Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-27
washington. D. c., Oct. 24.-rhe

navy this week is beginning an inten-
sive campaign for recruits. Thirty
! eighty thousand young Americans are
wanted to put on the blue uniform
and be trained into artisans, machin-
lists. aviators, gunners, radiomen. toi1
pedomen, electricians, clerks, subma-
rinemen, and the other vocations nee
essary to the, operation of Uncle Sans
fighting ships. and. the naval shore
establishments. From now on for
many weeks the recruiting offices
elect to take advantage of, the un-
doubted opportunities which the navy
offers them. 49,.
1t may come as ( surprise to some
that the navy so soon after the dis
armament agreement is seeking 49,
900 new men. The answer is obvious.
Even the reduced establishment per
mitted by the treaty 8 permits the
American. navy to have $4,000 men In
its service These men enlist for a
relatively short period of time. The
new recruiting is to find men to. take
the places of those whose enlistments
have expired OF who are leaving the
service to go into the reserve or re-
tirement. = Il
For instance, the navy this year is
losing 1900 chief petty officers ovho
have served the required time and are
now going on the retired list { with
good pay. These men, whatever oc-
equations they may now take up. will
continue to draw from SGT to $134 a
month from the government for the
rest of their lives. This is a reward
for long and faithful service, granted
by a law now four or five years old.
Those who are retiring after 16
years of service will get SGT a month.
Those who have served a full 20
years will get SOB. A. man3who re-
tires after 80 years service gets 1874
amount to 1904, 1890, and $1,60s a
year, respectively; and, calculating
them as income on capital invested
at 4 per cent, they are the equivalent
of $2O,100,, $31,500 and $4,000 re-
spectively. handed over by the govern
ment to- 1.-THE retiring petty officers for
their free use during the remainder
Of their lives. Inasmuch as q boy can
enlist in the navy at the age of IS; 1t
will be seen that he can gain the
smallest of these rewards when he is
- a old and needs only to- stay
in the service until hesis 48ein order
to- secure the largest,
No Other Nation So Generous. n
mo, other nation iss.so, generous to
|its sailors The existence ,9fSssthis re-
tirement law is one of the chief .rea
sons why the navy is able, to enlist
lserve'in 1t. Because OF this and other
attractions, the naval service has now
become highly selecttve. OF those APP
parentiy qualified whotappH for en-
listment, only one In three a get In
at all. The navy is now able to pick
Its men with great care 7 Is
The young man who enlists in the
navy can do so in the knowledge that
he Is taking up.a career of fundamen-
tai use and value to- his fellow coun-
|trYmen. For every dollar the people
pay him the peoplesget value received,
and this ais true evenSi he and his
mates never have to 60 to actual war
forttheir employers. In faftyyEthe view
tsiye ornament in time OF peace and
only pays for the money invested in II
after a war comesHa1s = view that "a
rapidly passing away. The chief val
ne, Of the navy is lts peace-ttme value.
and It serves the country well merely
by existing.
The recent revelations made. BY the
revolutionary governments of Europe
In r~ansacking their foreign offices and
publishing the secret documents pig
eonholed therein have continued q
powerful end OF the wisdom
OF the policy Of the United States IN
maintaining q strong navy during the
past 80 years. We are beginning 70
capped, and to understand that for
that escape we can thank the Amer
lean navy. Even without its splendid
lrecord I'm fhAgworl gar the nav haa