The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 26, 1918, Page 3

THE SEATTL THU | Recently, Seattleites have noticed young men with bronzed gheeks | strolling about, young men who | might be mistaken for sailors, but for the queer circular flat-topped headpiece with the gilt letters, Unit ed States Shipping Board” stamped on them These young men are the nuc DIRECTION JENSEN & VON HERBERG us of the giant merchant marine crewa nded as his property by a German ALL | hat will be one of the distinguishing officer, a Red Cross Nurse outwits him WEEK «0 8 . A ney come from all walks of life and saves the American aviator she b eerve talk Sountry, the same t loves. Action every minute. DOROTHY er boys, college boys, young men from offices, shops and factories |making up the personnel of the new crews for America’s merchant ships with thik exception—that they do not bear arms, and are not technical DAY, SEPT. 26, 1918 ment of a mate's or master's berth | for satlon , to reward their apprenticeship. Kefore the war, the merchant ma rine of America v constituted largely of foreigners and underpaid 1en of the old school. After tt America's merchant marine will ist of clean, vigorous young pricans, students, who will be preparing to establish themselves in responsible positions on seagoing ships The Seattle branch of the mer chant marine is located at West Seattle, on what was originally the property of the Seattle Yacht club purchased by the government. Here, in the former club building, mer chant marine recruits sleep and eat and exercise during their intensive six-weeks cou Seven hundr dd recruits are now in q ly fighters. trainin at West Seattle, which star | © young men have one eye on | tion is supplying the merchant ships the future, where they the attain: | with approximately 150 men weekly | 14,000 “BLACK TOMS”’ , BY FREDERICK M. KERBY the “light minor repair” courses are (N. EB. A. Staff Correspondent) substituted for t corresponding TOBYHANNA, Pa, pt course 1 of the six- I have been watching the light tank men get the ‘Toms” learning how to meter gun course. Rough ganization of our tank corps 1 at Camp Summerall, in the |!" modeled on the British, The bat mountains of Pennsylvanio, is the in- | talion is the unit of organization. The struction center for the men of our | Present strength of the tank corps is new servi the tank corpa—or the | 14.000 men, A light tank company Black Tons," as they prefer to be consists of five officers and 107 men; known. 1 heavy tank company consists of 21 Altho their official insignia is the | Officers and 235 men, The snajority k picture of a tank surmounting two Of the enlisted personnel are n | salamanders, unofficially the black commisisoned officers; there a w tomcat has been selected by the men | Privates. A tank battalion consists Jas their insignia, and the motto, Of @ headquarter ompany and “Treat ‘Em Rough,” is the inspiration | three companies of heavy or Mmht of the corps. tanks, A “tank center,” which takes “ Tank men have be specialists, | the place of the regiment, is com It requires a high degree of nerve to get inside a perambulating steel monster and amble all alone into the enemy's lines, with the knowledge that every batt in reach is trying to put a shell into you. So the tank é men have been rather carefully se lected. Many of them have red hair At Tobyhanna real tank training ‘ begins. The recruits are concentrat WALLACE ON THE WURLITZER Pettey Geitl Gee thay come. tor Toby hanna to get their first look at a tank's insides. They are organized SLEUTHS A em WELT aHAe aaAND into light tank and heavy tank bat YOU KNO' y |AT MEANS ee = a talions, FIRST AT, PIKE Have Many Courses . + . For three months they go to the STAR-LIBERTY WEEKLY Continuous | post interesting school that most of 11 to 11 them have ever attended. Und f- Col. W. H. ¢ yn, Jr., the comm: Admission 20c—Children 10c—Plus War Tax. ing offiesh Jed by ¢ pt. Robert R. Hasbrouck | Both have seen tank service at the | front | As neither officers nor men, when they come to Tobyhanna, know any Government Plans sine about tanks, they go to sehool Big Improvements | :::. «: ite ntarn bt Re a te PE eae ANY AMOUNT—ANY ISSUE on Harbor Island | EINE Cg , WASHINGT ee ical echool.” That course includes . includes instruction in the care, op yet ernment ainice: ation and construction of the serait sao P ation and construction of the tank Baise at en | ment of Harbor | ane courses are conduct Al ‘The tank is taken to pieces and laid 4|vorably contemplated, and may tn out piece by pl the near future result in erection. of Said io Stones 1.400-foot plier and storage ware ia Shae with 500,000 feet of floor ‘ s the “driving course jo 4 7 which teaches skill in handling space. The matter will be decided i | Otitaauaeias with gentle Aged Resident Has Narrow