Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-08-01
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c. Slayton. The itinerary Of the cruise includes
Brest, Weymouth Rotterdam. Antwerp, Gibraltar
and ponta Delgrada.
1t was in 1912 that the experiment Of putting
the middies Of the two upper classes battleshps
Of the Atlantic feet was first tried. The expert
ment proved a great success These practice
cruises are much alike The first night is usually
spent at anchor, while the middies are getting
settled In their quarters and being assigned to the
various technical divisions. It's a picturesque
night; landlubbers struggling with hammocks
would make fetching circus stunt. At dawn the
bugle rouses them from uneasy slumbers and the
old-tlme cries are heard
rise and shine Up you lubbeFsi Lash and
carry Hit the deck, sailori Heyl Show leg
therew
Thereupon the lubbers certainly RISE They may
or may not shine in strange world of deck
scrubblng and boiler-stoking and what not. How
ever, middies now--as ever--a hard-boiled lot
and soon get down to business. They usually
allotted the starboard side Of the ship, with the
regular enlisted force on the port SIDE and they
are sent in rotation to every part Of the ship.
How tho times have changed. now that steam
has supplanted sa When Admiral Mahan-hIs
name is household word in the nnvy--began
his days at sea a common drill for the middIes,
with the aid Of gunners mate, was up topgal-
liant masts and yards and loose sail to bowllnei"
To do 1t In three and half minutes from the time
the topmen and the masts started together from
the deck was hrst-class seamanship. Nowadays
irst-cass man tending water In the hreroom takes
Just as mush pride In holding the glass steady and
doing good Job Of coallng the fires. Pretty soon
with ships using oil for fuel the mlddles win no
longer have cause to dread the fiferoom; indeed
oil has already almost superseded coal.
The gentlemen sailors" will soon be fixed 80
nicely that they will not even be forced to listen
to the remark sarcastic. II the new secretary Of
the navy Curtis d. Wilbur has his way. Secre-
a. AnUa lie
there's tablet in the gymnasium recording his
record high kick-and someone must have talked
real mean to him in his day Anyway, he said at
the graduating exercises this year:
Real leadership is based upon respect for the
leader and such leadership can only be achieved by
the possession OF powers worthy Of respect Pro-
fessonal ability and accomplishments are the best
foundation for permanent leadership. but there 10
an altogether different basis OF leadership which
finds its In the heart rather than the head
Such leadership may command the ardent affection
and even devotion Of the follower
Unless your rule the $4,000 enlisted men Of
the navy be tempered by hrmness, Justice. SYM
NAV be lost to the navy. Remember especially
that sarcasm biting witticism at the expense Of
unfortunate sspec "a ys,nlnt,6n az nn man
fatal to ones standing an ofncer. While the
sycophantic bystender may be amused. ths object
OF It has received wound In his soul which may
II is a safe rule. in dealing with a man under
YOU to put yourself by Imagination. in his place
what crave for you IL that you may have and
be worthy Of exercising moral leadership
Mddles Of the present day are not starved on
the battleshps Of the Atlantic feet and when they
are at the academy they get pure milk and good \
eats galore from the academy farm. Funny to
think of sailors running farm isn't II? But
that's Just what the bureau Of supplies and ac-
counts does. This particular bureau, by the way
is said to be Of the most efficient business or
ganzations in existence. Rear Admiral David
Potter is at It's head and 1t is bank gents furnish
ings store. grocery store and nearly everything
else, all in one And here's part Of what Herbert
Corey says about the farm In the Chicago Daily
News:
MINGLED brooches who go ahoying about the land
But the sailors OF the United States navy are per-
hEps the best farmers in the United States Listen:
Near Annapolis. Nd the United States navy
owns a farm OF more than 900 acres " vas forced