The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-07-18
LIFT ABOARD
TRAINING SHIP

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about 3D." The speaker was rllly
facod youth ~ about VI years who f
in training 0n use MICHIGAN. ius s,0i
physique clear blue eyes and -'umnf
faoe tpld one story in Themselves Co..
the effect that he was amply satisfied
With his life on the sea.
Hc continued. you know NJ fellow
are not sons Of people who have got "a
lot OF money. most OK vs. come from
families where the money is not sp
plentiful and we look forward 30 a life
before the mast Even II we do not
stay on the sea our experiences now
On board tails ship will be mighty use
ful TO us when we get a show on land.
This training ship business can be-
made sort Of Harvard University II
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 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
American trade in foreign countries by
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 good deal for
ourselves. Most of our fellows were
greenhorns when we arrived there but
l guess that all of them learned 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.
q. | 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. | 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
can't find many fellows OF 10 or Il years
of age on shore who can have SIC to
spend net every month. Wei, that's
what fellow gets on the training ship.
And don't you forget that we get
] fed well, although you always find a
! fellow who likes to kick at the grub
just TO make the rest of us think he Is
the son Of millionaire or the inventor
of an advertising scheme of some kind.
We get plenty to eat and you can
imagine what a large amount Of feed
Is wasted. There amt much sickness
but when a fellow is sick they treat
him as If he was a Prince and he gets
over it mighty quick You never hear
of many deaths of apprentices at sea.
And all the fellows look like they get
good food, exercise ventilation and all
those things. don't they?
Work? No, we don't do much work
just enough to keep fellow healthy
and IL he obeys orders and does what
he is expected to he gets on like q
house on wheels.
Not many of the boys get away
but one or two bad ones in a ship some.
; times raise hob with a lot Of the 9th.
ers. and as result you most always
find some of the fellows in the prison
look around down below, Mr.. Report.
er, and you'll find that we seem to gel
along mighty well, although of course
, 1t Is not all cranberry sauce and Yer.
mont turkey for dinner"