Our boys; what they can do and how to do it (1893)
Stoddart, William, [from old catalog] comp · New York, Hunt & Eaton; Cincinnati, Cranston & Curts · leaf 12
is fromthese that Uncle Sam recruits his navy.The government has two places for train-ing these boys for the service—^the Annap-olis Naval Academy and the apprenticetraining ships. The one furnishes it withofficers, the other with skilled seamen.The life of the apprentice is more rigorousthan that… … APPRENTICES ALOFT. frame, healthy constitution, and intelligent mind. Strict at-tention is paid to the stature, no one who is manifestly undersize for his age being received. They must be able to read OUR BOYS. and write, although this condition is sometimes relaxed whenthe applicant is otherwise…
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