The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-26
THRIFTYMEY-O-wA MEN
ONoI SAM,s E~x-sAILoR MEN DO
IRG YELL nv CIVIL LIFE.

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unuiate Enough to Give Them a start when
Their Time E~Hpires-salaiers Try nt, Too.
WARRINGTON, Dec. 25.-Many mon of q fru.
Ral bent enter the army and navy OF the United
States In order 10 save money for business ven.
lures In civil life after an enlistment or two.
Very few Of these men fail TO do well when
they don tho uniform OF Uncle Sam and begin
life anew with their savings. Tho nerve and
stamina which hold them to their purpose
during their varying periods Of service In the
land or sea forces. and which steadily prompt
thom to give extravaganza and dissipation tho
Ro-by while so serving, generally carry them
through when, with disciplined minds and
bodies, they start of on their own hook as in.
dependent citizens. An enlisted man who be-
havcs himself during a cruise or two In the
navy may leave the service with q bit OF
money such as he might mover have been able
60 accumulate at his line of work ashore. That
naval sailors have begun to apprehend this
fact during recent years is shown by the con.
slant annual increase in the amount of en-
listed mems deposits with the naval paymast-
ers. At the end OF each month, when monthly
money Is served out TO the crows OF warships,
the enlisted man ia the navy may deposit with
the paymaster OF his ship whatever portion Of
his wages he elects to save. Interest at the
Government rate Is paid him on these do
posits. There IL no possible way by which he
can draw tho money 80 deposited from the pay.
master before the termination Of his cruise.
There is q similar system In the army.
Bluejackets are very much better paid for
their services than soldiers. their wage scale
ranging from $40 to $40 q month, according TO
their rate aboard ship. But tho temptations
10 payday whirls of dissipation are stronger
in the navy than they are In the army, and
the difficulty OF saving money is therefore
greater. The aayinp mon in the old navy. and
In the old army too. for that matter, rarely
looked higher, when they concluded that they
had had enough of the service, than the open
ing OF groggeries for the patronage Of their OK.
shipmates and swaddies. But the marked i'm.
provement in the class OF men who have en-.
tered both services during the past decade has
changed all this. Scattered all over the world
to-day in important ports from Naples to Maya
saki, are ex-sailors Of the United States navy
carrying on reputable and lucrative business
enterprises, and there 10 a surprisingly large
number Of ex.soldiers OF the regular army Of
the United States in business. and even In
professional life. from Maine to California.
Last summer a party of officers from an
American man.of-war anchored In tho harbor
of Marseilles entered an exceedingly rich-look-
ing and tastefully arranged cafe on one Of
the leading thoroughfares Of Narcotics for
luncheon. The luncheon was perfect, the
Wines excellent, tho service unusually good and
the prices very moderate. The cafe was filed
with q high class Of patrons. A couple
of the officers noticed. when they were about
through with their luncheon, a broad. shouldercd
young man of 80. with q decidedly Irish face.
engaged in giving directions to an employee
who wore tho general look Of a steward. The
officers gave q start Of surprise and one Of them
sent the walter to tho Irish-looking man, who
was attired like a finished boulevardier, to re-
ouest him to come over to their table. He
came and smiled and saluted when no recog-
nized a couple of the older officers.
..Wby hello. shaupbnessy." said one of the
Aeo' go nv 'n'
omcers TO Inc lrlshman' 'when dla you get into
port, and why aren't you in uniform. according
10 rcorIot,onst,
"rosu.oI
can man.of.war now on the China station.
smiled easily and saluted again.
10. ~ a 49, So
sure ofye been in port for three year now.
more's the joy av It," said he. 'Oi was paid
M bore after mo Last cruiae"
..Wen sh.ngbnessv" aid the omcsr .vo,
look prosperous, and you must be to be dining
an uhls place. ,.s
shaughnessS scratched his mead ana grinned.
yesee."
The ex-quartermaster tickled the palates of
his former official superiors with some very
royal JUhannisb berger OF his private stock be-
fore they left. He told them that he had In
vested tho savings of his nine years of sea SER
vice In "a small cafe in an obscure street in Mar
settles nearly three years before. The venture
had been a go from the start, thanks to the
patronage of 1tinerant Englishlnen and Ameri-
cans who discovered that shaughnessy knew
how to serve up a chop or a steak in the right
way, and a year b.fore no had moved into his
present well establishment.
''Oi've got more money thin OF know any.
thin about" said Shaughnessy in a matter-of-
fact tone.
what would you sell this place out forl' in
Quired one of the officers.
'Divil a sou under $50, 900 francs" replied
ne ex-tar.
"A former chief boatswain's. mate of tic
Of Wiiiefranrhe' France. About seventeen years
ago, during his first cruise on the Mediterranean
-he married n young woman belonging to a
good middle-class French family. The young
woman was frugal and thrifty and she took good
care Of the sailors $50 n month when he was
promoted to the rate OF chief boatswain's mate.
On account Of his marriage and his excellent
record the CHIEF boatswain's mate was permitted
by, the Navy, Department, to transfer from one
And he has never been in the United States since