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CADETS OH AMERICAN 1 MERCHANT VESSELS t (Continued from fourth page.) 1 order before leaving port. Stopping the engine at sea t means loss of time, and, please re- i member, this is a mail ship. At j times the breaking down of the « motive power would endanger the i entire ship, as, for instance, in a j heavy sea. So all the elaborate t care is not mere fussiness. but in- 1 telligent trouble prevention. 1 At the throttle valve stand the 1 again, passengers are comiqg ; and there, is a hiss and a clang as ] the reversing gear swing over. An- i other mtfrement of the lever and > back comes the ponderous gear to its original position. , i An engineer opens the throttle 1 just a notch or two. Immediately i there is a muffled sound of rush- i ing steam, and slowly, very slowly. « the great engine makes three or i four revolutions. The same pro- I cess is repeated on the other en- 1 gine if the vessel has twin screws. 1 Up on the middle grating, in his t little cubbyhole, the engineer | storekeeper is checking up the last i of the supplies delivered by the j i truckman and consigning to per- ' dition the clerk who made out the i list in an undecipherable hand. In ' < the stoke-hole sooty beings, looking i like imps of the pit in the glare of , open fire-boxes, are moving about, i each intent on his task. Coal pass-. I ere are already beginning to pile coal before the fire doors and move ? in and out of the bunkers with , 1 their harrows, like ants in a hill. | ' Off somewhere through thq<J murk the steady pounding of a| feed pump can he heard. Now and > then a sharp command comes thru | i the semi-darkness and there is a i movement on the part of some of > ■ the imDS to obey. To a landsman ' everything seems to be in hopeless 1 disorder, but o> further acquaint- ' anee with sea life he finds that ev- : erything is going on with the precision of clockwork. f A lad has no time to be homesick ' amid this hustle and activity. It • 1 is onlv when the lines are cast off i ' and the ship begins to move out '• of the dock that the first, twinge ' comes. Then, for a few moments, 1 he has an acute attack. But this always passes away before the pi- ; lot is p.ut off. Once that dignitary 1 leaves the ship and the log is cast ' out the real voyage begins. If the deck cadet has been on 1 station he goes Mow to rest for his first watch at sea. Should it ( prove to be his watch on he waits ' for his relief. j ' Let us suppose it is his trick on. ' He stands on the bridge with his * officer, usually the second or ' 1 third, and keeps a lookout for ; ' passing vessels. Every hour he is j ' sent aft to read the log. Once a ' watch he takes the temperature of I ' the water. His officer may send 1 J biin below to the engine room on 1 messages or he may be asked to 1 fetch charts from the chart house 1 or to do any little duty that may ' come up. If the ship sailed at noon he would go off at 4, aud his relief would take his place. On going below he goes to the mess room and has his tea. This is a light lunch < and usually consists of tea, jam t bread and butter, cakes, etc. He t has his dinner at 7, and to take the i word of one who has been a cadet t it is a right good meal. When j f eight bells "goes" he is supposed ,f to he at his station on the bridge. 1 There he goes through virtually the same routine as in the after- j noon. t The bridge brass is done on the 4 to 8 A. M. watch, commencing as f soon as it is light. There are num- ' erous pieces of brass to be done, f and until one has had to. do them, c one never realizes just how much f brass tbereufci on"th^ fridge fit «Ui ocean liner. The engine room graph, steering telegraph. stah^-U ard compass, binnacle anX num- e erous other pieces haW to beNrub- ! c

