Training Ship “EMPIRE STATE” The Cadets By ELMO SCOTT WATSON IME was rine was one of when the merchant ma. America's proud- were the days the famous Yankee clipper were carrying our flag, the and Stripes, virtually every port of the world and when rather than Bri “mistress of the so far as merchant est boasts. Those when ships Stars into America, Great tain, was at least, shipping was concerned. jut when steamships replaced =ailing the United States began to lose sun In this regard and the Civil of our dominance of the men. In the years that fo 8 efforts were 1d lost to other nations, but these efforts were not h ghly successful, At the open ng of the World war we had only 17 z and American trade to foreign ports. and Amer. ican seamanship, as a consequence, had almost become a forgotten But recent seen a change heing wrought, and today, under more recent stimulat- ing governmental time navy,” the climbed up to and now a total through the seven seas to more in foreign lands To provide for the Increased trained desk officers and engineers to man our constantly increasing navy, Uncle Sam has four nautical training schools mostly aboard real ships, where boys ean study, grad- uate and stand a good chance of becoming third officers or eng fleet at a rate of pav rancit ted trest " for third mates uj the sens" vessels, her place In the war saw the end: seas with merchants Howed variou nade to regain the place we |} ghips carrying the American flag tradition, Years have policies supporting our “peace. merchant n have second tonnage plow their way than 500 ports arine, we place in world of 600 ships complement of peacetime culate assistant the merchant R125 a neers In # from month & Le i¥} for ski kippers and ruises to interest with « engineers, and eign ports sprinkied In while their education, These nautical schools The New York State Merchant Marine academy, now based at the Brooklyn navy yard aboard the U, 8 8, Empire State and the Annex: the Pen sylvania Nautical based at Philadelphia, aboard the U. 8. 8. Annapolis: the Massachusetts Nau. tical school, based at Boston, aboard the U, 8 8, Nantucket, and on the Pacifie the fornia Nautical school, based at California City, on San Francisco bay, aboard the U. 8 8 Cali- fornia State. Every year the 500 young men, be- tween the ages of and twenty-one years, undergo training in these four schools. For a bird's eye view of life at the academy, let's visit the U. 8 8. Empire State. they are getting are: school, const, Cali- seventeen As one drives Into the Brooklyn navy yard a khaki-garbed United States marine corporal steps up to the visiting automobile, asks the caller's business and sends for a bluejacket, who conducts one past battleship-gray painted de. stroyers, cruisers and other navy vessels docked in the yard. A couple of turns along railroad. tracked streets lead to the gangplank of the U, 8. 8. Empire State, A rifle-belted seaman clicks his heels, salutes and leads on to the skipper's quarters forward, below the bridge. The skipper is Capt. I. B. Green, second assistant superintendent of the academy, commanding the training ship. He is a graduate of the United States Naval acadbmy at Annapolis, A sharp wind slices across the navy yard, but Captain Green marches down a gangway con- necting the training ship with its auxiliary ves- sel lying alongside—the Annex. The latter Is a converted salling ship. Her once towering fore. mast and mainmast are stubbed. She carries no riggihg, but has a broad deck for boat and other drills. Below decks she is laid out for school rooms, dormitories, electrical and me chanical work shops, Cadets In the Annex are nominal newcomers. Here they are taught mathematics, pavigation, hygiene, rope and wire cable use and splicing, signalling, fire prevention, launching and han- dling of boats and a hundred other maritime duties. Here, too, they have their first taste of discipline aboard ship, The cadets are hard at work. In one room, equipped with regulation school desks, they are deep In trigonometry. Below, in the hold of the Annex, they are working in the machine shop. Others are bending and weaving heavy wire cable ends around an oval eye. Still another group has taken a heavy water pump apart and is busily at work putting it together again. Captain Green proceeds through the passages, 1 i / Bea ai Furling the Sails past blue-uniformed lads. Each group and Is it until the on.” are Fopsic boat drills, gnaps to “attention” hole Bays “carry engaged in gon several lnunchine launching W sweeping oars in heavy Ii ! standing up, astern In eact 3 It's a cold and windy d with a will iv and send thei navs walters, “Belov real * quick rush t the side stamach atmosphere sea, It is but exciting. Th lacking Is the throb of turning engines gentle lift of long ground swells Captain Green goes