Milford chronicle., 1921-06-10
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
"FULL SPEED AHEAD'

"FULL SPEED AHEAD"
..1 don't know. They may use 1t on
- rain. but 1 know they use 1t on d
boet " It was Jack talking to ms SIS
tor about an expression used on Doats
Tyben the Captain wants the boat u
on as fast as possible.
DWhat are you kiddies talking aDouU
.,,is time?" asked Uncle Ted as ne
caroe c into the play room which ne ndg
fixed up for the children IN tne oiu
barn. 4,,o, want a
train to go fast they say, 'FuIl SpteT Si,t
Ahead.' 1 said 1 didn't know DuC
aid know they use it on boats' "iS-
WetTO s.vor are right about the boats
look hut there is no way TO use suCa SUI
a." Concession on trains. Orders are
80 ai,,on there by pulling cora CnaC @
Siows little whistle in the englne
oab Won will remember that "nell
10 wore on that big lake steamer 1st !@se
v,',,,roer l took you into the PlioC
,llro There was a big dial VIII "
iodIe Hou and an arrow that turneu "
1!eso,.on+ words as the captain tuIHeu
"lii .,-l handle. One of these places Is
Ine -,-ad sF,ul1 Speed Ahead, otheIs
nl'ai, ll'li iNc &c .Reyerse,' Slow etc. Down
suo >" The engine room of the big shlPs'
~, 81 below the pilot house, IS d Ois
lel 5;d, y,-ith the same expressions on IL
SLy1.a,, ul%I the captain turns the hanule
IL tI1a niIot house it turns the arrow
IN the dial in the engine LoolT When hen
tbe engineer acts accOroln9ly' sE,SI1 Iii
tbo nilot turns the handle 10 oii 1
Snoed en- Ahead the engineer orders In a.,
sao steam possible and the DIG sHtp ~
e,Irges onT ahead in the water a' i''
greatest speed. D,,+b
- Liddies.'' continued Uncle leu
..4,,aro is another pilot who mas tilo nio
,nd M on the lever that is directlns o tno
AanG ee;,.s of our great country. his naLLlS -Ll.
allt111S as ,.ron G. Harding. He KNOWS howe
Is +bare is such thing as ~. uil
tnat Iod ahead Ahead and he is using II; ms
ope1u op!ooors have the machinery OIL soSe f
ehsIno+ veil oiled, and plenty VI
eInl no in the boilers, and so II ntlo
steam we'll handled Ship OF otdto
oeen s;nce Pilot Harding TOOK oEe+
eve lin 7 have told you before SOnIo aS.
tne Sii4P abo,t the difference IN lnen' u
tnln9 80 one man can get you 10 I9 GT
YOU 4i1ing ~ he wants by getting you az
INFUSED about it and WorAeu IF on
+be noint so that you Just slInPiy 1 'iI,
40 If because you think IL Is NJ! III +be
,iobt hut because youhKho" ~ - ,,oav
60 thing to do. Another nlan 4 49,
oor1a along who wants you 10 uo ', tn1
80 thing but instead OF hlllns you
SCI, SCI enthusiasm to do it, he tells you
W. W. von MUST do it. That type
,onoT rna we know as a dictator anu N
oT1 form of government we nave -0
use for such man. abovn all
1,-itb whom he has come IN
lne ot dLsH +bat he is NOT a dictator but
con!aoo ora cana man who realizes
a slHG ~! ioL a Slot of the Ship Oh
tnae I' reaI rs job and expects
otdCe - o+bor M % is working on
eNely ,,;v, ~ wa th him for the
the sntp 49, ~ ont nch. And let me
fell YOU Pilot knew 'Iftv Xboad ;
ship must go op9eu .5 i+b He
49, a1SGeake inst anybody for members
Of his crew. He TOOK ms ~ ~ 1;ne
nicked a crew that talls ilsn' T01AV "
With the idea of doing thlngs - 80 he
ond not tomorrow. That Is WY 10 M
iS able to get quick action WEI .1d ~
ives the signal, Full speed Anes.u. ilesoro
SAC sT+'s iusf as 1 have told you DeIo[e'
1oo11 Won can't get Team WORK II tnS
'oooTohers of the team aren't the hIu9 "
nf mon who realize the plghess ~ "
- - iobs Neither can you get lull l
-oad ono- But if they are men VINO alo
-, +ba iob every minute anu "Ie
vi ,.Irioe with their captain, then they
49, w. beln hut win. 1t is the S5ti!e Ie
-, 80 with out government TO-DAY; F!IOC
Ey".d,,,g w. nicked men like himseI WIZ
l-",t rIe e1eed and team work am nc -
,'s++in'1 +be results. There coulOn
St1-Ir 10 of a speed king than the Fcs'-
w 11sos1or General Will Hays VINO Dos
L"nn called a human dynamo. Sec-
rotary DENLY, a former olnoeI 4,,ra10
TTnited States Marine CORPS a'- n@Sut - 90
1v knows the value oil team WIZ oo-,,1 cr1-o
sneed He is a real sailor ana 4 IN
1aander and is making thlnss nunl -
the navy. Secretary Hugnes ID un
iire many lawyers. lie won nlI sIanS
for delay, and, therefore, altlOusn
1,oos+ 10 of us may not realize It, our
great foreign problems are pells pGt
tGI.~oTgb with amazing speed and WIN
tta res1llts that should have been ac-
comnIished long ago. Then tneIe 10
Socretarv of War Weeks. He is a man
ofllon gtraining in business VINO sUes @
,.iobt after the problems OF the war
nenartment and sees ahead tnOse
+bings that must be accomplished
"But it is not only the heads Oh e the
,,orioI,s government departments VINO
realize the work to be done. For lne
fret time in the history OF the couh-
+rv the principal assistants TO me
',oenobers ~ of the cabinet, the men VINO
10 known as AssistantaSecretarles OF
+be departments have been getting To-
syatber TO discuss problems OF govern
Tnent This group has already peen
named the baby cabinet The dGea
was was worked out by Col. Edward CllIs
go %% the new Assistant Secretary OF
The treasury who is in charge OF tne
soldier welfare work. thlnK Col'
SIifford Clifford felt that much good could De
accomplished by these assistant sec5
Tetaries meeting once in Whlle' anu
certainly they should be able 10 go
INTO the problems which CONFRONT tnein
to much better advantage.
"T haven't much more time now DGI
UppI Will tell