Show W e oil ale ennesser enn essee 12 lp esice popularly known w as the he volunteer state bins tile the an jt how when or fro from to whom nhom tennessee got the lin me nobody seems ite to know w allyn anyway y all tin ann an who be bestowed it was fl pe 0 alie for fee tennessee ties liag just justified her nickname by doing wroth something om ething fill unique in the volunteer oil seeing lne icile oe tennessee be has jut just set a new standard hn dard in the record of volunteer volun leer an enlistment in it time or of peace aid and the slogan that did it is go to sen on the tennessee V ben the sup dreadnought rend naught ten ric bessee asive area away majestically ily from tire the new few york navy yard some tittle boo in joan she nill mill be ill the first of U uncle sams first ela el a fighting ships hip t to 0 a embody bode a certain new naval idea the idea that floor it means pep patriot J ism and crp corps spirit to man coull a but bat with men fro from the state whose name I 1 the he b battleship a bears there are wo on an boardl boara md and more to come these new danl recruits are th the nor product duet of a whirlwind recruiting rg campaign n through the state of ten nessie safe BBS t the he a oun un and new york herald which was led by capt it H leigh V 8 1 1 aiho 10 Is 11 to command end the n new vessel s cl ws and it who as chief of staff deff to adula admiral st sims thir during an the war mar me was as in direct command of nil all the american america submarines ind and subba sub basera sers operating 1 in th the war sol zone 1 in his him recruiting biting tour captain begil has the zealous cooperation of gov A H roberts roberta of Tennessee who Is extremely popular with his cn cons alt titu ency and of mise helen roberta robert tile the gov governor S s daughter olm ho christened the ship at the launching and it ab whose charming photograph portra portraying her in the bet act of doing so was featured in the posters poster that helped to tg lure the Tec eim learn from their mountain fastnesses fast nesses C captain C I 1 tin leigh says he Is going to try to 11 make the tennessee tile the happi or the uma navy aa a nell ell as a a nood I of 0 discipline ine he 1 effe ca that the he spirit of camaraderie and ad state let pride incident to manning tile the e esl esel sl so 60 largely with fill native T tennessee asce talent B 11 promote both contentment and efficiency commenting on his goei all cv elwor captain leigh said bald bv be betm allai 3 we had a enrolled our full fall quota bout or of lower ratio rating 11 men and ad I a greit n u fatty I 1 additional d applicants rants lied had to be of clum are turned anav me hundreds a 0 waiting list an nax now nom enrolled eo Tolled upon lous in to be summoned atoned for duty upon pon eiml choice it would the ship p of their im hae been p possible ible in i this recruiting da to I 1 lave a fulia like manned tho I 1 vo TO great at his like the tennes exclusively eava if carl all with till sed e vt w r 1 I lad d been or ac able I 1 I 1 to accept of all I 1 opall ap pp if cants is but it it must be under understood tood of large percentage of the he that et a course of biame a aid ship like this in 1 binai he chief petty pett 0 ne a rs must necessarily rf be a men n who mile h have c bed bad p pre ions C experience berb Z and special fid training abut 1 h why by when ben ae we go into crew corn the ten a an at ort ir lERlon v fill M not or reaster more than flow COT 0 of abl the he complete ship 5 comp complement d emend which enaber 1 in nil 11 56 inkers ibers fl 75 kinrd ird niia and I 1 ISM KID lot ted marine a III the be me in n on nen AV As rapidly we the Tolu enes recruits develop jt it awall will te be and d thus thua policy to bi adlum t them em ou cheate at opportunities I 1 C for or me bome of those waiting list 1 from time ou the lie if row raw may acele re 1 a te tennessee ree t to 0 stow time IT IT by from other bolpa hip convinced loved that n within thin t two years year an if I am bill be I a ship hip T unessee the he completely by a T ten manned in CD cally 1 y me debts crew began last november T tie int of T see was AR chided 1 bante t ahe I win tf tur erl with I 1 I 1 about imm 18 count er each chief petty officers omers wre acm Is de to toed M alth D posters Ill wrist publicity to coer and other dolace bud town in their 1 I th every 1 city wd limu jooa s wai the hend u a are ra or er hafe bass III station the 1 co opera per tion alon of poe masters no was obtained warr ani u 4 I 1 a 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 a r I 1 vi 4 i z 41 literature was sent to them ir or posting and distribution not on only ay in public buildings railroad stations cities and towns town but also along the rural mail routes route so 94 the thoroughly roughly was mas this preliminary campaign work do done hat fluit within SIMI a few do ang tile tie whole state let of Tenn tennessee eggee was talking about their OR on a ship laell ft ell they came to the recruiting re I 1 in shoals beat thel husky young wr miners fuels slid and backwoodsman backwoodsmen men ninny 1 a ny of allwn i horn bad twice neer so seen soft salt water miker nor stood aboard a shi shap p for four success iv weeks week abich had been bee standing low in tile the list before the drive led all if the cities of if alie country in the number of naval recruits fur for whid n I 1 shed recruiting dirties birtles carried led with them 0 0 wil uniforms forms of n aborted arted sizes fees NN lien ben a man an