Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-23
Great Lakes School Declared to
Be Greatest Of Kind in
the World.
AMAZED At SCOPE OF WORK
Famous Norwegian Explorer Gives n
interesting Description Of His In
speetIon Of the Big Train
lnQ Station.

Great Lakes, Il.-High tribute to
the Great Lakes naval training sta
ton and the great work being done
here Is contained In an article writ
ten by Capt. Road Amundsen. famous
Norwegian navigator and arctic ex-
plorer. who recently visited the sta.
ton. The article. which follows was
published In the continental edition Of
the American Daily Mail in Paris:
Il have visited the Great Lakes
naval training stationsat Lake Forest,
just north Of Chicago. Its scope
amazes me. 1t Is the largest. and per-
haps by this time the most widely.
known training school In the world.
Its location-1.00 miles from the At.
lantic, 1900 miles from the Pacific
In the heart Of this vast continent.
makes 1t unique In the naval annals
Of the world. Some years ago 1t would
have been impossible to conceive of
such a thing. But nee again the United
States has demonstrated to the
world that, under the leadership
OF one Of Its most competent naval off,
GERS, Capt. William A. Moffett, it was
capable of accomplishing the apparent
~ impossible.
Has Trained Thousands.
"Slnce the United States took up
arms 1900 men have been trained at
this school. At present. there are 23,-
600 jackies in training there, and yet,
thanks to the phenomenal size of the
wooden huts and tents pitched there,
1t can accommodate the enormous in
fux Of recruits. And still more hut.
ments are going up. r.
standing at an entrance to the
camp / watched the arrival Of green
rockies who, after being subjected
to a severe medical test, are put
through their course Of naval instruc-
ton at the hands Of the most skillful
trainers In the country. Their studies
finished. these inland seamen,' fit as
hddles, are ready to be assigned to
lighting craft In the war zone.
A~uhS AoASSl lAcIc dEt ulSO ulE'
craft fitted out with all the latest de-
vices. The United States has the ma.
chimes and the men to pilot them.
In n building ! saw mel learning
how to detect the direction and location
OF sound. Numerous electrically
equipped listening towers reared up
toward the sky. It was astonishing
to see how accurately the men gagged
the sounds and whence they came
from. They are being coached in this
art with q view Of discovering the
whereabouts Of hostile U-boats. The
teamwork of officers and men in all
branches Of the camps activities
strikes the observer.
Praises the Band.
"A commodore told me that vice
among the recruits is virtually non-ex.
istent. Out Of $4,000 men but &c were
being treated for venereal diseases. I
reJoiced to learn that a great many
Scandinavians had enlisted, proving
their loyalty to the cause Of America
and her allies.
1T was indeed impressive to hear
the bands, composed Of some TOO men,
Of the Great Lakes training school, led
BY Lieut.. John Philip Sousa, as they
paraded III the huge arsenal, the Ger.
ter Of a hollow square Of embryo sail.
ors. all singing the popular "htt,"
America, Here's My Boy"
II have seen the great United States
nav at work. and cnn assure nv