The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-01

exercise, according to routine, is given, and
from that time on till 8 at night the time is gem
orally spent in relaxation, skylarlIng, etc.
Early in the evening he is given his hammock,
and may turn in if he should desire, but if he
does he is more than likely to have a little eN-
element in the shape of his hammock being
cut down out of fun by some one of his mischevi-
ous messmates. At 8 the lights are put out, and
he must turn in and keep quiet, except at sea,
when one of the two watches are constantly
kept on deck to work the ship When he ar
rives at the age of twenty-one years, If RECON-
mended, he will be given an honorable dis
charge, which upon reGnlistment within three
months from the date thereof will entitle him
to three months extra pay of the rating when
discharged, and also to an addition of one dol
lar per month to his pay during such reGnlist-
ment. Should his general average and conduct
merit the accommodation, he may be sent to
the Naval Ordnance Yard at Washington and
to the Torpedo Station at Newport for an adj
vance course in gunnery, torpedoes, and cleo
trio lighting, and so thorough is this instruction
a boy may become capable of filling most i'm
portant stations in civil life and command eX-
cellentwage Several men who passed through
this course are now employed by Edison in his
electrical establishment; others are holding i'm
portant positions in the workshops of the
Westernhaus Company and other electrical
firms at more than ordinary wages.
1t has been contended by many officers that
to give boys this advanced education in the
training service is only to fit them for some
station on shore, and that they will not remain
in the service. Say that they do not, they are
certainly trained men, capable of filling any po-
stion in the naval reserve or on board a man-of-
war in times of need. We must have intelli-
gent Americans to handle them if we would
keep our modern men-of-war at all times etfi-
cient. There is no doubt that the whole
character and status of our sailors is and will
be elevated by the introduction of n better and
more educated class of men than has been either
obtained or required in the past. With such as
these it is only question of time when Ameri-
cans will go to sea in our men-of-war superior
class of men that will command respect in any
place and at any time, and when they appear in
the office of first-class hotel they will be as
signed decent room upon demand, like any
other first-class citizen. The neglect on the
part of the majority of Americans to show due
respect to the uniform of sailor tends more to
humiliate and cause dissatisfaction and conse-
quent desertion of the best men in the service than
all other causes. A man clothed in the common
uniform of sailor is gentleman as we'll as
any man on shore. The profession of a sailor is
and always has been popular, and they have
| done good deal at various times in our coun-
| trys history to justify that popularity.
At the expiration of his term of enlistment,
should the apprentice conclude to remain in the
| service, excellent inducements are offered.
| Upon the completion of the advanced course
| he may be rated a seaman gunner, or other high
| non-commissioned officer, and by careful atten-
| tiOn to study and duty he can obtain an appoint
ment as warrant officer, known as gunners,
boatswains, sailmakers, and carpenters These
warrant officers are promoted from the appren-
| tees, and hold their warrants from the Presi-
! dent during life or good behavior, drawing q
salary of from twelve to eighteen hundred dol
lars year, according to length of service, and
have the benefits of the retiring law.
LUCIEN Young. Lieutenant, L. s. y.