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Its Organization Has Been Authorized by Congress and Is Now Progressing— Adds Attractive Feature
to Naval Career, Providing For Graduated Retirement, and Has Proved Impetus to Re-enlistments
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By this is meant tne clause la the
Naval Appropriation Bill creating a'
naval reserve and making provWoa
for the qualification o f Its members.
It has been customary . or the people
• t oar country to measure the strength
a t the navy by the number o f Dread
noughts, destroyers, submarines and
other fighting craft. They either taka
for granted that the moat necessary
part o f the navy—a tralaeu personnel—
already exists or that It w ill be forth­
coming from somewhere when the
alarm o f war la sounded.
Trained Men Mscieeary.
It k true now aa ever la the history
o f tMa country that there would be no
lack a. patriotic men to respond to a
call In defense o f Its Institutions, hot
without training in dl lpllne and with­
out previous experience with an# aa
intimate and accurate knowledge of
the mechanical appliances so essential
In the operation o f the guns, the tor­
pedoes and the mines, as well aa the
motive machinery o f the modem war­
ship, they would simply ho offering
themselves aa a aacrlfce upon the al­
tar o f the country’s b oor.
For many years the navy baa been
graduating Into eivll life annually from
3,000 to 4,000 well trained and well dis­
ciplined men—men experienced In ev­
ery mechanical art nade use o f In the
modern mamof-war. This la no donbt
a valuable contribution that the navy
Basket to the economic development of
the country. A t the - »me time these
men represent a gro.:t,_potential value
for the nation's defeusedf properly re­
claimed and organized. They are scat­
tered throughout the length and breadth
o f the land. Many o f them are follow­
ing the same trades they learned In
the navy, and it may wel, be said that
there Is no mechanical art applicable
to civil pursuits that may not be learn­
ed on a modern man-of-war.
It was for the purpose o f making
these men an asset In the nation's de­
fense account that tbe Navy Depart­
ment proposed and Congress passed
tbe bill creating a naval reserve. Tbe
operation o f the taw is twofold in its
benefits to tbe navy and the country.
By offering substantial Inducements
for reclaiming Into organisations these
valuable well trained men who have
already left tbe nary'to engage In civil
pursuits, as well as those who will do
so to future, the law automaticaliy op­
erates to encourage these same men to
ret nr to tbe regular service aad thorn
who are still in the service to reaoala
i or longer periods.
This Is accojnpliaped by basing tbe
pay o f tbe reserves oa a sibling scale
Increasing with length o f service la the
navy.
In ndditi n. tbs taw places a sub­
stantial value upon honorable, efficient
end faithful aervlce, for no one anises
entitled to homorobie diockarte open tbe
to the navy regulations
id to a call far activa •
• o f war. While activa a
I o f pasca la entirely vela
the palt o f the members o f the reserve, ! tlona In the various communities In gDy worthy "»-«* Is able to obtain In
the Government encourages them to wulpfi they live and come under the much leas time *>»■■» sixteen years,
perform a limited amount by making cognisance o f the recruiting officer o f
if there la any civil occupation in
two months o f such service a requisite the district in which the community Js this country that will Insure to the av-
for re-enlistment for a subsequent four situated- There are sòme thirty re- erase young man after sixteen or twen-
year period 1 the reserve. This re- erultlng districts throughout the Unite# ty years so great an annuity for Ufa It
qolrement la made In order that the States. The recruiting officers keep the does not appehr obvions to tbs casual
reserves may keep in touch with tbs muster rolls o f the members o f the re- observer.
duties o f the regular service. They serve In their respective districts and | For —any yearn Uncle 8am baa bean
may wlect any time to perform this keep in touch with them.
paying more attention to the material
voluntary service that will suit their
Orders and other correspondence be- j pert of the navy than to the personnel,
convenience and w h ile w engaged will tween the bureau and members o f the
,.ate,y> however, be has been taking
receive the full pay o f their rating la reserve pass through tbs recruiting offi stock o f
and rMlbMd tbmt a
addition to their pay la tbs reserve aa car.
