The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-06-16
Nautical Novelties
Worse Than War

The year 1887 is gone but it S
automobile accident record WILL
live long in the minds OF the
manned and the bereaved as a
cory testimonial to Americas
c~arelesSness and indifference,
too much speed and too little
courtesy on the highways OF the
nation.
This year saw an improvement
in both cars and highways. as
well as a better quality OF law
enforcement. 1t also saw traffic
deaths rise to an all-time high.
Engineering and law enforce
. ment alone will not check the
slaughter. Sensible driving and
walking will do it. Let's have
a little more sanity and cour-
teSy on the highways.
Here is the record and it
might be called a national
nightmare: The dead - 10000;
Injured-1,221 600.
Both figures represent new
peaks. It is the first time that
deaths ever exceeded forty
Thousand or that injuries ex-
ceeded a million. Our nation
has engaged in six major wars
since its birth in ITS. In total,
these wars extended over a per-
iod of fifteen years. The num-
Der of American soldiers killed
in action or died Of wounds
during these fifteen years of
war was 244 1887. Now look at
the fifteen year peacetime rec
ord of death on the highways.
In 1928 eighteen thousand were
killed and in 1887 forty thous-
and. During these years a grand
total of AL ,912 met death on the
highway in traffic accidents.
! Truly, this traffic slaughter Is
worse than war. It is so sense
less and unnecessary.
Standard of Today
Experts say that the person.
mel of the Navy has never been
better. In recent years, chiefly
| because of selective recruiting. 1t
has been harder to get into the
Navy than into many a country
| club. Recruiting officers select
only the best young men apply
ing for enlistment. During the
fiscal year 1887, for instance,
| out of 1850 applicants only
1904 were accepted. Of that
number only 26 deserted and
| only 20 were discharged for
misconduct.
There is no place in the Navy
for the Weakling, the moron, or
the coward. This is a mans
world and sterling character is
necessary. Last year, 1850 men
applied for admission to the
Navy, but only 1904 were &C
cepted, or approximately only
on out of every eight. This per-
nlits the recruiting officer to be
very selective in the men he &C
cepts.
Before a man is enlisted mis-
home conditions are investigated
and his character aScertained
by consulting his school teach
ers, church officials, former en-
ployers, merchants with whom
he has traded, his playmateS,
and even the policeman on the
beat. References are required
from many of these, and if he
has lived in more than one
place, his record at each is care
fully searched. Naturally, he
must also pass a rigid physical
and mental examination.
Time and Hours
On shipboard, time is an
nounced by striking a bell every
half hour. This system dates
from the days of the half-hour
sandglass, when the ships bell
was struck each time the glass
was turned over. 1t has been re-
tanned because it is a conven-
lent method of communicating
to the members of the crew, who
are often scattered about the
ship, the time of day: To be able
to tell the time of day by bells
one must know what watch it
is. According to the system used
in our Navy, the "a hours of the
day are divided into six wat
ches, which are as follows: Mid
watch-midnight to 0400; Morn
ing watch-0400 to 0800; Fore
noon watch-O8OO to 1900; At
ternoon watch-1200 to 1900;
First dogwatch-160O to 1900;
Second dogWatch-1800 to 1000;
Evening watch-2000 to 24O0.
The bells are struck as follows:
Twelve o'clock noon, eight bells;
1880, one bell; 1900, two bells;
14QQ four bells: 1alQ six bells: