, 1917-07-05
Navy, With Its High Ideals and
Splendid Record, Justifies
Nations Pride.
MEN NEEDED FOR SERVICE
Uncle Sam Pays All Expenses and
Monthly Wage 10 All Velvet
There 10 Always Room at the
Top" True Of Navy.
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.

Neutrality-suspicious. of the Ameri-
can navy, many of them young men
VINO only q year ago were on the farm.
at the bench, at the counter, or in
school, today are In Uncle Sans de-
stroyers sailing the waters of the
northern seas, where they are engaged
IN the heroic duty of unfolding the
world principle of freedom for ali peo-
Piles.
Inc American people always have
SHOWN a kindly disposition toward the
man-of-war and the man-o'-warsman.
Ihere has been an appeal about the
sea which has drawn and held the In
terest OF landsmen who never smelt
salt water. Americans always have
taken a pride in their navy.
Today Uncle Sam needs men for his
navy and he wishes to get them from
the n of those who are charged
with the volunteer spirit of service.
Our great fleet is mobilized some
where on the coast" for possible deadly
service with the great fleet Of the
enemy. Today. for the navy has al
lowed the fact to become known, many
or our smaller craft, the bulldog de-
stroyers of the navy, are hunting the
submarine sharks In the waters off
Daunt's Rock. close to the coast of Ire
land and farther north, where even In
summer the elements at times are al
most as fierce as man, the enemy"
Pay 10 Doubled.
Recently tho congraaa of tba u,Itad
States increased the pay of the sailor
men so materially that the r%ecruits's
pay is double what 1t was.
In the navy the young men of the
country, both In times of peace and in
times of war, ecure liberal Quotations
Their opportunities for travel and for
sightseeing r greater than those of
men employed in almost any other call
Ing In life. Moreover, the boys just
entering manhood who enlist in the
navy are given opportunities for In
struction which, If they have the ambi-
ton n the mental qualifications, will
enable them to enter the naval acad-
envy at Annapolis on the same terms as
midshipmen who are nominated by
members Of congress-, and at that in
stitution to secure an education which
fits them for the commissioned rank
which the government Of the United
States will confer upon them.
There are traditions In the American
navy which keep high the spirit Of en-
deavor In every man who walks the
deck under the colors, from the ad-
miral to the apprentice m The
boy learns all about John Paul Jones,
and his deeds on the sea for his
try; all about Decatur, Bainbridge,
Hull, Porter, Farragut and Dewey. As
the secretary Of the navy has said. in
what is really an appeal to the youth
of the country to enlist under the
navy's colors. the standard is high.
Service Of High Ideals.
'sThe navy has been throughout Its
entire existence a service Of high
ideals; and its unbroken record Of
great and worthy achievement. Of duty
well done. has beer due to the high
standard set for officers and men In the
beginning and which has been main
tained ever since. This standard was
never higher than It is today; and any
young American who thinks Of going
Into the navy may feel sure that, on
enlisting, he win enter a service In
which he may. and should. always feel
a justfiable pride and Of which b
uniform is a badge of honor"
Young men between the ages OF sew
enteen and twenty-five, who are not
skilled in any naval trade, are enlisted
as apprentice seamen. Immediately
upon being sworn In at the recruiting
stations they are sent at government
expense to n naval training station.
The apprentice seaman. because he Is
n green man and simply undergoing
training has been paid in the past
SLIGO a month. From this time on.
however, under the recent act OF con-
gress his pay throughout the war and
until six months after Its ending is to
be $500 a month.
Now Il must be remembered that the
sailor. whether he be n recruit or a
seasoned man-o'-warsrnan, IS under no
EXPENSE at all for his livelihood after
he once Joins the navy. He is given
clothing, food. shelter and medical ut
tendance. Out of his pay all hat he
n 1 spend is such money as he desires
to nav out for such luxuries and enter
tainments as he seems Inclined to In
dulge In.
Increase Soon Comes.
II must not be supposed that an ap-
prentice seaman continues long to draw
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