New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
RECRUITING RALLY
 FOR THE NAVY HERE
Mayor Will Cooperate With Au-
 thoritieS to Secure Men
Malcolm Rrainard. I

charge of the naval recruiting station
 in City hall, has already been visited by several young men who sought in-
 formation regarding naval enlistments and he expects a brisk recruiting campaign here. Arrangements were made today for Chief Boatswain Thomas L. McKenna, U. S. N., to meet with Mayor c. A. Quigley at II o'clock tomorrow morning when the civil and naval authorities will CO., operate and devise plans for re- cruiting rally to be held in this city. MT Brainard, who has been con-
 nected with the Hartford recruiting office, states that of the thirty en-
 listments secured there, fully one-
 third were New Britain men. yet they enter the service as enlisting from Hartford. Tentative. plans outlined by. Mayor >QuiEley and MT. Brainard call for
 patriotic rally to stimulate recruiting.
 1t has been proposed that the rally
 be held on a Sunday afternoon at
 F'oxs theater when stirring music will be played. songs sung and pa
 triotic Addresses made, including talks on the navy by we'll known naval men.
 What the Navy OfFers.
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 new navy order which permits en-
 listments of boys under seventeen
 years of age. Although seventeen
 years is stated as the minimum. If
 boy is big and strong and has the
 physical capabilities of a seventeen
 year old youth he will be enlisted
 for the period of his minority even
 though he is but sixteen years. The
 recruiting officer likewise calls at
 tention to the fact that the age limit
 has been changed. Previously thirty years was the limit, but now man
 may enlist up to thirty-five years of age. This morning MT. Brainard had
 several possible applicants for en- listment who were particularly in terested in the trades that men can
 learn while in the U. s. navy. He states that Uncle Sam is anxious to lend . helping hand to the young men in his employ and give them boost toward better things in his service and toward a higher place in civil life. With this end in view the navy department maintains schools in more than a dozen trades which are open to men who enlist for service on war ships.
 Courses are offered in electrical engineering, to the artificer, yeoman, hospital service, musician, commits sary. machinist, coppersmith. aero- nautic and seaman gunner depart ments. Electrical schools are located ct the Brooklyn and Mare Island navy yards They are divided into two classes, general and radio. The length of the course for both classes is eight months. Tn order that re- cruit may enlist for the electrical branch he must have a knowledge of either general electricity, or he an operator of the Morse telegraph code or have sufficient foundation in radio telegraphy to he competent to keep up with the classes at school Gen. eral electricians must know the names and uses of the Various parts of the dynamo and dynamo engine. and must be familiar with the ordinary types of switchboards and methods of wir- ing. Applicants for both classes must
 be between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five.
 Requirements in Radio Branch. Applicants for the radio branch
 must, pass a creditable examination
 in spelling and penmanship, and the requirements in arithmetic include multiplication, division, simple pro- portion, percentage and square root. He must be able to receive twenty words per minute. Such recruits are immediately transferred to the cleo trical school, where the course of instruction comprises nachtne-shop work, reciprocating steam engines. steam turbine engines, internal-com- bustion engines, magnetism and cleo. tricity, dynamos, motors, motor gen. orators, alternating currents and
 batteries.
 1.-The artificer school is located at
 the Norfolk, Va, navy yard, and Is
 composed of classes for shipwrights.
 shipfitters, blacksmiths and painters.
 The shipfitter class also includes the
 duties of plumber and filter. The
 length of the courses Is three months for each class. excepting that of ship filter. which is six months. An ap- plicant for the shipftter class should have had experience as a metal work
 CT, be able .o lay out work; Know how onow to chip and calk and drive rivets; understand the various rules for drill l ing and tapping; have some knowl- edge of pumping and drainage and be familiar with the required tools and tLeir usage and care. Applicants for the shipwright class should have some practical experience in carpentry and know the names of the tools used. For the blacksmith class. a candi- date must have had some experience at the trade. A candidate for painter must have had some experience as l painter and must know the rules for l mixing paint and applying it. He is ] required to keep a journal. in which he gathers much general useful infor- | nation on ship painting generally. ''The yeoman schools are located at Newport and San Francisco. The yeoman branch performs the clerical 1 work of the navy and candidate