Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-06-16
ALL SORTS OF MEN IN THE NAVY.
Nearly all Trades and Many Professions
Represented.

The enlisted force OF the Amer IL -
navy is a uueery assorted lot of men:
Nearly all of the trades, and many Oh
the professions, are represented III o,'i
sea service by men forward. ohIess nv
men are desirouS OF getting, at the peSln-
ming of their naval careers, ratings
aboard ship that require of them the per,
formance of the same sort of mechahl@cal ca
work at which they make their hNihs
ashore, few of the naval recruits give nc
recruiting officers their real civilian oc-
cupations when they enlist in the navy.
A plumber who wants to ship in the navy
with the petty officer rate of plumber ana
filter, of course. tells the recruiting ON
Ger that his trade is that of II plumpcr,
and he has to pass an examination ~
that trade at a navy yard painter by
trade who wants to set into the naval
service with the ships painters rating
badge on his watch arm from the start
gives his occupation ashore as painter
as a matter of course, and has to prove
his skill in mixing and with the brushes
besides. But these ratings are nara 70
get for they are nearly always 1illed ana
when a tradesman who is bound to snip
in the navy anyhow finds that he Will be
unable to get billet aboard ship at mis-
| trade, he generally puts his name down
simply Il laborer or Il clerk. There Is
method in this, in some cases. a plumb
er, for instance. who is unable to ship at
| the plumber and filters rate, and VINO
therefore goes in as landsman, is usual
| ly crafty enough to be aware that. If he
gives ms actual shore occupation 70 tne
recruiting officer and gets his name on MS
| ships roll as a plumber by trade, he
| stands more than an even chance OF ne
| ing regularly detained as the rated piuiiip-
er's helper, without getting any extra pay
Tor ms skilled work therefore ne pre-
iers TO snip rs man win no particular
! knowledge of any skilled work.
| a man-of-war commander in our naval
| service seldom knows what one-haii OF
the men OF Eis crew are capapie OF dolhs
| nntil he mans rpSDtpiiNp cana bilit les
| revealed by incidents that happen aboard
| ship. There are some curious instances
OF now men forward uo"h OH the Foll9
as l3borGrs or clerks nave SHOWN
| their hands, ana made decided hltS, IN
emergencies.
| one night about three years ago. when
most OF the officers, including the sur
geon OF a sunboat lying IL San Francesca
| function a newly shipped coal HEAVIER,
whose Occupation on the rolls was ihat
of a laborer, fell down the hatehway lad
aer lrorl Inc mum "@rh 70 & thg llauht,,"
shop at the time The coal HEAVIER with
| his lous the RIGHT ono badly broken.
dangling in the air. walked on his hands
from thr machine >hop 1p forward 10 the
sick hav. where some of fhr hlur-iarixet-.
picI<ed him nm and deposited him ON A
couch The coul HEAVIER told the men
that his leg was broken and one of them
rIIshnd to rrnort lfla rlse to rhr ottic, r
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