The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-18
LIFE ABOARD
TRAINING SHIP
Lad on the Mohican Thinks
1t Best for a
Boy.

How do 1 like life aboard the Mo-
hican? Well can tell you that it is
about the best life in the world, and no
fellows aboard think the same as / do
about it." The speaker was a rudy
faced youth of about II years who is
in training on the Mohican. His good
face told one story in themselves to
the effect that he was amply satisfied
with his life on the sea.
He continued: You know us fellows
are not sons of people who have got a
lot of money; most of us come from
families where the money is not 50
plentiful and we look forward to a life
before the mast. Even If we do not
stay on the sea our experiences now
on board this ship will be mighty use
full to US when we get Show on land.
This training ship business can be
made a sort of Harvard University if
a fellow gets down to work in the
right shape. We get trained abundant
ly in a physical way and our education
is getting tip-top Why, we visit all
sorts of places in all sorts of countries.
A fellow gets a better idea of geogra-
ply than any American text book
i think that's what they call them
can give him. We get to know of
observing what American things the
people use most in their daily life in
the ports we call in. Then you know
fellow can enquire and find out how
the people of the countries live and
while we are ashore in a place like Yo-
kohama we can see a good deal for
ourselves Most of our fellows were
greenhorns when we arrived there but
I guess that all of them learned a few
new wrinkles while we were about that
country.
"A fellow can see how countries are
governed and get a bit about how they
are divided up for local government.
o, I tell you we have lots better
chances than any fellows of our ages
who stay in the little town they are
born in and grow UP there and never
get out. L can walk all around the kids !
in my town when we get back.
Then there is another way to look at
it. We get paid for our trouble of go
ing around to see the world and enjoy
ourselves. Just look at that big bunch
Of money that was paid away to us on
Wednesday by Paymaster Brown. The
lowest that anyone gets is SIG a month
and all clothing and food found. You
ant find many fellows of IS or II years
spend net every month. Well. that's
What a. fellow gets on the training ship.
And don't you forget that we get
ed well, although you always find a
elbow who likes to kick a the grub
ust to make the rest of us think he is
he son of a millionaire or the inventor
# an advertising scheme of some kind.
Ne get plenty to eat and you can't
imagine what a large amount of feed
5 wasted. There amt much sickness,
'ut when a fellow is sick they treat
i'm as if he was a Prince and he gets
yer 1t mighty quick. You never hear J
I many deaths of apprentices at sea.
md all-the fellows look like they get
God food, exercise, ventilation and alI
hose things, don't they?
Work? No, we don't do much work
lst enough to keep a fellow healthy,
nd if he obeys orders and does what
e is expected to he gets on like Il
ouse on wheels.
Not many of the boys get away,
Ut one or two bad ones in ship some
mes raise hob with a lot of the 9TH
IS. and as a result you most always
nd some of the>fellows in the prison
own on the bird deck. You just take
look around down below, Mr.. Report
:, and you'll find that we seem to get
ong mighty well, although OF course -
is not all cranberry sauce and Yer ~
ont turkey for dinner"