a i i these thue person he met lite friendly spirit and permits the fun laY lov loving j ing youngsters to peel the potatoes for I Ithe I the tho the dinner dillner pare for or the holiday plea pies and Iono the rat ral the Ini Initial for tor the Yuletide dull duff If It supply of ot both of ot these dainties fall considerably short In con of this pacific Invasion of th ralley what whal does It matter There li Is of everything In the stores and Christmas comes omu but once a ye year r on Oil board a training account a I joyless season l III on no If It It be spent In III port pott Al AI Although though there to be perform sd Cd Is relaxed ta to talave lave ac them from trem becoming burden om social Interchanges and seas i bi ft t lose lOle non nonn frolic known to landsmen attractiveness on board bo rd shir their I of at Then there Is always the excitement One On I from home the packages es jf of the most keenly relished preparations occasion Is th the festive Incident to decoration of ot the Ih In this cheerful and I much pride service tho th lads lodl take lake show commendable origin 1 frequently example on I lIy ty The new Maine for tor morning will show ho at every I Christmas outlook nn evergreen reminder of ot the i country of the pointed nr I J I 1 i |