The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-07-26
MEN NEEDED FOR SERVICE
Uncle Sam Pays All Expenses and
Monthly Wage Is All Velvet
"There Is Always Room at the
Top" True of Navy.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

northern seas, where they are engaged
In the heroic duty of unfolding the
world principle Of freedom for all peo-
piles.
The American people always have
shown a kindly disposition toward the
man-of-war and the man-o'-warsman.
There has been an appeal about the
sea which has drawn and held the in
4erest 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
che ranks of those who are charged
with the volunteer spirit of service.
Our great fleet is modified "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
OF 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 Is Doubled.
Recently the congress Of the United
states increased the pay of the sailor
men so materially that the recruits's
pay is double what It was.
In the navy the young men of the
country, both In times of peace and in
times of war, secure liberal educations.
Their opportunities for travel and for
sightseeing are greater han 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-
-tion and 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
lstitution to secure an education which
,fits them for the commissioned rank
(which the government of the United
Estates will confer upon them.
There are traditions in the American
inavy which keep high the spirit of en-
yieavor In every man who walks the
deck under the colors, from the ad-
nn9ral to the apprentice seaman. The
hoy learns all about John Paul Jones,
and his deeds on the sea for his coun-
try; all about Decatur, cambridge.
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.
1.-THE navy has been throughout its
entire existence a service of higl
ideals; and its unbroken record OF
great and worthy achievement, of duty
well done, has been due to the higl
standard set for officers and men in thu
beginning and which has been main
tanned ever since. This standard wa
never higher than it is today; ana an,
young American who thinks Of goini
into the navy may feel sure that, oil
senlisting, he will enter a service il
which he may, and should, always fee
"A fustifable pride and of which tn
uniform is q badge of honor"
Young men between the ages Of sew
enteen and twenty-five. who are no
skilled IN any naval trade, are enlisteN
as apprentice seamen. Immediatel
upon being sworn in at the r%ecruitin
stations they are sent at government
expense to a naval training station
The apprentice seaman, because he /
q green man and simply undergoin
training has been paid in the pas
S17.60 q month. From this time OF
however, under the recent act Of col
gress his pay throughout the war an
until six months after its ending is t
be 1920 a month.
Now it must be remembered that tn
sailor, whether he be a recruit or
seasoned man-O-warsman, is under n
expense at all for his livelihood afte
ne once joins the navy. He is give
clothing, food, shelter and medical 9
tendance. Out of his pay all that h
a / spend is such money as he desire
TO pay out for such luxuries and ente
tainments as he seems inclined to II
dulge In.
Increase Soon Comes.
1t must not be supposed that an al
prentice seaman continues long to dra
simply the amount Of his first pay. H
first raise comes in the seaman brancl
and If he is in the freroom he gets a
additional sum.
The navy needs men who are traine
,or partly trained in the various trade
Men who are proficient along certai
lines and who come within certai
limits of ages are enlisted for specif
purposes in the navy. They are give
pay in accordance with standards 81
for the different lines Of endeav'
(Which they must follow. Full informs