Class _H5Qi Book .X5 / rp LIFE BUOY LIFE BUOY INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY. DECEMBER. VOL. I. No. l. To be issued monthly for free distribution to em- ployees of the Industrial Department of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. thousand: We feel its pages will be of real value for up to date advertising. Whe shall try to select our advertisers with care so that we can recommend them unreservedly to our sub- scribers. We do not come to you for charity, but we feel we can serve you. A FOREWORD. The Life Buoy is thrown out to you not to save life but to instill life and enthusiasm in our Yard, to help to draw us together in our one common purpose to make this the best Navy Yard in the country. Those who have lived in small towns will remember how they looked forward each week for the town paper. Most of the "news" was already known, but Still we wanted to read it, for each person riveters; Chief Boatswain W. L. Hill, U. S mentioned seemed like one of our family: in on; F. w. Maby, Jr., rivet heater; and A. fact, the paper helped to make the town one I rivet P asser - The rivitin s ^ng for S-6 consisted of Commander J. E. Palmer, U. S. N., Retired, and In- SUBMARINES S-4 AND S-5. The keels of Submarines S-4 and S-5 were laid and the first rivets driven at 10:30 A. M. on Tuesday, Dec- ember 4, 1917, in the new shipbuilding ways. The ceremony was attended by most of the Yard officials and by a good many of the Yard employees. The band was present and opened the ceremony with "The Star Spangled Banner. " After the first plate was laid in place for each vessel the first rivet in each was driven. The riveting gang for S-4 consisted of the Comman- dant, Rear Admiral C. J. Boush, U. S. N., Retired, and Naval Constructor R. P. Schlabach, U. S. N., as N., holder- Gamester, spector of Naval Construction H. D. Bacon, as riveters; Medical Inspector F. M. Furlong, U. S. N.. holder-in; R. C. Maby, rivet heater; and R. D. Waaser, rivet passer. These are the first vessels laid down on the new ways and we expect to make a record on them. large family. That is the aim of the Life Buoy, to keep us together as one family and, to strive, all to the same purpose. When we do good work in the Yard we will boast a little, and when we fall down.— but, what's the use, we won't fall down. It is not to be an office publication nor a high-brow publication, but simply a little magazine of the whole Indus- trial Department. We want it to be personal, but in a good natured way, and never in a back-biting way. While it is "edited" in the main office, it wants the material to come from outside. It is proposed to have a man in each shop as a regular contributor, but con- tributions of "copy" from all others are not only welcome but are earnestly requested. We want articles of general Yard interest, and will appreciate constructive criticism; in a word, we want all hands to feel it is your mag- azine. If we do not publish every thing sent a f te r the second Liberty Loan and" so near Christmas in do not feel hurt, for our space is limited, time, the work was somewhat handicapped but a good But, if the magazine fills the purpose for sum was realized. The campaign in the Yard was LIBERTY LOAN CLUB. We understand the First National Bank has star- ted a Liberty Loan Club in anticipation of the next Liberty Loan. The idea is that some have already paid all their bonds and this Club offers a system by which weekly payments can be made at the Bank to apply on your bonds for the next loan. The money thus paid in will draw interest, of course. As stated elsewheie the Boat Shop has already taken up this scheme RED TRIANGLE FUND. A drive was made in the Yard last month for the M. C. A. tund for soldier's camps. Coming right which it is intended, we hope to see it grow. To prospective advertisers: The Life Buoy will have a "paid up" circulation of over thirty two hundred and will be read by ten ception to the rule. under the charge of Amos Rundlett and he was assis- ted by men in each shop and by several Portsmouth speakers. It is characteristic of the Portsmouth Yard men to back any good project and this one was no ex- LIFE BUOY SUPERVISORY FORCE DINNER. On the evening of November 21st, all the officers and members of the Supervisory Force of the Industrial Department got together for a dinner and talk fest which was a success in every way. While we see each other every day in a business way we sometimes forget the personal side, and it was thought a dinner would give us an opportunity to get acquainted in a social way and to drop the cares of the Yard for the evening. Chief Boatswain Hill, U. S. N. got enthused with us, and it is due greatly to his energy and interest in the affairs of the Yard that such a good time and feed were enjoyed. Mr. A. B. Duncan of Portsmouth is aslo to be thanked for his kindness in giving us the venison for the stew. It is understood that his trusty rifle brou- ght down the deer. The dinner was held in Building 95 where a stage has been erected for vaudeville and movies. About one hundred and twenty-five were present, represent- ing every shop in the Yard, and the way they stored away the food is a crime against Hoover. However, most of the food was from our own war gardens or from the New Hampsaire woods so that we do not ex- pect to be indicted for the crime. The Industrial Manager acted as Toastmaster and, after a short talk with an explanation of the idea of the dinner, introduced the Commandant, the guest of honor. Admiral Boush gave a short address which was enthusiastically received. Captain Hill, Mr. Rausch, the Safety Engineer, and the Shop Superintendent also made brief remarks. After dinner the party was treated to a moving picture and vaudeville show from the Colonial which was tiptop in every way and it was noted that many of the "baldheads" were squirming to get in the front row. It is hoped that this is but one of many such gath- erings, not only of the Supervisory Force but of the various shops for it is thought that arrangements can be made for similar shop dinners if any shops desire to have them. Johnny Watts says that Weston may have gotten farther from home on his hikes but that he is sure he did not cover more ground per day. Johnny's usual daily hike is about twenty miles and he carries any- thing from a wooden pattern for a safety pin to a deck winch. Dominick Paola says that, while the "Bigga de Stiff " can box and "wrastle, " he will never make a champion ring tosser SMITH SHOP NOTES. While the bowling team of the Smith Shop may not always be the winner, it has a bigger manager than any other team on the Yard. We notice that since Frank Armstrong's wife has returned home from New York he has shaved off that fuzzy thing under his nose. We understand that our doughty "Commodore" and "River Pilot," Lemuel Davis, will soon carry a full line of notions in his general store. On December 14th, the Vulcan Club, an organiz- ation of the men in the Smith Shop, held its third meet- ing of the year, in G. A. R. Hall. Mr. Rausch, our Safety Engineer, addressed the club upon the subject "Some Facts." After the talk by Mr. Rausch, a gen- eral discussion was held concerning improvments in methods of shop practice, followed by the usual feed and sing. This organization was founded in October, 1916, and is, to our knowledge, the first of its kind to be for- med in any shop in the history of the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Its members hope that similar clubs will soon be organized by their fellow workmen in every shop on the Yard, as these meetings afford an opportunity for good fellowship and frank discussion by everyone, from the youngest apprentice to the foreman. The usual program consists of a short talk upon some subject of intei est by an invited guest, followed by discussion of shop practice, a feed, and a sing, in which all hands join heartily. Last year Naval Constructor Adams gave a very interesting illustrated talk upon "The Raising of the Dry Dock Dewey and Life in the Philippine Islands. " Naval Constructor Schlabach spoke about the manufac- ture and testing of steel for Government work. Lieu- tenant Dysart explained the manufacture and proving of naval guns. Several guests have been invited to speak this year. At one meeting, Lieutenant Schneider gave an infor- mal discussion of some of his experiences while on neu- trality duty in the Mediterranen. On this occasion, the feed was an Italian supper, prepared under the direc- tion of Mr. Dominick Paola, whose compatriot. Mr. Lou's Gmella, gave a denr nstration of the approved method of eating spaghetti. At another meeting, Commander Wyman spoke concerning his cruises as Commanding Officer of the survey ship Paducah. He also carefully explained to the members of the Vvlcsn Club that, wh ; le the Ports- mouth Navy Yard workmen aie civilians, they are still a pait of the personal of the Navy; that, as members of such, they owe a particular duty to the Service at this time; that t nly by the closest co-operation between LIFE BUOY them and the officers stationed at this Yard can out- fighting brothers be supplied with many things upon which they are dependent. We believe that not only the members of the Vul- can Club, but every man employed at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is sensible of the duty which he owes to the Navy and to his country. We also believe that this will be demonstrated in the future, as it has been but re- cently by the largest per capita subscription to the sec- ond Liberty Loan, by an increase in the efficiency and production of this yard commensurate with and even surpassing that of the past twelve months. STRUCTURAL SHOP NOTES. Our worthy leveler says that picking a goose is some job. There are times when you cannot lay up a cent and this is one of them. The scarcity of sugar and the high cost of shoe leather are two of the reasons. The lucky members of our gang who ride home ev- ery night in a private compartment of a car have an idea that they have something on the rest of the foun- dry crowd when it comes to traveling in style, even though it is an old condemned car and the porter is not handy. For reservations see George McGee, who says he will do his best to fix things although seats are about all taken up. SHIPFITTERS SHOP NOTES. The honor of driving the first rivet in Submarines Nos. 109 and 110 should be shared by the officers who performed that pleasant task. Mr Joseph N. Parker, the efficient joiner in the mould loft, should be added to the list, since he has the honor of making and putting the handles on the hammers used. Some reeds thrive in water, but Elvin was in a hurry to get out, forgetting the good it might do him. Hannah Jones, our popular identifier, bought a piece of tobacco this week. I wonder why. The night force in the Shipfitters' Shop is putting the work out in a manner that should make the Kaiser haul in his pin- feathers. Joe Smith, of the mold loft, took a day off last Sat- urday to put on his storm windows. He has about forty to put on, so the joiners in the loft are going to work overtime some Saturday night, and try to get them all on before haying time. The identifiers at the Main Gate tight with each other to see "who is it." I suppose the covering is the reason. The new guard house at the end of the bridge will be a great improvement and should be appreciated by the bovs in uniform. We hear that Ralph Ham slipped and fell while crossing the railroad track, but fortunately was not near a "frog" at the time. Bill Higgins, one of the leadingmen of the Shipfit- ters Shop, has accepted a position, with the consent of the Government, at the Texas Yard at Bath, Maine. as general foreman, at a big salary. Bill says he is going to retire from ship building at the end of five years. We give Bill our best wishes, and hope he will have great success. Owing to the elements and our thin blood we hope the end of the Franklin shiphouse will soon be closed up- One of the shipfitters in the mold loft is thinking of exchanging his Ford for a Packard Limousine. FOUNDRY NOTES Mr. and Mrs.. Hugh Mct'ann were in Boston re- cently, called there by the serious illness of the hitter's lather. Mr. Isaac Pridham, who recently underwent an operation. Bill Hunter says it is d al at the new shiphouse. cold checking off materi Mr. Leon B. Shute, our genial casting cleaner, has lately joined the ranks of the benedicts. He doesn'1 need to tell us he is satisfied, for his happy smile has been broader than ever since he returned from his trip. Cigars are coming, boys. The men working down on the iron floor say that when it comes to swinging a sledge hammer we have all got to hand it to Pete St. Johns, of Dover. Any- body doubting this just ask Bill Bates, who got up an awful sweat trying to keep up with him when they were breaking up that big head the other day. Torchy, our brilliant acetylene operator, is enjoy- ing few a days vacation looking for a new house. The poor fellow is soon to be in the bonds of matrimony. Through the good judgment of the Manager of the Navy Yard and the foreman of the Shipfitters Shop Mr. Gilkey, there has been started a school of in- struction in shiplitting in the mold loft to enable the helpers to become shipfitters. The school hours are from 7 to 1> o'clock Tuesday and Friday nights, and they are two hours of very interesting study. The in- structor, Mr. Smith (quarterman shipfitter) is giving them the knowledge which took him many years to ac- quire, and the boys who go to this school are learning very fast, and without a doubt they will make very efficient shipfitters. LIFE BUOY SECOND LIBERTY LOAN. Portsmouth Navy Yard Campaign A Big Success. The second Liberty Loan campaign in the Ports- mouth Navy Yard, was, as everyone expected it would be, a rip-roaring success. From the opening meeting at the band stand to the final count on the last day great enthusiasm was maintained. The Liberty Loan cup aroused much rivalry among the shops and offices, and it was not until the last day that anyone could prophesy the winner. The campaign began with a rousing meeting at the band stand. This meeting was held at eleven A. M., Saturday, October 13, and all hands attended. The Boat Shop as winners of the first loan came up with the Navy Yard Band at their head, and carried brooms and banners. The meeting opened with the singing of America, which was followed by an address by Mr. Johnson of the Liberty Loan Committee of Boston. After singing the Star Spangled Banner the sale began, and in a half hour's time over $75,000 worth of bonds were disposed of. In order to thoroughly canvas every shop a com- mittee was organized, consisting of the Shop Superin- tendent, with one man from each shop, and this committee met at eleven A. M., each day in the lunch room, second floor, where reports were submitted of the previous day's business. At different stages of the campaign it looked as though the winner might be the Power plant, the Smith Shop or one of the Drafting Rooms. Although everyone thought the Boat Shop was holding back, no one was prepared for the deluge that was poured forth on the final count by this Shop. But they do say that Charlie Tucker was so worried the last morning he made every man in the shop stand on his head so he could shake all the loose change from their pockets for one final Fifty Dollar Bond. The Smith Shop's "Spirit of 76" banner had a good power in spurring on all shops. On Wednesday, October 24th, large signs were put up in the Yard at the direction of the Navy Department, showing the amounts subscribed by all Yards, and these showed Portsmouth in the lead in the amount subscribed per man. Determined to maintain this lead, all hands wor- ked like Trojans the last three days, and at eleven A. M. Saturday, the 27th, a total of $289, 000. was rolled up by the civilian force of the yard. This is an average of $103. per man for those employed at the Yard at that time. The only report from other Yards which, has beon secured is that from Boston, which shows their per capita subscription to be about $53. There is no doubt that Porstmouth still heads the list on a per cap- ita basis, which is the only fair basis for compai-ison. When there comes any campaign of this sort in which loyalty to the Government and patriotism for this coun- try is involved they can always count on the Ports- mouth Yard as being there with the goods. The amounts subscribed by shops, together with the per- centage of their allotment, follows. tanding Shops 1 Boat 2 Smith 3 Drafting Room (81) 4 Drafting Room (Sub.) 5 Paint Shop 6 Power Plant 7 Commandants Office 8 Public Works (Whalley) 9 Machinists (89) L0 Sail 11 Industrial Offiice 12 Industrial Officers 13 Store 14 Laborers 15 Rigging Loft 16 Shipfitters 17 Smelting 18 Boiler 19 Machinists (80) 20 Foundry 21 Public Works (Dennett) 22 •Joiners Per Cent Allotment Total Apportionment $13,000 $54,450 418.8 5,300 15,900 300.0 2,800 6,950 248.2 4,300 10,000 232.5 3,150 6,250 198.4 4,200 7,050 167.6 550 900 163.0 2,400 3,550 147.9 7,650 11,250 147.0 1,300 1,800 138.5 5,450 7,450 136.6 3,450 4,600 133.3 9,100 12,000 131.8 5,250 6,350 120.9 1,000 1,200 120.0 19.650 23,000 117.0 1,350 1.500 111.9 2,950 3,150 106. 7 20,300 20,800 106.0 11,550 12,150 105.1 18,250 18,850 103.2 10,100 10,400 102.9 LIFE BUOY 22 Plumbers 11,750 12,100 102.9 24 Shipwrights 11,450 11,550 101.0 25 Pattern 3,400 3,400 100.0 25 Transportation 2,450 2,450 100.0 25 Electric 21,400 21,400 100.0 Miscellanious Total. 5,160 296,600 jjT> ifight or day we're on the job, to do our little bit *l|ur usual task of building boats, has always made a hit flt certain times we spend our coin, as freely as we can | o lend as much as we can spare, to strengthen "Uncle Sam. " LIBERTY LOAN MEETING. TOAST TO LIBERTY LOAN CHAMPS-1917. jo we are ready every man, when next the 3rd loan .. comes However large the loan may be, we would protect our n home |Jur duty then ' 'To do our bit, ' ' as we before have said push far beyond the other shops, and still remain ahead. LIFE BUOY. tlM: '^ i WtWfi *» ?i ,4S7»m iSS " . 1 ' w? ** < iiW 3fc IfljOOOlO ''or'- ' 8 ' 2 jB» -. LIP^E BUOY NOVEMBER ACCIDENTS. Shop Gilkey Maby Waaser Dennett Wendell Connors [Make Dixon Boyle Hayes Gen'l Store Gilker Ashworth Gamester Flanigan Ball Rose Whalley Medcalf Johnson Adams Frisbee *-Fatal Men Total Frequency Minor Serious 429 58 13.5 54 4 358 43 lLI.ii 42 1 332 •1<) !Ul 29 1 242 30 12.3 28 2 203 10 4.9 10 184 28 15.2 26 2 176 7 4.0 6 1 166 4 2.4 4 132 11 8.3 10 1 119 in s. 3 8 2 117 4 3.4 4 89 6 6.7 5 1 * 75 16 21.2 12 4 74 13 17.6 11 2 62 0.0 ii 56 1 1.8 1 38 3 7.9 3 36 2 5.6 2 1 32 3 9.4 3 28 3 11.6 3 16 0.0 (I 10 II 0.0 II 2974 Accidents will happen but the records of insurance companies, state boards and manufacturing concerns show that 85 per cent are due to the fact that MEN DO NOT ALWAYS THINK. Some men do - too many do not. Because men failed to think 2,000,000 persons were injured last year - 22,000 were killed. Get out some war statistics and see how accidents and careless- ness are hindering the war - then look over the table and see where you are hindering. 282 accidents a month means 3384 a year - one for every man ! 21 serious accidents a month means 1 for every 13 men. WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER ? "There was ONE didn't know any better. And a SECOND to lazy to care, The THIRD took a short cut in a hurry, The FOURTH took a chance on a dare, The FIRST had a month long vacation With a steam scalded hand for his pay. NUMBER TWO broke the arm of his partner When a poorly built scaffold gave way. NUMBER THREE was run down by a motor; Lost a leg - now he's railing at Fate. And the FOURTH - well he begs for a living. NUMBER FIVE had his brains where they should be. 282 261 22 Took no chances - warned other men too; Helped to save life and limb for his fellows, Tell me, PARTNER, which number are you?" YOUR PART The Yard Dispensary, Naval Hospital and the ser- vices of the Medical Officers of the Yard are available for the treatment of all injuries or ailments occurring in the regular work hours. These services are provid- ed at Government expense. It is intended by their use to "nip in the bud" by proper medical treatment those injuries which, because of their nature and the tenden- rv of men to let things go, become serious. Neglect of small injuries where no more than the skin is broken, a bruise results or a little dirt gets in the eye, opens the way for infection and deformities which may result in death or amputation. Don't let a dirty-handed, well-intentioned man stick things in your eye or tie up your wounds. Play safe; take care ol yourself; go to the Dispensary and see the doctor. A good job will be done and insure compensation in case you lose time. A blind eye, a missing finger, a dislocated hip— Say men! look here, did you ever stop to think that "It is not what you take into the shop - its what you take home"? Think first then go ahead - - THAT IS SAFETY. - - SAFETY FOR YOU AND THE OTHER MAN TOO. LIFE BUOY THE RESTAURANT. An old man whose voice was very feeble used to call his hogs by rapping on a dish with a stick. As the hogs roamed further away he found it necessary to rap on a hollow tree. In the Fall of the year a flock of woodpeckers took up their abode in the old man's wood- lot and the hogs went crazy. Just so with the lunch room. Everybody has knock- ed it until those concerned with its operation had got bone spavined (not in the legs) trying to keep up. The remains are now undergoing changes and modifications wh-ch it is hoped will make a decent funeral. New cooking equipment is ordered and service is be ; ng rearranged for more rapid handling during lunch hours. The hopeful thing is the fact that plans are drawn, and the whole matter is up for approval, for constructing a lunch room to fill the entire open space between the present lunch room and the bowling alley By this means room will be provided to handle the job in the best manner - good food can be served quickly and in a good variety consistent with the demand and the present food situation. Warm light rooms will make it pleasant for those who eat in the Yard. In the meanwhile we are experimenting with the idea of finding out where we can better things. If you have a suggestion or a complaint make it to the Safety Engineer- it is his job just now. CRUMBS. So far famine has not hit the lunch room but if everybody wasted bread and other things the way some men do we would be putting the - "Three Cents a Day Saves a Life" - signs in all the shops. Take what you can eat, eat what you take. suitable for work and wear that is safe - full double soles and reinforced box toe. Anybody can have these shoes that wants them (as many as they wish) ; simply see your timekeepar and deposit the price with him. He will give you a receipt and they will be ordered at once. If this is not convenient go and see the Safety Engineer - he will fix you up. But look the shoes over anyhow - they are a good buy. Delivery about 10 days from date of order. Make up your nrnd what you want when you step up to the serving table — there may be a hundred be- hind you who don't care a "tinker's dam" what you are eating and who will eat as soon as you get out of the way. Usually there are plenty of tables if a man will use his feet just after he uses his eyes. Doors were made for two things - to go through and to close. The lunchroom doors are just like others. THOSE SHOES. The shoe stand going the round of the shops has on exhibition some of the best work-shoes made. They come direct from the maker; are handled without prof- it and sold here that the men may have a heavy shoe MERRY CHRISTMAS. The Industrial Manager and the officers of the Department desire to extend their best wishes to every man of the Yard for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. It is hoped that the coming year may bring peace and happiness to our Country, and prosperity and contentment to us all. Let us all pull to- gether to do our- share to make 1918 a banner year for the Portsmouth Yard. The cover design of the Life Buoy is from the pen of A. A. Moore, the blue printer of the Industrial De- partment. It is a good old motto to "Practice what you pre- ach." Our valued Safety Engineer played with an "un- loaded" primer and had his hand burned. So if you notice his bandaged hand look at him, not scornfully but with pity. If you approach Mr. F. L. Wasser when he is alone and give him a wink to show him you are on to his se- cret he will give you a cigar. We regret to announce that Industrial Man- ager, L. S. Adams, U. S. N., has been ill with appen- dicitis. It was found necessary to operate on Sunday Dec. 9th. He is recovering rapidly, however, and it is hoped he will soon be back on the job. 10 LIFE BUOY A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MEMBERS OF OUR INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT. Commander H. L. Wyman, U. S. Navy, Assistant Manager. With our nation in this World War, the efficiency of our navy yards has assumed an importance greater than ever before. On the work of the yards is depend- ent the material condition of our fleet. The winning of the War, today is, and must remain until victory, the foremost concern of every individual American, no matter what be his other interests, for all such are necessarily secondary and dependent upon our winning. The success of the Navy depends on two great factors, PERSONNEL, and MATERIEL, the one cannot do without the other. It is with MATERIEL that our In- dustrial Department is concerned. Further, in this War it is not the Navy alone that is dependent upon our work.it concerns our Army also, for before the Army can fight our soldiers must be transported across the sea, protected against the enemies' submarines. Naturally all of the navy yards of the country are called upon to work as never before. Portsmouth, while one of the smaller yards, is one of the oldest, and no yard possesses a finer record. It behooves us to more than keep up that record, and to do that we must surpass ourselves. We of the Portsmouth Yard possess an advantage over other yards; we are, so to speak, one family, in a way that is hardly possible in the much larger yards located in great metropolitan centers, where officers and workmen cannot know one another as we can here. Of course since the War began all navy yards have greatly increased their forces. In com- parison with other yards our percentage increase doubt- less stands well, and in fact it is probably better than that of some others because ever since the War began we have succeeded in a gradual but steady increase, picking the new material and holding it. Before the War, Portsmouth gave work to less than one thousand employees. Now we have over three thousand, or to- day our labor roll stands at approximately that of one of the big yards before the War. But at this we can- not stop, the wprk in hand is too great; we must keep steadily on until we get at least a thousand more em ployees, for instead of building leisurely one small sub- marine, we are now called upon to construct and deliver twelve at the tarliest possible date. From having three armored cruisers to care for, we are now the repair yard for seven, and likely will have nine of them. The vessels of the Mine Force have all been added here, and we must take our share of the work on con- verted vessels and patrol boats. The demands on the yard for manufactured articles have increased tre- mendously and in regard to that we must consider how our entire Navy is actually dependent upon certain of the manufactured products of this Navy Yard. No other navy yard is equipped to make them. Private establishments are not able to make them, they do not understand their manufacture. The electrical fittings as made here are generally of special design, necessari- ly so since the commercial world does not have to meet the requirements that must go into electrical fiittings to stand the shock of gunfire and constant exposure to atmosphere saturated with salt water. Under Naval Constructor Adams' design we build here the fast motor boats for the Navy. Our Manager ranks among the foremost designers in the country for high speed motor boats to meet service requirements, and is the Navy's authority on this class of boats. While the increased demand for these boats has jumped so that it is physically impossible for this Yard to now build all that are urgently needed, yet in their construction we must lead so others can follow. The work of the Spar Shop in manufacturing spec- ial articles for the Navy is of great importance. We make here special cooperage and spars, such as cannot be obtained elsewhere. Others of our shops also have their specialties. Our responsibilites are very great and to meet them means that as long as this War shall last every single one of us must put forth, day by day, our utmost efforts. We must work as never before, but as we CAN work when we have our hearts in it and when we constantly exercise that American spirit of working to win which can conquer everything. This means team i work, TEAM WORK from top to bottom. No individ- \ ual can fully count except as he serves his immediate leader, and as in turn each leader of men serves his senior. There must be loyalty throughout, it must work from each and every man up to the Manager, and in turn it will so work from the Manager down. There must be a common trust, one with another, in order that the end may be attained; for maximum output, which is the end, can ONLY be attained when the TEAM WORK is perfect. That means there must be 1 directive control, flowing out from the Manager at the head in a most orderly fashion until it reaches every in- dividual workman. It means the putting aside of petty jealousies; it means that each individual must resolve i to himself that he will NOT nurse his special difficul- ties. There is not one of us who cannot find troubles to nurse; a man can do that wherever he is in the world, it is entirely independent of the Portsmouth Yard. A man who thinks he has troubles here would certainly have as many, and probably a great many more, were he somewhere else. On the other hand, most of such troubles are of man's own making and they are fostered by cliques, and by petty agitation that does not dare come out in the open. There is no REAL trouble that can- not properly be brought out squarly and fail ly, and in every case of that sort each and every one of you can LIFE BUOY. 11 depend upon it, it will receive sympathetic attention from your Manager. This does not mean that for every trivial thing a man should go running to the Manager, taking up his time; it is not fair to him to do that, nei- ther is it fair to your immediate leader, be he foreman or officer. Further, we cannot expect that EVERY little trouble can be eradicated; if that could be, the world would be a very different sort of a world, —it would not be human. For our War service, maximum output, day by day, is the duty that we each and everyone of us owe our Country. ' To attain that means of team work, team woik in every shop, team work betwen foremen, team work between officers and foremen, team work between officers, and mall of our combined team work giving our utmost loyal services under the direction of the Man- ager. In this there are two parts that must be performed; one the manual work itself, the other the directing of the work as a whole to the end that every bit of our manual labor shall count. Sometimes the worker thinks of the men of his Management as sitting around in clean clothes and having an easy job; sometimes men of the Management think of the workmen as having the easy end of it — neither is correct. I he laborer has the advantage in being relieved of the anxieties of the kind that can come only to the men of Management. Those of the Management whose duty it is to carry on planning and directing for the benefit of the whole must bear the responsibilities that go with their positi- ons. For this they are relieved of manual labor. ONLY by the combination of these two different classes of workers do we gain results, and this combination must be one of good will and trust each in the other. Our ship repair work has already tremendously in- creased since the war began. It likely must further in- crease when the casualties occur and as additional ships are added to the Navy. Our manufacturing activities are only limited by the maximum that we can turn out, subject of course to their non-interference with new construction work, the urgency of which is especially designated, and the urgent work on ships of the fleet sent here for repairs. You can count upon it that we cannot ever keep entirely up with the orders for our manufactures that will come to the Yard throughout the war for this class of work. Up to the present our Yard has hardly felt the real call that is coming for submarine construction, because so far the work on eleven boats has largely been confined to the drafting room and to preliminary work in the shops making ready raw materials. Now the time is close at hand when we must take up actual construction work of such magnitude as this Yard has never known be- fore. We must meet the continual calls for ship repair work, and we must continue to do our best on the special manufacture work. The Navy department has directed that the build- ing of the first of our large submarines shall have pre- cedence over all other work at the Yard. Ordinarily new construction work at a Navy Yard is not given precedence over work on ships of the fleet. Hence we see the great value that the Department is placing up- on this vessel and how important it is that we put forth our best efforts to make a record for her completion. We want to SET 1 HE FACE for the private shipyards building submarines and if we put the determination ami spirit into our work of which we are capable, we undoubtedly CAN beat them out. With the expansion that has already come to us since the War began, organization and methods that ] served well when we were a much smaller Department necessarily require a broadening out and in some direct- ions readjustment and elaborating to keep pace with our growth. New methods to promote efficiency and increased output must constantly be sought for. The Management is constantly endeavoring to improve its organization and is giving study to the possibilities in this direction. We must do everything possible to promote smooth running for our increased work. You may be confident that there will be no doing away with what is already GOOD unless we definitely see the way to something BETTER. Defects are always bound to exist in any organization and no one man can see them all. Improvements come through carefully considered 1 suggestions of those who see particular needs. That means that the Management must have suggestions I from many throughout the Department and that they be not restricted to any one class in our organization. Destructive cr.ticism rarely serves any useful purpose, j but constructive criticism, wherein a proper remedy for an apparent defect is suggested, is always to be wel- comed. At this time it is not only the particular desire ! of the Management, but it is the duty of any individ- I ual of the Department who has ideas for improvement in any direction to bring them to attention. For the workman in the shop, he should freely go to his fore- man or to any officer with whom his work is associat- j ed. Applying the spirit of loyalty, no one with a sug"- gestion to make will ever be in doubt as to whom to present it in this Department. Oftentimes it will hap- i pen that there are reasons preventing the adoption of suggestions that at first seem most desirable. Hence, the ultimate handling of them must necessarily lie with the Management in order to consider the good of the whole. When some suggestion does not bear immediate results do not be discouraged and think that it has gone unappreciated, but on the contrary be on the lookout to turn in a still better one. Remember that we are all working for our Country, from top to bottom, that the Management cannot accomplish its work without the loyal support of the entire working force, and that in turn no man in the Department can fully do his bit except by loyally supporting those held responsible for the work, and who are in turn actually dependent upon him. NOTE: Since the foregoing was written, our Manager was stricken with a severe attact of appendicitis necessitating operation, and as a result he must have some time for convalescence and recuperation. It, therefore, behooves each one of us to constantly bear in mind that it is particularly incumbent on us at this time to do our bit exactly as the Manager would wish ; it of us. Let each of us do his bit from hour to hour exactly as though the eye of the Manager were direct- ly on us all. A young missionary went into a wild Western town and held meetings. The first Sunday he had a small or- gan with which he weezed out the music for the hymns. The second Sunday the following sign appeared :- "Don't shoot the organist- He's doing his damdest. " This is our first issue. The Editor NAVY YARD, PORTSMOUTH, N.H. INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. JANUARY, 1918 LIFE BUOY INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY. JANUARY, 1918. VOL. I. No. 1. To be issued monthly for free distribution to em- ployees of the Industrial Department <>(' the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. II. thousand: We feel its pages will be of real value for up to date advertising'. We shall try to select our advertisers with care so that we can recommend them unreservedly to our sub- scribers. We do not come to you for charity, but we feel we can serve you. A FOREWORD. The Life Buoy is thrown out to you not to save life but to instill life and enthusiasm in our Yard, to help to draw us together in our one common purpose to make this the best Navy Yard in the country. Those who have lived in small towns will remember how they looked forward each week for the town paper. Most of the "news" was already known, but still we wanted to read it, for each person mentioned seemed like one of our family; in tact, the paper helped to make the town one large family. That is the aim of the Life Buoy, to keep us together as one family and to strive, all to the same purpose. When we do good work in the Yard we will boast a little, and when we fall down, — but, what's the use, we won't fall down. It is not to be an office publication nor a high-brow publication, but simply a little magazine of the whole Indus- trial Department. We want it to lie personal, but in a good natured way, and never in a back-biting way. While it is "edited" in the main office, it wants the material to come from outside. It is proposed to have a man in each shop as a regular contributor, hut con- tributions of "copy" from all others are not only welcome but are earnestly requested. We want articles of general Yard interest, and will appreciate constructive criticism; in a word, we want all hands to feel it is your mag- azine, [f we do not publish every thing sent m do not fool hurt, for our space is limited. But. if the magazine fills the purpose for which it is intended, we hope to see it grow. To prospective advertisers: The Life Buoy will have a "paid up" circulation of over thirty-two hundred and will be read by ten Two keels were recently laid in the shipbuilding ways. The ceremony of driving the first rivets was attended by most of the Yard officials and by a good many of the Yard employees; The band was present and opened the ceremony with "The Star Spangled Banner." After the first plate was laid in place for each vessel the first rivet in each was driven. The riveting gang for one consisted of the Commandant, Rear Admiral C. J. Boush, U. S. N. , Retired, and Naval Constructor R. P. Schlabach, U. S. N., as riveters; Chief Boatswain W. L. Hill, U. S. N., holder- on; F. W. Maby, .Jr., rivet heater; and A. Gamester, rivet passer. The riveting gang for the other consisted of Commander J. E. Palmer, U. S. N., Retired, and In- spector of Naval Construction H. D. Bacon, as riveters; Medical Inspector F. M. Furlong, U. S. N.. holder-on; R. C. Maby, rivet heater; and R. D. Waaser, rivet passer. We expect to make a record on this new con- struction work. LIBERTY LOAN CLUB. We understand the First National Bank has stait- ed a Liberty Loan Club in anticipation of the next Liberty Loan. The idea is that some have already paid for all their bonds and this Club offers a system by which weekly payments can be made at the Bank to apply on your bonds for the next loan. The money thus paid in will draw interest, of course. As stated elsewhere the Boat Shop lias already taken op this scheme. RED TRIANOLE EUND. A drive was made in the Yard last month for the Y. M. C. A. fund lor soldiers' camps. Coming right after the second Liberty Loan and so near Christmas time, the work was somewhat handicapped but a good sum was realized, 'the campaign in the Yard was under the charge of Amos Rundlett and he was assist- ed by men in each shop and by several Portsmouth speakers. It is characteristic of the Portsmouth Yard men to back any good project and this one was no ex- ception to the ruli 1 . ia iy2J LIFE BUOY SUPERVISORY FORCE DINNER. On the evening of November 21st, all the officers and members of the Supervisory Force of the Industrial Department got together for a dinner and talk fest which was a success in every way. While we see each other every day in a business way we sometimes forget the personal side, and it was thought a dinner would give us an opportunity to get acquainted in a social way and to drop the cares of the Yard for the evening. Chief Boatswain Hill, U. S. N. got enthused with us, and it is due greatly to his energy and interest in the affairs of the Yard that such a good time and feed were enjoyed. Mr. A. B. Duncan of Portsmouth is also to be thanked for his kindness in giving us the venison for the stew. It is understood that his trusty rifle brought down the deer. The dinner was held in Building 95 where a stage has been erected for vaudeville and movies. About one hundred and twenty-five were present, represent- ing every shop in the Yard, and the way they stored away the food is a crime against Hoover. However, most of the food was from our own war gardens or from the New Hampshire woods so that we do not ex- pect to be indicted for the crime. The Industrial Manager acted as Toastmaster and, after a short talk with an explanation of the idea of the dinner, introduced the Commandant, the guest of honor. Admiral Boush gave a short address which was enthusiastically received. Captain Hill, Mr. Rausch, the Safety Engineer, and the Shop Superintendent also made brief remarks. After dinner the party was treated to a moving picture and vaudeville show from the Colonial which was tiptop in every way and it was noted that many of the "baldheads" were squirming to get in the front row. It is hoped that this is but one of many such gath- erings, not only of the Supervisory Force but of the various shops for it is thought that arrangements can be made for similar shop dinners if any shops desire to have them. Johnny Watts says that Weston may have gotten farther from home on his hikes but that he is sure he did not cover more ground per day. Johnny's usual daily hike is about twenty miles and he carries any- thing from a wooden pattern for a safety pin to a deck winch. Dominick Paola says that, while the "Bigga de Stiff" can box and "wrastle," he will never make a champion ring tosser. We notice that since Frank Armstrong's wife has returned home from New York he has shaved off that fuzzy thing under his nose. We understand that our doughty "Commodore" and "River Pilot," Lemuel Davis, will soon carry a full line of notions in his general store. SMITH SHOP NOTES. While the bowling team of the Smith Shop may not always be the winner, it has a bigger manager than any other team on the Yard. On December 14th, the Vulcan Club, an organiz- ation of the men in the Smith Shop, held its third meet- ing of the year, in G. A. R. Hall. Mr. Rausch, our Safety Engineer, addressed the club upon the subject "Some Facts." After the talk by Mr. Rausch, a gen- eral discussion was held concerning improvements in methods of shop practice, followed by the usual feed and sing. This organization was founded in October, 1916, and is, to our knowledge, the first of its kind to be formed in any shop in the history of the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Its members hope that similar clubs will soon be organized by their fellow workmen in every shop on the Yard, as these meetings afford an opportunity for good fellowship and frank discussion by everyone, from the youngest apprentice to the foreman. The usual program consists of a short talk upon some subject of interest by an invited guest, followed by discussion of shop practice, a feed, and a sing, in which all hands join heartily. Last year Naval Constructor Adams gave a very interesting illustrated talk upon "The Raising of the Dry Dock Dewey and Life in the Philippine Islands." Naval Constructor Schlabach spoke about the manufac- ture and testing of steel for Government work. Lieu- tenant Dysart explained the manufacture and proving of naval guns. Several guests have been invited to speak this year. At one meeting, Lieutenant Schneider gave an inform- al discussion of some of his experiences while on neu- trality duty in the Mediterranean. On this occasion, the feed was an Italian supper, prepared under the direc- tion of Mr. Dominick Paola, whose compatriot, Mr. Louis Ginella, gave a demonstration of the approved method of eating spaghetti. At another meeting, Commander Wyman spoke concerning his cruises as Commanding Officer of the survey ship Paducah. He also carefully explained to the members of the Vulcan (Tub that, while the Ports- mouth Navy Yard workmen are civilians, they are still a part of the personnel of the Navy ; that, as members of such, they owe a particular duty to the Service at thin time; that only by the closest co-operation between LIFE BUOY them and the officers stationed at this Yard can our fighting brothers be supplied with many things upon which they are dependent. We believe that not only the members of the Vul- can Club, but every man employed at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is sensible of the duty which he owes to the Navy and to his country. We also believe that this will be demonstrated in the future, as it has been but re- cently by the largest per capita subscription to the sec- ond Liberty Loan, by an increase in the efficiency and production of this yard commensurate with and even surpassing that of the past twelve months. STRUCTURAL SHOP NOTES. Our worthy leveler says that picking a goose is some job. There are times when you cannot lay up a cent and this is one of them. The scarcity of sugar and the high cost of shoe leather are two of the reasons. Some reeds thrive in water, but Elvin was in a hurry to get out, forgetting the good it might do him. Hannah Jones, our popular identifier, bought a piece of tobacco this week. I wonder why. The identifiers at the Main Gate fight with each other to see "who is it. " I suppose the covering is the reason. The new guard house at the end of the bridge will be a great improvement and should be appreciated by the boys in uniform. We hear that Ralph Ham slipped and fell while crossing the railroad track, but fortunately was not near a "frog" at the time. FOUNDRY NOTES. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McCann were in Boston re- cently, called there bv the serious illness of the latter's father, Mr. Isaac Pndham, who recently underwent an operation. Mr. Leon B. Shute, our geniai casting cleaner, has lately joined the ranks of the benedicts. He doesn't need to tell us he is satisfied, for his happy smile has been broader than ever since he returned from his trip. Cigars are coming, boys. The men working down on the iron floor say that when it comes to swinging a sledge hammer we have all got to hand it to Pete St. Johns, of Dover. Any- body doubting this just ask Bill Bates, who got up an awful sweat trying to keep up with him when they were breaking up that big head the other day. The lucky members of our gang who ride home ev- ery night in a private compartment of a car have an idea that they have something on the rest of the foun- dry crowd when it comes to traveling in style, even though it is an old condemned car and the porter is ri t handy. For reservations see George McGee, who says he will do his best to fix things although seats are about all taken up. SHIPFITTERS SHOP NOTES. The honor of driving the first rivets in the keels on the ways should be shared by all who performed that pleasant task. Mr. Joseph N. Parker, the efficient joiner in the mold loft, should be added to the list, since he has the honor of making and putting the handles on the hammers used. The night force in the Shipfitters Shop is putting the work out in a manner that should make the Kaiser haul in his pin-feathers. Joe Smith, of the mold loft, took a day off last Sat- urday to put on his storm windows. He has about forty to put on, so the joiners in the loft are going to work overtime some Saturday night, and try to get them all on before haying time. Bill Higgins, one of the leadingmen of the Shipfit- ters Shop, has accepted a position, with the consent of the Government, at the Texas Yard at Bath, Maine, as general foreman, at a big salary. Bill says he is going to retire from ship building at the end of five years. We give Bill our best wishes, and hope he will have great success. Owing to the elements and our thin blood we hope the end of the Franklin shiphouse will soon be closed up- One of the shipfitters in the mold loft is thinking of exchanging his Ford for a Packard Limousine. Bill Hunter says it is d - - cold checking off materi- al at the new shiphouse. Torehy, our brilliant acetylene operator, is enjoy- ing a few days vacation looking for a new house. The poor fellow is soon to be in the bonds of matrimony. Through the good judgment of the Manager of the Navy Yard and the foreman of the Shipfitters Shop, Mr. Gilkey, there has been started a school of in- struction in shipfitting in the mold loft to enable the helpers to become shipfitters. The school hours are from 7 to 9 o'clock Tuesday and Friday nights, and they are two hours of very interesting study. The in- structor, Mr. Smith (quarterman shipfitter) is giving them the knowledge which took him many years to ac- quire, and the boys who go to this school are learning very fast, and without 'a doubt they will make very efficient shipfitters. LIFE BUOY SECOND LIBERTY LOAN. Portsmouth Navy Yard Campaign A Big Success. The second Liberty Loan campaign in the Ports- mouth Navy Yard, was, as everyone expected it would be, a rip-roaring success. From the opening meeting at the band stand to the final count on the last day great enthusiasm was maintained. The Liberty Loan cup aroused much rivalry among the shops and offices, and it was not until the last day that anyone could prophesy the winner. The campaign began with a rousing meeting at the band stand. This meeting was held at eleven A. M., Saturday, October 13, and all hands attended. The Boat Shop as winners of the first loan came up with the Navy Yard Band at their head, and carried brooms and banners. The meeting opened with the singing of America, which was followed by an address by Mr. Johnson of the Liberty Loan Committee of Boston. After singing the Star Spangled Banner the sale began, and in a half hour's time over $75,000 worth of bonds were disposed of. In order to thoroughly canvas every shop a com- mittee was organized, consisting of the Shop Superin- tendent, with one man from each shop, and this committee met at eleven A. M., each day in the lunch room, second floor, where reports were submitted of the previous day's business. At different stages of the campaign it looked as though the winner might be the Power plant, the Smith Shop or one of the Drafting Rooms. Although everyone thought the Boat Shop was holding back, no one was prepared for the deluge that was poured forth on the final count by this Shop. But they do say that Charlie Tucker was so worried the last morning he made every man in the shop stand on his head so he could shake all the loose change from their pockets for one final Fifty Dollar Bond. The Smith Shop's "Spirit of 76" banner had a good power in spurring on all shops. On Wednesday, October 24th, large signs were put up in the Yard at the direction of the Navy Department, showing the amounts subscribed by all Yards, and these showed Portsmouth in the lead in the amount subscribed per man. Determined to maintain this lead, all hands wor- ked like Trojans the last three days, and at eleven A. M. Saturday, the 27th, a total of $289,000. was rolled up by the civilian force of the yard. This is an average of $103. per man for those employed at the Yard at that time. The only report from other Yards which, has beon secured is that from Boston, which shows their per capita subscription to be about $53. There is no doubt that Porstmouth still heads the list on a per cap- ita basis, which is the only fair basis for comparison. When there comes any campaign of this sort in which loyalty to the Government and patriotism for this coun- try is involved they can always count on the Ports- mouth Yard as being there with the goods. The amounts subscribed by shops, together with the per- centage of their allotment, follows. Per Cent Standing Shops Allotment Total Apportionment 1 Boat $13,000 $54,450 418.8 2 Smith 5,300 15,900 300.0 3 Drafting Room (81) 2,800 6,950 248.2 4 Drafting Room (Sub. ) 4,300 10,000 232.5 5 Paint Shop 3,150 6,250 198.4 6 Power Plant 4,200 7,050 167.6 7 Commandants Office 550 900 163.0 8 Public Works (Whalley) 2,400 3,550 147.9 9 Machinists (89) 7,650 11,250 147.0 10 Sail 1,300 1,800 138.5 11 Industrial Offiice 5,450 7,450 136.6 12 Industrial Officers 3,450 4,600 133.3 13 Store 9,100 12,000 131.8 14 Laborers 5,250 6,350 120.9 15 Rigging Loft 1,000 1,200 120.0 16 Shipfitters 19,650 23,000 117.0 17 Smelting 1,350 1,500 111.9 18 Boiler 2,950 3,150 106.7 19 Machinists (80) 20,300 20,800 106.0 20 Foundry 11,550 12,150 105.1 21 Public Works (Dennett) 18,250 18,850 103.2 22 Joiners 10,100 10,400 102.9 G LIFE BUOY 22 Plumbers 11,750 12,100 102.9 24 Shipwrights 11,450 11,550 101.0 25 Pattern 3,400 3,400 100.0 25 Transportation 2,450 2,450 100.0 25 Electric 21,400 21,400 100.0 Miscellanious Total. 5,150 295,600 LIBERTY LOAN MEETING. TOAST TO LIBERTY LOAN GHAMPS-1917. |jy night or day we're on the job, to do our little bit l|ur usual task of building boats, has always made a hit At certain times we spend our coin, as freely as we can I o lend as much as we can spare, to strengthen "Uncle Sam." jo we are ready every man, when next the 3rd loan II comes However large the loan may be, we would protect our n home Uur duty then "To do our bit," as we before have said push far beyond the other shops, and still remain ahead. LIFE BUOY. 4 m> "5V y >4- r xm. ■Mp^ lu-»—-'inir> CO a, ^ r$ *< >^i LIFE BUOY NOVEMBER ACCIDENTS. Shop Gilkey Maby Waaser Dennett Wendell Connors Drake Dixon Boyle Hayes Gen'l Store Gilker Ashworth Gamester Flanigan. Ball Rose Whalley Medealf Johnson Adams Frisber *-Fatal Men Total Frequency Minor Serious 429 58 13.5 54 4 358 43 12.0 42 1 332 30 9.0 29 1 242 30 1L!.:; 28 2 203 10 4.9 10 184 28 15.2 26 2 176 7 4.0 6 1 166 4 2.4 4 132 11 8.3 10 1 11!) 10 8.3 8 2 117 4 3.4 4 89 6 6.7 5 1 * 75 10 21.2 12 4 74 13 17.6 11 2 62 0.0 o 56 1 1.8 1 38 3 7.9 3 36 2 5.6 2 1 32 3 9.4 3 28 3 11.6 3 16 0.0 10 0.0 2971 Accidents will happen but the records of insurance companies, state boards and manufacturing concerns show that 85 per cent are due to the fact that MEN DO NOT ALWAYS THINK. Some men do - too many do not. Because men failed to think 2,000,000 persons were injured last year - 22,000 were killed. Get out some war statistics and see how accidents and careless- ness are hindering the war - then look over the table and see where you are hindering. 282 accidents a month means 3384 a year - one for every man! 21 serious accidents a month means 1 for every 13 men. WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER ? "There was ONE didn't know any better, And a SECOND to lazy to care, The THIRD took a short cut in a hurry. The FOURTH took a chance on a dare, The FIRST had a month long vacation With a steam scalded hand for his pay. NUMBER TWO broke the arm of his partner When a poorly built scaffold gave way. NUMBER THREE was run down by a motor; Lost a leg - now he's railing at Fate. And the FOURTH - well he begs for a living. NUMBER FIVE had his brains where they should be. 282 261 22 Took no chances - warned other men too; Helped to save life and limb for his fellows, Tell me, PARTNER, which number are you?" YOUR PART The Yard Dispensary, Naval Hospital and the ser- vices of the Medical Officers of the Yard are available for the treatment of all injuries or ailments occurring in the regular work hours. These services are provid- ed at Government expense. It is intended by their use to "nip in the bud" by proper medical treatment those injuries which, because of their nature and the tenden- cy of men to let things go, become serious. Neglect of small injuries where no more than the skin is broken, a bruise results or a little dirt gets in the eye, opens the way for infection and deformities which may result in death or amputation. Don't let a dirty-handed, well-intentioned man stick things in your eye or tie up your wounds. Play safe; take care ol yourself; go to the Dispensary and see the doctor. A good job will be done and insure compensation in case you lose time. A blind eye, a missing finger, a dislocated hip— Say men! look here, did you ever stop to think that "It is not what you take into the shop - its what you take home"? Think first then go ahead - - THAT IS SAFETY. - - SAFETY FOR YOU AND THE OTHER MAN Too. LIFE BUOY THE RESTAURANT. An old man whose voice was very feeble used to call his hogs by rapping on a dish with a stick. As the hogs roamed further away he found it necessary to rap on a hollow tree. In the fall of the year a flock of woodpeckers took up their abode in the old man's wood- lot and the hogs went crazy. Just so with the lunch room. Everybody knock- ed it until those concerned with its operation got bone spavined (not in the legs) trying to keep up. The remains are now undergoing changes and modifications which it is hoped will make a decent funeral. New cooking equipment is ordered and service is being rearranged for more rapid handling during lunch hours. The hopeful thing is the fact that plans are drawn, and the whole matter is up for approval, for (•(instructing a lunch room to fill the entire open space between the present lunch room and the bowling alley. By this means room will be provided to handle the job in the best manner— good food can be served quickly and in a good variety consistent with the demand and the present food situation. Warm, light rooms will make it pleasant for those who eat in the Yard. In the meanwhile we are experimenting with the idea of finding out where we can better things. If you have a suggestion or a complaint make it to the Safety Engineer— it is his job just now. suitable for work and wear that is safe— full double soles and reinforced box toe. Anybody can have these shoes that wants them (as many as they wish) ; simply see your timekeeper and deposit the price with him. He will give you a receipt and they will be ordered at once. If this is not convenient go and see the Safety Engineer — he will fix you up. But look the shoes over anyhow — they are a good buy. Delivery about 10 days from date of order. HAPPY NEW YEAR. The Industrial Manager and the officers of the Department desire to extend their best wishes to every man of the Yard for a Happy Mew Year. It is hoped that the new year may bring peace and happiness to our Country, and prosperity and contentment to us all. Let us all pull together to do our share to make 1918 a banner year for the Portsmouth Yard. CRUMBS. So far famine has not hit the lunch room but if everybody wasted bread and other things the way some men do we would be putting the "Three Cents a Day Saves a Life" signs in all the shops. Take what you can eat, eat what you take. The cover design of the Life Buoy is from the pen of A. A. Moore, the blueprinter of the Industrial De- partment. It is a good old motto to ' 'Practice what you preach. Our valued Safety Engineer played with an "un- loaded" primer and had his hand burned. So if you notice his bandaged hand look at him, not scornfully but with pity. If you approach Mr. F. L. Waaser when he is alone and give him a wink to show him you are on to his se- cret he will give you a cigar. Make up your mind what you want when you step up to the serving table — there may be a hundred be- hind you who don't care a "tinker's dam" what you are eating and who will eat as soon as you get out of the way. Usually there are plenty of tables if a man wil his feet just after he uses his eyes. Doors were made for two things— to go through and to close. The lunch room doors are just like others. THOSE SHOES. The shoe stand going the round of the shops has on exhibition some of the best work-shoes made. They come direct from the maker, are handled without prof- it and sold here that the men may have a heavy shoe We regret to announce that Industrial Man- ager L. S. Adams, U. S. N., has been ill with appen- dicitis. It was found necessary to operate on Sunday, Dec. 9th. He is recovering rapidly, however, and it is hoped he will soon be back on the job. OUR LIBERTY LOAN CUP. TWICE WON BY THK BOAT SHOP. 10 LIFE BUOY A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MEMBERS OF OUR INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT. Commander H. L. Wyman, U. S. Navy, Assistant Manager. With our nation in this World War, the efficiency of our navy yards has assumed an importance greater than ever before. On the work of the yards is depend- ent the material condition of our fleet. The winning of the War, today is, and must remain until victory, the foremost concern of every individual American, no matter what be his other interests, for all such are necessarily secondary and dependent upon our winning. The success of the Navy depends on two great factors, PERSONNEL, and MATERIEL, - the one cannot do without the other. It is with MATERIEL that our In- dustrial Department is concerned. Further, in this War it is not only the Navy that is dependent upon our work, it concerns our Army also, for before the Army can fight our soldiers must be transported across the sea. protected against the enemies" submarines. All of the navy yards of the country are called upon to work as never before. Portsmouth, while one of the smaller yards, is one of the oldest, and no yard possesses a finer record. It behooves us to more than keep up that record, and to do that we must surpass ourselves. We of the Portsmouth Yard possess an advantage over other yards; we are, so to speak, one family, in a way that is hardly possible in the much larger yards located in great metropolitan centers, whore officers and workmen cannot know one another as we can here. Of course since the War began all navy yards have greatly increased their forces. In com- parison with other yards our percentage increase doubt- less stands well, and in fact it is probably better than that of some others because since before the War began we have succeeded in a gradual but steady increase, picking our new men and holding them. Now our roll is three fold what it was before the War. It stands at approximately that of one of the big yards before the War. But at this we cannot stop, the work in hand is too great; we must keep steadily on until we get many more employees. New construction has come to us as never before, our building work is now no leisure matter, we are called upon to DELIVER at the earliest possible date. The large ships assigned to us for repair and overhaul have increased in number, and we must also take our share of the work on converted vessels and patrol boats. The demands on our Yard for manufactured articles have increased tremendously, and our entire Navy has come to depend upon us for certain of them. No other navy yard is as well equipped to make them, private establishments do not understand their manufacture. The electrical fittings as made here are generally of special design, necessarily so since the commercial world does not have to meet the requirements that must go into electrical Sittings to stand the shock of gunfire and constant exposure to atmosphere saturated with salt water. Under Naval Constructor Adams' design we build the fast motor boats for the Navy. Our Manager ranks among the foremost designers in the country for high speed motor boats to meet service requirements, and is the Navy's authority on this class of boats. While the increased demand for these boats has jumped so that it is physically impossible for this Yard to now build all that are urgently needed, yet in their construction we must lead so others can follow. The work of the Spar Shop in manufacturing spec- ial articles for the Navy is of great importance. Others of our shops also have their specialties. Our responsibilities are very great and to meet them means that as long as this War shall last every single one of us must put forth, day by day, our utmost efforts. We must work as never before, but as we CAN work when we have our hearts in it and when we constantly exercise that American spirit of working to win which can conquer everything. This means TEAM WORK from top to bottom. No individ- ual can fully count except as he serves his immediate leader, and as in turn each leader of men serves his senior. There must be loyalty throughout, it must work from each and every man up to the Manager, and in turn it will so work from the Manager down. There must be a common trust, one with another, in order that the end may be attained; for maximum output, which is the end, can ONLY be attained when the TEAM WORK is perfect. That means there must be directive control, flowing out from the Manager at the head in a most orderly fashion until it reaches every in- dividual workman. It means the putting aside of petty jealousies; it means that each individual must resolve to himself that he will NOT nurse his special difficul- ties. There is not one of us who cannot find troubles to nurse; a man can do that wherever he is in the world, it is entirely independent of the Portsmouth Yard. A man who thinks he has troubles here would certainly 1 have as many, and probably a great many more, weie he somewhere else. On the other hand, most of such troubles are of man's own making and they are fostered by cliques, and by petty agitation that does not dare come out in the open. There is no REAL trouble that can- not properly be brought out squarely and fairly, and in every case of that sort each and every one of you can depend upon it, it will receive sympathetic attention from your Manager. This does not mean that for every trivial thing a man should go running to the Manager, taking up his time; it is not fair to him to do that, nei- ther is it fair to your immediate leader, be he foreman or LIFE BUOY. 11 officer. Further, we cannot expect that every little trouble can be eradicated; if that could be, the world would be a very different sort of a world,— it would not be human. For our War service, maximum output, day by day, is tlif duty that we each and everyone of us owe our Country. As we have already said to attain that means team work. It means team work in every shop, team work between foremen, team work between offi- cers and foremen, team work between officers, and in all of our combined team work giving our utmost loyal services under the direction of the Manager. In this there are two parts that must be performed: one the manual work itself, the other the directing of the work as a whole to the end that every bit of our manual labor shall count. Sometimes the worker thinks of the men of his Management as sitting around in clean clothes and having an easy job; sometimes men of the Management think of the workmen as having the easy end of it — neither is correct. The workman has the advantage in being relieved of the anxieties of the kind that can come only to the men of Management. Those of the Management whose duty it is to carry on planning and directing for the benefit of the whole must bear the responsibilities that go with their posi- tions. For this they are relieved of manual labor. ONLY by the combination of these two different classes of workers do we gain results, and this combination must be one of good will and trust each in the other. Our ship repair work has already tremendously in- creased since the war began. It must further increase as casualties occur and as additional ships are added to the Navy. Our manufacturing activities are only lim- ited by the maximum that we can turn out, subject of course to their non-interference with the urgent work on ships of the fleet sent here for repairs and new con- struction work, the urgency of which is especially designated. And you can count upon it that we cannot ever keep entirely up with the orders for our manufac- tures that will come to the Yard throughout the War for this class of work. Up to the present we have hardly felt the real call that is coming for new con- struction, because so far this work has largely been confined to the drafting room and to preliminary work in the shops making ready raw materials. Now the time is close at hand when we must take up actual con- struction work of such magnitude as this Yard has never known before. We must meet the continual calls for ship repair work, and we must continue to do our best on tin' special manufacture work. Ordinarily new construction work at a Navy Yard is not given precedence over work on ships of the fleet. Hut for smiii' uf the new construction assigned us the Navy Department has directed that it receive preced- ence over all other work. Hence we see the value that the Department is placing upon it and how important it is that we put forth our best efforts to make a record. I We want to SET THE PACE for private shipyards building similar vessels and if we put the determination and spirit into our work of which we are capable, we undoubtedly CAN beat them out. With the expansion that has already come to us since the War began, organization and methods that i served well when we were a much smaller Department i necessarily require a broadening out and in some direc- j tions readjustment and elaboration to keep pace with our growth. New methods to promote efficiency and increased output must constantly be sought for. The Management is constantly endeavoring to improve its organization and is giving study to the possibilities in this direction. We must do everything possible to promote smooth running for our increased work. You may be confident that there will be no doing away with what is already GOOD unless we definitely see the way to something BETTER. Defects are always bound to exist in any organization and no one man can see them all. Improvements come through carefully considered suggestions of those who see particular needs. That means that the Management must have suggestions from many throughout the Department and that they be not restricted to any one class in our organization. Destructive criticism rarely serves any useful purpose, but constructive criticism, wherein a proper remedy for an apparent defect is suggested, is always to be wel- comed. At this time it is not only the particular desire of the Management, but it is the duty of any individ- ual of the Department who has ideas for improvement in any direction to bring them to attention. For the workman in the shop, he should freely go to his fore- man or to any officer with whom his work is associa- ted. Applying the spirit of loyalty, no our with a sug- gestion to make will ever be in doubt as to whom to present it in this Department. Oftentimes it will hap- pen that there are reasons preventing the adoption of suggestions that at first seem most desirable. Hence, the ultimate handling of them musl necessarily lie with the Management in order to consider the good of the whole. When some suggestion docs not hear immediate results do not be discouraged and think that it has gone unappreciated, but on the contrary be on the lookout to turn in a still better one. Remember that we are all working for our Country, from top to bottom, that the Management cannot accomplish its work without the loyal support of the entire working force, and that in turn no man in the Department can fully do his bit except by loyally supporting those held responsible for the work, and who are in turn actually dependent upon him. NOTE: Since the foregoing was written, our Manager has been stricken with a severe attack of appendicitis necessitating operation, and as a result he must have some time for convalescence and recuperation. Let 12 LIFE BUOY each one of us constantly bear in mind thai it there fore is particularly incumbenl on us at this time to do our bit exact |y as I he Manager would wish if of us. RELIEF FOR HALIFAX SUFFERERS. When word was received at the Yard of the Halifax disaster caused by the explosion of an ammunition ship in i he harbor, rendering thousands homeless with a bliz- zard raging, making immediate relief necessary, the organization formed for promoting the sale of Liberty Bonds was hastily summoned and requested to make collections for the relief of the sufferers. The response was gratifying. At 1:30 p. m. that same afternoon $1 707. 