The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-04-05
YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU
Men Who Can do Anything Can be Of
Service at this Time.

D, August creating a new naval fore
n This force Is known as U. S. Nav
Reserve Force, and is divided into s.
5 classes. Briefly they are as follow
ell Glass /. The Fleet Naval Reserv
!. is composed of former officers an
r men OF the regular service.
Class 2. The Naval Reserve,
: composed of merchant officers an
: men between the ages Of q and 81
( and reservists of this class to serve |
!. auxiliary vessels.
4 Glass 3. The Naval Auxiliary Re
, serve, is composed Of the officers an
men of enrolled vessels.
Glass 4. The Naval Coast Defens
, Reserve, offers an opportunity TO
, anyone, without regard to age or pre-
J vious nautical experience, to serve hi
country afoat.
\ Glass g. The Naval Reserve Flying
Corps.
i Glass 6. The Volunteer Naval Re
serve, is composed Of men who arr
willing to serve in any of the othel
classes without annual retainer pay.
The defense of the country begins
somewhere in mid-ocean and the frs,
line is the fleet.
The Secretary of the Navy has re.
Gently authorized the enlistment OF
many additional men for the regular
Navy, and it is most essential that its
personnel be completed at the earliest
possible moment so that the ships may
go to sea fully manned.
The Navy offers particular attrac-
tive career to young Americans, and
any boy with fair education, of good
character, and with plenty of self re-
lance, may enter the service and rise
to the highest commissioned rank, de-
pending only on his own native ability
and the faithfulness with which he ap-
plies himself.
For those not seeking to make the
Navy career it offers a chance to see
the world and to learn one of the
many trades in use on shore as well as
afloat, so that on discharge man will
have an education which will stand
him in good stead through life.
The provisions of the act creating
the Naval Reserve are alike for all
classes in regard to pay. On enroll
ment a man is given an allowance for
uniforms and nominal retaining fee
from the government of $l2 per year
He promises to be at the call of the
government for period of four years
in time of war or national emergency.
He is expected to perform three
months active duty in period of four
years, to be confirmed in his rank or
grade. This service may be perform
ed in periods of not less than three
weeks each, or may be performed all
at once, and on confirmation he is
then given two months active duty
pay per annum, for merely giving the
government an option on his services.
Furthermore, he can resign at any
time in time of peace, should family
or business affairs make it necessary
for him to do so.
Reservists Of Class will be called
upon to serve in submarine chasers,
patrol boats, mine sweepers and the
like, in coast waters, and if a group
Of men wish to enroll together they
will be kept together in so far as the
exigencies Of the service will permit.
The boats on which they are to serve
will be from 40 to $50 feet long, cap
able of keeping the sea for period of
/ week or two, and the service will be
most interesting. The crews of these
,essels will consist of from seven TO
IS men, according to the size of the
,essel, and each man will be paid the
ame that he would receive if he were
n the regular service.
Manchester ought to be able to fur l
lish several men able to run gasoline
motors, who would be rated machin- I
SITS mates, with pay running from
AZ a month TO SIT a month over and 9
bove all expenses except clothing,
obacco and the like, but it must be v
emembered that man is furnished !
nth sufficient clothing to last one U
ear when h. reports for duty. c
Men are urgently needed. The first
istrict alone will require about 10000
len. In some Of the cities and towns
isited the number of applications has
cen so great that the enrolling party G
as been obliged to make second vis- :
in order that the examining surgeon !.
ould examine the men applying
For men desiring to serve in gen !,
raj service anywhere, thousands Of .
zen are needed for enrolment in ).
lass2, and men without previous ex :
srience afoat, in good physical eondi- :
on, can have an opportunity TO see
teresting service as firemen and coal "
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