«fj
aa<, efficient personnel Is equal-
weU as traveling expenses and sub-
By this organisation the department ,y a„ important as D read^ughtsand,
slstence to and from home.
can on short notice and with a mini- ¡ itho^
it
* ¿ g dedd-
A Renarvi«»’• Csmpsnsetion.
■»“ “ ot o«crespondence mobilise the *d to go down In his pockets and pay
The compensation given members ot p***rr®“
* ny p**°® «*> either coast tbe
the reserve is. for those who go In the
May Transfer to the Reserve.
The wisdom shown by Unde 8am la
rsaorve within foar months after leav-
Another feature o f the law which la arriving at this conclusion will be
lnz tbs regular service—$80 a year fot o f gréât importance in Increasing the nude dear whed we review with Mm
men. out tne navy nos heretofore or-
fared little Induce meat for a future
career, while It demands much in the
way o f hardships and separation from
home. In consequence many o f these
young men become disheartened and
leave the service by desertion, by die-
con nee. Dy parcMse or by sentences o f
courts martial fo r offenaaa against mill-
tary discipline.
Something to Strive Far.
N o . u .
. u p,«. .
rsss taxzsrr,
when transferred to -the naval rsasrva
.„b .u o
Oal value upon the honorable dloeharp* the rate of one-third and one-halt ru­
by providing that men who are eh- speeUreiy. of the sum of the base pay
titled to such may at stated Intervals
permanent additions thereto, which
elect to leave active aervlce for the g
f
.
.
t
h
r
t
r
reeerve on practically a pension basis n r mmpuHn, pey * the m n I retwve an
with a substantial rate o f pay graded
» "visas *» “ *» or
eery*
according to length o f aervlce In the
* X *
navy, we
may bopw to see a great „r-mprUm mp* <«* mtut * soap «ad
chance In
the unfavorable conditions tom ell toMgte of prior serete* eseelsd t*
referred to. There Is eometbtng to wmpotinp pep In reserve.
f ° / - * r* W* rdMf0r " * *
proves faithful to his trust.
Wb°
We can to the rate of pey they were receiving
It is bringing the expected rem it.
Ordinarily recruits on nrst enlistment in ¿ha nsvy within four months of tba
outnumber the re-eullstmenta of ex- data of diaehara« from tb* naval rsaarvs
pertenced men In the proportion o f th»r. * w »ot entitle« to a gratuity ot
,y,‘ four month a’ pay. but their re-enUstmenl
two to one. Since the p t m » o f the |R th, navy lhall ^
^
considered
law, however, the reporta show that to have been made within four months
the percentage o f re-enliatmenta and ex- from the date of dlecherge from the navy
tended enlistments to first enlistments f° r tbe purpose of continuous service pey
e .
«i p «
cent, fo r the month o f April 78 per cent had not lees than two months' active
end for the montL o t May 83 per service on board a vessel of the navy dur-
cent.
I In* the period covered by Me last enlist
I ment in the navel reeerve. *
4
Official Regulation«.
| Men transferred to the naval reserve
Navy regulations, governing tbs ns- | wl,|
required to perform two month*
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active service for each four year period
val reserve, have Just been approved ltf ^ r ^ c * in the naval reserve subse-
by Secretary Daniels. Being based quant to the first four year period enleee
tipon the law creating the reserve, the "»eh service be waived by the bureau of
following extract* will co n v.yjp « gen-
ot wur
* * * Myal
eral way Its scope and purpose and the reserve may be required to perform active
benefits It was designed to effect alike service with the navy throughout the war.
for the greater efficiency of the navy ! ■<* to exceed the term at enlistment In
and the patriotic men who volunteer 1
nt
•«
rs-
thelr services:
•
in the case of men re-enUstlng in the
T.The naval res«rva shall conalet of cttl- » » v» * ft*r »wwlce In the naval reserve
sene e f the United States who have been »be Porlod ®f
«»ey were actively am­
or may be entitled to bo honorably die- «* »* «* w“ h ‘ be navy while enlisted In the
changed from the navy after not leas »»v a l reearve^lll. for the Purpose o t re-
thnn one four year term of enlistment or .‘ Irement. be counted as active service la
aft«r A term of •nlUtment ¿urine minor- th# na«jr.
