The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-05-21
Ma AL OF ERS
COMING TOIBEhIDJI
Eaton and Kelly Will Visit Bemidii
and Address Men and Young Men
Tuesday, May Is.
WANT BIG DIVISION HERE
To Explain Workings Of Naval Militia
Petition Must Go to Governor
for Mastering In.

Word received from Commander
Guy Eaton of Duluth by r. B. Lycan.
contains the news chat both Mr..
Eaton and Mr.. Kelly sof the naval
militia will be in Bemidji next Tues
day, when they will address the BUSH
ness men in the afternoon and the
young men in the evening.
He also advises in his letter that
before the Bemidji division can be
mustered in it will be necessary to:
present the petition to Governor
Hammond containing the names of
those who intend to enlist. The petit.
ton will first pass through Mr.
Eaton's hands for his recommended
ton who will forward it to the adj.
jutant general and He in turn will
issue special order Tor the muster
ing in of the Bemidii division.
Wants Big Division.
Commander Eatonz is anxious to
enlist big division in Bemid5i and,
urges that the petition be presented
to all who wish to enlist before he
arrives here Tuesday He will then
explain the workings and what the
young men have to expect in becom
ing a part of the governments naval
force. r.
"There are lots of fellows who want
to join this division and who have.
as yet not seen the petition said R.
B. Lycan this morning. 'It is not
the committees intention to slight
anyone in, the least and those who
would like to talk over the matter
and see the petition will favor the
committee members by calling on Mr..
Brandon, Jack Herbert or myself"
Mr.. Lycan is of the opinion that Be-
midi can muster in from eighty to-
one hundred men. "
Differs From Land Militia.
The workings of the naval militia,
is vastly different from that of the
army. In the army > man is either
an officer or a private and when a,
private he does the ssme work as do
other privates. In the naval militia
each man is assigned special duty.
There is different work. for one and
all. The privilege of choosing ones
own work is also granted. If any
one wants to specialize in any par
ticular branch such as gunner, en-
gineer, navigation, etc., he has but
to report this to his commander and
special instructions will be given
him.
In glancing over the recruits handy
book of the United States navy, one
can acquaint himself with every de-
tail of naval organization such as is
about to be organized in Bemidji.
A table is shown exhibiting in col
umns the wig-wag sound, bash and
Aedois systems based on the dot and
dash code and the hand flag and
semaphore-machine systems using
the semaphore code. s.sze- 55!lz%
May Measure Lake Depth.
Another interesting study which
may be taken UP is the preparation
of chart showing the various depths
of the lake bottom, the active prac-
tice of signal drills, etc. 80. {.
Features connected with the work
of naval division will and should
appeal to every young man in this
vicinity and when the details are all
explained it is expected that many
others will be anxious to come into
the organization. A special invita-
ton is extended to all who are in
terested, whether they have signed
the petition or not, to attend the
meeting Tuesday evening in the Com
mercial club rooms when officers
Eaton and Kelly will address the
gathering.