75 was deposited m the First National Bank at Portsmouth. The Secretarj of the Navy was notified bj wire thai this sum was sub j eel to his draft as we knew he would be in touch with the relief work, This sum was later increased by $187.24 making a total con- tribution of $1894.99. In this connection the following lei ters are of interest : The Secretai j of the Navy, Washington, December 13, 1 1*1 T. My dear Sir: I write to acknowledge receipl of your letter of December 8th confirming your telegram with reference to the money to which the employees of the navy yard have contributed for the relief of the sufferers at Halifax. 1 have informed the lied Cross authorities of your generous action audi wish to express to you my appreciation of the line spirit which the men have shown in making this large contribution for the relief of the victims of the Halifax disaster. It is the sort of spirit which we have come to expeel from the men .it our navy yards. Sincereh yours, JOSEPHUS DANIELS. The President, Navy 5fard Improvement Association, \'av\ Yard, Portsmouth. Til : AMERICAN RED CROSS, Nat ional I leadquarters, \\ :i hington, D. ( '. . December 15, II.. Navy Yard 1911 Fortunately, we were able to place in Halifax almost immediately alter the occurence of the disaster an organization of trained executives, medical and nursing personnel and large quantities of supplies of the character most i ded. The relief work is being conducted with the greatest efficiency and you may feel assured that this generous gift from the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association will he utilized in a maimer to all'ord the maximum of relied' to the victims id' this disaster. on behalf of the sufferers at Halifax and of the American Red Cross as well I extend to all who have participated in this gift appreciation and thanks. Yours very sincerely, W. frank Persons, I in odor General of Civilian Relief. Further, certain employees id' the Industrial He partment volunteered to go to Halifax at once to do rescue work anil for clearing wreckage. These men offered their services subject to any conditions that the Government might desire. It included volunteering to ^o at their own expense and without pay, and they were prepared to provide and take their own subsist - en. e To tins the follow ui^ telegraphic reply was received: Washington D C Dec 11 L917 ( 'ommandaiil Navy Yard Portsmouth N II We learn from the ambassador that while the fine spirit as shown by the Portsmouth Yard in volunteering to assist in clearing the wreckage at Halifax is deeply appreciated, it is felt that the services of these men at the Yard are so important to the successful prosecution of the war as to make it inadvisable for military reasons to take them from their work. You may ex- press to the men volunteering the appreciation of tin' Navy Department as well and explain to them that there is really no service they can do either at Halifax or at the lighting front that is of more importance than t he work they now have in hand. franklin I ). Roosevelt. The foregoing is printed at the special instance of the Manager who cannot but be proud id' the men of tin 1 Industrial Department who are spirit that is bound to win. full of the kind of The President, Portsmouth, \ l mpi ovem< ni Vssoi iation, \a\ j "laid. I 'ortsmouth, N. II. My dear Sir: The Honorable the Secretary of the Navy has in. formed me of the generous contribution of $1707. 75, ,.,,.,. i . „. , ,. ., i gan with which he wheezed out the music tor the hymns. iron, the civthan employees and officers attached to the | he second Sunday the following sign appear ' RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE. During the Red Cross Membership I Irive more than nine hundred employees of the Yard paid for member- ship cards. A young missionary went into a wild Western town held meetings. The first Sunday he had a small or- Portsmouth Navj Yard, for the relief of the sufferers from the Halifax disaster. The Secretary desires that this money he applied by the American Red Cross and has taken steps to place the conlrd tition in our hands. "Don't shoot the organii t He's doing his damdest " This is our first issue. The Editx NAVY YARD, PORTSMOUTH.N.H. NATIONAL MECHANICS & TRADERS BANK 1 Congress St. Portsmouth, New Hampshire GEORGE WASHINGTON SAID: "Economy makes happy homes and sound rations. In- still it deep." This useful advice of the Father of our Country is even mere important to-day than it was 150 years ago. Strict economy is our duty to-day and should also be our pleasure. We welcome small as well as large savings and checking accounts and cordially invite new residents in the city and vicinity to make this institution their banking home. Our officers are always pleased to furnish any information concerning financial matters. We are prepared to send remittances to our Soldier Boys in Europe without charge. Travelers Checks issued. G. RALPH LAIGHTON, President C. F. SHILLABER. 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VICTROLAS EDISON DIAMOND DISC We would be glad to demon- strate either of the fine machines to you any time. Come in and hear your favorite selection played as it should be played. Our Record stock is complete. HassetT's KODAKS £\ If you are having trouble with your camera, come in and let us help you. We have the largest and finest dep't in town. Everything for the amature photographer. Develop- ing and Printing done quickly and well. MUSICK AND ART SHOPPE 115 CONGRESS ST., PORTSMOUTH, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY Make your dollars serve the Government and help win the war. Buy United States Government Liberty Lean Bonds, the world's rafest invest- ment, Join our Liberty Loan Saving Club now and be ready for the next Liberty Loan. We have helped thousands to own United States Government Bonds on the partial payment plan. Have you finished paying for your First and Second Liberty Loan Bonds? Why not continue your weekly payments and have them apply on the next Liberty Loan when issued? We will allow interest from lime payments are made. Leave your bonds with us for safe keeping, without charge. FIRST NATIONAL BANK PORTSMOUTH, N. H. United States Depository Assets over Two Million Dollais. SAVING CONSERVATION and THRIFT WILL WIN THE WAR PATRIOTISM DEMANDS THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES SPEND LESS and SAVE MORE 10,000 PEOPLE ARE SAVING THEIR EARNINGS BY THE HELP OF ( >UR INSTITUTK >NS. NEW SAVING ACC< IUNTS SOLICITED. PISCATAQUA SAVINGS BANK (FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING) PORTSMOUTH, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY FEBRUARY 1918 VOL. I NO. II To be issued monthly for free distribution to employees of the Industrial Department of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. OVER-CONFIDENCE By CHARLES E. CARPENTER No human attribute is as dangerous to its j is even more closely cemented to me in ties of possessor and to others as over-confi- 1 fellowship now that we both have an only boy dence. Inefficiency, even, isn't as apt j who is "doing his bit." to provoke disaster. Our conversation, of course, turned to our My patience is small with those who claim boys, and I dropped the chance remark, "But that success merely depends on a man's con- will we win?" I did so because my friend had fidence in himself. Self-confidence alone come to a stage where he had stopped thinking never won any of the battles of life. for himself. Some unreasoned optimist had If confidence could win wars, and lack of told him that to be victorious, Americans must confidence lose them, the Central Powers would have long since been annihilated. While it continues to be considered trea- sonable for one to express doubt of the success of the Allies in th's great vvorld's struggle, the possibility of their being victorious will be lessened. My opinion is that the genuine trai- tor is the egregious ass who gullibly gabbles, "We can't lese." His wish is father to his unreasoned thought assume the "we-cant-lose" attitude, and everyone must join the mob in shouting, "We're certain to win," even if it be necessary to gargle the throat every half-hour in order to keep in vocal condition to shout. My friend turned on me like a flash, and, with a righteous patriotism, proceeded to admonish me. I didn't answer him; first, because, when your friend becomes a crank on any subject, Why should we be over-confident fools ! argument does no good, only endangers friendship: second, because, like a flash, I caught the inspiration for this article. I de- „ cided that the sound argument I knew I had the precept that echoes down the halls ot , ..,. ,. ■ , , , ,. , ,.,.,.. r . , wherewith to answer him would help to dispel a widely spread delusion, and not endanger our friendship, as it might if I gave vent to it verbally. He has, by his mere vehemence and eager- ness to show confidence, revealed that he really had greater doubt of the outcome than my question had even expressed. I had only asked, "Will we win?" and made no admission of doubt, while he admitted that there was a possibility of losing if folks like me asked questions or presumed to want to know "the reason why." He knew in Iris heart that people would when all the precepts of experience teach us not to be? time and is dinned into the ears of present day humanity is — "Take no unnecessary chances and give your opponent the credit for wisdom and competency— lest you lose the battle." We hear this advice from the football coach to his team; from the trainer to the world champion pugilist; from the lawyer to his client; from the head of a business corpor- ation to his subordinates; from a father to a son who is going out to do battle with the world for a living; without end. On an evening not long ago, I was visit- ing, at his home, an old and dear friend, who LIFE BUOY ask just such questions as had I and that there is no way of preventing them, so, by protest- ing, he admitted that there was doubt of a triumph for our arms. Subconsciously, he gave a detailed cause for there being such a probability. If I were as mentally defeated as hs is, I would be making preparations fcrthe culmin- ation of defeat. But I am under no delusion that the success of the world's uprising against autocracy, murder, village, "fright- fulness" and "kultur" is dependent upon my mental attitude. I am playing the game and playing it stronger because I appreciate that though defeat of the Allies is not probable, it is possible. It is possible for the Allies to make sufficient mistakes to defeat themselves, and not the least of these mistakes would be over-confidence. Our national leaders tell us that the most urgent need of our nation now is an awaken- ing to a sincere realization of the seriousness of the war. Why aren't we awake? God knows that there has been grim war enough in the last three-and-a-half years to awaken us- As I see it, this national sluggardliness to the war's serious portent is that everyone has, like my friend, been shouting, "it's a cinch," and now the majority is beginning to believe that it is a cinch. If over-confidence is obstructing the nation's greatest need, for the love of our country, our flag, and everything noble they stand for, let's begin to sow a little doubt. I am writing this in my room at the Hotel Astor, overlooking the central position of New York's Great White Way. The hour is 8:15 p. m., the busiest of the day on this thoroughfare; the day is Saturday, the busiest of the week, and the streets below are jammed with humanity and automobiles. In the crowds there is plainly visible a military and naval tinge. 99 per cent of those within my view are on pleasure bent, and how few have any serious thought of the war or its outcome? As the restaurants, cafes, cabarets and hotels pour their masses into the streets to replace the throngs the theatres are swallow- ing, my one thought is, "If I could only throw an appalling war scare into that crowd, what a national awakening there would be? what untold geed it would do?" Reader, did you ever pause to think what a national blessing it would be if "Kaiser Bill" sent an airship to fly over New York and drop a few bombs? It won't suffice to say, "New York isn't a patriotic city anyhow," for the same condition exists at this writing all over the United States, that is, unless a miracle or a catastrophe should happen to dispel this blind confidence. A very small percentage of that crowd below, heedlessly taking its pleasure-bound way, is composed of resident New Yorkers. If the nation could be brought to a reali- zation that every effort possible is necessary to win the war, then it would be a cinch. I discovered a few days later that my friend who believed in shouting confidence in the outcome, observed neither a wheatless nor a meatless day in his own household. Yet, were he absolutely certain that the Germans might win, he would, though he is my senior by several years, beat me to the enlistment station. One meatless day is worth a hundred shouting nights. Over-confidence was, and always will be, a liability. Caution, which, while not Doubt, is akin to it, always has been, and always will be, an asset. The martyred Kitchener was unquestion- ably the greatest man any nation has produced in this war. From the very outset, Lord Kitchener never lost an opportunity to con- demn and fight over-confidence and make the British public acquainted with the uncertainty of war. When Kitchener prophesied that the war would be a long one and last over three years, did he do his country a bad or a good turn? {From Houghton's Herald,) LIFE BUOY. ACCIDENTS AGAIN Did you read "November Accidents" in the last issue? Well some directions as you will see by studying the following table: TWO MONTHS OF ACCIDENTS Men — we have been improving steadily in 250 H our Workers. '"' Temporary Disability in Total In juries. Injuries per Department. Days Lost. Thousand 250 4 to 28 I Hour Workers Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Total Clerical 186 195 9 4 20.51 48.28 General Store 90 81 4 4 49.50 44.44 Power Plant 49 50 II 3 60.36 0.00 Boat Shop 149 162 II 4 7 43.10 26.81 Plumber Shop 137 138 1 (1 8 6 43.35 58.24 Foundry 142 149 1 l 1 28 23 154.15 197.74 Pigging Flant 19 22 II q 5 226.44 161.57 Electrical Shop 281 277 1 43 51 184.24 153.13 Smith Shop 54 73 3 (1 16 4 55.07 294.98 Joiner Shop 105 108 1 II (I 11 17 157.41 104.95 Shipfitters 342 361 3 2 1 (1 58 58 160. 75 169.78 Laborers 65 70 il I) II 8 6 86. 1 1 123.30 Machinists, Inside 270 305 1 30 53 173.88 110.94 Machinists, Outside 115 98 2 1 10 16 163.27 87.10 Boiler Shop 57 66 1 1 2 13 13 196.38 226.95 Pattern Shop 27 25 1 .3 1 39.06 111.94 Rigging Loft 9 8 II 1 150.00 0.00 Spar Shop 161 157 1) 1(1 5 31.88 62.19 Sail Loft 13 12 ll n 0.00 0.00 Transportation 31 31 II 3 1 127. 14 95.42 Paint Shop 38 42 II 1 2 47.17 26.37 Miscellaneous Repair 29 28 1 1 II 2 2 71.23 70.10 Loborers, Public Works 198 178 1 3 1 30 20 148.39 151.52 Clothing Factory 1 1 II 0.00 0.00 * This represents tbe average hours worked per month per man. Every right-minded man wants his shop to be the one in the Yard that leads, leads not only in output but in everything else. A low accident record for any shop usually means that the men in that shop stand rather above the average — that they think, that their gang stacks up a little better, plays a steadier game, is more careful. Heretofore we have simply called an accident one unit in the report whether it was a steel splinter in the left middle finger that took ten minuits of time to have treated at the Dispensary (and its an interesting fact that four out of every five injuries to hands are to the left hand) or a badly burned foot from the foundry that caused two months of disability. ' That was not fair because a large shop with a number of small accidents might not lose as much time as a smaller one with a couple of bad accidents. The Compensation Commission found, when they compared yards, that some stood high in the number of accidents but, at the same time, were low in the amount of compensation required. They are, from now on, using the table of "Degree of Disability" and its equiv- alent in terms of "Days Lost" given below. All serious accidents are to be measured by this scale so that each shop will have to stand comparison by the ac- tual cost in days of work lost to the government. Before long we shall know what shops are actually play- ing a safe game — then, "We shall see what we shall see". Incidentally you can see about how much your working capacity will be reduced by a serious accident. Incidentally, too, you are your own best safeguard, not only here, but hereafter. SCALE OF TIME LOSSES FOR WEIGHTING INDUSTRIAL DISABILITIES TO SHOW SEVERITY OF ACCIDENTS, NATURE OF INJURY Death Permanent total disability Arm above elbow, dismemberment Arm at or below elbow, dismemberment Hand, dismemberment Degree of Disab'y in pel- cent of permanent Days total disability losts 100 n,. II 10 100 6,000 75 4,500 60 3,600 50 3,000 LIFE BUOY Thumb, any permanent disability of Any one finger, any permanent disability of 2 fingers do :i fingers, do 4 fingers, do Thumb and one finger do Thumb and two fingers, do Thumb and :i lingers, do Thumb amd 1 fingers. do Leg above the knee, dismemberment Leg at or below knee, dismemberment Foot, dismemberment Great toe, or any two or more toes, any permanent disability of 1 toe other than great toe, any permanent disability of 1 eye, loss of sight Both eyes, loss of sight 1 ear, loss of hearing Both ears, loss of hearing 10 («)(] 5 :«hi 12-1 2 750 20 1,2(1(1 30 1,800 20 1,200 2. r , 1,500 38 L-3 2,000 hi 2,400 75 4,500 .Ml 3,000 40 2. 100 5 ; Kin 30 1,800 100 (I, l(i 600 50 3,000 GET TOGETHER. Elbert Hubbard used to illustrate what lack of co- operation means by telling of a visit he once made to an insane asylum, where he found a comparatively small attendant in charge of a group of physically powerful lunatics at work in the vegetable garden. When asked by Mr. Hubbard if there was not danger of being attacked by the patients, the attendant said: ''Oh, yes. Hut you see they can't get together — they're crazy." In the last issue of the "Life Buoy", the value of team work in this and other industrial plants was em- phasized, but we wish to say a word further in regard to this all-important matter. No man's part is too small for his work to count vitally in this organization of ours. Eye-servants, grouchers and knockers are always more unhappy dodg- ing work than is the man who does his part cheerfully, and they become very soon useless parts of the organ- ization. The management of the Industrial Depart- ment, and this includes the foremen as well as the officers, is ready to work for your collective interest but they expect you in turn to be willing to work collectively for the good id' all. A man who wastes time, shifts responsibility, or spends his working hours visiting with his shop neighbors, puts his hand in his own pocket and in that of everyone else in the country, because he is helping to increase taxation and prolong the war by making costs higher and production slower. Do not think that because the Government pays the bills it does not affect you and your neighbors, because you and your neighbors are a part of the Government and what affects the Government adversely must, in turn, affect you adversely. When a new idea is put forward by those in auth- ority, give it a fair trial. II', alter a fair trial, you find it impracticable, the man higher up will be glad to listen to your criticism, which it is your duty to pre- sent to him; but make your criticism constructive. Anyone can knock, but it takes a good man to propose improvements. Help to remove, from this Yard at least, the stigma that Government Yards do not do as much sound con- structive work as is done in private yards. By increas- ing the production of our Yard we will force recogniatil n of its superiority and so improve our own situation as well as that of our fellows. Let this Navy Yard be known as the one which, making the best id' conditions, turns out the most work in proportion to its facilities and personnel. We are enlisted under Uncle Sam's banner in his industrial forces, without which his fighting forces can- not reach their destination properly equipped with supplies. If the smallest pinion in a watch proves de- fective, the watch is valueless. Every man has a duty to perform, and this duty in its place is just as impor- tant as that of the highest man in the organization. GET TOGETHER. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." This little slogan appears perhaps a dozen times in this issue. It has a real purpose; it is the third party in a business arrangement of which you and our adver- tisers are the other two. Use this quotation when patronizing our adverti- sers, because this is the only way that an advertiser can tell whether his advertisement is bringing results or not. We owe a particular duty to our advertisers be- cause their business makes the free distribution of this magazine possible. These advertisements were solic- ited upon a business basis, and we, as readers, should prove to our advertisers that advertising in this maga- zine is business, not charity. Since our Navy Yard has been, and presumably will continue to be, the largest industrial plant in this vicinity, in numberof employees, it seems but fair that our advertisers should receive a correspondingly large return from their investments. It has often been said that prices in Portsmouth are higher than elsewhere, but we have the assurance of the best merchants and dealers of this section that their prices on standard goods cannot, by agreement with the wholesaler, be higher than elsewhere. Remember the quotation heading this article and use it when making purchases from our advertisers. LIFE BUOY HELP WIN THE WAR Are you buying any War Saving Stamps or Thrift Stamps? What are they for? Why, to help win the war. of course! Every thing we do now should be for that purpose. Dj not think just of war, but think of winning the war. Bend every energy to that end. Thrift Stamps and War Saving Stamps help to do just that. 'I hey make it easy to save that quarter that now goes to the movies or to the man behind the counter where you put your foot on the rail. And you will be surprised how easy it is to get a Five Dollar War Saving Stamp by spending an occasional quarter for thrift stamps. Do you want to know a little more about them? Well, then, keep on reading. '1 hrift Stamps may be bought at any post-office or bank, and at many stores. They cost twenty-five cents each. A card is provided free which holds six- teen stamps. When you have the card filled (16 stamps valued at if-1.01)) take it to any post office or bank and exchange it for a War Saving Certificate Stamp by paying 12 cents, if before January 31, 1918; if during February by paying 13 cents; if during March by paying 14 cents and so on to December, when 23 cents must be paid. This War Saving Certificate Stamp will be redeemed on ,Ian. 23, 1923 for five dollars. Easy, isn't it? Why not start to-day to fill a card of Thrift Stamps? It will help you and help our country. THE P. N. Y. I. A. MEETINO The annual meeting of the Navy Yard Improve- ment Association was held in Odd Fellows Hall, Ports- mouth, on January 2nd and, despite the cold weather, brought out a large crowd. The report of the treasurer shows the Association to be in a flourishing condition with a balance on hand of $365.00 and with no out- standing bills. It was voted to lend financial aid to the Life Buoy until such time as the advertising would make it self supporting. A committee consisting of Mr. I. ('. Hanscom, Mr. W. F. Spinney and Mr. Arthur H. Locke was elect- ed from the floor to audit the accounts of the Finan- cial Secretary and the Treasurer, reporting at the February meeting. Under the new By-Laws each shop is entitled to one member on the Executive Committee who shall be elected by the shop he represents. It is hoped that the new Executive Committee will be completed at the time of the February meeting which occurs on Wednes- day the 6th. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year. President T. F. Flanagan. 1st Vice President E. L. Chancy, 2nd Vice President H. J. Chandler, Record- ing Secretary P. J. Rossiter, Financial Secretary John E. Watts, Treasurer E. V. Wilcox. YOUR BODY - IS IT FIT? The principal causes for rejection in the first draft, and the percentages to the total number reject- ed, as determined by a study of 10,000 typical cases taken from eight camps, are:— Eye 2224 21.68 per cent Teeth 871 8.50 " " Hernia - 766 7.47 Ear - 609 5.91 " " Heart Disease - 602 5.87 Tuberculosis 551 5.37 Mental Deficiency 465 5.53 " " Venereal Diseases - 438 4.27 Physical Unfitness 416 4.06 " " Flat Foot -375 3.65 Every Civil employee in this yard is as much "en- listed" as though he wore the uniform of the Army or Navy and was at a training camp, and this, too, whether he be under, of, or over draft age. Your part here, where the risk of injury from actual combat does not exist, is as important as though you reported every day under military orders. If, by any chance, you have any of the ten defects mentioned above you are more or less like a wounded man; you cumber the place you fill — you delay the game — you hinder output. To yourself you owe the duty of having these de- fects remedied, particularly if you are a young man. In these days an ailment, or disease, has to be mighty stubborn not to be curable, or at least correctable, by medical or surgical treatment. If you have an ailment corrected it means you can be happier at work and at home. To your government you owe every day a day full of real work — to give less is to be a "sponger" and where davs, even hours may count, to hinder is a treasonable act. Your ailment may have been born with you, or be the result of an accident or your own foolhardiness — no matter get after it. The Dispensary will be glad to make examinations and to give advice to any man who comes with an honest desire to know what he can do to improve his physical condition. They may not be able to treat the case, but they can advise the sort of treat ment that will best afford help and how to bring this about. They are doing this regularly and you would be surprised to know how many men, by following simple treatment, have been helped by the Medical Officers. There is not time to bother with the man who goes to the Dispensary as an excuse to kill an hour and who comes back with a hang-dog look claiming an ailment that he never had. Such men are disgusting. Even the days when a man "feels punk" a trip to the Dispensary may spoil a headache or stomach-ache or a sore throat and save a man from blundering through the day, an easy mark for an accident that may prove to be serious. No sane man cares to be less than 100 per cent fit — most men can be. Think it over, men, and let's plug this war game from every angle. If a trip to Building 7.''. will pul a dent in the Kaiser's bonnet, get on "Shank's mare" and see the "M. 0." LIFE BUOY THINGS IN GENERAL VOL. 1. NO. 1. The first issue of the Lifebuoy, like any similar effort, showed where improvements could be made. So far as it is possible, considering the limitations under which we are compelled to set type, run presses and bind the pamphlets, we are learning how to improve appearan- ces and arrangement and to expedite our work. A new press and stapling machine will help in the me- chanical work and the preparation of the dummy earlier in the month preceeding issue will allow more time to arrange the printed matter in a different way. Taking into consideration the amount of work involved, the diff- iculties that naturally arise in starting a new publica- tion, the delays in shipment of paper as well as the regular work that always must be attended to by crowding in somewhere, we cannot speak too highly of the work the printer Mr. Tobey, and his assistant Mr. Lowd have done on these two issues. Helpful suggestions are welcome and, so far as it is possible to do so, they will be carried out. If there are features you want just speak about them. And just a word about copy: each shop is urged to send in news of their men, but, all shop news must be free from double meaning or malice. That published this month is exact- ly what we want. Then, too, since the space is limited we must pick, more or less, the best news turned in for publication, so that if your pet articles are cut out you may know we lack space and nothing else. Possibly too, all our urging failed to start your shop man turning in the news. What we got took the knees out of one good pair of trousers as it was. tiekets ready and make operations safer by keeping off the platforms or boarding cars in motion. And then there is the car in which the women employees ride and where common respect demands neither smoking nor obscene talk. Fortunately only a few men indulge in these abuses and the decent men are rapidly making it uncomfortable for them. Help us out men. As soon as the ice is out of the back channel, and work can be started, a large float is to be installed at the Kittery end of the old bridge for the use of the Ports- mouth, Dover and York Street Railway ferry so that it may furnish additional service to Portsmouth during rush hours at odd times for such shops as close about six o'clock. If the cars can be found, and leased or purchased, it is also hoped to run a limited electric from the Yard to Dover for those persons living beyond the limits of Kittery, so that the local traffic may be less crowded. In the meanwhile other changes may take place that will help remove the delays. TRANSPORTATION The transportation, as we all know, has not kept pace with the growth of the yard, and, while the men inter- ested in running trains, electric cars and boats have done their best with what they had to use, they had to con- tnd with a forty year record of ice and snow. It may be a simple thing to call for more cars and ex- tra trains but when train crews are urgently needed for freight movement, when cars must be held in reserve for troop movements and when a simple change in a time table in one location means extensive alterations else- where, it is not so easy. Then, too, it is rather a propo- sition to operate an electric road without cars in good shape, and, enough of them, r.nd where the traffic is bunched at certain hours and slack at others. Just at present we are working on what may eventually prove to be a solution of the problem but, like all such prob- lems ,it requires time and no end of patience. The really important thing, however, will be the help we are able to secure from the men. Take the trains for example. Only the men can themselves spread through the empty cars, assist the conductor by having their MR. HILL IS RIGHT The Director of the Men's Reading Room is pleased to have all workmen visit the rooms. They are per- fectly welcome and will be treated in all respects as the enlisted men of the service, for whom the rooms were established. The Director requests that when workmen use the rooms their clothing be in such condition that the fur- niture and reading matter is not soiled, as is frequently the case at present. To slip off a dirty suit of overalls is only the work of a moment, and is surely worth the effort in the direction of cleanliness. Enlisted men are not allowed in the Rooms except in clean uniforms. This notice is not intended for men whose working- clothes are reasonably clean, therefore it is expected that this appeal will be met with the spirit of its in- tent, and that the authorities of the Rooms will have no occasion to call a man's attention to the breaking of a very necessary rule. AROUND THE LUNCH ROOM Thank you — the bread problem is improving be- cause some men took the hint. If the few now left will only take what they actually intend to eat — and eat it — we will not need to mention this again. Seegar says "We do a day's work here and only ask for a fair day's pay. If you don't think so try buying for a lunch room and see if you would swap places." Woodward says "Gee whiz '. The men using the lunch room are like cream. They rise to the top near the serving tables and settle there so that those who come in from the bottom of the can have to plow their way through. Try moving out toward the door to the end tables when you are served — it helps service wonderfully. There are two sides to LIFE BUOY the room also. The new "Specials" Counter is working well but will go more smoothly if everybody steps lively and keeps the line moving. By its use the time of service has been cut about a third. It all helps. Since the vestibule doors have been put on we have all been able to secure exemption — out of the draft, you know. The new lunch room addition is coming along but is suffering just now from growing pains—. SAFETY BULLETINS It is a good thing to know as much as you can about what other people do. It helps to avoid their errors and to profit from their experiences. The Safety Bul- letin cases being put up are to have in them as much in- teresting information concerning accidents, and their cause and prevention, as can be gathered from the ex- perience of other shops in all parts of the country which have made real progress in making safe shops, and where accidents have been reduced by as much as eighty per cent. The news will be changed weekly, or of tener, and you can step up there at any time and get good dope --something helpful and worth while. Stop every day or so and see what you find, and, if you have an idea — the little brass slot at the bottom of the door — that's the place. PREPAREDNESS We are fast approaching the day of another Liberty Loan Campaign, one that will require a greater effort from each and every one of us than those of last summer and fall. Already the Government is organizing the General Committees to handle the Third Liberty Loan and preparing to marshal forces which will carry the world's greatest loan over the top. This will mean that we shall again be called to do our bit and when the subscriptions are closed to show such a total that the Portsmouth Navy Yard may again point with enviable pride to its position among the great Naval Stations of our country. We can and we will do it, but it is going to require a real effort on our part. Now is the time to clear the deck for action and in the next few weeks to use our best efforts to pay in full and receive the bonds already subscribed for. Don't ask the bank to carry our bonds for us longer than is necessary. They have made it possible for us to purchase hundreds of thousands of the safest secur- ity in the world — United States Government Bonds. Let us pay up the balance and show a desire to co-oper- ate with them at this time. These bonds are now all issued and are in the hands of the banks for delivery. Pay the balance on your card, get your bonds and learn how to cut a coupon. Don't put your bond in your chest or carry it in your pocket, but leave it with the bank which handled your subscription, get a receipt and let them keep it in their vaults for you. They will make no charge for this ser- vice. Don't sell your bond. If you bought it thru patriot- ism that object is lost if you dispose of it except when a real need exists. In all cases consult your bank before selling. We would quote a few suggestions of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo: — " The Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo urges the purchasers of Liberty Loan Bonds of both the First and Second issues to hold fast to their bonds. They are the best investment in the world. The Secretary's statement was called forth by the fact that Liberty Bond holders are being approached from time to time by agents seeking to induce them to part with their Liberty Loan Bonds and take in exchange securities which in a number of cases are of a very questionable value, and was prompted by a desire to protect the bondholders against ill-advised disposition of their bonds. The Secretary expresses the hope that every purchaser of a Liberty Bond will realize that the only genuine help that he gives his Govern- ment is keeping his bonds as an investment so long as it is possible for him to do so. He- states, however, that no just objection lies to the sale of a Liberty Bond where real necessity exists for its sale." OFFICE NOTES Asst. Naval Constructor Jones was in dry dock for a week. (Reported he had trouble with his voice tubes. ) Constructor Boyd and Chief Carpenter Floathe were working double time and a half on the 8:45 a. m. ferry to amuse the girls and are way behind Jones's record. Hurry up, Jones. Did you see Floathe 's new coat? They say the price of wool went up three cents the day they cut the cloth. What we want to know is why it smells of camphor. Have you seen Naval Constructor Schlabach's kitchenette, "two rooms and a bath"? $18.00 per month. Industrial Manager Adams is trimming the edges of the Southern states while recuperating and is ex- pected back in February after completing special duty. Jerry — yes sir, Jerry! Took the plunge into the list of those who have. "Doc" says he will soon have his system working well and then Jake will be a "has been" in Spanish pool. Every week we see men aspiring for the record from the square to the 8:45 a. m. boat, but as yet John holds the record, not only in point of time but in the number of times. It is understood that the Construc- tion Supt. is designing a pantograph gang-plank for the convenience of late arrivals for the 8:45 boat. LIFE BUOY Its capacity will be limited therefore do not plan on us- ing it every morning; let the other fellows have a chance once in a while. Chief Clerk Wasgatt is looking for a mezanine gall- ery to accommodate the necessary additions to the force quartered in the J. O. Office. He also is planning to use meat hooks on the wall for those who do not go out oftener than once an hour. All applicants now have to pass the shrink fit test to get in. If anybody asks what the building in the rear of the Commandants Office is for just tell them it's a Zoo for the big 'Young' bear at the Main Cate. Some coat. Amos Rundlett is looking for a dove to take with him next time he goes on Number 1048 so that he can tell when the flood will subside. The old ark stood the test, but we did not know that Mount Arrarat was so near Portsmouth. STENOGRAPHER'S NOTES Mr. Hammond knows of a good remedy for coughs. (Mr. Rundlett please note). They say Caesar could dictate nine letters at a time to his scribes. We know now why he didn't write them himself. The stent graphers have all gone to the dentist. The ventilators have served their purpose and are no longer needed. Top. Ask Mr. Marden why he is afraid to go "Over the Because : - Every time I go 'over the top' I find what I fear and dread, One more hair in the old hair brush And one less hair in my head. To become a Safety Engineer the following qualifi- cations are required: first, a thorough knowledgenf di- etetics, and second, a diploma frcm the Pulitzer School. SEEN THRU THE PERISCOPE We are all glad to see the Supt. of New Construct- ion back in the "Central Operating Compartment" again. Mr Bacon's office during the last days of the L-8's stay assumed the aspect of a hotel. Inspectors Powers and Grant "expect" to be in their new qnarters in the Franklin Shiphouse. Mr. Collier one cold day reminded one of the drafts- men of "Taco the Terrible Turbaned Turk." The west side of the building was so porous that Mr. Curtis complained of plans hein„' blown from his desk. Some caulkers came down one day and pluggi d the building. It is even possible now to walk into Mr. Bacon's office without having your hat blown off. A very enjoyable dance was held New Years Eve under the auspices of the local Marine Draftsmens' Uuion, Industrial Manager L. S. Adams and Mrs. Adams. Inspector of Naval Construction H. D. Bacon and Mrs. Bacon were the patrons and patronesses. Music was furnished by "Stan" Gilkey and "Nick" Carter. The affair was well patronized by the drafts- men, but more so by the public. The committee in charge was J. F. Wiseman, W. C. Chase. II. P. Burns and I. C. Hanscom, ex-officio. We wish to thank these men for their work in preparing the arrange- ments for this pleasant evening. YARD DISBURSING OFFICE It is earnestly requested that all yard employees take particular pains to see that their pay voucher is signed in ink, exactly the same as written by machine on the voucher, before presenting it to the Paymaster on pay day for payment. Furthermore, if all men fall in line according to their respective gangs— small num- bers first and in numerical order — it will hasten pay- ments and obviate unnecessary delays. Try it once and see. It is further requested that all employees give their present address to the clerk in their department in order that a check may be sent to their residence three days after pay day in case they are, unable to be present on pay day. The clerk should also be notified in case a change of residence is made. Much difficulty has been experienced by the Paymaster of the Yard in obtaining proper addresses when checks are to be for- warded by mail. Weekly payments are made to Yard employees on the 8th,, 15th, 23rd and last day of each month. In case one of these days shoud be a Sunday, payment is usually made the preceding day. MACHINE SHOP NOTES There is a Quarterman Machinist in this shop that can tell you the definition of "Hob" in a manner that would put the eminent Daniel to shame. Now that the ice in Great Bay is in good condition orders for smelts will 1 u- taken as usual by "Chick". We don't deny but what "Chick" is there in theory with his little wooden rig, red bait and burlap bag, but we would like to see some evidence of his ability in the Ike Walton line besides descriptive narrative. Some one here wants to know if the Joiner Shop is hot enough to make Jimmy Boyle. II is evident that Building No. 80 has set the style LIFE BUOY for Porte Cochere's this season from the many others of like character that are springing up around the Yard. Would it Hoyt to Clapp Hams and Fray should Dana Fall? Oh My! Oh My! It is understood that there are several gentlemen in our midst that think they can give Robert a go in the poetry line. We are very anxious to hear from them if they can produce the goods. It has been reported that the two lone fishermen from this shop had good luck at Simpson's. And the bait? SPAR SHOP NOTES Probably McCasland works overtime, for heaven knows he would never have time to write his lengthy poems in one day. The Quarterman says that he has never seen so much as he has since he took charge of the Second Lib- erty Loan. We all know that Fuller likes to turn up breakers, but it seems as though he might give the rest a chance. The blocks that the block makers are turning out certainly are good duplicates of the Kaiser's head^ Block Head. Mr. Wendell says that they have got to hand it to the Spar Shop for the work that the men are turning out. Some fellows in this shop evidently have not read the notes in the Safety Bulletin case, but still insist upon stopping saws, planers and other busy tools with their hands. The smelts in Great Bay must be scarce as all of our fishermen seem to be checking up and signing in daily. If you do not believe me, ask Critchley. The Shipwrights are doing their little bit by freez- ing to death working, with the object in view of com- pleting their end of shipwork to enable ships to meet their completion date. Pleasant dreams to Taylor, the guy who has visions of glue pots and spars in his sleep, probrbly due to ex- cessive exercise of manual labor in the Spar Shop. No doubt the office will have to be enlarged if the Quarterman does not stop growing. We mean in size. PAINT SHOP Lessons in heating air can be obtained by applying to Scott. He has just recovered from his monthly attack of rheumatism. There are lots of checks hanging when there is a water-line to strike. The new toilet and wash room is surely a credit to the shop. Now, let's see all who are for cleanliness and sanitary conditions use it, and those who are not, let's teach them. About the only thing we can't furnish is towels. At present, we are short of locker facilities, but let's continue the watchful waiting a little longer. There's hope. Otis has been painting boats S3 long that any day you can hear him singing, "Sailing, Sailing, Over the Bounding Waves." Mr. Ball has a new tie. Who's got my paint brush? We possess several auto painters. Farmer Smith has taken a new abode at the Plains where he is to enter the cattle business. Buck is just aching to go rabbit hunting. So? John Pray is now known as "Camouflage John' PATTERN SHOP War may be as Sherman said but it holds no horrors for the patriotic patternmakers who so bravely volun- teered their services in the most dangerous part of the Army, the U. S. Aviation Corps. Two have already received commissions, and four more are engaged in the mechanical end of it. It looks as if the patternmakers have a champion brigade of pin bombers on the firing line in the local bowling alleys this season. Out of nine battles they have camouflaged seven so that their opponents failed to locate them and with their sharpshooters they ought to be able to capture the first line trench. Mr. Geo. Ayers (our idealist) referring to an item in Popular Mechanics, thinks it would be a good "idea" if everyone would purchase the blue prints and con- tract for themselves a one-passenger White Mono- plane. He says, if they would do this, he is positive there would be no tardiness in reaching their work every morning. Our celebrated vocalist, D. A. Twitchill, with his melodious voice, is contemplating taking lessons from our renowned artist, Prof. Harvey, and after a little prompting the roof will have to be removed, as the Boss told them that the open air would be excellent for their voices. 10 LIFE BUOY SHEET METAL SHOP NOTES Anyone wanting to know what to do with his Liberty Bond after paying for it? Ask Lewis, he knows. Charles W. says it takes one ton of coal a week to run his furnace. Since he can only buy a quarter of a ton a week, he is using it as dessert, a little for every meal. We wonder why Olin and Olaf went out Saturday noon? Must be something drawing in Hudson. Ask them about their air line operating in Manchester. It is rumored that there are autos enough owned by men in this shop to take the whole bunch on a picnic, providing they don't care what they ride in. Everyone is asking where "Those Shoes" are which were mentioned in the January "Life Buoy." (Plenty of order blanks in the Safety Engineer's office). The man leaving a wallet kicking around with any amount of money in it ought to pay an income tax. Ask Charlie B. how much the Banks make on a Liberty Bond if they sell it to a party on the install- ment plan. The ice coming down the river makes George C. think it is almost time to start for the big pond for trout. Jerry says he has made so many pans that he woke up the other night and found he had driven the alarm clock through the head of the bed and was trying to head it over. Quite a good sum was realized in the collection for C. W. Chick on account of his sickness. STRUCTURAL SHOP NOTES David Hermn, in charge of teaming at the structural shop, seems to have a lot of business in the hills of old New Hampshire. You can't make the boys in the gang believe Hannah bought any tobacco. It is rumored that John Flanagan, the great hunt- er and trapper, went on an extended hunt the last of the old year. He was full (y) as successful as usual, bringing home a large fur bearing animal, the hide of which he is going to have made into many useful arti- cles of wearing apparel for the family. Thr ice met Fred Hayes rather suddenly Friday, the 11th inst. Fred says he always sits down on that particular spot. Which one? SMITH SHOP NOTES We understand that since Henry Linscott has been feeding his horse cayenne pepper he gets home three minutes sooner. Earle Jones, please take notice. Eddie Becker says he will stand "meatless, wheat- less, or any other less days," but when they stop the sale of snuff he will join the army. Wanted— a new location for the galvanizing room. We live in smoke, though we die in despair! "Louie" Ginella says the boss is an "Injun Giver" because he wouldn't let him keep his wedding present. Better luck next time, "Louie!". Shorter ones are the style anyway. The "Brown Cows" have been beaten twice by our bowling team: seven pins the first time; two the second. Wanted — To hear from the other shops in regard to a bowling league. We understand that Walter Clark uses Pompeian Massage Cream on his hands so the girls won't suspect that he is a blacksmith. The Smith Shop hereby challenges the Boat Shop to box, wrestle, bowl, tug-of-war, or anything else the B. S. A. A. wants to take 'em up for. The Boat Shop may be Liberty Loan Champions but the Smith Shop concedes it no other flags or cups. AT THE DISPENSARY Since the provisions of the Federal Compensat : on Act of September 16, 1916, and the administration of this Act by the United States Employees' Compensa- tion Commission have been understood by the Yard employees, it is noted that those injured report more promptly to the Dispensary than heretofore. Plans have been prepared which will greatly in- crease the facilities of the Yard Dispensary so that there will be an ample waiting room, consultation room, surgical dressing room, a small ward for four beds, an operating room and a room for women employees. It is expected that an X-ray machine will be among the equipment of the new building. Monday, January 14th, 1918, must have been "Blue Monday". There were twenty-two new cases which visited the Dispensary on that date, the largest number in one day in the history of the Yard. When you are hurt come to us and lend your assist- ance by giving us willingly the information which is required of us for your record, and which is for your benefit. The cases that cause trouble for the most part are those of employees who fail to have their injuries recorded at the time they occur, and those who remain away from work and report their injury some time after they have become complicated by developments, which, at the start, could easily have been corrected. LIFE BUOY 11 BOAT SHOP NOTES The Boat shop employees met at the National Hotel on Wednesday evening, January 16, 1918, to en- joy a banquet that had been arranged for them by the Boat Shop Committee. The purpose of the meeting was to organize a club to meet each month and talk over shop matters and how best to work with the offi- cers of the Yard to increase the Boat Shop production. The guest of the evening was Assistant for Boat Constructor, Chief Carpenter Sverre Floathe, who gave an interesting talk on such a club as proposed and how it would help the officers and men of the Yard. Mr. Floathe's remarks were received with great applause and others present followed with a few words on the same topic. The evening was pleasantly passed and a fine ban- quet enjoyed. This club is on the same plan as that of the Smith Shop and from the way the men turned out and took interest in the first meeting, it is believed it will be a great success. The Boat Shop Committee, or "OVER THE TOP" Committee, presented Foreman Charles F. Tucker with the following letter of appre- ciation for his work in the Boat Shop's Liberty Loan drives: Boat Shop, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. January 16, 1918. Mr. Charles F. Tucker, Dear Sir: We wish to express our thanks and appreciation for your untiring efforts that so successfully led us "Over the top" to victory in both Liberty Bond drives, thus causing the happy realization of seeing the Pen- nant of victory flying over our shop. Signed Boat Shop Committee. Oscar T. Clark, Frank E. Donnell Charles W. Humpheys. We wonder why a certain man's wife would not let him attend the banquet? Well Charlie, you cannot expect to be out every night in the week. "Bill Gas" is some story teller. THINGS WE HAVE HEARD That a good run is better than a bad stand. That many a game has been lost by starting too soon for the (dinner) plate, especially when our genial friend "S" is at the bat. That we have had the very uncomfortable feeling of having our hat rise up and sit on the ends of our hair. That we have had to do some of the tight-wad stunts, or, in other words, we have been slightly Hoov- erized. Well - Well - WELL! NOTES FROM THE BANQUET Our guest, Chief Carpenter Floathe, entertained us with some excellent stories. The impossible happened, Freemie Lewis lost his speech. We noticed that our bond salesman Mr. Tucker had his big "Kohinoor" in plain sight. It is a wonder he was not robbed on his way home. When you want to see a real diamond look up Charles. Owing to a previous and important engagement, Mr. Shaw was not present. Oh! Shaw!! We wonder why? Captain Miles had a very rough time on his sub- marine trip. Yes, very rough indeed. Hats off to our toastmaster. The explanation for the peace and quietness in Shop 59 on Saturday — Freemie Lewis has a sore throat. Speaking about the Boat shop, Liberty Loans and Drives, you know we do a lot of driving over here and whether it is boats, nails or bonds makes little difference.- If you have anything to sell, place it in the hands of Charles Tucker. It is a sure thing he will put it over the top (if it can be done). BONDS There are bonds of friendship and bonds of peace. But the Liberty bonds will never cease. And when at last the final call The Boat Shop will put one over them all. ELECTRICAL SHOP NOTES The new Shop Lunch Room, opened January 21, 1918 is sure some grille. Louie is the Boss. The N. Y. I. A. is 98 per cent strong in 79. There are about fifty female operators employed in the Assembling Room at present. Is it a bowling team or a bawling team that the Smith Shop has? Who is the Big Gink, their manager? Quarterman Williams has come to an agreement with Mr. Jones as to his income tax. Our Time Clerk is going to entertain the F. O's. with a phonograph recital. Some boy! The Shop output for December was $72,848. The 1916 output was $68,000. The 1917 output was $411,000. For 1918 we expect to make $1,000,000 look small. It is surmised that Sheriff Leach is gumshoeing to find out who stole his dinner basket. Who saw that rat. Fred Hatch had a queer little lid That covered nine tenths of his head. One day when he coughed He blew the rim off And got a bad cold, it is said. 12 LIFE BUOY SHIPFITTER'S SHOP NOTES. The gambling parlors of Dick Canfield have been closed since some of the "profesh" were canned for six days. Floyd Riley is surely doing his bit laying out frames and plates; also, look sharp for he will soon pass the cigars around. (Dod Darn). A light haired "Thor" man says that cold weather and deep snow don't make much difference to him when it comes to motor-cycling. (Give 'er the gas). The apprentice boys of the shop are wondering where their tool kits arc. Hope they don't get disap pointed. A second school in shipfitting has been started in the shop. We hope the hoys will take as much interesl as (lie first class. A supper of planked steak and all the fixings was enjoyed by ten men of the mold loft recently at a cafe in Portsmouth. All reported a good time and plenty to eat. and hoped the next one would not be far off. Mill Higgins. whom we mentioned in the last issue, while coming from Bath, Maine, to Portsmouth, N. H., fell asleep on the train. He awoke at Salem. He must be working pretty hard. Hope it won't hurt his health any. Mr. Heiser, the "Stealthy Steve" identifier, is very much peeved when he has to return to the gate to pass some late comers, but he must remember that the Fuel Administrator has issued orders that all transpor tation lines shall not burn too much coal, and that it is not the men's fault if they are late. Never mind, "lleis". IT the York Harbor & Beach Railroad changes time and leaves the Kittory Point Station earlier in the morning, we are wondering how Frastus Stephen Blake will catch it, especially if they change conductors, as the one on now is very kind and waits for him from ten to fifteen minutes each morning. The Shop hopes that the men will profit by the lesson learned from going to the restaurant before the whistle blows. If they cannot get there in time to go through the door, lot Seegar give them a sandwich out the window. Question: Is it the fault of the Fuel Administrator or an oversight that the train which was promised for the men who quit work at 6:00 does not run? We hope that it will soon be put on. (We are still working for it). The lights in the shop have been replaced by new ones and additional lights have been installed in the mold loft, also new heating system direct from the main line. look in the Franklin Shiphouse and the new shiphouses and see the progress from one day to the next. If anyone thinks that this shop is lagging, take a Some men in the gang would like to see the Civil Service Commission at Boston take on more help and return the new ratings they are looking for. (Amen). The punch gang is keeping all work caught up close and are ready for anything that can be put up to them. (Only when Riley is out). This has been a great winter season for the pick- ling gang. They have handled and cut as much ice as they have steel. WANTFI): More good boys for rivet heating. Ernest Spinney says that keeping house is all right, but when your water pipes freeze up, and you try all night to thaw them out, and in the small hours of the morning the whole front of the stove blows out, all the covers lodge in the ceiling, the hot coals burn up a thirty-six dollar linoleum, the windows in the kitchen are broken, the cat scalded to death, and then your young housekeeper leaves because you can't afford to buy a new stove, that it is about time to find a boarding place. Willie Grace has stopped smoking and chewing tobacco and has taken up eating nails for a pastime. The Shop feels proud of the good woi k which the bending floor is doing under the leadership of Matt .Johns in turning out the difficult channel frames and other work. The night shift is also credited with good work although a number of men are out sick. Hooray! Joe Smith has got all the storm windows on except *Y\p skylight. The Boat Shop can boast of its athletes in running, swimming, tug-of-war, etc., but it has no one who can catch Charlie Shepard when it comes to walking. He can walk up the shop so fast the trail in the smoke is not closed up before he is back. Harry Magg, while in the performance of his duty. met with a painful accident, lie stuck Ins finger through a shell hole to find out if it was countersunk on the in- side and some driller with hot) nailed shoes en stepped on it. Harry hollered and hollered, "Get off my finger" but nothing doing. The man did not hear him so he had to suffer for about five minutes until the driller moved. The finger was badly lacerated and is now under the doctor's care. The Shop feels very fortunate that no one was seriously injured when the crane on the big rolls broke. Many had narrow escapes as it fell without much warning. The Safety Engineer is rigV on the job in securing the others so that we will feel safe when working near them MUSIC IN YOUR HOME Of all instruments adapted for making home attractive the PIANO holds first place. Do your Bit for the family by installing a good Piano. We have only the reliable kind and KENT OR SELL ON EASY TERMS. Let us show you our stock and quote prices. Special rental rate till June ist. Piano tuning and repairing. MONTGOMERY'S MUSIC STORE OPPOSITE POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED 1865 THE EXPERIENCE of a paper hanger is not needed to de- termine either the quality or artistic designing of our new and attractive WALL PAPERS You can see at a glance the rich ele- gance and you can live with the taste- fully designed patterns indefinitely without tiring of them. F. A. GRAY & CO. 30-32 Daniel St. ATTENTION MEN TELL YOUR WIVES THEY CAN SAVE A LOT OF MONEY BY ATTENDING OUR ECONOMY SALE - THREE SALES IN ONE FIRST-Mark down on Coats, Suits, Skirts, Furs and other winter goods. SECOND— White sale including Cotton under- wear and white goods generally. THIRD-New lines of Spring wash goods. L. E. STAPLES 13 MARKET ST., PORTSMOUTH, N. H. FRED GARDNER The man who takes your money in exchange for Real Estate and Insurance that insures. GLEBE BLDG. WE WILL TRY TO FILL YOUR ORDER FOR STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES HOYT & DOW THE STATIONERS REHMCH CO. READY TO WEAR COATS, SUITS, SKIRTS AND DRESSES GLOVES -- SMALL WARES -- TOILET GOODS 37-45 MARKET ST. TEL. 202 PORTSMOUTH, N. H. i SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" CENTRAL LAUNDRY COMPANY 71 PLEASANT ST. PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRST-CLASS WORK PROMPT DELIVERY E. E. WHITEHCUSE BARBER Up one flight Opposite Colonial Theatre THE ARTHUR RICHARDSON CO. INTERIOR DECORATORS AND DEALERS IN SPECIALTIES The New Hampshire National Bank B!dg. Rooms 7. 8 & 9 3 PLEASANT ST. PORTSMOUTH, X. II. SUGRUE OVERALLS, TOBACCO, PASTRY KITTERY. MAINE INSURANCE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION LOWEST RATES - BEST FORMS C. E. TRAFTON N. H. BANK BLDG. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. HOOVERIZE WHEN BUYING FURNITURE If you want to save money buy your House Furnishings at less than half the prices you are paying elsewhere We sell Complete House Furnishings at prices within the reach of all. E. o. STEPHENSON, Successor TO KEMP FURNITURE CO. V. A. WOOD, MGR. 99 Penhallow St., Portsmouth N. H. PARSONS the HATTER MEN'S FURNISHINGS THE "BUSY CORNER" STORE BUT NEVER TOO BUSY TO HLL YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS AND FILL THEM RIGHT OUT OF TOWN PATRONS ARE WELCOME TO WAIT FOR THE CAR AT OUR HOUSE BENJAMIN GREEN THE DRUGGIST A. P. WENDELL & CO. HARDWARE, PAINTS & TOOLS 2 MARKET SO. PORTSMOUTH, X. II. TEL. 850 ADAMS DRUGSTORE ON MARKET STREET PORTSMOUTH, N. H. J. VERNE WOOD 13 DANIEL ST, PORTSMOUTH, X. II. FUNERAL DIRECTOR TEL. CONN. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" &&#-<& TRY US OUT Cur business is men's clothes and fur- nishings, and footwear for the whole family. We carry only dependable mer- chandise, and our prices are reasonable. WALK-OVER, RALSTON, DOROTHY DODD SHOES, TRIPLE-TREAD RUBBERS "IVIASTERCRAFT MENS CLOTHES, PATRICK MACKINAWS. ARROW COLLARS, CARTER'S OVERALLS N. H. BEANE & CO. 5 CONGRESS ST., PORTSMOUTH, N. H. G. L. TREFETHEN KITTERY, MAINE HARDWARE & PAINTS, PLUMBING & HEATING DORE'S CONFECTIONERY STORE CARRIES HIGHEST GRADE CANDIES AND PURE ICE CREAM 37 CONGRESS ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Go to W. D. KENDALL >. m it KITTERY, MAINE FOR YOUR TELEPHONE 871-M MEATS, GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS -:^. \\s^ s < > \ , s\s sss: WILL THE PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD LEAD THE PROCESSION AGAIN IN THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN? YOU CAN GIVE THE ANSWER "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." Why You Should Purchase Your Yiclrola Here? Because OUR GUARANTEE OF SATISFACTION IS ADDED TO YOUR PURCHASE Victrolas are the same everywhere Quite true — but there is an added definite security in know- ing that this house — the best of its kind in this vicinity — stands back of the particular instrument you buy. THEVICTROLA (Illustrated) XA $85 Can be purchased on our Deferred Payment Plan You are always welcome at this home of good music. HaSSEtT's MUSIC AND ART SHOPPE 1 I 5 Congress St., Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY Make your dollars serve the Government and. help win the war. Buy United States Government Liberty Loan Bonds, the world's safest in- vestment. Join our Liberty Loan Saving Club now and be ready for the next Liberty Loan. We have helped thousands to own United States Government Bonds on the partial payment plan. Have you finished paying for your First and Second Liberty Loan Bonds? Why not continue your weekly payments and have them apply on the next Liberty Loan when issued? We will allow interest from time payments arc made. Leave your bonds with us for safe keeping, without charge. We also have Safety deposit boxes for rent $1.00 per year and up. FIRST NATIONAL BANK PORTSMOUTH, N. H. United States Depository Assets over Two Million Dollars. SAVING CONSERVATION and THRIFT WILL WIN THE WAR PATRIOTISM DFMANDS THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES SPEND LESS and SAVE MORE 10.(1(1(1 PEOPLE ARE SAVING THEIR EARNINGS BY THE HELP OF OUR INSTITUTIONS. NEW SAVING ACCOUNTS SOLICITED PISCATAQUA SAVINGS BANK First National Lank Building Po-i mouth, N. H. "! SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY Issued monthly for free distribution to employees of the Industrial Department of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. VOL. I MARCH 1918 NO. 3 WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? SOMETHING like five years ago a man came home one evening well and hear- ty, so far as outward appearance went. He ate his supper, sat about with his family, joked with his wife and children just as most men do when night time comes. While smoking his cigar after the children had gone to bed his attention was attracted by a small lump under his tongue about as large as a bean. It grew larger so he went to his physician who told him, frankly, that he had a cancer and who took immediate steps to give such treatment as he could. In six months this malignant, subtle growth con- sumed the greater part of the man's face, an eye, an ear, his tongue and finally his brain. During that period, though he suffered tre- mendously, he fought with all the virility of his vigorous constitution and the aid of the finest physicians in the country to stamp out the growth. In the end he died. In August 1914 this old world of ours awoke to the fact that one portion of its body had become infected with the virulent poison of the vilest disease with which humankind ever was possessed — -the doctrine that "might makes right" — that a few with this right can control the life, the health, the happiness of individuals and nations ; that they can de- termine the destiny of mankind as it suits them. Since that day in July when a pistol shot snuffed out the life of an Austrian archduke and thus gave the flimsy excuse for forcing into flame a war long since planned, there has developed its being and extended itself across Europe from the North Sea to the Mediter- ranean a tormented strip of country such as mankind, or the world never has known, nor which, previous to that Summer's day, seem- ed possible. Almost four years have come and gone. The world, in it's efforts to stamp out the ugly sore and to utterly remove its devilish cause, has poured into that tortured strip such wealth and such a store of life as has staggered- humanity. One nation after another, in defense of their common love- of right and a chance to live as peaceful hu- manity should, has added its might until more than half of mankind has devoted its men, its wealth, its entire time and resources to stopping the spread of this sore. We here in America are just beginning to feel the stress of the circumstances ahead of us, to know the heartache of facing the loss of our men — many times our personal friends, — of suffering, of the pangs of suspense and un- certainty and the inconvenience of sacrifice. A few days ago there tied up at one of the docks in this Yard a ship, ice-covered and stained and bearing evidences of the duty through which she had passed. She repre- sents a link in the long, thin chain of ships through which America is already pouring her strength, her vast resources of men and things into the Allie's trenches and by which she will help in winning the war. The nourishment to feed these vast armies on the ships and in the trenches and to carry men and munitions, equipment and supplies, nurses, doctors, wounded: the thousand, yes the millions of things necessary, depend utterly on this chain. This vast store of help, flowing like medicine from the huge bottle that America represents, can only reach the trenches through a neck no bigger than this chain of ships. No other war ever was waged with a base removed three thou- LIFK BUOY .sand miles by an intervening ocean, no other war has called for so much or in such vast quantities. Thai strip "over there" is like no other place Oil earth. Men die, not in hundreds but by millions. Hospitals cannot be built rapid- ly enough to care tor the broken and wound- ed so that churches, schools, hails, houses; all Shelter soldiers for miles and miles away from the front. Not hundreds of shells are hurled into the enemy's country but whole trainloads, whole shiploads. Cemeteries are not alone made to care for the wreckage but huge open graves and funeral pyres that con- sume thousands nay they must even lie un- buried to stench the air. Not a few men here and there are wiped out but whole cities in number; not a few buildings are wrecked, but cities, miles of them, to the end that slowly but surely and a little at a time we. and our Allies, shall gain by paring oil' a bit of rotten- ness and so, gradually, but surely, clo e over and heal, for all time, this sorry spectacle. Already our hospitals here are taking injured men by hundreds, our friends greet us sad eyed, our ships are being sunk. Slow- ly bid surely the grip of this war is reaching us. What are we the men right here in the Portsmouth Navy Yard — going to do about it? Can any man, fit to bear the name, do less than to keep every machine, every job. every bit of work assigned to him going at full blast to the single end that ship-, con- voys, material shall reach the Navy on time, ahead of time, in shape. Shall we because of our personal lack let that chain of ships be- come taut, stretched by delay and by poor work till it snaps apart. In the midst of some huge drive one ship load of men, one cargo of shells, one tank of fuel, one steamship of grain and food might spell victory; their lack might mean the spread into still untouched territory of the hordes we an- arming to keep from corrupting the face of the earth. What are we what are you going to do about it — Nay! — what are you doing about it? Men! — let's face this game, our game in an up-standing, man-fashioned, fearless way, without quibble, without bickering, without thought of our own personal likes or dislikes and so in the least time bring an end — and peace. What are you doing about it? SECOND DINNER ON Wednesday evening, March 6th, something like one hundred and thirty or the beads of depart- ments, Foremen, quartermen, ami leadingmen sal down io a turkey supper iii the Lunch Room. Though nol equipped Io serve a banquet I be Lunch Room torce turned oul a supper that left nothing to be desired iii i lie way of Interior decoration; or at leasl every report sounded that way I be following morning, some even earlier. A case of near Sighted- ness on I lie pari of the Safely Kngineer was re- sponsible for the discrepancy in I be hour of serving but Ibis delay was more I ban offset by I be great promptness with which the vaudeville show began After supper Chief Carpenter Ploathe, acting as loasl master I under what menial anguish and apprehension only those who heard the truth con- cerning bis pari in Cue naming of Copper field, Ne- vada, can appreciate) presented Captain w. G. Cole of the i'. S. s. FREDERICK whose remarks brought home wilb considerable force (be need for the ill • most effort on all work that every ship assigned to this Yard remain for repairs the minimum id' lime. lie was followed by Mr. McCourt, Chief Estl- malor. whoso plea for increased powers for leading and quartermen, comparable with the increase in the number of men ami work now assigned to them, can result in greater production along the line Master Mechanic Flanagan, in a few terse words, showed to what extent the personal efforts on the pari of the men have resulted in building up Hie Yard and having new construction assigned. Commander Wyman and Naval Constructor Schlabach followed, devoting their talks to coordi- nating the facts given by Captain Cole and Mr. McCourt into suggestions Bhowlng whereby each officer and head could form the nucleus of a group of men in each shop, thus bringing the men into closer touch with the big Hunt; tor which we are working and which Captain Cole so aptly summed up when he said "Our principal job now is Io DOWN THE SUBMARINES," a slogan we could well adopt here to splendid advantage After supper the meeting adjourned Io mold- ing No. 95 where, through the kindness of chief Boatswain Hill, a vaudeville show with moving pictures closed the evening SLACKERS SUPPOSE Ceneral Pershing should issue an order that a certain regiment should make a charge Of l>. JAN 19 |920 LIKE IJUOY to-morrow ill daylight. Then suppose thai one BOl- dier shiMihl say "J waul to go sec my brother to- morrow," and another should say "it is a little cloudy; I think I will slay In my tenl to day." and the next should say "the captain spoke roughly to me yesterday I do not think I will charge any more" and the fourth should say "My big toe is a little sore 1 think I had better not charge to-morrow." And suppose thai one man out of every nine should offer an excuse like that and refuse to charge. How long would it take the Germans to "lick time" oul Of such a crowd '.' Now suppose we talk aboul the Portsmouth Navy Yard. The records show that on the average one man out of every nine stays away from work every day without permission. This is in addition to these granted leave with pay. True, some of those are sick hut they are in a small minority. The great percentage stay away because they are Indif- ferent. They place their own in! rests and feeling above those of the country; duty im.ir-.s nothing to them. Bach man thinks he is only one and will not be missed, but one man will break up a gang of riveters; one missing helper will hold up the work of the mechanic, one missing mechanic will cause a machine to lie idle. And when you multiply one such loss by four hundred, the average number ai' eii! each day without leave, you have a loss Im- possible le overcome. How can the in a na cement meel their promises on I be completion of work when eleven per cent of the men will not work'.' How can the foremen plan their work If they can not depend on their men coining to work? How can we win the war if one man out of every nine won't tight? We call a man who tried to evade the draft a slacker Is a man who tries to evade his duty in the yard any belter? No, he is worse, for he is ac- tually helping the enemy. The men in the field must have supplies and amunitlon. To get these the country must send ships, and to send ships il must have convoys. If by your absence you help to delay a ship's gelting away from the yard so that a freight ship or troop ship must go with too small a convoy, and is sunk by a submarine, on that ac- count you have just as surely aided the enemy as though you sidd him government secrets. We are lighting for our homes and lives here in the Navy Yard just as truly as are our friends and brothers in the trenches. He a patriot in actions as well as words. THIRD LIBERTY LOAN WHAT is Portsmouth Navy Yard going lo do on lln' ne\l loan? II seems lo be the general im- pression that the third loan will be put oul April eighth and thai il will bear four and one half per cent, interest. On the second loan we surely swept clean and I have heard no one dispute our claim. to being the champion yard. If we are going lo sweep clean again il is nol too soon lo start Hie campaign, We gol a late start in the last sale or we would have reached the half million mark. What amount are we going to strive for this time and how shall we conduct the run paign? 