The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-04-17
ARE EAGER TO ENLIST
LAKE SAILORS PREFER TO FIGHT FOR
UNCLE SAM.

Refuse to Ship For the season So Long as
There Arc Prospects Of war--Not to BE
Tempted by Good Bersbs = First Glass
Men Apply.
The enlisting Of naval recruits from
points on the great lakes is causing no
small amount Of worry on tb, part of
shippers Of vessels now Id poi in Chi
cago, as many of the best oremast
hands, engineers and mechan refuse
under any consideration to ta berths
as long as there is 4 chance Of serving
Uncle Sam in brush with Spain.
Recruits have not been e listed in
Chicago as yet. hut Liautona Simon
Cook Of the photographic of! is now
making tour Of Prc 3 lake pc IS, with
other officers in tine gogerame1 service,
reserying Chicago gar the las tation
1t is expected that emil Sng for the
navy will begin IN Ghiceaoul course
of few weeks, WREN lie a n avail
able points have been drained o their
eligible sailors The ku0wlada Of this
fact has spread among the younger and
more enthusiastic element, and large
proportion of the fresh wafer tars is
impatientiy waiting for the chance TO
step up and BIO measured and numbered
among the crews on the nation battle
ships.
Confronted by the two irreconcilable
facts that the season is earlier and
promises to be bigger than ever and
that the best men cannot be induced to
sign, the slIippers Of the ships tied up
| along the Chicago river ara beginning
to drift from pleading to profanity.
One sturdy young fellow stood lean
ing ever the rail that skirts the rivers
edge near the Dearborn street bridge
and turned q deaf chr til the cray beard
ed man who was exhosting him from
the deck Of a tight lookng litsle craft
that was evidently all ready for the
word to sail
Come on, Bill, pleaded the man
on the deck, .'didn treat you all right
last Year,"
"Finer'n silk but l team come now, "
was the rejoinder
ooh, bosh You're sucker fer
standin in your own light Come aboard
an sign, an IN give You the mates
berth. u
For an Instant the young fellow hesi-
tated, but he finally said after a gulp:
II couldn't do it-not even for your
own BERTH oap'n. I'd rather scrap in
the navy than own the best craft in the
harbor p"
Then he turned on his heel and walk
ed away, as If so get out of reach Of the
captains mesmeric power, while =
man on the deck discharged -'7
- aalszIseu
and fiery - y "a government re-
cruiting officers,
Captains up and down the lines Of
shirs along the river indicate that the
same experience is being generally met
and that the best men are obdurate in
holding ont or are only brought over by
tho inducement Of promotion or larger
pay.
There are always plenty Of green
hands to be had, ana there is no danger
Of running out az common sailors who
have little experience on the lake, but
vessels cannot be entirely manned. by
such as these, and if the recruiting in
Chicago proves as heavy as anticipated
it will take the cream Of the profession
from both the steam and sailing vessels
The officials III the photographic
office are delighted with the class Of
men applying for positions in the navy,
and Lieutenant Wilson prophesies that
when his superior officer returns there
will be several hundred first class sail
ors ready to have their names enrolled.
This list wilESnclude mechanics, car
penters and engineers who got more
pay in the navy than oranary ssamen.
A large number applied before inc gov
eminent decided to establish scruiting
stations on the lakes They weya refer
red to the regular recruiting stations in
the cast and left much diaap rointed,
later signing with captains Of Chicago
vessels
II know ons first class engineer,
said Iieuteaaut Wilson, who has a
billet on a Emo vessel thas scaeduled
to sail in q short time. lie has thrown
up his position and is ratanls oaiting
until he can take his e%amils ions for
government service. kaQw 81 similar
instances, and ston the GLASS Of men
applying here / have no doubt chat the
recruiting is going to maize quito diff
ference in theorews Of the lake vessels. !"
Local government authorities combat
the statement that lake sailors are Of
little use in ocean service They point
to the fact that the government was
greatly. pleased with the men secured
last summer when recruiting station
was temporarily established at the ar
mory Of the naval militia, 20 Michigan
Aayesaa axe sailorsnQf The better claA