| Show NAVY NEEDS MANY NEW MEN campaign for recruits planned by officials to show young fellows advantages of service washington plans for an active enlistment list ment campaign have bave been put on foot by the navy department to procure the sailors and marines provided for in the recent preparedness legislation more than 2500 recruits a month will be required to bring the navy up to the authorized increase in personnel judging from the ardys experience in the past few months naval officers realize they will have a hard time finding suitable young men even during the mexican crisis army enlistments list ments seldom were more than 3 a month the navy will immediately begin an educational campaign literature describing life on a man of war will be scattered nationwide nation wide and motion pictures portraying the romance of a sailors life will be made the navy intends to go into the rural districts and there as well as in the big show houses of the metropolitan sections will the life of uncle sams guardians ot of the waves be thrown on the screens special inducements have been arranged by congress to tempt young men to take up the service as a profession fes sion pensions and bonuses tor for longtime long time enlistments have been provided and tile the departments literature will call attention to the opportunities of the seamen to provide a nest egg against the incapacity of old age the 2500 men a month needed will go partly toward the authorized increase and partly toward filling up the gaps created through honorable dl discharges charges the department expects a considerable decrease in the percentage of men quitting the service owing to the special inducements that are now being offered in recent years recruits have been none too plentiful as there la Is considerable sid Id ignorance as to how well the navy really pays and what chances it offers a young youn man to see the world and save money the navy intends to dispel this ignorance |