1 suggest thai each shop elect a committee of three to be known as the "Liberty Loan shop Com- mittee" lo get the shop in line. This committee i eleel a chairman and these chairmen shall com- pose Hie "Liberty Loan Yard Co littee." In looking back on one's efforts they call soe the weak points and, so. in looking back on our second loan campaign il seems lo me thai our weak- est point was the failure lo make personal appeals le each individual in the yard. One man can not make a real appeal 10 every one in a shop of three or four hundred, but three or more men on a com- inillee can reach all hands If the shops think well id' this suggestion I wish they WOUld get together and elect their com- mittees so that we can gel together Hie last of the month and outline our work. Foremen, will you please call t he meel ings i o order? Naval Constructor Schlabach, U. S. N. simp Superintendent, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT rill': Public Works Department is in charge oi the design, construction, and maintenance of the Public Works of Ibis Navy Yard, such as buildings, dry dock, power plants, crane:,, ways, railroads, barracks, storehouses, water supplies, sewage sys- tem, etc. The past season has been a very busy one for this Department, most of the work being done by Yard labor. The new submarine building ways, recently completed and several temporary store- houses have been built in this way and there are prospects thai several more will be so constructed. The hospital barracks, jusi finished, have been I, IKK BUO'i bulll under it. Tempbra rj ban acl s now » ell under way to ai comodate :i large number ol prlsi an being built by i he Turner t Ion true i iipn Co , ol New York. The e b: lis when plel id will i"' ; (del of i heir I Ind \ -I eat de il of work la being done In i he Pow er Pla ut New i urbo air pre i ors, which will u i in from i h cat Ing engine com n turbo in coolei nd b I. A in hi i in ■, out piei toi ubi la alao b Ing bulll , aa well a i gate house at tl I Id if i he bi Idge The exten ilon to i he I men OtTlc i In nd fl the reaent i [Be i bu lldlni w ill be i ;i i hree story but i In oughoul This will The "i 1 I [on and th u Ine Draftlni R i will b i i \ ed from i heir pi I I and Installed on the door of i he office bulldln ■ Plan mi a new 1 1 toreh considerably la r n than i he In Bulldln > being coi i one i Ion ol i he i a rd w hlch is un- r.i in 1 1 1 M to thi majorlt] ol employee 1 1 is i he iii. pltal Resen at Ion w hlch has be in i he si ene of much acl Ivlt \ Ince i he out bi e 1 1 he wai i his attracts one's attention first when visiting thai vi clnltj The first emergency arrangement tor car- in for Invalids out ilde of i he main building was ii stabllahmen! of a small city of tentB where general i on>a [ion II eases are handled. Thi i a rra ngemenl later ga ve waj to thi ie bo called I'lmi .iii.Hi ward buildings The ie are all itrong structures, substantially built of wood and pla itered Inside and were built under contract with Mr. George Baker Long, Worcester, Mass.. on the i' i plus percentage basis, A time limit was set tor their oompletlon They were all finished ready tor occupancy before the expiration of the contract time. All ni the painting of these buildings was done by yard labor. The next contract was tor the construction of in emergency hospital bnlldlngs let to Mr Martin Kelley of New York These consisted of a one itorj ni' a itence building fully equipped as a kitch •ii and dining hall; two two-story ward buildings jor Ih'iI patients; two two-story barracks tor the emergencj corps; a two-story living quarters with kitchen and dining room tor the accomodation of female nurses; and i two-storj garage with living -I irs mi i he : econd n ' tor ' he yard ambu - lances, This contract was later increased bj the addition of a Laboratory, which is now under con structlon, These structures also were painted by j : i i C. Mr, A. 1-. Spinney has been promoted i<> assist- ant Shop Superintendent, with the additional duly of charge of the Brass Finishing shop (formerly Elect rlcal Shop i . All purely electrical work on ships lias been plac- ed under Mr, Flanagan and the electrical force will be established In Building No. 89, second Moor. ,\ii .1 .1 Connors has been appointed foreman moulder. Mr. F, A. Fagan and Mr, D. J. Leahy have been appointed assistant Inspectors. LIFE BUOY PAINT SHOP The human spiders, S. A. Boston and Professor Hossley, who aspire tor Scott's job of heating air, met recently in a wrestling match. Before the bout both could throw each other. After the bout alibis were very numerous. From their looks one would have thought it was a prize light. Both are very tame now. Anyone aspiring to be a painter »ill be tried out once on the wireless poles and once In the double bottoms. Oh yes! and the official Hag staff and the roof of the Franklin ship house. We ask the foreman of the other shops to please be a little more considerate when they have glass to set. Instead of invaribly waiting for zero and rainy weather we would remind them to have a heart and use some of the pleasant days as well. A little safe- ty-first might apply to this. Yes — come to think of it. Some i pic's ili'linition of Painter Ails. Dauber. We have some but, thanks, only a few. In the next issue we will give you the proper definition with a few extra points for the needy. We would like to say something about Mr. Ball in this issue. Some people are pretty hard to reach,, so we will pass him up until the next issue. SHIPFITTER'S SHOP Edward Payson Weston has nothing on Ernest Spinney, whose boarding house is out at Spruce Creek. He leaves the car at Hutchins' corner and recently lost his way and went to York. When h& inquired where he was he was directed back over the same road to the Kittery car barn. On his way- he saw a signboard which gave directions to Poi mouth, live miles away, so he decided to take a chance. Alter walking hours he saw a light which proved his salvation for, upon knocking at the. door one of his old shop-mates came and, recognizing him, gave him his Bupper and then took him to his- boarding house where they arrived at 11.30 P. IVL We ;il I enjoyed a nice 7-20-4 after Eddie Lutts entered the bonds of matrimony. We thank him very much, and join together to wish both he and Mrs. Lutts a long and prosperous life. We were very fortunate in one of our recent calls to secure the services of an expert letterer, Mr. S. J. Mclntire of Kennebunk, Maine. Before his arrival the majority of that work waas thrown upon the shoulders of our Quarterman Mr. J. H. Morrill. So if you want any lettering done just ask Mr. Ball for Mac. (Just the same — -Mac will have to "hump" to keep in sight of Morrill's record.) The Shipfltters have a three-piece orchestra which the enlisted men say has 'em all on the Stocks, so if you have any serenading to do, or any garden par- ties where the refreshments are in plain sight, just ring 'em up. Our weigher says that the weigh house ,ii the new building ways is a bird and is well built. All it needs is to have the roof made waterproof and steam heal pul in. He says that he is not much on this "freeze stuff," and we check him up on that, for we And his books and papers frozen to the desk every day. GOD BLESS HOOVER. Who says we are not doing our bit? Dyer's recent dive into a red lead pot still leaves him with red in his eyes. Anyone who thinks the paint shop was not there in the last Liberty Loan is badly mistaken. Look up their average then glance at their salary, then look up and see if they had any overtime. We will be with you, Liberty, just as strong the next time. Mr. Schlerer, our weight draftsman, is booming things. He has brother Preble now as an under- study, in addition to C. E. C. Corkalovitch. Ooo! Micott says his motto is: "If I can do anything to help out, I will gladly do so." If you don't be- lieve it ask Charlie Philbrick or Mr. Nichols. 8 LIFE BUOY Hold the Fori! ('onion and Pattee of our Sub- marine office will have something to say soon — Stop, Look. ;iml then LISTKN. Thai will be enough. Le Roy has purchased a phonograph and is pre- paring an entertainment for the shop; including the famous dance which he has perfected. The boys are taking up a collection to buy a pair of rubber wrist bumpers for Cheney so he won't pound his hands off when he goes out on the "lay- ing out" platform In cold weather. Harry Mitchell walked so fast to the Navy Yard from the "Back City" that his felt boots were half full of sweat when lie put them on at night. Our genial temporary lighting man. Brady, wishes that anyone knowing of a good house for rent or for sale would let him know. Then the cigars will be passed around. ELECTRICAL SHOP We wonder: When the crane goes by why we think of Nora. Why some girls are so curious. How our worthy leading lady enjoyed her ride on the government ferry one morning. How will you keep away from the shaft — Gertie. Why we can't gel any fresh air hot air gels tiresome. *** it might be well for the men working on the ma- chine Boor, to read the sign on the second floor "Visitors Not Allowed " what is the attraction? Our stock-man has not paid a yi.sit to the Yard Dispensary this month Some record! A sign of spring, Burke has shed his wristlets The shop lunch room is doing line. At present a ladies' recreation room is being fitted up in this shop. 1 wonder why more joy rides'.' lasi trip. Mr. Phillips does not go on any ll lias been four years since the Mr. Morrow was last wending his way to the horse races; in company with his three legged dog. Our force of female operators has doubled in the last month. Some girls. Some of the boys are making arrangements to take the new time keeper, (with the green suitl out for a walk. Upon his departure from the Yard Mr. P. W. Maliy was presented with a handsome gold watch by the employees of this shop. Mr. Barrett made the presentation speech, and Mr. Maby responded in a manner worthy Of much praise Moving day has struck the motor force once again, and Pethic's famous "flat car" was much in evidence. The "Scottish dialect'' and original "horse laugh" will be sadly missed. PATTERN SHOP. BLDG. 95 Patrolman Buckley (detective) found ground glass in the candy he purchased in the shop, and thinks it is some foul play on the part of the Ger- mans Buck says he should be rewarded, as the lives id' many pattern-makers were saved by his great find. Never-the-less the boys still insist on satisfying their fondness tor the sweet stuff. The BOSS says, if Buck searches further, he might dis- cover that it came from the overhead lights which were hurst by a would-be base ball pitcher. \sk the married men of our shop, what their secret club is doing on the light less nights? We are not the least bit jealous of the other shops, but, how about having a few female operators consigned to our shop'.' Signed "Single GrUys." ONE PIANOIPURCHASE Should mean a life time oi I satisfaction : : PACKARD PIANOS Brings into your home a concert of sweet melody H. P. MONTGOMERY, OPP0SIT1 mi. I'osi in in i PORTSMOUTH, N. H. OUR SLOGAN: Cash and Carry Lowest Prices in Town Call and Prove It Shaws Cash Market Telephone 133 18 PLEASANT ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." 10 LIFE BUOY We hope that our foreman gets a supply of PTPF SHOP wood or coal very soon as he has burned his coal bin and shortly will shut on the fence. Fred and Sam have it all figured out that thirty-two weeks and two days from now they will be on their annual hunting trip in the wilds of Maine. (Onie boys how about the next get together meeting? Who left their tobacco lieing around? Bill's ■chewing it. Now that I be clam flats are tree from ice, and Eddy is on the job, those wishing a good clam fry Reuben Rand lias given us the slip and gone should place their order at an early date as we all (JA 1 !SH(J1 receives from bis duties at the gate. How about it Charles? Ht'NKKK HILL DAY. Bunker Hill Day is day thai will last, a bunker SPAR SHOP ..,,„, . I WONDER, of coal is a thing oi the past, but the Bunker whose name we wish to recall is the Bunker who umpires If Clem Waterhouse ever bears the whistle the game of liase Ball, but the 10 hour days which blow at 11:30? the government needs, will bar Mr. Bunker from — : the Sunset League, but if you will look and see what it means, you will find Mr. Bunker is afraid of If Varney is in love? Marines. If "Nemo" went broke in Frisco? Who said Waterworth could bowl? If the female employees will ever come? Gus Bill Thompson has been promoted to Broom a „,i Waldo are getting impatient. Inspector and he will make a clean sweep. if Barney is the pool champion of the Navy Charles Tucker can sell Liberty Bonds; who Yard? said he couldn't sell second hand clothes? fackson and Lewis, men of very few words. If Tom Fisher and Scottie (hte painter) came from the same country? If Keefe will be treasurer of the Wood-worker's It a man is in love how does he feel? Oh! Union 7 Shaw. Where Tome Wilson learned how to make How many miles to Dover? Ask Miles. benches? GLENWOOD RANGES KITCHEN UTENSILS GAIiVANIZED ASH BARRELS TIN, SHEET [RON AND COPPER WORK PLUMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING PIPE AND FITTINGS pSrtom™'™: n!h. the sweetser store Tel. 310 C. P. CARROLL GROCERIES, MEATS and PROVISIONS 145 PENHAJLLOW ST., PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Felephone Connection Near A. S. L. Ferry JOHN SISE & CO. INSURANCE 8 MARKET SQUARE PORTSMOUTH, N. H. THE PORTSMOUTH FLOWER SHOP A. C. CRAIG, Manager FANCY CUT FLOWERS AGENT VICTOR TALKING MACHINES 4 Market Street Phone 960 PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE If you break your Thermos Bottle we have the Fillers E. E. WHITEHOUSE BARBER Up One Flight Opposite Colonial Theatre A. P. WENDALL & CO. Hardware, Paints and Tools Telephone S50 12 Market Square Portsmouth, N. H. THE ACORN 18 Market Sq., Portsmouth HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL BOOKS W. H. WHITE F. E. HODGDON BOARDMAN and NORTON WHITE and HODGDON Groceries, Meats, Provisions POULTRY AND COUNTRY PRODUCE Druggists We consider credit accounts both a moral and legal obligation Opposite Post Office Portsmouth, N. H. PLEASE PAY PROMPTLY Electric Household Devices FOR YOUR COMFORT AND HAPPINESS ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LIGHT AND POWER CO. 29 Pleasant Street Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." 12 LIFE BUOY Some of the boys are working nine hours in eight. Plans are under way, by eight of the sports, for a camp on Eliot side of the Piscataqua, and if things come to a head there will be many more imperson- ators of Douglas Fairbanks hopping around the yard. Patternmaker — "How do you spell work?" Apprentice (quickly responds) "S-H-E-L- L-A-C-I-N-G!!" We the members of the "Little Mandolin Club," of the Pattern Shop, do hereby make known to the Yard, and surrounding towns, that we will accept all engagements issued to us after we make our de- but as professional musicians. If you desire faith- ful service and excellent harmony, see our leader Prof. H. E. Britton, in his studio, or any of the fol- lowing members :- R. Metelli — Artist on the left handed guitar. J. Nicholson — First mandolin (plays only when his wife allows him to have the evening off). C. Malmquist — Second mandolin, and best little string wrestler on this side of the river. L. Van Ham — One who harmonizes with the women. D. Twitchell & R. Fullam — Comedians. Music furnished for all occasions. Reasonable prices. The bowlers say:- Owing to the fact that it is so late in the sea- son, and so many men are working nights, we couldn't consider it practical to start a regular league, but are willing to roll any team from any shop on the yard for fun, money or marbles; and the stronger they are the better we like them. Our Alley Records — Lost to: Won from Brown Cows. 1 2 Blacksmiths. 1 2 Machinists. 1 1 Foundry. 1 Sailmakers. 2 SHEET METAL SHOP NOTES It doesn't matter how long the war lasts, we are sure of fuel and food as long as Foreman Drake keeps his company together for we can take our Cote and hat and go down the Lane where the Gale doesn't rage and dig a Murphy or so, then feed the Chicks on Cobb and Rice. You look around and you can see Cole in one end of the shop and a Brush in the other, why worry over the fuel question. You can Card Cotton from the Ladd near Law- erence any time, but it would not be Wright to shoot Robbins until you could Call Parker and ask what all Seaman do when a woodchuck Burrowes into a Stackpole. We can Winn the war by going over to York, drive Staples through a Door, then Russell the leaves just before trying to Prime our gun and how many Weeks it would take Lewis to Leav-itt. That's the best thing in the shop, Hay! What! That new sanitary drinking fountain. We understand that a one act comedy is to be staged here in the near future entitled "Who Sol- dered the Cover on My Dinner Pail?" Any one wishing to get inside dope on the wrestling matches should ask Harry Wyman. A few of the boys are getting the spring fever bad. It hurts to get up on a nice warm morning with the thoughts of being tied to a bench rather than to the steering wheel, doesn't it Charlie? We would like to hear from the Boilermakers (es- pecially those training at the West End Alleys), Tinsmiths, Electricians, and the so-called champion Boat Builders. Wanted. Several houses for the married men of this shop. We can not pay for board and room and buy another Liberty Bond on what we get at present. HOOVERIZE WHEN BUYING FURNITURE If you want to save money buy your House Furnishings at less than half the prices you are paying elsewhere We sell complete House Furnishings at prices within the reach of all. E. (). STEPHENSON, Successor TO KEMP FURNITURE CO. V. A. WOOD, MGR. THE "BUSY CORNER" STORE BUT NEVER TOO BUSY TO FILL YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS FILL THEM RIGHT 99 Penhallow St., Portsmouth, N. H. YOU OUGHT TO KNOW DENNETT and McCARTHY'S IS THE BEST PLACE TO BUY OVERALLS, SHIRTS, HOSIERY OUT OF TOWN PATRONS ARE WELCOME TO WAIT FOR THE CAR AT OUR HOUSE BENJAMIN GREEN THE DRUGGIST INSURANCE OP EVERY DESCRIPTION LOWEST RATES BEST FORMS C. E. TRAFTON N. H. BANK BLDG. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. USE GAS FOR LIGHTING, HEATING AND COOKING PORTSMOUTH GAS CO. ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE C. F. DUNCAN & CO. DEALERS IN BOOTS, SHOES and RUBBERS 9 MARKET STREET TELEPHONE CONNECTION PORTSMOUTH, N. H. The Acorn BROOKS MOTOR SALES PORTSMOUTH, - - NEW HAMPSHIRE (periodoIW) p; ne Writing Papers 18 Market Sq., Portsmouth FORD SERVICE Flllis BrOS. M en ' s and Boy's Shoes Fine Shoe Repairing : 157 congress st. TEL. CONN. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." 1 1 LIFE BUOY How the nirn in the balcony like the new lo- i sal loo of i he office? if "Happy" really thinks thai the now steam in the cooper simp is Cor baking pies tor the simp restaurant v FOUNDRY ITEMS The Brown Cows claim they can trim the Poun dry bowling team any time If those two profession- als from Pennsylvania who were rung in on them before are not allowed to appear In the lineup, pro vlded Bill leaves his corsets off and Mac learns thai it oosts money to roll In a real game, Dan says thai If "Dynamite" continues ('loan- ing up the way be has been lately be will bave enougb saved up to maks that trip to Dover on St. Patrick's day in whitewash iiie church green. Mike Is still wondering why everything Is so quiet around Jack's bench latelj Wo notice that <; R P, is wearing a now pair of glasses which he recently purchased to use tor his "late sessions." we are wondering whether or not Charley can make use of George's old ones and thereby multiply the Strength he is receiving from the double pair be is wearing now. banding the laugh to a lot of the "wise guys" who have been kidding him about bis attraction for the fair sex. Hero is the story: When he arrived in Somers- WOrth he found that she was not going tO show up. li would mil be right to say that he was dis- couraged, no Indeed! not that boy! i-'ive minutes later found him at another lady's door listening to a surprised, but delighted, tone of voice, "Why! Frank. Greetings. You must come in and join our little parly Ibis evening." Could he refuse? Noi him, lie went In and had one wonderful time 11 n I il be realized I bat hi' bad a home Hui. sad though ii is. 'lis true, that time Mies when one is in good compain lor when be woke up the train tor hover bad gone and he had to rely on good old shank's mare and reached borne at S 00 A. M. the next morning, Two mysteries to "Ed" Hayes, is my present Job everlasting and why do they Keep i lie so near I he Office door'' All bough you cannot pass that phoney dollar bill you found on the shop stairs. Mike, on anybody in Portsmouth, we think il our duly to advise that yOU Can most likely dispose Of il readily in your borne i own of I >o> er u you i ry. Do not be alarmed If you see some bewildered looking being wandering about the shop He Is not era j nor subject to tits, but merely trying to locate a sprinkling can. The "boss" has purchased a new Apper.ou Bight and believe me II is some swell car. The boys are all wondering who be is going to get for chauf- feur, "Dynamite' 1 is hoping be will be the lucky one and no doubt will be If "Dan" doean'l beat him to il Deacon Emery has been staying out so late at night with his sioU lady friend that he linds great difficulty connecting with the 7::!o whistle in the morning, "The i'!ml of a Perfect Day" Our handsome, blond shopmate from Dover Who went to Somorswoith recently lo 1111 a date is \ n her of our sporting men would like lo i ;i real game of pool bel ween Hick ami Hill. Both claim lo be the best man bul here is a little inside dope, on the merits of each free of charge, for the other sports here. Hot on W. C. to win although Richard is some shooter just the same. We think that one of our genial coremakera will soon be era j unless he finds out what Margaret told Mac about him. Although some from a good cigar was blown in bis face Jack still holds to his resolution to quit smoking during Lent. Hill" Itates has joined the Navy. Henry Peyser f> Son Hi TO 20 MARKET ST. For more than forty years Portsmouth's leading Store for Men's and Boys' apparel MARGESON BROTHERS FURNITURE, CARPETS, RUGS FURNITURE COVERINGS AND UPHOLSTERING VAUGIIAIN ST. PORTSMOUTH. IN. II. FRED B. COLEMAN APOTHECARY Corner Congress and Vaughan Sis. PORTSMOUTH, N. II. The Acorn ... BE AETNA -I ZED ... Willi our Accident mid Health Policy in Case of DlsabilKj AETN A. IN SU U A N (10. CO. II. I. CASWELL, Agenl PORTSMOUTH, N. II. S U G R U E Overalls, Tobacco, Pastry Fine Engraving & Stamping 18 Market Sq., Portsmouth KITTERY, MAINE S. S. TRUEMAN GENERAL CONTRACTOR JOHN O'LEARY KITTERY and NAVY YARD EXPRESS GENERAL TEAMING Tel. Con. Portsmouth, N. H. tki,i-:im[onk i;r,i 83 Bow St. LOUIS ABRAMS and CO. Sole Local Agency tor ADLER'S COLLEGIAN CLOTHES The Universal Standard of Good Dress BOSTONIAN FOREMOST SHOE FOR MEN Portsmouth, N. H. 38-4o Daniel Streel PORTSMOUTH, \. M. The HARDWARE STORE OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE Ulster Pocket Knives and WissScissors. Lunch Kits and Pocket Flash Lights E. C. MATTEWS HARDWARE AND PAINT CO. Tel. I7it ■11 Pleasant Streel PORTSMOUTH, N. II. "I SAW IT IN TIIK LIFE BUOY." 16 LIFE BUOY More from "Us Girls" next month STENOGRAPHER'S NOTES Congratulations, Tom. Back to Monkeydom — Sure sign: Down on the upper lip — There are some fur-hearing animals in the Industrial Department. Thank you, "Mr. Perkins.' 'When I was with the Boston Music Company.'' New Girl: Is he an officer? Old Girl: Well he thinks he is! New Girl: Why, I thought he was the messen- ger boy in the Accounting Office! Front seats in the main office were at a pre- mium, we are told, the night of the big wind. MACHINE SHOP NOTES George Hoyt has returned to work after pass- A little sprayer, girls, the capacity of the boat j ng tne w j n ter months with his family in London- is one hundred. derry. Carnation Lilac Lily of the Valley Wisteria Rose Heliotrope Eclat Ideal Azurea Lady Mary Floramye Mavis L'Origan Musk Corylopsis Milaja Le Trefle Djer Kiss Ectera Dactylis Cashmere Bouquet Splendor Arbutus Peg O' My Heart Japan Jockey Club Violet Vogue Mary Garden Jicky Honey Suckle Melba Narcisse New Mown Hay Orchid Lotus Flower Royal Shamrock Ectera We're here. "Buck" got a letter from another dead man upstate last week. We understand the workers on the tube sheets are keeping Lent. They surely have a Holey job. One fourth mile of drilling ever get bored? The boys in this shop had one sweetless day this week. There was a reason. We wonder what inducement prompts our Ralph to migrate South, is it the call of Spring? Everybody pull together; it's team work that Captain Frank has solved the tumbler prob- lem. How far would the cigars distributed by the benedicts of this shop in the last five years, reach, if placed end to end? Reward. Spring has come! The girls have made their Some Shops may beat us on Liberty Loans, exodus from the cabin and have driven the rest of but on Matrimonial Bonds we have no peers. us in - Waaser matter, Boss? Eddie admits she is no Pavlowa, but, give her We are still growing and some better all the time. time. Righto! Page and Shaw Candies Sole Local Agency Adams Drug Store ON MARKET ST. Portsmouth : : N. H. Prove It for Yourself You can get more real value lor your money by wearing Clothes made to your measure. 11 you Jon t believe it. Just try us. WOOD, The Tailor Navy Unilorms and Equipment 15 PLEASANT ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Go to W. D. KENDALL KITTERY, MAINE TELEPHONE 871-M FOR YOUR MEATS, GROCERIES and PROVISIONS Fruits, Canned and Staple Foods BEST GOODS AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES sCHE^RGHET, Chevrolet Automobiles, The most Satisfactory Built Economical, Powerful, Durable CHAS. E. WOODS 51-60 BOW STREET PORTSMOUTH, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." 18 LIFE BUOY Mr. E. J. O'Keefe is the latest man in this shop to do it. We all wondered why it was that "Ed" was smiling to himself all the time. Who is the next? Would Frank Lynch us if we asked him? This shop has enjoyed the pleasant company of Mr. S. B. Lawrence. Erecting Engineer, Putnam Machine Co., of Fitchburg, Mass., and we sincerely appreciate his kind assistance upon the installation of our Baby Lathe. The Quartermen and Leadingmen of this Shop. with their wives, were very pleasantly entertained by Foreman and -Mrs. Frank L. Waaser at their home in Portsmouth, Washington's Birthday even- ing. Will some kind friend please consent to help "Mark" out in making his income tax return. Machine Shop Building No. SO SMITH SHOP NOTES Billy Critch enjoyed an auto ride one day last month. He says he thinks the Railroad charges high rates to pedestrians. Has anyone a raincoat to sell? See Jack Riley. The fellows in the coal fire end of the shop are wondering if gas masks will be provided for them during the first two hours after lighting up. Old Doctor Hoyt has cured many a cold lately with his famous snuff. Whose turn next to pass around the cigars? Mike Burchill says he may surprise us soon. Phil Hughes says managing the bowling team is hard enough without having to walk across the bridge to get to Portsmouth. We suppose sheepskin coats and rubber boots will still be worn by some (probably residents of Eliot ) next July. Oscar Hutchins and Mr. Jensen, Sr. are being urged to wrestle best two out of three to a finish. Tickling the ribs barred. Congratulations and success to our two new leadingmen, the two Bills. The Smith Shop turned out over 60 tons of forgings last month, all small stuff, too. They are aiming to keep ahead of even that record from now on. THINGS IN GENERAL. The Navy Department has authorized the con- struction of a new sawmill. It will be located near the timber basin and lumber yard. The construc- tion will be of wood and sheet steel, and a travell- ing crane will be provided. With the removal of the sawmill from Building No. 74 this whole build- ing will be used by steet metal workers and plumb- ers. The Foundry spread itself last month. The output per day was the greatest in its history and the output per man per day within one pound of the best previous record. That's the way to swat the Huns. Due to the fact that the work of the pipe- fitters and the outside machinists is so closely allied, it has been decided to put all pipefitters under Mr. Hayes, foreman machinist, outside. This will put all of Building No. 89, first floor, under Mr. Hayes' supervision. Try our Saving System Popular Prices ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE Kerwi n's Shoe Store 45 CONGRESS ST. ALBERT Z. LEACH, M^r. A FEW OF LR SPECIALTIES Hart, Schaffner and Marx Clothes, Stetson Hats, Manhattan Shirts, Fownes Gloves, Interwoven Stockings F. W. LYDSTON & CO. °S^5 r E:£;r R. L. COSTELLO SEED STORE HIGH GRADE SEEDS 115 Market St. Telephone, 57 PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." £mx>:ooo.o:ooowooooo<>ooooo^ TUSCANIA Land of the west your own brave sons Proved to the world how they can die; America will always proudly own Those lads who sang when death was nigh. It was no wailing song of fear That sounded o'er the Irish sea, But through the darkness sounded clear My own dear country 'tis of thee. As the Tuscania slowly sank Engulfed within an ocean grave, Americans sang their deathless chant May the stars and stripes forever wave. And as they wave in freedom o'er the tomb Of those who died a world to save. The newborn world will sing in tune Land of the free, home of the brave. R. J. GILKER. «)S»ss»»»so<^:o^oooooo<:k>ooooooooooooooooooo<:'Ooo"c ,:~ N „ BROWN'S MARKET WE PAY CASH SO OUR PRICES ARE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. TRY US AND SEE IF WE ARE RIGHT. MEATS FISH GROCERIES F. C. Remick Lr> Co. 11 Congress St. THE BEST LINE OF WORK SHOES AND RUBBERS ." AGENT FOR ELITE AND EMERSON SHOES PARAS BROTHERS FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY, ICE CREAM AND SODA, WHOLESALE AXD RETAIL TELEPHONE 29 W C\TER1NG k SPECIALTY 43 CONGRESS STREET RENT A TYPEWRITER Prompt and Satisfactory Service AND QUALIFY FOR A BETTER JOB. typewriters fok rent, $3.00 Per Month job Printing Office Supplies 29 TANNER ST. J. E. DIMICK TEL. 837 M OVERLAND "THE THRIFT CAR" C. A. LOWD SERVICE STATION . . 338 Pleasant St. GARAGE . . . 25 to 40 Wentworth St The MEN WHO WORK Want the goods worth buying. We try to have them. We'll put our service at your disposal. PRICES RIGHT. Footwear Clothing Furnishings |g^ N. H. BEANE £*> CO. 22 HIGH ST. 5 CONGRESS ST. 'I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." NAVY YARD, PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Real Estate eor Sale Cottages to Rent, Season 1918 The town of York offers every inducement for you to make your home there, either during the summer or permanently. It is only 20 minutes from the Navy Yard by train, with special service. Electric cars offers another means of transportation of convenience. The pleasures of boating, are offered on the beautiful York river or the sea; excellent highways offer the best for the motorists and the pretty drives in and around the town are a distinct feature. The York Country Club has one of the finest golf courses in the country, and hundreds enjoy the pastime there. The bathing beaches cannot be surpassed along the coast, and there are both public and private baths. The town is modern in convenience, yet ancient in many landmarks, and has a history that will delight you to learn. You will thoroughly enjoy living here. On my list I have a few places that will make excellent all the year round residences "SU Arthur t. Bragdon m " K ^ AQE "OVER THE TOP" SOAK The KAISER BUY a LIBERTY BOND "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." Music and Art Shoppe 12 5iL§! Represents the musical center of the community. All local mu- sical activity for the last fifteen years has been based on this establishment. And Why?— Surely there must be some reason for this confidence. And surely there is. We carry the best of everything in music. The Best in PIANOS AND PLAYER PIANOS Chickering& Sons, "Oldest in America, best in the world," Hardman, used exclusively by the Metropolitan Opera House. The Best in PHONOGRAPHS Victrolas, Edison Diamond Disc, Columbias. The best in musical instruments. The latest in popular music. HaSSEtTs MUSIC AND ART SHOPPE 1 1 5 Congress St., Portsmouth, N. H. 'I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." THE DRIVE IS ON HAVE YOU JOINED OUR LIBERTY LOAN CLUB? ONE DOLLAR STARTS A $50 LIBERTY BOND Help to make the Third Liberty Loan a success A little real sacrifice on your part now may save a much greater sacrifice later. Subscribe early — you may encourage someone else. We are receiving subscriptions on the same partial payment plan that has proved so successful in the past two loans; that is, a minimum deposit of $1 for a $50 bond, the balance to be paid by instalments. We will care for your Liberty Loan Bonds without charge. FIRST NATIONAL BANK PORTSMOUTH, N. H. United States Depositary Safe Deposit and Storage Vaults. SAVING CONSERVATION and THRIFT WILL WIN THE WAR PATRIOTISM DEMANDS THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES SPEND LESS and SAVE MORE 10.(100 PEOPLE ARE SAVING THEIR EARNINGS BY THE HELP OF OUR INSTITUTIONS. NEW SAVING ACCOUNTS SOLICITED PISCATAQUA SAVINGS BANK First National Bank Building Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY Issued monthly for tree distribution to employees of the Industrial' Department of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth. N. H. VOL. I APRIL 1918 NO. 4 Eratum: 3rd line should be 4th. WE ARE AT WAR IT is easier to say pleasant things than un- pleasant. But at the present time, in all should fully realize involves the fate particular, we are facing a crisis that we of our Country and our freedom, and the whole future welfare and happiness of our- selves and those dependent on us. In our very lives are to a large degree at stake. It therefore stems that each one o should pause and look the truth seriously and squarely in the face to see if we are doing our full share of the great duty that is now before us — the saving of our Country and ourselves and our families. Probably mo it of us are, but there seem to be indict! i that some of us are not, and it is to the latter class that this article is, in particular, ad- dressed. This is no time to shirk our duty nor to refuse to face the facts, and it is ex- pected that all will take this article in the friendly spirit in which it is written. It is believed that those that are not do- ing their full duty are guilty of thought I ness only — that they have not yet fully real- ized that we are in a war that is going to be very difficult to win, and that they have not thought of the consequences should we lose. And we can not win unless virtually all of us get together and put forth our very best efforts. The fate of a conquered and subject na- tion is not pleasant to contemplate, especially with a foe as ruthless as the one we are pitted against in his efforts for world domination. He and his kind would be the masters and we would be virtually -lives and would be allow- ed only such rights and privileges as he mighl see fit to give us ; and those would not be much, judging from what he has already done with peoples he has conquered, both in the present war and in the p It has unfortunately become rather a common impression in Portsmouth that a man taking a job on the Navy Yard does no^ have to do a real days work. Remark that effect have been heard many times. It has even been stated that men hive openly ted that they don't do a full day's work on the Yard. Mechanics coming here from private plants have expressed surprise at the II amount of work done by some of the men here, and attempts have been made to mrage them from turning out a fair days output. Also, a case was recently repo of four men taking a full day to get a jack down through two decks on one of the vessel at the Yard. Cases such as this are undoubt- edly in a decided minority. The great ma- jority of the men of the Yard are belie to be at least equal, and probably superio , to any other similar body of men in the Coun- try. We have been accustomed to take pride in ourselves and in our patriotism and in our spirit to let no one else outdo us. Bui in t as a single drop of ink will cloud a whole of water, so the actions of a few can harm the reputation of the many and in any large body of men there are bound to be some lacke i. Some shops, to a man — nota- the Smith Shop— have gone at their wort LIFE P.UOY in a fine spirit of patriotism, and have shown wliai they arc mule of ami have materially increased production. Sunn' other shops have not done so well, and, individually, there are some men that arc not doing their fair parts. In such eases foremen, quartermen, ami leading-men, are equally responsible. Our policy in this grave crisis must he that there is no place on the Yard for a slacker or any man not willing to do his lair share towards winning the War. Every possible effort has been made to give every man a square deal. If there has been error it has been on the side of too much leniency. The Management therefore feels that it has the right to expect a square deal in return. The following is taken from the editorial o! I he Boston Sunday American of March 3rd, L918: "Great wealth must do its share, paying heav] taxation. Labor must ilo lis share, m Willing, earnest co operat Ion The man with a thousand millions who is not willing to give halt or his Income to the Government thai protects him ought to realize llial Prussia would not lake hall', hul ALL. The workman aot willing to give eight hours of real conscientious work to his country would he enlightened if lie could see the conquered peasants in Northern ttalj working sixteen hours a day under the lash, wielded bj Prussians the work- era Including Italian ho>s and k"'1s twelve J ears of a ge capital must h,' prepared to give its part, and a hit; part, and labor musl pre p. ne to do its part." We, here on the Yard, are not concerned with great wealth, hut have only our labor and our brains to give. These we should give freely and fully and no man has the right to shirk his share and put an extra burden on his fellows. Many of our countrymen are at the front and millions will be there before long. Those men are risking and giving their lives and undergoing hardships to the limit of human endurance, while we. who stay at home, are living in comparative comfort and security. It is distinctly up to us to do our very best for them. Our work is for «'. 6t JAN 19 them, and every job that is not pushed as rapidly as possible means delay at the front, and delaj thee means more hardships and more of our countrymen killed, and more danger to ourselves in the end. Furthermore, our present comfort and security will be gone if this War is not won on the other side. If it is lost there, it will surely come to this Country sooner or later, and then we and our families will suffer all its horrors. This War was forced upon us for self protection and for the preservation of free- dom in the world. Is any man willing- to give that up? Then let us get together and each do his share — a real man's share. There are probably several causes of in- sufficient output, which may be classed as follows: FIRST. Insufficient or inadequate equipment, or obsolete or inefficient methods. Efforts are all alone being made to cor- rect these faults and much has already been done. In some cases such efforts have been welcomed and in others they have been re- sented through petty jealousies or other m es. The Management desires the fullest co-operation of the mechanics and men of the Yard along this line. Sugge stions to promote efficiency are invited and are welcome at all times, as is a! i ructive criticism. A plan is now being formulated whereby this procedure will be put on a working basis. We must get toe-ether better than we have. There is always room for improvement every- where and in every thine-, and we must all forget any petty jealousies or antagonisms that have existed. We are all working to- wards the same end. SECOND. Loafing and excessive loss of time. This has already been partly discussed. While confined to a small minority then' have nevertheless been glaring instances which have undoubtedly hampered the work to a considerable extent. This is not fair play and the Management asks the co-operation of all men to eliminate it. It might also be added that a man that loafs is really hurting him elf. lie can never rise above his present position. The man that rises in the world is the one that plays fair and who is willing to give a fair days work, and more if need be; the man that can be depended upon. 1 020 I, IKK IJUOY TM1KI). Enemy influences. We may take it for granted thai these arc at work, in fad we are sure of it. Everj one should be on the lookoul lor them. Enemy influence must necessarily be brought to bear by insidious and underhand methods. We may through disguised enemy agitation be unwittingly aiding our foes. All slackers and all who unnecessarily prolong a job are manifestly under suspicion of working, know- ingly or not, for the enemy. It seems incon- ceivable thai a real American with the pat- riotism thai he ought to have would not be willing to do his lair part in this War of self preservation. The general purpose of this article is not to find fault, hut so that we may all awake to the ereat task that is before US and so that outsiders may have not the slightest reason to say that the Portsmouth Navy Yard is not doing its full share in the War. The Yard as a whole has done remarkably well in many ways and under adverse conditions, and we take pride in whai we are doing. We know we are not perfect. No one is, hut we want to at least aim al perfection and kill this partly justified criticism that is becoming more and more prevalent. No man that has a clear conscience and i." doing his full part need take oil'ense at any o! these statements. They are not intended lor him, and we know thai he const itides one of a vast majority. This article is addressed to the small minority of slackers (intentional or otherwise), and it is hoped thai they will awake and realize what they are doing We want to give them a square deal if they too will play fair. Otherwise we don'1 want them mi the Yard. We would rather see them working openly for the enemy. With mosl ol them it has probably been a ease of thoughtlessness only. Bui the fact that they do exist is beyond dispute and the time for plain straightforward talk is here. Are we going to survive or are we going to lie con- quered and lose all thai is of value and dear to us? It is up to us and no one else. The work of every man c its. We are going to win, but we are going to do so only by getting together and by each doing his full share of the big task, and our share counts just as much as if we were at the front or on the firing line. The men fight- ing there need our work and need it badly. Let us do all in our power for them. L. S. ADAMS, Naval Const ructor, I '. S. Navy, Industrial Manager. THE TRADE SCHOOL THE demand Cor trained mechanics has Increased very suddenly in this country, and the Yard has [ell iiiis lark of i ihanics as well as other Vards and shipbuilding concerns. U lias become neces sarj to lake men who already have some experience in a trade or who have ambition to Improve them selves, and. by proper training, equip them so thai they will bee skilled in some particular trade wiiii greater rapidity than would be possible If thej follow the natural course in a simp. A school lias been developed in iiiis Yard ami is in session daily in Building No. 12. Unskilled men are being trained in become skilled mechanics. It will even be possible for men who have already worked in one trade to take up and learn another I lade. and. by Ibis means, a more flexible orr.ani/.a lion, a better grade of wink and more rapid pro >;ress iii construction will be maintained, The school bas been placed in charge Of Assislanl Naval Constructor H. F. McCarthy, U. K. N., as Director who is being assisted by Mr. 10. I'inson. I'ormerh Of the Bath Iron Works, where be lias been lore man of outside work for live years. The Instructors are A. Keen. A. Stevens. 'I', lirown, Al. Emery, V Vow II. W. I laves and A. Gagnon, At present there are enrolled about L10 men, ami instruction is being uiven in shipfltting, rlvel ing, chipping and caulking, drilling ami reaming, ami in work id' outside machinists. Men best qualified to pro li I by work in this School should be between Ibe ages of nineteen and thirtj Ave, and only applications from American citizens will be received. Tile school will operate daily troni 7:30 a m. In 4:30 p. in., witb an hour al noon for lunch. The genera] rate of pay during Instructions will be $2. Illi per day. and eaeb man who enters Ibe school wilt be started in I lie elementary stages of I be trade iii which be is assigned ami will be advanced step by step until be becomes efficient enough to be sent to Ibe ships or Into the sbop to do small jobs lie will slill be under the Instructor and will continue al Ibis work and under Instruction until be is com ■; LIFE BUOY petenl to receive a third class rating, at which time lir will be placed In the simp for which his Instruc- i inn h;i\ I- iii ted him. 'Die night school, which is now being held on Tuesdays ami Fridays in the Mold I. ml will slill be continued, but its sessions win be tran in Building No. 1-. The classes in the nighl si will lir in more advanced courses than the daj classes and tin' men attending these classes will receive no pay. The purpose of the nighl school i in advance a man who lias sufficient interest in himself to take tin' course ami broaden his ex perience by contact with his instructors and by the development or information given in the cla which, in the ordinarj course of events, would i doin come lo him in I ho day's work. In both ol' these I'lasscs the lime which a man takes to qualify is strictly up to him Comp Instructors have been secured, ami everj tacilitj has been placed at the disposal of the school. Those who have enrolled will ho given everj advantage io acquire a k now I idge ol a i rade. There is no reason whj anj man with ordinary Intelligence should not secure a third class mechanic's rating in twelve weeks. The school is here irious purpose and to in men to aid in doing their bit in a serious piece ol business the winning or this war. \o man will he tolerated in the school for any length ol' time who shows no aptitude lor a trade or who consider; i( an opportunity to get ill a day's time without work. Such men will be drop ped without hesitation Students in the school must not believe that on thi completion or Hiis course they are full-fledged mechanics, because a man cannot become a thor ough mechanic within a short time He will be able io obtain the fundamentals of Mm trade ami a ground work on which to build, but lie lnusi Stantly hear ill mind that a mechanic i ,ml\ d. oped through long experience, and he must con- stantl] keep his mind open to receive sug tion advice and help, and must take advantage of them when received; ami, when graduated from the school, each man unci re n 1 1 1 1 1 1 icr ihal he has a good I"' winning in his i rade ami i hat his ■ l ,\\ a nce men! will depend entirely upon his own applies i ion and effoi t in any such undertaking there will doubtless be opportunities where suggestions from the me the simps, foremen and others concerned in the welfare of the yard, can be made to advanl - There may be thini al I the operation of the Choo] that you, as an outsider, think should be changed that is Mae of every undertaking — so you should make your criticisms helpful. There is no place for the destructive criticism of those who feel that thej could operate the school better than those to whom the task has been assigned, it is up to the men in I he yard to give every assir lo those who have enrolled and Io use reasonable forbearance ami ludgmenl so that the men who are endeavoring lo belter themselves maj have a fair opportunity, because there is work enough Cor everybody to do. THIRD LIRERTY LOAN. A very satisfying start was made on the Third Liberty Loan Campaign, which opened April 6. A big meeting was held in front ol' the bandstand. which was attended by practically every man in i lie yard. The Boat Shop marched up with the hand, and all the shops on I he north end ol' the yard tell in behind, making a 1 parade from that section ol' the Yard The Electrical Shop was beaded I ae two hundred Female Operators and they were received with cheers. The other shops from Hie east end of the Yard marched up in bodies, and. while they did not have the baud to head their parade, they had the determination to win. The exercises opened with the singing of "'I'h" Star Spangled Banner" and this was followed by an address by Mr, Dingley of Huston. ,1 mined ia 1 1 I J after the address, the sale began, and inside of ten minutes, $120, I worth of bonds had b in sold. thus reaching nearly one half of the official allot nl which the yard has set i o r.ii e With 50 per cut. more men than we had in the last campaign, it is fuih expected that the total sales will approach $400,000, and if thej do not, it will noi be because the Shop Committees ami shop Captains are not working to thai end. There will be the usual competition between th ■ shops with the award of the Liberty Loan cup to the simp selling the greatest amount of bonds in rlinn Iii ils pay roll. In addition to this com petition, there will he another between the wood- working and metal working trades of the Yard, and i' is proposed to fly a banner near the .Main (late with the name of the winner in this compel ition. To further the interest in the CI a banner will also be flown by the shop selling the greatest nl of bonds each week in proportion to its cm roll. As was staled at the meeting, the Portsmouth Yard must do heller than was done on the last sale, LIFE BUOY Cor this Yard must maintain its reputation of mak- ing better records wil li each effort . While there I a committee in each shop to handle the bond business, lei even man feel thai he is a membei ol a committee to Eurther the sale, for everj dollar subscribed means a blow at German .1 utocracy. THE HOUSING SITUATION. l.\ order thai the men of the yard may be more fully informed n ;a rdin . the i">: in sit ual ion, I hi following brief summary is given with the idea thai ii may straighten oul sod.- al iea of the mis- understandings i hal ha \ e arisen b i m e of I he a p parenl lai i. ol results in any evident form. Over a year ago, when ii became evidenl thai the Vard must greatly increase its output and thai a large number of additional employees would be required, the industrial Manager took the ma up with the Navy Department and requested that some action be taken towards furnishing additional housing facilities for yard employees. While the matter was givei ideration at that time by the Department, there was no money available under exi ting appropriations for use in building or com- mandeering houses or hotels. In the latter part of 1917, when it was found thai the housing situation was becoming a serious handicap in all shipbuilding cities, the National ( 'niiii.il of i defense t ooh up t his mat ter and ga . e 1< their earnest attention, with the result that a bill was introduced in Con, cress appropriating ome lift J million dollars for providing housing facilities tor ship yard and munition workers. During the latter part of 1917 the National Council of Defense sent a representative to this Yard to investigate the con- ditions existing here. His report was forwarded, but no action was taken at thai time. A tew weeks later a second representative reported here and made a further investigation, going into the matter \en, carefully, and his report was forwarded to the Council and to the Navy Department. The original idea was to solve the situation by transporting men to and from outlying districts, rather than to build new houses in the vicinity of the Vard. The Indu trial .Manager was opposed to this idea, being fully convinced that it would not solve the difficulty, and the Manage] h i con itantly ni ged i he consl ruction ol a I number of hou in t he immediate vicinity of t he yard. In t he meanl ime i t >i ifforl has b en made to locate all available rooms anil houses in Ports- mouth, Kittery, York and Dover, so llial al least si me or i lie men could be a ■ ommodated, and the Safety Engineer has a lisl of accommodations on tile. Options were al taken on certain hotels and oti certain property, with the idea that the hotels could later lie opened as lodging houses and that houses could he erected, on the land when monej became available. The bill appropriating the money referred I" above has not yet become a law and therefore, while plans have been fullj considered and tentatively ited, I 'en can be ta ken nut ii this money is available for this work. The fact that two new shipbuilding concerns have located in Portsmouth has made the housing needs much more i and ii Is considered t hat seme definite action may he expected in the very near future toward re- la \ inc. i he sit ual ion. It is recognized that in some cases rents lor houses and rooms have been raised to exorbitant prices and that many hardships have been placed on tenants on this account it would seem that such a procedure is contrary to the interests not only of I h - landlords t hem lelves, imi in i he commercial welfare of the towns, ami it is hoped that si definite action will he taken in the near inline to lemeii , i his evil. 5, It is incumbent on every man who has the facili lies, lo take into his household some id the war workers, and to inform the authorities of the Yard where accommodations may he secured. As stated above, this information is kept in i he office of the Safely Engineer, who will gladly assist men in everj way possible to secure ii\ ing quarters. Only by the assistance of all persons who are in any way ac- quainted with the facts will il be possible to ac- commodate the large number of men who are n led mil only for the Xavy yard hal for 11 Ilier plant I in Portsmouth. THE SAFETY ENGINEER. About a year ago the United Stales Emplo; Compensation Commission began its activities, tak- ing over several independent departments and the handling of all claims for compensation resulting Er accidents incurred by the civil employe' the Government while in the actual performance of their duties. This includes not onlj the emplo: of navy yards and arsenals but the Government printing plants and mints and the various depart ments of the post office, forestry and fisheries de 8 LIFE BUOY partments, the custom houses and similar institu- tions a very considerable number of employees. The Navy Yards and Arsenals formed the two largest groups id' employees and were concerned almost entirely with manufacturing. They present- ed many of the hazards common to industrial plants in ordinary commercial lite, hut. unlike them, had been developed in a less highly organized fashion and without the stress of economy enforced by keen tition. For this reason the rather modern Idea that many accidents can he reduced in number, or prevented entirely, had not been taken fully in- to account. With the entrance of the United states into the war it was early apparent that the number of per- sons in the employ of Die Government would verj materially Increase and that there would be. in the absence of any effort to counteract it, a most de- cided increase in the rrequencj and severity of the accidents. This would he due not alone to the absence of an effort to prevent but to the employ- ment of unskilled persons, to an increased speed of production and to lack of familiarity with much of the work done in such establishments. The Commission did not long hesitate in accept- ing the Offer id' the National Safety Council and the American Museum of Safety to organize and con- duct a complete survey of the Government plants with the idea id' improving these safety conditions. The services of various well known safety experts were given and the result of the conditions they found was the concrete suggestion, through the Chairman of the compensation Commission, to the War and Navy Department, that there be appointed a Safely Engineer to devote his entire time to the work of carrying on the Safety work in each yard. Accordingly, fourteen trained men were picked from various parts of tile country to till these positions and the appointments were ratified by the Depart ments, their duties beginning simultaneously at all posts in the middle of September 1017. Since that time several conferences of these men have been held at various Navy Yards under the guidance of Mr. Arthur II. Voting. Director of the American Museum id' Safety, who has been acting, temporarily, as the Chief Safety Expert of the l S Employees' Compensation Commission. They have formulated a set of safely standards covering o\ei\ feature of construction of building and equipment, of machine guarding, of health equipment, of cloth- ing, and of apparel and body protecting devio These sets of standards are now being printed, after adoption by the Xavy Department. KToni now on they are lo govern all safety work in the Navy y aids. Mr. Chester C, Kausch yvas assigned to Ports- mouth and during the past six months has been building up the foundation of what Will eventually be the safety organization of the Yard. In addition to these duties there have been detailed others which Ordinarily come under the general head of welfare, but which, were assigned to him as a part of his regular work. When an entire stranger steps into a Yard and organizes a new field of work i' requires time and patience in order that its pur- pose may be fully understood and that ils functions nen be lilted ill with the regular Operation of things without friction and to the end that they may ac- complish definite good. Co-operation which was given by the heads of departments, the foreman, and the men themselves, has been of an exception- ally sincere and helpful sort so that much more has been accomplished that perhaps might have been Ii oked for in the beginning. Mr. Rausch has been recently assigned to duty in the Bureau of the Yards and Docks at Washing ioii where he will have charge of the safety work in all the \avy Yards, lie will have an opportunity to incorporate in all equipment, plans of structures and other Xavy Yard work, the most recent safety practices and devices and to act as a clearing house for tin- various safely engineers ami their activities. The Xavy Department expects to make ils shops as line examples of whal Safely can accomplish as any in the country. Mr Rausch successor is Mr. John R. llugelnian. who comes from the Travelers Insurance Coin). any where he has been for live years recently acting as a special assistant to Dr. \ D Kisteen. the Director of Technical Research and Safety Publications for ibis company. Mr. Hugelman began his duties on March 29th. If the same hearty co-operation be given him that was given to .Mr. Rausch when he tirst took over Ibis work. Portsmouth should add lo its already good record by becoming the best equipped yard as relates to Safety work. The office of the Safety Engineer is the logical place ler men lo come recardin ', their claims when I hey have been injured, to ask about rooms, rents and all housing problems, to seek information about and to report unsafe conditions, (o offer suggestions concerning the lunch room and to leave contribu- tion for the Cite BUOJ There is never a time when il will be impossible to find a ready ear and a help- I'ul suggestion. Don't Buy This Piano Or any other unless you first make sure of the ABSOLUTE INTEGRITY of the Dealer. In 1865 — This store was established. Can you ask for an\ stronger guarantee of Integrity than over 50 years ofc >ntinous service to the people ol Portsmouth. We have always sold Reliable Pianos. We alwavs intend to. Your confidence will not be misplaced. Easy Terms.— Old pianos taken in exchange. MONTGOMERY'S MUSIC AND ART STORE Opp. P. 0. Portsmouth SHAW'S CASH MARKET Do you want to help win the war? Then practice economy with Mr. Shaw. Go to his market for fish and meat, Eggs and vegetables fresh and sweet. His prices are lowest,— cash you must pay And carry your bundles home each day Excepting orders of four dollars or more Which will be carried straight to your door. SHAW'S CASH MARKEl 18 PLEASANT ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. Formerly CLARK'S BRANCH H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." LIFE I'.UOY- YARD LOSES A MASTER SHIPSMITH. On April 3rd, 1918, Mr. Luke Ashworth officially severed his connection with the Poi i Navy i'ard, as Master Shlpsmith He leaves behind a hoi i "i friends In this i Iclnll ( . pari Icularly among the men of hi own i hop, w ho h n id to ap precis te hlni as a ma n and as a mechanic ol si ei lln bj the men mil hi It no .. • tch ol her bi I le of working hours, he atai ted the org ini i n of what has sin, e become the \ uh a n Club, an orga I of i hi men In the hop, i hal ha ■ prei lou Ij mentioned in thi maga Ine Consequently, his men i, n, >\\ him not only as a capable mechanic, bui us a real m in, keenlj Interested In i heir w elfa i e and. i miy app "ii heir i o operal Ion. Being a nal ural leai er, VIi \ hv oi i h's act 1\ itles were man) and \ ai led He wa th e In i he Port an, mii n \ acht Club, being i hi Ice II comnn and had i he 1 1 ue pi tor i he "roi chair fleet.," He was keenly Interested In civil i in i n in, 'i ,i n\ » orl Im i in ie v, ,i . ii i e of hi mediate untiri port. HOAT SHOP pumped his tire \ few of us have good reason to expect a i rip i .i in le later. Say Weill Be ii a or Old Orcha inns .ii the Boal Shop who have been buying a jar of milk for their lunch « in be pleased i o learn thai .liiiiiian Bowden has gone into the milk imsi i Hois about that, Howe? Did you u<'t locked in ol her night " win is Tucker like an old rare horse? Because he warms up oh the last end of the heal ai the Boat simp put your shoulders to the i, i,iu ii and look ahead Buckle righl down and do In this third Liberty Loan d Ive and i orgel 3 our si a nd In - Yorl* saw that il was Plane lo see but It didn't \i r. Sa w . Uncle Ed predicts a ver; drj lunimer; ii - naj be m iii ifter all. Par oi er the ocean wil ii ii i s t ried and t rue Our loved ones arc fighting for the Red White Blue And those left behind ol whom they arc fond Will keep up their coui i bj buying a bond. bond i ma s be u Cul for I hose w ho come home , ne arm and smut' may ha\ e none e all the bonds your money can buy ii will cheer up the loved on is you maj greel bye and bye. The Boat Shop Poet SPAR SHOP NOTES. The m ' ire buj Ing t he third I ilbei t j Bonds novi and the simp Captain wishes them to try and swamp him wit b t heir dollars. Vlr Barrett wears white Millars nowdays, we w iMiilcr w li\ '.' ii Is rumored that Gove is bashful, no wonder we to ii tve our ups and downs working very 1 1 he elei ator i . \ airr sign thai sprii me our foreman i Km i he lacks out from under ins auto and i i i:,ii nej i i iioai on digging clams, WE II WE JUST RECEIVED OUR FLORENCE $ NEW PERFECTION OIL COOK STOVES We have them in 1, 2, ii, 4 and 5 Burners PLUMBING, HEATING, TIN SHEET IRON AND COPPER WORKS 1 HL oWt/ll/ 1 oER b I ORE Portsmouth, n. h. L26-128 Market St. & A FEW OF OUR SPECIALTIES Hart, Schaffner and Marx Clothes, Stetson Hats, i Manhattan Shirts, Fownes Gloves, Interwoven Stockings N^ F. W. LYDSTON & CO. VS^^*^ a ^ JOHN SISE & CO. INSURANCE 8 MARKET SQUARE PORTSMOUTH, N. H. THE PORTSMOUTH FLOWER SHOP A. c. CRAIG, Manager FANCY CUT FLOWERS AGENT VTCTOB TALKING MACHINES i Market Street Phone 960 PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE kk £J i A. P. WENDALL & CO. Hardware, Paints and Tools Telephone 850 2 Market Square Portsmouth, N. H. THE ACORN 18 Market Sq., Portsmouth IS IICADUUARTtRS FOR MECHANICAL BOOKS. Call and li-ll us whal you need C. F. DUNCAN 64 CO. Men's Packard and Rc(£al Shoes for Sprint* CELERY AND IRON One of the lies! Spring Tonics PRICE, $l.o<) BOARDMAN and NORTON • market street Portsmouth, n. h. Druggists Tel. Connection Opposite Post Office Portsmouth, N. II. ' SAVE FUEL By using Electric Appliances for Cooking ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LIGHT AND POWER CO. 29 Pleasant Street Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." 11' LIFE BUOY Johnnie Varrell isn't going to cut any more wood tor a couple of years. He has a good supply. We are all glad to know that Mr. Cootiey has gained three pounds since he came hack from the convention. Scott ie is making a kick hecause he didn't come from the same country, Tom Fisher did. Mates and Walker certainly know where to And good ice cream. The Eliot dance. Bryant has improved since he got over the top with tin 1 German measles, but, he prefers French measles the next time. SEEN THROUGH THE PERISCOPE. Leon Scherier our efficient weight draft man has purchased a 1918 Cadillac. Lee intends to give the niils a ride as soon as Charles Guggisherg gets through instructing him how to run the car. Messrs. Scriven anil Philhrick were defeated in a bowling match at the Arcade Alleys the other even- ing. Messrs. Lord and Potter were the ones who turned the trick and the boys claim their defeat was due to the fact that the previous evening they were forced to walk home from Rosemary Junction. Jesse says the next time they go to Elliot they are going to borrow Kent's flivver, its a little better than walking. Rosen's Pels, the champions Of the Submarine Office are willing to meet either the Boat Shop or Brown's Cows any time or place. Mgr. Rosen says his team must be considered as a contender for the j ard championship. Charles Conlon the Menu Brummel Of the Sub- marine Drafting Room spent a week in lioston re- cently. Charles says the girls were all glad to see him. Charley is such a good sport when with the girls, we don't wonder why they were glad to see him. "Little Nemo" the Drafting Room poet is busily engaged on his new poem "Concentration." The boys say when it comes to writing poems. Nemo is some poet Congratulations Louie. Things are getting better every day at the Sub. Drafting Room the latest good news is that Colliton is coming down in the price of his candy. Competi- tion is a wonderful thing. WE WONDER: Why Hayward and Kent have that dreamy long- ing look. Better gaze at a few of the others before you take the final plunge boys. Why Guggisherg has so much respect for the Portsmouth Police of late. Where Pinkham gets those shirts. Why the Minneapolis Thunderbolt wears such tight fitting trousers. Why Emmons and Pinky are so fond of riding in the early hours of the morning. Why Coffin doesn't open up a hock shop. Two minds with but a single thought, (Preble and Kent) "Who is she?" Mr. Proehl our Bond and Stamp salesman has started his third Liberty Loan campaign, we hope he will have the same success as he did with the pre- vious loans. Candidates have reported for the baseball team. It will be remembered that the Submarine Drafts- men had a great team last year, going through the season without a defeat. They are anxious to ar- range a game with the Pattern Shop team. The battery for the Sub. team is Grant and Hales. One of the recent arrivals at the Submarine Diall- ing Room is Marvin S. Stephenson of Green Bay, Wisconsin. PATTERN SHOP. THEY SAY:- That Fred Pray is now eligible to enter into ('has. Pine's new secret order. That Jim Nelson has two left hands, which were the cause of his being exempt from the Mandolin Club. We hope they don't interfere with his feed- ing. That the 'Little Mandolin Club' has lost two of its members, and the rest are gradually weakening. That the industrial employees should turn out a good team for the sunset games this year. That Dick Hart Jr. is somewhat id' an amateur wireless operator, and while flashing some messages the other evening he was intruded upon by a local secret service man. Thai Alex Parks has a new style submarine on lor in) the river. Buy a Liberty Bond WE CAN HELP YOU SAVE ENOUGH TO BUY ONE Our line of Home Furnishings is complete in every detail and our prices are one half those you pay elsewhere. E. (). STEPHENSON, Successor TO KEMP FURNITURE CO. V. A. WOOD, MGR. 99 Penhallow St., Portsmouth, N. H. YOU OUGHT TO KNOW DENNETT and McCARTHY'S IS THE BEST PIjACE TO BUY OVERALLS, SHIRTS, HOSIERY THE "BUSY CORNER" STORE BUT NEVER TOO BUSY TO FILL YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS FILL THEM RIGHT OUT OF TOWN PATRONS ARE WELCOME TO WAIT FOR THE CAR AT OUR HOUSE BENJAMIN GREEN THE DRUGGIST INSURANCE OP EVERY DESCRIPTION LOWEST RATES BEST FORMS C. E. TRAFTON N. H. BANK BLDG. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. USE GAS FOR LIGHTING, HEATING AND COOKING PORTSMOUTH GAS CO. A U W A Y S AT YOUR SERVICE Typewriters for Sale and Rent JOB PRINTING Quick Service on L^rge Orders J. E. DIMICK 29 Tanner St. Portsmouth, N. H Telephone 837 M. BROOKS MOTOR SALES PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE FORD SERVICE Flllis BrOS. Men's an ^ Boy's Shoes : Fine Shoe Repairing : 157 congress st. tel. conn. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." 