was up he be was vas immediately fitted out cut sea and shaved be a was WB assigned to recruiting duty in his own home brime town he became at once a sort art of poled paladin n furthermore u lie was mus no stranger soon he be became a nom more potent patent personnel per sonnee nage than either tile paron damon or the sheriff in many in stances captain leigh so sais s such lads ind wearing arle their lc III and span sim III uniforms or brought bro into the sub stations from fro 10 to 12 reen fits apiece more than one half of all those these who lie call enlisted during macd the state late drive were war b brought it b in thus ill t newly enlisted men in uniform fro not long lone after the 21 campaign began captain leigh made a trip through the state accompanied 1 ed by Go governor lernor Rob rouvits speaking breaking in most 1 st of the ell cit I 1 leg and ad larger large raw towns he implies emphasized d not arly on it the rely nadys 0 opportunities apo for education adew adventure ture and sight sightseeing seems bait eliut he st stressed sed alwaes the meat local idea tennessee wants all to am mar this his new eit ed of americas america 6 victory door mith men from her own towns and C countryside later in january governor robert i by ills his stair staff male made another t trip rip through the state lasting two c ta he made d a frequent hertz emmid tion ons from his special p 11 at train and from low awn and city plat forma forme captain I 1 leigh beigh and life hla colleagues colleague a of the navy elow upon tile the governor a generous goi lecon slier tile the credit for the following tile the governors Rover norB tour re ecula a officers cars with br bro 1 bonds bands ga gae concerts concert in the schools school and ad collette colleges in 1 different diff elint of the state at the opening of the dhe commander slaton memo addressed Il rel the merit club in Nob nashville llla in other cities were addressed by the re zt 9 officers MI bho b receded realf d rateable raTu able ald aid from the Rot arlana larto ine he tew Tennesse eana file thus nii ted teman url arr an uncommonly fire fine lot of men inen iran monr of if them be haie a been with fill the rills since they cut their heir second cland mines it afi not r i to learn at lar el that at the range a large g already have qualified is as expert expect rille wen nen which Is the highest rating tor for W n known in the service not ot a few fell in moreover I 1 aver saw s service lm in tl c army during the world war one in lim gra 3 ranging from private to ser scent of course rou the state let Is very cry proud of its iti warship usually a commonwealth bellows upon the vessel ICI bearing its koloc a han handoma hand dome eller ail er service in t toen tn n of its ita pride and affection put but 1 in till this pact the iho tennessee la Is going to tf establish another ther precedent she la Is ti ta inherit tile old service that be urged to the he armored ad C nor ten ab which ell Is a now a wreck ck and then too as one a of the officers ot of the new fielder remarked there them la Is not net quite the same utility for punch patch bowls and tile the like aboard ship that there once nee was van hot but the state ans w as determined to do something niem oraMe for tier her pet crift besides supplying a major part of tile the cr crew w we did not care to have a silver statue ef cf andrew jacl jack son slid captain leigh and tile the american library association oC lation almeade hail had given to the ship a splendid if 11 arary of about 3 volumes carefully elected by our chaplain chap sit laiu blat 0 A 1 own so go it wis mis decided led in conference falth till if tin ilila s offic officers erg that the tate late should raife ne an endowment fund of about N the annual Int interest ernt fro from 0 blell should be aled td supply entertain anund relaxation and edification to off ceis cars and crew by giving them adan tage in 1 addition to those provided by the government SOT among man g other things there Is to he be a motion picture outfit which will he be li lied aeed ed tor for taking photographs of at the tennessee Tenn esiee bs bois cavorting b 1 in foreign ports pert tile the itin films will I 1 be exhibited ex teh hely throughout the volunteer state thus in In wining interest la in re cr cohl g and in tennessee s own ml par be Tenge nicular lie far unit of the fleet v there is will be also athletic unit and educational S equip lp ment ot of the most approved patterns all directed toward making the he ten e tile the happy ship which la Is one of the little of her hei captain plot all ali tile the other 1 in the anvy anly are envious already because the name tennessee has no fewer than four EB E 6 to in it in the th navy on y the B H 1 iq the mot most desirable 1 it ater er of the at aj li or blazoned boned upon barbette or gun turret torrid it signifies extraordinary Is fic loncy in target oring on tile the part dart of that par darthular tular thular battery or in ere crew ed upon tile t trig towering rig tunnel formal it means engineering nee ing g proficiency while if the special pell red pennant lant flown aloft at the end of the winter practice crosses to Is the most trophy of nit nil for far it stands for far preeminence pree minCe in 1 all 11 round battle practice new how what flats tile the use gre ask some anize of the pessimist aboard the other ships tile the T tennessee bessis 1 haa me E s e enough ih to spatter them sit all over else the Y works irks and they never would old be missed |