Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-10-31

6aHor men, 10 the number OF
about eight thousand. are 60
~ Ing on pleasure tour. The
contemplated outing throws
down the gauntlet to well-laid plans
OF millionaire yacht owners who seek
70 amuse themselves In regions where
the world Ia most prone to smile.
These nght-hearted. frolicsome Aneri-
can boys are to be turned loose In
the ports Of the Mediterranean with
their pockets full of money, and ad-
nonished 10 have the time OF their
lives
They are to be conducted to the pleas
IRE land on craft each unit of which
represents a value of S12, 900 900. The
chips are to be tied up in the vart
GUS harbors, with sleeping quarters
and food always ready when purses
are empty. No man need have a care
in the world. for his own ship lies
ready to bear him back to America
IN time for Christmas at home when
his money Is spent.
This cruise OF the great men-ofwar
rs made to redeem campaign pledges,
as It were. Agents of the navy de-
partment have been going forth
throughout the land and asking young
men to enlist for service at sea. They
have told these young men Of the
opportunities to learn trades In the
navy, of the sport that Is to be had
in maneuvers at Newport and Guam
tanimo. of the opportunities that the
service offers to see the world. The
recruiting officers have not merely
told them that they would see the
ports OF this nation and the Caribbean.
but the charm OF foreign lands also
mas been held out as an inducement
tor enlistments
To Redeem PIedges-
And now the department proposes
to make good on these claims. Every
effort is being MADE to increase the
facilities for learning trades in the
navy. Life aboard ship is being
made healthful, stimulating and at
tractive. But navy programs of late
have included little cruising abroad.
The sailor man has known little ex.
@+ct Newport. Norfolk and Guantani-
mo and touch OF Vera Cruz or
Panama.
So It was determined that trip TO
the Mediterranean should be made
this fall Pledges Of recruiting cam
paigns should be redeemed Score
tary Daniels holds that men of the
navy are better sailors and better
citizens when they go back into pri-
vate life because OF these trips abroad.
Likewise is the popularity OF the
navy increased, and this makes II
possible to fill the service with bet
ter and better men all the time.
When the trip to the Mediterranean
was first planned It was proposed that
the entire Atlantic feet should go.
In Mexico that four battieships were
assigned TO those waters. The navy
department contemplates the relief
Of those four ships by four others nv
November /. This eliminates eight
battleships. Then there Is the regular
work In the navy yards which calls
for the overhauling OF ships with a
working force may be maintained
This fall there will be four battieships
In those navy yards. So are twelve
ships of the Atlantic feet eliminated
nom the Mediterranean cruise. There
remain nine great vessels that are at
liberty to so.
1t was at first thought that some
twenty destroyers would cross the At
iantic These little, high-speed ships,
the daredevils OF the service, do not
take the waves OF the mighty main
with the same degree OF ease as do
the dreadnoushts. They are entirely
seaworthy. but I'm stormy weather
they roll and plunge and infict great
hardship upon men and officers As
the Atlantic is to be crossed at the
season when gales are frequent, Il
was thought advisable to leave the de-
stroyers at home
But all those ships that are not al
lowed to make the present cruise are
20 b given later opportunity for cruis-
ing in foreign waters. ard some OF
them are TO have the privileges OF first
passing through the Panama canal. an
event that viii transpire before the
new year. They win go abroad at
ctSer times. A trip to Scandinavian
waters Is being talked OF for next
summer. The torpedo notilla will like
wise be given its chance for u pleas
ure jaunt that win be Go good as the
best
so It comes to pass that the ships
which VIII sail from Hampton roads
about November ] VIII be the Wyo-
ming. flagship: the Vermont the Ohio.
the Arkansas. the Florida, the Utah.
the Delaware and two as yet not
named.
Carry All Supplies.
with these battleships viii go three
new golfers. the Orion. the Jason and