14 LIFE BUOY That iii of the 'sing! i guys' was properly answered, and thai th o have five of the female sex installed in the o Thai the boys call him Cap . and the craft i lit- Pinless Fish. "Who will write to a jolly maiden?" The above advi ared in one of the in papers and intere of our most promising bachelors, in fa< I aid judge from i he well worn clipping in I cket that the luck; i on her way ea Mr. Mettlli our eminent musician and instrui m \ Twitchell, who is an authi rity on dancing, had a dispute as to how many steps it was possible to get into a wait,-, as compared to a fox trot. They both proceeded to the lavatory where Twitch, by demonstrating as best ho could without the aid of his prival ind, showed just what was what until Mot. amazed at the rhythm and grace shown witch, was fully convinc .1 that Twitch was right. SHIPFITTER'S NOTES. Riley savs that ho has heard of human beings :; nightmares, but when a "dod-darn Dodge junkwagon" gi ius of his Buick Automobile and uoos on a rampage in the middle of the night while in a garage and smashes his radiator hood and springs and then tries to push it out of tin 1 building, it is some nightmare. The men seem to be satisfied with the transporta- tion facilities, and appreciate thi made by the Yard officials in obtaining them. i Tinethy has got one of the best organized gangs of "bolter-ups" in the country, and he that the bolt factory will have to work overtime to keep up with them. lleiser was teful for the i tsl of pork presented to him last Christmas by "Ski and he hopes the ne\ will be a flitch. Sammy Gardner so they say. w (M-ked but eight hours a day. Hut now in the "K's" office th' 've hired more men So to keep the work going he has to work ten. I Poor Samm. Barsantee and Bedell will have to stay on their lob now, lor lleiser has locked up the gas bouse. It is rumored that Chenej refuses to buy any more •Liberty Bonds' during this drive. FOUNDRY ITEMS. Thanks for last mouths compliments. irloy Mine: ' . ■. • i hat lie doesn't walk homo over the bridge every night simply to save .1 nickel bill 10 help to reduce the awful past which he carries in front of him. Never mind. Mac. you are not tin- onlv Ninas tree tor Gallagher and Boyd, Last week they found another one in the shop all loaded with presents. The other day it was noticed that Frank Emery had not outgrown his childhood days, tor he bouncing his new rubber ball with a String at- tached to it. We wonder which one will die first Tucker or his nas; "Old Soup Bone." Oh you Dan with the light cap. to boosl the third liberty loan It was as good as a circus to see Hilly running he train Monday morning, for he was puffing like a steam engine when he climbed aboard the platform. Can you imagine Hilly running? I'd Hayes about it. Pick thinks he will pick up a pretty soft live spot when he plays Hill soon for the pool championship. The boss got his new hat from Jerry, alright, but is still wo w here he comes li his share of the Some of the boys know that Red copped a sneak en them lately for 1 1 has all his time from till May. How \ are praying that he 1 for them to have, when they gel over to town. nial time clerk looked very nice on the nnday in his brand new suit. Why not In' loafed all Saturday afternoon so he might have time enough to purchase it. Henry Peyser £y Son 16 TO 20 MARKET ST. For more than forty years Portsmouth's leading Store for Men's and Boys' apparel I\0 you not need a Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet, a lilue Flame stove or one of the many other *-* necessities which we can furnish? Come in, our stock will merit your consideration. MARGESON BROTHERS THE QUALITY STORE VAUGHAN ST. Tel. 570 PORTSMOUTH, IN. H. FRED B. COLEMAN APOTHECARY Corner Congress and Vaughan Sts. PORTSMOUTH, ------ N. H. Two Definitions Accident — Unexpected Event Income— BE AE TINA-IZED H. I. CASWELL, Representative Over Remick's Shoe Store The Acorn ^ERIODICMSuBMIfty .Supplies, Stationery, Engraved or Plain 18 Market Sq., Portsmouth SUGRUE Overalls, Tobacco, Pastry KITTERY, MAINE S. S. TRUEMAN GENERAL CONTRACTOR TELEPHONE 651 83 Bow St. Portsmouth, N. H, JOHN O'LEARY KITTERY and NAVY YARD EXPRESS GENERAL TEAMING Tel. Con. Portsmouth, N. H. LOUTS ABRAMS and CO. Sole Local Agency for ADLER'S COLLEGIAN CLOTHES The Universal Standard of Good Dress BOSTONIAX FOREMOST SHOE FOR MEN 38-4o Daniel Street PORTSMOUTH, N. H. O. W. AVERY YORK BE4CH Real Estate For Sale and to Rent If you want to Buy, Sell or Rent Real Estate at York Beach, see me 'I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." LIFE BUOY OUTSIDE MACHINE SHOP. If the young lady who offered a kiss to the man taking the largest amount of Liberty Bonds still holds to her offer, it will take (Weeks) to get it. After Harney gets the Kates to the elevators re- paired will the elevators be safely (raisers) razors? If it takes Weeks to get the largest amount of Liberty Bonds will Lonny take to the Wildes. Funny thing about Liberty Bonds, — when yon buy, you lend, to yourself, and get interest. STRUCTURAL SHOP. Why does Ralph go to Newburyport so often; the boys want to know if he is going to buy her a Bond. By the way Ralph when are the cigars to be given out? Willis K. sold a pair of white rats to Fred M. of the Supply Dept. last week and he states that he lost money on them. If you want to see C. G. G. smile just tell him that there is a load of wood at the Prison to be in- spected. Oh. Boy! — Have you seen little Cub Cole, he certainly is a dear. For sale, one green coat, inquire Quarterman Ham. ELECTRICAL SHOP. The girls of the Shop wish Elizabeth Morrissey, one of the original 13, success in her new position as leading-lady in the Joiner Shop. Gertie our champion pugilist and wrestler has met her Mate(s). Why the reception committee of blue-jackets on t he staii s every noon? We are told that the next get together supper will be served with squibbs mixture on the side. Wanted: A dressmaker. Apply to Pettigrew. Harry Fisher must have a rabbit's paw. He has no competitors. Well Anna you'll lie Rich some day. Ankle length aprons are the style just now. To the "Single Guys" of the Pattern Shop, we sa.\ ' Cheer I'p! Your day is coming." Jimmie Spencer has returned from his vacation Ask him why he does not grow. "Cedric" is looking over house plans. Good luck Hack! They are building a cage for "Jocko" — the Mas- ter Painter. Hennessey has lost weight since he has had to sit up nights waiting for his room-mate. Spell is getting next to city life fast. Our Boss Plater is all to the berries. Ask Charlie to tell you the story of the IS quarts of dog-berries he picked, thinking they were blue- berries. We are fortunate in having such a splendid jani- tor as Louie. He does not have to take his hat off to any of them. The fact is he is a Prince and wears a crown. The shop is undergoing a spring cleaning. Let us make it permanent and not confine it to this season of the year. Cleanliness leads to efficiency and increased production. Delancey has the menu to prove that he dined with Burke at the Rockingham. MACHINE SHOP NOTES. We hear that some of the boys will be home to the evening meal earlier after the 1st of May. We have lost our ' Sunday-School." Mr. Sloane. our hi ;hlj respected engineer officer, is having trouble with his pedometer. It stuck with Page and Shaw Candies Sole Local Agency Adams Drug Store ON MARKET ST. Portsmouth : : N. H. ITS NO USE Telling you a long story about advancing prices. You know as much about it as I do. But I want to tell you that I have a large stock of CLOTHS, bought to secure old yarns and dyes, at a much lower price than they can be found today. If you need a SUIT this year BUY IT NOW. WOOD, The Tailor 15 PLEASANT ST. PORTSMOUTH. N. H. Go to W. D. KENDALL KITTERY, MAINE TELEPHONE 871-M FOR YOUR MEATS, GROCERIES and PROVISIONS Fruits, Canned and Staple Foods BEST GOODS AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES I Chevrolet Automobiles, The most Satisfactory Built Economical, Powerful, Durable CHAS. E. WOODS 51-60 BOW STREET PORTSMOUTH, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." 18 a hot box on the 3S7th mile, on the fourth days' run. Would it do to install forced lubrication or use a lit t le graphite. Our quartet made a decided hit with the girls at the recent meeting of the Machinists' Union, when the ladies auxiliary was formed. After the meeting one of the .angers as is his usual custom, was seen with a lady on each side in a prominent ice cream establishment. One of our young mechanics has recently taken up modeling in clay. He has just finished a busl of one of our most distinguished shopmates, a phil- anthropist resident of Christian Shore. All who have viewed the work pronounced it an excellent likeness. "He certainly can scupl." Fred says it takes just 1684 steps from his house to the boat and he does it in lti minutes flat; some morning he will have to walk around an obstructioi and will miss his boat. lias anybody seen that man from Glasglow? The volunteer tire fighting brigade had a practice drill a short time ago and showed exceptional pro- ficiency. STENOGRAPHER'S NOTES. "Princess' is standing it pretty well. We certainly like to have Dorothy come in and remind us of our mistakes. Stella thinks "Robbie" is a fine nurse. "And it was in Eddie's pocket all the time. DRAFTING ROOM, BLDG. SI. Say Charlie did you know Albert has got two high power rifles? He was examined recently and pronounced as sound as a nut. Loosen up Perk and send the girls some more candy. There is a mark down sale on candy every Saturday at Dedes. Little Nemo is supplying the girls with candy. Have you seen the latest in kimonos? If not take a squint at Voss. Say Bigelow what is your red lead number? Falk has moved his family to the Lanier Camp at Eliot. It will be a sad blow to some of the boys after .May 1st. White says "Sugar is awful scarce.'' Cap Chase is enjoying a much needed rest. Charlie and Nemo were the heroes of the recent two alarm fire in Kittery. Seine of the force have ordered helmets, for use against occasional shrapnel raids. Expert advice given on carburetors, by A. E. Condon ( ? I For general information see C. E. Prince. (He knows everything). We all wonder what Procter is going to do with bis electric sewing machine. (It looks as though we would have to dig down into our jeans soon). Marshall is running a wet wash. Handkerchiefs a specialty. We would advise Air. Jennison to get the 7.40 boat in lie' Inline, thereby saving lime as well as money. PERSONALS. Air. Frank L. Waaser, formerly foreman of the Machine Simp has left the employ of the Govern- ment and is now with the Atlantic Corporation as .Master Machinist. Ah. Albert Spinney has been placed in charge of i he Machine Shop, Building SO, and things are hum- ming. Ah-. Marshall has been transferred from Hie Ma- chine shop and placed in charge of the Brass Shop. Pethic's crew have finally taken quarters in Building 89 alter several ineffectual attempts to find a home. He looks now like a man who has found what he was looking for and the work will tell. HOW ABOUT THAT SPRING SUIT? The new men's clothes are here and we invite you to look them over— no obligation to buy. "Mastercraft" Clothes are real clothes for real men. Short or tall, lean or fat we've a suit for you. Finely tailored— priced rit^ht. WALK-OVER, RALSTON, DOROTHY DODD SHOES N. H. BEANE & CO. 5 Congress Street : 22 High Street C. P. CARROLL E. E. WHITEHOUSE Grroceries, Meats and Provisions RARRFR 145 PENHALLOW ST. FORTSMOUTH, N. H. Tel Connection Near A. S. E. Ferry Up 0ne Fli ^ ht °?P- Colonial Theatre R. L. COSTELLO SEED STORE HIGH GRADE SEEDS 115 Market St. Telephone, 57 PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY, LIFE BUOY CO-OPERATION 'j, '$&. -weVe only 1 tirtltiQ each oihei- — 1erMion - 1 fcueSS we've found it ■■— *??&« _HitV<"^" PRACTICE ECONOMY Don't help to pay bookeep'ng and delivery charges but buy for cash and reap the benefit of lower prices made possible by cash trading. =:„ „. BROWN'S MARKET THRIFT assures prosperity — ex tra vaga n ce i nvites disaster. Start saving now — we wel- come deposits i n any amount N ational Mechanics and Traders Bank 1 Congress St. : Portsmouth PARAS BROTHERS FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY, ICE CREAM AND SODA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TELEPHONE 29 w CATERING A SPECIALTY 43 CONGRESS street Good Service Is Our Motto C. A. LOWD We do Good (ialranizing SERVICE STATION GARAGE Pleasant St. Wentworth St. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." NAVY YARD, PORTSMOUTH, N.H. s 00000000000oooooooooooooooo<>ooox>oooooooooooooooooooo. , ; ,, : , ooooooooooooooooooo^oooo.oo'^^^':M:H:M;M:M;M^ooooooooo<^ oooooooooooooooooooo .ooooooooooooc-ooooooooooooooooooooooc "1 SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." COR the convenience of our cus- tomers this bank will be open SATURDAY EVENINGS from 6 to 9 P. M., to receive pay- ments on Liberty Bonds and deposits Have you a safe place for your Libei ty Bonds? We offer the security of our Vaults without charge. We in- vite you to use our banking service COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS DEPARTMENTS STORAGE AND DEPOSIT VAULTS BOXES TO RENT— $1.00 PER YEAR FIRST NATIONAL BANK PORTSMOUTH : NEW HAMPSHIRE United States Depository ASSETS OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY Issued monthly for free distribution to employees of the Industrial Department of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. fOL. I MAY 1918 NO. 5 THIRD LIBERTY LOAN A S was to be expected, the Portsmouth Z\ Yard did itself proud on the third ! V Liberty Loan. While we set out of- ficially to subscribe to $250,000, the inal subscription was $425,350. At the opening meeting, Saturday April i, something over $121,000 was subscribed in the spot, which gave a first-rate start for he campaign. The shop contest was won by the Boat >hop, to the great surprise (?) of everyone, .nd the contest between the wood working md metal working trades was won by the rood workers, with a very comfoi'table mar- gin. The wood workers subscribed 184.4 per ent. of their quota, and the metal working rades subscribed 151.2 per cent, of their [uota. The Boat Shop will therefore fly the liberty Loan flag until the next campaign, ,nd a banner will be flown near the Main Gate vith proper inscription, showing that the s'ood workers won the contest between the wo groups of trades. Meetings of the Shop Captains were seld twice a week for the first three weeks. During the last Week these meetings were leld daily. When it was seen that the $250,000 was aised, it was decided to go to $400,000, and iew quotas were allotted to each shop. There vere a few near faints when these quotas vere announced, and it was necessary to give irtificial stimulation to Sam Gardner when lis amount was read off. Goldsmith also felt i little weak, but is has to be handed to both Gardner and Goldsmith that they worked like Trojans and came out within $50.00 of each other in the final amounts. It will be noted that these two shops subscribed ap- proximately one-quarter of the Yard sub- scription. Bill Palfrey also did some tall hustling in the Riggers and Laborers Shop, and Brother George Palfrey lost a few hours' sleep digging in the Foundry. While there may be some Yards that have beat us a little on per capita subscrip- tion, it must be remembered that the Ports- mouth Yard has had three big campaigns, whereas in most of the Yards this has been the first big, hard campaign. We have sub- scribed to something over $290.00 per capita for the three loans, and it is doubted if any other Yard can beat that record.. At the date of writing this, returns from the other Yards have not been received. The Boat Shop is to be congratulated on their Liberty Loan work. They have sub- scribed $121,950 in the three loans, or a per capita of $762.00. Every man in the Boat Shop has at least one bond of every issue. That is a record of which any shop can be ex- tremely proud. On the closing day of the campaign, Cor- poral Smith, who has recently returned from the trenches, addressed the Yard men, giving them a short talk on trench life, and appealed to them to back up the men in France. As a direct result of this appeal, over two hundred men and women came forward at the meeting and bought additional bonds, and something over $12,000 was subscribed in the next ten minutes after his speech. LIFE BUOY There is appended the official standing and subscription of each shop: Allotment Subscription 1 Boat shop $14600 $41950 •* Officers SSOO 7450 i' Shipw right shop 13000 25200 4 Brass Shop 22400 43250 5 Taint Shop 6950 6 Sail Loft 1000 IS50 i Employees Sloe 8 Foundry 1 1 _ Smith Shop 6300 10 Smelting riant L650 2750 11 Machine shop ( No. SO > 50500 12 Drafting Room 12 Drafting Room (No. SI i 32600 14 Submarine Drafting Room 7800 15 imators 16 Pattern Shop 17 Machine Shop 14' 22150 IS Joiner Shop 9000 19 Rigger's and Laborers' Shop Transportation 21 Shi] Shop .. .. Supply Oil in 1 (650 Electrical Workers 128 16000 24 Boiler Sb 4250 _ - Plum 112 12SO0 Miscellam 5350 Woodworkers 1404roi .Metal Trades 1555 1650 n. of B. JAN 19 I92J LIFE BUOY NAVY YARD APPEAL. every second of time — we could get our ships in service in much less time and thus hasten the end of the War?" VICE-ADMIRAL William S. Sims, U. S. N., commanding the United States Naval Forces operating in European waters, declares he would like to hear . shipyard ringing with chanty souk- to fit each kind of activity, for such chanties would put "pep" into every man's job, speed into his arms and legs, and weight into his blows. "The point is," the Vice-Admiral de- clares, "that every man should feel that every blow of his hammer is a blow at the enemy ; that a certain number of blows will put him down and out ; and that the sooner all the-e blows are struck, the more lives will be saved and the sooner we shall have peace and plenty." These statements are embodied in a letter Admiral Sims has sent to the ship- builders of America relative to the hurrying up the building of destroyers and repairs on ships. "We are sorry for the delay in deliveries, but we understand something of the numer- ous handicaps caused by the weather, conges- tion of traffic, etc.," continues Admiral S.rm. "We are assured that the department; and officers are doing everything within their power to push along all this work, because they understand it 3 great importance; but I have been wondering whether the men who are driving the machines, the splendid vang< of foremen, leadingmen, quartermen, skilled metal workers, riveters, etc., understand it as well. "Do they, the men who actually build and repair the boats, understand how vitally important speed L in building? Do they un- derstand that we will win or lose according to whether we beat the submarine or it beats u - ; that we mu ;t depend chiefly upon des- t overs for thh to protect our merchant ves- sels and to attack the submarines; that a de troyer is worth nothing while in America, and that she will be useless if she arrives too late? "Do they understand that if every single man could : peed up his own work — every riveter strike more blows per hour, every handler of machines, metal ;, tools, etc., save A MESSAGE FROM THE FRONT. On Saturday noon, May 4th, the Yard was favored with the opportunity ot bearing Corporal G. E. Smith of Company P., L04th U. S. Infantry deliver a message from our hoys "over there" — in France. Corporal Smith, who by the way is a Maine boy, having been born in Bangor, was one of a par- i\ of fifty hoys picked tu come to tin- States and help float the Third Liberty Loan. The party landed in New York City on May 1st., and will return in the course of a few weeks with the messages sent back. Corporal Smith enlisted before the Mexican trouble started, and went to France sometime in the early Fall of last year, lie was in the front line for some time and was consequently able to bring back a vivid description of actual warfare conditions. Naval Constructor Schlabach, the shop su- perintendant, in a few fitting remarks introduced Corporal Smith to the large audience which had gathered in front ot tie- Industrial Department of- fice building. The message that Corporal Smith brought over not only interesting but full of thrills, and there is no doubt but that all those who heard him i deeply moved, for the response, when the time came for buying bonds — our answer to his message - -was admirable. Over 230 bonds were subscribed in a very short time; a very creditable showing, con- sidering the fact that over $400,000 worth of bonds were sold in the yard before Corporal Smith began his message. The vivid description of the terrible havoc wrought by the gas shells, especially those filled with mustard gas, should have stirred our hearts. His explanation of the way the warning of an ap- proaching gas bombardment comes and the way the gas masks are put on was also good. He not only carefully explained the English gas mask but also illustrated his talk by demonstrating just how this mask was attached and used, and how long it was serviceable. The French gas mask was also demonstrated to the entire satisfaction of the audience. Each soldier, when he goes into the front line trenches, is provided with both masks, the English gas mask being by far the better in that a soldier LIFE BUOY can endure a gas bombardment, when such ;i mash is used, for a period of some six hours. The narrow thread upon which the lives of our soldiers hangs during a gas bombardment is Indeed thin and many of us shuddered when he told us. Che i i question was also discussed by Cor- poral Smith, and 111" admirable way in which he pictured this vital condition should have seiil us all iwaj determined to raise war gardens and not to u aste a scrap of food. There can be no question but that his message from the front was timely, anil, consciously or un- consciously, a more determined spirit seems to have pervaded the Yard. Everybody seems to have been touched, and things are beginning to show that a LIBERTY BULL. Mr. ('. E. Emery of the Outside Machinists' .nil. Building No. 89, very generously donated ;i thoroughbred Jersey hull calf, two months old. to lie sold for war charities. The bull calf has a pedi- gree about a yard Ion?;, and Mr. James White, the winner, is to be congratulated on getting him. Some forty-six hundred chances were sold at ten cents a throw, the total proceeds being $ 4 1 "> i > ;,n Nine $50.00 bonds were bought with this money. Two of the bonds were donated to the Kittery Red Cross, in accordance with Mr. Emery's request, and ithe other seven bonds and $10.50 were donated by She unanimous vote of the Liberty Bond Shop Cap- tains to the Navy Relief Auxiliary. spirit of determination has set in and that the Yard i: showing signs of waking up. It would be .i rank oversight if we did not men- tion the admirable way in which Naval Constructor Schlabach took the stand after Corporal Smith had finished speaking, and began to sell Liberty Bonds. His spirit of determination in getting a proper mes- sage to send back namely, thru the sale of Liberty Bonds,— was line, and will long be remembered. Resides the tactful way Naval Constructor Schla- bach used, an additional inducement was offered — namely, all those who bought bonds at this meeting- had the special privilege of personally shaking hands with Corporal Smith and id' sending a per- sonal message of felicitations bach lo our hoys "over I here." There was much "throwing of the bull" lor several days while the sale was on. for it was under- stood that each ticket entitled the holder to "Throw the bull" one day. lint it was all good natured "bull.'' The Navy Relief Auxiliary was organized to assist the families of enlisted men of the Navy whenever special circumstances warrant it. and it has been the cause of saving much distress among these families when sickness and death has entered them. It is a society in which Navy Yard men should be particular- ly interested, and the action in voting so large a portion of the proceeds of the sale to this society was very greatly appreciated. Mrs. Boush, wife of Hear Admiral C. J. Boush. V. S. N., Retired, is President of the society, and her letter in thanking you for this generous donation follows: "Navy Yard. Portsmouth, N. H. May 6. 1!US. Gentlemen : - As the president of the New Hampshire Navy Relief Auxiliary. I wish to thank you for your splendid gift of Liberty Bonds and money to that society. Your generous deeds in many direc- tions, and especially towards your country, are wcdl known everywhere, helping to place us as an example to the rest of the world in all the years to come. With such men to keep the home (ires burning, we have nothing to fear from the enemy. Again thanking you Sincerely, ANNA CAMM BOUSH, President, New Hampshire Navy Relief Auxiliary." Mr. Emery is certainly to bs commended for his very patriotic spirit in donating such a valuable animal for this purpose. LIFE BUOY WAR GARDENS! Have you planted your war garden? There is still ample time, so get busy and do "an additional bit" by planting a garden. The food problem at the present time is more acute than ever before. Consequently every avail- able plot of land should be made productive Since last spring the draft call has greatly de- pleted the ranks of the farm workers necessitating an additional burden on each one of us. Moreover, the demands of our allies for additional food is in- creasing daily. You all heard or should have heard the touching words of Corporal G. E. Smith who spoke on the last day of the Liberty Loan Drive. His words ought to have stimulated us all. You all responded nobly to his call for money. By such action you also apparently put yourself on record as intending to send back a further message — plant- ing a war garden. Do not forget your pledge but do your part. In order to successfully wage the war against the Huns it is not enough that we work efficiently and conscientiously but in our spare time we should do voluntarily garden planting. This year our prob- lem is a large one but one that really works little additional hardship on our part. Is it fair to ask our boys to fight our battles over there on an empty stomach? Napoleon is credited with saying "An army fights only efficiently when properly fed." This year, it is our duty to produce enough food not only to feed ourselves so we may work ef- ficiently but in addition food must be raised to sup- ply our boys over there, as well as our allied armies. The solution of this problem can be readily met if each one volunteers to do his part by plant- ing a war garden. Therefore do not delay but start at once to do your digging. Utilize every available spot and dig, dig, dig! MULHAM'S RIVET GANG. Somewhere near the top of the honor roll of those who are doing their best — not merely their bit — for the flag these days let the names of Charlie Mulham and his rivet gang be placed. Charlie Mulham, whose name, we suspect, is an American- ized form of the name that his parents gave him in far off Syria, works at the Fore River plant in Quincy — one of nearly 15,000 working there to make the world safe tor democracy. He is foreman of a gang of rivet drivers, and last Wednesday he and his gang broke a world's record by driving 2805 oil-tight rivets into the hull of a steel ship in a nine-hour stretch. Breaking world's records of one kind or another has long been an American specialty. If there has been a little faltering in the stride in the past year or two it has been because we have been playing a new game. Not long ago a rivet gang in a Seattle yard set a new mark. Of course the At- lantic must beat the Pacific, and Charlie Mulham and his gang have shown how to do it. They say they are going to do still better and we hope that they will start a rivalry that will spread to every yard on the two coasts, and from the yards to the offices of all in authority over the shipbuilding program. Charlie Mulham is doing a work as necessary as that in the trenches and if you saw his gang at work — every man had burned hands when that day was over and every man had dodged death no end of times — you would perhaps decide to take your chances in the trenches. The spirit that animated that record-breaking day's work, and the determi- nation to do better still, is Americanism at its best — and there are not better Americans these days" than Charlie Mulham and his fellow Syrians. Would that there were a few more millions like them here for the work ahead.— -Boston Herald. THE DANGEROUS CLIFF PARABLE. 'Twas a dangerous cliff, as they freely confessed, Though to walk near its crest was so pleasant; But over its terrible edge there had slipped A dupe, and full many a peasant. The people said something would have to be done, But their projects did not at all tally. Some said, "Put a fence round the edge of the cliff;" Some, "An ambulance down in the valley.'' The lament of the crowd was profound and was loud, As their hearts overflowed with their pity; But the cry for the ambulance carried the day As it spread through the neighboring city. A collection was made, to accumulate aid. And the dwellers in highway and alley Gave dollars or cents, — not to furnish a fence, — But an ambulance down in the valley. "For the cliff is all right if you're careful." they said ; "And if folks ever slip and are dropping, It isn't the slipping that hurts them so much As the shock down below — when they're stop- ping." 8 LIFE BUOY So tor years (we have heard), as these mishaps oc- curred Quick forth would the rescuers sally, To pick up the victims who fell from the cliff, With the ambulance down in the valley. Said one, in his plea, "It's a marvel to me That you'd Rive so much greater attention To repairing results than to curing the cause; Vou hail much better aim at prevention. Km i he mischief, of course, should be stopped at its source, — Come, neighbors and friends, let us rally. It is far better sense to rely on a fence Than an ambulance down in the valley." "He is wrong in bis head." the majority said; ■'lie would end all our earnest endeavor, lie's a man who would shirk this responsible work. — But we will support it forever. Aren't we picking up all. just as fast as they fall. And giving them care liberally? A superfluous fence is of no consequence. If the ambulance works in the valley." The story looks queer as we've written it here, Hut things oft occur that are stranger. More humane, we assert, than to succor the hurt, Is the plan of removing the danger. The Navj Yard plan is to safeguard the man, And to attend to the thing rationally. For we build up the fence and we try to dispense With the ambulance out in the alley. LEAD POISONING. One of the most widespread and important of the ailments that are due to occupational causes is I In' malady or industrial disease known variously as "lead poisoning," "plumbism" and "leading." Em- ployees of all ages and both sexes are susceptible to this indusl rial disease. Plumbism is a cumulative disease resulting from the continued entrance of minute quantities of lead into the system. Although it may be con- tracted in numerous ways it is most commonly due to swallowing traces of lead compounds or to in- haling fumes or dust containing them. Because of the fact that lead is so generally used and because its effects upon the human organism are insiduous whereby they often escape detection in the early stages, lead has causs'd more deaths than any other metal. The harmful effects of lead have b33n known for centuries. The use of lead pipes for the con- veyance of water was forbidden i ."i r ; . i s and Pliny referred to the poisoning as "sla r e's disea 3e." One of the first symptoms of lead poisoning is a disagreeable metallic taste in the mouth which is experienced by lead workers upon getting up in the morning. He does not relish his breakfast, suf- fers from headache and feels generally indisposed. At a later stage attacks of colic with vomiting occur. The sufferer may be in constant pain often of ago- nizing intensity. Cartful diagnosis is necessary for lead colic and appendicitis are often difficult to dis- tinguish. The patient suffering from leal poisoning has usually a peculiar pallor of the face which becomes more noticeable as the disease proTres33S. The nervous system, kidneys and liver ire directly or indirectly affected. The result on the nervous sys- tem causes paralysis ol the fingers, hands and wrists and often the ankle3 become affected. Lead poisoning of the brain is rather unusual but may result. At |p rst no other warning than a severe headache may result but later the sufferer is seized with convulsions and passes into a s'.ate of coma during whic'i death may result. Should a c is ■ of such severity occur and th 3 sufferer recover consciousness and lives, loss of vision, temporary or permanent may occur. However there need be no fear on the part of employees of this Yard relative to lead poisoning if they will carefully obey the following recommen- dations: 1. At noontime and upon finishing the days work painters and workers engaged in handling lead or its compounds should wash their hands and especially clean their finger nails. Plentiful sup- plies of hot and cold water, soap and nail brushes and towels have been provided and should be used. 2. Personal cleanliness is highly essential and the use of tobacco while on the yard should be ab- solutely stopped. 3. Special rooms for the pi:- 33 of eating lunch have been provided and should b3 used. Care being taken to see that the hands and ftces have been first thoroughly cleansed. ■1. Outside garments should be changed before going home at night and preferably during the luncheon hour. Lockers have bsen provided for the street clothes. An effective form of head cover- ing should protect the hair. 5. The wearing of beards and mustaches is likely to increase the possibility of lead poisoning. 6. When the first symptoms of lead poisoning manifest themselves it is urged that the sufferer re- LIFE BUOY pint immediately to the Medical Officer at the Dis- pensary tor necessary treatment. Absolute cleanliness, even to the point where it approaches apparent foolishness is the keynote of success if we hope to prevent cases of lead poison- ing from developing in this Yard. THE MELTING POT. Slowly but surely the scum of the melting pot is coming to the top so that the dross, — the insin- cere, the selfish and the dishonest can the more easily be removed. Now it may seem as if they con- stitute a formidable lot, but they do not. Due to our carelessness in many ways we have allowed ourselves to be grossly imposed upon. Most of us have taken it for granted, in our happy- go-lucky way, (easy going way), that everything was bound to work out alright. In short the rights of every other nationality but our own has been given its due consideration. It is only recently that we have finished a close scrutiny of ourselves and have definitely decided we know what the trouble is. Consequently, from now on a healthy growth should manifest itself. The man who plays the partisan game, be it in politics, profiteering or what not is no longer safe, for we have at last awakened to the point of realization that definite concentrated action must be taken against such. Not all the traitors are Germans or pro-Germans, nor are all profiteers millionaires or employers. At this moment when we are passing thru the Valley Forge of this great war it is vitally essential that the true American spirit of honesty, sincerity and loyalty should as- sert itself clearly and forcibly. Fellow-men, steel your hearts and clear your consciences for the fog is about to lift and with it the sun will break thru in all its glory and splendor. BEWARE OF SPIES! In that spies are everywhere, it is essential thai no information be given out relative to this Yard's activities. The following appeal has been sent out by the Division of Advertising of the Government's Bureau of Information: "Our enemies over here are trying to hurt our boys over there. Our enemies are listening. Don't talk. "If you know anything Germany would like to know, let this be your Speechless Day. "A careless remark dropped in the street car may f in nish a spy with the miss- ing link in a chain. When in doubt, don't say it. "One German army has already occu- pied America. The invisible host of spies is everywhere. "The German spy Chief, Stieler, said that he won the Franco-Prussian War with his army of spies ahead of the troops. The German spy army invaded America long ago. "Keep your eyes peeled, your lips seal- ed, your hearts steeled. "Germans, their agents and sympath- izers, are trying to overhear you. Keep quiet, don't talk. "Don't talk. - If you want to help this nation, don't talk. Cut the public con- versation. Don't talk. Do not make the Germans wiser. If you want to can the Kaiser, DON'T TALK." SALUTE THE FLAG. Naval Regulations require all officers and en- listed men to "stand attention'' with their right hand at "salute" when the flag is being hoisted at S A. M. and when it is being lowered at sunset. While this regulation does not apply to the civilian force in the yard, the custom of standing attention and saluting at "colors" is one which Americans should practice more frequently. It takes but a minute of your time, but, after it is over you stand off with a little more pride in your- self, and with a little better realization of what the flag stands for. Try it the next time you are around the "colors." A CHILD'S PRAYER. "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. God bless my brother gone to war Across the seas, in France, so far. Oh, may this fight for Liberty Save millions more than little me From cruel fates or ruthless blast And bring him safely home at last. 10 LIFE BUOY NAIL THE FLAG TO THE PLOW. Nail the flag to the plow — The country needs grain. While the sailor boys guard The tracks of the main. God gave you the fields Ami the sun with its light; Then double their yields While the sailor boys fight. Nail the flag to the plow — The soldiers must eat While defending the trenches Or suffer defeat. You can help the brave soldier At this time of his need By increasing your acres And planting more seed. Xail the flag to the plow — Your children and wife Must be saved from starvation While the world is in strife. Your duty is plain; Your mission is grand ; Each man is a hero Wbo's tilling the land. You say you're too old To light with a gun; Then work in the fields Till the setting of sun And show to the world By tire sweat on your brow That you're serving your country With a Hag on your plow. — W. B. Lockwood. THE KAISER'S PRAYER. O Gott, vill you be mine pardner You say you don't know "Who I am?' Veil, I'm der Cherman Kaiser, Der Emperor Villyiam. You know 1 vipped dem Belgiums, And trod dem under foot, Und mit treason I filled Russia Und now I'm gaddering up der loot. So, I'll vip France und Italy Den blow up dat Chonny Bull, Und if you'll be mine pardner I'll vip dis whole vorld full. Now for all der odder Nations, 1 don't gift von "Hee Haw,'' Hut believe me, dat Uncle Sam, Iss tuff, yust like a rip saw. You know I got der submarines, Vot hass made all Europe yell; I tut dey tell me Uncle Sam's man Edison Iss going to blow dem all to "H — ." Now Gott, if you vill help me. Den I vill alvays loff; I tid I vill be der Emperor of der Earth Und you der Emperor of der skies Aboff. But Gott, if you refuse me dis, Den tomorrow night at seven, I'll let loose all der zeppelins, Und start to vipe out Heaven. So Gott. if you yust know your liddle book, You'll do yust vot I say, — If not, den you know darn veil, Dere'll be "H — on Earth" to pay. I vouldn't ask you dis, Gott, Hut can't you plainly see If der Allies vin dis Vorld Vawr Dey'll say to "H — mit me." THE NEW OFFICES. The addition to the main office building. No. 81, was opened for occupancy on Monday, May 6. The first floor is now occupied by the Shop Superintendent, the Engineering Superintendent, the Construction Superintendent, with their as- sistants, and the Time Section. The Time Section, however, is only a temporary tenant, and upon the completion of the raising of the roof of the old building, the space now occupied by them will be turned over to the Labor Board and the Safety Engineer. The second floor of the addition is now occu- pied by drafting rooms, though upon the final com- pletion of the main building, it will be occupied by the Accounting Superintendent and the Time and Cost Sections. LIFE BUOY 11 On the third Boor of the addition are located the lilt? rooms, blueprint room, and printing office. The addition has been very much needed, be- cause of congested conditions and it will allow the work of the main office to be carried on to much better advantage than formerly. The rent on the other hand has not been raised, due to the increased demand for offices. DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW. Additional advantages of the daylight saving law are being presented in numerous interesting ways. Before the new law went into effect the heat was most intense between two and three o'clock in the afternoon, but now under the new plan for day- light saving it is between three and four o'clock. Probably the most interesting feature to the employees of this yard is the fact that the heat dur- ing the noon hour is not so intense as formerly. Moreover, as the work for the day is finished we all will be able to get out from the shops and offices earlier and not have to endure the high tempera- tures quite likely to occur frequently during the coming summer months. COMPENSATION CLAIMS. .Ml Civil Employees Portsmouth Navy Yard, 1. In accordance with a recent ruling of the United States Employees' Compensation Commis- sion, you are advised that hereafter all injuries in- curred in this Navy Yard should be recorded and treated at the Yard Dispensary. 2. The Medical Officers at the Yard Dispensary are the only physicians who should treat you. They will decide whether injured employee shall go to Naval Hospital or Portsmouth Hospital should the degree of injury warrant such action. :i. Hereafter no bills will be paid to private physicians and hospitals unless so designated by Medical Officers of this Yard. NEW MASTER SHIPSMITH. Mr. George E. Chaffee who has been at the Boston Navy Yard for the past thirteen years has been appointed Master Shipsmith at this Yard. We wish him all success in his new work. EDITORIALS. Our greatest glory consists, not in never fall- ing, but in rising every time we fall. True friendship is a plant of slow growth. Principles are greater than men. Men die, but principles are eternal. The big man takes kindly to suggestions: the little man resents them. "The industrial forces of the country are as much a part of the great patriotic forces of the nation as the men under tire."— Woodrow Wilson. "An injury prevented is a benefaction; an in- jury compensated, an apology."— The Travelers Ins. Co. "There is not a single selfish element, so far as I can sec. in the cause we are fighting tor. We are fighting for what we believe and wish to be the rights of mankind and for the future peace and se- curity of the world. To do this great thing worthi- ly, successfully, we must devote ourselves to the service without regard to profit or material advan- tage, and with an energy and intelligence that will rise to the level of the enterprise itself." WOODROW WILSON President of the United States. THE LIFE BUOY. There have been a few rumors circulating re- cently to the effect that "The Life Buoy was an Of- fice publication; that it was the policy of those edit- ing it to publish nothing in it but that pertained to. the executive functioning of the Yard." How these rumors were started does not par- ticularly interest us any more than that we wish to state emphatically that this is absolutely untrue. The Life Buoy is a Yard magazine or organ and any- thing of interest pertaining to the welfare of the- employees or the Yard itself will be published. Naturally in time of war a censorship must be- exercised, otherwise, valuable information may get to the enemy. Other than this no censorship or partisan feeling exists. 12 LIFE BUOY It is the policy of the editor to print any arti- cle which may prove of interest or help to the em- ployees of this Yard. For the Life Buoy is your magazine and run strictly in conformity with your interests. If any criticisms exist they should be brought to the Safety Engineer and a ready ear may at all times be found. However, constructive criticism must be likewise offered. The next and future issues of the Life Buoy will be printed in the Yard printing office. Unless the employees of this Yard submit arti- cles naturally none can be printed. At no time should an under current of criticism exist relative to a general policy. In time of war such action is decidedly unpatriotic. Consequently, it is hoped that hereafter if anyone has any criticism to make they will make it above board and not in the dark A special appeal is herewith issued that the employees send in articles of general interest and due consideration will be accorded. JEST JOKE TREE CHIPS. "Money talks." "Yes, and all my life I've been a poor conversa- tionalist." "Muriel feared the girls wouldn't notice her engagement ring." "Did they?" "Did they? Four of them recognized it at once." Freddy:. "Lookit my collection of stamps, Teddy, all o' dem foreign, an' all different." Teddy: "Ah, that's nothin', I gotta collection — all U. S. stamps, an' all alike." Freddy: "They can't be much good." Teddy: "They're better'n yours, they're war saving stamps." He — "Of course, dear, you understand our en- gagement must be kept secret?'' She — "Oh, yes. I tell everybody that!" "Mary, did you water the rubber plant?" "Sluire, no, ma'am. I thought it was water- proof!" "Got an opening for me here?" asked the col- lege graduate, walking into the busy man's office. "Certainly," responded the employer pleasant- ly. "Close it as you go out." Conductor — "Madam, that child looks older than six years." Mother — "Yes, indeed he does conductor. That child has had a lot of trouble." "Razor hurt you, sir?" asked the energetic barber. "Not a particle," replied the sarcastic victim in the chair, "but the blood running down my neck is a little annoying." BOAT SHOP. After going through another Liberty Loan Campaign the Boat Shop has once more come out victorious. Jim White took the bull by the horns and with a grim determination we went "Over the Top." Thanks to our Shop Committee for their un- tiring efforts in the Third Liberty Loan drive. Rumor says that our quarterman is trying to initiate Tucker on some fancy inside house decora- tions. Bill Thompson says he will get a rest now. Uncle Ed is talking of going down to Jamaica during the next season. The Bond Sale now is over and' the cup hangs on the wall, In the place the Boat Shop placed it when they put one over all. Now that all is quiet and the Flag is flying high, We are thinking of another in the Sweet Bye and Bye. —Boat Shop Poet. Why be a hog? We are NOT! We took the bull. Our foreman is taking a few days off. We hear he is getting in a supply of wood for the coming winter. We are very glad to hear that our brother workmen who volunteered for oversea duty are making good. Good luck to them and to our latest — J. J. Kennedy — who has enlisted in the Artillery. OFFICE NOTES. It sometimes pays to be meek and quiet. Na- val Constructor Boyd never made a kick, but he got Something New in Phonograph RECORDS! The New 9 INCH EMERSON DOUBLE DISC Always as long as the standard 10 inch records and as smoothly DON'T TAKE OUR WORD Come in and hear them for yourself PRICE 65c ALL THE BIG HITS Emerson 7 inch Double Disc Records, 35c, 5 for $1.00 : ; AT : : MONTGOMERY'S OPPOSITE POST OFFICE SHAW'S CASH MARKET Do you want to help win the war? Then practice economy with Mr. Shaw. Go to his market for fish and meat, Eggs and vegetables fresh and sweet. His prices are lowest,— cash you must pay And carry your bundles home each day Excepting orders of four dollars or more Which will be carried straight to your door. SHAW'S CASH MARKET 18 PLEASANT ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Formerly CLARK'S BRANCH "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." 1 1 UK 10 BUOY * K icK [ng tor a whlli the besl office In Building 81. Commander Wyman pole , in ,l Naval Constructor Schlabach Bay they wish When it comes to statistics Mr Collier sure other people would follow Boyd's example and Btop has gol boi lope sheets on the high cosl of living, Mr si lansen « ho has been rest rlcted to his In uiiii ;i severe case of La Grippe has returned Commander Palmer looked sad and lonesome to his duties ,,,, a i, „ days last nth n was due to the de Our would !»■ autoists are having e hard n parture m "Red Beauty" alias "The Itockj Moun keeping their gas buggies going; 11 they could onlj i, ,,,, Qoat." Bui be Bayi he would nol trade his run mi hoi air wouldn'1 Charley <: the uoiseles „, u Franklin vi a his "id "hill climber;" in- one, B«1 ■' lol of tree ride ,i,,i ,,, i, e Hi,' real Improvements which the The Submarine Drafting Room bowling team Prankl i had made in their r.n i ""'' •"" l defeated the Hull Drafting R n team the other evening. The series now stands one game each and the deciding game will be rolled Monday, LUNCH ROOM CRUMBS. w 5 wonder: Due i" the chani 1 the length of the work Where Downing gets those cheap clgai Ing daj whereby the lunch hour Is now common to n flay has his 'Taters' 1 planted yet? all, there Is likely to be so congestion, II I When Care} will move to Dover? hoped thai ever) "ill have patienoe regarding ir the mi was a help or a hinderance In the i he mal tei ol be er\ ed trip to Porl land " ii Coffin or Ki'ni will examine the ford more i ually after 12 06 there are- numerous vacant eloselj before the) itarl to crank ii again? tabli o thai man) ol those an lou to be erved Who will be the Brsl victim of Snow's new without being crowded are ai ked to eal later torcycle? Ground wa broke tor the new addition to the r C, Coffin ill ii Klever Ko llan from the pre 'in existing re tauranl on May 8th and II Is Sub it. mi inc. Room will make his Initial appear thoughl thai the new ad'dltion will be finished sonic B nce before the footlights on Tuesday nighl when time in July. he will Btar as end man In the P A C Vllnstrel show ii is temporarily requested thai all those who rhere promises to be some fun 'ai the Play- n ii eating Bhould Immedlatel) r. i \ > • up their place grounds nexl Monda) evening when a i i \ » ■ Inning to others who may i"' waiting, The necessity of game of baseball will be played between the Bingle this requesl will be,onl) toi a ihorl time and married men of the Submarine Office. Many oldtimers will i>" Been In the married men's lineup "Seegar & Woodard" requeBl thai all the new and they promise to make ii hoi tor the young fel- sir.ns be thoroughl) read and followed lows. Mr Curtis will umpire the game and he ims requested fifteen days leave, starting nexl Tuesday. ii Is rumored thai Seegar and Woodard have Draftsman: Who ims gol the shears, organized a baseball team. The) constitute the Pile clerk Periscope or conning tower, batter) and ray the "ins and outs." HOBBIES: The raan who is always asking for a cigarette (C. i'\ G, i SEEN THRU THE PERISCOPE. The Embar «° "" freight, (Ask Lord). Gugglsberg rolling on a spare (When he gets Mi Preble, the boy with the Iron nerve is en- one) Joying a Blxteen days leave of absenoe and is vlail Kenl looking tor his nay check, Ing his family In Ann Harbor, Mich. IMPOSSIBILITIES: Another service Btar was added to the list of Staten ever becoming a bowler, the Submarine Drafting Room when Henry D. Bacon Pinkham ever becoming a good musician, ai- Jr. recently enlisted In iii«' U. s. M, C though he tries hard as a whistler. Mr. Soheirer's Cadillac is again Been on the H seems peculiar thai Hans Bhould be on the highway after being temporarily laid up, owing to slek llsl l ' v, ''>' w,,, ' 1( ,, " Son 16 TO 20 MARKET ST. For more than forty years Portsmouth's leading Store for Men's and Boys' apparel KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED; YOUR LIPS SEALED; YOUR HEART STEELED. MARGESON BROTHERS VAUOHAN ST. Tel. 570 'PORTSMOUTH, N. H. FRED B. COLEMAN APOTHECARY Corner Congress and Vaughan Sts. If you desire to buy <>r sell It <■ or any subject 4iiid thai promptly tt's (he place where they entfraved those cards for you Go To EVERYBODY STORE For your Dress Up and Working Clothes We give you the best prices and the best service in the city Y. M. C. A. BUILDING Congress Street Portsmouth, N. H. SINCLAIR GARAGE HORTON SERVICE Corner Richard Ave., and Middle St. Portsmouth, N. H. O. W. AVERY YORK BE4CH Real Estate For Sale and to Rent If you want to Buy, Sell or Rent Real Estate at York Beach, see me "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." 22 LIFE BUOY PAINT SHOP. THE DEVIL RESIGNS JOB. Hersom was recently marooned on the Pueblo and our veteran mountain climber, B. K. Stewart came to hi* rescue The men of the Paint simp wish to extend their best wishes to Mr. Gregone and his fiancee, who has recently become Mrs. Gregone ■.-. i expected we wound up in our usual phuf in the third Liberty Loan race. Hanscom or Hersom are on record as being quite breezy. Well to cultivate their acquaintanci oon for it looks like it might be a hot summer Let us all (Pra> i and go over the (Trussell) to (Flanders); s» up to the haul.' (Point), make a hero Hi' ourselves and we will probably be math 1 la rgent i "THE ALLIES' PRAYER TO GOD. God, w e ash Thy guid; Against this beast ly foe, i ii.ii has ra\ aged poor Belgium — And In ill little Serbia low w e ash that Thou will help us. To down t he beast ly King, Who by his bloody proclamation; this made all Europe feel I he sting. So ibul. give strength to us. Who stand on Freedom's sido; .May we forever keep the trust And fight the battles sido by side. And God. in closing, in Thy love reposing, Keep our daughters, wives and sweethearts, Safe from the beastly hordes, Who have transgressed the command of God. The l»>'\ il sat by a lake of Hre, On a pile of sulphur kegs; His load was bowed upon his breast, His hands clasped upon his head. A look of shame was on his face, The sparks dripped from nil He had sent up his resignation To the throne up in the skies. "I'm down and out," the Devil said. He saiil it w ith a sob; "There are others who outclass me And I want to quit my job. H — isn't in it with the land That lies along the Rhine. I'm a 'has been' and 'a nogood' And therefore I resign. Krupp, the ammunition maker With his bloody shot and shell, Knows more about damnation Than all the Imps of h — . Give my job to Kaiser Wilhelm, The author of this war. He understands it better \ million I imes by far. I hate to lea\ e Hie old home. Tile spot 1 love so well. Hut 1 feel that I'm not up-to-datl In the art of running h — ." Solving The Footwear Problem Is made easy by getting your shoes here. We carry standard makes that are known to be good — we base our profit at the minimum of safety — we stand back of the shoes we sell Walk-Overs, Ralstons, Dorothy Dodd.s, " Original " Seoul Shoes .Standard Tennis and Outing Shoes "MasterCraft" and Morse's Clothes, Arrow Collars, Cheney Ties Carter's Overalls N. H. BEANE & CO. 5 Congress Street : 22 High Street C. P. CARROLL E. E. WHITEHOUSE Grroceries, Meats and Provisions RARRFR 145 PENHALLOW ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Te!. Connection Near A. S. E. Ferry llp ° ne Fli <* ht °PP' Colonial Theatre R. L. COSTELLO SEED STORE HIGH GRADE SEEDS 115 Market St. Telephone, 57 PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE 'I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY." WE ARE PREPARED To ti'i\e you the bivsl ohlnimiblt' of MHATS, FISH and VEGETABLES in season for Cash Congress St., ]")]"> /^\W7R TtC W 7f A T"> T>^"T"7'"T" f Tel - 19 * Portsmouth, N. II , BROWN'S MARKET VISITORS AND NEW RESIDENTS This bank is always pleased to welcome visit- ors and new residents to Portsmouth and to afford them every assistance in its power. Our banking facilities are cordially placed at your disposal and our officers will take pleasure in extending prompt and courteous attention to your requirements. : : : : National Mechanics $ Traders Bank 1 Congress St. : Portsmouth, N. H. PARAS BROTHERS FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY, ICECREAM AND SODA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TELEPHONE 29 w CATERING A SPECIALTY 43 CONGRESS street A SHORTAGE of CARS Buy your OVKRLAND "The Thrifty Car" Now Immediate delivery for a short time on Model 90 Touring and Country Club Models C. A. LOWD Service Station & tiarage: 338 Pleasant St. & 25-45 Wentivorth "1 SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY.' NAVY YARD, PORTSMOUTH, N.H. TO EVERY INDUSTRIOUS MAN We will send free to the first one thousand men sending us their names and address a little handy article that can be carried in the pocket and is used almost daily by every industrious man in this country: the same to be sent by us not later than July 10th and possibly July 1st, so get your name in early. LOTHROPS-FARNHAM CO. Dover, N. H. DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE DOVER TERMINAL OF THE ATLANTIC SHORE LINE R. R. LARCEST CLOTHIERS, FURNISHERS AND SHOE DEALERS IN SOUTHERN NEW ENCLAND. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" These delightful summer evenings are positively incomplete without music. And why be without it? There is absolutely no reason why even those of most moderate circumstances should not have that which goes so far to make the home happy. MUSIC IT UPLIFTS, IT INSPIRES, IT INSTRUCTS, THERE IS A VICTROLA TO FIT EVERY MANS PURSE WK HAVE PIANOS AND VICTROLAS FOR SUMMER RENTAL AT REASONABLE RATES LET US EXPLAIN OUR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN HASSETT'S 115 Congress St. MUSIC & ART SHOPPE PORTSMOUTH, N. II. In Soliciting the Accounts of Individuals, Corporations, Firms, Trustees, Guardians and Clubs, we call Attention to the Following Services Extended to Depositors: Certificates of Deposit We issue certificates of deposit where occasion requires the deposit of funds which must be kept available for investment. A special rate of interest is paid. Loans Loans are made on acceptable security at current rates. Drafts We issue drafts on foreign countrys or on other cities in the United States. Travelers' Checks We issue travelers' checks which are available for use in all parts of the world. Coupons and Bonds We collect and credit coupons and bonds to the customer's account. Custody of Securities We receive securities for safe keeping subject to the direction of owner, cut and collect coupons, crediting the customer's account. This is a .ureal convenience while a depositor is traveling. Safe Deposit Boxes and Storage Vaults A business fortress for the protection of valubles of corporations, firms and individuals is had in our mordern vaults on the premises at low rentals. Special rates for large packages and trunks. Dividends We collect dividends and credit proceeds to customer's account. COMMERCIAL AND SAVING DEPARTMENTS. FIRST NATIONAL HANK PORTSMOUTH. N. H. UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY A SSETS OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS CONSERVATION and THRIFT WILL WIN THE WAR PATRIOTISM DEMANDS THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES SPEND LESS and SAVE MORE 10,000 PEOPLE ARE SAVING THEIR EARNINGS BY THE HELP OF OUR INSTITUTIONS. NEW SAVING ACCOUNTS SOLICITED PISCATAQUA SAVINGS 1!A\K First National Bank Building Portsmouth, X. II. INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY Issued monthly for free distribution to employees of the Industrial Department of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. VOL. I NO. 6 THE SUBMARINES WE ARE BUILDING [T the present time this Navy Yard is part- ly engaged in building submarines. Al- though one-third of the force of the yard is working on them and all the Navy Yard is undoubtedly interested, I doubt if many real- ize the special reasons why these particular submarines should be of interest to us. The history of submarine building and design really begins with an American named Bushnell who was the first to think out and build a submarine that would actually oper- ate. In 1776 a British fleet was blockading the port of New York. Bushnell conceived the idea of breaking this blockade by build- ing a small vessel to travel under water and with which he could attack these big men-of war one by one. So he built the fore-runner of our present submarines; in this case a little vessel, shaped like two clam shells joined to- gether, with a water ballast tank and oars and just room enough inside to hold one man. In this small craft, which it took good nerve to operate, Sergeant Lee of the American A, my embarked, submerged, and set out to attack the English fleet. He actually found his prey, but ill-luck pursued him, for he could not attach the mine and the tide carried him by the fleet. He let go the mine which drifted down and ex- ploded near the English ships but did no dam- age except to the nerves of those on board the latter. Bushnell's submarine would just about fit inside the conning tower of one of the submarines we are building here now, but it was, after all, the start of their design a i I building. Practically up to the present time, all our submarines were designed and built by pri- vate contractors. In a few cases submarines were built in Navy Yards, but even in these cases the plans were purchased from private contractors building similar vessels. For all other naval vessels the Navy Department pre- pared its own designs and there seemed no good reason why it should not prepare them for submarines as well. As a consequence, the work was started and after much study the design for Submarine was completed. In preparing this design the Navy Depart- ment was entering directly into competition with the private firms who had been design- ing and building submarines for many years. To carry this new work right through in the Government's hands it was decided to build the first boat in a navy yard and Portsmouth was selected as the best place. Soon after came our entrance into the war and more sub- marines of the same type were given the yard to build. We now have the first great reason for doing the best we can in every way on these submarines, in good workmanship and in speed of work, for in these boats the Govern- ment is out to show what it can do in design- ing and in building its own submarines in competition with private contractors, and it is up to us to make these boats a little better in every way than any other submarine; built in this country. The next great reason is the war. Many of our submarines have gone abroad already and thai is where they are mostly needed. LIFE BUOY The work of the crew of a submarine is neither easy nor very safe and yet crews will be ready and waiting for these boats to be completed so that they may man them. Here at this yard we are not asked to do that, — all we are asked to do is to build the boats well and to build them fast. Keep this in mind and think what a small part we are really do- ing in simply providing the means to let somebody else go abroad into the dangers of the North Sea to stop the German Sub- marines. Submarines have proved to be the I defence against submarines; in fact they are the only offensive weapon known, for all surface craft must wait until they are attacked before ihey can attack in turn. Consequently, if we are to rid the world of the German Submarine menace, we must build submarines and nice submarines. We are then, first, in competition with private contractors, and they are all watch- ing id and all the Navy i i watching us to see what the Government itself can do in the way of building submarines. Next, and thi ; i -. the most important, we need these boats in this war and we need them badly. Let us work together and let us do our best so that to have worked on these submarines which we are now building may be a source of pride to us through this war and for a long time to come. H. S. HOWARD Supt, New Construction Naval Constructor, U. S. N. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The recent outbreak of smallpox in York. Maine, brings vividly to our attention the ever in- creasing need of watchfulness. In time of war. it b ihooves us all to be especially on the alert so that ri ithing may develop to hinder us from doing our part over here without any interruption. Just as a locomotive running smoothly at the moment of operation may become useless should any fine sand get into the engine bearings so the human body even though it is working at its maxi- mum efficiency (perfect health) may in a very short time become useless should it become subjected to an infectious diseas t. Germs or bacteria, which cause the destruction o) live-: wherever an epidemic visits a community cters of persons. For, persons sup- r> JArt posedly to be in robust health are as easily attacked as the weakest. In this enlightsned age, altogether too many fallacies still exist relative to public health matters and especially so regarding infectious diseases. When an epidemic breaks out altogether too much stress is laid upon general insanitary conditions, such as foul odors, stagnant pools, dust, garbage and in fact anything objectionable that may exist in the neighborhood. These views may be said to belong to the old school of public health. In the new school of public health the causes of epidemics of infectious diseases are sought for along three de inite lines. The first line is the infected indi- vidual; ths second is the routes that caused the in- fection, being any one of the following — water, food, milk, flies or contact; and the third, the routes of infection from the infected individual. Infectious diseases are "catching" because of tin 1 transmissibility of the minute germs or bac- teria from one person to another. That is the dis- e i is propagated by direct contact. Infected per- sons may cause contamination through their dis- i targes, and this is believed by many authorities to be the most common way. Germs in the body of infected persons multiply exceedingly rapidly and can only leave the body by definite routes — the body discharge passages. These discharge pas- age routes are the mouth, nose, bladder, am! bowel. Only when other persons take these dis- charges into their noses or mouths do they in turn become infected. The ways or routes of infection are many. Mouth disch irges laden with harmful germs may bs transmitted bj mouth sprays when people cough, sing, sneeze, or talk. Moreover, they may become transmitted by drinking cups, chew- ing gum, chewing tobacco, towels, as well as in other ways. Nose discharges may become trans- mitted by hand, handkerchief, or sneezing. Blad- der and bowel discharges are carried by hands, flies and other ways. Hands are the great carriers of disease. Con- equently, hands cannot be too frequently washed. Mouth discharges in the way of sputum when expectorated on floors, sidewalks, and streets may be transmitted by being carried to the home on i a calamity if your own creeping baby should become infected. It is hoped that ultimately a universal law will prevail prohibiting the expect- orating cf sputum. The handkerchief should al- ways U i used it a spit kit or a spittoon is not avail- b The chief infectious diseases as found in the temperate zone of the I'nited State; are Diptheria, Of D. 19 l?£3 LIFE BUOY 6 Scarlet Fever, Smallpox, German Measles, Whooping Cough, Chickenpox, Typhoid Fever, Tuberculosis, Trachoma, Cerebrospinal Meningitis, Syphilis and Gonorrhea. Of these the last tour diseases are transmitted by contact, and the others by milk and contact. Typhoid Fever and other intestinal in- fections such as Dysentery are carried mainly by flies, milk, water, food and contact. Consequent- ly, it is seen that contact may cause all diseases, milk many, whereas water and food carry only the intestinal infectious diseases. Contact is the main route by which infectious diseases may be transmitted among employees of thisYard. Under no circumstances should sputum be expectorated on floors. Spit kits have been placed throughout each workshop and should be made use of. When an employee feels the symptoms of sneezing manifesting themselves recourse should immediately be made to the use of a handkerchief. As before stated mouth sprays are thrown out in coughing, singing and talking. In order to prevent the spread of an epidemic it is not necessary to close down the Yard or any i id vidual shop. Germs or Bacteria have no eyes, neither can they fly, but they do propagate rapid- ly. The living body is the best abode, for there the germs find plenty of water, the right atmosphere, food, temperature, and darkness. When germs leave the body the sunlight and drying effect soon kill them. Disease germs are carried from an in- fected person to one not infected chiefly by dis- charges from the mouth, nose, bladder and bowels. The dscharges are carried or exchanged by sputum, hands and mouth-spray. Consequently, it is use- less to shut a shop or group of shops down in order to insure the blocking of the spread of an epidemic. In summarizing, it is our hope that by pointing out these things, the employees of this Yard will hereafter govern themselves accordingly with the result that sorrow and sickness may be less preva- lent. THE NAIL HAZARD. A little nail, like a little knowledge, is often a dangerous thing. A few nails, driven through a couple of boards, may be entirely harmless, but when the boards are torn apart the points of the nails are often left projecting from one of them, and here is where the dangerous element enters. If the boards are cast aside, they most always fall, with tlic usual perversity of inanimate things, so that the points of the nails stick upward. Projecting nails are met with everywhere. They cause many injuries, and the wonder is that they do not cause more. Boxes and barrels that have been hastily opened are frequently left with the covers only partly removed, and the nails that held the covers are seldom drawn out or hammered down. The nail hazard is especially marked in building operations, where scaffolds and other sim- ilar temporary structures are used. After these have served their purpose, the materials of which they are built are thrown carelessly aside without giving attention to the projecting nails they con- tain. In industrial plants of all kinds the nail hazard is also serious, and some manufacturing con- cerns report that fully seven per cent, of their ac- cidents are caused by nails. The danger from nails is, therefore, important, and attention should be given to the best means of eliminating it. The soundest and best thing to do is to ed- ucate the men who are responsible for leaving nails in the boards. Teach them the importance from a safety standpoint of pulling the nails out. or bend- them over, and hammering their points in in a proper manner. This is no great task, and if all the nails are pulled out or properly bent over, the danger is removed. It is the safest, of course, to remove the nails entirely, and the next best thins is to hammer them in. but if they are bent over and hammered down, the work should be done in the right way. A nail bent so that its point remains a quarter of an inch or an eighth of an inch above the level of the board is still dangerous, because it is likely to tear the flesh of an employee who has oc- casion to handle the board or other object from which the nail projects, or who may brush against it in passing. A nail-point thus treated is also likely to catch in the sole of the shoe and cause a serious fall, and if the end of the nail stands up by as much as a quarter or a half of an inch, there is danger of the point entering the upper or soft leath- er of the shoe. In bending and hammering down a nail, a quarter of an inch or so of the pointed end should first be turned over at right angles, by means of pincers, pliers, or the claw of a hammer. The body of the nail then is bent over and hammered down, so that the pointed end enters the wood. All danger is then removed. Another prolific source of accidents is the leav- ing of nails in the staves or hoops of a barrel, after the head has been removed. The act of knocking in the head tends to turn the point of the nail down- ward, and as a person removes the contents of the barrel, he is quite likely to have his hand or arm LIFE BUOY lacerated. In a ease of this kind, the nails can sometimes be pulled out without loosening the hoops or destroying the unity of the barrel, but it is often necessary to leave some of the nails in position and care should then be taken to see that they are properly bent and that their points are firmly imbedded in the wood. An injury from a nail should receive immediate medical attention and treatment, because septic material is likely to be carried Into the wound by the nail. Particles of shoe leather or hosiery, or germ laden matter of other kinds, are often Intro- duced in this way. and unless these are removed or sterilized, trouble is likely to follow. Where the wound is properly treated, it will usually heal in B short time, but blood poisoning or lockjaw is like- ly to follow if the wound is neglected, and where either Of these occurs, loss of life of limb is a pos- sible result . TRAVKLKRS INSURANCE CO. EFFICIENT PATRIOTISM. As the war goes on, it is to lie expected that many Of us will from time to time wonder it' the world has really forgotten the value of human life. Consequently each one of us should wink to the end thai civilization, liberty, our lives and our homes may be preserved. That the boys In the trenches are doing their share cannol be denied. The question is: Are we backing them as we should;are we giving our most efficient work; are we preserving our health and ood morals, and are we subscribing generously to the various war'ionns and charity work? if sh I ne of US can answer "Yes," he or she is doing all that can be expected at the present time. in order to perform our daily work efficiently, it is necessary to gel the proper amount of sleep. to eat wisely, and to train ourselves to be careful. Just how many hours sleep is necessary for any in- dividual person is difficult to say. but at least eight hours is a safe basis to work on. As for the food question, mucb can be written, it is unwise to eat too little and equally as unwise to eat too much. Moreover, If a person eats too much, be or she is committing an unpatriotic act. Here again dlscre lion must be relied upon. To train ourselves to be . ireful is not a hard task but many make it so. due reason that so many accidents are happening may be attributed to the fact that the habit of care- lessness has been allowed to gain too strong a foothold. An accident to an employee engaged In work incidental to pushing the war through to a proper and speedy end counts just as much as an accident or wound to a soldier at the Front. For, without our industrial workers we cannot hope to keep our boys at the Front supplied with guns, ammunition, food, clothing, medicine, as well as means of transportation. We must, therefore, train ourselves to be careful, efficient, ablebodied men and women, striving to do our allotted task just a little better than we have ever done before We should always be on the watch to extend a hand of help to the new man on the job so that he may also become an additional valuable asset to his country. As we come to the question of preserving our health and good morals, it is well recognized that a very subtle issue is reached. The arousing of everyone of us to the proper understanding of our share In protecting our soldier boys from diseases due to vice is a task that is difficult. However, it must be met and an entirely different attitude must be taken ill I be future if this question is to lie pro- perly dealt with. Education and warning must enter the homes of the innocent for the protection of our boys now already in the army and for those who may have to enter, According to the statement Of a special cor- lespondent of The levelling Sun, there are only 500 men Of the 500,000 American soldiers In France in hospitals with ailments due to vice. This is the best record of any army in history. With such facts at hand, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters need not worry about any evil Influences that the soldier boys may have In meet, once in (lie army and abroad The more important question is that the danger is not in the army but in the city, not so much in France as right in our own industrial towns and country villages. As Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts has so well said, "it is time that the lid be Off and men and women meet this problem as they have met diphtheria and I nberciilosis. Of course there is a difference. The fln?er of scorn will point at the victims. Doctors cannot report their cases to the public. We are not an army No, we are not: inn must we therefore do nothing and continue to poison our army? Hut If people begin to talk about such things it will lead to impro- priet les. 