The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30

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sailor men, to the number OF
about eight thousand, are go
w. ing on pleasure tour. The
contemplated outing throws
down the gauntlet to well-laid plans
of millionaire yacht owners who seek
to amuse themselves in regions where
the world is most prone to smile.
These light-hearted, frolicsome Ameri-
can boys are to be turned loose In
the ports of the Mediterranean with
their pockets full of money. and ad-
monished to have the time of their
lives.
They are to be conducted to the pleas
ure land on craft each unit of which
represents a value OF $12.000,000. The
ships are to be tied up in the vari-
GUS harbors, with sleeping quarters
and food always ready Vhen 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-of-war
is made TO redeem campaign pledges.
as 1t 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
has been held out as an inducement
for enlistments.
To Redeem Pledges.
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-
cept Newport. Norfolk and Guantani.
mo and a 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. Secre'
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 I,
possible to MI 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 fleet should go
Then conditions became SO unsettled
In Mexico that four battleships were
assigned to those waters. The navy
department contemplates the relief
Of those four ships by four others by
November 1. This eliminates eight
battleships. Then there is the regular
work in the navy yards which calls
for the overhauling of ships with 9
certain degree Of regularity that the
working force may be maintained
This fall there will be four battleships
In those navy yards. So are twelve
ships of the Atlantic feet eliminated
from the Mediterranean cruise. There
remain nine great vessels that are al
liberty 10 go.
1t was at first thought that some
twenty destroyers would cross the AT
lantic. These little, high-speed ships
the daredevils of the service, do no,
take the waves Of the mighty mar
with the same degree OF ease as dc
the dreadnoughts. They are entirei,
seaworthy, but in stormy weathe,
they roll and plunge and infict srea
hardship upon men and officers. Al
the Atlantic IL to be crossed at tn,
season when gales are frequent, 4
was thought advisable to leave the de
streyers at home.
But all those ships that are not nj
lowed to make the present cruise ar,
TO be given later opportunity for cruis
ing in foreign waters, and some O
them arc to have the privilege OF FRS
passing through the Panama canal, 9ar
event that VIII transpire before IN,
new year. They will go abroad a
other times. A trip 10 Scandinavia,
waters IL being talked OF for neg
summer. The torpedo fiotilia will like
wfss be given it's chance for a pleas
urs jaunt that win be as rood as tn,
best.
So It comes to pass that the ship
which win sail from Hampton road
about November will be the wyc
ming. flagship; the Vermont, the Ohio
the Arkansas. the Florida, the Utah
the Delaware and two az yet no
named.
Carry All Supplies.
With these battleships win go tire
new golfers. the Orion. the Jason an,