The Washington herald., 1917-04-01
PROVE life ON SEAS
BETTER Than ON Land
Ierse Comparison Drawn by U. S. in
Recruiting Campaign.

Recruiting Campaign.
Young men of Washington, does this
comparison of the life of Uncle Sans
1ackies with that of a civilian appeal
to you?
IN THE NAVY.
Steady job, good pay-CLEAR money.
Promotion quick. for good men.
No unfairness, the best man wins.
Pay good, with chance to learn n trade.
Travel education. change Of scene.
Fresh air, sun, seat healthy athletic life.
sieks Pay goes on, doctor and hospital
free.
u disabled, you get q pension.
IL you die, any time during enlistment,
SIX months pay goes to your
family.
Your pay In CLEAR money, . $50 cloth
ing outnt free On enlistment.
After thirty years. service, retirement
on three-f0urths pay, plus S15.75
for allowances.
IN CIVIL LIFE.
Jobs uneertainJ strikes, layOffs. sickness.
Promotion slow and uneertain.
FayOritism often shown.
Pay small while learning trade.
Same old tiresome grind every day.
Gloomy, stuffy, uninteresting working
place.
SIcks Pay stops, doctor bill starts.
II disabled, or injured, little or no pay.
II you die, your family gets only what
you have saved from your small
wages.
Little CLEAR money, nearly all your
pay goes for living expenses.
Old age. little saved. your job goes to
younger man.
This contrast is being advertised by
recruiting stations and demonstrates
but few of the many exceptional op-
portunities offered to men who enlist
in the navy.
Present Need Urgent.
The navy needs men, and needs them
now. Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
sent out a call for $500 additional men
who are needed Immediately to fill the
emergency complement. The local recutt-
ing station must furnish 200 of this num-
ber. and this must be accomplished at
once since only 20 days has been allotted
in which to recuit the navy to the full
strength.
At the present rate of recuiting the
Washington naval recruiting station will
get its 200 men. There have been more
than 100 applications in the past week, Of
which number Is have been accepted up
10 yesterday.
Recruits continue to flock to the army
recruiting station here as well as to the
Tanns of the National Guard.
Ten men are needed Immediately by the
Navel Coast Defense Reserve for guard
duty at the navy yard. The men are
wantcd to relieve others in the gunnery
school whose training is being interfered
with because OF assignment to such duty.
Married men are eligible and they will
not be compelled to live away from their
homes.
where You May Enlist.
Applicants will be enrolled at the re-
,ruiting station. room SZ9 Homer Build
ing. Thirteenth and F streets northwest.
- d the old Naval Hospital, Tenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
Members and former members Of the
Dis,r..t Naval Battalion are being urged
70 enroll in the National Naval Volun-
tcerS. so as to guarantee themselves more
than one chance of serving their country
r. the event of war. A number OF the
of'crrs and men in the battalion already
lac enrolled.
Eighteen moro women were enrolled
Yesterday for service in the Naval Re-
e"rvc Corps, and registration was dis
continued. temporarily. at least, because
q: the unceasing stream OF feminine
volunteers. Washington has established
record for the entire country in the en-
".t.i1- Of women. more than 600 having
s"'I recruited.
Girl scouts Form Squadron.
Following the example OF Girl Scouts
j.. other cities. the Girl Scouts of wash
inston yesterday announced the forma-
tion o; a bicycle squadron for courier
and messenger service in emergency. The
squadron is being organized by Mrs. s.
PEI tz WiIcoS. of 1867 Clifton street north
weS'.
Answering an appeal by the American
Fed Cross for frst-aid bandages and
hospital supplies, the Sunshine and Com
lnunity Society will offer the services OF
2Cn members for war preparations.
George Washington University girls are
cristing to serve as cooks, mattresses,
cigarette distributors. nurses and chauf-
fcurs- II such service is ever required by
var deveIoDments The student nurses
have been recruiting for several weeks,
but the mastering into service of volun-
taers for other branches has just been