The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-20
NAVAL RECRUITING FOR
ONE WEEK IN WORCESTER

BY the direction of the Bureau of
Navigation, Navy Department, naval
recruiting station is to be maintained
in Worcester for one week, beginning
Monday, for the purpose of enlist
Navy.
The party is in charge of Lieut.. D.
w Blamer, u. S. N, who has as his as
sistants, Surgeon r. P. Crandall Chief
Boatswain j. ]. KILN, Warrant Ma
chinist Frederick Ruth, Chief Gunner's
Mate S. Danielak, Hospital Steward +.
w. Hathaway, Yeoman c. e. Parker,
and Hospital Apprentice w. j. Helm
eel; such large party being required
to conduct the physical and profession
al examinations in the various branch
es for which men are enlisted.
Enlistments are made in the follow
ing ratings: Apprentices Sd class age
| Is or 49, Landsman for training, age Is
to 25; Machinist, fireman, seaman or
binary seaman, electrician, stenograph-
err coppersmith, hospital steward and
hospital apprentice, age Fl to 80.
! Lieut. Blamer is particularly anxious
/ to enlist machinists, the navy being
short of machinists at the present time
owing to the large number of new
ships going into commission and to the
promotion of so machinists to the rank
of warrant machinists. A machinist
without any sea experience ~ ellllStSti
as machinist I'd class at $40 per
month, with board and lodging; after
becoming familiar with marine mach
inery they are promoted to machinist
| LIST class at $55 per month and to
chief machinist at $40 per month
with board and lodging furnished. All
machinists are eligible to promotion,
as vacancies occur, to the rank of war
rant machinist by competitive exam
lination. A warrant office in the navy
receives a warrant signed by the sec
rotary of the navy instead of a COM
mission signed by the president. A
warrant machinist receives from $10C
to $3.50 per month.
Boys from Is to II are enlisted as APP
prentice Sd class. They are sent to the
Naval Training Station at Newport, r.
l., for six months course and then to
sea for a six months course. After this
they are transferred to general service
land given an opportunity to work their
lway up in the service through the war
rant ranks of boatswain and gunner to
a commission. The first men promoted
to commissioned rank from the enlist
ed grade were promoted this month in
accordance with the recent act of Con-
gress allowing six warrant officers tc
be promoted to the rank of ensign.
Landsman for training are young
men from IL TO 20 years or age VINO are
trained for naval seamen; they are
lgiven a six months course on a training
Iship and then are transferred to gener-
al service; they are given the same
privileges of promotion as apprentices.
The highest paid man in the navy OF
first enlistment is hospital steward
who receives 500 per month with ra.
tions; there is but one vacancy in this
grade.
The party in charge of Lieut.. Blamel
has been enlisting men in the middle
west for the past year. During that
time they have visited all the large cit
les in that region and have enlisted
nearly 1000 men.
The largest number enlisted in any
week was at Kansas City Mo-, where
146 men were enlisted in one week; the
western boys seem to appreciate very
quickly the opportunities offered by the
navy as a career and the applicants
were far too numerous for the party
to examine.
After visiting the large cities of the
| East the party is TO visit the Southern
: states and then return to the middle
west.
, The number Of ships of the navy hav
: increased during the last 10 years fal
} out of proportion to the enlisted mel
t and the men now enlisted have ex
ceptional opportunities for promotion.