Word: seamen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...tumult and the shouting of the war have died away. Tales of stark daring fall on ears that have heard hundreds of such tales before. The seamen of the "Suicide Squadron" will not get, and doubtless do not expect, the welcome that greeted those who returned earlier. Yet the world will be eternally, though silently, grateful to those men who, forsaking the paths of safety and even the comparative ease of showing bravery in the heat of battle, have quietly gone about their hazardous task. Theirs, unassuming and unadvertised, is the highest glory...
...board has now issued a call for 2,000 more men; which includes both-seamen and apprentices for deck officers' positions. Henry Howard, director of the Shipping Board's recruiting service, states that there never has been a time in the history of American shipping when the demand for merchant crews was so great as it is now. The positions, on going to sea, command salaries of from $55 to $75 a month, according to the rating, and in addition, board and living quarters are furnished free...
...commander has been appointed. It is probable that there will be a much larger number of students at the next session which opens June 18. All men who qualify for the summer course will have had to have at least two months' previous training as second class seamen in the Navy. Twelve students of the University were given special recommendations by President Lowell last April and went into training during the spring recess. They have since spent their time at the Wakefield Naval Rifle Range and at Bumpkin Island. A number of other members of the University who were...
President Lowell will make a number of recommendations from the University for the special school which opens in August, and these men will have an advantage, although they will also go through the regular two months of training as second class seamen, including work at Bumpkin Island and the Wakefield Rifle Range. Candidates will enlist immediately after their final examinations...
...results of the past year have shown the ability of our seamen to get upon terms with the submarine menace and gradually to gain the upper hand. This result has been achieved in spite of an imperfect knowledge of a new and barbarous method of warfare and of a scarcity of suitable material. Our material resources for this warfare are already improved, and are being rapidly augmented, whilst science is placing at our disposal means of offense and defense of which we have been in need. --The Outlook...