The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

own ship with the pay of captain.
 The press nt pay of the men ranges from $40 to $lo per month, according to their position, and these wages are in- creased by a bonus of 50 per cent for voyages through the war zone. so that the pay rises from S60 to SIP 50 per month. If they become officers they will receive from s130 to s275 per month, ac- cordng to their rank and the class of ship upon which they serve, and to this is added the above bonus. On the twin screw ships of the emergency fleet the regular pay of the captain is s275. that of the first officer $50, second officer $l49 and third officer S13o. On these ships the chief engineer gets s225 month, the first assistant engineer $50 and the third assistant sl30. For all trips through the war zone must be added the bonus Of 5o per cent
 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 seaman sG0 and the fireman gets $60 per month. The boatswain receives $70. the carpen- ter $75 and the chief cook the same. There | are lower wages for the cooks helpers. The oiler gets s65 and the mess boy and deck boy s3o each. All of these wages l are increased by one-half while in the war zone.
 1 These sea-training schools of Uncle l Sam are to be found along all the coasts of the United States. They are divided into three departments First. ! those teaching navigational 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 engineers, and third l tkose for the schooling of the sailors l and the rank ana file Of men who man the vessels. Navigational schools have 1 been established on the Atlantic, the gulf and Pacific coasts, and also on the great 1 lakes There are fl in all, and the larg- est is carried on here at Boston in the Massac chusetts Institute of Technology. The dean of this branch of instruction is Prof. Alfred E. Burton practical nav igstor of wide scientific knowledge, who i was formerly connected with the United States coast and geodetic survey. Pro- lessor Burton has selected as his in- strlctors men of practical training, in cluding astronomers, explorers and for mer sea captains, many of whom stand high as teachers The students are given a six-week course in the theory and practice of navigation, and if they pass they are entitled to license as second or third mates. l>efore they are licensed they go to sea for two months to learr the ropes, and during this time receive s75 a month. After that they get tht usual pay for their grade in the mer chant service These schools have man, ..l applications From the beginning of thu (war until April l they had graduated 15G0 men.
 The engineering schools are under Prof , Edward F. Miller of the Boston Tech They are open to men who have hat
 service as firemen, oilers, water tender
 or assistant engineers on ocean, lake O river steamers; and also to locomotiv , engineers who have had six months SC;
 service, as we'll as to stationary engi |neers, expert machinists and others wh ! have had six month's sea service and t : 1.-the graduates of nautical school ships : About 12O0 such engineers had been grad : uated within 10 months after the wa
 opened, and we have now over 50( . licensed engineers in the service. Som ' of the principal engineering schoolsare a !, tn Massachusetts Institute of Techno 7. ogy, the Seamen's Church tnstitue, Ne ! York; the Johns Hopkins institute, Ba '. timore and the University of Washing y ton at Seattle. There are schools als $ connected with the Tulane universit, New Orleans; the Armour institute, Oh
 cago; the Case School of Science, Clevs land, and the Bourse building, Philade T phia The course at these schools last one month, and the students must hay I had six months sea training before the N receive their licenses.
 IF The most interesting schools of all al H those for training the crews for Il ! merchant marine. Crews include all sor
 of sailors below the officers. and ter of thousands of students are needed M enter them. The plans for the schoo lwere approved only last December. whe an announcement was made that the r cruiting service was prepared to receiy from young Americans b. I tween H and 30 years of age who wishe to be trained for service on merchaf ships as sailors, firemen, coal passer oilers. water tenders, stewards and cook K Within three months after that appiica tions had been received for more tha
 7500 young men, and many thousa ue | are now undergoing instruction.
 
 The recruiting of men for these schoo has been carried on at practically T expense to the government and that in
 most efficient way The originator
 the idea is MT. Henry Howard. who na IIorganized the merchant marine sf N training servIce, and who Is now it's q rector. at the usual patriotic pay of
 year. MT. Howardfs not profession
 seaman in the practical sense of U | world, but he comes of long line 4 sea captains, his great-grandfather na' !! ing been on privateer in the war | the revolution, and his grandfather nay Il ing owned and sailed them. His st
 training has been largely on his Q" | yacht and as student of the merchai
 marine. He has long been interested the building up of our commerce, and n N work is 2 labor of love By professic ~ Mr. Howard is a chemist. being at II . head of one of the largest chemical Il - isstirutes of the United States ana
 such largely connected with the dru ;gists of the country. After his plans i'
 organizing these schools had been al
 proved at Washington he concluded
 enlist trade organization. to whis many of the druggists belong. to recru W students for them. In connection WI
 Mir. Louis K Llggett. another dollar,
 i year man, he persuaded the drugsis
 all over the United States to make the
 stores individual recruiting offices
 the merchant marine The matter VI
 submitted to the drug men, ana os
 eco of them consented to act ana na'
 been enrolled in the employ or tne so
 ernment for this purpose at q per yea
 These druggists have stores m ., sa
 ferent states, Including more than =
 cities and towns. The number all tu
 is three timer as many as that ol
 recrafkinE stations of the army 1
 navy. land every station is given po '
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