The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-31
GILL FOR NAVAL ENLISTRENTs.
YOUNG MEN IN UNCLE SANS sC,
SERVICE OFFERED .SPLEN.
DID CHANCE.
Recruiting Sergeant Heath is at Post
Office This Week Seeking Recruits to
Man United States Warsllips-Eo @
Tells In Interesting Style "VVhv He
Joined the Navy"

Recruiting Sergeant Sam Heath o,
the United States Navy has his
headquarters at the Sumter postoffice
this week. and will be there until
April 4th. in order to accept recruits
to Uncle Sans service in the navy
Men are offered a splendid chance i,,
the navy. las pointed out by Sergean
Heath, and the United States is badly
In need Of men to man her war YES
sells. The service is varied and offers
exceptionable opportunities of learn.
Ing trade, and saving money at the
same time. besides giving one a chance
to see much Of the world and to lea
an exciting life.
Sergeant Heath will be in Sumter
only until April 4th. therefore any
young man who is thinking of join
ing the navy should take advantage o.
this opportunity to see and talk with
him at once. His reasons for joinine
the navy are as follows:
Why Enlisted in The Navy.
first got the idea just before the
Spanish-American war when so much
talk of war was going on about Cuba
l was working in Buffalo, N. Y, the
time, SO I quit my position and every
body was asking me what I intend
doing. knowing that few of them
knew anything about the navy I told
them that intended to enlist. OF
course they always asked why. Then
1t was my turn to be surprised. 7 ex-
pected to make some foolish reply ana
turn 1t off as joke, but instead t,
multitude of good reasons leaped into
my mind. and 1 gave them. The
We're SO good indeed that the mos
skeptical of my friends were quite
convinced that the best course ope,,
to me was to enlist.
I did not have q very good educa
ton. so had nothing to start with
I also glanced around at the me,
about me and realized that mue'
md an occupation Offering opportun-
ity to save money. I realized that i
I entered the educational world forty.
five years OF age would find me with
uabby muscles and poor digestieni
spending all my time grinding ava:
ut the task which earned my hyead
and butter; no time to follow upuoth
er lines of study and q conseauen:
narrow outlook and a loss of the ap
probation of all the beauties Of ma
ture and interest in my fellow man
Contrast with this the opportunitie.
offered a young man in the navy,
good pay and good chance for. ad-
.yancement. enough men to do thc
work without producing fatigue
which dulls the intellect and deaden-
the ambition. leaving him in a con
idition to use his spare time to rldins
his hobby. Add to this the broaden
ing inuuence Of travel and the health
fulness Of the occupation and the nav,
then appears as the one glorious op
portunity for the young man VIII.
lacks the financial power to launc
himself In business.
Not only are the men in the nav,
the pick of the nation physically an
the equals of their brothers on lant
mentally and morally. 1t is still tn,
ambitious young man who leads {;
clean life and who aspires to some
thing higher and better who succeeds
Unlike other employers Of labor, tho
navy has no irons In the fire. no prof
to make at the expense of the work
man, so that the true worth is rec
ogn:zed and rewarded, instead OF be
ing exploited for others. The ma;
who joins the navy need not become
a slave to habit, nor a cog in the whec
OF cOmmercialism, but can achieve
his own desire in his chosen vocatio,
and at the same time lead a pleasan'
and we'll balanced life.
] served with Dewey in the battl,
OF Manila Bay and have been in The
service ever since. I can retire i,
nine months more with a fair pensio.
ut the age os forty-three and I hay,
seen the biggest part Of the world.
remain, yours truly,
tSigned) sam Heath.
G. w. r. y. S. "