and Training Them for the Navy 



Taking the chest measurement of a recruit. 

 He is a fine specimen, with a chest expansion 

 of four inches. At right: The recruit picks 

 out skeins of yarn that harmonize in color, 

 to determine whether or not he is color blind 



A bluejacket squad prac- 

 ticing overhead firing with 

 the ordinary service rifle. 

 Their targets are a fleet of 

 imaginary enemy airplanes 



The wireless telegraph room 

 and equipment of a modern 

 battleship. The operator 



performs a service which is 

 second in importance to none 



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