Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-22

Fsultaess Of IRE Present System
Of Ofganizahon.
TIasER fOR GOOD mIDOlfs
IA Olsl "a, hsssi Admiral " ~ fhiaks
Thss tsrs~ag f.saaer boss woaid
Mac the Be.t Material

There " IA old E.nglish sra soag
~sth sayss -Onr chips are britisA
60, .oa Aear.s 81 o4k cur mea. and
40 nstt.r ~has po~erfal cruisers
oountFy nay bailt. Tia greatest de--
pencsnee kas always been placed On.
th~ msn ~ho form their ere~s. and
on thea TRAINING and character
-. nonah<r Of s~sm@n allowed n
AVE- Uait<d states bY The lsw - seven
tAs<@4nd 100 hundred and hfty, and
In s.tdision there are fftsen hundred
spp<<ates boys
Wh@n ne apprentice system vas es'
tsblL.hed in the early seventies, >@ya
6sol1sn Days, IL va supposed II would
f'arEish sustisient number % trained
-rsmea for The hasy and maze the en-
listn-rnt Of all others UNNECESSARY
Bat 10 r,,eSr,3s sho~ that not more
than four per cent Of the l4ts
that are graduated from the train
fng svStofn continue Ia the serv-
be. and further. ,ha. Of the
s-ven Thousand Two hgnsir-d and
RftF s~arnea allowed ~ lao in the
na~y ic-s than one-half n those who
enhst az The fecrising ships are ns-
tive horn Americana all this. TO. ia
spite - tie fat that our glsvy Offers
intloemrEfs IN the way u greater pay
sna better rafions than ar,i given IA
49, Dshsr navy IA the world
Rear Admiral Eroen. The presen,
conmznsi.r ia chief % United states
flrc~s M Egropesn waters. ia an Officer
~ fhe old school. and one Who has seea
var service lie vas Recently asked
- give his opinion a. % the cause ~
tb- present un-Am-Fican coalition Ia
the navys equalization. and. II rossi-
BE. - psnns cat the remedy and what
~, aid Ia valuable and suggestive.
While the admiral admitted the ex~
e~ll~ncc 81 the training received by
boys uuder the apprentice svstero. lie
pointed 11t that the nunbe- OF 4ppren-
tices rrna.ining In the navy Is each
year less a. the system Of training
reaches higher standard Of eduea-
tion-
Wh~n the apprentice. who has been
taken In At the age oe fourteen. grows
90 ne eighteen 90 nineteen. he fancies
himself a man Re has obtained a
good. common school education on the
training ship. and he 10 anxious 10 put
that training 10 application in civil
1f--
when he reaches twenty-one years
Of age--ths very time at which he j.
expected % r~snlist--he usually takes
advantage, % his discharge 70 leave
tho service
Whether or not naval apprentices
suessed In civil life Is another matter.
What ths navy needs is men who viii
make che service their life calling
Admiral Erbea guaranteed that IL
fAs SECRETARY Of the savy would give
him q xeSsei Of the lf>s-x or Enterprise
tyys. he ~ogI ell il up with three
kandrcd. br4iny. brawny, muscular
farm lsis. and with no more than forty
se.men he would be willing TO take
that unframed crew on = long foreign
cruise. At the end % two years he
would defy the most rigid board Of in
spcctioa % ind his crew inferior 20
that 90 any Uai,ei states vessel
hero are today many American
ycuths. twenty zone years OF age and %
Am~ricau parrntARe. who know what
We q. 81 wrrstie with life For wears
they have been Knocking around from
cre farm 20 another. uncertain % the
fatrre snd toihnz for a prrcarious
living. and the thought q twenty i've
doiiarS a month pay, With food. and q
- usiou after a certain length Of serv-
ies wo's.d BE- 20 then a strong induce
ncnt - enter the navy.
Their life on board ship. "a The al
uifsi SAYS. would b. a new one They
~oald see macy foreign ports. and
whrn they went ashore IN their nafty
unitorms they wnnld feel that they
were - some Consequence
q is doubtfai q after having pulled
a. or lu The -adnirals barge ~ hav-
ing t@en one - crack guns crew.
ne aew man nf.war. man would ard
a. attraction in Carrying The milk pail
Or getting up az four o'ciock ia the
mnrnlnr g. A. chores.
On the other hand. &c - rerv certain
that be wuaid he regarded hy his
ferrner COMPANIONS A. . suY~rior f~l-
low and that his rNperisuc- sould at
Tract them 80 th@ navy Who knows
huf fhat th~rr - some boy whis'iin1
.. enc piosv today who nay yet he a
rear adEntrslf