The Portland daily press., 1898-03-30
MEN WANTED FOR NAVY.
A Recruiting Office to Be Opened in Port.
land Today.

1t. John Hubbard of the United States
navy will open rendezvous today in this
city at the office of the the q. s. shipping
commissioner, foot of Exchange street,
374 Fore street, for the enlistment of sea-
men, ordinary seamen and coal passers in
the U. S. navy.
There will be an examining board in
connection with this work and 1t is COM
posed as follows: Surgeon Morris of the
Essex and Boatswain F. L.. Smith, U.
S. N.
Applicants for seamen must be be-
tween the ages of 81 to IS; ordinary sea-
men, is to 80; coal passers, 81 to 30
The rates of pay are for seameu, S24 per
mon tn; ordinary Seemen, Sl9 per month !;
coal passers. $22 per month.
In addition subsistence is allowed and
transportation after enlistment to aany
DO int ordered from Portland.
Preference will be given to those who
have had naval service and eDlistments
will be made in any grade to those who
hold honorable discharges
Persons who have been honorably dis
charged within three months will be en-
listed in tho rate in which they held posi-
ton in the permanent establishment.
Th e others the conditions preseDtedsare
embodied in circular from the u. S.
naval service of which the following are
provisions:
2. The term of enlistment is for three
years.
8. Persons enlisted for the naval SER
vice must be of robust frame. intelligent,
of perfectly sound and healthy constitu-
ton, free from any physical defec5s Or
malformation, and not subject to tits.
4. Physical examinations are made by
naval surgeon at the place of enlist
nent.
S. Persons are not enlisted as lands
men If over the age of %, unless they
possess some mechanical trade; nor after
IS even though possessing trade.
6. No person will be enlisted VINO does
not understand and speak the English
language.
In the case of machinists 1t should not
be overlooked that qualified machinists,
who have familiarity with marine en-
gines and have had previous naval SER
vice, notably so those with honorable
discharges, will be received at the rendez-
vous as well as others. under conditions
which are embraced in the following
order:
/. A candidate for enlistment as ma
chinist must be machin1st by trade,
must know the,names and uses OF the yarl-
GUS parts of marine engines and boilers,
and must be able to perform work with
various tools in machine shop including
bench work.
2. He must be ably to write leglbly
and must understand arithmetic.
3. He must be physically sound, ana
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not less than 81 nor more than 10 years
of age.
4. Machinists who have had go expert
ence at sea with marine engines VIII o De
enlisted as "Machinists, second class,
at $40 per month.
5. Machinists who have had experience
at sea with marine engines for one year
may be enlisted as "Machinists, first
Glass; at sos per month.
u. No person will be enlisted as chief
machinist unless he holds a permanent
position as such.
Z. The examination of candidates for
enlistment as machinists, regarding their
knowledge of engines and boilers, must
be made in the engine room of ships; and
regarding their knowledge of machine
work in the workshops of navy yards.
s. Chief machinists will have charge
of engine room watches and will be paid
$40 per month. Maohinists, first class.
will, if qualified. be given charge of en-
CINE room watch when there are not a
sufficient number of chief macbinists on
board to perform this duty.
9. Machinists, second class, will be
assigned to duty as watch tenders - and
oilers. All machinists will perform such
other duty as will be assigned them.
The above indicates the lines along
which the rendezvous will.be conducted.
Its Office hours will be from a. m to
about 3 P. m.