The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-28
TYPES OF sEAFARINa MpN.

Ask an "old salt how many kinds of seamen there are and he will tell you there are three kinds, English, Dutch and Dago. Under the first term he would include English, Scotch, Irish, Welsh, American, and, in fact, all English-speaking sailors. In the second he would place not only the Dutch, but Germans, Danes, Swedes, Films, Norwegians, and, in fact. all the Teutonic and Scandinavian races. In the Dago. class would come not on Fly the Italian but the French Span ish, Portuguese, all the Romance na- lions, and, probably, the Greek and Syrian.
 This is a crude classification, but 1t stands for something. The English are unsurpassed in skill, intelligence, cour- age persistence, and all the qualities that go to make good seamanship. Hardly second to them in these quaIi- ties are the Dutch. But the Dagos an .of distinctly different type. Not only ! are they inferior in seamanship, but they are distinctly inferior in hardi- hood and in the moral qualities that make men heroic and self-sacrificing in times of disaster. This moral in- feriority was strilzingly illustrated few years ago at the laundering of Q French ocean liner. The mad rush for the boats and the utter disregard of passengers which left even women and children to perish, would never be seen on ship manned by English sailors.
 Another classification of seafaring men would give us deep sea, coastwise years ago the deep sea sailors cut large figure in American maritime life. Three-fourths of our foreign trade was then carried in American bottoms, but in recent years less than one-tenth. And such American ships as still re- main in the foreign trade are So large Fly manned by foreigners that some~ times not more than two natives American sailors will be found in crew.
 . When we turn to the coastwise ser vice, in which, perhaps, nine-tGnths of our American shipping is engaged, we find a large proportion of the sail ors are American. Foreign vessels are not admitted to the coastwise trade. This is one reason why we have so deep an interest in the Bethel work that lies along our coast. It is con cerned with type of sailor most ap- preciatiye of, and most responsive to, the wholesome social and religious fa- =fluence of our bethels Very many Of these men are from Maine and Nova Scotia,
 The naval sailor is a class by him self. {. His most distinctive feature IS his costume. This is so picturesque and jaunty that it at once claims ot1r interest, whether Jack is seen singly or in groups. The bluejacket of the old navy was a thorough sailor, husky and alert, good at a pull on a gum tackle or topsail haiyards, at home on yardarnn in gale of wind man of the John Hazard Knowles type. On the batleship of to-day there Is not so much call for seamanship, but there must be trained intelligence, clear brain, a keen eye and quick and steady hand. Mona Monson, the hero of the battleship Missouri, is flna representative of this type of satloF.
 Still another unique type of seafar- ing men is the New England deep sea fisherman. He, like the American Indian, is a vanishing figure, Ths fishermen of Cape Cod and Cape Ann are fast being displaced by Portuguese and Nova Scotians, who now man most of our fishing craft. Their life is full of adventure, hardship and peril. and the casualties larger than with any other class of sailors.
 However these different types of sea- faring men may differ in some respects in one particular they are very much alike. They have a sincere respect for religion, and are receptive and Ter sponsive to religious appeal more than any other class of men. They are men of generous impulse, and appreciate a kind act in others, and they are men whose lives abound in peril and priva- tion.-Sea Breeze.