The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-09-01

prOpnet. For tennessee has
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:
go 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 flrst-class fighting ships
to embody certain new naval idea
1.-The idea that 1t means pep, patriot
Ism md corps spirit TO man bat
tleship with men from the state whose
name the battleshp bears. There are
500 Tennesseeans on board-and more
to come.
These GOO 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. r. ii.
Leigh, U. s. NJ, who Is to command
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 Leigh
has the jealous cooperation of Gov.
A. ii. Roberts Of Tennessee, who is
extremely popular with his constitu-
ency. and Of Miss Helen Roberts, the
governors daughter, who chrlstened
the ship at the launching and whose
charming photograph portraying her
In the act Of doing so was featured
In the posters that helped to lure
the Tennesseeans from their mountain
Businesses.
! Captain Leigh says he Is going to
try to make the Tennessee "the happy
ship" of the navy as well as model
Of discipline. He believes that the
spirit Of camaraderie and state pride
Incident to manning the vessel so
largely with native Tennessee talent
will promote both contentment and
efficiency. Commenting on his novel
February we had enrolled our full
quota Of lower rating men and great
many additional applicants had to be
turned away. Hundreds Of them are
now enrolled upon a waiting list, anx-
lous 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
great dreadnaughts like the, Tennes-
sec with Tennesseeans exclusively II
We hnd been able to accept all appll-
cants.
But II must be understood. of
course, that large percentage Of the
complement Of ship like this, In
Guiding the chief petty ofricers, must
necessarily be men who have had pre-
v.ous experience and special training
That Is why, when we go into COM
mission, the Tennesseeans at first
probably will not muster more than
900 of the complete ships complement
which numbers, In all, SO officers, rs
In the marine guard and 1850 enlisted
men As rapidly as the Tennessee
recruits develop proficiency It will be
our policy to advance them and thus
create opportunities for some Of those
Row on the waiting list. From time
10 time we may also receive Tennessee
seamen by transfer from other ships
am convinced that within two years
INC Tennessee will be ship practi.
reilly manned completely by Ten.
hes see crew."
The campaign began last November
The state Of Tennessee was divided
ITO sections with about 1S count,es
to ench. 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-
don OF postmasters was obtained anS