OCR Text |
Show ... -'."JY C-,V 2 w-.-k " i.fcvc.!V .j t.4-i.j? ill. i t ...; a S.-c ctary cf the Navy. live Hon-cratie Hon-cratie Frar.k Knox, made the lcllowir.g statement on October J 30. with rcs-e.t to training N.ay i aitcl Marine carps pcascnr.tl :"or "2-cccai. Navy" needs: ' "The Navy at the present time j has over 170.000 enlisted men. and the Marine corps 37.000. their combined needs for the so-tailed 'two-ocean' Navy in 19-55 of 1P46 will be over 500.001 men. Kence, these young men who enlist now or in the near future will not only on-ly receive highly specialized training train-ing in various fields, but are the , ones most likely to obtain the greatest degree of advancement during the period of xpansion. Trained personnel will be required to man the many ships now under construction and being acquired. The patriotic young American citizens citi-zens who today volunteer for enlistment en-listment will become the leading petty officers in that expanded navy. Those who are seamen today to-day will become the chief petty officers of tomorrow, if, by hard work and constant application to duty, they demonstrate their fitness fit-ness for advancement. "To join the Navy, a young man must be an American citizen, without with-out dependents, and between 18 and 31 years of age. He must be of good character, and must pass the physical and mental tests which are given him at th recruiting station. After a shot training period, he is ordered t duty either in a Naval vessel or a. a Navy trade school. During hi . entire service in the Navy he re ceives his board and lodging; he receives expert medical and dental care; and he is taught an honorable honor-able trade. He leads a clean, heal-they, heal-they, rigorous life; he attends religious re-ligious services of his c.vn choice; and he is encouraged to save his money his monthly jay being almost al-most entirely clear." |