The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-10
NAVY SEEKING MEN
TO ATTEND SCHOOL
At j. 8. ACADEMY
Lieutenant Smith Wants
Youths Of Alabama To
Discuss Plan

The United States navy is seeking
eligible young men who desire to go
to the Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Ind. Almost every young man has
a dormant desire to go and the gov
eminent is making efforts to fina
these boys.
The Secretary of the Navy was
authorized by an act of Congress in
1914 to appoint 10 enlisted men al
midshipmen. This number was in
creased to "a in 1916, to 100 in 1917.
and the marine corps was included.
The navy department has been I'M
able to fill the quota, largely be-
cause the opportunity has not been
presented to high school and COL
lege students
The age limits for entrants are 1s
to 20 years. Boys of II and Is may
be enlisted with parents consent and
without parents consent if Is years
of age. All candidates, OF course.
must be sound physically and stand
on, or more competitive mental ex-
aminations, held each year. These
entrance examinations include En-
glish composition and literature, an
cient history, United States history.
algebra, languages, choice of Latin.
French or Spanish, science, choice of
physics, chemistry or general
science.
Navy Maintains School.
The navy maintains two schools
where candidates may prepare for
examination, one at Hampton Roads,
Va, and the other at San Francisco.
Cal. In March only 50 candidates
were attending these schools. 1t is
apparent that the number of enlisted
men to be appointed this summer
will again be very small.
To be eligible, the candidate must
have enlisted in the navy or marine
corps not later than August Is pre-
ceding the year in which the ex-
animation is taken. Upon enlist
ment he is sent to a naval training
station for two months training,
after which he continues his training
on board ship. In the early fall the
candidates are assembled in San
Francisco and Hampton Roads, where
they are given an intensive course
in the subjects covered by the eX-
aminations,
Upon first snlsting candidates are
furnished an outfit of clothes and
uniforms Upon entering the acad-
envy each candidates account is
credited with $3.50, which covers the
cost of new uniforms books and the
like. with the exception of S100 This
800 must be deposited with the mid
shipments storek eeper a midship-
mems pay and allowances are suffi-
cient to cover all expenses, SO that
the student may prepare. enter and
graduate without expenditure of one
cent
After four years of service tho
graduates may leave the service and
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State Quota To Be Cut.
There are at present AZ mdship-
men in the Naval Academy from Ala.
bama. Each senator and represen-
tative is allowed to have five ap-
pointees in the academy. This. how
ever, is to be reduced to three, re-
ducirG the states quota from SO
to So.
For those eligible, the opportunity
offered by the navy for obtaining an
education is said to be better than is
to be obtained under the various
scholarships offered at civilian col
and the expenses borne by the navy.
Lieut. Jesse II. Smith, United
States navy, officer in charge of the
Alabama recruiting district, sta
toned at the navy recruiting station,
Title Guarantee building. desires to
college students of Alabama and
west Florida in order to present to
them the details of this opportunity.
During the past year 900 young
men from Alabama and west Florida
have been enlisted in the navy at the
Birmingham recruiting station. A
number of these young men will try
for an appointment to the Naval
Academy next year.
Information can be obtained at any
of the navy recruiting substa tons
in the Alabama recruiting district.
The substations are located in Mo-
bile, custom house Montgomery. city
hall: Andalusia. Browns drug store;
Dothan, post office; Gadsden, post
office; Albany, Colonial building;
Tuscaloosa, post office, and Florence,
post office.
and truly to bring attention of Ala
bama resources to the investing
world.