The Benson signal., 1917-04-21
U. S. Navy Enlisting Party
Coming

Tracht, of the FL Paso recruiting
district, is visiting cities in Ari-
zona New Mexico and Texas, dis
tant from the seaboard and not
/ within easy reach of a permanently
located navy recruiting base, in in
terest of advertising and recruiting
| for Uncle Sans first line of de-
fense- the navy.
Men between II and 80 years of
age who are citizens of the United
States of sound mental and physi-
cal condition. good moral charac-
ter, and able to read and write the
English language, are wanted for
the Navy.
The term of enlistment for men
18 to thirty years Of age is four
years; for those between II and 18
years Of age enlistment is for term
of minority.
+ Pay ranges from $3.50 a month
for apprentice seamen and lands
men, to about 500 per month for
chief petty officers, with board and
lodging and free medical atten-
ton
! Besides the seaman branch of the
service, which embraces seanen,
! quartermasters, turret captains,
gunner S mates, boatswain's S mates,
and masters-a alarms, all of various
class, the following trades, special
and commissary service, are OBJ
tainable: machinist's mates, cleo
/ tricians (wireless and general) ship
filters. boilermaker, coppersmiths,
! blacksmiths, plumbers and filters.
shipwrights, sailnaaker's mates,
water tenders, oilers, and fremen,
painters, the yeoman branch (cler-
ical duty), musicians, buglers, hos
pita1 corpsman, cooks and bakers,
practically of various classes.
Some of the advantages offered
by the Navy are: A free outfit Of
clothing, sufficient ordinarily to
last two years; transportation and
subsistence from point or enlist
ment to place of assignment, travel
allowance (cash) at the rate of &C
per mile from place of discharge to
place of enlistment, when dis
charged by cause of expiration of
| enlistment For instance, a man
who enlists at New York and is
discharged at San Francisco, a dis
tance of about 800 miles will re-
ceive $124; if discharged through
physical disability, transportation
and subsistence will be given to a
mans home if injured in line of
duty to such an extent that man
is discharged a liberal pension is
given, free medical treatment, and,
if incapacitated for any duration
/ from Whatsoever cause, man S full
pay continues SO long as he is serv-
ing within his enlistment; a fur
Tough of thirty days each year on
full pay provided ship is in home
waters, certain advancement in rat
ing with corresponding increase in
pay to the deserving; privilege of
a1loting a portion of monthly pay
to bank for own savings or to de-
pendent relatives; six months pay
to dependent relative in case of
death in line of duty; material in
crease of pay upon re-enl1stment;
four months gratuity pay to hon
orab1y discharged men who re-
enlist within four months of dis
charge date; many details carrying
addition pay of from $500 to
$500 month; retirement after
thirty years.service on three-quarter
full pay plus a liberal allowance for
lodging and subsistenc, which in
most cases will amount to 500 90
per month; an opportunity to enter
the Naval Academy
The examination for appoint
,nent to the Naval Academy is COM
petitive and is open to all young
men under twenty years of age.
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