Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24
RECRUITS WANTED.
United States Navy After Men
to Join the Service.
Good Opportunities Afforded for Ad-
yancement and Promotion.
Recruiting Office 10 bs Established IN This
City IN January.

| Lieutenant John y. Morris of tn
! United States Navy arrived Gerc from
Portland. yesterday. and made ar
rangcments to open a recruiting oif1c
in this city on January t3 to Is Th
custodian's room in the postOffice build
ing will be used by Lieutenant Morri
as an Office.
| In conversation with the Journa
Lieut.. Morris said thai within a shor
time the navy will put into commits
sion a large number of new ships .nC
It is to obtain seamen to man these
that the department. at Washington 1,
establishing recruiting offices in Maine
1T is the hoDe of the department,
said Lieutenant MGrris. Ito secure
many good men for the service here in
this State which is famous for the sail.
ors it has produced in the. past and foI
the character of the men now. in the
service who have come from here
What is most desired are men Oi
American birth. For these exceptional
opportunities will be afforded in the
near future for the right men 10 he ad-
varced rapidly through the various
grades of petty officers
The young man who enters the navy
today IL he be Of good character ard
has Il desire to get ahead rapidly. he
gins career which will afford him
many opportunities OF reaching posi-
tions of responsibility ana % receiv-
ing good pay. The modern mon If war
are built for ths comfort % ;rc n.:l
who serve on thsnl III the dido tinlc s
the life of a man-O-wars In.n vas not
An eEviable one and As q re.,t.- the
character of men in the service vas not
as good as it is today. Today hun
dreds OF young men all over this coun-
try are entering the navy with the ex-
press purpose of working their war u.,-
wards through the various grades Of
petty offices, all of whom are well paid
and even commissions Irc open t.
those who are willing 10 work for them
The recruiting party which will open
its Office in Augusta on January Il. l.,
instructed to enlist landsmcn for
training. These receive $IS a month,
and are provided by the government
with their equipment. They must be
between the ages of Is and Is. Lands
men shipped for yoeman must be be-
tween the ages of is and IS. and on he
ing advanced to the yeoman's grade
will be paid go. In this grade the op-
portunities for advance ment are espec-
tally good and many men in the ser
vice today are receiving salaries as
chief yeoman which few clerks on shore
outside of the government service are
able to command. Seamen between
ages ot q and - are pait. S24 month.
ordinary seamen hatwecn tho ages OF
Is and 80 receive sl9. aud apprentices.
third class, between the ages OF l. ana
II get SO a month. are educated 1t the
government expense and when they
have passed through the apprentice
grade are usually advanced to petty
officers ratings and many of them be-
come warrant officers who receive very
large salaries.
Machinists Of the first-ciass are cspe-
cially desired. and their patti, in the ser
vicc Is very easy and lucrative one
The grade Of warrant machinist. which
was established recently. give mon in
this class an opportunity Of becoming
warrant officers in Il few years and ,c-
cciving large salaries and Dcng practical
ly their MASTER. The first -claS, mach!ai-t
must bc between the ages OF Il and 35
and thir pay is so u month Second
class machinists must he between the
ages of Il and 81. and their pay is si0 a
month. Hospital apprentices. first class
between the ages of IS and IS, get $50 a
month. while, those of the second-class
between the ages Of Is and Is. get $50
month. Shipwrights get $50 a month";
electricians Of the second class receive
$40, and Of the third class $50. Copper
smiths receive $50 month.
Firemen and coal passers arc also de-
sired. There arc two classes of firemen
first and second. The wages arc S35 and
s@. Coal passcrs get g. 4 month Appli-
cants must be between Il and 81 years Of
age.
Those wages include rarions. and good
rations. too. medicines and medical at
tendance free of charge. and retired on
thrcc-auartcrs' pay after - years ser
vice.
In recent years many young men vino
have entered the service with tho desire
Of obtaining some Of the higher ratings
moi mentioned above are now getting
very large salaries and have comfortable
positions IN the scr,'icc.
BESIDES Lieutenant Morris. the recruit
ing party will include q surgeon. n war
rant officer. q boatswain's mate. an cleo
trician. a hospital apprentice and a yco-
man.
The party will visit the following places
In the State during the months Of Janu-
airy and February:
Open at Portland. morning Of January
8: close evening Of January II. augusta.
from January j. to January. IL. Bangor.
from January II TO January Is. Machias,
from January - to5January q; Eastpor;
from JaNuary -. ITO January IS. Ellis
worth. from January q to January -.
Southwest Harbor from January 50 to
February 1. Belfast, from February 3 to
February 8. Rockand from February i
to February $. Bath. from February 10
to February J.: Boothbay, from Febru-
AIRY II to February Is. Portland. from
February II to February 20
Lieutenant Morris left on the afternoon
train for Bangor and the east. where he
will make arrangements for his visits
there
The oflicers-clect of Seth Williams
Post No 10 c. A. r. will be installed