The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-12-19
New Merchant Marine.


in far-off, in busy ports, is wanted now
in his country's new Merchant Marine.
A career through sea-going is open to
him. and the main chance was never so
easily grasped by the ambitious Young
American sailor as today, in American
ships.
Whether he comes from civil life, the
factory, the farm. the shop, the otiic"",
the school, or from recent service in
the Army or the Navy, he will find the
way open to place on an American
merchant ship as an officer.
Men are wanted for the crews of
these steamsrs,, thousands Of men.
young, ambi:io men who have NO de-
pendents binding thcm to home, adyeu-
turous men who want. to find their for
tuues on the SEA - - - ~ -.
During the war thousands Of men in
the khaki and n,vv blue impatientiy
awaited a call 70 ae ion which, never
came. y They did mot get the great
chance to cross the sea - -.
With the signing Of the armistice, and
plans for demoblization,<their: situation
changed. -, .,>.: FL saGs.s r.,
1t is for the guidance of suchs young
| men as these that the United States
Shipping Board has opened R cruz
ing Office at. r. pom 4s9, Custom House.
The Unted States shipping Board,
from its headqu sttets -sats Washington
directs and CONTROLS the hundreds of
ships in the New Merchant Marine
That board has .adopted.a policy Of en-
couragiug young Americans to make
sea-going = business, i w ants smbiti.
Gus rvs. on the GoyeEhrasn s = ;h1src hant
ships. and says
1--WE want to attract to the. sea the
kind of American boys that older men
among US remember in theirown schoo-
days-nice. clean boys who have good
homes aud left them amih the old
family discussion as to whether they
shout be bankers, Insurance.. men. re-
tail merchants. or what not. Today,
we waut to add to this list of careers
for our American boys that OF the pur.
suit of the sea. We want to attract to
it, among others, boys who come from
college. We want to make: conditions
Ia Sc a-going such that they will feel it
is the best destiny they can find. e.
I'VE want to get good men and train
them to be good seamen. and then good
seamen, and then good officers, orgood
foreign representatives. in commercial
or industrial lines, and agents On the
stats of steamship companies. at home
or in foreign ports: 49, -
The shortest cut to place in the
American Mnrchsnt Marine is through
the Recruiting Service of the U. g.
Shipping Board Room 40, Custom
House. ..>..-->.. -. -,
This service places both experienced
and Inexperienced mon in, Jobs atsea.
The experienced men Is shipped out
at once for dsepwater VOYAGES through
Sea Service Bureau, 9I2 8. Broadway.
The inexperienced man is given pre-
liminary training, as apprentices, either
in the deck department or the engineer
debartment, as he may choose, before
going aboard q Merchant vessel This
Trainings given on board large, well
equipped and comfortable training
ships. .----
The U. 8. Shipping Board maintains
fleet of these ships, which are making
trips from Middle Atlantic ports to the
West Indies.
| Headquarters of the Atlantic Train
ing Squadron is at Newport News, Va.
Here the largest ship is the "Mesde".
| formerly the Atlantic liner "City of
Berlin" a super greyhound, in her time
land holder: of the Trans.Atlantic
speed record, both stand west.
Largest of the Pacific feet is the
Irish, an iron screw steamer. 402 feet
long, that was with Dewey's feet at
| Manila.
/ The last Shipping Board table shows
the monthly pay for sea jobs running
from $4,000 to s412.50 per month. 1t
should be borne in mind, however, that
these figures represent = much greater
| value in the sea than shore job.
Board and bed ;are free, as in the Army
Or no need to spend money while at
sea. One ex-soldier now passing coal
for SIS month on boat shipping out
of New York figures he Us making as
a landman who draws down $145. Men
| with experience in such matters say
this calculation is about right.
| Ordinary seamenn begin at sos a
month and have chances of snvance-
ment to $412. so q month. Perhaps the
next best chance lies in the Engine
Room, where in the couase Of two or
three years bright iYoungster with an
aptitude for mechanics will work up
from coal passer to engineer, making
from 1906 to $3S1 par month.
The messman's opportunity lies in
either advancing to Chief Steward, at
a salary around $3.50, or acquiring ex-
perience for future in hotel or res
taurant business
For the man who would use the Ser
vice on the sea as a stepping stone to
other things, there is no better time for
him to enlist with the United Board
now.
Mr.. G. c. Carts has taken charge Of
the Recruiting Office for Baltimore,
with headquarters at Room 429, Custom
House, and will be glad to give any
young man aid in securing the position
be desires He can be sesn from 900
A. NJ. to 11.0O A.. NJ, and from loo
to 400 P. M