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officers and chief petty officer in- s,ructors, make every effort to keep thes urroundings and associations of ard.
 A further duty of the chaplain is 70 try 10 keep man in touch with his own church, whether it be Prot cStant. Catholi or Hebrew; this, however, is not forced upon the man. While there is every opportunity of fered for religious instruction aboard ship compulsory attendance is not re- quired.
 Gets FurIough Soon.
 After a period of time at the train ing station. (which time may vary amined and if found qualified, is ad- Yanced in rating and if possible al lowed a furlough to visit his home. On the expiration of this furlough he says gOOdby to his probationary period and slips into his station as a real seaman.
 lis training is not over, however be he officer or man, he is constantly learning and fitting himself for higher positions. The recruit there fore finds that. although the training he has had has taught him the rudi- ments of naval life, he can still learn something new every day.
 The man skilled at a trade which is Of value to the Navy, may be enlisted in one of the specialist branches as a petty officer. His course at the train ing station will simply be for the pur- pose of acquainting him with naval routine and customs. He is consider ed an expert, however, and is given every opportunity to improve his own trade or to acquire experience in work allied to it.
 There are also men who have had some experience at a trade but who are not considered qualified for inn mediate enlistment as petty officers. 4rlly y1xy zIyII1 ed by attending one of Navy Trade schools before being sent to sea from 'he training station. They spend only l short time at the station for the purpose of acquainting themselves with Navy routine and customs be- fore going to the trade schools.
 Suppose for minute that you, MT. Bridgeport Man-o'-wars-m man, have finished two years service and you are undecided as to whether or not to continue
 Here are cold facts and figures: If you leave. the Navy, you throw away two years savings. equivalent to S2,- 24o.91, which is the cash which you can collect in your after life if you re-enlist and finish your sixteen years. service. If you stay. you have q job worth s13.45 a day plus your doctors and dentists care.
 Just Supposing!
 Suppose you have served four years and don't know whether to go or not.
 
 practically throwing away sS,481.S3. If you remain, you have a job worth to you s15.0s day.
 Suppose you have served six years. leave. you throw away s9,T22.7s. If you stay your work is paid fer at the rate of s17.e2 day.
 suppose you have served eight years with but eight more to gJ. If you drop out, you lose s12,ees.6e. If you decide to stay, your salary in ereases to s1e.s7 q day.
 There's no g1ossing over of facts backed by the United States of Amer 4ca, the riGhs< government iH the world, and it never goes back on it's word. Join the Navy and make sure of these golden premisesi
 1. That you will be free.- from the fear of poverty.
 2. That you will have an income for life.
 better off than 80 per cent. of men still alive.
 4. That at 45 years of age you are better off than 95 per cent. of men ''. 5. That That at 55 years of age you are better off than s5 per cent. of men still alive.
 6. That at 65 years of age you are better off than s2 per cent. of men men alive at 65 years of age live on some form of charity). '. And if you died in line of duty. the gratutty and the war risk com pensation, which are paid to your de- pendents, enable you to leave an es- tate larger than about 85 per cent. of average Americans leave. Don't Lie!
 below will convince the average Ameri- he completion of sixteen Or twenty place him in the list with a small and is taken from figures furnished by the lid figures don't he!. They prove that addition to his earnings is far better his earnings.