Arizona republican., 1916-08-21
NAVAL ROCKIES DROP
 GOOD TIMES AND TAKE UP NAUTICAL COURSE
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crew men. Herriclk, Harwood White and Allen.
 Then there are old rockies, men who rowed on the longsweeps when the Virginia was d youngster. They are accommodating a good bit of extra weight amidships and show q roll as they walk. But they are game, and pull at the oars as they did on ihe winning-xarsity in '03. or so.
 Wednesday afternoon classes were formed in navigation, engineering, signalling seamanship, and half d dozen other subjects. Each recrui. had an opportunity to choose his speciality. There were no shirkers. There was a little excitement among men who did not just know what they wanted to do who took naviga ton when they found they had to know uigenometry, and signalling be- cause that required them to memor ize codes. They finally settled in engineering because they wanted ;o help make he wheels go around
 But by Thursday afternoon every thing was in order. Each man had his lesson assigned to him. That morning more great ships Of the Fleet had come stea ming in the bay. The
 
 bama came in battle formation. fol- lowed by the Keneuckv Maine, Loui siana and Kearsarge till ire bay was lined with the big ships of war They came in to band music and cheers If their crews Visits from captain 10 admiral and return, from commdn- der to captain. filled the morning. | They are men of wars men now every one of these three hundred re- ] cruits They rise at five to the { bos'n's pipe, tumbling out of their hammocks six feet to the floor. They l lash their hammocks in the required nautical way with the required num- 1 her C. bitches. Then they roll up i their broad legged sailor pants to the knees and swab down the decks with cold sea water They polish brass
 and wash paints as though their very
 existence depended on the job. It
 might be funny to see man whose
 fortune runs 10 millions shining brass
 in way that would not earn him
 two dollars a day, yet you know that
 brass polishing is not his goal. That
 is incidental to the larger work of
 being prepared to help or 3 big man
 of war m time of danger.
 After cleaning comes brea kfast and
 after breakfast assembly with setting
 up exercises From that to gun
 practice they go immediately then n
 beat drill classes of special instruc- , ton. torpedo defense stations taking l barely time for a bite of dinner in between.
 From turn to- at five of the gray
 morning to taps" al nine in the / weary night the men work. They are 5 displaying remarkable quiCl<ness for the mechanism Of the guns.
 Put life k not all work fn~ Ihe t rockies. Morning and evening boom s k Isgged from the side of the shiIl . sloping down to the water. and down i: the men go to swim. Probably Q half of them go in the water. TEe y other half lean over and cheer. Then in the evening there are inc i movies By s, after q stirring hinf I concert. the men group together oi l the fore or after deck. seated or lyine z on the decks clear back to the iifI l. lines. Pankers. heads of families i young college men. keen eyed pro
 fessional men. laugh and cheer at th' . tricks of the slaDstick comedian n finding joy in low brow" stuff tha : micht bore them to sleep in town. Who said men do not live well 1T n the navy? Asparagus on toast steaks C iroa sts. grapes. oranges. cantalOupes : these are items chosen at iandon
 from the menu of the last three days At every meal enough is throw n away to feed several large families
 Fastidiousness goes by the board, Th only renuireTnent is that the mPn re
 move their hats while eating.