The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-01-26
MORE SAILORS WANTED.
Sot Enough To supply the Demand
for Men IA the German
Navy.

Az the beginning OF 1899 the total
aumber OF men in the service of the
German navy was 23,4O0. including IN,
officers and engineers and a few sur
ceous, gursr.iths and paymasters.
FROM Berlin IL is reported that with
the rapid growth and proposed further
increase OF the German navy there has
been an increasing scarcity of trained
Young sailors. \ few years ago Ger
many furnished a large part of the
crews of English vessels. but to-day the
crews of German vessels are partly
composed Of foreigners. With the doub-
ling Of the German navy, az contem-
plated. this difficulty viii increase and
steps are being taken TO meet H.. At
Bremen the North German Lloyd com
pauy is organizSg cadet school to
train young men Tor the company's
service.
The demand for additional sailors IN
Germany, is not limited TO the govern
msut service. however, for the two
chief German lines OF ocean steam
ships have. collectively, crews of 4.S00
sailors. exclusive OF the lines connect
.g German ports " th other countries
r the enormous ard constantly in
c-aa.iug German shipping trade. Here.
tofore country supplying many other
countries with sailors has been Sweden
but the increase of foreign commerce
of that country and the demand for
swedish sailors for Russian ships has
diminished the number of such sailors
AVAILABLE. Moreover. Germany H. only
one of the countries in which there has
recently been an extensive development
OF the naval armament and AN enlarged
demand in consequence for sailors.
Al the beginning OF the year 1905 nc
total number OF men in the naya, sCrs-
Be-, OF Great Britain was 100000. 81
whom 10000 were officially described o.
Officers and seamcn." and 10000 were
-mariucs." Since then a further m-
crease of 5000 naval men has been au-
tt1rilgd ard the transport service OF
the English government 60 South AZ
r.ca has madc necessary the increa'e
in the number of sailors.
There has been a very considerable
increase of sailors in consequence Of the
enlargement and improvement Of the
United States navy. and the demand
for them in the merchant marine a.
the country has been increasing corre-
.pouGirgly. The American line em-
pioys $500 sailors. and the u.argcment
Of ocean travel this next summer 20
and from the Paris exposition viii maxi,
further demands upon the service Of
sailors On al transatlantic iiues. Two
European countries which are adding
considerable TO their naval equipment
arc France and Russia, ard the in
creased Dutch commerce makes nccrr-
ury the employment Of consider
able number Of Dutch seamen under
he home flag. Dutch sailors having
xcellcnt repute and numbering in all
more than 10000. Of whom less than
A. 900 are in the naval service OF the
country.
sailors almost uniformly. IL T. an
axiom Of the SEA, come from countries
having a large water coast and from
parts Of the country nearest 20 the
coast line. There are, n L. computed.
"a quarter Of a million sailors connect
ed with the navies OF the various
countries and 100000 sailors employed
In commercial navigation. England,
the United States and Sweden ranking
In this order In that regard. Ger
many. France. Italy and Holland are
large commercial nations. too. and u
has been observed generally that Ger
man sailors come from the northern
provinces Of the country. particularly
the Baltic and the North sea. while
French sailors almost uniformly are
drawn from the two provinces Of Brit
tany and Normandy.
The threatened dcarth Of avsiisble
sailors. which some German comp1-
aies are seeking TO provide against by
the establishment Of cadet school
fleets other countries as well. and
rnless an indications are az fault tho
demand for sailors next summer will
be more extensive than ever before In
the worlds history. y. Sun.