| Show e withmel with men of 0 f alie d ne navy N avy ins ns when several backiel backies ackies are turned br shore liberty L SHIP 7 bg private citizens e ns has p WAK the fleet a big ath beld 1111 for their hi IR creation st d itt united states atlantic it ayn bells in tile the afternoon tiie shrill trill 0 of tile sr let the heard piping lit lites S are th 14 arl dread adlaug alts to malio Mt the lio singsong sing song cries of 1111 tile the billj ates tes carry out over t 11 aty F party to waste muster r pe scallions sunn mons given three OWL pek k to the men of 0 the at ake ak e their hours ot of decre liu mense ense athletic field pro ceci by the navy league reds ds on every battleship atlie the youthful white uni ces i come coine rushing on deck adiline line for the liberty in BlUto lines Unes form apfl OA deck hn a stands rigidly nt t atten acers cers pass along marking fee e of each one their uni lessly their shoes bened ened off oue come their litte apte caps to show that their ly cropped no visitor to isto to be struck when lie ile ne 6 at inspection with the h 0 of the men their intelli I 1 nd happy smart appear crage age a appears to be afy years and many of rely arely to a have passed their on the date of nt at from every state in ley ej hall hail and thousands of he e farms of the uldale lection certainly of amer adhered on the deck of a ess to form the first line is defense r day of sport n ton tied face la Is worn a n expectation of the sport noon ernson will bring over visitor sees the ships bang ng about in the seaway nen ell holding fast to tile ith ti their boat hooks then ord d of command rings out the he white line of sailors ove ve forward toward the d the men go over the side launches egins begins to give way a lit point although the coxe cose boat Is all business as the he bowmen to shove off ons Is recreation has begun of t superfluously healthy lefree and very young bed loose to be sure 4 prevost guard with their ticks sticks but thit that Is only to st the chance of ugly blood from om the fun which does e flock dock at the athletic field the e men from the launches pell ell mell and immediately id I 1 ajon u pon the canteen pop er than corks can be pulled 0 gets anything over the linter iter fights for it you with ath your change ready or there Is too much busl busi to change money melons last qu quick ick receives the overflow from 1 and those is who he have been end their money for candy e their chances on getting er the pump A former farmer the field with a load of 8 i at 50 cents apiece his i last about fifty seconds boks helper buys a melon nto it when a huge hand aa i a jackle from an indiana indana es the darks face inte the 0 his ears another enter ner brings some bowe old farm afield to hire them out tor for 8 mounts 9 to the sailors the horses are about as belr ir saddles as a hog Is to t they tire are hired by the soft sall price the former farmer asks A from maine takes his first borse horseback bac and slides down 9 neck dock ills his shipmate yells 0 aft you fool go aft ofis hsands ands of 0 jackies I 1 swarm arm eld id hundreds of them hem break brook r the beach for a swim A them aam gather at it target mail rifles six of the ten ll amonds are promptly put lout y scrub teams a more launches from tile 5 s come in bringing the star iams CUM 14 from four ot of tile the hattle battle d header Is to be played oil our r of the best teams of the merles i iles to determine the fleet ship the grand stands fall nd id boon they are it a swelling yell ing ate te suits and red and an I 1 br brown wn the sailors cliel r ships 1 to efto victory ry rattling good bayed I 1 by these navy teams team men ou on the diamond etick of a thousand ana from depre a 1 i and they ploy play with tile the in d a good bit of tile money of e crew backing them work for months tor for a chamides e series bert es like the this aldes the happy ships 11 of ortya private fe amerl fans ns that has bag given given these acet eit their big athletic atil letic odi tc war came on the fleet the he income in come it usually had for its athletic t fund from the guantanamo canteen and tile tho navy league of tile hie united states joffere to lay out a field for the men of the fleet in all about itches have been obtained the ground lias has been leveled and pre prepared pared ten baseball diamonds have been laid out docks were built nt at tile waters edge A bathing bench beach w was is cleared the officers of the fleet also were provided with tennis courts and a golf course course every sort of sport Is found there liere the result Is that every man on the fleet lins has plenty of healthy ou outdoor t sport and the officers ot of the fleet say flint this provision or their reccea ilon lon has done much to provide happy ships in the th 0 fleet as it waits for tile the opportunity to strike a blow at the huns lu in d defense of civilization and free freedom doul FRENCH WAR MINISTER this Is the latest picture of 31 maln leve the new french minister of war taken at the british headquarters on the french front |
