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...less true now than it was a hundred years ago that our first line of defence is the Navy. It is more true. The elaboration of modern war has made the machine the essential element of defence. A battleship is the most stupendous kind of a war machine. The contest between England, the greatest sea-power, and Germany, the greatest land-power, has proved to the world that a navy which may command the seas avails more than millions of men fighting in the trenches, or hundreds of millions of treasure...
...officer competent to take his place in the complicated organization of a battleship must be an intensively trained man. It has been said that the average line officer of the Navy must know all that the officer of corresponding grade in the army knows, plus his own specialized technical knowledge. That is a statement not far wrong. The modern sea-fighter is a "soldier and sailor...
Today from 11 to 1.30 o'clock Edward M. Pickman '08, chairman of the Boston Enrolment Committee of the Naval Training Association, will be in Grays 17 to give information to all men desirous of knowing more about the proposed weekly training upon a reserve battleship in the Charlestown Navy yard. It is advisable that all men who in any way contemplate undertaking this training should see Mr. Pickman at that time...
...plan of having weekly drills in the manipulation of a man-of-war (beginning next Monday), should appeal to a great many men. There is nothing more fascinating or intense in the whole vivid game of war than the life of a great battleship. The drill offered does not take a large amount of time, but should be concentrated enough to offer a good basis of training in the necessities of a naval officer's education...
...enrolling now in this reserve may serve immediately such part (not less than three weeks) of the required three months in four years if they wish; such men are likely to be assigned to duty on board U. S. S. Virginia or some other battleship in the Navy Yard, living on board and receiving the annual retainer fee of $12; a $30 allowance for clothing and the same pay as that provided for men in the Navy on active duty of corresponding rating...