Show MORE AMERICANS GO TO SEA The Number Has Increased Two and One Half Times Since Start I of War That the United States will be well supplied with native sailors in the event of war with any other country Is the statement made by Dr George S. S Webster secretary to the American Seamen's Friend society of New York an aa exchange says Doctor Webster sa says s 's that the European war is responsible responsible responsible sible for many any thousand Americans becoming becoming becoming be be- coming sailors He states that his society within the last half year has aided more than American sailors Doctor Webster sa says s 's that there are approximately two and a half times as many American sailors now shipping for foreign ports as at any time previous ous to the war He attributes this Increase Increase increase In in- crease partly to the increased wage being being being be be- ing given gi seamen and partly to the improved conditions under which they are working In announcing the six months' months report t of f f the time society Doctor Webster says The past three years eals have marked an almost unbelievable Increase In the he number of Americans who are shipping as sailors from our own ports At our sailors' sailors home on the North river water waterfront waterfront waterfront front the men we have previously cared for were almost entirely British Swedish and German If an American- American born sailor should have mingled in with this company he would have been more or less conspicuous Today we frequently lodge American American Ameri Amen can sailors and they are practically all men who have not seen service in tn inthe inthe the merchant marine prior to the outbreak outbreak outbreak out out- break of the war It Is a very fair estimate to say that fully two and a half times as many Americans are now seafaring men as prior to the war We Ve can no longer say that the AmerIcan Amerl- Amerl can Is a landlubber We Ve venture to predict at the American American Amer Amer- ican Seamen's Friend society that the proportion of born American-born sailors to those of other nationalities will Immensely immensely Im tin- Increase after the war Incase In Incase Incase case there is a slight lapse In industrial activity the seafaring life will wiil doubtless doubtless doubt doubt- less be an attraction to many who ha have vc not heretofore considered its desir a ability bill ty |