Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-19
MEASURE TO BE REPORTED OUT
or COMMITTEE CALLS FOR
y. EXTENSIVE SETTLEMENTS.
FIVE YEARS OF ACTIVE
CONSTRUCTION PLANNED
Six Great Fighting Ships Favored.
With Probability Of Fast Battle
Cruisers, Large Fleet Of Smaller
Craft and Increase Of Personnel Of
From 5000 TO 10000 Men.
Especial Correspondence.1

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washington, April 1s.-By address,
ing the captain of the United States
coast guard at the treasury depart
ment, washington, Iowa young men
who are anxious to get cadetships in
| the coast guard will be enabled to get
| interesting details concerning this SER
vice. One hears much of cadetshlps
! in the military academy at West Point
and in the naval academy at Annapo-
! lis. But cadetships in the coast guard
are something about which most peo-
Die have little knowledge. The coast
guard service is that service OF the
government which has been formed by
the consolidation of the life-saving SER
vice and the revenue cutter service. II
| is doubtful If more faithful and loyal
types of men can be found in the gov
eminent service than among the men
who save lives along the coast and
those who travel the seas from the
Arctic to the gulf in the revenue cut
tiers, performing many deeds OF quiet
heroism of which little is ever heard.
- Life Positions Open.
The coast guard headquarters has
lust given out an announcement con-
corning cadetships which young men
the country over will find of interest.
This announcement says that a fine OPP
portunity for young men to OBTAIN lie
positions under the government is pre-
sented by the forthcoming examination
to fill ten vacancies in the line ana
engineer corps at the Coast Guard
Academy, New London, Conn.
The course at the academy covers
a period Of three years for line cadets
and one year for cadet engineers. -Four
months of each year are spent at sea
on the practice ship, during which time
the principal ports along the Atlantic
coast are visited. This year the prac-
tice cruise will include in its itinerary
the West Indies and the Panama canai
zone Cadets receive $500 per annum,
and in addition one ration, equivalent
to 500 per year. Cadet engineers re-
ceive SIS a month and one ration.
After successfully completing the
three-year course, cadets are commits
stoned as third lieutenants and have
the same rank and pay as second lieu
tenants in the army (s1,7oo per an
NUM-. Cadet Rengineers are commits
stoned as third lieutenants Of engineers
after successfully completing the one
year course and have the same rank
and pay as third lieutenants.
The coast guard being part of the
military forces of the government, its
officers are entitled, by law, to lon
gevity pay, and to retirement at the
age of "a years, Or for physical dis
ability. Retired officers receive three
fourths of the pay to which they were
entitled before retirement. I
The requirements are that the candi-
dites must be American citizens, I'M
married, physically sound, of good
moral character, between the ages OF
Is and "a for line cadets and 20 and
rs for cadet engineers. -. 4
The examinations, which are strictly
competitive, require the equivalent Of a
first-class high school education for
line cadets, and in addition thereto,
for cadet-engineers, a knowledge of
theoretical steam engineering. They
will be held on June &c, 1916. at Wash
ineton, D. C., and in several other large
cities in different sections of the coun-
try. depending upon the location Of the
candidates. ..' g. -