The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13

Battleships
Youths In
While people In this country are
Gdnging,-1 didn't raise my boy to be
q soldier" mothers IN England and
Germany are gladly giving up their
sons tothe government for the mil
ftary training that will fit them for
( service should they be called upon
In both countries boys from Is to
18 years OF age are being given the
real training that viii fit them for
war
Schoolboys at that sentimental
age where the thought OF death on
the battlefield seems most Inspiring.
Z are the most willing OF the boy re-
cruits-
At. some distant date perhaps.
when the trained soldiery is ex-
hausted. these youths inspired by
romantic love Of warfare may go
to the front to meet other boys IN
the last conflict of the war
However absurd It may appear,
both Germany and England are
training their youth not for duty as
Boy Scouts, but for actual warfare.
nsG Germany the lads are being put
through the drills that viii fit them
forssailors They are taught to man
gums. drill, box the compass. sleep
IN hammocks. wear sailor garb. steer
small vessels. take IN sail and the
many other things connected with
naval duty
In several places training ships
on land have been erected on which
these boys may train as part of their
daily play. There are crow-nests
erected to which the boys may climb
and rig SAIL. There are guns on
deck for them to aim. There are
quarters below for them to get used
The boys in Germany at these va
rious on-land naval training sta
tons may see all Of the actual prac-
dce they might get on manor
war Each training ship beside be-
ing In charge Of experienced naval
officers has its boy officers The
greatest rivalry is shown between
the youths for these positions Many
lads are quitting their studies In
the schools to work on these inland
training ships and vie with their
companions for places among the
youthful Officers"
TRAINING IN
GERMAN.
N Germany the position OF officer
on one Of these inland training ships
is Just as important and austere as
on many naval vessel The boys
md themselves controlled by the
other youths who have won these
positions and in a spirit OF loyalty
obey their commands.
Thus IN. Germany there are thou
sands of-boys training for naval du-
II under their own commanders
These. volunteer prospective fight
ersfeeI their calling and its duty
more than even the men actually
ahoat In the great German battle
ships or the warriors In the
trenches. Their eagerness is such
that It is predicted that when they.
end their course they will be bet
ter trained than the men low adoat
In the German navy.
The boys. TOO. are trained for sub
marineswork They know every part
Of such an under-sea vessel from its
periscope to its propeuers and
there Is many group Of enthusi-
astdc German boys that might now
be placed in charge OF one Of these
destroyers and serve with as much
AKIN and fidelity as their elders
Submarine life. in fact, has the
greatest attraction to these boys OF
tender youth and their hope now is
shat IN some future time they may
zee actual service for their country
!. beneath the water and may surpass
the ySorksof some of their elders In
destroying vessels of the English
4 THE LAND
LGBBERs.
n the department Of the army
j fhese boys are being trained ike
wise. Not as Boy Scouts TO build
dres. erect tents, care for the m
1uured etc, but IN the ordinary de-
faHs of war. Germany never was
- -. :, fa,.,,,- IF Roy scouts It had