El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-10

, the pay rises from $50 to S112.5O per
month II they become officers they viii
receivi from $40 10 S275 per month, &C
cording 70 their rank and the class OF
ship upon which they serve. and 10 this
is added the above bonus.
On the twin-screw ships Of the emer-
tain is s275, that Of the first officer
$50. second officer $40, and the third
officer $3.50. On these ships the chief
engineer gets S2z5 a month, the first as
sistanr ergiDeer $3.50 and the third as
sistant $3.50. For all trips through the
war zone must be added the bonus OF so
percent
The common sailors are rated likewise.
according TO position. and the places
carry different kinds Of work The com
mon seaman receives $40. the able sea
man $50 and and the fireman gets $50 per Pc,
month The boarsWatn receives $40. the
carpenter SIS and the chief cook the
same There are lower wages fo- the
cooks helpers. The oiler gets s65 and
An OF these wages are increased by one
half while in the war zone.
schools on All Coasts.
These sea training school OF Uncle
Sam are TO be found along all the coasts
Of the United States They are divided
into three departments First. those
teaching naviEatlonal training, which are
for the making Of officers out Of men
who have had more or less experience at
sea Second, are the schools for training
ing OF the sailors and tho rank and Tile
Of men who man the vessels NavagIional
schools have been established on the At
lauLc, the gulf and Pacific coast. and
also on the great lakes. They are Il in
all. and the largest is carried On here at
Boston IN the Massachusetts, Institute Of
Instruction IS Prof Alfred F. Burton, a
practical navigator Of wide scientific
knowledge, who was formerly connected
with the United states coast and geo
detic survey
Prof. Burton has selected as his in
structors men Of practical training, includ-
Ing astronomers, explorers and former sea
captains. many Of whom stand high as
teachers The stIderts are given a six
week course in the theory and practice
OF navigation, and II they pass they are
entitled 10 a license as second or third
mate Before they are ucersed tney 80
TO sea for two months to learn the ropes
and during this time receive SIS a month
After that they set the usual pay for
These schools have mary applications
From the beginning OF the war until
April 1 they had graduated 800 men
Engineering Schools.
TIE engineering schools are under Prof
Edward F. Miller OF the Boston Tech
service as firemen. oilers. water tenders
or assistant engineers on ocean lake OF
river steamers and also TO locomotive en-
Eineers who have he'd six months sea
expert unachinists and others who have
had six months sea service and TO the
graduates OF nautical school ships About
1900 such engineers had been graduated
within ten months after the war opened
and we have now over 5000 licensed en-
glneers In the service
Some Of the principal engineering
schools are at the Massachusetts, Institute
Of Technology. the Seameu's Church IN
stitute. New York the Johns Hopkins
Institute. Baltimore. ard the University
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schools also connected with the Tulane
university. New Orleans the Armour In
stitute. Chicago the Case School Of
Science. Cleveland and the Bourss build
schools lasts one month, and the students
must have had six months sea training
before they receive their licenses.
The most Interesting schools OF all are
those FOR training the crews for Ehe rner-
chant marine. Crews include all sorts OF
sailors below the Officers, and tens OF
Thousands Of students are needed TO enter
The plans for the schools were approved
only last December. when an announce
nent was made that the recruiting serV-
ice was prepared 10 receive applications
from young Americans between q and 50
years OF age who wished 70 be trained
Tor service on merchant ships as sailors,
firemen. coal pasz5rs, Oilers, water tcrd-
months after that applications had been
received for more than 1900 young men,
and many thousands are now undergoing
instruction
Recruiting For Schools.
The recruiting Of men for these schools
has been carried on at practically no ex-
penss to the government and that in d
most efficient way The originator Of the
idea IS 1Ir. Henry Howard, who has or
ganized the merchant marine sea training
service and who IS row its director, at
the usual patriotic pay OF 81 a year. 1ir.
Howard comes Of a long line Of sea cap
tains, his great grandfather having been
on a prlvateer in the war OF the rsvolu-
tion, and his grandfather having owned
ships and sailed them His sea training
has been largely on his own yacht and as
a student Of the merchant marine.
He has long been interested in tho build
ing ID Of our commerce, and his work IS
a labor OF love BY profession 1fr. How
ard is a chemist, being at the head o. one
of the largest chemical Institutes Of the
United States. and as such largely con-
nected with the druggists OF the country !
After his plans for organizing these schools !
had been approved at Washington he con-
ciuded 10 enlist a trade organization. TO
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