The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-01

DFODu0l. VI 4CnuCooCO nus
just justified her nickname by doing.
something unique in the volunteering
line. Tennessee has just set new
standard in the record of volunteer
naval enlistment in time of peace.
And the slogan that did 1t is:
eco to sea on the Tennessee"
When the superdreadnaught Ten
nessee steams away majestically
from the New York navy yard some
time in June she will be the first OF
Uncle Sans first-class fighting ships
to embOdy a certain new naval idea
the idea that it means pep, patriot
ism and corps spirit to man bat
tleship with men from the state whose
mime the battleship bears. There are
COO Tennesseeans Gil board-and more
to come.
These Geo new naval recruits are
the product of whirlwind recruiting
campaign through the state of Ten
nessee, says the Sun and New York
Herald, which was led by Capt. K. d.
Leigh, u. S. N. who is to command
the new vessel, and who, as chief OF
staff to Admiral Sims during the war,
was in direct command Of all the
American submarines and sub-chasers
operating in the war zone.
In his recruiting tour Captain eigh
has the jealous cooperation OF Gov.
A. III. Roberts of Tennessee, who is
extremely popular with his constitu-
ency. and of Miss Helen Roberts, the
governors daughter, who chrlsteneo
tbe shin at the launching and whose
charming photograph portraying her
in the act of doing $50 was featured
in the posters that helped to lure
fhe T'ennesseeans from their mountain
Businesses.
Captain Leigh says he is going to
trv to make tie Tennessee the happy
shin" OF the navy as well as model
OF discipline. He believes that the
: snirit of camaraderie and state pride
incident to manning the vessel SO
largely with native Tennessee talent
will promote both contentment ana
efficiency. Commenting on his mover
experiment Captain Leigh said: by
February 8 we had enrolled our full
ouota of lower rating men and great
many additional applicants had to be
turned away. Hundreds Of theEl are
now enrolled upon a waiting list, anx-
ious to be summoned for duty upon
the ship of their choice. 1t would
have been possible in this recruiting
campaign to have fully manned two
qraat dreadnaughts like the Tennes-
SEQ with Tennesseeans exclusively if
we. had been able to accept all appli-
cants.
"Rut if must be understood, of
course. that large percentage OF the
COMPLEMENT of a ship like this, ID
c,u6ipg the chief petty officers, must
necessarily be men who have had pre-
v.ous experience and special training
That is why, when we go into COM
rcission. the Tennesseeans at trSt
nrchably will not muster more than
600 of the complete ships complement,
which numbers, in all, So officers, 20
in the marine guard and 1850 enlisted
non AS rapidly as the Tennessee
recruits develop proficiency it will De
ON. policy to advance them ana thus
create opportunities for some OF those
now OH the waiting list. From time
tn time we may also receive tennessee
seamen by transfer from other ships.
am convinced that within two years
tho Tennessee will be ship practi-
calIy manned completely by Ten
nessca crew"
Tie campaign began last November
The state of Tennessee was divided
ir+o sections with about Is counties
to each. Chief petty officers were de
tailed with posters, moving pictures
and other publicity devices to cover
every city and town in their sections
Nashville was the officers headquar
tiers or base station. The co-opera-
ton of postmasters was obtained ane