'People are talking. You are talking I am talking Our boys and girls are talking The stage is talking. Why not come out into the open and let the talk be healthy, sane, medical and practical." The Medical Departments of the Army and Navy are ready to give tacts so that the conditions of society In relation to the Army or Navy may be LIFE I'.UOY s properly viewed and Btudled. This is a w u quea nun as \ i t :i l as guns, ammunition, ships, Cood and tuel. ir we are to support the Army and Navy and win Hiis war. there Mas got in be a tremendous cleaning up of ourselves, our own neighborhoods, our Btreets and theatres, our hotels and Bummer resorts. Last but not least, our buys, when they iId come back, are going to demand i be s thing as well as mans- other vital questions of right ious ii\ in". \\ in not start now and set I he first sc me so that when the boys do come bach the play may i he more re idily go on to a complete finish? SECOND KKI) CROSS WAR FUND. The s 'I'liini it ■ I it" appeal was answ ered nobly throughout the country and In such a man ncr that the tender, brooding heart of the "Great est Mother In the World" should be comforted once aga In The appeal was carried Into practically everj American home and today the \m irican Red Cro i ; i ii<' targe I organization of any kind In the world and ill reatest Corci tor good For the millions of dollars will be spent In succoring the stricken nations; In ministering to the soldiers In sickne and death and Inspiring them with greater courage Cash and holier purpose. In addition, the Red Cross ii food, i i"i iiin.-.. bed i, Btores and other sup plies i" the stricken and devastated cities and \ii la . To those who care to study the details of how each penny has been Bpent, It may !»■ stated that printed statements covering all War Fund appro prlatl n are obtainable from Chapter chairmen. in ie MM i ■ « ere offered by t he Assoclat Ion of Quartermen and Leadlngm'en of ihis yard to !»• given in Hi:' three representatives of the divisions receiving the largest percentage of subscriptions tor their respective divisions. The first prize, a coffee percolator, was won by Mr, J. M. Flanagan, who had charge of the Clerical Division; the sei mill prize, a clock, was won by Mr. II. C. Moody, who represented the Sail Loft; and the third prize, b lafety razor, was won by Mr. .1 B Colliton of the i Ira ii in!'. I ii\ i lion in addition to these prizes, a pig donated bj Mr Horace vlitchell ol Kittery was raffled off. The sum of $173.35 was realized from the sale of the pig tickets and this amount was credited to the Spar Shop, Cor a member of i ins simp Mr. i \t Schurman was the lucky winner. The following table Is the Anal c pilation of tin' official standing and subscriptions of each simp: Collect Ion i Sub script ion Allotment 1 'ercent age 1 Clerical Force $ 109.79 ' 13.79 ,6 nn 91.3 2 Sail Loft 6 1 mi US. on 76 nn 89.5 3 i h-a n ing Force 1 43.00 : . 1 no 467.00 75.8 1 Supply Department 6 10.07 750.00 1003.00 , i , e lOst i malm's 28.50 1 36.00 1 96.00 69.4 6 Boat simp 278.00 . r i2 7.ln 880.00 59 'i 7 Paint simp 119.78 Kin. ns '.. i8 3 8 Smelting riant 1 ■ ,n 62.25 1 1 2.00 15 6 9 Elec Workers Out. i No. 89 i 1ST 16 !9 I 'I 1 i 5 t . 5 to Boiler simp 1 II 1 llll 1 I : 247.00 18.2 1 1 Power Plant 1 2 l nn 1 12.00 332 nn 42.8 1 2 Pattern simp 78.00 96.00 130 nil 1 1.7 13 Machine Simp ( No. 80 i 6 : , 15 si 1.55 1976.00 1 I.I 1 1 Spar simp 5 10 M 476.23 1 180.00 in l l .i Elec Machine simp < No. 79 i 123.04 825.00 ■ i 05.00 19 1 1; Sheet Metal Shop 247.00 109.50 800.00 38.7 17 Joiner simp 21 .Vim 256.00 69 1. 00 36 :i 1 s Machine simp < No. 89 i 280.56 380 56 1 039 nn 36.6 1 9 Smith simp 1 12.00 1 42 00 1 1 Inn : l i; 20 Shipfltters' simp , 18 60 7.28 10 .ii nil ;.: n 2 1 Laborers and Riggers i 16 sn 174.80 ., 1 1 nn 32.5 22 F nli i 2 | i .,n 3 1 1. 00 1077.00 31.9 23 Public Works Shop 492.32 192.32 1821 mi 27.il 2 i Tra n portal Ion simp Total 52 ..'i 37.00 ■J. 1 8 . ■'■ $(1051.71 $81 98. 50 19 '1 l.iiii 16.8 LIFE BUOY NEW RIVET-DRIVING RECORDS. Figures just reported to the Emergency Fleet Corporation show speed records in rivet driving rapidly mounting. Since the widely published re- cord made by a riveter named Schools at the Haiti- more Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. plant, a few weeks ago, in driving 2720 %-inch snap rivets in the floors of an 8800-ton steamer in a nine-hour day. B larger number of rivets was driven in a shorter day at the Kearny plant of the Federal Ship- building Co. On April 26 Edward Gibson and gang drove 2919 rivets in eight hours, or 3 5 an hour. Not long before, a remarkable performance on countersunk shell rivets was made at the American Shipbuilding Company's Buffalo yard, when 'JOSH rivets of %-inch diameter were driven in 8% hours. Two new figures reported to the Emergency Fleet Corporation surpass those quoted by a large margin, though one of these is shop-rivet work. M. K. Knox and gang drove over 4000 rivets on ship floors in the fabricating shop of the Northwest Steel Company at Portland. Oregon. Of these 3865 wen' 9& -inch rivets and 224 were 7 s -iiu'h rivets. In addition two rivets were cut out, so that the of- ficial figure is 4091 rivets. The total working time was nine hours. On hull work C. Knight, at the Baltimore Dry Dock Company's yard, using a double gang — two holders, two passers, two heaters and two rivet boys — drove 4875 % -inch rivets in nine hours. ReCOrd8 are being broken every day. it is said at the office of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. — Engineering News- Record. war . It is the same spirit which drove through the ooze at Hog Island tens of thousands of piles under the hands of rival crews. Similar enthusiasm gradually will spread through all our war industries and will be sorely felt by the enemy in due time. We need not worry seriously about American labor when it originates such competitions and feels the fire they kindle. CINCINNATI TIMES-STAR MAKING WORK A SPORT. Charles Knight, an American negro, is the first winner of the Nort luliffee prize of $125 for the best score above previous records in the driving of ship rivets. This husky toiler hammered home 1ST'' red-hot bolts in a single working day. setting a mark which has started International competition afresh Tin' sporting spirit in our shipyards and boil- er factories is something new in history. It will be particularly valuable at this time in speeding up production. American labor has caught the spirit of the tiling and has issued an international chal- lenge, Directed to their British competitors, the challengers say. "Gangs in every American ship yard now are working to add one or more rivets an hour to an average gang output. Five addition- al rivets per gang per hour means building one more sieel treighter of 10,000 tons in ten weeks." That is the driving impulse which will win the CLEANLINESS. It has been noted that some of the Yard em- ployees are very careless in regard t<> 'lie cleanli- ness of their clothing and person. Cleanliness of one's person and surroundings are just as essential to health as fresh air and good food. The face, head, neck and hands should be washed every morning and the scalp should be washed twice a week. The hands should be washed before each meal and after each visit to the toilet Those engaged in occupations which soil the body and clothing should bathe as frequently as neces- ary. Bathing promotes the functions of the skin by cleaning the openings of the sweat glands as well as freeing the openings of the sebacious glands whose secretions oil the skin and prevent it from be- coming hardened and rough. Bathing also removes dirt and germs which abound on the skin. The hitter may cause boils, carbuncles and in the case oi wounds, may cause severe infections even in the most trivial wounds. Every man should have his own towel and change it frequently instead of using one in com- mon with others, as it is well known that a number of infections may be transmitted in this manner such as [tch, skin diseases, gonorrheal infections, syphilis, etc. In a report of the sanitary conditions of the Portsmouth Yard made several months ago by surgeons of the I' S. Public Health Service the fol- lowing appears in substance ".Maintenance of self respect requires that a workman Should have his overalls or working clothes washed occassionally. So long as there is no one to suggest the necessity for a change, he is likely to use the same working clothes for a long period of time. As a result, faces and hands become begrimed more readily than otherwise because the hands when rubbed on the overalls find more dirt to carry away." This report makes the following remarks about another unhealthy practice existing in this Yard: "Promiscuous spitting. If. as many auth- orities believe, promiscuous spitting on the floors of workrooms may spread disease, it would appear that the Portsmouth Navy Yard is m danger of an LIFE BUOY 10 epidemic. There is scarcely a building in the Yard it: which promiscuous spitting is not carried on by employees. Stairways and walls suffer in par- ticular. Fresh marks of tobacco juice and purulent cose and throat secretions vie with each other in marring the buildings and contributing to possible ill health of employees." The above quoted remarks are not pleasant reading nevertheless they are true. Such diseases as diptheria and tuberculosis are transmitted by this unnecessary and Insanitary practice and it is to be hoped that future inspec- tions of the Yard will not call for such criticism. P. M. FURLONG Medical Inspector, U. S. N. HEALTH ZONE. The plans for the establishment of a "Health Zone" in the vicinity of the Portsmouth Navy Yard are being gradually worked out through the co- operation of officials of the U. S. Government, the states of Maine and New Hampshire, as well as the officials of the cities and town to be included in l he zone. II is thought that the work will be in charge of an officer of the United States Public Health Ser- \ Ice assisted by such inspectors as may be necessary. The officers of the Public Health Service are experts in sanitation and are doing valuable work in I he vicinity of our large army cantonments. The proposed plans will not interfere with the present health organization of the various towns in the zone but will supplement their efforts. By these means contagious diseases will be under control and other faulty conditions considered to be detri- mental to the health of all within the zone will be corrected. The headquarters of the zone will undoubtedly be located in Portsmouth. N. H. The U-Boats have failed to starve England or France; they have failed to stop the transportation of American troops over seas, because British, French and American men of war have established and maintained an oversea patrol that has gone far toward reducing the pest of the sea. By striking on this side of the Atlantic with their U-Boats, in the effort to paralyze American Shipping, military ami commercial alike, the enemy hopes to divert attention from U-Boat failures to realize German hopes off I he French and British coasts, by raising German hopes in respect of oper- ations in the American Atlantic. Here also Ger- man hopes will be short-lived. The chief effect of the U-Boats close at hand will not be military, but psychological. Their depredations will stir the American spirit to a new awakening, but they will not stop the transportation of American troops to the theatre of war. Some ships have been sunk, others probably will be. A transport may be among the number, but the U-Boat warfare will be checked "over here" as it has been checked "over there." II is only a question of time, and we can depend upon our Navy to cut the time short. THE ENEMY OFF OUR COAST. The best evidence that we are getting into the war witli both feet is to be found in the reports of the operations of an unknown number of German t Boats off our Atlantic coast. Ever since General March became chief of staff we have been rushing troops over seas as fast as we could find ships to take them. They are going daily by the thousands, trained, ball-trained and some of them considerably less than hall-trained, but they are going ami they will be trained in England and France. It is an emergency which was foreseen and a resort to em- ergency measures is therefore necssary. How to stop their going is the problem put up to the enemy. SAFE USE OF HAND TOOLS. Although many operations formerly performed by hand are now accomplished by machinery, there still remain many operations that require the use of hand tools. Among those found in machine shops are riling, chipping, benchwork in general and blacksmithing. Many persons think that accidents only occur incidental to work performed around moving machinery, but contrarily a large propor- tion of injuries in machine shops result from the use of hand tools. Hand tools, although they appear to be quite harmless, cause many accidents and all such ac- cidents may be directly traced to personal careless- ness or neglect. Leaving tools lying about promis- cously, the mishandling of tools, as well as the neg- lect of keeping them in good condition, are all forms of carelessness that cause trouble sooner or later. When files are used employees should see that all tiles are provided with handles and that the handles are always tightly attached to the tang of the tile. Under no circumstances should a file be used with- out a handle. When tightening a Hie by pounding, the metal part of the tile should always lie grasped, instead of the handle. There are two ways of using a wrench — a wrong way and a right way. Wrenches should al- ways he pulled in such a direction that the pull on the handle tightens the jaws, thus ensuring a tight 11 LIFE BUOY grip of the jaws in the nut. Never use a monkey wrench as a hammer. It" the wrench is so used, the jaws or the adjusting screws may be damaged so that the wrench when again used does not perform its duty and bruised knuckles may result. Altogether too frequently are hand tools used where the heads are worn, burred or mushroomed. When such defective tools are used, flying spalls or burrs are likely to fly and inflict cuts and bruis- es. Should a flying particle strike the eye of an employee, permanent injury or even the total loss of sight may result. Consequently it is recom- mended that punches, chisels and other similar tools be properly dressed should the heads in any way become burred. Split handles and handles insecurely fastened to hammers should be replaced by sound handles which in turn should be rigidly fastened. Broken and bent tongs are unsafe and before being used they should be repaired or put in a safe condition. Whenever an employee is bruised, cut or in any way injured, even though the same may appear in- significant, he should immediately go to the Dis- pensary and be properly treated. Serious cases of blood poisoning are often developed from trivial injuries. silverware and then slide his tray along a foot-wide tray-resting board. Meat and vegetables will be served first, then the desserts, and finally coffee, milk and beverages. By that time the diner comes to a point where he is ready to leave the serving table and come back to the main dining hall. Before leaving, he passes a point where his ticket is punched. The exit is at a point where the new addition meets the former existing restaurant and where a cashier will receive payment for amount of food eaten. One half of the present restaurant space will be given over to the new kitchen layout and serv- ing table arrangement and the other half to a special room for the officers and clerical force. The entrance to this room will be by a special door, and a special serving table place will be provided. The space made available by moving the kitch- en will be used as a pastry and preparing room. The new addition will be 76 feet 6 inches long and SO feet wide and will have a monitor roof some 24 feet high. When completed there will be ap- proximately four times the present available floor space. NEW RESTAURANT The time is rapidly approaching when the pre- sent congested condition of our Yard Restaurant will be materially relieved, for the new addition is nearing completion. The new addition was carefully designed rela- tive to sufficient light, good ventilation and maxi- mum seating capacity and quick service. In ad- dition, the end of the new extension for a width of thirteen feet, has been given over to a stage with its contiguous dressing rooms and lavatories. When completed, a total seating capacity of over 500 per- sons will be provided. The chairs and tables will be designed so that they may be easily removed when occasions arise to use the dining room for theatrical performances, lectures and other meet- ings. A double cafeteria plan was followed in design- ing the layout, whereby two lines are formed at a point most remote from the serving places. In other words, the entrance will be at the eastern- most part of the new addition. The diners as they enter will form two lines, one line moving along the south side of the addition and the other along the north side past the stage. Each diner when he ar- rives at the proper point will pick up a tray and his NEW DISPENSARY ADDITION. It is expected that the new addition to the Yard Dispensary will be ready for service some time in July. When completed and equipped it will be dif- ficult to find another Dispensary its' equal. The present Dispensary building is forty feet long and thirty-five feet wide and is three stories high. The new addition will be of equal height and width but forty-seven feet long, making a total length of eighty-seven feet in all. The present ex- isting dispensary building will be connected to the new addition by a main corridor in the first floor. On the first floor of the new addition are locat- ed the following rooms: An examining room, a sur- gical dressing room, an operating room, a waiting room and a ward room with connecting lavatory. The surgical dressing room will be connected by suitable passage to the operating room so that in re- ality these two constitute one large room. The oper- ating room will be equipped with the very latest scientific devices, and one of the most important features will be the method of light distribution. The second floor of the new addition will be given over to the general hospital corps room, a senior medical room, a special room for sick women or officers, a Directors' or Board room, and a lava- tory. The lavatory will be connected by a passage- way to a bathroom where shower baths and other LIFE BUOY 12 equipment will be found. On the third floor will be found the chambers and bathrooms for the hospital corps. The first floor of the present Dispensary will be fitted out somewhat differently than the present arrangement. In this section will be found the pharmacy room, a room for records, an office, a reception room and a medical store room. In the new addition there will also be available a fine basement and the space will be given over to a venereal treatment room and general storage rooms. The new building is of brick and of colonial style architecture. The approach to the new addi- tion is indeed unique, for there is a French window with a balcony reminding one of the "Romeo and Juliet" types. When put into service the employees of this Yard may truly consider themselves fortunate, for it will be one of the most finely finished and equip- ped dispensaries to be found in any of our Navy Yards. AN INDIAN STORY. President Wilson some time back related the following to an audience gathered to hear a Red Cross appeal: "I heard a story told the other day that was ridiculous but it is worth repeating because it con- tains the germ of truth. An Indian was enlisted in the army. He returned to the reservation on a furlough. He was asked what he thought of it. He said, 'No much good, too much salute, not much shoot.' Then he was asked 'Are you going back?' 'Yes.' 'Well, do you know what you are fighting for?' 'Yes, me know fight to make the whole damn world safe for democratic party.'" Evidently the Indian misunderstood some inno- cent sentence of the President, nevertheless he hit the nail on the head for what he really meant to say was to make the whole world democratic in the sense of community of interest and of purpose. THE AMERICAN'S CREED. 1 believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the Government; a democracy in a re- public; a sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect union, one and inseperable, established on those principals of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity, for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its Constitution; to obey its laws; to respect its flag; and to defend it against all enemies. — WILLIAM TYLER PAGE EDITORIALS Failure usually teaches a more valuable lesson than success. A rule in the Battle of Life — No man is de- feated until he acknowledges it himself. A man's purpose, like a rudder, though out of sight, keeps him straight. Some of life's worst bumps are when we tumble to ourselves. "We must realize to the full how great the task is and how many things, how many kinds and elements of capacity and service and self-sacrifice it involves." — WOODROW WILSON This is our opportunity to demonstrate the ef- ficiency of a great democracy." —WOODROW WILSON "America's safety. America's ideals, America's rights are at stake. Democracy and liberty throughout the world depend upon America's valor, America's strength, America's fighting power. We can win and save the world from despotism and bondage only if we pull together. We cannot pull apart without ditching the train. Let us go forward with unshakable purpose to do our part superlative- ly. Then we shall save America, restore peace to a distracted world and gain for ourselves the coveted distinction and just reward of patriotic service nobly done." -W. G. McADOO SHIPBUILDING ACCIDENTS. Due to the present situation in which we find ourselves, namely, that of speeding up production so that our ships may the more quickly be put into service, we know that more accidents are likely to result than if we were working under more normal conditions. However, if the following recommenda- tions are observed by all employees, our accident list is sure to lessen. Accidents from falling objects are of frequent occurence. Bolts, drift pins, wrenches, hammers, planks and various other tools and materials are often displaced or accidently dropped. Moreover, the vibration resulting from riveting and hammer- ing cause things lying around promiscuously to fall 13 LIFE BUOY below where other employees may be working. It is asked that all employees working around the construction of ships take special care to see that tools are not left lying around carelessly. If dangerous conditions such as insecure scaf- folding are noticed they should be Immediately re- ported to the foremen in charge, or a note left at the office of the Safety Engineer. The platform planks of ship stagings are not secured at their supports so that the constant vi- bration may cause the planks to shift or "creep'' whereby dangerous positions may result. Cuts due to handling of steel plates with sharp it ragged edges, linger bruises and lacerations from hammer blows are quite common. When such ac- cidents occur to employees, they should immediate- ly go to the Dispensary for treatment. The most common injuries are the eye injuries and whenever an employee gets anything into his eves he should go to the Yard Dispensary Immedi- ately and have it removed. Under no circumstances should an employee ask a fellow employee to remove anything from his eye, for such a proceeding is dangerous. Many cases are on record whereby workmen losl their sight because of such gross carelessness. Safety goggles may be procured from your foreman upon application. The goggles purchased by this Yard are purchased according to the most rigid specifications. These specifications were drawn up by the Safety Engineers working with representatives of the Bureau of Standards and only allow the best and safest goggles to be purchased. It is hoped I hat each employee will procure a set Of safety goggle's and wear them continually, WOODWORKING HAZARDS. As in all other departments, the careless and inexperienced employees are the ones most fre- quently Injured. The clothing worn by the employees of wood- working departments is of great importance if ac- cidents are to be reduced appreciably. Loosefitting. torn or ragged garments or unbuttoned coats or jumpers cause numerous accidents Splitter knives have or are being attached to all circular saws and should not be removed ex- cept in special cases. Sawyers should not stand in a direct line with the saw, for "kick-backs," caused by saws becoming pinched or striking knots or cross-grained sections of the wood, occur occasion- ally. The cleaning around of moving saws, or the brushing off the tables while the saws are in motion. is dangerous. Cleaning, oiling or repairing of any part of a machine should never be done while the machine is in motion. Shaper knives should be carefully and securely fastened to their spindles to prevent them flying out. MORE RECORDS SMASHED. .John Omir employed at the yards of Workman and Clark in Belfast, Ireland, drove on June 6th 12,209 %-inch rivets in nine hours into a standard ship. Last week this chap beat the hour record for the United Kingdom. During the week ending June 4th a crew at the Superior Shipbuilding plant drove 5392 %-inch rivets in a day and another crew drove 5179 %- inch rivets. THE MAN WHO DOES THINGS By CHARLES H. HORTON There's a call gone out to you, too, You men In overalls, Who can twist a nut or drive a pin — The mightiest of calls. A call to the man of mechanics, To the man of the bench and tool, A call to the Man Who Does Things With his eye and a bit of rule. A call to the man on engines, From base to compression cup. A call to the man who can set a valve, To the man who can crank her up, To the man who can pour out babbitt. To the man who can weld a joint. To the man who can head up a rivet. To the man who can grind a point. To the man who can cut a gear tooth. To the man who can chip a lug, To the man who can face a pipe flange, To the man who can sink a plug. To the man who can chuck a casting. To the man who can chase a thread, To l he man who can run a planer, And set one up on its bed. There's a call gone out — a call men! A call from the Boss on High, For men who can serve behind the men Who fight in the fields — and die. A call to the man of mechanics, A call that is strident and true. A call to the Man Who Does Things, A call from the nation to you. from The American Machinist. LIFE BUOY 1 |. THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY Lil^T the work' I ha I you do every day be dedicated To the memory of the babies of France and Belgium who have been impaled on bayonets and carried off over the shoulders of German soldiers— that your baby may never be in danger o] a like death, IjKT the work llml you do every day In' dedicated To the memory of the little boys in the invaded districts of Europe who have been crucified — ///.^/ your own hoy may not In 1 in danger of being crucified Let THE WORK THAT YOU 00 EVERY DAY BE 0E0ICATEO- To the memory of the little girls of Belgium and France who have been carried into a slavery far worse than death— Hud your daughter may mil be in danger of thus falling a victim In (I'miiuii barbarians. Let THE WORK 1 HAT YOU DO EVERY DAY BE 0E0ICATE0- To the memory of the mothers of Europe who have seen their children slaughtered and their husbands with bound hands driven away to a fate unknown, that the mothers here may not see similar processions in your own streets. Let THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY BE DEDICATED - To the white-haired women of Belgium and France who have seen honest men dig their own gr&vea— that the white-haired of your family may not suffer n like agony. Let THE WORK THAT YOU 0C EVERY DAY BE DEDICATED To the memory of the Allied soldiers who have been crucified upon doors because they fought for civilization and justice— that justice mini In done you and yours. LET THE WORK THAT YOU 00 EVERY DAY BE DEDICATED- To the memory of the beautiful cities, villages, orchards, and fields of Europe, now blackened wastes //nd your own beautiful towns nnil 'irlils iniii/ mil In' turned, into places men will avoid. LET THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY OAY BE DEDICATED To the memory of the once happy homes in Europe which the Hun burned after murdering the inmates that your h on i,e mill/ mil In- rum <■ the funeral pyre of your family . IjET THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY BE DE0ICATE0- To the memory of the nations thai have been crushed and scattered thai your own nation may not be destroyed and that your people miii/ a nl In 1 driven forth like the exiled multitudes who have died in Hie jii'hlx nnil the highways. Let the work that you do every day be dedicated To the manhood that is in you that you may not desert your brother who has gone to the battle front, that you may not desert your nation now that it needs you, that you may not lie tricked into imperiling the safety of y( ur wife, your daughter, your mother, irlini the smooth- tongued enemies of you?' country come whispering to j/<>n . LET the work llml you do every day lie dedicated— To the manhood that is in you, that you shall have no remorse when broken men come back from the battle front— so llml empty sleeves and siglitless eyes slm II not as instruments of your own conscience reproacli you by day and haunt you by night because you at home failed to support our men while they fought in France. Any Person desiring to know the authority for statements of German atrocity made in the foregoing may obtain the information by writing the Conference Committee on National Prepardness. 10U SHALT NOT PASS W "«»»M ARsrN»L SArcry !,.,-, 17 LIFE BUOY SOME RECORDS OF OUR OWN JEST JOKE TREE CHIPS. On May 7th the employees of the Sheet Metal "A mile on sea is more than a mile on land. Shop made up (heir minds to show their neighbor- isn't it?" Ing craftsmen that they intended to make an ear- " Yes : "'» aD0U < one-seventh more." "Can you tell me why?" erst and conscientious effort to drive a blow home ., . Oh — well, things swell in the water, you against the Huns, As a result of this spirit of de- | U , ()W ■• termination the pan-makers on the 7th of May smashed records. The record they created was the Customer — "Here, waiter! Olives, half a making, assembling and delivering of 800 large If the women keep on knitting they'll soon lie swapping yarns, melon, and some cracked ice." The Waiter (loudly) — "Dumdums, half a bread pans. There were 4S(MI parts in all to be cut , , _. ,, ' bombshell ,and a bowl ot shrapnel. and assembled and 3200 rivets to be driven. On May 28 another record was broken when Doctors always write their prescriptions in the same pan makers made 600 roasting pans. Dur- Latln and Dllls in English. There's a reason. itiK this run 5400 parts had to be cul and assembled and 6000 rivets driven. This pan is one of the most difficult manufactured being made of rein- forced iron and having three straps. A gentleman traveling on horseback not long Hereafter the motto in the Sheet Metal Shop ago came upon an Irishman who was fencing in a .,, , ..,, .. , ., _ ., most barren and desolate piece of land, will be "Boost the Liberty Pan. "What are you fencing in that lot for, Pat? On May 23rd, Michael Lynch started in to make sai( , ne „ A herd of c(nvs W()uhl starve to ( , eath on a record on driving rivets, and be succeeded in his that land." effort. Lynch was driving up frames on submarines "And shure, your honor, wasn't I fencing it to in the new building ways. The rivets were 3-4 in. snap ke,,p the I """' bastea out of i,? " point rivets. In the eight hours be drove 1938 Possible Employer — "Hum. My boy. do you rivets which is away above any day's work which . .. ij„„?.. lias been don,, on the submarines. Jimmie "No sir. but I kin learn!" While it is true, as has been said by some, that such records cannot be kept up ■■very day, it is The 8ea " [ matrimony contains few thought waves; but it requires plenty of sand, the long green, some lish stories; and some little buoys al- ways make the sailing smoother. nevertheless an encouraging Eact that a Yard me chanic, of his own volition, will make a record such as this, and the Manager desires to commend Lynch not only for the number of rivets driven by him, but also (or the spirii he has shown in undertaking, at his own Initiative, to make such a record. It is Those Rural Profiteers. — And men relate thai such a spirii that has enabled the Marines to drive Mrs. N'ewlywed went to the grocery store to do her back the Huns in recent battles and it is such a """•""'« marketing. And she was determined that the grocer should not take advantage of her youtl spirit which will win the war. In fact, il is the real , . . and inexperience. American Revolutionary and Civil War spirit shown "These eggs are dreadfully small," she critic- iu every-day work. ized. More strength to your right arm. Lynch. ' know it." he answered, "but that's the k'in on May 29th, .1. Crowley, who bad been in the ""' farmer brln & s lm '- T, »'>' ; "' f ' J" st fresh from _. . , , , . , (he country this morning." Riveters school tor three weeks, drove 21 IS rivets, ,. .'. ., , Yes, said the bride, "and that S the 'rou These were %-inch sua, mt rivets, while these with those farmers. They are so auxin ,, rivets were not driven in new ship work, they re- their eggs sold that they take them off tb test quire ihe same amount of strength and the same soon'" — Cleveland Plain De;. Draughtsmen! Engineers! ATTENTION! Scales, Triangles, Papers, Protractors, T. Squares Drawing Boards etc. YOUR REQUIREMENTS CAN BE MET AT MONTGOMERY'S Music & Art Store OPPOSITE POST OFFICE SHAW'S CASH MARKET Do you want to help win the war? Then practice economy with Mr. Shaw. Go to his market for fish and meat, Eggs and vegetables fresh and sweet. His prices are lowest, —cash you must pay And carry your bundles home each day Excepting orders of four dollars or more Which will be carried straight to your door. Shaw's Cash Market 18 PLEASANT ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Formerly CLARK'S BRANCH "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 1!) LIFE BUOY MAC1IINK SHOP it is mild i hat managt i George Kane 1 1 taking mi i c S < "in ie in baseball, Since the advent ol our rah' office force n is noticed that Ralph and Johnnie don'l drop their ohecka ai early aa i hey used to. The party thai was to have taken place ai Wallla Sanda haa I a postponed, Nothing doing "Neddo." We hear thai McManua Is very earnestly 0011 slderlng taking up a resldenoe al Christian Shore Pray is getting to like the eight hour law, Correal Holbrook haa hardly smiled Blnce he w aa in ide I icadlngmo a Rheumatism, grippe, Indigestion, fallen arches, pneumonia and othi i le r ohronlc ills are on the deollne since t he Brst of May. feaae spends his week ends at Kennebunk. We hope Eddie will be as generous with his ■ i" 1 1 1 i i he is w uii ills onions and radl he nsl from John Watts flivver has be- come lous, thai Charlej Lovell is going to purchase The shipping board is going to lay out the ri> er a bo\ e Port imoul b Bi Id ■>• into soi and w in try to eliminate all oontroversiea over the po slon of drift wood is that so "Chuck ?" strong semi pi ofe islonal baseball team wishing to isoure b game tor the 4th of July, should communloate Immediately with Manage) A R Lord, Bids Mo, 80. See "Slippery" for tickets on the "Complex," He Ib going to purchase a raior with his oommls alon Ouch I My'aore arm, look out will von; i have JubI I n \ accin tted Anyone desirous of securing a oottage al York lion. 'b (or the Bummer, may do ao bj applying to \ir it ii Jonea When Taylor of the Old Timers knocked out ■ home run the other day, n now man was hoard to imk ir Hint was one of the apprentice boya We are rj to sny that Oscar then "gave himself away" by allow lut; his bal tO blow off, Clough and Carver think that the tollies arc immense, If 11 were not for the footlights, It would be almost neoesaary to have a fence oonetruoted around the front ol I he stage. Klttery Matrimonial tilub moo. Result of the 0,80 tree tor all olaaa, Dlstanoe, l month, track fast. Winning Ways (Ralph) 1, 2, 2, l, l. Dis- position I Bill) :'. I. I. 2. 2. 2. Tlmo Ii ilnys, ii days. 6 days, I daj b, S days, in n aensatlonal ball game at the nuig. No. 80 diamond, Saturday Juno 8th the Old Timers with Spinney In the box and Plumpton oatchlng won from the Young Stars, with Mog and Oaverly as battery, by the score of 8 to 0, This defeat was a blow to MM' pennant aspirations of Manager Kane as his loam had up to this time a chance for the flag. From the outlook now there seems to be nothing to it In the larger race but the Old Timers, Great credit should be given (he Old 'rimers as they were greatly handicapped, by the absence of their Btar outfielder Taylor, and shortstop Manager Loud. As Manager Kane was under great expense in se- curing Mog the star pitcher of the Standplpe In- dependents tor this game, he is somewhat grieved over the result, Manar.or A. R, Loud has secured a most promising pitcher In his new recruit, Fred Gilkey. Murk Boulter Informs us that owing to the great demand for hand bilge pumps and barrel boils, he will be unable to furnish any material for the Life Buoy this month, however, wo hope that by the next Issue he will come forward with a number of interesting articles, We assure him that his contributions are greatly appreciated by all. "Brownie" says that if Bldg, No. 80 was situa- ted iii Hampton Beach, he would be wining to work nights all the t line CONTRIBUTED BY THE TURRET CANG We \\ ouhl like to tell a story i If a man j ou all know well Who buys a lot of candy For aome girla who he says are nice. lie Bays thai buying candy Makes I he coel of living high But tor girls like those we spenk of Good candy ho must buy. Now all you single fellows Ami married ones as well Please try and keep It quiet Or his wife, Bomeone will toil KI.ECTKICAL SPARKS Miss Elsie M. Clark, our popular time clerk, demonstrated her strength when it took throe men to hold her while she was being vaccinated. Johnnie Bryant, our etllcient storekeeper, failed to gel awa> with his self Inflicted scar and nervous- ly had his arm scratched. We hope the last result will bear inspection. We Know that the rainbow has all colors but one should see Mobutu's face when it comes to be- ing vaccinated "A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned We can help you save a good many pennies on HOUSE FURNISHINGS See Mr. WOOD 99 Penhallow St. Portsmouth, N. H u THE BUSY CORNER" STORE But Never Too Busy To Fill Your Prescriptions and Fill Them Right OUT OF TOWN PATRONS ARE WELCOME To WAIT FOR THE CAR AT OUR HOUSE BENJAMIN GREEN THE DRUGGIST INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION LOWEST RATES BEST FORMS C E- TRAFTON x, Pleasant St Opposite Post Office ^ <>U AUCillT TO KNOW DENNET and MCCARTHY'S is TUB isrcsT PLACE TO liuv Overalls, Shirts, Hosiery USE GAS FOR LIGHTING, HEATING AND COOKING PORTSMOUTH GAS CO- ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE YORK BEACH, MAINE and THE GOLDENROD Clam Chowder, Lobsters, Ice Cream, Candies, Soda, Cigars, and Home Bakery] Home of the famous Goldenrod Kisses, over 13 ton sold last summer. Made fresh every day excepl Sunday. A pound box mailed any place in New England for 36c. BROOKS MOTOR SALES PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE FORD SERVICE FullS BrOS. Men's and Boy's Shoes Fine S hoe Repairing congress st. tel. con. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 21 LIFE BUOY The young fellows have to take off their hats to Archie for he knows the Office girls have a sweet tooth. Nick is putting his men through a weekly military practice. They now show marked im- provement, obeying Nick's commands instantly. The girls in the Office appreciate Happy's un- tiring efforts to put them "in right" with the boys. The young lady who accepted the invitation to ride home on a motorcycle and then got cold feet has not yet gathered courage enough to go although the invitation still holds good. We wonder why Mr. Chesley likes to telephone so frequently to Building 8 9. We wonder why Freddie forgets to drop his check so often. PAINT SHOP As the rabbit season is gone we are depending on Fred Lord to furnish us with berries and other good things. Anyone wanting change for a twenty or fifty see Hanscom as he is more than generous. Miss O'Brien our new time-keeper is doing well. We wish her the best of luck. We were very sorry to hear of the death of our old friend Capt. H. D. Conover and our sym- pathy is extended to the family in their bereave- ment. Leach will need some crop to offset the time he spends in planting his garden. Rossley recently purchased an automobile. We have not seen much of him since. It is suggested that the men of this shop meet and appoint a committee to look after charity funds that are so frequently required. It is further sug- gested that a sum of ten cents a week be contrib- uted each week. Then when a call comes in it is automatically taken care of by the committee. At the end of the year if there still is money left it can be spent in providing amusement or a banquet for all the employees contributing. TRADE SCHOOL NOTES The first term of the Trade School is about completed and there is no question about the school being a success. There are now over 200 men en- rolled in the school and practically every one has shown a remarkable interest and exceptionally good work. For a time the shipfitting branch of the school was somewhat handicapped owing to a lack of suf- ficient instructors but this has been overcome in that a certain number of men in the school have been made leaders for the different gangs. The instructors in the school have all worked very hard and it is due to their determination that the school is functioning so highly. SHEET METAL SHOP Among the recent arrivals in this shop, there were three young ladies for the office force. The cigars were going the rounds a few days ago after Richardson returned from his trip to York Beach. Speaking of being prepared — only a few men from the whole shop had to be vaccinated. The rest were all prepared. Did you see the large blue print of the record made in this shop May 7 and May 28? KEEP IT UP. Louis had a weak heart the day the Doctor was here — But! at last he gave in and was vacci- nated without taking ether. He said it didn't hurt. Better pick a soft spot out in the open, next time you want to fall — Bill. The President told Hoover to have us save on food, that the boys at the front might have plenty to live on — So I'm planting corn and taters, And raising beans and peas. Very soon I'll have tomatoes, Even cukes up to my knees. For we must raise more foodstuff. Or let our boys starve, Over in those mud filled trenches Where the cooties love to dwell. JOINER SHOP Bill tried hard to get that Pig by buying a heap of tickets. However, he has to content him- self by doing his own squealing. Some of the boys say that the air in Haverhill is of the most invigorating quality to be found in New England. It is not nearly so dry and suffo- cating as in Portsmouth. It is feared some of the boys get lost when they go over the top, for they fail to show up on Monday. Mel — you saved the basket but where is I he contents? Charlie is a little chap. He being hardly ever seen, But whenever things go wrong, Charlie's right there and it don't take long. It's Charlie this, and Charlie that. And Charlie everywhere, So let's all get together And give Charlie the backing he desires. HENRY PEYSER &, SON 16 TO 20 MARKET ST. For more than forty years Portsmouth's leading Store for Men's and Boys' apparel PERFECTION OIL STOVES REFRIGERATORS PORCH FURNITURE THE QUALITY STORE MARGESON BROS. Vaughn St. Telephone 570 PORTSMOUTH, N. H. FRED B. COLEMAN APOTHECARY Corner Congress and Vaughn Sts. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. If you desire to buy or sell Real Estate call, telephone or write IT. I. CASWELL AGENCY Congress St. TELEPHONE 478-W Portsmouth 18 Market Square GRADUATION GIFTS and CARDS at THE ACORN Portsmouth. N. H. SUGRUE Overalls, Tobacco, Pastry KITTERY, ME. S- S- TRUEMAN GENERAL CONTRACTOR TELEPHONE 651 83 Eow St. Portsmouth, N. II. JOHN O'LEARY KITTERY and NAVY YARD EXPRESS GENERAL TEAMING Tel. Con. Portsmouth, N. H. If you want to be dressed up to the Minute from head to foot in dress and work clothes come in to see LOUIS ABRAMS & CO. 38-40 Daniel St. Portsmouth, N. H. All models have Valve in removable head motor, adjustable, leather face cone clutch, 3-4 floating axles Simplest, most economical Auto built. Will pass anything on high and hold the road at 50 to 60 mile speed. CHAS. EI. WOODS 51 to 60 Bow Street Portsmouth N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 23 LIFE BUOY SUB. DRAFTING ROOM Expressions of regret at the illness of Mr. Cur- tis are heard all over the drafting room and we all wish him a speedy recovery to good health. A very pleasant surprise was tendered Irvin F. Kent on his return from his honeymoon, he be- ing the recipient of a cut glass water set from the "boys" of the office. In a few well chosen words Mr. Coffin expressed the sentiment of his co-workers and Mr. Kent responded nobly. The Rye delegation is steadily increasing in numbers and we expect Ball and Brown (the in- separables) will soon start a jitney line in that di- rection. The next time Ray comes to town it is hoped that he will go home before the "wee sma"' hours. The number of the telephone in the Sub. Draft- ing Room is 64. Farrington. please take notice. Anyone wishing to know the best auto road to Eliot ask Scriven. There's a reason. Do you want to sell a house? Do you want to buy a house? See Colliton. We expect John will soon be handing in his resignation as treasurer of the C. B. O. D. and joining the retired class. July (Tentative) A. W. H. & 11. P. B. The best of luck, boys. My Baby is some kid. L. Z. R. E. C. chief Draftsman, (acting). We are all with you Bob. It is rumored that there will soon he another star in our service flag as our efficient file clerk is about to join the colors. The best of luck Denny. This will introduce our new arrival, L. W. Sargent. Howdy, Sarg! An echo from Conlon's trips to Portland. How much are Pall .Malls? ic a box. Give me a box of Hassams. WE WON' HER What happened to Snow on his last trip to Rye, How the chicken business of Rosen & Zislin is coming along. How much the housing situation was helped when Carey endeavored to find a few homes in Dover for some of the boys. If the ball game between the married men and the single men will be played at the picnic on July 4th. Why Pattee wears such a pretty bow tie since iris started to work in Mr. Collin's office. Why Conlon did not want to move his desk into the Drafting Room. Cheer up, Charlie, we may have some ladies in the drawing room, soon. ASK TO SEE Stiansen's Patriotic shirt. Kimble's Income Tax Return. Guggy's Poll Tax Receipt. Coffin's list of Creditors. Downing's Vaccination Scar. PATTERN SHOP WE WONDER WHY: Twitchell always has the blues when he comes back from home. "Vivie" Nelson is angry at Brit. THEY SAY THAT: Neal will not be going to Boston so often now as Portsmouth has suddenly become very attractive to him. McCabe. Hanabury and Xiles have started a race, (human race). With another year of steady work, Locke and Peaslee will be able to retire. We don't miss the pig. Ralph Nelson is afraid of the Blackhand gang. He examines closely all his mail before he opens it now. The boys here are going over the top for the co-operative store. The boys are fond of animals at Camp Look- usup. The Blackhand lias a victim in the Pattern Shop. Ask Brit about the new mascot that he met at Camp l.ookusup at 12.30 A. M. Sunday. They say that a tree was his only weapon. D. A. and Rummy are well informed on matri- mony. Wonder where they got it. Does Halfshot still dream of his "Lizzie?" "Topics of the Hour" Who will be the first one to get married from Camp Lookusup? The betting is heavy on Brit. Carl and Smithy. Why do they call R. Nelson "Vivie?'' When does the summer ever come to Ports- mouth? Britton has brought to Camp both a cat and dog. Neither have stayed very long. Perhaps he would be more successful with a little "Old Crow" or white mice. Smithe The Basket. Get ready your turn next. Give all your work to Nelson & Nelson Co., Buckers-up & Butters-in. Office open night and day. Sundays included. Up to dale Britton has not caught his first lis'.i. We don't think he could catch one in the dry dock even if it was pumped out. Page & Shaw Candies Sole Local Agency Adams Drug Store ON MARKET ST. Portsmouth, : : N. H. ITS NO USE Telling you a long story about advancing prices. You know as much about it as I do. But I want to tell you that I have a large stock of CLOTHS, bought to secure old yarns and dyes, at a much lower price than they can be found today. If you need a SUIT this year BUY IT NOW. WOOD, The Tailor 15 PLEASANT ST. PORTSMOUTH. N. H. THE PORTSMOUTH FLOWER SHOP A. C. CRAIG, Manager FANCY CUT FLOWERS AGENT VICTOR TAT. KING MACHINES 4 Market Street Phone 960 PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE ENGRAVING and DIE STAMPING PebioDICA^UbRABy) Carefully executed by competent artists THE ACORN 18 Market Square Portsmouth, N. H. GEO. D. BOO AGENT FOR LEADING FIRE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES GOV. ST. KITTERY, MAINE INDIAN HEAD GARAGE REPAIRING, VULCANIZING AND SUPPLIES OPEN DAY AND NICHT YORK BEACH, MAINE TEL. CONNECTION ^V^FLTfLEnST JJ 1 . BLAISDELL HARDWARE, PAINTS AND MOTOR ACCESSORIES. THE DODD SYSTEM OF LICHTNINC PROTECTION. COOKINC UTENSILS Telephone 7 YORK VILL AGE, ME. JOHN E. WEARE groceries MEAT AND PROVISIONS Tel. 169-2 AUTO DELIVERY YORK BEACH, ME. TYPEWRITERS FOR SALE & RENT J. E. DIMICK 29 Tanner St. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Telephone 837- M. MYERS LUNCH CIGARS UUUIJ OCKVltt TOBACCO YORK BEACH, MAINE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE RUOY" LIFE BUOY BOAT SHOP When this Hunnlsh War is over, Uncle Sam And we've shown them how to do it like a man We will drive them from our shore To return here never more Then tin- World will rest in peace Uncle Sam. We are waiting for the day When tin' smoke has rolled away. Uncle Sam Then our sailor hoys in blue Will come Bailing home to you With their hearts so tried and true Uncle Sam. — The Boat Shop Poet. Of all the shelled bug8 that roam around, the Beetle beats them all. Heard in The Boat Shop — We wonder why the men in the office have been wearing their best clothes to work lately? Some of the boys in the shop say that Central Park is "SOME" place. Dan Cupid has started to make a clean sweep in our office force. How about it Kills? Shaw has been trying to run his "Vacuum Cleaner" without gasoline bill he finds il cannot lie done. Twice the engine has suddenly slopped while out on the country roads and he was forced io telephone in Portsmouth for gas. The Boat Shop surely is booming these days. The number of employees has increased nearly 25 percent in the last year. A large order In build boats was received recently and the work is now well under way. We notice several signs have been pill up at the Main (late showing how some simps are speed- ing uii but the Boat Shop doesn't particularly be- lieve in signs. Actions speak Winder than words and the beautiful emblem thai floats over building No. fill represents the speed of the Boat Shop. We wonder why Harry makes so many trips to ScarborO in his new Chevrolet? "NEW SUBMARINE WAYS" Bldg. No. 1 IB, II is rumored that Leadingman Ed. Snook has taken an Interest in a lobster business as a side line. Everyone can tell when i. IB 1". M. arrives without consulting their watches for at that time our genial Janitor G. H. Strangher makes bis daily call. The work in Ibis building is progressing rapid- ly. Kivel Counter Brother Avers is certainly on the job now-a-days. Osgood the lime keeper says "lie knew il all I he lime." Who has got il ? We cannot And it anywhere. FOUNDRY NOTES Dick Pullam has returned to work again after a l wo years absence. Cheer up. boys. We hear from good authority that Jack Keenan will pass us all a fine cigar very soon. Sunset league patrons tell us that .lack O'Brien still refuses to give up the idea that he is as young as any of the Other players. We wonder why some of the boys are always anxious lo know where a fellow is going, and when he will get back, whenever anybody goes out for a few days now. If any more of you fellows are thinking about buying a new car we know you can learn some- thing to your advantage by consulting Walter or .lark Here are samples of the good sound advice I bey will starl you on A car will mil run without gas, — always release your brake before attempting lo starl your car, We see that the prosperity wave has struck you. (liner. If you need an> advice about your car don't torget what has just been said. If I were you Jerry I would try some oilier Lawrence guy who would do more for me than Dirk has so far. We hope no ill effects (especially to the young ladies i will result from the recent vaccinations in the shop. We can guess how you feel. Marion, but never mind, we Know he will return to you a hero. We have at least one good singer on our new- clerical force. Keep il up. .Margaret, we like lo hear you. We admire you for your loyally to your home town Lillian. G. R. P. is taking a vacation to put his war /•allien in Shape. Charlie Hinckley is still wailing for his Holler skates. The nickel gang in the coreroom don't care what they do with their money. O'Keefe is very curious to see York Beach. Electric Car rales are high these limes. Jack, why don't you consider a fellow's pocWelbook and give him a ride over I here in your llivver? Somebody said that they recently saw Jake Donnelly coming from the public library with an edition of "How to express yourself in Italian." There's a reason. Wauled good items for next month's issue. Il is hoped that everyone will have something to contribute for a little help from each one makes the whole proposition comparatively simple. We wish to make our column as good if not better than any other on the yard. CLOTHES OF RELIABILITY At this store you may be certain of finding merchandise that you can depend on. This means something in these camouflage times. Our prices are right. Our service awaits you. We fit men out from head to foot. N. H. BEANE & CO. 5 Congress St. Portsmouth E. E. WIIITKIIOUSi: C. P. CARROLL BARBER Groceries, Meats and Provisions 145 PENKAILOW ST. PORTSMOUTH. N. H. Up One Fli°rht Opp. Colonial Theatre Tel. Citiiiicctiim Near A. S. L. Perry R. L COSTELLO SEED STORE II Hill (JUAJ)K SKKDS 115 Market St. Telephone, 57 l'OUTSMOrTII new n ami's mm: "1 SAY/ IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 21 LIFE BUOY SPAR SHOP Howard, one of our Leadingmen, says that he doesn't care how often Mr. Young sweeps the floor, because there is usually money in it. Number 6 5 is on the map, they may not have as many as their sister shop No. 4 5 but they are nevertheless there. What became of the Nails Tobey ordered for the Sub. Model building? — Sleuth Williams ironed the case out to the satisfaction of all. Some of the boys feel uneasy since they were vaccinated but, believe me Mr. P. doesn't. Varney had his arm scraped but that didn't stop him from drowning a The ladies are doing grand work, profanity whose elimination will mean progress and profit? In the doing of these things, even to but an approximate extent, I shall be taking the govern- ment into partnership for both the successful prosecution of the war and the successful prosecu- tion of business. I have put my creed here in words, that I may frequently read and remember, and then act. Anil if this creed shall shape me nearer to the standards of citizenship America needs now, I have an earnest hope that it may serve to do the same for my fellowman. AN OFFICE. An office is a funny thing: Each morning certain men has ceased amongst the wicked and the boys are And certain girls and certain boys come into it sprucing up a bit, — lately. MY SPENDING CREED In these days the miser is not the patriot He hoards. He robs money of its right to circulate, and in war times this right becomes a necessity. Therefore, I will not be stingy. I will try to buy more sensibly than I have been. I will often fail at this. But I will strive to bear in mind that where my expenditure is going to be for a passing sensation of thirst, or a chance again And hang their coats on certain pegs, their hats on certain hooks, And sit them down at certain desks in front of cer- tain books. They all have certain work to do in just a certain time, Concerning certain dollars for a certain fixed per diem ; And then at just a certain hour, in sunshine or in rain, raving for sweets, or a needless submission to the They close their desks and hurry out to catch a dictates of vanity, to think of each and every such expenditure in the light of my government's need, rather than my own. Every quarter is a potential 'thrift Stamp. Not all of my quarters need to be turned into Thrift Stamps; Uncle Sam doesn't wish certain train. An office is a tragic thing when that is all there is, When each one has his certain work and certain way of his And wallows in a certain rut and never seems to see He does, however, hope that I will each week That there are certain other ones in life as well as it. acquire at least three or more Thrift Stamps, and it all fellow-Americans do the same, his Two-Billion- Hollar quota for war savings will need re-auditing by McAdoo. To offset my tendency to spend in the custo- mary peace-time manner, I will strive to be doubly efficient in my work. Here, after all, is the true he. For he would find a certain fun in certain other ways. If he would give a word of cheer on certain busy days — When problems vex, when certain things require a helping hand. key to the war strength of a nation which carries Would gi\e a certain sympathy that mortals under- it over the top; not niggardliness, not restriction, not personal penalization, not the denial of nec- essities, is going to win this war; but redoubled energy, expanded ability, multiplied contacts. keener, quicker and more capable action. I am sure that if I apply this standard to the day's work, the clay's savings and the day's spending will take care of themselves. To this end I shall be doubly studious. I shall try to discover new outlets for my business and overlooked curtailments with other efficiency. I shall find that a personal inventory will reveal leaks stand. An office is a pleasant place — at least, a certain kind That has a certain brotherhood, where day by day you find Some neighbor with a new idea he's glad to pass along. A certain sort of friendliness, a certain sort of song. There is a certain duty that we owe to other men To help them when they need a lift, to steady them again. An office can become in time, to man and girl and boy. in energy, wastes in thought, dissipations in deed. A certain kind of fellowship, and work a certain joy. SAVE FUEL BY USING A FLORENCE OIL COOK STOVE BALDWIN REFRIGERATORS ALASKA ICE CREAM FREEZERS 126-128 Market St. THE 8WEET8ER STORE Portsmouth, N. H. A FEW OF OUR SPECIALTIES Hart, Schaffner and Marx Clothes, Stetson Hats, Manhattan Shirts, Fownes Gloves, Interwoven Stockings F. W. LYDSTON & CO. Outfitters for Men & Boys PORTSMOUTH, N. H. JOHN SISE & CO. INSURANCE 8 MARKET SQUARE PORTSMOUTH, N. H. A. P. WENDELL & CO. Hardware, Paints and Tools Telephone 850 2 Market Square Portsmouth, N. H- PORTSMOUTH MOTOR MART Inc. Cadillac Service Station Used Cars for Sale Autos for Hire. Accessories and Supplies TELEPHONE 22 and 34. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. MEN WANTED For the Merchant Marine, Enrolling Station at the ^ &&wo&$L Store, Portsmouth, N. H. BOARDMAN & NORTON Opp. Post Office MEN'S WOMEN'S k CHILDREN'S SHOES OF THE BETTER QUALITY C. F. DUNCAN & CO. 9 Market St. Portsmouth, N. H. SAVE FUEL By using Electric Appliances for Cooking ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LIGHT AND POWER CO. 29 Pleasant Street Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 29 LIFE BUOY UNCLE SAM AND YOU The United States has put on the grim toggery of war. 'Mid tears and cheers our soldiers are leaving for the front. Uncle Sam is sounding the call of duty the clearest call he has ever sounded. He has begun to battle for the rights of mankind, FOR THE FREEDOM OF HIS OWN PEOPLE. If chance or circumstance has decreed that you shall not carry a gun, IT HAS NOT DECREED THAT YOU SHALL SHIRK A BURDEN. To be exempted from the great army at the front means to be drafted into the great army at home From duty, and responsibility, and service, and real genuine fidelity to Humanity and the Cause of Freedom, THERE IS NO EXEMPTION. There cannot be. The soldier marching to the front leaves extra burdens behind, of necessity he leaves extra duties and extra responsibilities. Tasks which he is forced to abandon, YOU must take up. In spirit we must follow the soldier to the front sustain him with food, supply him with ammunition, arm him with equipment and guns support him while he lights. Industry must reinforce arms. RESOURCES ARK AS NECESSARY AS RECRUITS. Humming factories mean hurling shells. To speed production is to hasten victory. Service is the watchword of the hour. On the battle front and at home Uncle Sam needs millions of hearts and hands. Have you given YOUR heart and hand? Are YOU a real soldier'.' The Cirele. WE ARE PREPARED To give vou the best obtainable of MEATS, FISH and VEGETABLES in season for CAS 1 1 SSZg-N. „.- BROWN'S MARKET SAFE-KEEPING YOUR MONEY taken for SAFE KEEPING as well as LIBERTY BONDS Savings and checking accounts large or small welcomed at this Bank. i . . — . National Mechanics & Traders Bank Portsmouth N. H., Open Saturday evenings 7 to 9 FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY, ICE CREAM AND SODA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TELEPHONE 29 VV CATERING A SPECIALTY 43 CONGRESS STREET A SHORT AG E «f CAR S~ Buy your OVERLAND "The Thrift Car" Now Immediate delivery for a short time on Model 90 Touring and Country Club Models C A. LOWD 338 Pleasant St. & 25-45 Wentworth: Service Station & Garage "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" JULY «$ AuSftsT NAVY YARD, PORTS MOUTH, N.H. ZZZXZZZZZZZZZZZZ& SSX5 MAKING FRIENDS EVERY DAY ; ,,,.■.■ < OUR CLOTHES make0 and $25 Suits for men. When a man buys one o( these Suits, he irets something besides so much cloth and making. He gets good style and long service. We know our Suits are FRIEND-MAKERS and when you've bought here once or' twice you will realize it pays to come to Dover and in turn you will speak a good word to some friend o\ yours. That is Why this store is to-day doing such a large business. We sell Good Shoes as well as Good Clothes. LOTHROPS-FARNHAM COMPANY Opposite AMERICAN HOUSE, DOVER, N. II. Let us have your name so as to send you one of those useful articles. 1 SAW IT IN THE LIFE Bt'OY" (» «f B. HasseTT's — for QUALITY — for SERVICE — for Actual MONEY VALUE PIANOS and VICTROLAS may be purchased on our defered payment plan. We also rent them J at reasonable rates. We carry a complete line of KODAKS and our DEVELOPING and PRINTING is positively perfect. The work of an artist. EXCLUSIVE STATIONARY I a A T E S T S 1 1 I g B T M U S I C HASSETT'S Music & Art Shoppe 115 Congress St. Portsmouth, N. H. OPEN EVERY EVENING "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" Liberty Bond Conversion Privilege Holders of Liberty Bonds of the First and Second Issues are entitled to exchange their bonds for New Bonds Bearing interest at the rate of 4| percent. This option must be used before November 9, 1918 or the privilege is forever lost. We are prepared to make this exchange for you and place our services at your disposal. COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS DEPARTMENTS STORAGE AND DEPOSIT VAULTS BOXES TO RENT— -$1.00 PER YEAR FIRST NATIONAL HANK PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE United States Depository ASSETS 01 'EH TWO MILLION SAVI NG CONSERVAT1 ON and T U D I CT WILL WIN THE WAR PATRIOTISM DEMANDS THAT THE CITIZENS OF Till': UiNITED STATES SPEND LESS and SAVE MORE 10,000 PEOPLE ARE SAVING THEIR EARNINGS BY THE HELP OF OUR INSTITUTIONS. NEW SAVING ACCOUNTS SOLICITED PISCATAQUA SAVINGS BANK First National Bank Building Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" LIFE BUOY INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY Issued monthly for free distribution to employees of the Industrial Department of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. VOL. I NOS. 7&S AMERICA'S FUTURE AT STAKE BY ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State WE must all realize that we are living in the most momentous time in all history, in a time when the lives and destinies of na- tions are in the balance, when even the civili- zation, which has taken centuries to build, may crumble before the terrible storm which is sweeping over Europe. We are not only living in this critical period but we, as a na- tion, have become a participant in the strug- gle. Having cast our lot on the side of the powers allied against the Imperial German Government, we will put behind our decision the full power and the resources of the Re- public. We intend to win in this mighty con- flict, and we will win because our cause is the cause of justice and of right and of humanity. I wonder how many of "us comprehend what the outcome of this war means to man- kind, or, to bring it nearer to each one of us, what it means to our country. I sometimes think that there prevail very erroneous im- pressions as to the reason why we entered the war — not the immediate reasons, but the deep, underlying reasons which affect the life and future of the United States and of all other liberty-loving nations throughout the world. Of course, the immediate cause of our war against Germany was the announced pur- pose of the German Government to break its promises as to indiscriminate submarine war- fare and the subsequent renewal of that ruth- less method of destruction with increased vigor and brutality. While this cause was in itself sufficient to force us to enter the war if we would pre- serve our self-respect, the German Govern- ment's deliberate breach of faith and its utter disregard of right and life had a far deeper meaning, a meaning which had been growing more evident as the war had progressed and which needed but this act of perfidy to bring it home to all thinking Americans. The evH character of the German Government is laid bare before the world. We know now that that Government is inspired with ambitions which menace human liberty, and that to gain its end it does not hesitate to break faith, to violate the most sacred rights, or to perpetrate intolerable acts of inhumanity. It needed but the words reported to have been uttered by the German Chancellor to complete the picture of the character of his Government when he announced that the only reason why the intensified submarine cam- paign was delayed until February last was that sufficient submarines could not be built before that time to make the attacks on com- merce effective. Do you realize that this means, if it means anything, that the promises to refrain from brutal submarine warfare, which Germany had made to the United States, were never intended to be kept, that they were only made in order to gain time in which to build more submarines, and that when the time came to act the Ger- man promises were unhesitatingly torn to pieces like other "scraps of paper." It is this disclosure of the character of the Imperial German Government which is the underlying cause of our entry into the war. We had doubted, or at least many LIFE BUOY Americans had doubted, the evil purposes of the rulers of Germany. Doubt remained no longer. In the light of events we could read the past and see that for a quarter of a cen- tury the absorbing ambition of military oli- garchy which was the master of the German Empire was for world dominion. Every agency in the fields of commerce, industry, science, and diplomacy had been directed by the German Government to this supreme end. Philosophers and preachers taught that the destiny of Germany was to rule the world, thus preparing the mind of the German peo- ple for the time when the mighty engine which the German Government had con- structed should crush all opposition and the German Emperor should rule supreme. For nearly three years we have watch- ed the conduct of the Imperial Government, and we have learned more and more of the character of that Government and of its aims. We came very slowly to a realizing sense that not only was the freedom of the European nations at stake but that liberty throughout the world was threatened by the powerful autocracy which was seeking to gratify its vast ambition. Not impulsively but with deliberation the American people reached the only decision which was possible from the standpoint of their own national safety. Congress de- clared that a state of war existed between the United States and the Imperial Govern- ment of Germany, and this country united with the other liberal nations of the earth to crush the power which sought to erect on the ruins of democracy a world empire greater than that of Greece or Rome or the caliphs. The President has said, with the wonder- ful ability which he has to express aptly a great thought in a single phase, that "the world must be made safe for democracy." In that thought there is more than the estab- lishment of liberty and self-government for all nations — there is in it the hope of an en- during peace. I do not know in the annals of history an instance where a people, with truly demo- cratic institutions, permitted their govern- ment to wage a war of aggression, a war of conquest. Faithful to their treaties, sympa- thetic with others seeking self-development, real democracies, whether monarchial or re- publican in their form of government, desire peace with their neighbors and with all man- kind. Were every people on earth able to ex- press their will, there would be no wars of aggression, and, if there were no wars of ag- gression, then there would be no wars, and lasting peace would come to this earth. The only way that a people can express their will is through democratic institutions. There- fore, when the world is made safe for de- mocracy, when that great principle prevails, universal peace will be an accomplished fact. No nation or people will benefit more than the United States when that time comes. But it has not yet come. A great people, ruled in thought and word, as well as in deed, by the most sinster Government of modern times, is straining every nerve to supplant democracy by the autocracy which they have been taught to worship. When will the Ger- man people awaken to the truth ? When will they arise in their might and cast off the yoke and become their own masters ? I fear that it will not be until the physical might of the united democracies of the world has destroy- ed forever the evil ambitions of the military rulers of Germany and liberty triumphs over its archenemy. And yet in spite of these truths which have been brought to light in these last three years I wonder how many Americans feel that our democracy is in peril, that our liberty needs protection, that the United States is in real danger from the malignant forces which are reeking to impose their will upon the wo .Id, as they have upon Germany and her deceived allies. Let us understand once for all that this is no war to establish an abstract principle of right. It is a war in which the future of the United States it at stake. If any among you has the idea that we are fighting others' battles and not our own, the sooner he gets away from that idea the better it will be for him, the better it will be for all of us. Imagine Germany victor in Europe be- cause tht. United States remained neutral. Who then, think you, would be the next vic- tim of those who are seeking to be masters of the whole earth? Would not this country with its enormous wealth arouse the cupidity of an improvished though triumphant Ger- many? Would not this democracy be the only obstacle between the autocratic rulers LIFE HUOY of Germany and their supreme ambition? Do you think that they would withhold their hand from so rich a prize? Let me then ask you, would it be easier or wiser for this country single-handed to re- sist a German Empire, flushed with victory and with great armies and navies at its com- mand, than to unite with the brave opponents of that Empire in ending now and for all time this menace to our future? Primarily, then, every man who crosses the ocean to fight on foreign soil against the armies of the German Emperor goes forth to fight for his country and for the preservation of those things for which our forefathers were willing to die. To tho^e who thus offer t hem jelves we owe the same debt that we owe to those men who in the past fought on American soil in the cause of liberty. No, not the same debt, but a greater one. It call i for more patriotism, more self-denial, and a truer vision to wage war 0:1 distant sho.e? than to repel an invader or defend one's home. 1, therefore, congratulate you. young men, in your choice of service. You have done a splendid thing. You have earned already the gratitude of your countrymen and of generations of American-, to come. Your battle flags will become the cherished tro- phic; of a nation which will neve.