Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1898 — MEN WANTED FOR THE NAVY. [ARTICLE]

MEN WANTED FOR THE NAVY.

Posters Calling: for Recruits Are Issued at Washington. “■Men wanted for the United States navy.” Large posters with flaming headlines and magnificent portraits of two battleships were issued from the Navy Department in Washington Monday. These will be sent throughout the country and tlie work of enlistment will follow. The age required is 18 to 35 years; the pay ranges from $lB per month to S4O. The following classes of men are desired: Seamen, ordinary seamen, chief machinists, machinists iirst-elnss, machinists second-class. All applicants must pass a physical examination. The department in Washington accepts no enlistments. Applicants nre referred to the following recruiting stations: Boston, Brooklyn, New York, League Island navy yard, Washington, D. C., navy yard, United States steamer Michigan at Erie, I’a.; New Orleans, Mare Island navy yard, Norfolk navy yard and Gloucester, Mass.