bed to a fine luster before going off to breakfast. As the cadet progresses and learns more he gets more' responsibility put upon him. He learns make signals with the code the Morse light and by semaphore. Sometimes he will be given couple of men and sent aft to make a sounding. Or there is a of splicing to be done, and the lad is sent to work with the . man who is doing the job in order that he may learn how to do it himself. The chap who is civil and handy and not afraid to do a little work can pick up a surprisamount of knowledge about a ship in a very short time. The cadet also learns to paint and* scrub, as he has to keep the bridge and wheelhouse simply immaculate. Of course the quartermasters assist and for that matter direct the work but the boy doe« i good large share of the workBefore he leaVes the ship, even if i he makes only one voyage, he will j have learned to do things for himself. Duties vary somewhat, accordto the ship and the line. But J general the routine is the same. • work is not Jiard and it is very hnt the compensation, 'or to use the salt, water term for "srew," is very small. ( The American Line pays $10 a month for the first trip and $15 for the following trips. In the Ward Line the pay is $10 also, with no raise. Of all the lines the D pays best. $18 for the first j month, $15 for the. secondhand $18 for the third and thereafter. In each line the cadets wear a I ; uniform, which they simply or buy | [from the company. They are required to be neat in appearance ( ' and conduct themselves in a man- I ner becoming junior officers. For ! the greater part the boys come J from good homes and are a very I fair sample of young America, - j While we have been following ' the duties of the deck cadet we J have neglected his grimy hut 'cheerful brother, the engineer pa- J idet. His watches are the same) as the deck watches, with the ex- j ception that in the engine room j there is no dog watch. He works j "four hours on and eight off." On [ account of the heat in the engine j he does every third watch, j while liis brother on deck does j every alternate watch, or "four' and four." Upon reporting below for dutv j on sailing day he is turned over to ' lone of .the junior engineers, who' gives him an oil can and then pro- I 1 cede to initin'p 1»im ir>»o the nrt ; of oiling an engine. It sounds simi pie. but now. Mr. Reader, have you •ever tried to put your hand into i mass /)f swiftly moving machinIprv and feel h bearing to see J whether or not it was hot ? Verv 1 likely not. Therefore von are not in a position to appreciate the feelings of a. chap when he is asked to :feel a crank pin bearing. It is Kioling who savs: "The toad beneath the harrow knows Exactly where each tooth point goes." You see my point? Well, the engineer takes the eadet around to the circular engine, which is. one of the smaller engines, and calmly puts his hand in such a position that with each revolution of the 1 'engine the "lower end " gently.1 strikes hi® open hand. In this way • can tell a hot bearing. "Now. my lad." says the engi- 1 "see if you can do the: same." The cadet looks at the engine. : glances at his hand in a sort of "fare thee well manner and takes ' deep breath. Then, noticing a challenging look on the engineer's ' [lie determines to be game if ' jtoowsfliim an arm. and very cau- . tioiray he extends the arm with Uhe-nand open. To his surprise the 1 j engine merely grazes the hand and 1 .contrary to expectation, does not (

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i , remove that member. A smile of I delight spreads over his face, he • i lias proved his nerve, and "got ' away with it." " I Thereafter, when he thinks no--j body is looking, he can be seen to ; ' try tlie bearings of every piece of • machinery he can get his hands on. Usually the cadet has to oil the j circulatore for the condenser and ■ ; look after shaft bearing in the tun- • nel. Occasionally he polishes a i ' little brass, but he doesn't have as i much to do as his brother on deck. 1 1 In. the summertime, especially if ' going to the Latin American re- . publics, the heat is extreme and I very bothersome until one becomes ' , accustomed to it. As most of the I ships are provided with good bathi ing accommodations, however, the j I I heat can be endured witli only a | 1 : little discomfort. ! Now we come to a subject that • is of deep interest to all the cadet-?, namely, food. The food on any of the lines is good, hut perhaps on the American Line, in those ships where the cadets eat in the engineer's mess, the food is best. Cadets get first cabin meals, and to any growing hoy with a proper seagoing appetite, that is an important item. Besides the three regular meals there is a lunch at midnight and tea at 4 P. M. There is no limit placed on a man in the matter of food. One can have anv , or all- the dishes on the menu, pro- , vided one can hold them. The cadets are well protected I against abuse by the United States Government. In fact officers have lost thrir licenses for striking a i cadet. But if a lad is prompt and obliging he need have no worry I j on that score. He will find that : his officers will help him very will- « j ingly to fit himself for promotion, i j In tile case of the deck cadet that ; means a raise to quartermaster, i J while the engineer cadet becomes i an oiler on the main engine. As I most of the officers have worked I their way np from the rank and 1 file they understand the attitude i of the cadets and seek to help t them if they show thrft they really < want to get along. i But it is not all work bv any There are plenty of op- c portunity for pleasure. The boys * get shore leave in a foreign port >

