The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22
WORLD CRUISE AIDS RECRUITING FOR
 SERVICE WITH NAVY
Birmingham and Atlanta Sta tions In Enlistment Contest. Special Features Attract
 Men and Many Join

Recruiting officers of Birmingham arc racing with those attached to the Att lanta station in an effort to see who can enlist the most men in the navy
 during the next few weeks.
 Last week, the first of the contest, the
 two cities tied with a total of 60 recruits
 enlisted. Heretofore Atlanta has been
 leading the southeastern division in the
 number of enlstments, but since Birming- ham challenged her to race, Birming-
 ham has been running neck and neck.
 Officers of the local station declare that
 Birmingham will pass Atlanta by sev-
 eral enlistments during the coming week. Large numbers of men are now enlist
 ing for practical reasons, and the enlist
 ments are running very heavy all over the country. Some of the reasons for
 the large enistments are the advantages
 offered recruits in the trades schools
 under the recent orders from Secretary
 Daniels, the advantages of the navys
 world cruise scheduled for 1921, the good position in civilian life.
 WILL LEAD FLEET
 The giant battleship Tennessee will lead
 the fleet in the world cruise scheduled
 for June. 1921, and the Pacific squadron
 is expected to be the most powerful
 squadron on the high seas. The Atlantic squadron will have 20 first-cIass fighting
 ships and each fleet will include 110 se- ,ected units. Both fleets will be the most powerful
 e1 CT assembled under the American flag. The Atlantic fleet, which will first visit Scuth American and South African ports, will include the dreadnaughts Pennsyi- vania. Arizona Oklahoma, Nevada, Kan sas, Utah, Florida, Delaware. North Da- kota, Michigan, South Carolina, Minne- sota and New Hampshire A sufficient number of battleships will be added to in crease the total of frst-class fighting craft to 20. Ten cruisers, 80 destroyers and 10 auxiliary vessels will complete the spectacle.
 Impressive as is the proposed Atlantic fleet, it will be far excelled in fighting power by the Pacific fleet. The most powerful unit in that force will be the new super -dreadnaught Tennessee, put into commission recently and now taking tcrpedoes at Newport R. l., preparatory for her trip through the Panama canal She measures g. 200 tons being more than twice the size and having four times the fighting strength of the battleship Con- necticut which headed President Roose- velts fleet around the globe Next Will come the new super-dreadnaughts Idaho
 and Mississippi, followed close in gun power by the New Mexico which has the distinction of being the only dread
 naught in the world driven by electric power The dreadnaughts Wyoming Arkanesas, Texas and New York have
 also been assigned to the Pacific fleet
 which will include 12 additional battle ! ships. Eight cruisers, approximately 50 destroyers and 10 auxiliary ships will l complete the force. It will visit Honolulu
 and Samoa before proceeding to Aus
 tralia, New Zealand, Tasmania and Van 1 Diernan's Land
 WHOLE-HEARTED RESPONSE | The navy department's urgent call for men to man the two great fleets for their scheduled world cruise has received a. whole hearted response from the recruit | ing service in general, and from the southeastern division in particular. The Carolina, Tennessee. Georgia, Florida and Alabama comprise this division. which is further subdivided into districts by states.
 The keenest sort of competition between Atlanta and Birmingham has developed With complement of 6 recruiters In Georgia, Atlanta tied last week with Birmingham, with a complement of N recruiters in Alabama. Georgia will prob- ably have a slight lead this week in the number of recruits, but the percent lage in complement will bring honors about even.
 There are still many vacancies to be filled but these are going fast. Enlist
 ments are making flat gain of at least 5000 a week over separations due to dis charge Men receiving discharges at the present time are not inclined to remain in civil life, they usually re-enlist after