El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-28

buy a drink if the judge would come
out He cOntended that drinks had a
/ soothing effect and he thought they
were used frequently about the justice
courts, as everything was always pla-
cid and justice appeared TO be sleep
ing The attorney for the defence
even argued that the fact that judge
Murphy held constant to one policy
Of guilty to all, should make the
case lighter for him
Fine Is Assessed.
Upon the conclusion of the trial. and
a second interruption by Mr.. Wright
who complained of the loss of his hat
judge Kuollenberg informed the de-
PENDANT that he was fined s. and costs,
which amounted to $3.50, that If he
wished to appeal. it would cost him
some more, including S1-50 to the judge
for the writing of a transcript The fine
had an additional provisO that judge
Murphy keep out of politics until after
January I. 1916-when he might talk
as much as he liked. and that be dis
miss the first Rotarian brought before
him
President A f Rowlands. who pre-
sided at the luncheon, named the fol-
lowing committee to act with the Cit
rus Growers association Of Florida,
who are seeking federal legislation to
aid in stamping out an insect pest
which is destroying the citrus crop in
Florida, : c. Aubrey. o. A Daniel
son and F. 3. simmons.
Lieut.. Gilbert Speaks.
Lieut. Il 3. Gilbert. in charge Of the
naval recruiting station in Fl Paso'
spoke as follows
The particular branch that ! repre-
sent in national defence is. 7 believe,
due TO our geographical position. the
most i'm 3Ortant. and that is the navy
To have national defence. we must
have efficient naval defence The back
bone of defence is preparedness
Therefore. in order to have an efflclenI
naval defence we must have naval pre-
paredness-
Naval preparedness might he divid-
ed into two general classes. namely.
material preparedness and personnel
preparedneSs- BY material prepared
ness 7 mean having on hand a suff1-
Cient number of ships guns, ammunl-
ton. tOrpedOeS mines. etc Anyone can
soon inform himself as to the numoer
Of ship yards and ammunition plants
in this country and then can determln"
the probable length Of time It would
require TO place into commission a for
midable fleet As it requires approx
mately three years to complete n mod
ern- man Of war, il is readily seen that
the material must be ready before the
declaration Of war
Personnel Preparedness.
The second item. personnel prepar-
edness. is of no less Importance than
material preparedness The personnel
OF AuE nav tDllSASlS OF DN-NNN Il eAAAAS-
men. each an expert in his particular
branch.
7 viii try to briefly outline the max
ing of a man-of-warsman, beginning
with his enlistment as a recruit In
the first place. the physical examina-
ton is rather rigid. This examination
usually disqualifies about four out OF
every five applicants. Each recruit
with few exceptions, such as printers
and painters. is enlisted in one special
branch for training. such as landsman
for ships cooks, landsman for electric
iIns, landsman for hospital apprentice
trades.
Experience Necessary.
Before q man can be enlisted for
landsman for training. he must have
had some experience in the trade for
which he enlists- The landsman is sent
, the naval training station for a