- forget tho>e who bore them in the cause of liberty. I know thai some among you may consider the Idea thai Germany would attack us. it Bhe won this war. to be Improbable; but let him who doubts re- member that the Improbable, yes; the impossible, has been happening in this war from the beginning. if you had been told prior to August, 1914. that the German Government would disregard its solemn treaties and send its armies into Belgium, would wantonly burn Louvain, would murder defenseless people, would extort ransoms from conquered cities, would carry away men anil women into slavery. would, like vandals of old. destroy some of history's most cherished monuments, and would with malici- ous purpose lay waste Hie fairest fields of France and Belgium, you would have indignantly denied the possibility. You would have exclaimed that Germans, lovers of art and learning, would never permit such foul deeds. To-day you know that the unbelievable lias happened, that all these crimes have been committed,, not under the impulse of passion, but under official orders. V'.nn. If you had been told before the war that German submarine commanders would sink peaceful vessels of commerce and send to sudd n death men. women, and little children, you would have declared such scientific brutality to be im- possible. Or, if you bad been told that German aviators would fly over thickly populated cities scattering missiles of death and destruction with no other purpose than to terrorize the innocent in- habitants, you would have denounced the very thought as unworthy of belief and as a calumny upon German honor. Yet, God help us, these things have come to pass, and iron crosses have rewarded the perpetrators. lint there is more, far more, which might be added to this record of unbelievable things which the German Government has done. I only need to mention the attempt of the foreign office at Berlin to bribe Mexico to make war upon us by promising her American territory. It was only one of many intrigues which the German Government was carry- in j on in many lands. Spies and conspirators were sent throughout the world. Civil discord was en- couraged to weaken the potential strength of na- tions which might he obstacles to the lust of Ger- main's rulers for world mastery. Those of German blood who owed allegiance to other countries wore appealed to to support the fatherland, which be- loved name masked the military clique at Merlin. Some day I hope that the whole tale may be told. It will be an astonishing tale indeed. But enough has been told so that there no longer re- mains the shadow of a doubt as to the character of Germany's rulers, of their amazing ambition for world empire, and of their intense haired for do- mocr lcj I'lie day has gone by when wo can measure Possibilities by past experiences or when wo believe that any physical obstacle is so great or any moral influence is so potent as to cause the German ante /racy to abandon its mad purpose of world con- quest. 1 1 was the policy of those who plotted anil made ready for the lime to accomplish the desire of the German rulers to lull into false security the great nations which they intended to subdue, so that when the storm broke they would bo unprepared. How wii they succeeded you know. Hut democracy no li 11 ;er sleeps. It is fully awake to the menace which threatens it. The American people, trustful and friendly, were reluctant to believe that im- perialism again threatened the peace and liberty of the world. Conviction came to them at last, and with it prompt action. The American Xation ar- rayed itself with the other great democracies of the earth against the genius of evil which broods over the destinies of central Europe. No thought of material gain anil no thought of LIFE BUOY material loss impelled this action. Inspired by the highest motives American manhood prepared to risk all for the right. I am proud of my country. I am proud of my countrymen. I am proud of our national character. With lofty purpose, with patri- otic fervor, with intense earnestness the American democracy has drawn the sword, which it will not sheathe until the baneful forces of abolutism go down defeated and broken. Who can longer doubt — and there have been many who have doubted in these critical days — the power of that eternal spirit of freedom which lives in every true American heart? I am firmly convinced that the independence of no nation is safe, that the liberty of no individual is sure, until the military despotism which holds the German people in the hollow of its hand has been made impotent and harmless forever. Ap- peals to justice, to moral obligation, to honor, no longer avail with such a power. There is but one way to restore peace to the world, and that is by overcoming the physical might of German imperial- ism by force of arms. For its own safety, as well as for the cause of human liberty, this great Republic is marshaling its armies and preparing with all its vigor to aid in rid- ding Germany, as well as the world, of the most ambitious and most unprincipled autocracy which has arisen to stay the wheels of progress and im- peril Christian civilization. If enthusiasm and ardor can make success sure, then we, Americans, have no cause for anxiety, no reason to doubt the outcome of the conflict. But enthusiasm and ardor are not all, they must be founded on a profound conviction of the righteous- ness of our cause and on an implicit faith that the God of Battles will strengthen the arm of him who fights for the right. In the time of stress and peril, when a man stands face to face with death in its most terrible forms, God will not desert him who puts his trust in Him. It is at such a time that the eternal verities will be disclosed. It is then, when you realize that existence is more than this life and that over our destinies watches an all-powerful and compassionate God, you will stand amidst the storm of battle unflinching and unafraid. There is no higher praise that can be bestowed upon a soldier of the Republic than to say that he served his country faithfully and trusted in his God. Such I earnestly hope will be the praise to which each one of you will be entitled when the world is made safe for democracy. FIGHTING SPIRIT. The Navy Yard is always glad to hear from the front and it is especially glad when this informa- tion comes first-hand, so it was no surprise to see the large crowd which turned out to hear Lieu- tenant J. A. Clark of the Princess "Paf Regiment, at the meeting held June 27, 1918. The National Service section of the United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation, has kindly offered to send speakers here from time to time to present the present day questions, and when they offered to send Lieutenant Clark, their offer was accepted with great pleasure. Lieutenant Clark is one of the few survivors of the Princess "Pat" Regiment, that noble body of men who fought to the last ditch, who knew how to sacrifice their lives, but did not know how to say "surrender." While Lieutenant Clark is very modest in speaking of his own part in the war, it is not necessary for a survivor of the "Princess Pats" to praise himself, for the fact that he is a member of that regiment speaks louder than words.' Lieutenant Clark's speech is so full of interest that it is printed below, as it is believed that every man who heard it will be glad to read it now. "Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:- I can assure you it is with great pleasure that I am here today to say a few words to you and try to bring home to you what your countrymen are going through in France to keep the Germans from you and yours. As the gentleman has just told you, I went over with the Original Princess Pats. We left in December, 1914, and for the first two weeks we were digging trenches about thirty-seven miles back of the lines. On the 2nd of January, 1915, we received orders that we had to take over the front trenches on the night of January 4th, so we had to march thirty-seven miles in two days. When you consider that our equipment in the early days of the war amounted to about seventy-five pounds, it is quite a hike. On the evening of the second day we halted about five o'clock to have a little bite to eat. This consisted of some cold tea and some biead and bacon, the bacon so small you could hardly see it. At eight o'clock at night we received orders to go into the front line trenches.. In those days there were no communication trenches; it was simply a case of getting up any way we could. Every now and then the Germans sent up star shells and the territory back of the lines was con- stantly raked with machine gun and shell fire. LIFE BUOY When we reached the trenches we relieved a French division. We thought the French were in a great hurry to get out and when we jumped in the trench, we found out the reason. We landed In mud up to our waists and stood there for fifty- l wo hours. Our food consisted of hully heef and biscuit. Do you know what bully beef is? It is simply canned beef from the Chicago stock yards. During daylight we were completely cut off and if a man was wounded he simply had to lie there until dark before we could take him back to be cared for. After fifty-two hours of that we were relieved and we thought we were going some distance back of the lines, but we simply went back a little way into some dugouts, and there was plenty of water in the bottom of them. We remained there three days and every night as soon as it was dark we went up to the trenches and worked until daybreak and then went back to the dugouts. Our food was bully beef, biscuits and water. Now you WOrkingmen Of America, this is what your countrymen are going through today. They are going through it every day. and they are the linest fellows on earth, your men over there. But the winning of this war is not up to them alone, — it is up to every one of you here. It is up to you to back these men up. It is not enough to clap your hands; you want to do it with your hammers. Don't let it be said that you are slacking at your work. Lots of these fellows are never coming back; there are many little crosses over there now Some are coming back blind. Some are coming back without arms and legs. You don't want to be ashamed to face them because you slacked here while they went through all that. Kemember this, while you idle on your work you help the Germans kill your countrymen, I hope none of you will ever do that. On April 2. 1915, we went into the trenches and about that time the Germans loosed their first gas attack against the French, so troops were very scarce and we had to stay in the trenches twenty- eight days on a stretch. During that time the only clothing we took off was when we unrolled our puttees and changed our boots and stockings. Otherwise we had our clothes on day and night. There is not a man here who ever did a day's work that amounted to half an hour of that. Then we had to retreat to straighten out the line. On May Mb the Germans shelled us and we lost one hundred and fifty men. Every night we went on working parties to the front line. We went into the trenches again on the night of May 7th with 600 to TOO men in our regiment and from 4000 to 5000 in the brigade. On the morning of May 8th the Germans opened up with artillery about five o'clock and then attacked with infantry. We drove them back. At that time we were very short of ammunition and only about fifteen shells passed over our heads from our ar- tillery all day. As soon as their infantry attack broke down, they started again with artillery. At twelve o'clock the infantry again attacked and at two o'clock in the afternoon we had 200 to 250 men left in the regiment and about 1200 out of 4000 to 5000 in the brigade. But we still held the trench. One of our officers lying wounded, with his leg shattered, sent word that he was proud of what we had done, but said: "Die where you are. Don't give an inch of ground!'' We said: "We won't give any ground. We will hold on." And we did. When we were relieved we had 150 men left in the regiment and S00 in the brigade. The 150 in our regiment had to carry out 100 of our comrades and bury them. When we got hack to the billets we read in the papers that some of our countrymen had been going on strikes in England and hindering munition manufacturers. Can you imagine our feelings? How would you feel if you had been lighting to save your countrymen from the worst fiend ever let loose on the earth and then hear that your friends and countrymen were holding up the manufacture of munitions for a little extra money'.' Never let it be said that there was ever a strike in this country. You want to send the ammunition over. You want to buy Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps and give to the Red Cross. You want to work ten hours a day or even more if they ask you to. When I was in the hospital at Hamsgate, one Sunday afternoon the German planes came over and dropped bombs there. A bomb dropped among a bunch of children going to Sunday School and killed five girls. Don't you think you are lucky to be on this side of the Atlantic? Do you know the reason these Germans are not over here? It is be- cause of the soldiers in France and the American ships on the sea. Do you want it said that a ship was held up by the lack of a piece of machinery you are working on? Never! You want to back up the boys over there by your best efforts on your work here at home." Dr. A. A. Hideout, of Boston, also addressed the meeting and his remarks were enthusiastically received. He is a forcible speaker who doesn't de- pend on the spread-eagle effect to interest his hearers; and his remarks were straight to the point. We hope that all the speakers who come to us will lie in the same class as Lieutenant Clark and Dr. Hideout. LIFE BUOY 10 SHOP GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS In this issue appears the first photograph of a series of shop group photographs to be taken by our Yard Photographer Mr. Staples. The Ship- fitter's Shop group of employees was the first group to be taken in that the largest number of employees are employed in this shop. Hereafter, in each future issue of the Lifebuoy will be printed one shop group photograph. The next photograph will be the Electrical Shop Group. It is hoped, that when the announcement is issued that the employees of a certain shop group are to be photographed, that every employee of that requested shop will be present. Sufficient time will be given so that everyone may have ample time to make arrangements so as to be present when the photograph is taken. At the time that the photographs are taken it is requested that employees do everything possi- ble so as to expedite the t ; me of taking the phono- graph. Unless orders are obeyed good photographs cannot be taken. HELPING UNCLE SAM. PORTSMOUTH AGAIN' OX THE JOB. Habit is a wonderful thing, and one of the best habits is the habit of saving. It seems as though this habit had strongly taken hold of the Portsmouth Yard, for with every campaign for sav- ing the results get better. The results of the second Liberty Loan were better than the first, and the results of the third Liberty Loan were better than the second, and then came the campaign for War Savings Stamps. The Navy Yard Improvement Association took the matter up and a committee of Foremen was formed to handle it. Each Foreman had full charge of the campaign in his shop, and the results show that all shops went "over the top" again. We have noticed that some Yards have to be pushed from behind in order to undertake cam- paigns of this kind, but so far the Portsmouth Yard has not had to have any outside urging to do its duty in this respect. It was feared when the campaign was undertaken that so many had bought Liberty bonds it would be difficult to sell any War Savings Stamps, but this fear was entirely ground- less, for within a week's time over $140,000 worth of War Savings Stamps were pledged by the Yard employees and a very large percentage of these has already been purchased. We are waiting to hear wild her any other Navy Yard made a better per capita showing. HELPING HENRY FORD. We have all heard of "Tin Lizzies" and of the efficiency with which the Ford plant builds them, and it is a pleasure to know that the Ford plant is asking this Yard, with other Navy Yards, to send them some men as instructors and supervisors in the construction of the new submarine chasers which they are building. They have had to extend their force so rapidly in this particular branch that they were forced to do the same as this Yard is doing — that is, educate their own mechanics — and, natural- ly they felt that the place to get good instructors is where ships are built and repaired, and we feel that the men who have gone from this Yard will be a credit to the Yard in I heir work. Edmud Whalley is going to help instruct the "flivver" builders in shipwright work; Harry Rose in machine work; Ben Kimball and Walter Petti- grew will show them how to do pipe work. We all expect that they will do such a good job at teach- ing that they will come back riding a brand new "Henry." GOVERNMENT HOTELS TO BE OPENED AT KITTERY POINT. The Government is now making arrangements for the purchase of the hotels Champernowne and Pepperell at Kittery Point, Maine for the use of \ navy yard employees. It is expected that it will be possible to open these hotels at an early date and every effort will be made to put them in operation as soon as practicable; in fact, they may be opened for business before this issue of the LIFE BUOY is printed. Owing to differences in working hours, etc., requiring different hours for meals it is contem- plated assigning the hotel Pepperell for clerical and drafting room employees, and the hotel Champer- nowne for men from the shops. Requests for ex- ception to this rule will be considered on their merits in cases of persons who desire to be together for any particular reason. Until the operating expenses are definately known, it will not be possible to fix permanent rates. The following average rates have, however, been tentatively fixed and include both room and board: One person occupying single room without bath, $9.50 per week Two persons in room without bath (each) $8.00 per week. One person occupying single room with private bath. $12.50 11 LIFE lUlOY Two persona in room with private bath (each) $9.60 Married couple In room with privi (each I, $8.60 per week. Children under i wo years of age will be charged only « nil the cost of milk taken. Children between two and Ave years of age, one ion 1 1 ii ol price. Children between Hve and eighl years <>r nue, one halt price. Children trom eighl to twelve yeara ol a^e. i hree tourl lis price. Children twelve years of age and oyer, full price, Luncheons will be put up without extra charge tor those working in the Yard and paying tull price. Fur thoae not regularly taking luncheon, a reduc- tion of one dollar per week will be made. This will not apply to Isolated days, but only in the ease of an employee who desires regularly to obtain his mid-day meal elaewhere. These hotels are to be operated on a basis ol actual cost only. The Foregoing rates are, there fore, subject to revision later on as soon as the actual cost ol operation is definitely Known. Every effort will be made to conduct these hotels In the most efficient manner possible and at the lowest practicable coat consistent with a reasonable stand- ard of i i \ in;;, it is the Management's desire to make the prices, service, character of food. olc. in accordance with the wishes of the guests as far as it is possible to do so. The foregoing rates may be taken as an average basis of prices. There may, however, be slight departures therefrom based on different degrees of desirability of rooms, etc. Heat will be installed in all the rooms so that the hotels will hi' available tor winter and perman- ent uae, Rooms may be obtained singly or en suite, as may be desired to suit single men or men with families. Families will In- given preference in the Ignment of rooms with baths. A child occupy in:; a single room not a part of a suite will be char:; ed extra. It is desired to conduct these hotels on a high Applications for rooms should be made at the Office of the Public Works Superinl endenl . Building bath 81, wiere prices in greater detail and any further Information deaired may also be obtained, it is re- quested that ail those desiring accommodations make their reservations or signify their intention id' doing so at the earliest possible moment. This is in order that the necessary help for operating I he hotels, together with an adequate stock of all pro- visions, etc., may be obtained in ample time in ad- Vance, and in order to avoid confusion and unsatis- factory service. Furthermore, in making reserva- tions, preference will, of course, be given to those tirsi applying. Tin' Management has under consideration the question of allowing a limited number id' women members ol employees' families opportunities to assist in the housework, and thereby obtain a re- duction in the price of board and lodging. Appli- cations for this kind of word should also be made at the Office of the Public Works Superintendent, or direct to the manager of the hotels. Those Brst applying will, of course, be given preference tor these positions. ll will, id' course, be understood by all that these hotels are reserved exclusively for navy yard employees and their families, although when practi- cable an effort will be made to accommodate guests Of employees for limited periods, provided there at.' \ acant rooms available. It is believed that these government hotels, to be run on what is practically a cooperative basis, should receive the hearty support and patronage of employees desiring good living accommodations. It is believed that if these hotels are a success, and it is Confidently expected that they will be. they cannot help but exercise an important Influence in bringing down the general high cost of living in this locality. Local prices have, undoubtedly, in many cases been boosted above legitimate figures. This seems (o be the custom in many eases every time the men of the Yard get a raise in pay. By patronizing these hotels to the limit of their capaci- ties, it is believed that any excessive cost of living should be brought down to a reasonable figure, and all those who are now being Charged excessive standard and all desiring accommodations in them prices are invited to come and try the government should hear this in mind, and use every effort to hotels. It is. furthermore, understood that if nee- COOperate in this respect, particularly in the matter essary still more hotels will be taken over by the Of cleanliness and conduct. Men with families are government. The government will, furthermore, at particularly deaired, also single women, who will an early date actively pursue and investigate alleged tie given suitable accommodations properly locate, 1. excess prices in this locality. Everything possible There will, furthermore, be a matron in charge of will be done to insure a square ileal to all employees each hotel, under the direction of the manager. of the Yard. LIFE i:nn 12 OUR MASTER SfflPFITTER. The popularity of Samuel I). Oilkey our Ma tei Shipfltter has grown constantly since he first came to the Navy Van! some thirteen years ago. At the pre ien( moment o( writing Mr. Gilkey's popularity is si ill on the ascend and his advice Is constantly sought, His one ambition in life so he Bays "Is to always treat everyone on the square and to judge ac imparl ially." At a recent interview which the editor hart with Mr, Oilkey the following remark was made by Mr Oilkey and well Illustrates why he is so popular. He saiii a i i hi i Interview, "I always try to deal with the employees In my simp in such a manner thai when the work for the day Is over, I can go home with an absolutely clear conscience." This is in- deed a fine remark and Mr. Gllkey'a motto Is one we all should follow tor it simply Is the golden rule of "Do unto others as you won pi have thi m do unto you." A shorl resume of Mr. Gilkey's ira : buslne experience In shipbuilding Is herewith added for it is one he Is indeed proud of and we might add one thai the Yard employees are equally proud of. Mr. Samuel I). Cilkey was born in April 4tll, 1 SOS iii I loullon, Maine, and spent his boyhood d I there. His family then moved tO I he West for in those days ihe State of Michigan was i he West. Al I lie age of fourteen he started to work for Hie F. W. Wheeler and Co. of Bay City, Michigan, which plant was located on Lake Michigan. He served his apprenticeship at this shipbuilding yard and stayed with the Wheeler Co. tor sixteen years. At the time Of leaving he held the position of General Foreman. The Wheeler Co. v. a engaged in build- ing tugboats and lake freight boats. Some of these lake freight boats were over 400 feel long and at thai lime some of the largest boats built. Mr. Oil- key's experiences in this company stood him In good stead later for he had many Interesting problems to meet in those early days when Michi- gan then was in the midst of the wild and wooly West. in i 898 he became affiliated with the Harlan and Hollingsworth Co. of Wilmington, Deleware, where tie stayed two years as Asst. General Fore- man He I lien became an Assistant Inspector for the Navy Department and for awhile was stationed at this plant. He later was associated tor awhile wiiii the .\ew York Shipbuilding t'o. of Camden, New Jersey. From 1902 until Hon; he held the position of Inspector for the Navy Department al the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. In 1906 he was appointed Master Shipfltter al Ihe Portsmouth Navy Yard, and has been here ever since ;i period of some thirteen years. With such an extensive and thorough experience in hip building it is no wonder thai Mr. Gilkey's shop is functioning so highly and it is earnestly hoped thai he may be with us for a goodly number of yean more. SHIPFITTER'S SHOP in this issue of the Lifebuoy appears the first Shop group photograph of employees of this Yard. The honor of having Hie firs! group photograph was given to the Shipfltter's Shop in that th< larg number ol employees are employed in this simp. 'Ihe supervisory force of Hie Sli iplit I er's Shop consists of Samuel it. Gilkey, Master Shipfltter and Quartermen Charles M. Sheppard, Joseph II. smith. Frederick Heiser, Harry A. Magg, Mallow II. Johns and John Shaughnessy. The Leadingmen are !](ty.i<-i- W. Cray, far en r >tlm D, Samuel .Yhito- hou le, Blake, Harry Culbertson, f. a 'An- nee Grace, Walter McDonald, Raymond W. Packard, John E. Snook, Joseph Carter, Edward H. Welch, Frank Conoyer, John Donlin and Haven T. Fernald. 13 LIFE BUOY LIFE BUOY 14, AUGUST HAM. The distinction of having worked longer than any other employee in the Shipfitter's Shop belongs to August Ham, for he has been constantly at his work for over twenty years. Mr. Ham was born in Portsmouth on Sept. 3rd, 1853, and has lived there ever since. At the pres- ent time he has charge of linoleum and tile placing en vessels. At a recent interview Mr. Ham stated that his hobby was his garden and that he stays in the gar- den until it is too dark to work or until his Mrs. de- cides it is for the best of all concerned that, he quit his hobby for that particular day. WORK VS. WORRY It isn't work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthful. You can hardly put more work on a GENERAL FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS Editor's Note — The following appeal to the workingmen of America has been sent from Eng- land and is self explanatory. TO THK WORKMEN AFFILIATED TO THE CON- FEDERATION GENERAL DU TRAVAIL COMRADES, In 1914 Germany plunged the whole world in- to war. No sophistries concerning pre-war politics can ever obscure this fact. It is so obvious as not to need arguing. Britain's entry into the conflict was determined by Germany's action, and not by warlike ambitions. Hating war, appreciating fully the misery and wastefulness of war, and frequently attending international conferences to promote peaceful relationships between the peoples of dif- ferent countries, the British Trade Union movement was yet compelled to take its stand at the back of any British Government which stood to maintain treaty obligations toBelgium and moral obligations to France. The inevitable results of the annexationist policies of Austria, her seizure of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, and her efforts to compel Serbia to accept "de facto" suzerainty, were always provocative of war. Behind Austria lay the tradi- tions of Germany, plus Germany's aggressive spirit. her materialistic tendencies, her years of prepara- tion, her consciousness of military might, and her determination to dominate by force of arms. These acts and ambitions left the world no chance for peace until arms had decided whether Germany, as instigator of the policies of the Central Powers, was to control the thought and life of the world, or whether Germany was to live and have her being in common and on the same terms as other nations. In 1914, three courses were obviously open to British statesmen — they could engineer a "rap- prochement" with Germany and share with her the spoils that such an alliance might wring from the rest of Europe; they could ignore treaty obligations and leave Belgium and France and Russia to their fate; or they could follow the honourable course and join with Belgium, France, Russia, and Serbia in resisting the attempt to reduce them to vassalage. Britain occupies, and has occupied from the man than he can bear. Worry is the rust on the beginning, the position of the citizen who seeks to blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the prevent a thief stealing the goods of the citizen's machinery, it is the friction. neighbour. It is absurd to suggest that Britain - Henry Ward Beecher. stands in the way of peace. 15 LIFE BUOY The people of Britain entered the war re- luctantly and in sorrow. They knew that their then existing army was smaller than that of any power involved. They were conscious of their lack of guns and mechanical appliances, and they knew from past experiences how serious would be the financial burden the world would expect them to carry. As the responsibility for the commencement of the war rests with Germany, so with her rests the responsibility for the continuance of war. During three years, this unhappy war has raged, and on all the battle fronts women and children have suffered physical and mental torture and millions of men have died agonising deaths. During the whole of this time, Germany has tried to persuade the world that she, the aggressor, was waging a war of de- fence, and during the whole of this time she has talked of peace, but only in vague and general terms. Once only, has she made any definite state- ment, and that was when the late Imperial Chancel- lor declared that Germany's peace terms must take cognisance of the map of Europe, — in other words, that any terms of peace that Germany would con- sider must include political and economic control, if not positive annexation, of the territories she has invaded. She did, indeed, in September permit a neutral power to indicate her desire for peace, but she has never replied to Britain's expressed willing- ness to consider and to place before the Entente Powers any terms she cared to specify. Germany has sought to create prejudice against Britain by constantly reiterated, but vaguely ex- pressed, declarations concerning the freedom of the seas. In the days that preceded Germany's declara- tion of war upon France, the maritime traffic of the whole world crossed the seas without let or hin- drance, and the ports of Great Britain were free to the ships of all nations. Indeed, so great was this freedom that it led to internal controversy; many thousands in Britain holding that the freedom ac- corded by Britain to the world's ships and merchan- dise was prejudicially affecting the interests of Britons themselves. Germany, during the last three years, has shown by her practices how small is her respect for the formula she circulates. Her demand for the freedom of the seas is the last word in cyni- cism. She has not been satisfied with blockading ports, she has closed whole seas and endangered all sea routes. Not satisfied with attacking and sinking the merchant ships of belligerent countries, she has attacked and sunk the ships of every neu- tral country, and her attacks have been carried out with a ferocity that has turned against her the moral feelings of the seafarers of every belligerent and neutral nation outside the alliance of the Cen- tral Powers. That is why in Britain most people believe that the freedom of the seas can only be insured by the defeat of Germany. To-day the British people are within sight of a war debt of six thousand million pounds (£6,000,- 000,000 sterling). At a four and three-quarters per cent. (4% per cent.) interest the annual charge on this will be two hundred and eighty-five million pounds (£2S5,000,000 sterling), and at least an equal additional sum will be necessary to meet the ordinary national expenditure, including as it does, pensions to the mutilated, and to the old, and con- tributions to national sickness and unemployment benefits. No democracy would be likely to continue a war which threatened to add to these stupendous burdens unless compelled to do so by sheer ne- cessity. Beyond the material and financial difficulties lie the moral ones, and centuries of experience made the democracy of Britain feel that sooner or later this moral burden would also fall upon their shoulders; that ultimately everything would de- pend upon their tenacity and resolution. Just as they were reluctant to commence war, so have they been reluctant to continue it, but the indefiniteness of Germany's attitude in respect of peace has left them no option. In December, 1915, the General Federation stated that if Germany seriously wished to discuss terms of peace that provided restoration, reparation, and security, peace need not be delayed one single day. Germany has not yet accepted this intimation. She is under n,o compulsion to fight; her existence is not in danger; no one, at least no one in Britain, desires or expects that she shall be utterly destroy- ed; no one would even question her right to main- tain a military autocracy, to contribute her money and her sons towards the maintenance of mili- tarism, if these were necessary to her own existence, and were used only inside her own borders for the defence of her own interests. The only thing that Britain, with the rest of the world, seeks to destroy is the Prussian autocracy's military power for ex- ternal offensives. This is what Britain stands for: the right of the invaded territories to restoration and liberty; the right and the power of the world, act- ing in a combination such as outlined by President Wilson, to say to Germany, "You shall not trans- gress; you shall not outrage; you shall not burn and ravage and destroy." No democracy can ob- ject to this attitude. LIFE BUOY 16 The three greatest democracies in the world — America, Britain, and Prance, the freest and best educated of all peoples, could not, because the souls of their peoples would not permit it, continue an alliance and a war for purely aggressive and preda- tory purposes. It is inconceivable that the de- mocracies of America, France, Britain, themselves enjoying freedom, and the democracy of Russia which is struggling towards freedom should accept, while life remains, the terms that are inevitable if German autocracy succeeds. It is for these reasons, amongst others, that the General Federation of Trade Unions urges upon the democracies of the Allied Powers the need for concentration upon efforts to destroy, not Germany, but the militarism which holds even German de- mocracy in subjection. If there was any probability of securing peace by immediate negotiation, the General Federation would not hesitate to advise negotiations. Its whole history is one of efforts to promote industrial peace by negotiation, but in the absence of any definite communication from the Governments of the Cen- tral Powers, and in the presence of the impotence of the democracies of the Central Powers, the free democracies must continue the struggle until their present and future security is assured. (Signed) J. O'Grady (Chairman), Furnishing Trades Association. J. N. Bell, National Amalgamated Union of Labor. F. Birchenough, Amalgamated Cotton Spin- ners. Ben Cooper, Cigar Makers' Mutual Associa- tion. Jas. Crinion, Amalgamated Card and Blow- ing Room Operatives. Joseph Cross, Northern Counties Weavers. Allen Gee, Yorkshire Textile Workers. Ivor H. Gwynne, Tin and Sheet Millmen. T. Mallalieu, Amalgamated Felt Hatters' Union. T. F. Richards, Boot and Shoe Operatives. Alt. Short, Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders. John Taylor, Midland Counties Federation. Ben Tillett, Dock, Wharf, and Riverside Workers. John Ward, Navvies, Builders, and General Labourers. Alex. Wilkie, Associated Shipwrights. December LSth, 1917. W. A. Appleton, Secretary. EDITORIALS "We are all of us Americans, and nothing else; we form a part of one people, in the face of all other nations, paying allegiance only to one flag; and a wrong to any one of us is a wrong to all the rest of us." — Theodore Roosevelt. "To such a task (making the world free) we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness, and the peace which she has treasured." — PRESIDENT WILSON Get your happiness out of your work or you will ne\ er know what real happiness is. —Elbert Hubbard GOLDEN MAXIMS 1. Honor the Manager. There must be a head to everything. 2. Have confidence in yourself, and make yourself fit. 3. Harmonize your work. Let sunshine radi- ate and penetrate. 4. Handle the hardest job first each day. Easy ones are pleasures. 5. Do not be afraid of criticism — criticise yourself often. 6. Be glad and rejoice in the other fellow's success — study his methods. 7. Do not be misled by dislikes. Acid ruins the finest fabric. S. Be enthusiastic — it is contagious. 9. Do not have the notion that success means simply money-making. 10. Be fair and do at least one decent act every day. — Exchange 17 LIFE Ml TOY STATE SENATOR PAGE'S ATTACK ON US No doubt all of us have road in the newspapers the unwarranted attack of State Senator Paso on the Portsmouth Navy Yard, and we Have been wonder- ing what was at the bottom of it and why he chose Philadelphia as the place to make it rather than the loeal City. As tar as we know. State Senator Paso has not visited the Navy Yard for many years at least, nor has he made inquiries of any responsible official Of the Yard in an honest effort to obtain accurate information. One would suppose that a clear- thlnklng man. with a judicial mind, of the type that State Senator Page must be would first obtain accurate information before making charges of this kind. Ho appears to have obtained at least a part of his information from his chauffeur, whom ho certified as a machinist for employment on the Yard. This chauffeur was taken on as a fifth-class machinist, and was employed for a few months at the end of the year 191G and early in the year I a I 7. at which time he took his discharge, as the Yard did not feel justified in giving him any higher rat- ing. We have been enable to locate the barber that state Senator Page claims was the leadingman machinist over his chauffeur, although the father of a le ulin .man machinisl had been a barber, and the leadingman worked under him in the barber shop when a boy. This leadingman, however, ser- ved his re -.ul.ir apprenticeship as a machinist in the Navy Yard, and lias worked here practically con- tinuously for something like fifteen years, and is now considered to be specially competent as a tore man in charge of important work. This is simply an instance of the character o( the attacks of State Senator Page. It is not necessary te go into them in detail, particularly so as they have already been pretty well refuted in the newspapers. His attack on the women of the Electrical Shop is considered to be particularly unjust. The yard wee id welcome a fair investigation by anyone competent lo conduct it. We can show- beyond all doubt that the efficiency of the Yard has ttlj increased, and that we are turning out a tremendous amount of important war weak, and that the Portsmouth Navy Yard is net by any means failing in its part in winning the war. Our activi- ties during the War are necessarily mere or less secret and are not published in the papers, as was the case before the war. State Senator Pane has eviden i> jumped to very erroneous conclusions without any knowledge or investigation I n his part. We find it hard to believe that State Senator I'. ice was actuated by tiny patriotic motive in mak- ing this attack, or by any desire to help the Yard in its Important War work. It would have been a very simple matter for him lo have come to the Yard and to have found out the tremendous amount of work we are really doing; also, his atack was made in a distant city where we were given no op- portunity to present tin adequate and prompt de tense \\'e realize we are not perfect, no one is, but we tire earnestly striving for the maximum possible efficiency, and most of us tire working under a strain and pressure that is a serious tax on health and Strength. We are at all times open to constructive criticism. We want it. We want lo improve in e.eiy possible way, but we must s Tiously resent un- warranted attacks and criticism which cannot but hurt tin 1 Yard in its war work and be an actual aid to the enemy, in that such attacks and criticism cms,' tic I'd,' and controversy, and take up time urgently needed for legitimate work. We would not take Senator Page's attack seri- ously if i were net for the fact that it has been prominently published in newspapers of distant cities, it is to us simply amusing, because we know what we are doing, and s.ate Senator Page evi- dently does not. We cannot help wondering what he himself is doing to help win this War. We do net know on whom this attack was made, whether the management, the 'workmen of the Sard, or the community as a whole. It is. how- ever, calculated to be harmful to till of us. and it is the dutj of each one of us who is doing his best in the war work to resent and refute it in every way, even though the charges are ridiculous and principally a source of amusement to us. We desire no quarrel with State Senator Page We have no time for quarrels or con roversles if they can bo avoided. We are trying to give him credit for some patriotic motive in making his at- tack and to believe that he thought his information was correct. We. therefore, extend to him a cordial invitation to come ever to the Yard and make i's acquaintance and obtain first-hand knowledge ;n to w'uit we tire actually accomplishing. We also invite constructive criticism from anyone competent I e it, but only when such criticism is based on facts and accurate knowledge. We will not stand for criticism 'eased on hearsay evidence only, or on - atements from irresponsible persons. \\v. further- more, invi e State Senator Page to cooperate with i s and jcin in the war work in tttat our Country may come out victorious. LIFE BUOY 18 0-1 LAUNCHED. WILL SOON BK READY FOB SERVICE. In spite of statements in the Boston newspaper lo the effect that this Yard is doing no work, Sub- marine O-l was successfully launched on July 9, and will be ready for commission in a comparatively short lime. The vessel has been under construction in the Franklin Shiphouse where other fighting ships have been built. She will soon be out doing her bit against the Huns, and if she does not give a good account of herself it will not be the fault of the Portsmouth Yard or of her crew. A large gathering assembled to witness the launching both galleries were filled and on the sponser's platform there were nearly two hundred persons. Practically the whole Yard force was lined up outside the building and on the Kittery banks. At 1.45 Tuesday afternoon, the 0-1 took the water by sliding gracefully down the ways, amid the strains of "The Star Spangled Banner" and the cheers of the guests assembled and the shrill shrieks of the tugs and other river boats. Just previous to the launching Mr?. Cora Isabel Adams, wife of our Industrial Manager, Naval Con- structor, L. S. Adams, who was sponser, christened the O-l with a bottle of American champagne which was enclosed in a handsomely engraved silver cas- ing. Among the guests on the launching stand bo- sides Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Adams were Admiral C. J. Boush, U. S. N., commandant of the Yard; Gov. H. W. Keyes of New Hampshire; Capt. W. R. Rush of the Boston Navy Yard and Chief of industries for this naval district; Mrs. David R. Francis, wife of the U. S. Ambassador to Russia; Mayor and Airs. S. T. Ladd of Portsmouth; Mrs. Norman Kirk, wife of the commanding officer of the O-l ; Capt. and Mrs. Almy; Capt. and Mrs. Wyman; Col. G. W. Patterson, U. S. A. and Miss Patterson. Immediately after the launching Mrs. L. S. Adams wa3 presented by the employees of the Navy Yard with a very beautiful gold wrist watch. Submarine 0-1 19 LIFE BUOY ACCIDENT PREVENTION. The prevention of industrial accidents is a problem worthy of our most serious consideration For, comparatively few persons realize how great a toll industrial accidents take of our people every year. We read of battles in which thousands of our allied soldiers are killed and maimed and we are deeply moved: yet every year the number of fatal vocational accidents to adult male workmen in this country is between 30,000 and 35,000. In addition to this death rate there occur probably 2,000,000 non-fatal but more or less serious accidents. These figures are based on conservative authority and do not include the accidents that befall the great number of temporary workers, nor do they include the working women, of whom there are some eight million. If all these classes were included it seems logical to believe that the number of deaths from industrial accidents in the United States would reach 50,000 per annum. Of all this we think but little. However, the Navy Department is conscious of this great enemy liitht at home and as a result a determined effort is being made to overcome this real danger. With- out the help and cooperation of every individual employee of this Navy Yard we cannot overcome the danger. Consequently, it is up to you fellow- employees "to do your bit." Just as there is a call to service for the soldier or the sailor, so is there a call to service to see that precious lives are not wasted and that the bodies of precious people are not crippled. Industrial accidents may be divided ii t > two main classes; the first class consists of unavoidable accidents, and the second of those accidents due to carelessness or ignorance. It has been assumed that industrial accidents are chiefly due to the absence of safety devices and guards around dangerous ma- chines. Closer analysis and examination of indus- trial accidents show SO per cent, of such accidents are due to the fallowing causes: ignorance, careless- ness, unsuitable clothing and poor state of health. Ignorance is a word use 1 implying a lack of intelligence relative to the sources of danger pres- ent . Employees, when assigned to machines with which they are unfamiliar, should ask for instruc- tions relative to I lie hazards and dangers probably existing. Your foreman, quarterman or leadingman will gladly inform you regarding the points of danger. Carelessness is the cause of many of the so- called avoidable accidents. Sometimes carelessness is nothing more or less than recklessness, although generally it is mere indifference or thoughtlessness. Employees should realize that their own safety depends largely upon their own movements. After you have learned the motions to safely perforin your allotted work, your acts become instinctive, with the result that a false move may often serve to warn you of danger. Unsuitable clothing is the cause of many acci- dents, some of which may prove serious. Moving parts of machines cannot always be completely guarded or covered in. with the result that an un- buttoned ,coat or one with a torn or ragged sleeve may become caught and cause a serious if not fatal accident. Female operatives in this Navy Y'ard who operate machines may also be exposed at times to danger. Frightful accidents have occurred by the hair becoming caught in rotating machinery. You women consider your hair as one of your chief orna- ments and it behooves you all to see that no strands are allowed to fly loosely about. It is recommended that nets or caps be worn to ensure complete pro- tec' ion. Employees in poor state of health are naturally more or less susceptible to accidents. Consequently, it is urged that employees maintain their health and conserve their strength by righteous living. In order to be 100 per cent, efficient it is necessary to eat good food and get plenty of sleep. j When em- ployees feel ill to the point where they realize they are aetin; in an indifferent manner they should stop work, thereby protecting not only themselves but also their fellow employees. FOOD ECONOMY Food will win the war. Don't waste it. Conserve food, especially beef, sugar, fats and wheat. Use less wheat and meat. Buy local foods. Serve just enough. He who wastes a crust of bread prolongs the war. Save the food and help the fighters fight. Use substitutes for wheat and help win the Fat is fuel for fighters. Save it. Eat wisely and keep the wolf from the door of the world. Eat at least one wheatless meal a day. Do not eat meat more than once a day. LIFE BUOY 20 TEETH. In order to be in good health it is necessary to have your teeth in good condition. Nature gave you your teeth for chewing your food and conse- quently preparing it for digestion in the stomach. Teeth should be kept clean for two reasons: first, in order to save them; second, to prevent them from becoming breeding places for bacteria or germs. The reason that teeth decay or get bad is because your food is allowed to lodge between the teeth. When food is allowed to remain between the teeth it decays and changes and makes an acid which eats into the teeth. Moreover, the bacteria cir germs always present in the mouth go into the cavities or decayed spots eaten by the acid and cause further decaying. Decayed teeth cause toothache, poisoning of the jaw bone and stomach disorders. The best way to keep good teeth and keep from having bad teeth is to clean them at night with a brush and tooth powder. The mouth should be rinsed after cleaning the teeth by taking a glass of water. If you have bad teeth you should go to a dentist at once and have them fixed. A visit to a dentist once a year is strongly urged so that all cavities may be filled. BASEBALL. A baseball league has been formed and a schedule of games is being arranged. The probabilities are that a schedule of two or three games a week will be arrang- ed for and much entertainment should result. Friendly rivalry between shops will not only result in good to the shops but in good to the men. It is hoped that the rooters ofeach shop will back their team to the limit by coming to all the games. The captain who will also be the manager will be elect- ed by the players themselves. The money necessary to finance the shop teams will be raised thru shop sub- scriptions of a voluntary nature. Schedule games will probably be played on the dia- mond near the Prison. Practice diamonds will be ar- ranged for. Accounts of games will appear in future issues of the Lifebuoy. It may also be arranged so that team pho- tographes may be published. WHICH? Republic Government by Ballot $75,000 President Moral Education Free Speech Equal Opportunity Religious Liberty Good Living Conditions High Wages God Monarchy Rule by Brute Force $250,000,000 Royalty Beastial Kultur Silent Suffering Class Favoritism State Coercion Miserable Existence Slavery Kaiser HEALTH. The laws of health are as inexorable as the law of gravitation, as exacting as eternal justice, as relentless as fate and their violation is the be- ginning and cause of all disease, suffering and sin. Health is the most desired of earthly blessings. When finally lost it cannot be purchased by un- counted millions, restored by the alienist or return- ed by the pulpit. Human health and human efficiency are the two most precious things on earth. If out of this awful labor of war a strong health sentiment for the entire nation can be born then will our sacri- fice not have been in vain. R. Blue Sur. Gen'l I'. S. Public Health Service FOUNDRY HAZARDS Accidents occuring in foundries are easily stop- ped if careful attention to personal safety is given by each individual employee. The reason for such a statement is because of the fact that very little machinery is found in a foundry in that the art of founding depends largely upon the human mechan- ism such as the hands and mind. Nearly every accident that occurs in our foun- dry is due to carelessness on the part of the injured employee or on the part of a fellow employee. Many molders and helpers wear cotton shirts and overalls and should a splash of hot metal strike the co* ton it w uld immediately burn through. It is recommended that twilled cotton or woolen cloth- ing be purchased in the future. Fewer colds will also result if heavier clothing is worn. Burns on the feet occur frequently and accord- ing to statistics every sixth accident in a foundry is a foot burn. The reason for this is easily under- stood if an inspection is made of the shoes worn by foundry employees. Forty percent of employees in our foundry wear faulty or cracked shoes and as many as eighty percent wear lace or button shoes. When a lace shoe is worn it is very easy for spilled hot metal to penetrate thru the openings and seriously burn the foot. When a Congress shoe is worn this possibility of a burn is removed. More- over, a Congress shoe may be easily and quickly taken off. The Congress shoe fits snugly around the ankles whereas the lacings of lace shoes often become broken allowing the ankle to be seriously exposed. Canvas leggings and leggings made of twilled cotton are available and it is recommended that employees make use of this additional method of 21 LIFE BUOY protecting their legs. For, canvas leggings are light, comfortable and when fastened by Bat clip springs there is do danger of any metal ever burn- ing thru. YOl'K FLAU AND MY FLAG HEADACHE There are man; causes tor headache and that is why they are so common. The most frequent causes are: Indigestion, eye strain, on-coming sick- nesses and neuralgia, When a headache is due to Indigestion the fol- lowing symptoms may be notlcable, namely, thai a dull aching Bensation is experienced al the back of the head and is aggravated when the head is turned suddenly. Other signs are slight nausea, loss of appetite, constipation and the coating of the tongue The proper treatment tor most forms of headache is to cure the condition of Indigestion. Care should be exercised with regard to the food eaten. People who use their eyes constantly and re- quire glasses without knowing it are also more or loss subject to headaches which may be attributed to eye si rain The pain in BUCh form of headache is usually localised in the front of the bead and often the stomach fools out of or, lor. Sucb head- aches ran onh be cured by procuring proper glasses. Many sicknesses begin with a headache, in other words headaches are a preliminary warning that an on-coming sickness may be expected, if employees feel sick all over and have a bad head- ache, it is urged that thej consult a doctor. Headaches due to neuralgia may have the pain occuring anywhere In the head - Such headaches are usually accompanied by pains which are sharp and Cutting and which often jump from place to place Neuralgia is often duo to the fact that em- ployees are run down, having exposed themselves to damp cold weather or cold draughts. Headaches due to neuralgia an- best treated by applying heat to the aching part, in this case the use of a hot water bottle is an excellent media The U86 of headache powders or pills is a habit that unfortunately is growing in this country. Many of the patent headache powders are so power- ful that they have a depressing effect on the heart. The editor knows of cases where people have been BO addicted to the use of headache powders that they have lost their sense of hearing. Numerous deaths have occurred due to the fact that people were ignorant of the danger of these drugs, \o headache powder or pills should be used unless ordered by a dec: or. Bj Wilbur Nesbet Your tlag and my Hag. And how il Hies today. In your land and my land And half a w orld away! ROBS rod and hlood-rod The stripes forever gleam; Snow-white and soul white The good forefathers' dream. Sk\ blue and true blue, With slars to gleam aright The gloried guidon of the day; a shelter through the night. Your tlag and my Bag! To every star and stripe The drums beat as hearts beat And pipers shrilly pipe! Your Hag and my Bag A blessing in the sky; > our hope and m> hope It never hid a lie! Home land and far laud and half the world around, (lid Glory hears our glad salute and ripples at the sound. Your tlag and my Hag! And oh: how much it holds Your land and my land. Secure within its folds! Your heart and my heart lie. it quicker at the sight : Sun kissed and wind -tossed Red and blue and white The one flag- the great tlag the flag for me an 1 you. Glorified all else beside The red. the white, the blue Unbeatable! The business like air of A.mei lea, the set jaw of England, the steel nerves of France Judge Little careless actions, Small seeds of neglect ; Make human sufform -.. And hearts with grief be set '•Hush Little Thrift Stamp. Don't you cry. You'll be a War Stamp. Bj i' and Bye (Trumbull Cheer). TAKE A HA'NDFULL OF E^STlUEAlSr KOD^K IFTLIMS POH YOUR TIMF OFF, ALL SIZKS AT MONTGOMERY'S opp. p o. THE ORiaiNAL KOD^KI STORE Meats of the better kind Fish always strictly fresh Vegetables from local farmers Canned goods of a high quality PRICES as low as possible What more can you ask? Shaw's Cash Market 18 Pleasant St. - - - - Portsmouth N. H. Formerly CLARK'S BRANCH "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 23 LIFE BUOY NKW Sl'll WAYS. u '' wonder II Wall Perkins la using some thin 3 >m iiis hair, for 11 is getting considerable lighter it's nil oft! Its .ill off! Whal " , , every da] Tin> hair mi Qeorge Straughua head _ . ,, . . We note thai the B and M. have enlarged the draw "ii Hi" Portsmouth bridge to meel the re Dun Dorothy's new Ford machine la some aulrements of Fred Duran who has recently pur- FUvver The other night, n la rumored, Dan was ,, ,, chased a seagoing achooner i>ui ho says ho prefers arrested somewhere in the vicinity of Salmon Falls. Greal Baj to the Atlantic Ocean, oapeclally when When D. in asked why he was arrested 1 1 » « ■ Judge re I lie wind dies down. plied "Cruelty to animals, For tying a tin can to Mien do Koi'iii'iiiuiii recently became quite u.. .hi the Vofk Beach merchant and our peeved when adoils'ed of eating eleven pork Band wlches for Bupper, hut nevertheless admitted thai friend sii.nir.ini have a minihi'i' <>i surplus watches, . he imlv ate iiiiii' B °" ' "'"''" : "" """"""*> 11 Is no wonder .hoy ^^ ^ ^ proapoeta |if ,„„ „„.,„„,,, ,„. , k,,,MV ul "'" ' :; " arriVea baseball team In Bldg. 9B with Steve Flanasan as now aiiinii your W. S. Stamps hoys; are yon Captain and Manager, 11 his plans work out per wiih us or against us? . , , ..,, , , , , haps Manager l.oud oi Bldg. 80 would conaonl ii> The boys are surely backing Qene and work . , take on his loam Borne iinv when in n 'oil oi a iiiiio on 1 ho stilnunrlno la progressing rapidly. pracl Ice, LATHE AND FILE CHIPS. SEEN THROUGH THE PERISCOPE. The n une of Charles S Ci nlon has been added We are very pleased to learn thai Messrs. to the iisi of those thai have joined the service, Seavey, Qrapentino and Peterman are upholding the Charlie expects i<> io.no verj shortlj tor Pensacola, traditions of Bldg 80, vu< where he will assume the duties ot Machinist's Ralph has returned from .1 verj pleasant va Mate In the Aviation Corps, cation apeni .11 Dexter, Maine, rene\ tng old ac Austin Qooglns has returned from Boston, qualntanoes where he endeavored to join some branch of the We expected thai living In Kllol would make service, We are very sorry Austin, i>ni never mind. "Eddie" somewhal Bhy and bashful, bul did nol better times coming anticipate an} «uoh display of emotion as he ex Thatcher Plnkham spent the week of the fourth hlbited when asked tor his time rani in Bath, whioh he says is siiu on the map, Many of our Bhopmates intend to avail them- During the absence of Leon Scheirer, Mr selves "i the ohance to gel aboard for hotel ac Borden will officiate as pilol of the weight launch, <'iiiuiiind.il ions al the Champernowne Fellow contributors, kindly take notice. We Mr 11. W, Burke iho very popular bell maker offer tor your perusal the following list from our who has charge of the belts In iho maohlne simps, office thai have been "hitched" Bince iho lasi ap has recently Invented a unique Instrument whioh pearance of the "Life Buoy." Wedding Bells are he rails a helloseope and whleli is Intended to do ringing briskly, and the OUtlOOk is very r.">'^ tor awaj wiih an guess work as tar as determining several more before Winter falls on our weary strength of belts and heii lacings, When Interview hamlet od ai his finely equipped laboratory in Portsmouth, Miss Frances Campbell o( our weight depart Mr Burke was loud in his praise of the instrument, ment, and Chief Boatswain William Greene wen' which be olaims will revolution! e the belt making uaitod In marriage tho night before the Fourth, and Industry The Instrument consists of a series of left the same night for New Fork City, miorosooplc and telescopic alghtB, a set ot range and Alfred W Hayward ot the Hull crew and \\> ■ light adjustments, with a head gear which enables Dorothy Cook were married In Somerville, Masa., Hi,' operator i<> wqrk ih<' Instrument with both on July 3rd, They are now at Old Orchard Beach hands The feature of the Instrument however, Is where wo hope they are enjoying a most pleasant a verj closely guarded seoret, Known only to iho honeymoon, Inventor, He claims thai bj one glance with It Hans P Berna and Miss Sarah Wood aigned up propei i> adjusted he ran insianiiy determine the tor it r « - in Fall River, the 29th ot June, They will Btrength of anj bell or bell lacing made We all be al Alton Bay tor a while, and after thai will take wish Mr Burke the greatest of Buocess with his up their residence In VorU. Maine. latest Inventton, Jesse 1.. Philbrlok of the Kitten contingent, "A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned" We can help you save a good many pennies on HOUSE FURNISHINGS THE "BUSY CORNER" STORE But Never Too Busy To Fill Your Prescriptions and Fill Them Right OUT OF TOWN PATRONS ARE WELCOME To WAIT FOR THE CAR" AT OUR HOUSE BP]RJAMIN GREEN THE DRUGGIST See Mr. WOOD 99 Penhallow St. Portsmouth, N. H INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION LOWEST RATES BEST FORMS G E- TRAFTON :i. r . Pleasant St. Opposite Post Office vol AUGHT TO KNOW DENNET and MCCARTHY'S is TOE BUST PLACE TO IIUV Overalls, Shirts, Hosiery YORK BEACH, MAINE and THE GOLDENROD USE GAS FOR LIGHTING, HEATING AND COOK INC PORTSMOUTH GAS CO- ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE Clam Chowder, Lobsters, Ice Cream, Candies, Soda, Cigars, and Home Bakery, Home <>r the famous Goldenrod Kisses, over L3 l"ii sold last summer. Made fresh every day except Sunday, A pound box mailed any place in New England for36c. BROOKS MOTOR SALES PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE FORD SERVICE Flllis BrOS. Men's and Boy's Shoes Fine Shoo Repairing CONGRESS ST. TEL. CON. i saw it in 'nil-: i .1 !■"!•; iiuoy" 25 LIFE BUOY ;iiul Miss Madeline Moulton Ol Eliot were married at the bride's home on the 28th ol June. After sojourning tor a low days Jessa returned with that smile that won't wear oft. Leon W. Schelrer left tor Elmira, N. Y.. on the morning of the Fourth, where he will spend a fort- night with his folks. Dennis .1 Carey, our eminent file-clerk accompanied him as tar as Albany, where he will leave Leon, and start on an extended trip through New York State. The trip was made in Scheirer's Cadillac, and we trust that there were no mishaps, for Guggisberg, Chief Mechanician, can not be called in at any moment, owing to the fact that he is in Minneapolis. Mr. Potter of the Mechanical Division has left tor a vacation, which he will spend at his home in Bath, Maine. Nathan Rosen is now on leave, looking over the wilds of Boston. \\'o hope "Rosie" don't get lost in the crowd. "Red" Newton is recuperating at Lyme, Conn. K. M. Tattoo is spending a couple of weeks in Portland. F. Monroe Ray, Jr., has returned from a two weeks vacation, which time ho spout at the Atlantic Corporation, obtainin •. a further insight in Steel ship construction. Wo hear that .lack Colllton has a perfectly good motorcycle to sell reasonable. You know Jack, it pays to advertise, and we sincerely hope that this will bring results. Should anyone doubt the durability of this machine, he might ask Snow. as to its pole-Climbing abilities Statistics show that during the last fiscal year, ending .Inly 4th. there has been 14 marriages, six births, ami six have joined the colors, from the Sub- marine Drafting Room. There were many guests of the employees here at the launching of the 0-1. The boys were all very glad to see that the boat is so near completion, and wo all wisli her prospective commander. Lieut. N. 1. Kirk, the best of luck. On Tuesday evening, July 2nd. the first "Get together" of the Draftsmen of the Navy Yard and the Atlantic Corp. was hold in the Colonial room of the Rockingham Hotel. Covers were laid for twenty-five men. including Mr. 1. c. Hanscom. the retiring Chief Draftsman of the Atlantic Corp.. and he was one of t ho principal speakers of the occasion. In a few well-chosen words, bo reviewed his past experiences with the men of both yards, and at the conclusion of bis address, all present expressed their regrets at his departure and their best wishes for his future success Mr. Rosen spoke for the Navy Yard men and thanked all present for their cooperation in making the banquet a success, and assured the vanquished Atlantics that the Navy Yard bowlers would give them a chance for revenge, sometime in the Fall. The bowling-team met and defeated the Atlan- tic Corp. how lots in the deciding game of the season that settles the supremacy between these two teams. and as a result of their victory, their rich reward, the banquet, an account of which appears in this issue, was ultimately gained. We all are earnestly striving to make the launching of the S-3 the most successful of all launchings, and rest assured that before long it will slide gracefully down the ways. DITTY BOX SAYINGS. Dagan has a large hole in his left arm between the elbow and the shoulder: he says it was caused by vaccination. The boys say it will lake the word of the Medical Officer of the Yard to make them be- lieve its anything but a sheep bite. Bailey and Sisco have planted a garden on shares. Their shoptnates are worried over the gathering and dividing of the profits, being a war garden. B. and S. are a little shaky themselves. The addition to No. 14 is a great improvement. Woodbury turned crimson and made scrap tin of his Tea Pot when he found one of the men using it for an oil can. According to reports, the men that went to Portland Lightship have nothing on one another, as they all were seasick They now say that they don't blame Jonah for letting a whale swallow him. If there is anyone who thinks the Joiners do not earn their money they had better come and see what we do. They can then put it down in their little memorandum book and turn the Tage down. The restaurants in Portsmouth at present are said to be allowed to sell — Ice Water, Soft Water, Cold Water. Hot Water. Hard Water. Salt Water, Boiled Oil, Castor Oil. Hair Oil and Magnolia Balm. Our girls earn every cent they receive and in- vest a good share of it in Bonds, and there is not a slacker in the shop. Here's to the Ditty Box, a useful thing. With its hinges ami lock and cover trim. And here's to the girls who with song all day. Up in the attic, labor away. HENRY PEYSER &, SON 16 TO 20 MARKET ST. For more than forty years Portsmouth's leading Store for Men's and Boys' apparel PERFECTION OIL STOVES REFRIGERATORS PORCH FURNITURE THE QUALITY STORE MARGESON BROS. Vaughn St. Telephone 570 PORTSMOUTH, N. H. FRED B. COLEMAN APOTHECARY Corner Congress and Vaughn Sts. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. If you desire to buy or sell Real Estate call, telephone or write II. I. CASWELL AGENCY Congress St. TELEPHONE 47H-W Portsmouth rrrt The acorn IPibiodicm?ubbmy) IS Market Square Portsmouth, N. II. Stationery of varied grades Each the best at the price SINCLAIR GARAGE HORTON SERVICE Telephones 282-W 8411-M Corner Richards Ave. & Middle St. Portsmouth, N. H. S- S- TRUEMAN GENERAL CONTRACTOR TELEPHONE 651 83 Bow St. Portsmouth, N. H. JOHN O'LEARY KITTERYand NAVY YARD EXPRESS GENERAL TEAMING Tel. Con. Portsmouth, N. H. If you want to be dressed up to the Minute from head to foot in dress and work clothes come in to see LOUIS ABRAMS & CO. 38-40 Daniel St. Portsmouth, N. H. The simplest most economical durable modern motor built. Valve in removable head. All valves running in oil. Leather faced cone clutch. Floating axles. 