New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30
Is New York a Captive City?

don't have to re-onlist when l become OF
age" Incidentally about one-third OF the
men do re-enlist for four more years at the
expiration OF their first enlistment Only 10
per cent Of the applicants are able TO pass
the examinations and enter the navy
Another little thing that makes good
many OF them take on the blue uniform Is
the handsome booklet the Navy Depart
ment hands out TO the interested. That
book is something OF "A literary wonder.
The cover is painted by !. q. Leyendockcr.
end shows d couple Of handsome young
tars wigvagging a signal from riddled
seagoing target. Any reader Of advertise
ments-whCh all OF us aTe-Vil. recognize
those two Young men at the first glance.
/ They arc the same that wear the new
fashioned collars with the poetic names
whose pictures appear IN the stTectoar ad-
vertisements. They are also 10 1e seen in
the most popular brands Of summer shirts
, and their forms Of hateful perfection APP
( pear in the backs Of the summer maya
/ zines incased in idealiZcd ready made
clothes Their faces arc handsome mpos-
( sibly. unearthly. disgustingly handsome
The interior OF the book keeps pace with
/ the ambitious cover. After reading a few
pages one wonders why so many young
men waste their money I'm travel when they
might Just as well have Joined the navy.
seen all there was To the nall We live on
and got paid for IL AZ the same time
/ still il admits honestly that there are lots
Of herd work TO do en- board ship and adds
T frankly that the men have 20 DO it. IL
mentions coaling ship as one Of these TAX
| ing on coal is one OF the duties that the
/ andlubber with aureate ideas Of the sea
never included in his dreams Of the life on
/ the ocean wave. II may be something Of
a shock 10 him n he expected % spend his
time playing a mandolin iu the shade Of =
l2-inch gun.
/ CoaIing is one Of the painful and dirty
duties. and viii bc until some other fuel.
such as oil, comes into fashion. They say
that after a ship has been filed up on an
/ thracite the men raise a unanimous and
silent PRAYER for the advent of some other
medium Of neat Lighters bearing the coal
come alongside the ships and canvas bags
/ have 10 be filled by part Of the crew anu
/ hoisted 20 the decks. where they are emp
/ tied ana the contents slowed iu the bunkers
by perspiring shjpmatcs. 4 batteship Goals
once a month or every three months. ac-
cording 90 how much cruising she Is doing
This cleaning thing isn't confined ly any
means 70 the time following the coaiing Of
the bunkers n is an everyday occurrence
. Each man has station or a certain part
~ the deck chat he must clean. While the
work is something on the scru1woman
( order. it lsat bard. hccauas there are so
many of them at b.
I'm "a sea battle these days the first news
4 mat mary OF the men would get OF the
Z eb. 1rd flow of the tide of fortune would
/ boz when they saw tbe water rushing IN
through q hole 800 the side. Numbers Of
I the mon have work that keeps them. below
decks. ard their Glimpscs Of the blue Sky
( and green waters are confined strictly to
/ the time that they arc or duty. Ammuni-
/ ton pagscrs. for instance. have 10 stick
1 down IN the magazines during a Aeht ana
I keep the big cartridges moving up 30 the
/ roaring guns.
An electric elevator runs from the maya
zines below decks 90 the hrecch OF cach
/ Zig gun. sO that a cartridge can bo slipped
directly into tho open brecch. The car
I fridge a lo-incn gun fires weighs 50 pounds
ana can't bo handled very easily by hand.
An l-inch shell carries only 20 pounds DO
immortality mixture. and can he handled
\ bv two good mon with the aid OF sling
/ six inch shells weigh 10, pounds, ana one
! man must handle them.