Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-10

quarters at such high pressure and
yet behaving when of duty as ad-
m!rably as ours do. 49,
"Our repair ships are a source of
admiration among the British, who
have not had similar vessels in their
a day. but IL the admiral declares
that certain ship must get away
at a particular moment the boys re-
ply. Aye. aye, sir!' az by chance
they remember to be nautica) and
g0 to IT. sxt workRbg ten hours twelve
plant until the job is dbne, and done
on time. Our Yankee sailor boys will
tackle anything. do good work at it.
do 1T fast and do it till they drop. IL
necessary.
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american ingenuity is less appar-
ent that had expected. under the
stress of this great effort, but that
adaptability of which speak is truly
wonderful. Team work Is the maxim
in the Navy, and adaptability and
team work will do anything on earth
or on the sea. A few years ago
Taylor. the efficiency expert. looked
our Navy over and declared its team
work was the best he'd ever seen.
That Is as true now as it was then.
and the developments of individual
initiative of personality, have been
wonderful.
"Our Navy. quite as much as any
thing. is proving the good fruit which
general education is bearing in our
country. Almost every youngster COM
ing to us Is sufficiently developed so
that we can start him upon almost
any sort of expert training. This, I
think. holds out startling promise for
the future.
Personally. I feel that the educa-
ton which the men will get in this
great war will be invaluable to them
in their later lives. Often the COM
handing officer receives letters from
the parents Of enlisted boys who have
been home on leave; congratulating
which service in the Navy has had
upon their sons. We have schools
upon the ships. and, further. we close
ly study the real bent of every young
ster. so that in these schools his best
abilities will be developed.
1.-THE Navy will send out thousands
Of young men bette@ qualified for fu-
ture life than they could have been If
there had been no war. In electricity
for years there was shortage of
young experts in the states. The
naval training was SO good that by
do their best work for the service
there was such demand for them on
shore that they did not re-enlist. The
war will train enough SO that the
shortage. when the war has ended,
will be far less notable.
1.-THE boys are taking the war very
seriously. To each of them 1t Is q
thing far bigger than personal OPP
portunity. 1t Is making of the young
sters citizens Of the United States
zone great result will be that when
the war Is over they will want a
very good United States and q very
good world to live in"
At this point. II I may be forgiven.
I shall say word or two which Ad-
miral Mayo would not say. His praise
Is all for those who serve under him.
Their praise IL as enthusiastic for the
"Old Man" and their superior officers
in general. His influence upon the
been extraordinary. His mere pres
ence on a vessel as a visitor. OFFICIAL
or informal, bucks the men up won
derfully.
At a minstrel show at an American
base In England he made a little
speech which did a world Of good. 1t
proved to the intensely interested lads
who listened. first. that the folk at
home were watching them and proud
Of them. and. second. that the Navy
Department, In Washington. searche
no more eagerly for faults among it's
sailors than for virtues.
/ have talked with Sims and I have
talked with Mayo. Their praise has
all been for the sailor boy. have
talked with many sailor boys. and
their praise has all been for their Of