2 sizes, 4 cylinders and an eight that is snappy and pretty LB any car. It has valve in removable head motor. We also have a beautiful enclosed car for $1060. WOO Portsmouth N. H. r,l to (io How Street "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 27 LIFE BUOY Their arms grow strong and their eyes grow bright, As they trim every box there is In sight. For there's Clara and Mary and Josephine there And Lottie and Hertha and little wee Ki'eddie BOAT SHOP PUFFS. As the Lifebuoy gees to press we have news from our Leadingman who has hoen away on his vacation for sometime, He is having a hard time (.n his mountain trip, has had several breakdowns, been lost on the toad, and has almost run over two bears that wen' crossing the highway. He says that next time be goes on a mountain trip he will carry a rifle along tor protection, The janitor who sweeps under 'Pucker's desk says be will be able to retire soon if there are many more bond issues and stamp sales. Nave you noticed that Hill Thompson has put tape on tin- broom handle':' There's a reason. Can you beat it '.' A boat is coming down every three days. Look out below! On the banks of the beautiful liver, Not far from Kittery's fair shore. Is a building called the Boat Shop. That was known in the days of yore. Por Bond fame it was noted. And then the Red Cross came, Aim now it is the War Stamps tun you will iinti them always game. The latest isn's published Hut when it comes to press Vnu will And the Boat shop with them. Por she always stands the test. Boat shop Poet. The flageolet solo played by ('apt. lllnns the Other evening was a corker It was very artistically played and the phrasing was immense. lie certainly is a wonderful player and has a very bright future before him. It is a pleasure to know that we have such a talented artist in the Ileal Shop. Leadingman Hubbard's staff has been strength ened. He has lately enrolled Messrs. Jackson and Lewis for service on the upper floor. It is rumored that Benny Grace will shortly start his berry picking. Those who have a fond- ness for blueberries should place their order at an early date as Hen always has more orders than he can till. We ;ne all glad to hear that our friends who enlisted from the lloat Shop for oversea duty are making good. A letter has come from Wildes, he says that Ireland is a line place and all the boys are used line. Wildes. Hooper, Godfrey and Littlelield are together at one place and Morgan is at another liase Any person wanting to purchase a good cow can do so by applying to E. K. Hayes. "Nemo" however, says that the price is too high for a second hand cow. Mr. Hayes does not agree with "Nemo." He says that Nemo is no farmer and does not know what a good cow is. Leach is using his car for a bumper. He says that it answers the purpose very well, even if It Is a Ford. Our timekeeper. Mr. Shaw, has enlisted as a telegraph operator. We all wish him the best of luck and success in his new undertaking. The Boat Shop will soon equal the record of Henry Kord. Next month we will turn out a com- plete lif) ft. Motor Boat every two days. This good work is appreciated as you men of the Boat Shop can readily see who have read the impels lately. Do you know A. W. Wiggin? Do you know that he is the champion farmer and truck garden man of Dover? He says that he will not take his hat off to any man when it comes to gardening. PAN MAKERS SHEET METAL WORKERS Storms may come and winds may blow, but the pans go on forever. We witnessed another German defeat on July 9th when the II I was launched and we hope to see more soon. The workmen have already started on our new- elevator. This elevator will be the best thing that could be placed in this shop. It is our understand- ing that the next problem to be solved will he that of good ventilation. If that arm on L. Carlisle doesn't get well soon, hi' may have to lose it, he says. "It don't amount to nothing." Now that Mike Crowley has entered the Trade School, we expect to hear of all kinds of records. Arthur did get a trim at that, didn't he? Why does Hyron go in to the office looking for stubhs so often? Ask Mary. The young ladies of the otllce force keep George busy carrying milk. Mr. C. P. Drake, our foreman, has returned from a few days vacation. What was Tom's idea of sending for Miss Kil- gore, the timekeeper of this shop? Why is Miss Murphy so blue lately? Has he left for over there'.' WE'LL PAY YOU $1.00 n>i: yoiii: OLD FOUNTAIN PEN For ;i short time only. Provided you buy a INK-TITE SELF-FILLING FOUNTAIN I'KN Crocker (ONLY ONE OLD PEN TAKEN IN EXCHANCK) Thia unusual offer is one of our original methods of advertising the CROCKER, the most satisfactory self- filling pen made. ADAMS DRUG STORE MAKKKT ST. - - PORTSMOUTH, N. II. IT'S NO USE Telling you a long story about advancing prices. Yon know as much about it as I do. But I want to tell you that I have a large stock of CLOTHS, bought to secure old yarns and dyes, at a much lower price than they can be found today, [f you need a SUIT this year BUY IT NOW. WOOD, The Tailor 15 PLEASANT ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. II. THE PORTSMOUTH FLOWER SHOP A. ('. CRAIG, Manager FANCY CUT FLOWERS AGENT VICTOR TALKING MACHINES •1 Market Street Phone 960 PORTSMOUTH, NKW HAMI'SHIUK The Acorn Be sure that you OWN a copy of MY FOUR YEARS IN CERMANY $2.00 2 Editions 75 cts. GEO. D. BOU FOR LEADING FIRE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES GOV. ST. KITTERY, MAINE INDIAN HEAD GAKAGK REPAIRING, VULCANIZING AND SUPPLIES OPEN DAY AND NIGHT YORK BEACH, MAINE TEL. CONNECTION 'WARREN" F. BLAISDELL HARDWARE, PAINTS, COOKINC UTENSILS AND MOTOR ACCESSORIES. THE DODD SYSTEM OF LIGHTNING PROTECTION. Telephone 7 YORK VILLAGE, ME. JOHN E. WEARE GROCERIES MEAT AND PROVISIONS Tel. 169-2 AUTO DELIVERY YORK IiEACH, ME. TYPEWRITERS FOR SALE & RENT J. E. DIM1CK 29 Tanner St. PORTSMOUTH, N. II. Telephone 837 M. MYERS LUNCH CIGARS GOOD SERVICE TOB acco YORK BEACH, MAINE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 29 LIFE BUOY ANVIL SPARKS. The O'SuIlivan home was visited by the stork reeeutly, and two bouncing baby girls were deliver- ed. Congratulations to the fortunate parents. O, you daddie! Will Lewis is going to equip his buzz wagon with a very loud horn. Go to it Bill, blow your horn, even if you can't sell things. Jack Chapman is now considered the wittiest man in the shop. Mose Webber has discovered that chickens cannot be fed on Arsenate of Lead. Safety first. The death of William Bitton was a very sad blow for us all. Bill was one of the best boys that ever worked In the shop, and we all miss him very much. George Mcintosh reports that a number of the boys have changed Doctors since May 1st. P. Dra- per and W. Pernald take notice. Captain Lem Davis is to have a new chair as the old one is beyond repair. Happy Armstrong Is going to equip his new Jew Packard with springs so that he can climb apple trees with it. Mr. Bagley is engaged in giving singing lessons to Jerome Baker. One of our office girls receives quite a lot of mail. We were informed of this by Mr. Flannlgan, he ought to know. Phil Hughes says we should be very careful how we use tooth picks. We wonder why. No sir, — Howard Dixon does not live In Dover. Very few people know that Mark Reardon is mi expert with a plow. Bill Tucker had a very narrow escape at Bldde ford lately. Midnight is not the proper time to be strolling through the woods in pajamas. It is rumored, Emerson is to wear a hat, for fear of having his hair pulled out by his "best" girl, should she ever get wise to "Eva." With the Locke of the Freeman and the power of our worthy Brickman as a support, how did you have the Hart to take that picture? How about it Dick? At least two of the party are looking for one. If Gertie and Adonis fly to the North Pole, what will become of Charlie and Emerson? Two young boys with a half grown automobile. Started out for a New York run. Up hill and down hill with a knock and a thump, Then stopping short, yet not caused by a bump. For they had started out with neither water nor oil. WOOD TURNING SHAVINGS. WE WONDER :- What a certain party In Portsmouth will do If Neal is put on the proposed night shift? What Hofstra's Lizzie would say If she could have seen him the afternoon of the Fourth? Why Brickman, Russo and Swift go to Central Park so often? Have you seen any bears up your way yet Angell? Story of Smith's Llfe:- Off again, on again, gone again, Flanagan. The boys of Camp Lookusup were (agreeably?) surprised at midnight on July 3rd by a band of strolling marauders, who serenaded them sweetly. Mary must be quite a lamb, For she got Nealle's goat. And every time he calls her up, Across the river he goes. They say she's short and yet quite stout, And Nealle should surely know, For every morn at two A. M. He pays another two cent toll. The doctor told Neal that night air wasn't good for him, so now he goes home in the morning. Vivie is almost a Rip Van Winkle. Caruso. Brick and the speed boy, have become quite attached to the Invigorating air at Central Park. Ask Hoffee If he can stand his bonds on end yet? Put on your hat Sam, you're half clothed. How much Interest are you paving on that $100. Al? THEY SAY:- Two of our boys started for New York by auto. It was a beautiful Sunday. The motor did not run good. One of the boys said; What's that knocking? The other said; Oh, that's nothing, we are go- ing up hill. They got "over the top." There were two loud bangs and a cloud of smoke. It was six miles from Worcester. The garage auto came and the man said; Boys, you have no water and no oil. "HOOD" CLOTHE s FOOTWEAR When you buy shoes or clothing here you may be sure of getting the good kind, —the kind you like to wear. And the prices are right WALK-OVER SHOES DOROTHY DODD SHOES RALSTON SHOES SPORT AND OUTING SHOES ARROW COLLARS HATHAWAY SHIRTS "MASTERCRAFT - ' MENS CLOTHES "RIGHT POSTURE" BOYS CLOTHES CHENEY TIES N. H. BEANE & CO. 5 Congress St. Portsmouth E. E. V/IIITKIIOUSi; BARBER Up One Flight Opp. Colonial Theatre C. P. CARROLL Groceries, Meats and Provisions 145 PENHALLOW ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Tel. Connection Near A. S. L. Ferry YORK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK" SERVICE Some times it pays to investigate the actual services rendered by a BANK before making a connection and possibly you would like to know how we can serve you. With modern equipment and banking facilities we feel that your connection with us would be most satisfactory. Large Storage Vault and Safety Deposit Boxes for rent. Your checking account is solicited. In our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT we pay 4 Per Cent interest. YORK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK FORK VILLAGE, MAINE :ti LIKE BUOY SPARS AND BLOCKS Qeorgie Qove will surely make a Btriklng Bgure in his new uniform, if he wears tiu> smile that he litis been wearing the last few days. There is s greal demand for bread at noon I line in the Spar Shop. Ask l.ona about it. We hear that Hasel got Qillum's goat again. Ho has got to Hi' himself with something besides rope. By th<' looks of Uu- liott! a nursery. No wonder 3. looks so healthy. Talk about buying War Savings Stamps, yon should see the list of pledges from the Spar Shop. \\v all feel very proud of our Quarter man, and also the men that did their bit in the Launching of the 0-1. Alberta must have been homesick this last week for she was not feeling a hit contented. Mr, Jensen is still looking for the other piece of that pink rihhon. Kilna certainly knows how to make lemon pies. We wonder where she got the receipt and how soon she will he able to put it to still better use. way possible with each other. You will then make It easier for your foreman and all others interested. When nt leisure talk about your work and compare notes as to the different ways of doing things and converse about things that will Improve working conditions. Don't tell a poor workman the wrong way to do things, hut help him all you can or leave him alone. Work for your own interests by doing as much and as good work as you can, and you will hi' working for the host interests of your employer, and he helping your country to win this war which will be won by the Industrial Workers faithfully backing up the hoys in the trenches and the men on the ships with their best efforts. He 100 per cent, efficient, We wonder what Kossley has done with bis Automopushcart . It ought to make a good steamer for frankforts. PAINT MIXTURES. If llersotn's steed can step any faster than llersom can talk, then he surely can go some TOWle admits he must take a few lessons from Bangs In order to bo an expert glazier. DO your planning for the next Liberty Loan. Buy all the bonds you can for the more you buy the sooner you will stop having to buy, The boys over there are sure going some. We never will quit and do not intend to; what do you say? The boys in the shop are very much pleased with the sanitary cuspidors. Father John says prove it and they will save him a lot el' unsanitary work, Here is a definition of a good painter which was promised in a recent Issue: A good painter Is the painter that does his work well and t lies to Improve, watch for his own faults and not see all the other fellows' faults, don't knock your fellow workman, but rather have a good word for him. Take advantage of all your work and you will do more and do it easier and better. Don't know it all. let the other fellow know some thing, for It is impossible to know everything. Try to keep tilings clean, your foreman will notice and appreciate it Make your work easy for yourself and your fellow workmen, by co-operating in every CRUCIBLE SPLASHES. Two of our former shopmates, Que Kirwan and Jim Kearney, now attached to the North Caro Una, dropped in on us the other day when the cruiser arrived at this Yard. It was also a pleasure for some of the older employees to again meet Lieut . Commander Cassidy, a former engineer officer at this Yard and now attached to the same ship. Pete St. John was Hie most happy man in the world when Joe returned to work after a thirty days vacation. Mike llerliliy says he can give lis the reason for Pete's new lease of life. That was some lobster supper. Marion. "Avoid danger; wait until the car stops." We know that you eould not have seen that sign when you hurt your arm the other night. Hill Coyne, but Hurley will loan you his glasses for any future car rides you go on. The coreinakers will miss genial Mr. O'Keefe from Philadelphia who will soon leave us to go hack home We wonder why Dynamite was seen carrying his father's dinner in Kittery at midnight not Ion-, ago. The office force are wise to you. Kid. and Dan told me on the Q. T. that this happens quite often now. Our recent benedicts have all returned to work with a new vim. That must have been some lire. George, to end in Haverhill. If the new draft law takes effect someone will be crying tor Danny. SPECIAL SALE OF ALUMINUM WARE During the second week in August L26-128 Market St, 1 1 J ^ SYVKKilSIMv SlOkKi 1',,,-ts ih, N. II. A WAX OF OUR SPECIALTIES Hart, Schaff ner and Marx Clothes, Stetson Hals, Manhattan Shirts, Fownes Gloves, Interwoven Stockings F. W. LYI3STON & CO. ( lutfltters Cor Men & Boys PORTSMOUTH. N. II. JOHN SISE & CO. INSURANCE s MARKET SQUARE PORTSMOUTH, N. II. A. P. WEN DELL & CO. Hardware, Paints and Tools Telepl - 850 2 Market Square Portsmouth, N. II PORTSMOUTH MOTOR MART Inc. Cadillac Service Station Used Cars for Sale Autos for Hire Accessories and Supplies TELEPHONE 22 & 34 PORTSMOUTH, N. II. The Enrolling Station for the Merchant Marine is at the ^g^oJUL Store, Portsmouth, N.H. BOARDMAN & NORTON Opp. Post Office MEN'S WOMEN'S & CHILDREN'S SHOES OF THE BETTER QUALITY C. F. DUNCAN & CO. 9 Markd St. Portsmouth, N. II. SA VE FUEL By using Electric Appliances for Cooking ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LIGHT AND POWER CO. V) Pleasant Street Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE \AVK IKIOY" 33 LIFE BUOY Remember, Walter, that the railroad is for trains and not flivvers. Why did they put Hoffert on nights and leave Billy all alone. Even at that. Bill, your pleasant smiles through the office windows are making a favorable impression on some of the force. Let us know when you are going to sing again, Margaret. Your last appearance was a decided success. Why was it that two fellows did not catch the last car back from the party at York Beach and get to work the next morning, the same as Charley did? The number of milk drinking birds in the shop is increasing all the time. When you are going to make another trip to Lowell, Jack, we think it would be to your ad- vantage to take your wife's advice and fill your gas tank so as not to get caught on the road again the way you did last Sunday night. Mr. Leach, the constable of Eliot, says that he thought you must have been up all night the night before the Fourth, Frank, because he had to stop you the next morning plowing through that town with your cut-out wide open. Half Close Your Eyes And Look At It Prophetic picture drawn by Louis Weirther In The London Graphic. Courtesy of the Boston Post. THE ORIGINAL CASH MARKET Buy your MEATS, FISH, VEGETABLES and PACKAGE GOODS at Congress Street CI CS ^™% % J^# l^fl ' *■■ Portsmouth, N. H. *-^ "^ ^^ WW I ^1 *S» Te , 194 National Mechanics & Traders Bank 1 Congress St. Portsmouth, N. H. Carries Liberty Bonds on partial payment plan Commercial Department Savings Department Agency War Savings and Thrift Stamps Open for business Saturday evenings 7 to 9 FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY, ICE CREAM AND SODA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TELEPHONE 29 w CATERING A SPECIALTY 43 CONGRESS STREET \A/hen you say Tires That's us GOODYEAR, GOODRICH, FISK, GLOBE AND STERLING STERLINC TIRES 5000 MILES GUARANTEE REPAIRS FREE OF CHARGE OVERLAND AGENCY C. A. LOW!) 338 Pleasant St. & 25-45 Wentworth St. Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" ^ ^^r^r^ac^ ^cx^a^uiiJi&LLUJiJ^ 82 *SJC'r?VXG&GG4 AOWTft^ DEPARTMEN LIFE BUOY ■sIa * PJlIMii MAKING FRIENDS EVERY DAY OUR CLOTHES make FRIENDS in several ways. We have without doubt the largest assortment in this part of New England. Our Prices we know are way under what such goods are being sold at in some cities. There are some great values in our $18. $20, $22.50 and $25 Suits for men. When a man buys one of these Suits, he gets something' besides so much cloth and making - . He gets good style and long service. We know our Suits are FRIEND-MAKERS and when you've bought here once or twice you will realize it pays to come to Dover and in turn you will speak a good word to some friend of yours. That is Why this store is to-day doing such a large business. We sell Good Shoes as well as Good Clothes. LOTHROPS-FARNHAM COMPANY Opposite AMERICAN HOUSE, DOVER, N. H. Let us have your name so as to send you one of those useful articles. •I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" Increase Your Summer Pleasure With A VICTROLA Add to the joy of outdoor life the beauty of so rigs by the world's great- est artists, the , m thrill of stirr- ing bands, the gaiety of pop- ular music and the mirth of leading entertainers. The VICTROLA provides them. It is a genial companion wherever you go. Stop in and let us give you a demonstration and ex- plain our methods of easy payments. HASSETT'S MUSIC & ART SHOPPE 115 Congress St. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Open Every Evening ~"I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" Liberty Bond Conversion Privilege Holders of Liberty Bonds of the First and Second Issues are entitled to exchange their bonds for New Bonds Bearing interest at the rate of ^percent. This option must be used before November 9, 1918 or the privilege is forever lost. We are prepared to make this exchange for you and place our services at your disposal. COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS DEPARTMENTS STORAGE AND DEPOSIT VAULTS BOXES TO RENT — $1.00 PER YEAR FIRST NATIONAL BANK PORTSMOUTH : NEW HAMPSHIRE United sin irs Depository ASSETS 01 '/•:// TWO MILLION SAVING CONSERVATION and THRIFT WILL WIN THE WAR PATRIOTISM DEMANDS THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES SPEND LESS and SAVE MORE ±0,OCDO PEOPLE ARE SAVING THEIR EARNINGS BY THE HELP OF OUR INSTITUTIONS. NEW SAVING ACCOUNTS SOLICITED PISCATAQUA SAVINGS HANK First National Hank Building Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY Issued monthly for (rn- distribution to employers of the Industrial Department of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. II. VOL. I SEPTEMBER 1<)1 s NO. 9 WHY WE ARE FIGHTING GERMANY. By FRANKLIN K. LANK. Secretary of the Interior we fighting Germany? The |HY are brief answer is that ours is a war of self- defense. We did not wish to fight Germany. She made the attack upon us ; not on our shores, but on our ships, our lives, our rights, our future. For two years and more we held to a neutrality that made us apologists ft r things which outraged man's common sense of fair play and humanity. At each new offense — the invasion of Belgium, the killing of civilian Belgians, the attacks on Scar- borough and other defenseless towns, the lay- ing of mines in neutral waters, the fencing off of the seas — and on and on through the months we said: "This is war — archaic, un- civilized war, but war! All rules have been thrown away: all nobility; man has come down to the primitive brute. And while we cannot justify we will not intervene. It is not our war." Then why are we in ? Because we could not keep out. The invasion of Belgium, which opened the war, led to the invasion of the United States by slow, steady, logical steps. Our sympathies evolved into a convic- tion of self-interest. Our love of fair play ripened into alarm at our own peril. We talked in the language and in the spirit of good faith and sincerity, as honest men should talk, until we discovered that our talk was construed as cowardice. And Mexico was called upon to invade us. We talked as men would talk who cared alone for peace and the advancement of their own material interests, until we discovered that we were thought to be a nation of mere money makers, devoid of all character — until, indeed, we were told that we could not walk the highways of the world without permis- sion of a Prussian soldier; that our ships might not sail without wearing a striped uni- form of humiliatit n upon a narrow path of national subservience. We talked as men talk who hope for honest agreement, not for war, until we found that the treaty torn to pieces at Liege was but the symbol of a policy that made agreements worthless against a' purpose that knew no word but success. And so we came into this war for our- selves. It is a war to save America — to pre- serve self-respect, to justify our right to live as we have lived, not as some one else wishes us to live. In the name of freedom we challenge with ships and men, money, and an undaunted spirit, that word "Verboten" which Germany has written upon the sea and upon the land. For America is not the name of so much territory. It is a living spirit, born in travail, grown in the rough school of bitter experiences, a living spirit which has purpose and pride, and conscience — knows why it wishes to live and to what end, knows how it comes to be respected of the world, and hopes to retain that respect by living on with the light of Lincoln's love of man as its Old and New Testament. It is more precious that this America should live than that we Americans should live. And this America, as we now see, has been challenged from the first of this war by the strong arm of a power that has no sympathy with our purpose and will not hesitate to destroy us if the law that LIFE BUOY we respect, the rights that are to us sacred, or the spirit that wo have, stand across her sot will to make this world bow before her policies, backed by her organized and scien- tific military system. The world of Christ — a neglected but not a rejected Christ — has come again face to face with the world of Mahomet, who willed to win by force. With this background of history and in this sense, then, we fight Germany — Because of Belgium — invaded, outraged, enslaved, inrpoveri -lied Belgium. We cannot forget Liege, Louvain, and Cardinal Mercier. Translated into terms of American history. these name; stand for Bunker Hill, Lexing- ton, and Patrick Henry. Because of France — invaded, desecrated France, a million of whon 1 heroic sons have died to save the land of Lafayette. Glorious golden France, the preserver of the arts, the land of noble spirit — the first land to follow our lead into republican liberty. Because of England — from whom came the laws, traditions, standards of life, and in- herent love of liberty which we call Anglo- Saxon civilization. We defeated her once upon the land and once upon the sea. But Australia. New Zealand, Africa, and Canada at\' free because of what we did. And they are with us in the tight for the freedom of the seas. Because of Russia — New Russia. She must not be overwhelmed now. Not now, surely, when she is just born into freedom. Her peasants must have their chance; they must go to school to Washington, to Jeffer- son, and to Lincoln until they know their way about in this new. strange world of govern- ment by the popular will. Becau le of other peoples, with their ris- ing hope that the world may be freed from government by the soldier We are fighting Germany because she sought to terrorize us and then to fool us. We could not believe that Germany would do what she said she would do upon the sea «. We still hear the piteous cries of chil- dren coming up out of the sea where the Lusitania went down. And Germany has never asked forgiveness of the world. We saw the Sussex sunk, crowded with the sons and daughters of neutral nations. We saw ship after ship sent to the bottom— ships Of mercy bound out of America for the Belgian starving: ships carrying the Red Cross and laden with the wounded of all nations; ships carrying food and clothing to friendly, harmless, terrorized peoples; ships Hying the Stars and Stripes — sent to the bottom hundreds of miles from shore, manned by American seamen, murder- ed against all law, without warning. We believed Germany's promise that she would respect the neutral Hag and the rights of neutrals, and we held our anger and out- rage in check. But now we see that she was? holding us oil' with fair promi tes until she could build her huge tleet of submarines. For when spring came she blew her promise into the air, ju ;t as at the beginning she had torn up that "scrap of paper." Then we saw clearly that there was but one law for Ger- many — her will to rule. We are fighting Germany because she violated our conn lence. Paid German spies tilled our cities. Otlicials of her Government, received a; the guests of this Nation, lived with us to bribe and terrorize, defying out- law and the law of nations. We are lighting Germany because while we were yet her friends — the only great power that still held hands off — she sent the Zimmermann note, calling to her aid Mexico, our : out hern neighbor, and hoping to lure Japan, our we tern neighbor,- into war again t thi I Nation of peace. The nation that would do these things proclaims the go pel that government has no CO i science. And this doctrine cannot live, or el o democracy must die. For the nations of the wo 11 must keep faith. There can be no living for us in a world where the state has conscience, no reverence for the things of the spirit, no respect for international law, no mercy for tho-e who fall before its force. What an unordered world! Anarchy! The anarchy of rival wolf packs! We are fighting Germany because in this war feudali m is making its last stand against on-coming democracy. We see it row. This is a war against an old spirit, an ancient, out-worn spirit. It is a war against feudalism — Hie right of the castle on the hill to rule the village below. It is a war for de- mocracy — the right of all to be their own master;. Let Germany be feudal if she will, but she must no' spread her system over the world that ha; outgrown it. Feudalism plus Fcience, thirteenth century plus twentieth — this is the religion of the mi taken Germany LIFE BUOY that has linked itself with the Turk ; that has, too, adopted the method of Mahomet. "The state has no conscience." "The state can do no wrong." With the spirit of the fanatic she believes this gospel and that it is her duty to spread it by force. With poison gas that makes living a hell, with submarines that sneak through the seas to slyly murder noncombatants, with dirigibles that bombard men and women while they sleep, with a per- fected system of terrorization that the mod- ern world first heard of when German troops entered China, German feudalism is making war upon mankind. Let this old spirit of evil have its way and no man will live in America without paying toll to it in manhood and in money. This spirit might demand Canada from a defeated, navyless England, and then our dream of peace on the north would be at an end. We would live, as France has lived for 40 years, in haunting terror. America speaks for the world in fighting Germany. Mark on a map those countries which are Germany's allies and you will mark but four, running from the Baltic through Austria and Bulgaria to Turkey. All the other nations the whole globe around are in arms against her or are unable to move. There is deep meaning in this. We fight with the world for an honest world in which na- tions keep their word, for a world in which nations do not live by swagger or by threat, for a world in which men think of the ways in which they can conquer the common cruel- ties to inflict upon the spirit and body of man, for a world in which the ambition or the philosophy of a few shall not make miserable all mankind, for a world in which the man is held more precious than the machine, the system, or the state. INDUSTRIAL YARD BAND. An Industrial department yard bund has been organized and is practising faithfully with the result that good band music is heard coming From build- ing No. 2 2. The names of the employees from building No. 79, electrical machine shop, who have signified their intention of playing in the band and the in- struments they play are: Frank Sullivan, Slide Trombone; Arthur Swasey, Cornet; Samuel Gage, Cornet; Horace McKenney, Alto; Antoni Tanski, Alto; P. Mudget, Cornet; George Chapman, Bass Drum ; P. V. McCollum, Symbols; H. Holworth, Clarinet; H. E. Hodgdon, Slide Trombone; J. Spencer, Drums. The following employees from building No. SO machine shop, are playing in the bind: .1. 10. Scammcn, Drums; C. A. Pierce, Eb. Bass; A. II. Sullivan, Bb. Bass. The employees from the shipfitters shop who are playing in the band arc: II. E. Butler, Cornet; J. G. Taylor, Trom- bone; L. Ferrone, Trombone; S. M. Dolliver, Trom- bone; P. II. Ollis, Baritone. .The Building Trades, building No. 44 are represented by W. Snow. Cor- net; A. 1). Mclntire, Cornet; Ernest Moulton, Cor- net; It. S. Weston, Bass Horn. The other em- ployees playing in the band are: M. H. Levine, Clari- net, bldg. No. 7ti; A. Vincigurra. Trombone, bldg. No. 42; C. B. Fogg, Trombone, bldg. No. 14; W. E. Messinger, Alio Horn, bldg. No. 14; O. S. llobbs, lib. Bass Horn, bldg. No. 4 5; C. M. Band, Eb. Bass Horn, bldg. No. 14; 1'. .1. Chabol, Cornet, bldg. No. S(i. At a recent meeting of the bund Mr. Arthur Swasey was temporarily chosen as the Musical Di- rector, and Mr. Ernest Moulton as Assistant Di- rector. Mr. Horace McKenney was elected Secre- tary and Treasurer, and Mr. Merrill Delano Busi- ness Manager. The executive committee consists of Mr. Merrill Delano chairman, Mr. Samuel Gage and Mr. Ernest Moulton. The band had its first public demonstration on Wednesday, August 14th, when they took the place of the Yard Naval Band who were on furlough at i the Patriotic Meeting conducted by the National Service Section of the United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation. A FABLE. (Apologies to Aesop.) Two huskies who had just reached the ago where the law refers to them as adults drew lucky tickets, and after marching about the town square and being presented with roses and a comfort kit, got a free ride to a bakery where dough boys are needed. John .7., Jr. was tilled with the' stuff that Marshall Eoch used in making Blue Devils. "Right face" and "shoulder arms" were pie for him, and before he left for "over there" it was Corporal John J., Jr. Percival was one of those boobs who had never been pinched by his boss for actually loafing on the job. but it must be remarked that he kept bis left lain]) more closely on the time piece than he al- lowed his right window on the job. His whistle invariably got dry at four twenty and on the way back from the bar he had to read the latest bulletin LIFE BUOY on the board If he goi bach on the job before the whistle shrieked he was disgusted with himsell When he hit the big eireus at Yaphonk he found he could not make his teel track "haj toot, straw foot," as he could nol keep iiis little bright eyes off rest parlor In the hut. And whenever Corporal John J. Jr. called him for mixing up his teet he always got peeved and said the "Corp'* had it In for him. When thej shipped tor over there Percival nearly lost the train, tor the town clOCh was slow anil Perce put more faith in clocks than In Orders By the time "Black Jack" had given them the o. o. and allowed them to get at the Heinies. John J. Jr. was railed sergeant, but l'oree was still low private in the rear rank At the Brst get away with Frit/.. Sergeant J. dm j. Jr. heard Percival calling another dough hoy for Bring too fast, and demanding if he wanted to kill all the Kaiserlets in one day Just then a busy bertha took off Percy's head as he was looking at his wrist watch to see if it was time to .ease tire, and he went to his eternal rest. Moral: Fire as main shots at the Germans as you can ever] day. K P. SCHLABACH, Shop Supt. CLAUDE C. GILLIAM. MACHINE SHOP (ELECTRICAL). In this issue of the Lifebuoy appears the group photograph of the Machine shop (Electrical), The employees of this shop are to be especially congratu- lated for the promptness and readiness with which they co-operated thus helping to make the photo- graph an excellent one. The Acting Foreman of the Machine Shop (Electrical) is Mr. Charles K Marshall. The Quartermen are Mr. M. J. Barrett in charge of entire Assembling Dept. including supervision over some three hundred female operatives; Mr \V. Hill- man Jr., in charge of planning division; Mr. j p, i.ee in charge of manufacturing and machine work. The Leadingmen are Mr 1. \v. Hay ward, T M. Morrow. P. J. Rossitter. P. \V Badger, C. 11 Kehoe. A. K. Irish and the following gentlemen who are acting Leadingmen, s. Gage, J A. Coughlin, J I' Kelley and M A, Knight. REST ROOM BLDG. NO. 79. A lest room has been fitted up for the rem tort and convenience of the female operatives in building No. Tii Machine shop (Electrical). The girls wish to thank the Management for their thought fulness and trust that the way in which this convenience is taken advantage of will show their appreciation of the same. in the passing of Claude C. 01111am, Quarter- man Electrical worker, the Navy Yard loses a faith- ful and efficient employee; one w tie was e\ er read) to answer the call of duty, and who went to each task with a smile. To him. work was a pleasure, and no greater reward did he ask than, at the (dose of ih- ,l.i\ . to write "finis'' to a task well done. To these who were fortunate enough to number him among their friends, the loss is irreparable Horn and raised under tin- sunny skies of Pixie, his whole nature was resplendent with the warmth and brightness of the Southland, a laugh, a hand- clasp or a cheerful word was his morning's greeting Ever ready to help those in trouble, each day found someone thankful for a kindly aet from his hand. As he was through life. SO Death found him. extending a helping hand to one in difficulty, his last aet a mute testimonial of the warm heart that throbbed for others' woes. "Large was his bounty, ami his soul sincere; Heaven did a recompense as largely send. He gave to misery all he had. a tear. lie gained from heaven, 'twas all he wished a friend " TUBERCULOSIS. Tuberculosis is the most destructive and uni- versal disease affecting mankind. It has been called the "Silent White Plague" for it sei/.es its victims slowly and silently. Tuberculosis is found wherever human beings are congregated together in fact, in all climates, in all conditions of life and in ali races According to reliable statisties one-fourth id' all deaths between I he aues of fifteen and forty re- sult from tuberculosis. Consequently, the economic loss is great for they die at the most valuable period of life. LIFE BUOY LIFE BUOY A few of the early symptoms of tuberculosis are: (1) a slight backing persistent cough and. (2i expectoration; t '■'• t a loss of weigh! and strength; (ll "tired out" feeling; ( f> ) "no pep;" (6) poor appetite; (7) slight afternoon fever; (8) "night sweats;" (Hi chilly sensation; (10 1 cough- ing up a little blood, or a slight hemorrhage. Further proof is often found by an examination and staining of the sputum to And the genus of tuberculosis, by x-ray of the chest; by tuberculosis tesls. Excesses of all kinds, especially alcohol, lower the vitality and prepare a favorable soil for tuber- culosis, lnsullicient rest and sleep and worry may destroy or weaken the resistance of an otherwise very healthy individual. At the slightest sign of any trouble it ought to be the duty of everyone to be examined by a com- petent physician. Take no chances the earlier the case is recognized the more certain the cure. Tuberculosis can be cured if taken early and if treatment is intelligently carried out. Fortu- nately no elaborate treatment is required — only a few simple rules within reach of all; Rest, Good Pood, Sunshine, Fresh Air and Cleanliness. And the greatest of all of these is Rest. It is not necessary to spend a fortune, or to Havel in quest of a cure. The nearer home, the better, for increased climatic inducements ace offset by the worry and homesickness of the patient if he is away from those whom he holds near and dear. The only treatment that lias stood the test of time is the "Open Air Treatment." Try a sleeping porch at home first, or at least sleep with all win- dows and doors open all the year round. AN APPEAL OF LABOR TO LABOR. We are face to face with a world crisis. We are in a world struggle which will determine for tbi' immediate future whether principles of demo- cratic freedom or principles of force shall dominate. The decision will determine not only the des- tiny of nations hut of every community and of every individual. No life will be untouched. Either the principles of free democracy "i- of Prussian militaristic autocracy will prevail. There can be no compromises. So there can be no neu- trality among nations or individual- — we must stand up and be counted with one cause or the other. For labor there is but one choice. FREEDOM THE HOPE OF LABOR The hope of labor lies in opportunity for free- dom. The workers of America will not permit themselves to be deceived or deceive themselves in- to thinking the fate of the war will not vitally chan *e our own lives. A victory for Germany would mean pan-Ger- man empire dominating Europe and exercising a world balance of power which Germany will sf Russia to make com- mon cause- with us. (or our purpose is their purpose, thai limillj tin' freedom-lovers of all countries may make the world safe for all peoples to live in free- (loin ami salty . EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Samuel Qompers, President James Duncan, Firsl Vice President. James O'Connell, Second Vice President, Joseph F. Valentine, Third Vice-President. John K. Alpine. Fourth Vice President. n. B. Perham, Fifth Vice President. Frank Duffy, si\ih Vice-President \Ym. Green, Seventh Vice President. W IV Mahon, Eighth Vice President. Daniel .1 Tobin, Treasurer. Frank Morrison, Secretary, OIK MACHINK SHOP (ELECTRICAL) FOREMAN. rhe following words spoken i>y Mr. Charleii R, Marshall when Interviewed recentlj by the edltoi will illustrate why Mr. Marshall was chosen as the Acting Foreman of the Machine Shop (Electrical), Building No. 79 tor he said "Give me a hammer, chl el and a wrench or tor that matter any me- chanic's tools and i am happy " This sentence brings out strongly the tact that success can onlj be achieved when one is happy and contented with his work at hand. Real happiness can only he real i ed v, lien each one Of US ge a such happiness out Ol his or her own work. The successful way in which Mr, Marshall is getting co-operation from the Itrass Shop is mainly due to the above stated facts tor one can only work efficiently when happy and contented. The welfare work that is already under way such as a Rest Kooin for the female operatives, the Lunch Room, hasehall team and Shop Hand as well as the welfare work still to he carried out all prove Mr. Marshall's theory that one can only realize happiness when contented With the work at hand. Mr Charles R, Marshall was horn in Roches- ter, N. II.. on January II. 1SS4. At the ar,e of three his parents moved to Portsmouth and he has lived here ever since. The Yard can well feel proud Of Mr, Marshall as he is a product of the Navj Yard itself so he says for he learned his trade on the Yard and has grown with the Yard, In 1901 he was accepted as a successful candi- date in a competitive examination for apprentices ami in 1906 received a diploma after having ser- ved his time in the steam engineering department. For awhile Mr. Marshall was employed hy the Porter-Whidden Co, of East Boston, on marine engine experimental work, lie then went to the United shoe Machinery Co. of Beverly, Mass., where he was employed in the automatic screw machinery department In Julj 1908 he again came to the Yard as a journeyman and has been here ever since, a period of twelve years, in his examinations for Leading man and Quartorinan Mr. Marshall was always near the head of the list. Mr. Marshall was appointed a Leadingman Machinist in Sepi 1910 and Quarter- man in 1914 and on March 28, 1918 lie was ap- pointed Acting Foreman of the Machine Shop i Electrical i . His hobby and source of amusement is his automobile and he says that if one wishes to relax pn perly after a hard days' work all ho needs is an automobile, it is the editor's understanding that this is essentially correct provided the car causes no trouble Mr. Marshall wishes to have a democratic shop ami his aim is to deal fairly with everyone and to have those competent get their just rewards. A PLEDGE J. L. Price That my after years bs unmortgaged to regrets and rrows and "what might have been." That I :i> iv felly share in the bounties of life, That 1 an I mine maj lead a cleaner life, a more fruitful life, a happier life. i PLEDGE MYSELF To always think of my Own safety and of the safety of my fellow men. LIFE BUOY 12 To keep my eyes open for unsafe conditions and to take proper measures for their remedy. To keep the machinery I work with and the tools I work with in good order. To wear goggles whenever there is a chance of an eye injury. To attend at once to the most trivial injuries that I may sustain, whether in the plant or in the home. To he helpful to my fellow man, especially to the new man; to show him his work can be done properly and safely. To be orderly in my habits. To lead a clean life, physically and morally. To keep my temper. To make allowances for the "other man's" weak- nesses. To consider the day lost in which I failed to Improve either myself, or my home, or my work. To be cheerful, hopeful, useful, careful. To be a loyal employe of the Company for whom I work. To be a loyal citizen of the United States of America. THE UNSEEN GUARDIAN By Will Aiken My aim is help for all mankind And my job is ages old, I've played my part, since Adam was And the Eden tale was told; To me men turn where danger looms — And they never turn in vain! For with my aid they're spared so much Of tears and grief and pain Because of me no widow weeps Nor mourns a helpmeet dead; No mother waits her son in vain, No orphans' tears are shed From birth to death, but give me though) And I shall see man through; I ask of him no sordid gold My duty freely do. Man sees me not, and yet he knows I'm ever at his side; Though he delve deep 'neath old Earth's crust I'm there, whate'er betide. I care not where his duty calls, On land, on sea, in air, I throw about poor mortal man My ever watchrul care. I've done my bit since dawn of Time To lessen Death's grim toll. I write the names of heroes high On Fame's eternal scroll. My only plea: Give me a chance, And Fate may do Its worst; I serve Mankind, and I conserve- For I am Safety First! SAFETY RULES FOR ELECTRICIANS 1. Employees engaged In handling of electri- cal circuits are sometimes exposed to hazardous conditions and it is urged that they cultivate the habit of being very caution 2. Rubber gloves should be used whenever the work is hazardous. However, do not rely upon them for absolute protection. Rubber gloves should be kepi clean ami free from grease. .'!. Always assume that all circuits are ground- ed and properly insulate your body against all wires. 4. Never work alone whenever it is necessary to t;i|i a live wire or when working in the vicinity of live parts. 5. As far as possible use only one hand when working about electrical circuits and switches. 6. Never work on circuits with sleeves rolled up. 7. Never trust the insulation on n wire for protect ion from a shock. 8. Switches should be left wide open when In the open position and fully closed when in the Closed position, 9. When working on lamp circuits be sure that you are well insulated from the ground and ' I bat the lamp circuit is open In. Do not cut the ends of wires and leave them exposed. Always see that the ends are well Insulated. STRAINS. A strain is caused by lifting something which is loo heavy or when lifting in a cramped position 'I lie strain almost always occurs when the man knows the thing he is going to lift is too heavy for him. He then braces all his muscles and seizing the thing to be lifted gives a sudden contraction of I be lift ing muscles. The first result of strain is pain and sudden weakness. Later the pain becomes dull and the weakness more marked so that the patient cannot use the affected muscles at all. The best way to avoid strains is when about to lift something heavy to first try it slowly. You can then see if it. is easily within your strength; if it is not, get someone to help you. SPRAINS. A sprain is caused by a wrench or similar In- jury which stretches or tears the ligaments of a 13 LIFE BUOY loin Swages, Batters, tullers, breaking-down tools The best thing for a sprained ioln( Is rest. and tools of various other kinds are frequently The nexl best thing is heat struck Bledge-hammer blows wherebj the heads of if you sprain your ankle or knee try to gel these respective tools are reduced to a burred con home without using the leg any more than la neces- dIUon. Ultimately, these burred projections will sarj By off and n is purely a matter of guess relative to Remember that a sprain is a serious thing and whether ot not Borne one Is Injured. Tools with the joint should be given a good rest and when used burred heads should be dressed or discarded as soon be supported bj .1 bandage, and adhesive plaster aa possible. straps or it will bo weak lor a long time. Suitable clothing especially good shoos Bhould Soak the ankle In as hoi water us you can be worn tor torn clothing may becomecaught In the bear tor half an hour and go to bed. machinery such us the trimming presses, etc . The same treatment Bhould be uaed for sprain whereas run down shoos cause tripping and Btumbl 01 anj Joint, applying hoi clothes where the joint ing accidents. 1 annot ho put Into hot « ater, DAYLIGHT. HUNT'S FOR WELDERS For four long years the Allies have been travel- DON'Tj drop or give oxygen tanks severe | ng tta.ru a tunnel with the Brm and Bteadfast resolu- knocks, lion that they ultimately would Bee daylight DON'T; oil or lubricate oxygen tank valves, That time is now at hand una ii behooves us regulators or any tank parts that are in contact : ,n to Bee thai wo do not get pushed back into the wiiii oxygen tunnel, in reality it is up to us to gel as tar away DON'Tj sot oxygen or acetylene tanks in the from the tunnel as possible. >tot sun or in a place where the temperature maj w,. Ml ,w have :;ooii news and are regaining exceed 90 degrees P more confidence than wo have had for Borne time, DON'T face oxygen or acetylene gages, when u u1 we should uol allow ourselves to forget thai the opening tank valves. job is not over. We are fighting for the right ami DON'T; open oxygen or acetylene tank valves, teel confident thai the God of righteousness win see before Brsl releasing tension on regulating springs ua through, bul wo still probabl] have troublesome by unscrewing regulating screw. times to meet DON'T; 1 « iiii t torch before being positive that Only a short time ago we were hoping that wo r.asos are properl] connected and that connections could hold the Germans, now we are on the offensive and hoses are tight. Watch for leaks. and have taken the Initiative. This turning point DON'Tj weld or cut before adjusting gofCRles m ,,y ho attributed directly to the entrance of our to your oyos. You have only one pair of eyes ami American army for the morale effect on the French cannot get a now sot so ho careful of thom. all ,i English has been wonderful. Moreover, our GAS CHARGING sr.\ri(>\ troops have proved their mettle ami are the equal of Smoking, carrying of lighted cigarettes, strik- any troops in the world. in:-, of matches, carrying of lighted torches or any Despite the good news ana the gain in con- naked Bame is strictly forbidden in or around the Bdence wo Bhould nol allow ourselves to gel over Gas Charging station Extreme care should ho ex- confident The nexl Liberty Loan Bhould ho backed ercised so that no spark from friction or otherwise harder than ever ana should other Red cross, v. M may occur. c \ or k of c. drives i>o deemed advisable they Persons other than those designated to operate also Bhould ho Btrongly supported generator ana compressor must keep out of lias Charging Station. TVYKXTY 1'HTll ANN1YKRSARY On Ug. 1. 1918, Mr. laron 11 Brackett, ot SMITH SHOP HAZARDS. Kittery, completed his 26th anniversary as an em- Smith Shop employees are subject to the ployee of this navy vara. His follow employees In danger of sparks flying from hot metal. Although the Industrial Department presented him for this a smith usually taps the bar of iron before hammer occasion, with $20 in gold. Mr. Brackett's ions;. ing it ana In order to knock off the oxide, there is faithful service was further rewarded by the In often produced a shower of sparks which may burn dustrial Manager, who granted him an Increase In the skin or sot tiro to the clothing. salary. IJFK BUOY 14- h PICKED UP IN THE YAW. the iiNtm rnf «E_iL«viLflNT nook. Mftl/f DP \ j , ,,.i| «NMir-.in.' Ury'iKM ;■ POSHIW.'fl < TUf HID 7H/JO DUN (at I UNO IN HIS Li Cft 5 Tht&OYSIN'dO /\RI. GITTING US£0 jo C/6/IK5 WOW. HOVJ 17 LOlMb TO A 5TRHN61R AB007 y. 3 1 "yOU DIDN'f DROP yoURCHftK t Hij noon : /WONDER . WHY ? ^A POPULAR Ml 53 IN A POPULAR SHOP. 15 LIFE BUOY WOMEN'S WORK IN WAR TIME. Although "Man Power" is rightly accounted one of the decisive elements in the world war, "Woman Power" should also be not lost sight of in the tremendous conflict now raging. As we ourselves are now becoming short of "Man Power" to fill our industrial ranks it is only natural that the huge reservoir of latent human energy in women should be utilized to the best ad- vantage. What Europe has achieved and what mis- takes Europe has made are today of keen interest to us, now that we are facing a steadily growing shortage of labor. Universal tribute should be paid to both the spirit and the capacity of the women workers in war time for their zeal and deftness are subjects of general comment. In our own shops particularly the Electrical Machine Shop, Sheet Metal Shop and Spar Shop, women are being trained to fill the places of men called to war and to release men for other more important war work. As matters are now shaping themselves, female operatives will soon be placed in other shops. In England (according to Dr. Addison former Minister of Munitions), "The widespread employ- ment of women has been attended with singularly little difficulty for from 60 per cent to SO per cent of the machine work on shells, fuses and trench warfare supplies is now performed by women." In that women are to be employed more and more on work in this yard because of the impossi- bility of getting men it is necessary to briefly point out a few of the issues deemed extremely vital. The advisability of a change in dress to a bloomer costume is most necessary for three reasons ( 1 I Economy. (2) Sanitation, (3) Safety. Women of today insist upon wearing flowing skirls, flimsy shirt waists and impracticable footwear. All this must be eliminated if "safety first" and "cleanli- ness" are to be our modern Mottoes. A demonstration of blouses and bloomerettes was held at each shop recently under the direction of the Safety Engineer and it is hoped that each female operative will govern herself to the point where she will procure a change of garment. In that the footwear now worn by most of our female operatives is impracticable and unsafe it is requested that serviceable footwear be procured. Shoes with high heels are extremely dangerous and the wearing of the same must ultimately cause serious tripping and stumbling accidents. The following notice has been issued to each female operative now working on the Yard and a similar one will be issued to each new female opera- tive coming to work on the Yard: NOTICE Employment of Female Operatives. Cognizant of the fact that women and girls are more or less susceptible to possible injuries un- less properly instructed the following notice has been issued and it is hoped that each female opera- tive will govern herself accordingly. 1. It is recommended that all female opera- tives, who are working at machines or in the close proximity of machinery, should have their hair done up tightly, be well secured and preferably con- fined by a tight-fitting cap of close net or a hair net or some other suitable and efficient material. 2. Close-fitting overalls or bloomerettes that completely cover the dress should bs purchased and worn —the said overalls to fasten at the side or back and to include sleeves buttoned or otherwise secured at their ends. 3. Belts should be changed by a male super- visor and not by the ordinary operative. 4. Under no circumstance should machines be cleaned while running or in motion. 5. Rings, bracelets, wrist watches and other jewelry should not be worn while at work for they may be caught in belts, gears or other parts of the machinery and cause serious if not fatal accidents. 6. If you do not understand the functioning of the machine do not 1)3 afraid to ask questions, fur it is better to be safe than sorry. 7. Proficiency in work is gained only by ex- perience and practice, consequently apply yourself to your work diligently and carefully. S. An investigation is being made relative to determining just what overalls are the most practi- cable and serviceable. Address by Privatk Lk Fay Address made by Private Le Fay. 14th United States Engineers, at Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 1 1th. 1918. I wan' to make a few remarks before telling you of my experiences over there. I came back here, not as a speaker, but through th channels of the hospital, six hospitals in France and three in America, and this is not my line — I am a plumber. I went away over a year ago with the Ameri- can Engineers. We were all over town in New ^i (lie for two days before we sailed on liberty and I wrote heme and told my foil s the name of the vessel and when we were going to sail. A few days L1FF. BUOY ic or a week after that one of the Boston papers pub- lished the news that the ship I was on had been sunk, the ship carrying American Engineers. Of course all the people who had relatives and friends on this boat were worried about it. There they were, the people at home, worrying about us, and we were on the ship enjoying the trip under the best of conditions and with the greatest convoy on earth. The only ones doing any worrying were the people back home. The only worrying we were doing was that we wouldn't see a sub to give the boys a chance to get them. After we landed in England the first thing I did was to send a cablegram home. I went up to the station to send the message and the man in charge there was an old man and I asked him if he could get the message off for me. He said, "My boy, I have got two sons over there and when I hear from them I am pleased, so you bet I will send the message for you." I sent the message at 8 o'clock Sunday night and at 11 o'clock that same Sunday night the folks back here got my message and the following morning it was published in the Boston Post. There are some who say that England isn't doing her bit. I want to tell you boys that England is doing her part. Every man, woman and child in England is doing their bit to win the war. The things we saw in England were enough to tear your hearts out. On every hand you had the war brought home to you. You go to any town or city and you do not see the women wearing the bright colors and dresses that you do here. In England they are all in black, and when we marched in Eng- land the reople all cried out— Come on Sammy, give us a smile, and I want to tell you our hearts went out to them. In every city and town of any size they have their hospitals crowded with sick and wounded and everybody has felt this war. Here in this Country the people don't realize yet that there is a war. You go to the different beaches and different hotels and cafes and the proprietors all tell you they are making more money than ever before. I tell you the people don't realize we are at war, except those who have brothers, sons and dear ones in the army; they are the ones who real- ize it, but those who have not do not think about it; they figure because the Government is sending over men in uniform that is all that is required. They are waiting for their turn, but I want to tell you that is not enough, that the whole country is at war, that every man, woman and child in America is fighting Germany, that it is just as much your war as it is our war. PRIVATE LE FAY While I was in England I had liberty in town and I had a pass to stay until 10:35 at night. Just think of it, if some of your dear ones has a few hours off here in America you only wish they had a few hours more when the time is up for them to go, but in England, while I had a pass to stay in London until 10:35 at night I took a train at 6 o'clock back to this camp because of the sights one sees, men with their arms and legs gone and other- wise wounded, and I would have taken one sooner if I could have got one. Those are the things that impress you more than anything. I remember see- ing many wounded on outings on which they take these men, and one in particular comes back to me of a small boat going up the Thames with a party of these men on an outing; there were forty men in this party and in those forty soldiers there were only thirty-five arms and legs. Those are the things to see that make you realize that we are at war. 17 LIFE l;U(,Y After a short stay in England we sailed for France. We received gas instructions for two days and then went right up behind the lines. While we were going over we were all afraid that it would be all over before we got there and we could not get there fast enough; and that is the feeling that prevails in America today, but I want to tell you that it is wrong; we are going to lick them but it is going to take some time and everybody has got to do their bit, each and every one of you here in the Country; the boys over there are all doing their's. When we were given gas instruction we were instructed in the use of two helmets, one the box respirator and the P. H. helmet. You have from four to five seconds to get on those masks and the men can get them on in three or four. The mask is hung in front of you and when the gas signal comes the mask goes on over your head and covers your face and you pinch in your nose and breath through a tube. After we had gas instruction we were sent right up behind the lines and relieved the Royal Engineers; we took over positions that they were operating for supplying their lines and bringing up ammunition and supplies. We met all kinds of men there and from all the colonies. The Scotch- men are called the "Jocks;" the Englishmen "Tommys;" and we are called "Sammys." I wish I could tell you the feeling and spirit that those men have. I remember in talking to one Scotchman he told me — "Sammy, when you get your gun in your hand and you meet a German, the only thin 1 ; to give him is to stick him, and when you stick him he will grunt just like a pig," and he says, "when they get down on their knees and put their hands up in the air and holler 'mercy comrade,' why stick them and hear them grunt. Sammy, if you ever turn your back on one of them when they do that, he will stick a bayonet or a knife in." I want to tell you that these Scotchmen are all won- derful men. Once when we were bringing up ammunition for the Lewis guns and bringing clown the wounded, we had some of the Scotchmen to handle. There was one fellow who was wounded and he said to me — "Sammy, give us a fag,'' and I gave it to him and I noticed that he was all battered up. Then he looked at me and my pants were tore away at the leg, and he says — "Sammy, you would make a good man in kilts, you have a fine pair of knees on you." I tell you that just to show you the wonderful spirit of those men, even when they are badly hurt. You hear a lot about sunny France and I want to tell you about that— over there we found that the sun shines for about five minutes every day. Plenty of the men are working under awful condi- tions and every one of them is doing his duty and a lot of them are doing more than they are supposed to do. In our own regiment about a dozen of the boys went up to the front line trenches and went over the top with a raiding party and brought back a few German prisoners. They are not called on to do that but that just shows the spirit of the men. Another thing that you hear a lot about is that the Germans are wonderful fighters. At Cam- brai about 160 of our men met them; we had no ammunition, were without guns, nothing but sticks and bricks to fight back at the big yellow quitters, and yet the Germans ran away from us. Just think over the war, think over the preparation Germany has been making all these years and how Belgium. France and England have gone in without this pre- paration and have held them. At some places they have made dugouts 65 feet deep in the ground, and the Allies have not only held them but have driven them out of these places and driven them back. Think of all the methods of frightfulness that Ger- many has used. Why in twenty minutes 17,000 Canadians were gassed to death; can you imagine that? Think over these things and then you will see those wonderful fighters. Why in some of the German front line trenches we found over forty women and children who had been killed and muti- lated. They also make it a habit of dropping bombs on Sundays on churches and places of worship. Then there are the hospitals, which on all four sides have large mounds with a large red cross on them; it is just like advertising these places to the Ger- mans, because they make it a practice to keep bom- barding and dropping their bombs on them. I wish you would think of those things when you feel like letting up and that it would spur you on to doing your best. We are all doing our bast over there. Over here when you get through work you know your supper is going to be ready for you and when you go to bed you know you won't have to get up until the alarm goes off in the morning. I have been out there time and time again and laid down on a nice soft board or a nice piece of soft concrete and after lying down there probably ten or fifteen minutes we would have to get up and go to work again. In fact some of our crew is going up to the front all the while. The lines we are laying are not toy lines, but they are doing wonderful work with them and the boys are right up there with them all the time. As fast as a rail is blown out or destroyed we have another to put right back into place, and we are LIFE BUOY 18 going all the time. At Cambrai we were bringing up ammunition and bringing down the wounded. We were following up the New York Engineers and they were striking ahead of us. One of the trucks came off the track and we had orders to leave it there. One of the English Officers said never mind that truck, leave it. Our Sergeant said we brought that truck up and we are going to take it back, and wc did, and they took me back with it, because those gas shells came over and I didn't get my mask on soon enough. I don't remember much about it. It is something that I could not describe; it seems to me as if it was like breathing ammonia as strong as your lungs will take it and that is all I remem- ber, but it is something that I shall never forget. I would not be here now but for the wonderful work of the Red Cross, they are the ones that have brought me here. I have been in a number of state3 and around lots of places and you hear that same old bumcomb about the Red Cross. A corn- men story is about some woman going into a store and buying socks or a sweater that somebody else knitted for the Red Cross. There are all kinds of such yarns spreading throughout the Country, and there is nothing to it but German Propaganda; they are the ones who are spreading these yarns. I want to say for the boys over there that the Red Cross is doing a wonderful work for all of them. We don't want you all in the Army or Navy because if everybody got in the Navy or Army how- would the boys get the stuff over there. Just re- member you have got to do your share here. Stand back of the boys who are over. Keep on your job every minute, just as if you were working for your own brother, because we are all brothers over there. There were two fellows together and they were talking and I started to walk in between them, when I asked them if they wanted to be together and one of them said — "Boy, we are all together now." We are all together. Everybody in America are soldiers; you are soldiers, we are soldiers, and we have all got to do our bit, and when I stand here and see you all and think of our flag and what it means I feel like taking a pledge and I want you all to take a pledge to our flag; what do you say? (And every man and woman in the audience took' the pledge.) H', oiio H\ND3 PLEDGED TO UNCLE SAM 19 LIFE BUOY BASEBALL LEAGUE. On Monday, July 29, the opening game of the Navy Yard League was auspiciously started when some 7 5 employees of the Yard attended the open- ing game. A parade headed by the Naval Band from the cruiser North Carolina started at the Shipfitter's Shop and gradually grew in size as it passed shop after shop on the way to the baseball diamond near the Naval Prison. The delegation from the Electri- call Shop was extierr.ely noticfable for some 300 girls all carrying the American flag helped to make the day a memorable one. At exactly 4.45 our popular Industrial Man- ager, Mr. L. S. Adams, pitched the first ball and the game and league was on. The teams who drew the fortunate numbers to play the opening game were the Shipfitters Shop and the Electrical Machine Shop. Although the game was somewhat one sided it was nevertheless interesting. The pitching of Doll for the Ship.ltteis Shop and Abrams for the Electrical Machine Shop was well worth going a long way to see. Umpire Barker, Asst. Paymaster, was in his prime and um- pired an exceptionally fine game. INDUSTRIAL MANAGER L. S The line up and score of the opening game as follows: ELECTRICAL SHOP AB BH PO A R 2 Hackney cf Crowley 3b Golden ss McLawr if Connors « Haley lb Stackpole It Abrams p P-ay 2 b Total A 1 2 1 1 ADAMS. TOSSING THE FIRST BALL vas Fontaine 3b 2 2 McLaughlin rf 2 2 1 Owen cf 2 o Doll p 2 2 2o Morrow If Vreeland lb Kelley 2b Ellis ss Murrav c 14 2 12 5 SHIPFITTER'S SHOP AB BH PO A 3 1 R 1 1 1 1 E 1 Total 22 3 12 fi 10 2 Innings 12 3 4 Electrical 1 o o 0—1 Shipfitters o 5 5-10 Struck out by Doll, S; by Abrams, 7; Stolen bases, Pray 2, Crowley; Sacrifice hits, Golden, Doll; Base on balls, Abrams 2, Doll 0; Umpire, Barber. DUST FROM THE DIAMOND. On July 31st the teams representing the Foundry and Building Trades crossed bats at Prison Dia- mond No. 1, when the former won due to a forfeit because the Building Trades played an outside player. Were it not for this fact the Building Trades would have received the credit in the League standing, for they actually won the game by the score of 2 to 1. LIFE BUOY 20 Score by innings 12 3 4 5 Building Trades 10 10 — 2 Foundry 10 — 1 Batteries — Building Trades, Miller p, Fellows c; Foundry. Marsh p, Mercer c. At Diamond No. 2 the Boat Shop crossed bats with the Spar Shop, and the game resulted in a tie, 8-8 Score by innings 12 3 4 Boat Shop 2 4 2—8 Spar Shop G 1 1 — S We must do our share to make this Loan a success, and that means that every man and woman on the Yard must be interested in it and must work for it. What's your answer? R. P. SCHLABACH, Shop Supt. FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN. The campaign tor the fourth Liberty Loan will start Sept. 2Sth and end Oct. 19th. At this writing the amount and terms are not known, but it is probable that the interest will be the same as on the last loan. What is the Portsmouth Navy Yard going to do? What is the minimum we shall set? We now have practically 5000 employees in the yard. Is half a million dollars too high to set the minimum? I do not believe so. Are we going to let any other Yard beat Ports- mouth this time? I do not think so. What do you think? This Yard has had three vigorous cam- paigns, while other Yards did not wake up until the last Loan. It is natural some of the other Yards should go ahead of us last time, as we had had two hard drives before and they had not; but this time we are starting on more even terms and I expect to see Portsmouth head the list. I want to make a suggestion relative to this drive. Let us form a "Win-the-War" club in the Yard, and let each shop form a local club. Every employee who owns a Liberty Bond should be eligi- ble for membership. The initiation fee should be accompanied by signing a pledge that the "candi- date will devote his best efforts toward winning the war; that he will be regular in attendance to work; that he will offer encouragement and help to new employees and that he will help in every reasonable way to keep up production." The dues should be the fulfillment of the pledge. One of the first duties of the Club can be in helping to make this Liberty Loan a success. Let each shop club elect a Loan Commutes, whose duties shall be to see every employee in the shop and try to have each one buy one or more Liberty Bonds as they are able. Each committee should elect a chairman who will be a member of the Cen- tral Committee which shall have general charge of the drive. The Shop Superintendent's office will assist in every way possible, and a representative will meet with the Central Committee. WITH THE COLORS. June 14, 191S. Dear friends in the Boat Shop:- We have done a lot of traveling from place to place, but have settled down for a while. Morgan is at another base but Godfrey, Hooper and Little- field are at the same base that I am at. Every- where I go I find a nice Y. M. C. A. it is wonderful the way they have worked to make things comforta- ble and homelike for the men. Tell the boys to loosen up when the Y. M. C. A. or Red Cross ask for help, they would be willing to give a whole lot to both if they had only been in the service awhile, they don't know what it is to sacrifice for their country. It meant a lot of sacri- fice for me to come and I am glad that I came. I felt that it was my duty to come and I feel better because I did. I hope that you are building a lot of boats now. I saw one of the Portsmouth 3 5 footers a few days ago, she certainly looked natural. I am at a nice place and we get good chow we have got a great cook here. Write when you can. Richard C. Wildes, C. M. IC. Whiddy Island. Ireland Care Postmaster New York. P. S. Iiemember me to the boys. Hooper is as pretty as ever. "LIFE WISDOM." "Count always your brightest moments your truest moments." — Phillips Brooks. "If you want to be miserable think about yourself." — Chas. Kingsley. "Get thy tools ready; God will find the work." — Browning. "Do the duty that lies nearest thee; the next is already clearer." — Carlyle. "The only helpless people in the world are the lazy." — Gen. Armstrong. "You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must forge and hammer yourself into one." — Fronde. "They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three." — Lowell. 