The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-10
RAYMOND voLz.

yet it is nevertheless interesting. That
he himself had good time as one of
Uncle Sans boys, might be taken from
the fact that he is having a good time
In Hammond and that in his short stay
he has made many warm friends here.
First Longing at II.
II was little more than II years DID,"
said Volz IL answer the other evening
when he was surrounded by a group
of friends who have been using nautical
terms ever since he has been in town,
and wanted to join the navy. I have
several brothers and sisters and my
parents are still living, and I was
prettry good boy, so the teacher said
But I wanted to join the navy and my
father and mother would not let me-
L begged and pleaded and as a result
my father painted nothing doing
/ sign with a barrel stave on the seat
of my trousers in which it happened
| to be at the time. From that l took
it that there was nothing doing in the
begging and pleading line and new
thought came to me. I took to it as
naturally as I took to the sea. I just
grew to be good for nothing. 1 grew
in leaps and bounds and day by day
L became worse until father decided
that the navy was the best place for
me. So one nice morning I had all my
| belongings packed IN a funk and to-
gether, my trunk and I, started out for
Newport News. Pretty soon my trunk
| was the best friend 1 had, for 1t con-
| tanned photograph of the loved ones
at home, but 1 would not allow myself
| to grow homesick. / did not get to
see Admiral Dewey or "Gimpy" Evans
on the first day 1 arrived at Newport
News, as 1 had expected to, nor the
next day, but when / saw thousands
of other boys who had not seen them
either 1 decided that it would not be
my turn for while to come. At New
port News we recruits spent nine long
months after which 1t was my lot to
go on the training ship Essex.
Promoted to the Texas.
/ There I staid four months after
which I was promoted to the Texas.
| The Texas was then one of the finest
| floating forts on the water. and it was
there I met Mac" (McFadden). We
soon became good friends and it did
not take me long to find out that had
hooked up to about the best fellow on
the ship. He was one of the most
popular fellows on the boat and they
all regretted to see him leave.
when the Louisiana was put into
commission the department took a de-
parture from the old custom and in
stead of manning the boat with new
men they placed old and experienced
hands on II, to see what a good crew
really could do on the best ship in the
navy. Although 1 say it myself, we
made good and we staid on the boat.
In 1906 we were sent to Cuba to quell
an uprising and it was our boat that
brought Secretary Of War, William
Taft, back from Cuba It was also
welt to and from Panama.
The ex-sailor was asked about the
routine work on a battleship and the
discipline.
Rules Have to be Observed
THE discipline is very strict" he
said "one may have good times, but
the times on board ship must not be
COMPOUNDED with those in school The
rules and regulations must be OBJ
served. that is all.
At five o'clock in the morning re-
veille is sounded and one half hour is
allowed for coffee. From five thirty
to seven each man does the work as
signed him in the way of putting the
ship in order.
A seven o'clock breakfast is served
after which one is free until nine
o'clock In the mean time the sailors
have got ready and dressed for in