New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-11
minimum standard of physical efficiency IS absolutely dt
manded -robust bodies the foundation of idea
citizenship.

anchor and windlass engines, machine
work on lathe, shaper and drill. press,
cutting threads on pipe and bolts with
hand dies, the use of the red lead gun,
and stopping leaks with cement and
otherwise. The ship filters are re-
quired to fit plates and other parts Of
the structural work on the hull model
of the armored cruiser in the model
room, TO familiarize them with the in
terror and under water arrangement
of frames, longitudinals, outside and
inner bottom plating, watertight bulk
heads, etc.
In addition to the above practical
instruction, all the classes are given
lectures on the nomenclature Of parts
and fittings of ships, the method o.!
sounding compartments TO detect the
presence of water, taking the draft o.
a ship, determining location by the
system of compartment numbers IS
used on ships Of the navy, and various
other subjects relating TO the care and
preservation, maintenance and opera
ton Of watertight doors, matches, ven.
tilation systems, etc.
Upon enlistment hospital appren-
tees are usually detailed 20 a naval
training station for duty and instrue.
tion before being sent to sea. There
arc naval hospitals at al training STA.
tions and navy yards. and sboard each
ship there is we'll equipped hospital
on a small scale.
The variety Of duty offered both
ashore and ahoat, with periods SET
aside for lectures by the medical off,
GERS. recreation periods, and time fo'
study and practical work along every
line known 10 the medical profession.
is a training not afforded elsewhere.
It promotes a confidence in the indi'
vidual that enables him 20 meet any
emergency requiring immediate frs;
aid in case of injury, ami a training IN
nursing that will prove Of highest ben
eft to him in after life.
Under Secretary Daniels's admins
tration it has been made possible fo'
enlisted bluejackets to prepare them.
selves for Annapolis and ultimately BE-
come regular officers in the navy
It IS interesting to note the great
numbers of navy boys who study
through correspondence schools ana
prepare themselves for advancement IT
the navy service or for trade or pro-
fession on land.
The objections urged against the
navy are, briefly:
Any life that isolates men from ~
common normal community life
bound TO present problems that she"
life does not always have. But these
very problems grow less and less more
complicated with the abolition Of liqu"
and the new upright educational aspeo
the navy mas TAKEN On
Trade union leaders, while they have
spoken well Of some branches Of w
service, have condemned it on w
scores. They regard laboring men
men who have 20 fight wage hght"''
capital They believe that navy di'''
pline makes them unfit ard forget 'h''
fact in the working world. Others IS
claim it for the same reasons, say'H'
that knowledge OF so we'll organized o
institution as the navy makes i0'
better organized labor movement
A prominent Seaman's Union man 0'
jects because navy training does w.
train for merchant marine service
battleship is so infinitely superior
equipment to a freighter that your 80
man doesn't always learn o. IS
phrase goes. "do all things WIKI W
pence worth of rope" The same ~,
fLd the disciplininc severity OF ''V'
hf,. the eternal struggling. MISSING
Those things aside. the fact renS
that at a transitional period IN
boys life We can turn 20 the aA-ysS
round navy service as sehool W.
his physical health. the prime pas"
a healthy industrial life, Will DC y
fully built up; where be will %"
chance to choose and learn any one :.
great variety of trades; wne''
will make himself one OF the q. u -
scheme for national defence; w"s'.
will know the sea, meet WIZ" "a
broadening experience in the "' 's,,
the whole time drawing salary
Of hospital care at all tines le'' ,s,r
to work 1t is a matter worth eon''''
ing.