The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-14
TRAINING NAVY MEN.
How the Nation Prepares Its Youths
for Duty at Sea.

When a man enlists in the navy, he
is sent to one of the following places;
Newport, r. l., Great Lakes, ILL.,, Nor
folk, Va, or San Francisco, Cal. The
age limits for apprentice seamen are
IL to 80 The pay IS $3.50 per month.
The only requirement is school edu-
cation
BY entering one Of the navy trade
schools a man can obtain thorough
mechanical training in the branch he
selects. The machinist's mates school,
1T Charleston, S. c., offers course in
machine shop work Candidates enlist
as firemen third class for machinists
mate and must be between the ages Of
Is and 80. The pay while at school is
$3.50 monthly The course is Ii
months. The electrical schools at Nor
folk, "a, and San Francisco, Cal, train
the nayys electricians. Applicants
must be between Is and 30 years Of
age The pay while at school is S32. &C
per month. Graduates are rated cleo
trician third class The artiiicer schools
also are located at Norfolk, Va, and
San Francisco, Cal. At Norfolk men
acquire the trade of shipftter tmetal
workers., shipwrights twoodworkersl
blacksmiths and plumbers; and at the
San Francisco school they may receive
training as molders and pattern max
ers. in addition A class for copper.
smiths IS maintained at the machin.
lists mates school at Charleston.
The nayy's radio school is at Great
Lakes, ILL., The age limits are Is and
25. Applicants must enlist as appren.
tice seaman for electrician (rl, and gc
to school for 30 weeks, graduating as
full-hedged radio electricians. The
qualifications include ability to receive
10 words per minute in continental
Morse.
A yeomans school is training men in
clerical work at Great Lakes, Ill., Type
writing, stenography and bookkeeping
etc, are taught. The applicant must
enlist as seaman third class for yeoman
and must be between Is and 30 years
The pay is $500 per month,
Schools for cooks and bakers are
maintained at the various training sta.
tions. Applicants must enlist as sea,
man third class for ships cook or bak.
or. The age limits are is and 49, While
| it is desirable that a recruit shall have
had some previous experience at this
trade, it is not absolutely necessary
Various musicians schools give a
thorough training in both individual
playing and in band and orchestra
work. The age limits are Is and 30
Applicants must be able to play the
easy grades on some band instrument
Or the piano. Classes for buglers are
also maintained.
Fuel-oil burning schools are main
tanned at Philadelphia and San Fran
cisco. Here men are taught to fire. us.
ing oil as fuel There is a submarine
school at New London, Conn, for spe-
cial training. A torpedo school is 10.
Gated at Newport, r. l., seaman gun
ner's school Ordnance mechanicsD at
Washington, D. c., and an optical me-
chanics school at Washington.
There are hospital corps schools on
the Pacific. on the Atlantic, at Great
Lakes. H., and an advanced school at
Hampton Roads, Va. Men from IS to
25 enlist "a apprentice seamen for hos.
pital apprentice or as hospital appren.
tices second class and are paid $32 &C
and $3.50 per month. The instruction
covers: Anatomy, first aid and emer.
gency surgery, pharmacy chemistry
medicine, hygiene, nursing, etc
The navy's latest school is the avia-
tion mechanics school at Great Lakes
ILL., To attend this man must enlist
as apprentice seaman for aviation me-
chanic. He receives $3.50 a month
while at school The course is of &c
weeks duration, after which man can
take post graduate course