wn ie the stunts that a tank can be called FREE DOCTOR Ex-Gevernment Physician 3111 FIRST AVE. or 169 WASHINGTON ST. \ | G CO. STORES “I was at my work, my limbs be-| upor forte came numb, I got dizzy and faint, | Our tanks will be armed my ears seemed stopped up, I had with po guns « and heavy machine There is a chool of each inning with the names of the parts, and ending up with some of the most fancy shooting on the two big ranges that any branch of the service can put up. | All Carry “Automats” | ‘The personal weapon of the tank corps is the automatic service pistol carries one must £0 thru a gas 1. Then there is a cour men how to steer a tank by compass All men get the course in “protec: tive camouflage,” to hide the tank from e| with ne: |been troubled with gas my stomach and severe bic after meals. Doctors failed to help me. One dose of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, recommended by the cor ner dru, t, proved a lifesaver to fam sarc, nave coterrss) epetnee fe me. I am continuing with it with ead and ear noises, or are gro Pana’ comatte’ ims hard of hearing, go to your druggist | SPlendid result it is a simp ‘and get 1 ounce of Parmint (double | harmless preparation that r strength), and add to it 4 5 the catarrhal mucus from t in NT eee ee spaatul lated | testinal tract and allays the inflam ites ’s day. A 4 mation which causes practically all This will often bri tick relief| stomach, liver and intestinal ail ie lle tg 4 a ments, including appendicitis. One Clogge: ss dos onvince joney € Mcething Jose will convince or m r mucus stop dr > n funded, Tt is easy to D osts little, Owl Deug Co, Bartell’s 5 drug} every man, fre ar my airpla me pesant ¢ ear stores, and druggists everywhere. 1 2 of ’ catarrh: "i nad | Stores, anc road ties, pieces of sheet iron—any ities “should. giv 1 i Advertisement. Actually Malted thing that nay be found on a battle a trial. ! | field. — — - — That makes Borden's Malted Most important is the course in Milk different. Borden's is the improved malted milk. By, Fah oars 8 minor tactic reconnaissance, ¢ jecers, This incluc Borden process puro map reading, finding of routes, lly acted upon modeling of contours from maps. and ts, making it actual fi work The obyhanna . Nourishig and delicious—hot or cold. Insist on Dorden reservation has ample room for all cal problerr e 14,000 Men ‘or the light tank men the ht mechanical school,” the “light driv ing,” the t machine gun” and No. 3 At 1509 Fourth Ave. in the Center of such theore manded by a lieutenant colonél, and consists of a headquarters, one bat- talion of heavy and two battalions of light tanks, a salvage and repair company and a supply company There is an equipment of motor cycles, trucks, trailers, a mobile re. pair shop and supply wagons for each center. EDITOR'S NOTE.—Uncle Sam is recruiting tank men at 409 county- city building 8,500,000 Men in English Army and 500,000 in Navy CHICAGO, Sept. England's army numbers 8,500,000 men while her navy has in excess of 8,000,000 tons and nearly 500,000 men, said Lieut. Col. G. G. Woodward, of the British army, in an address here at the American Bankers’ association convention From a standing army of 300,000, the land forces jumped to 5,000,000 | thru the volunteer system, he said, while the balance was secured thru conseription In 1914, England had 2,000,000 tons of fightmg #hips and a person nel of 145,000 men and officers. He pointed to the tremendous increase 1 fighting tonnage as an answer to Rerlin’s U-boats School League Has Its Annual Meeting Charles W. Saunders was re-elected president of the Public School Ath letic league at its annual meeting. Th new members were added to the board in M. D. Wells, J. E. Rim bold and J, Hathaway, who will fill « of those men who have vice. A, J. Balliet ident, and Alf. Goldsmith ecretary, also were re-elected. Neil Bilis will again head the gram: hool sports and expects a suc: il season. Because of the scare: omar ity of soccer balls, the soccer season will not start until October 5. Gets 17 Years for Drugging Sailors Ernest G. Finney, alias Dr. L. G was convic nd sentenced years’ imprisonment at M island, Wednesday, for having sup plied cocaine to sailors “If, instead of pleading guilty, you had stood trial and been convicted I do not hesitate to say that I would have imposed the limit sentence up on you id United States District Judge Neterer, before sentencing Fin ney to prison Forty-four years and fines to the amount of $17,000 coutd have been on Fi impose Travel Offers for This Week-End Shoes that the Whole Family Need AT REAL SAVING PRICES Men's Fine Dress Calf and Vici | Three new styles Shoes—high velvet tops = ne eo ” $6.80 sho - ; . of niles ns The t night and y morni he Chip- soles and rubber heels. 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