The Washington times., 1921-06-23
STUDIES.

STUDIES.
TT is delight to me to be able to
help backward men, to correct faults
which can be overcome by a little
moral persuasive power. Many let-
ters are written each year by anxious
mothers. sisters, brothers. fathers.
sweethearts and other relatives OF
men in The navy to the captains OF
the various ships and turned over TO
the chaplains.
Sometimes the complaint will con-
Germ irregular remittances of money
to the folks at home. or negligence in
answering letters. or little infractions
of discipline which have come to the
notice of someone who has the well
fare of the one mentioned at heart
when 1 have to perform such little
missions aboard the New Mexico I
usually fnd that . word or two suf-
ices. The offenders take their lee
lures, in a good-natured way, and in
most cases do not have to be SO adj
dressed again.
References were made recently in
q Los Angeles mayoralty campaign to
alleged vice in various parts of the
city. SO far as I know, Los Angeles Is
one of the cleanest big cities in the
Far West. In connection with the
81m0 references alleBationS WcrV
made that the men of the Pacific feet
were frequenters of vice dens. OF
course, no check is made of what our
men do when they go ashore, but I
am sure such charges are not true Of
the men of the Pacific fleet as q class.
II have found that most Of the
American naval men are anxious to
obtain as much educational training
as possible. Some of the New Mex
ico's crew are students in correspond
ence courses and send their papers
regularly to the headquarters OF these
various schools. Others arc coached
by officers when they make occa-
sional requests for aid in their pur-
suit of technical studies.
COMPETITION FOR ANNAPOLIS
l>EEN.
Some of the men of the Pacifc
fleet attend the night high school here
at Los Angeles Harbor. or San Pedro,
as IL Is known. Part of these men
try to win places at Annapolis, as
there are 100 opportunities annually
for men of the navy to go to the
Naval Academy. .
-An important lesson of the war
was obtained from the welfare work
which the American people know was
uone SO wei. Dy the Iouuk Aeu
Christian Association, Jewish well
fare Board. Knights OF Columbus.
Salvation Army. American Library
Association. Young Women's Chris
tian Association. Red Cross and War
Camp Community Service.
"A division of the Navy Depart
ment generally referred TO as the
Sixth division il doin gin q way
lots of things the patriotic organiEa-
tions performed. A welfare ofifcer
on each ship is the ultimate obtec-
tive of this movement
The correspondent ran across Sc
rious- minded students in many out
of-the-way places on the New Mex
leo while being shown about the
superdreadnought. Once he came
across a man studying q book on
mathematics in one of the fourteen
inch turrets. He was lying on the
steel floor and was 30 cngrosscd IN
his calculations that a lieutenant
climbed over him without causing
him to even look up.
In another instance pair of stu
dents were found in one OF the un-
used furnace rooms working out
problems to be sent to corre-
spondence school. In the reading
room silent men made frequent notes
Everywhere one moved there was
found, as Chaplain Scott pointed out
the eageruess of the men to obtain q
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