forward to inspect paint lockers, shower hatha and living quarters, where the boys sieep In beds. Romantic days of the hammock have vanighed., The skipper admits that when tucked In cocoon comfort within one's hammock, 1s a blissful state, but there is more luxury In eadet accommodations today. Lockers are provided for personal effects and uniforms, More cadet study space is discovered, with long, polished, white wooden tables that swing up to the ceiling and out of the way when not In use, The canteen for candy, tobacco and oth- er luxuries, strikes a responsive note. Mess hall serving tables, cafeteria style, where 150 hungry young men can be served In eight minutes. Food is sent down from the galley, located on a higher deck, by dumbwaiter. The whole place shines with cleanliness, Next came a visit to the “sickbay™ or ship's hospital. One youngster had a touch of sore throat but was recovering quickly. A regular doctor Is assigned to the ship. Anyone on the “binnacle list" is promptly attended and officers of the training vessel said there were fow pa- tients, Captain Green and his staff have their own mess, a room done In dark wood with light green trimming. Here the deck and engineer staff unite dine at separate tables, because there always has been a bit of pleasant rivalry be- tween the two groups. Although boys join the academy for training to fit them for captaincy or engineership, they have their own choice of the branch preferred. Once they have completed the school course and have graduated, there Is little time lost in get. ting them assigned to active duty aboard one of Uncle Sam's merchant ships, The boy who wants to go to sea as a pro- fessional mariner is trained at one of the four academies to become an officer or engineer and enjoy life on the rolling deep, and he has the ad. ditional opportunity for service in steamship of. fices asho ® This gives him an excellent incen- tive to grow In the maritime world and to “point” for an executive position in steamship circles. This is not a pipe dream. It is the de- sign and reason for the existence of these four nautical training schools, Uncle Bam has to ‘battle for his peace time and war rights, Ships must carry commerce, pas sengers, mails to every country, Commanders and chief engineers of these ships must be leve' ig the but the fuiet sleeping, headed and well-trained. For this reason. It was pointed out, unusual care xercis lecting merchant Boys must be 1; school i i nily the fis and pointed to 8 roon rudder till where steering. A the ship, on sue to navigate sa wheel The engine vessel was fr Here a of shinh iron ladders win u aroun equips ont htwork of Abt on short notice, was spotless for steam boilers most of the time. In. department prohibit world of mac tricacies of th elaborate s description. It is ; nery in itself 4 + « « the pride o gineers who ur tive and who are «¢ fare of their It is interesting to note that. In most CHses the captain and chief engineer of a ship hold nearly equal rank. Both wear four gold They are associates in command, although In the last analysis the captain's word is supreme ‘he cadets have an abundance of recreation Many are amateur musicians, have their Instru- ments aboard and make use of the ship's plane, And when some one tears off a large amount of “In the Evening by the Moonlight a flood of barber shop harmony generally haunts the ship Captain Green pointed out a number of ca- dets engaged In Infantry drill on the concrete docks below. This gives them a taste of mili tary activity. Such military schooling will auto matically entitle cadets to become members of the naval reserve, Cadet Instructors are capable, efficient and painstaking In their work. For them special training is required. The skipper said that sev. eral had taken not one but numerous instruc tion courses. A number of them are graduates of the New York Merchant Marine academy, preferring teaching to life aboard ship where they start In as third class officers, Over sandwiches, cakes and orange pekoe In the captain's quarters plans for summer were explained. “We will have our regular training cruise” sald the skipper, a twinkle of anticipation In his eyes, adding that “we expect to shove off some time in June, take In a bit of the Atlantic for cruising purposes and touch at several European ports.” ‘ These cruises are duck soup for cadets. The boys get their fingers into navigation and en- gineering and, In addition, see the world first hand, Stops include many Continental and Medi. terranean ports, . One leaves the U. 8 8. Empire State with the impression of having seen a number of eplen. did, clean-cut, ambitious young fellows eagerly carving out their maritime careers, on a smart merchant training ship, under the watchful, kind. 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