The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-10

10 the youth Of America. In my
opinion every ship and every navy
yard should be Il school teacher.
In this way We can give to every
young man who enters tho navy
a chance to better himself and fit
himself for an honorable career
in other walks Of life. and at tho
same time increase the knowledge,
the usefulness. and the efficiency
OF the personnel Of the service
These are the words Of Josephus
Daniels, Secretary Of the Navy. who
| told the writer q few days ago that
| he confidently expected, during the
! four years he is slated 10 he the head
of the Navy Department, Ia make the
| United states Navy not only the
greatest fighting organization in the
world hut also the worlds greatest
school OF technology.
The dream that Mr.. Daniels wants
To realize is the utilization of the
navy for the mental. moral, and phys
zeal uplift Of the young men who en-
list for the service afloat. lie would
| make of them expert electricians
skilled mechanics OF the highest type,
wireless telegraph operators, artiti-
GERS, stcnographcrs, shipfittcrS, and
Woodworkcrs.
May Study the Classics
The secretary called attention to the
fact that already there are in oper-
alton schools for the electrical train
ing Of hluciackots at the navy yards
in Brooklyn and at san Francisco.
There is an artificers' school at Nor
folk, Va. and a school of machnists
at Charleston. :. c.. while every bat
tleship every cruiser, and every tor
pedo destroyer affords a splendid field
for the practical training of the sailor
I'm almost any one of the great trades.
But this is only part of the plan
that Secretary Daniels has evolved
Cor tho bottermcnt Of young Amer
leans who serve their country on
board memo war. If they are to he
electricians, skilled mechanics, cap
able carpenters. and reliable wireless
men. Nj. Daniels considers that il Is
the duty of the officers Of the service
whose advantages have been great to
teach them also 10 speak and write
good English. to spell correctly, Ia
I know geography, and, If time permits.
to take them into the realms Of higher
, mathematics, and perhaps the classics.
So il is that Secretary Daniels, who
has fallen head over heels in love with
his Job, and who has found the men
, Of the navy officers and bluejackets
, alike. - be clean cut and clean living,
| has determined that the navy shall he
, Americas greatest school Of tcchnol-
ogy-a school where any deserving
/ hoy, no matter how poor, may have n
chance 10 better himself, morally
mentally. physically. The president
of this biggest of all the worlds tech
nical schools will be the secretary
himself; It's vice president will be the
: commanders in chief Of tho Atlantic
Pacific and Asiatic fleets; the prin-
4 cipals will he the commanding Off
ccrs: the teachers viii be the junior
/ oqicors of the battleships cruisers,
and destroyers Of the various naval
organizations.
PRACTICAL training TOT "eh'
Then. of course there are the great
technical schools on shore. at the mead
of each Of which is an officer of higf
ranl, and undoubtcd ability Than
these schools for the training of the
electricians, mechanics. and Other
skilled men needed for the navy there
are none better in this or any Other
country. And ii should be remembered
y that AT each Of these training station,
there is a master Of the sword, who's
duty il Is to sec Ia the physical train
ing of the blucjackCt students.
Recently, DR.. Robert Necser Tho
naval historian and the director of tho
Navy League Of the United states
aptly described the personnel of thC
h navy. as consisting of two separate
r and distinct classes--the officers wh'
t. follow a profession and the enlisted
h men who follow trade. The first is
d the instructor and the latter the pupil
@ The former is trained in the splendid
. naval school at Annapolis; the latte
= in the training stations ashore an
q on board the vessels Of the fleets.
This article has to do cn;irely will
the education and the practical train
ing of the enlisted man. That man
$. as rule. enters the service betwcei
the ages of Il and %, although in
= few rare cases he may be older. on
enlistment the Young tar IS sent L
one Of the training stations ashore
and there undereoes q rieid appren
r tceship in which physical trainin
plavs the leading part. For fou
-. months the recruit remains at tn
., station the officers keeping close Ia
= on him and sizing him IN with III
10 purpose i'm view OF discovering wha
4 branch of the service he is best fitte
- nv nature "a enter " should he KEEP
10 i'm mind that the recruit Is all the tim
a drawing a salary: II is not hi
n one. but il is more than the sncndin
allowance of the average College 10,
- and the government is paying hi
- board and supplying him with goo
ia clothes
# Will Carry Out Promises.
, And now let Secretary Daniels te
m his own way what this great ma
tional institute of technology. whic