Word: americans
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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According to an announcement by the United States Shipping Board, since the establishment of its squadron of Merchant Marine Training Ships in January, 1918, to April 1 of this year, 22,523 American citizens have been accepted for training on the ships as apprentices, of whom the majority were under 25 years of age. The course of training is two months and graduates are shipped in crews of both coastwise and ocean-going vessels under the American flag...
...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...
...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 of American exports and imports...
...armistice, will be quartered in special army barracks, and will be given the benefit of special coaching and a training table. The group of picked athletes who are already in training in France will here join forces with those from the United States to form the complete American team. After the final selection, following the competitive tests, the entire aggregation will be under the direction of Lieut. Richard L. Byrd, champion discuss thrower, who has been appointed captain of the A. E. F. track and field squad for the interallied contests...
...games are taking on the aspect of an Olympic meet, with every allied nation presenting a notable array of stars. The American Expeditionary Force organization numbers among its athletes such well-known track men as Lieut. Harry Worthington of Dartmouth, three times national and intercollegiate broad jump champion; Pat Ryan, holder of five world's records in the hammer-throw; F. C. Thompson, all-round athletic champion of the A. A. U.; and Lieut. P. R. Withington '12, former University track captain and two-mile champion...