The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-14
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W. a L. PIPER

the opissson tina, the American ~alfor 1z
sAe best sailor N TIE word sFasre * 10
o9ArCAD& ~ fnls. EEsfr 0yporf 2n.stsx scsr
eof. psfison nave oes1 unlimited. Tn~T
state Judgment Ensfgrsiy termed NSt
1Sca sentiment enters into modern war
Dot the nation would like 70 get none FsIs
AfT9erleaEsz an guard II il can Dc hvoggnt
About. lite n~E gathered upon the s.EYTser
0s-k 81 the Treaton N the grAf.s s. mo N
Storm. listening 10 the har1 zIav Han
1oi'2raf, biz and cheering tire stars and
stripes as x Ttosfe9 over tnefa for ghe lasf
tine. did deed whose recital stirs toe
Eicoc ..Ae tFuMpefs call bar soae-
icing OF glory and BEAUTY - gaken fFasn
TIC picture Taen Il = learned thar one-
thif% CT tbFn Nefe fereiEners- They 1eEe
brave. whatever tnstr country and thy
kLSN Eos 10 dss, Bsgt ~ would prefer 20
Know tact tney were all American bora
i ne C63gf GsAgc4Ify 10 tee encountered oy
the secretary and .ss aids lies III rlle f4et
lnat y Il hard 20 BazsSes Americans to en-
list SO many avenues promising estfs
things are open a. active Eaen IN tslsz
cS'ntEy saat tdeY aase TUNED 10 the yea
a. q iAst resort"
On tbs same sGb5ecS r. s Garfield
writes 20 TINS Chicago Timex Herald as
follows:
the American navy. as at present
CONSTITUTED. numbers abouE = 90. excl12-
siFe oT the noEnnt ssIoaru c<lcers Re-
cr eits~-ianGscleE. hey Sre cali.1--ars paid
sy.51 : month and r2tlons. ! ney enlist lor
three years and are at once placed under q
rigid discipline. There Is no Nonsense about
II After passing the strtctesS OF pnys4cal
exafnana UGnS-cxam&natio na which show
thai they are fitted FOR nard work and
hard seryice-they o-gin tse gTeaam H. s9d
* is no child play. The sailor cocpeG be-
tween aeehs - much s4.oEs .saef tBe eye
Of ais orfteer IMAM private ia the ranks
and ts compelled. therefore. TO walk
much straigfter line. he lives PLAINLY is
forced 10 keep good hours. is not given
shore leave any oftensr than Is good Tor
tiin. ana consequently imp, owes iii health
and morals. This Ate makes more CO
man Oh ntln, but h does 10 anlass money.
ii ;Is efiists for second term waan a cou-
Gauoua service ceTEiIlcais h- ls cissAed
al ordinary seaman. and nis pay Is in
creased % sll.Ja per month. Later on ne
Will get 1880.
''gae average age Of the American navy
man IN = years. HE IL enlisted mostly at
Ne" York. IJosion. Philadelphia. Aorgolk
and Mare island. or San Francisco. IL IS
Tact GOT generally An0wa that by fsr
the oes; men come from the lake reg On.
Pay sieaiiy tney are ot superb type. Nav
cation on the lakes Is peculiar. There -
hattie SeaF0om- Squalls are quick and
storms violent I hess conditions demand
fast action OF the part 1f the Inen wno
brave the elements OF the unsaited seas.
/ no lake seaman Ia quick wItteG. itS IS Of
ready decision. HE - never able to diVS5t
himself CT OILS early training. and, though
IN the middle Atlantic, IL given an order
VIII spFlAg instantly 10 ats execution. Iile
constant facing OF danger makes him a
brave man before he joins the service. and
the minor ae.alls oi navigation are. of
course, familiar 10 MIN. lie keeps. too, q
much sharper lookout than his comrades
from other sections of the Union. After a
few winters spent III the Northwest he
laughs at exposure In other clifneS. He Is
enduring. Fartnermore, translation from
the wheat fe.t OF i~ake Michigan to the
quarters OF a man-of-war seems Like
heaven IL him.
The American. according to the testi-
mony OF experts. Is not Drawer seaman
tIan the Eng!lsnnan. but he Is better
seaman. lie Hiil execute an order while
"a man from the older country - thinking
about IL. lie viii do a job OF knottins or
splicing while the Brttisher as getting MS
tools. lie IS more intelligent and VII lea. II
twice as fast. because of the climate that
has blessed MIN and his progenito and
because or the conditions under WHICH
they and he have lived. he Is faster on
bis feet. In a months time he Will have
Ut his nuger = endS that which Viii take
the foreigner a year to learn partly The
reason FOR this - apparent. II nine cases
out of ten the British sailor has been al
ways a sailor. That rs all he knows ana
all he cares 10 know. The American r.
cruit may have been a lawyer or a doctor
or a book agent, used 10 Invading homes
and selling people things for which they
have no earthly use. In spite Of this he
is amenabIe 10 discipline. Three months
on shipboard takes the cochlness out OF
him. The beauty % him is that he obeys
because he understands that il is neces-
sary Ia obey.
1T Is estimated chat the foreigners in
our navy can be- weeded out In SIX years.
We have the finest cruisers in the world,
ard II IL fitting that they should be man
ned by the brothers of those who built
them Speed the times With $50 trained
Americans or the Brooklyn, the nation
that makes her strike her coiors Will know
that 1t has been somewhere In the neigh
borhood OF 4 fight"
r. IL Colby the well-known ship chan
der and sail maker. left Seattle yeS-e--
day for Chicago. mpanicd by his
wife. Tie has accepted q position as man
ager Of the sail Loft OF II. II Carpenter
: Co the largest house Of lis Kind IN
the United States Mrs. Colby. an in
terested church worker. viii continue on
to Gloucester, Mass.
Deputy Customs Collector + :. No
Donald viii e. Joy well-earncd two
weeks vacation in camp on orcas ISL