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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1918
Page
6
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Indiana Governor James P. Goodrich endorses U S Shipping Board efforts to recruit 50 000 seafarers for the new cargo ships. Indiana will host 188 recruiting stations offering immediate service as sailors firemen cooks and more with training before active duty and possible wartime exemption.
A patriotic appeal urges today’s youth to answer the sea call and join the American merchant marines as the nation conducts war at home and abroad. It exalts mariners as essential alongside Army and Navy, promising trained veterans to guide tens of thousands of new sailors and build a strong all American merchant fleet.
The Shipping Board issues a 60 question primer for would be merchant sailors. It explains eligibility ages from twenty five to thirty, exemption for registrants, and that service is not naval but a contract to serve in the Merchant Marine. It notes rapid promotion for sea aptitude and offers local recruiting station guidance through druggists with 6 854 enrolling stations nationwide.
National training ships for merchant crews expand from few school ships to a fleet under the Shipping Board. Boston serves as home base withCity of Berlin/Meade ties. Philadelphia, San Francisco Iris, New York Dorothy Bradford, and New Orleans Lake Pontchartrain station all prepare recruits. Training spans one to three months with eight hours daily instruction, health facilities, and strict but calm discipline to ready young men for service in the merchant fleets.
An apprentice choosing the engine room branch may rise from fireman to oiler or water tender. After two years of service, eligibility for a license as third assistant engineer is achieved.
The Food Administration urges further meat consumption reductions to balance rising cereal demand and extended meat supplies. It cites transportation and weather factors boosting hog weights and output, enabling higher exports to allies while relaxing meat restrictions slightly. The article notes home pork preservation can ease packing and transport burdens.
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