The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-19
WAR DODGERS PAID
FOR NAVY 'BERTHS'
Continued from First Pocs.

not compelled 10 give up their Jobs in
civilian life.
These last, in fact. were specifically
told to keep their civilian Jobs 10 that
when tho money cart backed UP at their
cffices on pay day OF each week they
might have enough money on hand to
split handsomely with the navy men
who had saved them from being sent to
trenches flled with undesirable things,
such as coolies, mud and high explosives
What are you getting In your present
job?' the uniformed person In the Stew
art Building would ask a prospective
seaman" OF draft age.
zone hundred dollars week"
"Ali right Wen put you in here (the
we almost always meant "1) as a
landsman. Just come down here In the
late afternoon in uniform. Wear your
uniform all the time. But do your
regular work all day and draw your
pay. But it's understood that We split
on your civilian salary fifty ffty."
To begin at the beginning with Joseph
Whitehead, it should be said that young
Joe, despite the luxuries handed TO him
gladly by his appallingly wealthy parents
decided as soon as we entered the war
that he wahted To &c. into the big scrar
at the point where Il was hottest. Where
fore, early last May he offered himsel,
to the Government, so Washington SAID
and proved by pape,s last night as ar
aviator. Joe, being humble and therefore
not thinking much OF his personal ouai'
fcations, not only presented his aoie
bodied self but also presented an air
plane, which cost some thousands OF dol
lars, but was offered gratis by youni
Joe naively with tho hope that youtf
might have a better chance to be per
mitted to kill himself In the aviation ser
vice IL he came forward with an airplant
on leash.
Go TO the aviation training school al
Boston Tech" said the Government
Joe Whitehead went TO Boston Tech
and studied, but studied hurriedly be
cause of bis anxiety to get into the mos
dangerous military service OF the war
In fact, his studies were 80 brief tina
In the ANAL examinations he Tell dow
in that part OF the quiz which had to dt
with radio work.
Transferred TO New York.
Thereafter tho best young Joe White
head could get was baggy blue SUI
and the rating of landsman, second
class. And then (and this Is where tn.
fireworks begin) Landsman Whitehead
was tTanSleTTSu rum .t'oSbci ~ $3.50
Third Naval District of New York.
Landsman Whitehead In the ante
| bellum days when he drove his owr
Stutz up and down Broadway had be
come acquainted with Jack Plckford, thu
boyish brother OF our Mary. By thu
| time Joe Whitehead had become lands
man Jack Pickford also was blue
Jacket. Landsnan Whitehead and Jacl
| Pickford became chummy last May witt
a yeoman named Brannigan.
Naturally all three youngsters wanted
| to advance themselves to some 5o'
nearer the rank OF full Admiral. ou
II goes withou. saying they wanted 4
get their promotion honestly. Honest
| they were, however, they could not clos
| their ears to rumors floating around tina
! down at ESQ Broadway was nava
examining officer who would pass any
| body to anything for anything.
The enormously wealthy young Jo
Whitehead paid particular attention
the stories about the naval examining oil
ficer, the same being the said Benjami
Davis Doubtless Joe whitehead's IL
terest In Old Doc Davis was due TO II
fact that by this time Joe Whitehea
| was attached to the Naval 1ntelligenc
Bureau and now was regular eleuth.
Double Jointed Proposition.
Joe Whitehead, in his capacity I
sleuthful servant OF AN Uncle Sam
trouble. approached Examiner Benjam
Davis with a double jointed propositic
He told Davis that he wanted to
transferred to the aviation" and tn;
Jack Pickford wanted TO be sent to t!
| aviation camp at San Diego, Cal Al