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...merchant marine fleet of the United States will have grown to a considerable size within a short time, and efforts are being made throughout the nation to recruit a sufficient number of men to take care of the new program. Retention by the United States of all German ships seized after the declaration of war, will, according to information from Washington, make it certain that this country will be the second maritime power in the world, with Great Britain in first place and Japan in third. When the war began in 1914 American vessels carried only 9.7 per cent...
...full series of posters issued by the Emergency Fleet Corporation during the war has been acquired by the Social Museum and are now on exhibition in the corridor of the second floor of Emerson Hall...
...giving them their discharges as rapidly as possible. There are enough men permanently in the service to officer the ships of the navy as soon as the present rush of returning soldiers has passed. But we will need a large supply of reserve officers to man the fleet if another crisis should come. Now that all the emergency training schools are shut down, the only way that we can be prepared is by establishing a large reserve and putting naval units at the colleges...
...Merchant Marine Offers a remarkable field for advancement to a young college student. It is an entirely new opening, and one which is full of opportunity for an enterprising man. During the war, the United States began building its huge fleet of merchant ships which is rapidly nearing completion. Fully 65,000 officers and men will be needed for the ships coming out in 1919 alone, and the demand is acute for intelligent men, especially those who have had some naval experience, to man these ships...
...outlying possessions to command our attention in foreign parts; the two oceans surrounding us were deemed a sufficient barrier to prevent any serious interference in American affairs by the European powers. Further more it was well understood that the Monroe Dostrine was assured of the support of the British fleet in case a manifestation of force should become necessary...