MCOOUGAL” M AKING
T A e * -7, ORE of UNCLE SAM'S 57 SORMAttlHfS HOW
R A W AYIATO N CAMP ESTABLISHED
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- FULLY OOMMISSIONEP in AC1
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A nnval rwonre Mittcm, which m*jr b#
Men enlisted In the naval reserve are wor". with civilian drees, win be Issued
not required to perform active service In *• » " tn« mb« rs of the naval reaerrs.
r n t a t. peace except at their own re-
Large Body ef Trained Men.
Khilstmenta in the naval referee win be
ence. fff) a year for those who have permits a man to transfer to tbe re-
had eight and gl00 n year for those o f . serve after sixteen 'hr twenty years'
twelve years’ experience. All that la service on one-third and one-half, re-
necesaary for a member o f the re spectively, o f tbe total pay be was re­
st rvc to do In order to obtain tMa pey celrlnp at the time This Is a great
Is to keep tbe Bureau at Navigation la- iadurement to retain many desirable
formed aa to his address and to rfaport men 1 a tb# service,
at some designated place to bis owa
The most o f our men enter as boys
community once every quarter for mow at an average age o f eighteen or nlne-
ter and Inspection and to sign tbe pay- teen. Sixteen or twenty yeafe later,
ran. For this simple and not tneoir If they so elect they may iransfor
venlent act he will receive 17.00, |16 from active aervlce ter the reserve,
sr |2S. as tbe case may be. according
A Fin# Annuity. V*
to whether his experience In the navy
At ^
Bt an w o f thlfty.four
h*» been four, eight or tw elve yearn „ thirty-eight years, for tbe aervlce
zrepectlvely.
they have already given the govern
Members of the nova! reeerve of Clam
one who have served lees than d|M
zests la the navy will be paid at the
o iw w lm d ime
¡Saa twelve rears in the navy win be
paid at the rate of MS per annum, sad
th0** ,wl" hnv« aerved twelve yean er
^ maro^>ers ^
naval rm rri of
Chun two will be paid at the rate of ttt
per annum.
Mem here of the navel reeerve who have.
made In the rating in which last honor­
ably dl*cl,urged from the navy end for a
period of four years, unless sooner dis­
charged by competent authority.
No teen grill be nrst enlisted In the na­
val reserve after eight yean from tbs
date of lest discharge from the navy, nor
unless he bo found to be phvntoaliy fit to.
perform all the duties of the rating la
which last discharged.
Enlistments In th« naval rmtrvs will be
meds in two classes! Claes one constats
of these men who enlist la. the naval re­
serve within four months from date of
their last honorable discharge fretn - the
navy. Close two consists of those man
who enlist In the naval raasrve after four
n-onths asd within sight yearn frogs does
of their last honorable discharge from the
navy
;
!x" v f
' Oq and after March 4. W7, any enlisted
mail rtf Ihg nsvy, upon voluntary appli­
cation at th« expiration of an enlistment
or extended enlistment for which he Is
Net Vicious and Unruly.
The first thing that Impress as ns la
tba fart that tw M M rfe at tba entire
enlisted force la composed o f men serv­
ing in tbelr first enlistment.
¿Less than one-half o f the«« terminate
tbelr period o f enlistment trftb an hon­
orable dUckarpr. which entitles them to
re-enJtst is the service. O f those en
titled- to remain In tbe service 68 per
cent avail them selvas o f tbe opportu­
nity. «The remaining 42 per cent go
into civil life, Those who fall hy tbe
wayside ere not all by any means
ririenw and unruly men. All are spe­
cially «elected by tbe rem itting offi
,-grs. which Is obviens from tbe fact
that only one ou{, of alx applicants la •ft«r completing sorrisa In tp« nsvy or
taJMa. The natural question Is, Why marin* corps of sixtora or twenty or more
do so many selected men fa ll to coo- years, may bo transferred to the naval
ft n * I therefore be safely predicted
MMBHH
B
Y an act approved March 3. 1816,
Con^res* created a law which
baa more farreacblag effects oa
the efficiency o f the navy than
any legislation enacted within the
memory o f any oue who may chance