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t and arc able to visit all kinds of » interesting places. The travel is I excellent for them. It broadens them and makes men of them. . Travel is in itself au education. > Under the guidance of the proper f sort of officers the boys are not likely to acquire had habits, for of > all the professions on earth that J require perfect health and the . ability to think clearly in a hurry i the sea is the most exacting. Dis5 sipation in cadets is not tolerated for a moment, f Some lads who have been cadets . are fond of telling of the hard- | ships and ill treatment they endnr5 ed. Such stories are mostly uu- > true, for a complaint as to ill treat- . ment if made to the Shipping ..Commissioner upon arrival at New I I York, would he promptly investi- , gated and attended to. If a cadet . is slack, uncleanly, lazy and insolent. naturally his messmates and ! officers are going to make it any- . thing but pleasant for him. he- , cause such lads are not wanted. , And you can accept the word of one who has been a cadet that' things can be made exceedingly . . unnecessary. The chap who knocks , the eadet system is usually one of , the nbdesirahles who were obliged , to leave. , A« a cure for too much petting ' rt home there i« nothing to equal °i;e or two vovegos as a cadet. The ' mother '« bov is obliged to look after himself from the very start. He has to wash his own clothes and make his own hunk. In some cases where they mess in their own quar- | tcrs he has to wash his own dishes. | Nobody is going to give in to him he is Ralph or Clarence. ( fact his messmates will all joyously assist in the process of mak- , ing a man out of a mollycoddle. To get along with the other lads ! requires good temper, fairness and ( marked ability to =»e one's own f Hetties through to a finish. If you r a spoiled hoy around the f next summer when he has a j vacation from school let him make • voyage in one of the liners as a % cadet. The result will surprise . j Taken all in all, a voyage as a cadet, like anything else, is largely t what von make it. — From the New r Sun. » v

f news and comtanx s I 5 Even a most astute Secretary of State than Mr. Bryan would have found j the present world situation somewhat j r puzzling. ^ The report that England proposes to I' abolish whiskey by taxing it is now ^ being told as the latest joke in every ; mountain cabin in Kentucky. The conspiracy to abuse Chautauquas has at last become complete. Now the | ultra-innocent "Chautauqua salute" is denounced as filling the air with, germs. ^ Japan has picked not only the psychological moment but also the psychological country for the realization of 1 When' loss of innocent life is involved ' " it bi-eomcs difficult for the average citi- , ' zen to consider the destruction of a ship 1 ' on a basis of sheer technicality. | A citizen who knows offhand all the i ^ different kinds of taxes lie pays is something of an expert on Government as 1 well as a mathematician. In discussing ths serious public events | Col. Roosevelt uses the epithet "piracy" i las freely as if he had never had a libel , .suit in his life. In commenting on the Lusitania dis- ' aster Berlin editors had tlie opportunity | of their lives to show tactful discretion. As a subject of national concern the question of Harry Thaw's place ' of abode has become almost entirely sub- . merged. I Do not rriticize the weather. Give Still Bill a chance to improve it. FROW THE SEAT OF WAR j ( Bit Wirrlrss to The Jingle Tree.) Galesgrad. Apr. 19 — Today I motored out to the trenches at in an armored Ford with Gen. Pate de Foie Gras. the officer who captured the right wing at the battle of Bouillon, and was given a passport to go as far 1 like. The general is verv recherche. also au fait, and did not ; seem at all embarrassed in meeting , a representative of The Jingle i Tree. Through the intimacy thus ■ established the J. T. scores a world ] over the A. P., and I am send- \ ing the latest war news by wireless J via Medicine Hat in order to es- ] eape the German censor at Pretzel < Alley. la. Bulletin. — "Pilsener has been ] taken by the Germans. They are i surrounding Delicatessen. 3 where they are expecting the

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