The evening herald., 1917-09-25
ALBUQUERQUE NAVY
RECRUITING OFFICE
MAKES GOOD RECORD
2o7 Men Have Been Accepted
Since Jan. /, and 606 Were Re.
jected; Defective Vision and
Underweight Principal Defects.

The Albuquerque navy recruiting
office still continues Co maintain It's
hiTh record for number Of npplicn-
tions received and men accepted, ac-
cording tO "a statement made today by
James Doueherty. gunner's mate. who
has been in charge of the recruiting
work here for the past ten months.
Since the first OF the year the local
office has accepted 20f men out OF
Si3 applicants. leaving soc rejected.
This ratio Of acceDtances compares
favorably with other cities OF the
country. Navy department statistics
show that only about ten per cent
OF the men who apply are accepted.
This Is due to the fact that the navy
examinations are very rigid. more so
than in any other branch Of the MILL
iary service. with the exception OF
the aVihtioiS corps. where the require
nents are even more drastic and only
about two per cent of the applicants
are passed
Tho Albuquerque recruiting office
serves territory north OF a straight
line drawn east and west through
Roswell on the south and a line rpn-
ming east ana west at point APP
proximately one hundred miles north
Of Santa Fe on the north All terri
tory between these lines, from the
New Mcxico-TeNas state line on the
east and the New Mexico-Arizona
state line on the west is taken care
of by the local office In this terri
tory Albuquerque has led an other
cities IN the state In number of apph-
cants. Gallup ranks second and
Santa Pc third
The report has been circulated that
recruiting n the navy had been
stopped. This report is without
foundation. as enlistments are going
on all over the country There are
times. uf course. when only enlist
ments ln certain branches of the naval
service are desired For instance. at
present only Firemen. apprentice sea-
men. cooks. bakers and machiuists
are being enlisted. NeNt week the
navy department may call for men in
other lines. this being regulated en-
tirely by the needs of the service
But there IL absolutely no truth in
the report that the navy had obtained
It's fun quota and was not taking on
more men.
Defective vision and under weight
are the principal causes Of reflections,
according 10 Mr. DOurherty
Many men who apply 10 enlist in
the navs resort to all kinds of sub,er-
fuges In order To pass the physical
examination. Knowing that they
have some physical defect which will
disQualify them. they invariably at
tempt to conceal u. generally 10y try
3 a..
10 something else, hoping that he
will overlook their physical deficiency
However. man who has been en-
gagged in recruiting work FOR any
length OF time becomes quite profi-
cicnt in dealing with applicants and
can generally tell at glance. when
he gets hold OF man who IL not
"toting fair, that the applicant Is
trying TO conceal something from him.
The mans own actions. la his eager
ness to cover up something. inviria
bly, give him away and lead to the
examiner detecting the particular dis
qualifying defect which the applicant
was trying To prevent being discov-
cred
one question ON the application
blank requires the applicant 10 state
what prompted him To Try TO enter
the navy II is interesting Ia observe
that large majority Of the men tool
their cue from something they read
In the newspapers, thus demonstrat
Ing the value 81 newspaper adver,s
Ing Patriotic demonstrations such
for instance, as the one given batter,
\ here yesterday. are responsible foi
nrousinE the patriotism in many men
causing them 20 apply either At th'
navy or army recruiting office for th'
purpose Of enrolling 10 defend theii