The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-07
EXPECTS TO Do
BUSINESS HERE
Recruiting officer of the Navy Is
Preparing for Enlistmenss
From This
City.
MANY FALSE REPORTS
He Declares That the Bad Reports
Which Are Circulated About
the Navy Are
False.

Many. people have false notion
OF the kind of men in the navy and
the character of their work." said Re.
cruiting Officer j. j. Doyle, who has
opened an Office in this city. 1--WE are
only looking for the best kind Of men
possible. The bad stories circulated
about the navy come mainly from
those discharged for misconduct and
as an excuse for their own miscon-
duct they begin talking about the I'm.
desirability OF the service and the
hard life they have led in it. These
men would be no good either inside
or outside the navy.
The latest report shows large
falling off in desertion due partly to
the better class of men being enlist
ed, the requirements of evidence Of
good character for enlistment, the
discharges for misconduct and those
dissatisfied together with the speedy
capture of deserters.
Mr.. Doyle read from navy record
showing where one man who had
ScASCu SiSAlSCA CsiiS Aou ooNCu PLol7
900. He also quoted pamphlet
concerning the proposed new meth
cd of physical training which is
expected to do much in the navy.
His Own Experiences.
Speaking Of his own experiences,
he said:
| Il had the good fortune to pass a
rigid examination for entrance into
| the naval service July II, 1902, ant
| thus received my passports to the
various parts of the world whicf
service in the navy gives with othel
| things. l left Cleveland, Ohio, unde1
the guidance of Uncle Sam for the
splendidly equipped training station
at Norfolk, Va, where I found mysel
4 subject to military discipline tina
has proved of much value to me. Al
/ ter six months of training in the rud
i iments of seamanship and the arts Q
i war | was transferred from thu
training station with 100 other young
listers who had been made over int
/ .man-o-warsmen and shipped on tn
three masted bark U. S. training shil
Alliance which had to depend on win'
for crossing the waters. Our frs
4 cruise was to the West Indies an
1.-THE first part Trinidad; part Of Spain
i thence to st. Christopher San Juan
Porto Rico and Kingston and back t
the U. S. A.
eve were Immediately transferre
overland to San Francisco where W
shipped for Asiatic ports and arrive
on the ship Solace in the harbo
Chez Foo, China. | had the good fol
tune to be detailed to the battleshl
Oregon and often regretted that
vas not in time to accompany Cal
: tain Clark on the memorable tri
around the horn. Among the inc
dents connected with my time aboar
, the oregon was that of the battl
/ trophy presented by the presider
] for excellence in naval gunnery
) the target practice Of 1904.
> Afterwards was transferred wit
] a number of other world-girdlers +
the ship wisconsin which carried U
: to the Orient. l saw for the frs
j time the beauty OF the inland sea
j Japan where one can see the mos
: delightful scenery a par. of which
j the magnificent mountain Fujiam
h The varied and ever changing scel
i ary in and about Japan made us loaf
i to leave the land Of Nippon att
t three and half years OF Its EMO
. ment. Our sorrow at leaving the Ian
9 Of the willy Jap was frightened y
/ the glad news that we were boun
for Gods own country home under II
stars and stripes.
E JUDGE CARTER