Word: patrolled
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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More boats of various character, from small motor boats for inshore work to steam yachts for heavier work, are needed for the patrol of the third district...
...hours of work allotted for each day. By this means it is hoped that before the middle of July the navy will have been re-enforced by 5,000 men who will be able to serve as officers and seamen on vessels of the submarine chasing, mine laying, and patrol fleets...
...They are then ordered here for active duty. The instruction is on radio apparatus, tactical signals, and code practice. The handling of secret code work will also be taken up. As soon as the men become familiar with these things and proficient as operators, they will be ordered to patrol boats and coastal stations in the Boston district for radio work...
...left College for active military service and this number is rapidly increasing as more and more men are enlisting in the various branches of the service, principally in the Naval Reserve in which 44 members of 1920 are enlisted. A large part of these men are already assigned to patrol boats and several of these are almost entirely manned by Freshmen. Most of these men are enlisted in the district extending from Chatham, Mass., to Long Island, having Newport, R. I., as a base, and only a small proportion of the men are enrolled in the local district which extends...
...that the best thing to do is to enter the Naval Reserve with the intention of performing such work as the authorities may think suitable for each man according to his individual qualifications as an engineer, a navigator, a wireless operator, etc. He may be assigned to a patrol boat squadron, to deep-sea work, to foreign service or service in this country...