Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-06
NAVY NEWS
RECEIVED AT LOCAL RECRUITING STATION.
enses. Insofar as amateurs are con-
cerned, radio resumes it's pre-war !
status under the department of COM

cerned, radio resumes Its pre-war
status under the department of COM
merce.
Choice of Stations.
Any soldier, sailor or marine who
re-enlists in the nav at the local
recruiting station can go to any re-
ceiving ship that he. desires, at any
station in the United States, at gov
eminent expense.
Portuguese Ofacers.
The following cablegram was re-
ceived by the secretary of the navy
from the naval attache, London, and
has just been received by the director
of naval aviation under date of Sep
TENDER "a, 1919:
Uniformed today hat the following
named second lieutenants of the Por-
tugese navy, Manual Ortins. Ferries
De%tencourt, Adeline Des Santos Mota
and Carlos Augusta de Amdrim
Loureire, embarked September %,
1919, at Liverpool on the s. S. Car
mania, of the Cunard S. s. Co. line,
expecting to arrive at New York
! about October /, 1919, for instruction
in naval aviation"
In the latter part of June, follow
ing the visit Of the NC-4 on the first
transatlantic flight, the minister of
marine of Portugal requested that
three officers of the Portuguese navy
be admitted to. aviation schools main
tanned by the United States navy and
take the course of instruction that
! would enable them to qualify as pilots
of the air. In compliance with, this
request arrangements were made for
them to be sent to the naval air sta
ton at Pensacola, Florida.
Chance for Enlistment.
Any young man at the age of .1s
to 80 can join the navy in the avi-
alton as an apprentice cana for
aviation mechanic, which includes
aviation metal workers apprentice
school, aviation machinists' mates
school, aviation coppersmiths' school,
aviation armorers' school, aviation in
ers' school, aviation carpenters'
mates school. and aviation quarter
masterT school, of which there is
two, namely, heavier than aircraft
and dhfgibles,, after schooling the
young man is examined and given the
rank according to his examination and
qualification.
Every opportunity is given each en-
listed man to advance himself for
aircraft operations are absolutely de-
pendent upon the emiency Of the
personnel az q whole.
Provision Is made to give. fight
training to a limited number Of en-
listed men each year. Only exeep-
tional men receive this training, but
the goal is there, and it is up to the
man htmsef as to whether or not he
reaches It. III.
Destroyors Praised.
h following letter from Admiral
Sir Lewis Bayly, royal navy, British
admiral in command Of the coast Of
ireland during the recent war, under
whose orders the flotilla of U. S. de-
stroyers on convoy and submarine
work were placed at the beginning of
the war, has been received by the as
sistant secretary Of the navy:
"sThe Fawns. Ermington,
8: Devon. England.
ITO Franklin d. Roosevelt. Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy. z
Sir I wish to be. allowed to say
how proud I am to have received SO
kind and. courteous a letter from you,
and how honored I feel at your ap-
probation Of the results OF the COM
btned work done On the Queenstown
station during the war. The fact
that you permitted your ships to be
put under the command of q British
admiral was a ery high honor to our
navy. but the unity, excellent, good
navies working together, could never
have existed had 1t not been for the
determination of the United States Of
hcers who were stationed there to
make 1t q success, and for the ability
they brought with them which on
habled them to do u. And the fact
that the United States officers came
over with the intention Of not only
+ working with US ~ allies, but also as
friends, is shown by the constant
communications that pass between us,
although the sea warfare has been