Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-09-21

/ tree.
Boys Of good character. VINO have no
/ physical defect, and who ca read and
write fairly well are admitted into the
navy between the ageseof fourteen and
/ eighteen years. Between fourteen and
fifteen a boy must measure feet 9
+ inches in height, and weigh not less
/ than 20 pounds; between fifteen and
/ sixteen. feet II inches, and so pounds;
/ between sixteen and seventeen. feet
inch. and 90 pounds, and between
seventeen and eighteen, feet inches.
and 100 pounds They must serve
till the age Of twenty-one as boys
and Junior seamen, and after
that age they rank as seamen or petty
officers. They are now allowed a sum
Of SIS for outfit, fact which consider
ably enhances the advantages of the
service. TO discover the exact number
ST petty officers on board a fully
equipped ship is by no means an easy
ask: but, at all events, the number of
sheSe minor prizes is encouragingly
arge, while still higher up, as the final
goal Of the common sailors aspira tions,
are the substantial berths of the four
warrant officers helaby the boatswain,
the carpenter. the gunner and the sail
maker whose pay and privileges are
ghe same as those Of the junior officers.
And now as to the rates Of pay: The
pay of boys enlisted as third-class APP
orentices is 50 month the next pro-
notion, to second-class apprentice,
brings $40; the next, to frst-class APP
prentice, Sl1 Il month. Further on we
awe second class seamen apprentices,
With $40 month, followed by first
lass seamen apprentices, with $24 a
month. these two grades corresponding
respectively to ordinary seamen and
,ble seamen. or simply seamen. whose
1ay is also SO and S24 "a month. 1t can
hus be seen that first.clasS
seaman apprentice and an able sea
man, get each the respectable sum of
sgSs a year, which is 81 IS in excess Of
the highest sum paid 10 a first-class
seaman iu the British service. the only
other navy in the world worth consid-
Grafton on the score of pay and promo
tion. There is besides. the daily
ration of thirty cents. which runs
through the ship from the apprentice
70 the commander, for, strange as it
may appear to some people Uncle Sam
distributes Just the same fare to the
officers as To the apprentice and that,
too, only when ON sea duty. There are
no other allowances whatsoever made
TO the officers; they have to furnish all
their own mess equipments and every
thing else.
Take. next. the BOYS prospects Of
promotion in the United States navy.
An ordinary lad, who has health. en-
ergy and fair talents to start with, has
il i'm his power. bv an Industrious and
pcrseveriug application Of these
qualities. to become some day
warrant officer. wear a hand
some uniform. and draw substan
tial nav ana rations while VISITING the
four quarters OF the globe in the serv-
Ice of his country. and. of course. fipht-
ing her battles if need should arise.
The pay ~ warrant-otIiccr being the
same as that Of IA lieutenant. we find
that the reward Is which an ambitious
and Gamble boy NAV rcgsgna blv look
forward to attaining in our navy is an
income of from an 200 Ia $1,000. with
board and lodging Atthe aae of sixty
two Years he can retire with a nopSinu
of threc-fourths his currcnt nav. lust
slr same as 4 commissioned officer.
THAT * is saw. he can carry with him on
his Retirement a prrpptual order an tbr
treasury for Il sum If from $500 - 1925
a vear the lowest fir,,re Of which CON
sit.erablv beats the $3.50 which is the
almost limit of the British warrant-of-