The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-21

l is MEN '"
 How many men in Bridgeport can boast of an income of spending money of S26.25 a week? By spending money" is meant money Ieft oyer after all bills are paid for board and lodging. doctors and dentists.
 ''Not many" you say. No. there certainly aren't many! Add to this a steady job, a trade, an education. leisure time; wages 5OIng on all the time, whether you're sick or well; whether you work or not; a certain amount of time off l each year, and wages paid during this time.
 And not only that, but you are given also the opportunity to travel to see the world and all it's wonders a pleasure trip for which you are paid!
 '.It's too good to be true" you say. There must be catch in it some
 '.It's NOT too good to be true and there is no catch in it. For this job American who wants it. And it's work. No strikes; no labor contro- versies, and your money comes from the best Daymaster in the world Uncle Sam!
 The Navy is the job and the man or boy between the ages of Is and S5 years can take it for two or four or six or eight or sixteen years. Like
 
 the greater his remuneration. Only this job has the greater advantage over all others. in this respect: When he quits h.s salary goes on just the same-the longer he has worked. the greater is his pay on retirement.
 What He Gets
 The Navy offers to the recruit d job paying the equivalent wage of S12.23 a day. This includes board, lodging and spending money. Thus figuring 265 days to the year-and few men work more than that-he earns and is paid $3,24O.
 Thus the recruit gets q job paying the equivalent of $1S.2G q working day, but also medical and dental ser vice. and the assurance that he will be compelled to save enough money so that at the end of the sixteen year job-or, when he has learned his trade-as you might-he will have an income of s61o6 per month. for the come of S76.S1 per month for the REST OF HIS LIFE!
 What other job gives such an as surance2
 Most workmen are just simply '.Iet down. after years of faithful service to their employers. Occasionally they are "pensioned'-hatef word!- and receive a pittance as a sort of charity.
 But that isn't Uncle sam's way, There's no charity about it. You do your work; you serve his interests COnSCientiOuSiy and you are reward ed-not pensioned.
 Makes Him Skilled
 And Uncle sam is not a stern task master. Take. for instance, a man without a trade. Uncle Sam takes him and makes of him a finished craftsman in whatever line to which he is best adapted. At the same time, he is given the advantages of educa- tiOn. travel, vacations. and the best of living conditions. safeguarded from ill-hea1th and disease. And best of all, the future of the man is being made safe. There Is no poorhouse door yawning for him, for when his service is finished, he has an assured income for the rest of his life.
 Suppose you. MT. Reader, would like to enlist, but you feel reluctant because you are unskilled. That means makes no difference to Uncle Sam. If you are skilled, all right; If you are unslIilled, he will MAKE you skilled and here is how 1t will haDpeni
 The man having no special trade or experience is first enlisted as an apprentice seaman. Immediately upon enlistment he is sent, at govern ment expense, to a Naval training station. where he is given an outfit of uniforms free. This first outfit should. with reasonable care on the part of the man. last at least one year, and some of the garments should suf- flee for his entire enlistment. The new man-of-war S-man is then vaccinated and inoculated against typhoid and, after passing through