El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-08
Laudlubbers to Be Given
Naval Training in Fine
Cruise on 9 Battleships.

TEW YORK. July s.-Ye. no, Ny
N lads For the Naval -Plattsburg,
Aboard nine United States bat
| tleships. many hundred enthusiastic
young land lubbers will learn some
thing about the gay sailors life off the
Atlantic coast next month.
Like their brothers in the military
I training camps for citizens. they viii
partly fit themselves to volunteer for
service in Uncle Sans defence when
war comes
And incidentally. from all signs, they
viii have jolly good time, a bracing
vacation and a month OF exercise and
salt air which Will put them back into
civil life ready for almost anything
that comes along
The amateur tars at this point viii
assemble and 20 aboard the Maine, now
receiving ship at the New York navy
yard and the Kentucky. on Aug. 10
On the same day the Virginia viii
pick Up its contingent at Portland. Ne;
the kearsarEe at Boston, the Illinois a Z
Newport. p l.; the Rhode Island at
Philadelphia: the Alabama at Philadcl-
phia. the Louisiana AT Norfolk. Va, and
the New Jersey at Charleston. s C.
Maneuvers in Gardeners Bay.
All will then proceed to Gardeners
Bay. at the other end Of Long Island
At the bay they will participate in de-
partment strategic maneuvers with 9th
er vessels Of the Atlantic fleet Division
drills viii take place
On August p the nine training ships
viii set sail Cor steam. II you like il
better for Tangier sound, part Of
Chesapeake bay. where they viii hold
target practice and some OF them will
coal at Hampton Roads.
About September they will start for
their ports OF embarkatiOn and here
they will be Joined by flotillas of motor
boats owned by citizens who have patri-
itically offered to train for coast de-
fence in time of war The motor boats
and training battleships viii hold joint
maneuvers, studying problems in the
defence OF naval districts. The disem-
barkation viii take place sept T.
All Are LandIubbers.
Some Of the men enlisted for the
cruise are the veriest landlubbers.
There are bankers. brokers. lawyers.
ministers. mechanical mining and civil
engineers, business men OF various
sorts. artists and several bona fide
newspaper men in the New York de-
tachment
Readers Of salt water fiction know
that the first thing a newcomer aboard
ship has 10 do is to holystone the decks.
in land parlance. scrub the floor.
But not this time There viii be no
mental labor for the rockies. They
aren't above it. They have promised
and are willing to do anything they are
ordered 10 do But assistant secretary {
Of the navy Franklin ID. Roosevelt. who I
has the cruise under his particular
wing. has decided il would be a waste
OF time.
No Serubbing, Says Roosevelt.
He decided the men going on the |
cruise. mostly above the average in in
telligence, training and education. need 2
no lessons IN peeling potatoes and SHOW
cling coal Instead. they VIII get work 4
just as hard but more Informative. I
They will be trained inteusively. as the 4
naval officers say. 10 take jobs as petty I
or commissioned officers in time Of Z
crisis.
In general. according to Mr. Roose-
Welt. they viii be organized. massed and ]
berthed after the methods employed /!
with the midshipmen Of Annapolis Ma
val academy oud practice cruises.
The object viii be 10 get them into
the habits Of ship life and TO drill and
instruct them at the lighter guns of the
ship batteries. They Will be taught /
signalling. boating of all kinds. fire T
control and torpedo defence station
work. quartermaster' duties and ma
rine electrical engineering. including
radio work.
There viii also be frequent emery
ency drills. such as fire quarters and
general quarters Besides this they viii
have field artillery and naval drills on T
shore TO give them a rudimentary I
knowledge of the handling of arms.
W i'll BE Given Lectures.
Lectures VIII also be q feature Of the Z