Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-04-12
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NAVAL TRAINING Station

Pau EiauEh and Wm. Mckinney q
both Of ms CITY ar Il Grest LAKES
Ill, IN the units6 BHz1eE Naval Sta
fGion t-ainIur o. BeouuE fighter 1or
ither eouutry Tim tralnIur sehool
Is on O. IN mot r~smzriAbis N the
r1urtry.
Al uver the Spacious c q tn
campus n.ad grounds al around thC
scores Of massiu nria aa1 stone
huildinrs Gal ns seer hundreds q
voung mer n tns nea- awcrE bius
q every dny service Or thu narry
white-trTmme5 "drez uniie-ms Of
ceremonial occasions @E1EsieHev
-pnysicnl mental Hnn morals
written al over tHssB 1Rds, iron tine
f-uuug wnise ma - the carefully POI
ished SHOES
the apuaraHas for tneir instruction
elaborate and complete Ont ut
the United States Training Station uns
Is immediately impressed with fhe
fact that tss middle West mas COR
trihuted it, Elaes. manhood n TINS
greet seheol thGs aims u maize men
and sailor CIT q tine yuuth whp
p1ur IN at Lhe ac1ual rabe-durIng the
last lev mortns - o. tEeseOrs daiiy.
Prom tns gate the brogd mscadan-
ized roauvEay runs between two rows
Of handsome substantial abar-aeEx I"
Thsl Il FORKS 10 the ngnt and left o.
either side Of the grsae HRB-mis ~
panse Of carefully tened lawn Al fhe
far end Of which, with its great SER
time tower, STANDS tne aunInlsr-s-
a0n building OF either siae Of
TINS Vast quadrangle arr the build
ings peculiar Il Institutional needs.
The driI nal Is 3 vast 5O0-foot az
mo-y capable q accommodating the
drilling curing seasons Of lneie-
ment weather Of the 2.500 youths
whp wear tle uniform Of tina United
States navy. The gymnasium, einb-
rooms, -eiassrOums, equipment and
lecture halls, SICK bay, mess nal and a
score o. other quarters complete the
school group. Arrayed OF the other
si0e, IN z row on the very BANKS Of
Lake Michigan, are the trim buildings .
Of tine offioerE' quarters.
The naval training statos Il = place
Of strict discipline and eager enthE-
.siaSm, n9 Classroom and tactical train
ing, Of college atmosphere and whole
some recreation. II is . place Of ira
dition. too. and the unwritten laws Ct
departments, classes and companies
as immutahie as the historic edicts
Of tine Msdes and persianf.
From the day that the new recruit
enters '-detsntur" until with his
company he ~rs-enters quarantine"
for three dayt before departure fur
sea, MS training Is shaped 70 make
hiu an efficient unit II tine ships or
-ganizaton. L is, literally, vocational
training for q career.
Two hundred men are annually ell J
CHILE for Annapolis frum the ranks Of I
the enlisted men. 4
The environment and discipline coli
form splsndidly 10 youthful nature
Thursday the "rayine' is the {
scene, during the summer months, Of I
tournaments. Desire 10 par !
tieIpats As communicated beforehand, c
and bouts are arranged according 10
weight AFTER the approved fashion.
Butts manual. setting VI" exer-
eiseE and prescribed gymnastie drills
from which no one is exempt insure
muscular development. The
-lassrooms stimulate scholastic en-
1eayoc, and the possibilities for aG- ;
Faneement e0ndnee 70 paInSakIng
sare IN performing regulation duties. !,
Rife practice is compulsory. So is
participation in all the boat drills.
Naval cutters are manned by the :
lads and Unanswered in the :
AXE. A submarine chaser is the lat ?
acquisition 10 the afeet." A
inal cruiser captured by Dewey Mt
Bay viii speedily be forth
This viii offer the very best i,
zinc Of practical training.
Sports, base bal and foot bali
yames, annual cutter races against Z
Military Academy. company
loutes5s and competitive drills, with
liver eupE, medals and general prizes,
timulaba snterest IL recreation peri
'dE. Saturday afternoon is 8 Stree
az. Taps sounds at s:3D D. II. and
lghx 70 out at nine The days roB-
is apparhoned along the best lines =
Z preventing the work and the play
rom becoming rksome.
The Great Lakes Naval Training
if particularly interesting be-
aus It is 3 molder " ideals that are 81,
Indispensable to the finest manhood, n
whether IL or out Of the service. "
aoral eieanhnesg-someaning il has AZ,
cen the proud accomplishment Of The lT-
ast century Or 80 70 evolve Is en- p.
oreed by regulation, and even more n,
heetaaIy by uniformity Of public
eminent. u.