21 LIFE BUOY "No life can be pure in its purpose and strong been complaining of a headache this week. in its strife and all life not be purer and stronger thereby." — Owen Meredith. We never know for what Cod is preparing us in his schools, for what work on earth, for what work hereafter, our business is to do our work well in the present place, whatever thai may be. — L. Abbott. How "Colonel" Leavitt's wife makes such good sugar Cookies in war times? Why "Abbie Ka-bibble" comes up stairs so often? (Weil Abbie we heard her say you were cute, so now's your chance. strike while the iron is hot!) Who took Miss Carney's picture the other noon-time? SUPPLY DEPARTMENT .lust because we haven't been represented heretofore, we want it understood that we are in favor of the Life Buoy and will furnish notes in the future. Five new yeowomen from Boston came into the office this week. Mr. and Mrs William Burns returned this week from a trip to their camp at Oxford, Maine. The Misses Pauline Hobbs, Nellier Call, and Mildred lleeney are planning to spend the first two weeks of September at a girl's camp located near Roxbury, Vt. Una Badger has been appointed assistant to Leon Bobbins. I ' is the wish of all the office force that she be successful in her new work. Work in the Supply Department seems to be ever in- creasing, for nearly every morning we see new desks moved in. Doris Kaula has returned from a week's vacation spent at her Uncle's summer home in New Ipswich, Mass. Assistant Paymaster Harvey Knight has reported aboard the U. S. S. North Carolina for duty. He will be greatly missed in the Supply Department. His many friends wish him the best of luck in his new field of work. WE WONDER: If "Colonel" Leavitt will look the same when he re- turns from New York. We know you love the chickens, "Colonel", but we think you're all right just the same. Who will be the next victim to fall under's Neighbor's hypnotic charm? Who's little heart he is breaking now? If Roland Shaw ever thinks about the girls in the Supply Department? If Eddie will fit as strong as Roland did? What is the best thing to remove sea sand from the hair? Why Ernest Saunders prefers Kittery Point to Kittery. Carmine is prettj nice. We don't blame you much. What kind of powder the new Boston girls use? "Calamity Jane" and several of the office boys have ANVIL SPARKS. \ ET TO BE SOLVED Is it his winning ways or his pocket book? Why Maurice goes to Exeter only on stormy days? What Walter Fernald does with the Elastic Hands he borrows on pay days? How's the weather in Barre. Walter? The girls in the Office wonder if Levine ever has a Pipe Dream. Do the Twins keep you walking. Daddy? Does Levine get lost in the fog every morning? All off the beach at L0.30, Koekendorf. Dixon. Sherburne. Old chillies bought and sold by Frank Morse and Happy Armstrong. Sweaters a specialty. Prank LinsCOtt has purchased a new horse, the last one was too fast for him. Eddie Hammond has decided to walk rather than ride with Howard Dixon. Cap. Lem is still waiting for a new chair. If the girls at Salisbury will make Bill go home early he will be able to get up Sunday Morning. Elmer Riley and Jack Chapman went to Bos- ton recently but we can't seem to find out whether it was for business or pleasure. Some of our boys would be better off if they kept away from Newcastle. Ray Brackett has certainly made a hit with the girls at York Beach. Koekendorf says he should worry about the new Salisbury law. He thinks the girls are more lovable at Hampton. A record of 35 years in the Smith Shop is held by .Mr. George Mcintosh. Mr. Mclnlosh is a vereran of the Civil War and although not young enough to soldier in this war he is doing his soldiering at the hammer. At the time he began his work on the yard there were no steam hammers, all work being done by sledges. Mr. Mcintosh is now rated as a Hammer Runner and hi' is an expert at the work. Earle Jones reports that Married lite is all that it is said to be and then some. TAKE A HANDFUL OF EASTMAN KODAK! FILMS FOR YOUR TIME OFF, ALL SIZES AT MONTGOMERY'S opp.p.o. THE ORIGINAL KODAK: STORE L Meats of the better kind Fish always strictly fresh Vegetables from local farmers Canned goods of a high quality PRICES as low as possible What more can you ask? Shaw's Cash Market 18 Pleasant St. - - - Portsmouth N. H. Formerly CLARK'S BRANCH "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" L'.'{ LIFE BUOY SEEN THROUGH THE PERISCOPE. Austin A. Googins, our fair stenographer, is ;il that popular watering-place, Old Orchard, for three weeks. Dennis Carey is now at the Syracuse Recruit Camp, where he is getting accustomed to the numerous thrills of the Army. We hear that he is the keystone-sacker for the camp baseball team. The following men have returned from their vacations; J. E. Borden, who has been summering around the favorite resorts of Maine and New Hampshire; H. F. Downing, who pulled some of that cave-man stuff at some one of Joe Knowles places way down in Maine; E. G. Kittredge, who delved into the wild haunts of Portland and vicinity. Billy Miller is now in New York, where it is likely that he is putting in quite a little of his time with h's new acquisition, we wonder what it is II O. Farrington is now confined to his home with a broken arm. which is the result of the back- firing of his pet fire-buggy. (F. N. Staten has been confined to his horn?) with a severe attack of tonsilitis. S. E. Wendell has been transfered from the Machinist's gang to the Submarine Drafting Room. F. S. Snow. E. C. Kimble. K. Y. Wu and L. W. Ball have gone out for a respite of two weeks. SOME OF THOSE VACATION ECHOES: "We had a good time but I broke a rear axle." — Hay ward. "The cracks in the wall are caused by internal stresses, are they not?"— Ray. "Bing, bang, biff! The Minneapolis Thunder- bolt has arrived." — Guggisberg. "I got a flat tire, but I ran on the magneto.'' — Scheirer. "They wanted me to stay and take the position of Chief Draftsman, but- — ," — "Red" Newton. "That was some other Pinkham that eloped to Bath and got married, not me." — Pinkham. "I put in quite a little time fooling around with the kid." — Zislin. Just a few "WE WONDERS" — Why Scheirer and Guggy took an auto ride to Boston on the night of August 11. Why it is that Hayward is still as tardy as ever. If Potter is just as satisfied that the Mrs. has not come back as yet. If some one has been kidding Colliton and Robinson, just ask Hales and Max. Why Downing is so worried about the tax on three-cent stogies. If Scriven has hocked his flivver to buy that sparkler. What kind of a combination this Zislin-Coffin team is. Why Coffin is so anxious to get into the service. Maybe some fair Physce has got after him. If Kimble is indulging in that national pastime of garden calisthenics. E. J. Proehl has been made Progressman, both in the Drafting room and in the shiphouse. C. P. Yeomans is now a land-owner in the beautiful metropolis of Kittery Point. A. V. Curtis, our Chief Draftsman, is again back at the helm, and it is with genuine pleasure that we welcome him back in our midst, for his presence with us assures all the men of such un- limited confidence. Lieut. Commander J. W. Lewis has added to his resources, a horseless-carriage, which he un- doubtedly will carry in the Central Operating Com- partment of the S-3, for land-foraging. During the absence of Austin, Miss Brennan and Miss Chamberlain of the Industrial Department are officiating at the Underwood. Before leaving to join the draft army, Carey spent three weeks in the Catskill Mountains, look- ing over the selected stock in that region. C. B. Steen of Elmira, N. Y., accompanied Scheirer back here, and was for a while employed in the weight department, but has returned to Elmira. The Drafting Room Poet contributes the fol- lowing ditty: IF If Kaiser Bill should happen 'round. This Navy Yard of ours What could we do to help him spend A few instructive hours? We'd make him run the gauntlet thru A hail of molten lead. And put him at a naming forge. To work till he dropped dead. We'd crucify his carcass on A bed of rivets hot. To burn the curse out of his soul. Which has such havoc wrought. But we're adverse to torture's stain. And Blasphemy so low. And all those wicked tricky wiles That he is wont to show. Of Kultur we know not a thing. And selfishness as well; Bui when it comes to discipline. We sure could give him H . "A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned" We can help you save a good many pennies on HOUSE FURNISHINGS See Mr. WOOD 99 Penhallow St. Portsmouth, N. H. THE "BUSY CORNER" STORE But Never Too Busy To Fill Your Prescriptions and Fill Them Right OUT OF TOWN* PATRON& ARE WELCOME TO WAIT FOR THE CAR AT OUR HOUSE BENJAMIN GREEN THE DRUGGIST INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION LOWEST RATES BEST FORMS C E. TRAFTON 35 Pleasant St. Opposite Post Office YOU AUGHT TO KNOW DENNET and McXARTHVS IS THE RKST PLACE TO BUY Overalls, Shirts, Hosiery USE GAS F~OR LIGHTING, HEATING AND COOKING PORTSMOUTH GAS CO- ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE YORK BEACH, MAINE and THE GOLDENROD Clam Chowder, Lobsters, Ice Cream, Candies, Soda, Cigars, and Home Bakery. Home of the famous Goldenrod Kisses, over 13 ton sold last summer. Made fresh every day except Sunday. A pound box mailed any place in New England for 46c. BROOKS MOTOR SALES PORTSMOUTH, FORD SERVICE NEW HAMPSHIRE FullS BrOS. Men's and Boys' Shoes Fine Shoe Repairing congress st. tel. con. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE RITOY' 25 LIFE BUOY UNIQUE ENTERPRISE. A very unique enterprise was started in huild- [ng No. 89 Outside Machine Shop, recently for a candy counter has been opened. The profits real- ized from the sale of the candy will he given to the Red Cross and other charities. It is our understanding that the profits real- ized from a month's business amounted to nearly $ 2 7 r> . This is indeed a creditable showing and one we hope will be kept up. The credit for starting this enterprise should be given to Mr. Fred Hayes. Foreman of the Outside -Machine Shop, and to Mr. B. J. Ferrin. HAVE YOU? Have you been to the Lodge of the "Has Beens" In I lie slumbering town of "Slow," Where the pessimist howls, And the knocker growls. And the winds of misery blow ! They live on the memories of "I'sed to He." And their password is "What's the Use?" It would make you sick If yen heard them kick. For they scatter some rank abuse. They meet in the hall room of "Any Place." On the street called "Nothing to Me." Where the leaves have fled And the limbs are dead. On the tree of Fraternity. If you've never been to the Lodge of "Grouch." In the valley of "1 don't Care," Don't show your face In the dismal place. For you'll never be happy there. .lust measure yourself by the "Has Been" rule. And see about where you stand. Then shake off the dust. And the "I'sed to Be" rust. And hustle to beat the band. — Universal Engineer. TIN PAN CLIPPINGS. Women wanted equal rights. They are getting them here at the sheet metal shop alright. When are the Bloomerettes going to take the place of skirts? Several of the helpers and sheet metal workers have entered the school to learn shipfitting. Miss Kilgore, one of the trio in the office, has returned after several weeks' illness. Guy is waiting for the right one and then ex- pects to have as pretty a helper as any one could ask for. Chances are pretty good for either a helper or mechanic to enter the school of shipfitting un- der the present rating, and hold it until able to ob- tain a rating as shiptitter. driller, chipper and canker or many other ratings carrying a good in- crease in pay. Have you bought your W. S. S. for this month? If not. better get it on the fifteenth and you will not miss the cash so much as on a six day pay. Many new faces are appearing every morning and every noon; both male and female. Fred Remick the veteran in the galvanizing shop expects to ha\e a female operator for a helper before long. Hasn't he found those stubbs yet. Mary? The writer saw Miss Murphy smile the other day. must have received a letter from over there. CASTINGSTVND MOULDS. Our girls from the shipping room do like to be seen with those heartbreakers from the pattern shop. They sure made a big splash at the Kittery lawn party, regardless of the rain. Have has registered as instructor of females in moulding during the noon hour. Thomas, you certainly make a fine water boy. Keep it up. The scenery on the Piscataq.ua as seen from Portsmouth bridge from 10 to 11 P. M. in a thunder storm with the draw raised, is very beautiful. Ask Mr. Connors about it. Has anybody seen the Dodge brothers out ( chicken i hunting lately in their new auto? We are sorry to have you leave us. John Tucker, but we wish you the best of luck. Our shopmate and Foundry fashion plate is unable to purchase white silk collars in our little burg. Tough luck, Gladys. Pan seems to like a (plump) girl. Wonder if she weighs a (ton). How about it D? How hot does it have to be to make Gould take off that coat? Last week's hot wave didn't affect him a bit. Ask Edna why she stays out the morning after the night before. The night crew will not have to go home with a headache for Mike Kennedy is soon going to take a vacation. What a relief that will be. Mary is some elocutionist. Wonder where she gets that wonderful line. Dodge says it isn't a Dodge but a Maxwell, but Mary and Edna don't care as long as Lester is with them. Jack Keenan is developing big and fast. Tell some of us lightweights how you do it. Jack, so we can get a few more pounds. HENRY PEYSER & SON 16 TO 20 MARKET ST. For more than forty years Portsmouth's leading Store for Men's and Boys' apparel PERFECTION OIL STOVES REFRIGERATORS PORCH FURNITURE THE QUALITY STORE MARGESON BROS. Vaughn St. Telephone 570 PORTSMOUTH, N. H. FRED B COLEMAN APOTHECARY Corner Congress and Vaughn Sts. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. If you desire to buy or sell Real Estate call, telephone or write II. I. CASWELL AGENCY Congress St. TELEPHONE 478-W Portsmouth PEOPLE'S MARKET DEALERS IN BEEF, PORK & PROVISIONS COR. DANIEL AND PENHALLOW STREETS Telephone Connection Portsmouth, N. H. SINCLAIR GARAGE HORTON SERVICE Telephones 282-W 8411-M Corner Richards Ave. & Middle St. Portsmouth, N. H. S- S- TRUEMAN GENERAL CONTRACTOR TELEPHONE 651 83 Bow St. Portsmouth, N. H. JOHN O'LEARY KITTERY and NAVY YARD EXPRESS GENERAL TEAMING Tel. Con. Portsmouth, N. H. If you want to be dressed up to the Minute from head to foot in dress and work clothes come in to see LOUIS ABRAMS & CO. 38-40 Daniel St. Portsmouth, N. H. The simplest most ecomonical durable modern motor built. Valve in removable head. All valves running in oil. Leather faced cone clutch. Floating axles. 2 sizes, 4 cylinders and an eight that is snappy and pretty as any car. It has valve in removable head motor. We also have a beautiful enclosed car for $1060. OMAS. e. na/oods 51 to 60 Bow Street Portsmouth N. H. 27 LIFE BUOY We hear that Dockham's night crew baseball nine is very anxious to get a game with the day crew's team. We are ready for you, Doc, and hope you will arrange the game right away. Never mind how much the girls miss you, Tom, aeroplane service is much more exciting than office work. Ask Dick Mullaney why McPherson has to loaf so often. One of the night crew told us you were a quitter, Tom, but I think you must have had good reasons for leaving that gang and coming on days. Tough luck, Portman. when the office girls won't dance with you, but cheer up, she may not be as nice as she thinks she is. Bill Coyne rendered one of his most pleasing solos at the Kittery Lawn party recently. Thank you for your financial help to the base- ball team, boys. Now come over to the games and help to make the league a success. Tocchi we hope you will remember that the man gave you that halter to hitch the nag by. If you had thought of that the other day and not thrown it away, you would have saved yourself that trip to the grocers for a piece of clothesline. Never mind old boy but don't ever get peeved even if Frank forgets to call you at 3.30 Sunday afternoons. it LATHE TURNING CHIPS. is with sincere regrets that we announce the inability of this shop to place a team on the Navy Yard League. This shop gifted with so many meritorious players of both minor and major leagues, had a team all picked out, but owing to the great number of men on the team wTio resided at some distance from the yard, they considered it too great an inconvenience to their respective families to participate. The line-up was as follows: Charlie Dodge, Catcher. Sheldon Manning, Pitcher George Kane, (Capt.l, 1st. Base Charles Fernald, 2nd. Base Oscar Taylor, S. S. W. J. M. Hockney, 3rd. Base Joe Miner, Left Field Fred Prescott, Center Field F. A. Staples, Right Field Subs: Ross Hanscom, Charles McDaniels. Billy Noyes, Mike Leydon, Mgr. R. N. Spinney. Close followers of the national pastime will no doubt recognize many familiar names in the line-up. However, Bldg. SO wishes the league the greatest of success and patronage. THE KNIGHT OF THE CRANE AND FLIVVER Contributed John with his quaint hair lip Was all dolled up to make a hit, But, who took note of this knight of the air Surely not one of us who were there. Bill at the end of the shop did cry. At the gink in the cage of the crane on high. But John was not there, at least not in spirit. And then what Bill said, 'twas well John did not hear it. At last he awoke, and he started to go, But he couldn't get stopped when Bill shouted whoa. The windows shook, and the old building swayed And Oh! what a racket Slippery made. Now after his days work is done Out in the flivver he goes for a run, He takes all corners on the high And clips the poles as he goes by. Now a gent sold the flivver, he wanted the mon. And Eddie he bought it, 'cause his car couldn't run Then Ed sold the flivver to Slippery for cash, And the first time John drove it, he went with a smash. Mr. Joseph Waitte has returned from a vaca- tion passed at the nearby beaches. -During his ab- sence, his place was very ably filled by Mr. B. W. Burke. Mr. Burke by his willingness and attention to all details has made himself greatly liked by all whom he has come in contact with since his advent as a leather worker. Shorty Cahill says that when a man asks him to have a drink of cider and then limits him to a quart, its pretty small. Nubbins says he didn't figure on a tank with cider at $30.00 per bbl. Fred Abrams has a new watch, one of the latest type and design. It was only with the utmost difficulty that he was persuaded to leave it at home the other morning. They say that "Big Bens" are large and heavy, but "Abe" don't notice a little thing like that. When it comes to picking out mackerel Bill Bartlett can't be fooled, if you don't believe it ask Mark Boulter. Ross Hanscom has got a great habit of picking up the boys of the shop and taking them off on long automobile rides evenings, if he don't look out he is in for trouble as a great many wives have com- plained about his not bringing their husbands home until the small hours of the morning. PAGE &, SHAWS' DURANT'S MARIE SAUNDER'S AND ADAMS of BOSTON CANDIES AT ADAMS DRUG STORE ON MARKET STREET IT'S NO USE Telling you a long story about advancing prices. You know as much about it as I do. But I want to tell you that I have a large stock of CLOTHS, bought to secure old yarns and dyes, at a much lower price than they can be found today. If you need a SUIT this year BUY IT NOW. WOOD, The Tailor 15 PLEASANT ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. THE PORTSMOUTH FLOWER SHOP A. C. CRAIG, Manager FANCY CUT FLOWERS AGENT VICTOR TAI.KTXG MACHINES 4 Market Street Phone 960 PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE M. P. ALKON &, CO. DEALERS IN CHINA, CROCKERY & CLASS WARE NO- 27 MARKET ST., PORTSMOUTH. N. H. D. BOU FOR LEADING FIRE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES GOV. ST. KITTERY, MAINE INDIAN HEAD GARAGE REPAIRING, VULCANIZING AND SUPPLIES OPEN DAY AND NIGHT YORK BEACH, MAINE TEL. CONNECTION "W-A^FLETSr E. BLAISDELL HARDWARE, PAINTS, COOKINC UTENSILS AND MOTOR ACCESSORIES. THE DODD SYSTEM OF LIGHTNING PROTECTION. Telephone 7 YORK VILLAGE, ME. JOHN E. WEARE groceries meat and provisions Tel. 169-2 AUTO JDELIVEFLY YORK BEACH, ME. TYPEWRITERS FOR SALE & RENT J. E. DIMICK 29 Tanner St. PORTSMOUTH. N. H. Telephone 837-M. MYERS LUNCH CIGARS UUUU JLrKVILt TOBACCO YORK BEACH, MAINE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" >9 LIFE P.liOY If Cookie only showed as much speed on the Hampton Beach boulevard the other night as he does going to the lunch room, he would never have got caught. Bathe is there with the girls at the beach, all he lacks is the aeroplane. Anyone who has any doubt of the speeding powers of John Mogs car should see him go through Rye at night. Nothing but a rush of air and then a red light quickly fading in the distance. Ralph and Hutch gave a dinner party and dance to the ladies of the Civil War Association at the beach recently. It is understood that several of our men in the shop have given up smoking on the Yard. At least Ken says he is off forever. Ned Warburton just can't keep away from Hampton Beach; from what we hear of it we don't blame Ned or Brownie either. ELECTRICAL SPARKS. W, H. Little, our popular Shop Tool room at- tendant, has been called in the Draft Army. We all wish "Bob'' the best of success. He promised to get a "Hun" for every person in the shop. Go to it Bob. "Gertie,'' our pugilist, now the expert on matters relating to shop tools, including gigs and dies, is right there when it comes to handing out the round squares and hard rubber files. Gertie says. "You can't kid me." Our female operators look wonderfully well in their new overalls. "Jimmie" the expert on repairs to bench drills is right there on a snare drum. He studied under "Jocko" King, and another more notable expert from York Beach, George Webber. The baseball team met defeat at the hands of the Shipfitters in the opening game of the Yard league. Both shops had good teams, but 79 was weak in spots which resulted in a 10-1 defeat. The second game was decidedly in our favor, with the Trade School on the losing end, 14-1. We expect to give a better account of ourselves in the future games. The industrial band, an organization which originated in this shop certainly has won favor throughout the yard. Rehearsals are held during the noon hour. It has made a decided hit with officials as well as employees. The band consists of about 25 pieces, we hope to make it 75 pieces before next month. DITTY BOX SAYINGS. I wonder if it wasn't some chan ;e for the boya that went on the Zizannia as first class cabin pas- sengers, and then got aboard the Lightship No. 74 and slept in the forecastle, on deck and on top of a pile chain. And the grub, don't say a word; Jesse says he never ate hash without potatoes in it before. They said it was fine to be rocked to sleep at the tune of (Home was never like this ?) ac- companied by a 12 inch fog whistle and a submarine bell. We found the old Ship she was all painted Red She lay 7 % miles South East off Portland Head We all went on board in the rain and fog If you want to know the rest you can read our log. Jesse put down, just had to stay Jesse was brave, he didn't have a sup But when he poured out the coffee he couldn't hit the cup. Now I lay me down to sleep on the lightship deck I have a terrible feeling in my neck. If I ever get back on the good old soil I will never leave my father Boyle. However, the boys wish to express their thanks for the kindness of the officers of the Zizannia and the Hebiscus also to Chief Eng. Eaton and Asst. Pinkham of the Lightship No. 74. We understand that one of the night crew is preparing to stage and act the part of (Hank the Iiermie) for a moving picture company. He nas already purchased some animals, goats guiena pigs, white mice, hens, turkeys, dogs, ducks and a mon- key, and is now hunting for a parrot and a bear. There is posted in this shop a record made by the Liberty Pan Makers of Bldg. No. 74, on May 7th and May 2Sth. We ditty box makers work every night and start with raw material and turn out a finished pro- duct, ready to receive its hardware, performing 60 different machine operations and three hand opera- tions. Now if the Pan Makers will give an account of themselves by the day or week or month and not the two best days in a month we will give an ac- count of what the ditty box makers have done and are now doing. Elmer is very much in love, we have to pinch him quite often to change his thoughts, he will never stand the strain as long as Charlie and Benny did. There is some talk of tunneling the river, a tunnel from Portsmouth to Haverhill would please a lot of us. LIVE WIRE MEN WANTED To get acquainted with a live wire store. A store that KNOWS what men want and HAS it. Good, dependable merchandise at right prices, and good service. "MASTERCRAFT" AND LEOPOLD MORSES MEN'S CLOTHES "RIGHT POSTURE" BOYS CLOTHES ARROW COLLARS HATHAWAY SHIRTS CHENEY TIES WALK-OVER AND RALSTON SHOES FOR MEN-LION BRAND WORK SHOES-ARROW RUBBER BOOTS-TRIPPLE TREAD RUBBERS N. H. BEANE & CO. Congress St. Portsmouth E. E. WHITEHOUSE C. P. CARROLL BARBEK Groceries, Meats and Provisions 145 PENHALLOW ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Up One Flieht Opp. Colonial Theatre Tel. Connection Near A. S. L. Ferry "YORK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK" SERVICE Large Storage Vault and Safety Deposit Boxes for rent. Your checking account is solicited. In our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT we pay 4 Per Cent interest. YORK COUNTY NATIONAL RANK YORK VILLAGE, MAINE THE APOLLO LUNCH HOME COOKING 11 Congress St. Portsmouth, N. H. PHILBRICK'S PHARMACY AGENCY FOR IfiLLE MEAD SWEETS & JERSEY ICE CREAM 67 Congress St. - - Portsmouth, N. H. WAR BOOKS The Best, of them on date of Publication BLUE JACKETS MANUALS Deck and Boat Book Ship and Gun Drill and many others for the Navy 18 Market Square Portsmouth, N. H. HATS & MEN'S FURNISHINGS AT PARSONS THE HATTER PORTSMOUTH. N. H. : : PHONE 867-M "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 31 LIFE RUOY CAMOUFLAGE COLORS Flanders finally hit the Invisible ring bolt. Poor old Flanders he certainly is seeing things of late. Smith. Now he is here. Now he's not. Johnny Watts will have to take off his hat to Rossly the human fly who's greatest hobby is walk- ing. Rossly walks most every day between the hours of 7.30 and 4.30 P. M. some thirty miles? If R's mouth was a paint brush, we would have to camouflage a ship every day. We wonder if Tolles had an automobile tour from August 11 to ISth. It is up to Eddie Lutts again. We smoked on his wedding now the understanding is we are again to participate in a smoke fest. The latest is be- cause of the new arrival E. U. Jr. Our foreman, Mr. W. L. Ball, who has been very sick, is convalescing slowly. Our wishes are that he may have a speedy recovery. If we can get the old boys together our line-up for the baseball team will be, Scott, C; Bangs, P Pinder. S S; Smart, 1st B; C. C. Bunker, 2nd B W. H. Pike, 3rd B; Connolly, L F; J. F. Pike, C F Pray, R F. Foster will umpire the first game. When it comes to camouflaging we are right there. Too much credit cannot be given to the men for their spirit in connection with their work on the North Carolina. Let us hope that they have the same spirit on all their work. SPARS AND BLOCKS. We are all glad to see Jensen smiling again. Why do Taylor and Nate Amee visit the office so much? Mr. Given is busy now days "instructing the new help. Paul's work keeps him out of the shop a great deal but still we notice he finds time to visit here occasionally. We understand he is thinking of re- pairing shoes for a living. We all miss Georgie very much and hope he will be able to return to work soon. If Lona would go to bed earlier Sunday nights perhaps she would be able to tell what date of the month Monday comes on. Have you noticed the new addition to the office force? Hazel's attention is so taken up at the beach she doesn't even recognize her Spar Shop friends when she passes by them. What is the great at- traction Hazel? BOAT SHOP PUFFS. Our foreman, Mr. Dixon, took a Sunday trip in his auto a week ago. He would have had quite a run but his tire burst when he had gone about 100 yards from home. He was rather peeved and after putting on another tire took his machine home and called it off. Mr. Doolittle says that you can't trust the girls any more. It is rather hard Doolie to keep track of all the girls you have but brace up, some day you will find one that will stick. We notice that a good many of the shops have quite a few female operators in their force. We wonder when the Boat Shop's turn will come? It is rumored that "Our Freemie" has recently besn seen near the Pattern Shop during his noon hour. Come, own up "Freemis," what's the at- traction? We wonder what our old time artists, Jerry Hennessey and Arthur Paul, are going to pull off at the entertainment given by the Helper's Union. Why such a silence lately in the South West part of Bldg. No. 60 top floor? We wonder why so many Boat Shop men are visiting at York Beach lately? Here's to the Boat Shop Baseball Team, the winning team of the League. The upstairs gang in Bldg. No. 60 dcn't want to get too chesty as the down s'airs gang say they will trim them on 3 5 footers just as socn as they can get a full gang. Our Safety Engineer says that the Boat Shop boys are some ball players too and he wonders if the Boat Shop will fly the Champion flag in the Navy Yard League. It was on Friday morning A telephone message came For a leadingman at the Boat Shop Hersey was his name. On Saturday morning Hersey came Dressed up and carrying a grip. He was leaving for the mountains To bring home his unlucky ship. We hope he won't have such bad luck As he has had before And if he don't forget his gas and oil He'll land safe home ones more. Now when he gets that old ship home If he takes our advice. He'll run it out upon the dump and Never try the same trip more. —Boat Shop Poet. FRESER/^INGi- TIME WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN JARS, RUBBERS, HOLDERS, LIFTERS, Etc. CANNING RACKS, ALSO COMPLETE CANNING SETS 126-128 Market St. THE SWEliiTSrjR STORE Portsmouth, N. H. A FEW OF OUR SPECIALTIES Hart, Schaffner and Marx Clothes, Stetson Hats, Manhattan Shirts, Fownes Gloves, Interwoven Stockings F. W. LYDSTON & CO. Outfitters for Men & Boys PORTSMOUTH, N. H. JOHN SISE & CO. INSURANCE 8 MARKET SQUARE PORTSMOUTH, N. H. A. P. WENDELL & CO. Hardware, Paints and Tools Telephone 850 2 Market Square Portsmouth, N. H. PORTSMOUTH MOTOR MART Inc. Cadillac Service Station Used Cars for Sale Autos for Hire Accessories and Supplies TELEPHONE 22 & 34 PORTSMOUTH, N. H. TALC JONTEEL 25cts. CAN SOLE AGENCY BOARDMAN & NORTON *t ?exoi&L Store, Portsmouth, N. H. Opp. Post Office MEN'S WOMEN'S & CHILDREN'S SHOES OF THE BETTER QUALITY C. F. DUNCAN & CO. 9 Market St. Portsmouth, N. H. SAVE FUEL By using Electric Appliances for Cooking ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LIGHT AND POWER CO. 2Q Pleasant Street Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 33 LIFE BUOY PATTERNS. TO THE CAMP 'Tis a beautiful spot, I cannot forget, And a good bunch of fellows as you ever met, To both we will give one rousing good cheer, In our mem'ries they'll live for many a year. There's a glorious fireplace built in the wall, And "Old Glory" waves over them all. A graphaphone there, and mandolins too, But whoever plays them I do wish I knew. Now Jim's a Lynn boy, the best you could meet, For taking a joke he cannot be beat. When she asked him to take her out to the dance, He said, "I don't know you, but I'll sure take a chance. Charlie's another good sport you will find, Do you know which Charlie, I now have in mind? Are there any more like you in Portland, Me.? If so, I'll certainly take the next train. Charlie S. is a good kid, and always in trim, But someone already has spoken for him. Be careful Charlie, to flirt is a sin, When you have a nice girl waiting in Lynn. Louis says, "There is only one girl in this town Who knows me," but I can't swallow that down. For in good season you'll have to get up in the morn When you get ahead of the boys from Boston. Here's to the boy that comes from Hyde Park, You'll all have to grow some to reach to his mark. Whenever you see Carl he's always the same, How could he be otherwise with such a nice name? Well Romy you see I did not forget you, You're one I know would be constant and true. If you find the girl whom you like a whole lot, Just take her right down to old Windsor Lock. Now be a sport Henry and take your share, To leave you out would not be quite fair. Don't take life so serious its not worth while. Oh boy from New York greet the joke with a smile. Now girls, all take heed, this is Bachelor's Hall, At any old time they would welcome a call. If you're not fond of walking, just take a car, Or else ask Central for 1189R. JUST A LITTLE BACK DRAFT: -THEY SAY: That Coulter claims he is well qualified to pitch on the ball team, as he had good experience pitching hay on the farm, "back home." That Carl's "Hope Chest" is coming along fine. He already has a dozen wooden napkin rings and has plans made for a clock. Charlie Pine's baby boy is beginning to say, "Feed Me, Feed Me" and Charlie answers "Cease, Cease.'' Bill Peaslee, King of the Beach Combers, has some queer tales to tell about Old Orchard and Hampton Beaches. We believe your tale Bill. That Ralph Nelson (Vivian) has hibernated in his den, in Kittery, for life.' Come up for air Vivi. That Brickman and Chandler have some good ideas; but when it comes to poetry they should stick to Pattern-Making. That Van won't try anything now but a 3 to 1 shot. He claims that if he makes a date with three girls in one night that he has a good chance of meet- ing one, provided they are not from Eliot. That Locke's contribution to the base-ball fund will be missed by the receiving teller at the Portsmouth Bank. That with six years training for the title of Pattern Maker, first class, Neal does not compare as favorably in the eyes of a certain Portsmouth girl, as a year old sailor with the rank of Ensign, N. R. F. We advise you to enlist in the Naval Re- serve, Neal, and become an Admiral. The boys of Camp Lookusup gave a very enjoy- able whist and dance at their bungalow on the Eliot bank of the Piscataqua, August 2nd. There were forty-five guests present and they were very lavish in their praise of Mr. Brickman for the originality shown in the selection of prizes for the whists, and also in the decoration of the Camp. Mr. McAulay who left us three days after the affair, to take up his duties as Instructor of Pattern- Making in the Public Schools of Holyoke, Mass., was given many thanks for an excellent vocal enter- tainment. Mr. Talbot of Lynn, Mass., amusingly enter- tained by relating some humorous incidents which he has witnessed during his many travels both in this country and abroad. This was the first entertainment that the boys have given to their many friends in the vicinity. and Ihe affair was such a success that they will continue to entertain throughout the season. THOSE WHO PAY CASH GET BETTER VALUE FOR THEIR MONEY Congress Street B D ^% VAV iVI » €X Portsmouth, N. H. "-^ "^ ^^ WW I ^i «te? Tel. 194 FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN We are ready to receive applications for the FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN BONDS $50.00 BONDS $1.00 per week, 100.00 BONDS " 2.00 per week. AGENCY FOR: War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps. Commercial Department. Savings Department. Open for business Saturday evenings from 7 to 9. NATIONAL MECHANICS & TRADERS BANK 1 Congress St., - - - - Portsmouth, X. II. FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY. ICE CREAM AND SODA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TELEPHONE 29 w CATERING A SPECIALTY 43 CONGRESS street TIRE CONSERVATION Conserve on your tires by having those small cuts and stone bruises repaired i time and put a few more miles in the old shoe. Our VULCANIZING DE- •ARTMENT is up-to-date. Fine line of new tires. OVERLAND AGENCY C. A. LOWD Service Station & Garage 338 Pleasant St. Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" jfrESSgggaS aiaBaBgaBBBB vgCTTCT ffyy /xA>^A.f j g j >«j a»JJ*f ^ny r^T^yjvft^, ***fth 1DEPARTMEN LIFE BUOY ft> ■>.o iSE^ w*E 1-5*3 *• .4£*"' "t: ~rt. "y^J^l ~%\ /j* o c Is lb wij^i*f?»3*?rs^S(5s?^s ^ „ /a «-yUI Nia AVY YAR __ ORTSMOUTH.N.H.l ^ p u u\^j 9 (TTi At Entrance to Navy Yard c^ - l > < 5 S fe «. TRADE SCHOOL •1 .", 7. FOUNDRY 3 5 8. SPAR SHOP i 7 9. SMITH ii S WHY WORKINGMEN SUPPORT THE WAR By John R. Commons This is an American workingmen's war, con- ducted for American workingmen, by American workingmen. Never before has democracy for wage-earners made so great progress as it has in the nine months that we have been at war. If this continues, American labor will come out of this war with the universal eight-hour day, and with as much power to fix its own wages by its own repre- sentatives as employers have. Anybody who says that this is a capitalistic war simply does not see what is going on. Capital- ists are being controlled in their profits and in the wages and hours of laborers by leaders whom the workingmen themselves put on various war boards 9 LIFE BUOY In no other war have the Government and organized labor worked together as they are doing in the United States today. In every department of the Government that employs labor or fixes the prices that manufacturers shall charge, there is a leading official of the American Federation of Labor on the committee who has as much power as the representative of the capitalists. The president of the United Mine Workers of America is assistant to Garfield, the Fuel Administrator. The president of the Building Trades Unions is on the Emergency Construction Board for building ships. A leading organizer of the American Federation of Labor is on the great War Industries Board which controls all kinds of manufactures. A trade unionist, William B. Wilson, is Secretary of Labor. These and many other trade union officials were placed there by the trade unions themselves, because these war boards have become the big em- ployers of labor or because they control the wages that private employers pay. All through these industries President Wilson is enforcing, as fast as the boards can get to it, the eight-hour day, as well as time and one-half pay for overtime work. Moreover, the agreements with labor unions provide that wages shall be revised upward just as fast as the cost of living goes up. Most important of all the agreements with trade unions is that which gives the same wages and hours to union and non-union workingmen. All labor in this country is benefiting because organized labor is actually "on the inside" in run- ning the Government. No wonder that the American Federation of Labor, as is shown by the vote at the recent Buffalo convention, supports the war almost unanimously and stands for fighting it out to the limit. The members know that it is really a" war for democracy, because they are taking part in it and are actually conducting it. Never before was a war carried on by work- ingmen. Never before, in war or in peace, was the voice of labor in government so powerful as it is now in America. Any workingman who refuses to stand by the great majority of his fellow workers in their great work for labor is injuring himself and his brothers. Wage-earners' democracy is coming, and if it does not come as it should the reason will be that some wage-earners are misled and don't know democracy when they see it. or don't support it when they know it. A German victory is the only thing that will set labor back permanently. If Germany defeats England, Germany will take over the British navy, and we Americans will be compelled to have a large permanent standing army and a huge navy to de- fend ourselves from sudden attack. A permanent army and navy large enough to cope with Germany, besides taking our boys and our workingmen every year for military service, means low wages, long hours of labor, suppression of labor unions, repeal of labor legislation on be- half of women and children, suppression of free speech, and all the hardships that millions of work- ingmen have come to America toi escape. Those socialists who want the workingmen in this country to give in to Germany are blind and inconsistent. The German socialists cannot be blamed for supporting their own Government after the war had once started. But when the socialists of Germany, in 1913, a year before the war started, voted for war taxes when other nations were un- prepared, they violated their own principles and forced the socialists of every other nation to fight. The leading socialist of the world, Camille Huysmans. international secretary of the Socialist Bureau in Holland, has said to the Chicago Daily News that the war demands of President Wilson are identical with the demands of the International socialists. The American Alliance for Labor and De- mocracy, composed of trade unionists and socialists, at its meeting in Minneapolis endorsed and repeated these demands. These are America's aims in the war: Equal rights of all nations, big and little; No people to be forced under "a Government under which it does not wish to live; Freedom of the seas; A concert of nations to guarantee peace and justice; Limintation of armaments on land and sea. These are America's demands and the aims of American labor in this war. Greatest of all is dis- armament, by limitation of armaments on land and sea through international agreement. Without this, labor cannot be free in this or any country. We \\\w>\ fljjht now in order not to tight afterwards. Any socialist in America, however honest, who tries to weaken the morale of American labor in this great crisis, is simply playing the game of the German socialists who have sold themselves to the Kaiser. Rather than listen to such socialists let Ameri- can labor join in the magnificent patriotism of the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy. Let them say, as the Alliance does, that labor will take its part in conducting the war, and that the war shall be fought to a finish; for upon its success de- LIFE BUOY 10 pends the freedom and the wages of American labor. For forty years Germany has been prepared for war. America is trying to do in one year what Germany has been doing for forty years. Of course there are mistakes. Of course there is delay and confusion. Anybody who picks out the mistakes and delays can find plenty of material to arouse suspicion and encourage dissatisfaction. Our Government is building up a great system of enployment officers which Germany and Eng- land had before the war started. This will do away with an immense amount of lost time by workmen in hunting jobs. The Government is calling in hundreds of ac- countants to figure out the costs and profits of manufacturers, so that there need be no suspicion of excessive war profits. The Government is establishing boards of meditation to settle all wage disputes as fast as possible. The Government has started to build houses for workmen alongside the new factories working for the Government. The Government has taken over the railroads and will take over other industries as fast as it is able to do so, if other methods fail. Wherever these new agencies have been set to work they have already accomplished good results. But they cannot be expected to overcome every diffi- culty at once. In view of all that the Government is trying to do for labor, labor can and should help. Instead of spending increased wages for luxu- ries, workmen can buy savings certificates at any post-office. Instead of shifting restlessly from one job to another, workmen can stick to the job where the nation needs them. Instead of suddenly going out on strike, labor can call for the boards of meditation that have al- ready been successful in settling disputes. Instead of stirring up dissatisfaction, labor can work with the Alliance for Labor and Democracy, and hold up the hands of the Government in this biggest and most difficult job the American people were ever forced to undertake. team are the following: G. Tyrrell, M. Dreller, F. Bathe, R. Spinney, G. Peterman, A. Hering, P. Hughes, E. Gorman, J. Murphy, S. Flanagan, A. Lowd, E. Plumpton, O. Kelley, J. Herlihy, J. Couhig. A. Jarvis, J. Lyons, G. Driscoll, P. Murphy, C. Johnson. M. Bedell, J. Gowey, J. Newton, Peterson. Pace, C. Barutio, C. Reardon. Besides these em- ployees there are numerous other employees who undoubtedly will try to make the team. The Safety Engineer who is likewise acting as welfare manager of the Yard is trying to arrange games with the Shattuck Corporation and the Atlantic Corporation. FOOTBALL TEAM. A Football Team to represent the Portsmouth Navy Yard is being formed, the players of which will be undoubtedly decided upon before this issue of the "Life Buoy" conies off the press. It is ex- pected that games will be arranged with the Atlan- tic Corporation and the Shattuck and other strong teams in the vicinity of Portsmouth, N. H. Among the candidates who are trying out for the football W. S. S. BOOTH. A War Savings Stamp Booth, which is unique in its design has been placed at the east corner of the Spar Shop. Bldg. 45. The cut below is self- explanatory. It is desired that all employees of this Yard purchase their War Savings Stamps at this Booth. REV. E. B. HENRY. A Catholic Priest, Chaplain Edward B. Henry, has been appointed for the Yard. Besides minister- ing to the officers and enlisted men he is always ready to care for the needs of those who work in the Yard. A Chapel has been placed in Building 22, on the second floor, where Mass is offered each week day mornings at 7:30 A. M. and open all day for visits to the Blessed Sacrament. In case of serious accident to any Catholic, call Father Henry at his office, Tel. 16. 11 LIFE BUOY OUR MASTER MACHINIST. It is an old saying on the Yard that whenever things need a punching up that Albert S. Spinney is the man picked to perform the feat or allotted task. Since Mr. Spinney has been placed in charge of Building No. 80, Machine Shop, things have be- gun to hum. At a recent interview which the Editor had with Mr. Spinney the fact was brought out that Mr. Spinney is a self made man. Mr. Spinney claims that the progress he has made may be directly traced back to the faithful and conscientious effort he has constantly made in applying himself to home study courses. Being somewhat handicapped in his early training and schooling, Mr. Spinney's progress is all the more commendable. Mr. Albert S. Spinney was born in South Eliot, Maine on June 10, 1871. He spent his boyhood days there and graduated from the Eliot Grammar School. On April 15, 1SS9 Mr. Spinney became an ap- prentice at the Portsmouth Machine Co., Ports- mouth. N. H. He served his apprenticeship as a machinist for this company and stayed there five years. In IS 9 4 Mr. Spinney received an offer to go wkh the Davidson Ventilating Pan Co., of Ports- mouth, N. H., which later became consolidated with the Massachusetts Ventilating Co. of Cambridge- port, .Mass. He stayed six years with these compa- nies serving most of the time as an Erecting En- gineer engaged in installing ventilation systems in plants throughout the country. The desire of Mr. Spinney to again get back to where his friends were, namely Portsmouth, finally proved fruitful so that in May, 1900 Mr. Spinney entered the Yard as a machinist. On January, 1910 Mr. Spinney was appointed a leadingman machinist. He was then transferred to the Engineer's Office as Estimator and Planner and at the time of the reorganization he was appointed Estimator for En- gineering work. He then was temporarily appointed Ass't Shop Superintendent and later made Fore- man of Machine Shop (Electrical) and now has charge also of Machine Shop, Building No. 80 as Master Machinist. Mr. Spinney is married and has three children and at the present time is living at No. 419 Richards Ave., Portsmouth, N. H. His hobby, so he says, "Are literary pursuits." Such a hobby is indeed a wise one and much enjoyment and satisfaction can be derived from such a selection. In the policy of the delegation of responsibility to his quartermen and leadingmen, Mr. Spinney has adopted a policy that is strictly businesslike for he holds his foremen absolutely responsible for the work they have in hand. By such a delegation of responsibility Mr. Spinney is relieved of a consider- able amount of extraneous matter and can function so much the better as an executive. The matter of grievances that employees in Building 8 may have are reported to the Shop Committee who in turn are always given audiences. By a strict attention to business and by show- ing no partiality to any employee over another Mr. Spinney has every employee in Building 80 working behind him. MACHINE SHOP. In this issue of "The Lifebuoy" appears the group photograph of the employees of building 80, Machine Shop. The Master Machinist who is also acting Assistant Shop Superintendent is Mr. Albert S. Spinney. The Quartermen are Mr. Mark E. Boulter, Mr. Harold K. Leyden, Mr. Fred J. Gilkey, Mr. LIFE BUOY 12 L3 LIFE BUOY Fred N Pray, Mr. Ernest Jackson and Mr, Alfred THE RIVETER. Berg. The Leadingmen are Messrs. Rorresl T. Holbrook, Berl Bucklln, Reginald B. Goldsmith, Rat-a-tat-rat-a-tat-rat-a-tat-tat, Fred E. Perkins, Morion Seavey, Daniel H. Gorman, you can near ii trom morn till night. Fred T. Abrams, Marshall E, Stlnson and Will F. "Pis tho sound of the riveter's hammer; al work Courville. For the cause of right against might. "LIFE BUOY" CONTRIBUTIONS. in that the "Life Buoy" is published for the Interest of the employees of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, ii does not seem to the editor that it is asking too much tO ask thill employees send ill live shop notes each month. Unless shop noles are sent in more promptly, it may become necessary to cut them out altogether. Such a procedure would work Meat hardship to those who are Interested tn the "Lite Buoy" and who have tried faithfully to main- tain ii iit :i proper standard. Any and ail contributions relating to Yard activities as well as the activities of the employees themselves, is of more or loss concern to everyone and it is requested that the same be forwarded to the Safely Engineer before the I nth of each month. THE HUMAN EYE. The eye is I lie mosl valuable organ in the body. Loss ol ,. -ye means considerable loss of working Capacity, while a delect of one or hot h eyes not only Interferes with accurate work, hut by causing un- conscious strain produces headache, stomach trou- ble and Other sickness. Eye strain is caused hy a good eye living to work with a defective one. The strain is unconscious in many cases and a man does not know that his eyes are defective until he has them examined. Continued strain gradually wears out the eyes. A man who knows that his eyes are defective should Consult iin oculist and learn whet her glasses are necessarj If they are, he should get them anil wear them as directed by the oculist. They will not only make his work more accurate hut will save his eyes and improve his general heall h. iii working with grinding wheels, there is great danger of small chips of steel or hits of abrasive penetrating I he 6J e These pieces, unless removed at once bj one who is skilled, will produce in lla ma I ion and uleera lion which may go on to complete loss of vision it removed at once thej cause no harm. Delay is dangerous and may result iii ii condi- tion Which even an oculist will he unable lo cure. The finest of Instruments and strongest of light are necessary lo remove these pieces id' sleel and abrasive without leaving a Bear His mind is intent on the work at hand. for a record maker is he. And each glowing rivet that he drives in. Is one more stroke for Liberty. So with ral-a-lal lal he works away. Thus binding together the whole. His hands are not working alone these days Mill in unison wit h his soul. lie knows that America's ideals iiiusl he. I 'nil ecled hy ov'ry lOJ ill heart . And that in the struggle for "Freedom for all." Each patriot must do his part . He visualizes the hoys "over there," And in his rat lal he can hear, The sound of machine guns doing their work. I'nl il it seems acl ually near. As he works he feels that he's in the light too. .lust thi' same as the man with a gun; for there iiiusl he ships to carry I he I roups, And supplies for lighting the Hun. lie has in his mind the lurking 1' boat, While working away at top speed. - lie knows how the Nation depends on him now. For 'tis ships and more ships that we need. There are visions too in his mind as he works. Of a wonderful .Merchant Marine, Where I he Slars and Slripes Hying ill ov'ry poll. On American ships will he seen. And when he has sent the last rivet home, Among his workfellows he stands When the launching takes place of the sturdy ship. Which is partly Hie work of his hands. for the riveter's record of work he knows. Will redound lo his credit and praise. And (hat wilh his help many more sturdy ships. Will gracefully glide "off the ways." And when peace thru viii'ry again Shall come. The words that will gladden his heart, Will he those that his conscience will whisper. "YOU have faithfully done your pari " Rose Villar, LIFE BUOY 14 LIEUT. COMMANDER R. W. RYDEN We welcome Lieut. Commander R. W. Ryderi iii our midst. Lieut. Commander Ryden was Imrn in Des Moines, Iowa, on Feb. 27, 1882. He was appointed to the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. from the state of Iowa and entered the Naval Academy on Sept. 11, 1N99. In 11)03 he was graduated from the Naval Academy and for a time served as Passed Midshipman and Ensign on hoard the Battleship Maine, Gunboat, and Destroyer Truxtun. In Aug. 1905, he was then transferred to the Construction Corps. Lieut. Commander Ryden was selected to then take a special course at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology from which he was graduated in June 1 90S, after graduation he was assigned to the Portsmouth Navy Yard, where he remained until 1912. For ap- proximately three and one-half years, Lieut. Comman- der Ryden was Office and Shop Superintendent at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va. He then was Sta- tioned for two and one-half years at the Olangapo Naval Station as Construction Officer. Upon his return to the United States in the Spring of this year, he was ordered to temporary duty in the Bureau of Construc- tion and Repair, Washington, D. C. Lieut. Comman- der Ryden assumed his duties officially as Shop Superin- tendent of the Portsmouth Navy Yard on Sept. 17, 191s. In May 1906, he was commissioned as an Ass't. Naval Constructor and was appointed Naval Construc- tor with the rank of Lieutenant in May 191f>. In Aug. 191<>, he was given the rank of LieUt. Commander. It is sincerely hoped that in his latest and most re- sponsihle position that Lieut. Commander Ryden will have the co-operation of everybody connected wilh this Yard. <;as MASK CAR HON A nation wide campaign has been launched, which demands the loyal cooperation of every one of us. The campaign is for the procurement and saving of certain kinds of pits, seeds and shells which can be used in the manufacture of carbon. This carbon is to be placed in the respirators, which is a part of the gas mask used by the boys over there. Great difficulty is being ex- perienced in procuring sufficient raw materials to pro- duce the amount of carbon required to meet the needs of the War Department. The list of acceptable material is as follows: peach pits, prune pits, plum pits, apricot pits, olive pits, cherry pits, date seeds, brazil-nut shells, hickory nut shells and butternut shells. Other pits, seeds or shells are not wanted. It is estimated that two hundred peajeh pits or seven pounds of nutshells will produce enough carbon for one gas mask. Will you do your share, and give at least one man the best gas mask'.' A centralized collection station will probably be lo- cated near the entrance to the Yard. The collection re- ceptacle will be suitably painted and labelled. It is hop ed that every one will assist in keeping the receptacle constantly filled up so that the Red Cross will be busy in removing the pits and shells It is needless to say that all fruit pits and seeds should be thoroughly dried in the oven or in the sun. The appeal of the Gas Defense Division for the con- servation of fruit pits and nut shells is possibly one of the most important that has been presented since this country entered the War. What is your answer? "LIFE WISDOM" The Teaching Force In the College of Life Is the Happy Faculty of Friendship. The more you get of success, the more you are willing for others to share It. 15 LIFE BUOY Remember, t li<- man with a level head didn't gel it from butting In. The wise man attaches the parachute ot pru- dence to the balloon of enthusiasm. It is better to laugh to forgot than to forget to laugh. Strangely enough, the man who hasn't a leg It. stand on usually Kicks hardest. YARD ACCIDENTS. The number of accidents occurring on this Yard, while not Increasing, constitute altogether too large a number Fully 80 per cent, of the ac- Cldents occurring In this Yard are due directly or Indirectly to the carelessness of the employees in- jured. Most of the employees injured do not stop to think hut act and think when it is too late. fooling is altogether too prominently shown to be the cause of man; accidents, and In a time of war, such nonsense is far from a gentlemanly waj to ad it is hoped thai employees will hereafter govern themselves tO the end that they will nol allow such carelessness to exist in their own ranks A GIRL LIKE YOU. i He, heated to the mothers, daughters, Bisters and sweet hearts remaining behind). It's the faith of a little glpl like jrou, That counts when the world goes wrong, When a fellow's down and mighty blue, And his lips can voice no song ; When the loneliness seems hard to hear. \n,l the scheme Of life proves lame. It's knowing SOmehOW, that still you care, That makes a fellow game. When he wants to Quit in the Mrs! long mile. Turn hack in t he grilling race, When the goal beyond doesn't seem worth while. And he balks at the speedy pace. It's then that Hie faith Of a girl like you. Makes him reckon the coward's cost, And he plays to win as a man should do. The ga me he might have lost. It's girls like you that keep men straight, Keep I hem white clear through and clean. It's girls like you thai make men great. \ n , 1 nol what they might have been. Oh, it's good for the man when all seems night. When the clouds hide the goal from view. lust to knuckle down and light, yes, light For the sake of a girl like you. William S. Hughes. outside Machine shop. Bldg. No 89 STICK TO YOUR JOBS. The present labor turnover in our Industrial ranks is high and if continued can only benefit one pnrty and that is the Huns. Kinployeos now on this Yard should give care- ful consideration and much deliberation whenever they contemplate leaving. The reasons advanced by employees leaving are numerous and often times not sound. Such a reason as "I want to go else- where," Is not sufficient. It is well recognized by men acquainted with industrial affairs thruout. the country, that similar conditions of inadequate housing facilities and ei her causes for the exessive labor turnover exist just as prominently in other cities. The "floater," the employee who works a month or a week here and then there is a valuable asset to the enemy. Who wants to be classed as a "floater?" It there- fore behooves us all to stick to our jobs thus bring ing the war to a more speedy end and ultimately warranting a place for ourselves with the "boys over there'' when they return. It is predicted thai by July I. L919 we will have a grand total of 6,250.00(1 men as actual com- batants divided as follows: 4,500,000 in France, 1,000,000 in training In contonments and 750,000 in the Navy. To keep these combatants supplied with munitions, clothing, food and coal there will be required 25,000,000 persons or nearly one quarter of our total population which of course Includes Children, wives and others who can not be counted upon to produce directly Our one aim is to win the war decisively and to accomplish this successfully and quickly we all must stick lo our present jobs. COMMON WAYS OF CAUSING INJURIES. While reaching under his work in a lathe, the dog caught in the rolled up sleeve of an employee and cut deep gashes in his arm and chest. When tightening a nut, the wrench slipped bringing the employee's hands against the sharp tool. When setting down a casting an employee let it drop, without noticing that his toe was beneath it I le knew t hen While operating a lathe with an air chuck an employee carelessly left his linger In chuck and then deliberately operated the chuck causing the crush inc. and loss of two lingers. Round objects like short pieces of pipe or shafting, should not he left lying on the floor, as thej are responsible for many a man's slipping and getting a fall. LIFE BUOY 16 Shoes with holes in the soles or the wearing of sneakers may allow splinters from the floor to enter the foot and should not be worn. Six employees carelessly got on a platform and at the same lime a craneman carelessly allowed a heavy plate to strike against the platform causing the platform to give way, striking an employee working below. SMALL NEGLECTS. Most accidents occurring in this Yard are minor accidents, and are due to the neglect or thoughtlessness of some employee, who has become so familiar with his work that he has become care- less. Think over the ways in which you can help to make accidents less common and make suggestions to the Safety Engineer. If you get something in your eye that cannot be readily removed with a handkerchief, go Im- mediately to the Dispensary. Never allow a fellow employee to try to remove anything from your eye with a match or other similar material. Do not wear a coat or skirt with loose or torn sleeves. Torn sleeves, loose long neckties and (lowing skirts and other loose parts of I he clothing, frequently get caught in gears, belts, or some mov- ing parts of ;i machine. Employees working about machinery are requested to wear short sleeved jumpers. Do not "fool" with a fellow employee, or dis- tract his attention when he is runnin 5 a machine or working at some other danger point. If yon do you may be the cause of a serious injury to another employee. Be careful in going up and down stairs. there. When there is inflammation of the wind- pipe the nerves are irritated and produce a cough. The germs get in, in the first place, because there is congestion. Congestion of the nose and throat is caused by chilling the skin of the body As every one knows, standing in a draught when overhealed brings on a cold. In other words il causes a congestion of the nose and throat and I be germs always present find this jusl the ground to enter and irritate. The best way lo keep from catching cold is to accustom yourself to sudden changes of tempera- ture. This can be done by taking a cold sponge bath over the front and back of the chest every morning. The next best way is to avoid draughts and to keep the feet dry. When the feet are wet tin' water evaporates quickly and causes a chill which makes congestion of the nose, throat and chest, If you catch cold, try to break it up ai nine by taking: isi a lmi drink at bedtime. 2nd Something to move the bowels The time to try to break up a cold is when the throat feels dry before the Minis! stage Norton Co. COLDS— SORE THROAT. A cold is an intlaniation of the membranes lining the nose, throat and sometimes the air lube going from the mouth to the lungs. The inflammation is due to germs which force their way into the membranes and multiply there. They throw out poisons which irritate the mem- branes and make them overact and produce very large amounts of mucous. This mucous is what runs out of the nose. Ii contains many of the germs which are washed out in it. Tlie genus may stay in the mis ■ they may travel up a tube leading from Ihe nose to the eye; then the eyes "run" for the same reason the nose (lid. They may also pass from the throat through another lube In the inner ear and set up earache, or what is more common they may pass down the windpipe setting up an Inflammation FIRE PREVENTION. When every employee realizes, that his or her present position depends upon the fact that it is everyone's duty to protect the Yard against the possibilities of a fire, then and only then may we be assured that our positions are safe. For. should an employee carelessly throw a lighted cigar, ciga- rette or match inside a building a fire may occur which may develop into a conflagration and ulti- mately throw everyone of us out of a job anil in ad- dition help the Hun jusi that much, Every employee can help by keeping Ihe Yard clean and free from rubbish Under 110 circumstance should papers or rags lie 1 brown into corners, where they may not slum Rubbish cans are provided and should be used Paper or oily waste thrown carelessly or thought lessly against steam pipes or ovens may start a hie Electric wires should not be allowed to come in contact with pipes of any kind. Lighted pipes should not be emptied inside a shop neither should a lighted cigar, cigarette or match be thrown inside a building. Many cases of hie have had their origin in just such ways It is everyone's duty to help protect our Yard against a lire anil in that way assure our own posi- 11 ' *AT6RVUE1 ARSCN SAftT* DEfT 19 LIFE BUOY APPENDICITIS. ["he appendix is a little worm-like pouch which projects from the large bowel on the right side near the front of the hip bone. This little pouch sometimes gets stopped up so that the matter which is constantly passing in and out of it cannot get out. This matter, consisting of partly digested food ferments and the germs which are in fermenting Cood attack the wall of the appendix. This makes the appendix swell up and it becomes very painful. It may burst, if this happens the fermented con- tents and pus are thrown into the belly cavity among the coils of bowel and peritonitis sets in. The symptoms of appendicitis are: 1st Sudden, sharp, severe pain, first in the pit of the stomach, later settling low down in the rlghl of the belly. 2nd Repeated attacks of nausea and vomiting. 3rd Weakness and general feeling of being very sick and feverish. The best way to keep from having appendicitis la to keep the bowels regular. It' yon have a bad pain in your stomach, es- pecially on the right side accompanied by vomiting, send for your doctor at once. various jobs to construct ourselves. Here is where the older mechanics showed their patriotic spirit. They have all, without exception, put themselves out to advise and help us greenhorns, giving us benefit of the tricks it had taken them years to learn. The excellent instructions and helping hand of the older mechanics have enabled several of us to do work that has gained our rating. I believe the yard and the country at large should know of this tine spirit, in the year that I have been here, I have not witnessed a single case of unfair treatment but have seen every man. who tried to do right, rewarded in due time. Respectfully, A. B. G1NNER. 1 . NEW RESTAURANT. CO-OPERATION. The following letter, which was received by ""' safety Engineer, was thought worthy of being Printed in The Lifebuoy. It needs no comments as » rings clear and true, and is an expression of thanks by one who is voicing the minds of many successful employees of this yard. Editor of the "Life Buoy." I 'ear Editor: i believe a word or two of appreciation and 'an- treatment and spirit of co-operation accorded a new comer to the yard would be appropriate for your excellent publication. Coming here without any previous experience ... the work of this yard. I commenced as general helper in the Foundry, where 1 worked live months as casting cleaner. Hearing of the school tor shipfltters, then be- ing held at Shop K. evenings, i api „r a trans- fer. Mr. Connors and Mr. Schlabach, both kindly -Mli.oved.and las well as a Class of Others received good, practical, and as thorough instructions in BhlpBttingas was possible in the time allowed from Mr. Smith, Quarterman Shipfltter in charge of Mo id Loft. We helped for awhile and were then given The new restaurant which will comfortably scat 500 diners was officially opened on the even- ing of Sept. Kith, when a farewell banquet was given in honor of Commander Schlabach. The new restaurant has been laid out along a double cafeteria style and employees enter at a door located at the remotest distance from the point of Irving Employees will form in two lines, one line walking along the east side of the building and known as "special line," and one line along the west side of the building and pasl the stage and known as i be "regular dinner" line. Employees will first lake a tray and then their knives and forks, napkins and bread and butter in order. They then arrive at Hie pie and cake counter and slide their tray along on a rest or serving board, taking up the various courses desired. After receiving the coffee the two lines come together at a point where the diners are 'becked for the amount of food purchased. It is requested that any employees having grievances lodge the same with the Safety Engineer who is likewise superintendent of the restaurant and conditions warranting a remedy will be given Immediate consideration. It is hoped that moving pictures may be shown- relating to the safety subjects some time this win- ter, for a stand has been built , () hold such a ma- chine. In accordance with a recent order the door of the restaurant will not be open until ll::;, but when inclement weather is met the door will be ! opened promptly. It is requested that employees who avail them, selves of the restaurant privileges show patience at times. For instance: Employees were quite provoked recently because the service was slow -THAT Pilot of THE6IRIS AftE GOING STRONG PN 5METYFIMT 'MOVEMENTS. WWi LET'EM kid yuh girls! -THflr HWERHILL ISM ONESOIYt /»>> &ELGIUMON SAT. '-ThaT THOSE boys from the: JHIPFITTKM& SHOP LEAD AT THE. CLOSE Of THE yftRD L.EfiGl)L? -THAT THCNZM WINING ON JOHN *blL\P SQUSft. -THAT THE HOST EFFECTIVE, SHOT youcftNTHhe flTTHt KAI.5ER FIRE A FEU/ KV.HBlftCHALL 0106.75 21 LIFE BUOY These employees were ten hour men who came in Lieut. McCarty has demonstrated that the only after 12 o'clock and who had only a half hour for way to fill up the gaps in the Mechanical force of luncheon. Had these employees thought first they the yard at this critical time is through the school would have readily come to the conclusion that as it is impossible to get trained mechanics from most of the help in the kitchen were down ill be- the outside now. cause of the recent epidemic. THE TRADE SCHOOL. Since the school has passed the experimental stage and is now recognized as turning over to the various shops men who are pretty generally mak- ing good, it is not stating it too strongly to say that eventually 90 per cent, of the men trained in the school will make good. Probably 60 per cent, of them have already obtained a rating. We wish to express our appreciation and grati- tude to Assistant Naval Constructor McCarty, our chief, for the masterly and able manner in which he is handling the school. He has insisted, from the start, that the green men whom he has taken in from the farms, from the shops, in fact, from everywhere, men who never before perhaps have ever seen a ship, much more never stepped foot upon a shipbuilding plant, be allowed three months intensive training both of theory and practice before they are turned over to the different trades. The shipfitters, for example, are given a prescribed amount of mathematics, a short course in Mechanical Drawing (in order to understand blueprints) and certain specific in- struction in plan reading together with his practi- cal work on ship and around the yard under com- petent shipfitters. Specific instructions for em- ployees going into other trades is likewise given. Each man is shifted from job to job as he shows proficiency in the same, thus giving him as much practical experience as possible during his appren- tice-ship. When the three months have transpired, the man with his record card is turned over to the Foreman of the shop to which he is assigned with a note from Lieut. McCarty stating that he recom- mends that the man be given a suitable try out and be given a rating when the Foreman feels that the rating is due him. Upon signing up men Lieut. Mccarty's final advice to them is "I will give you a chance now, go to it, and make good." At frequent intervals the instructors and lead- ing men of the school are called together and re- ports upon progress of work are given and things for the good of the school discussed. Conferences and advice from the supervisory force of the Shipfitters' Shop are also held at stated intervals thus combining the two more closely to- gether with beneficial results to all. A MOTHER'S SMILE. There are clouds that must o'ershade us. There are griefs that all must know, There are sorrows that have made us Feel the tide of human woe; But the deepest darkest sorrow, Though it sear the heart awhile, Hope's cheering smile may borrow From a mother's welcome smile. There are days in youth to greet us With a ray too bright to last. There are cares of age to meet us When those sunny days are past; But the past scenes hover o'er us And give back the heart a while. All that memory can restore us In a mother's welcome smile. There are scenes and sunny places, On which feeling loves to dwell, There are many happy faces Who have known and loved us well; But mid joy or mid dejection, There is nothing can beguile, That can show the fond affection Of a mother's welcome smile. William Sumner Hughes. Machinist. Outside Machine Shop. NOBLE WORK. The profits realized from the sale of candy in Building 89, Outside Machine Shop, in the last three months, have accumulated to the sum of $900. The directors of this fund, Mr. Fred Hayes and B. J. Ferran, decided recently to allow Dr. Preble, head of the United States Public Health Service to draw on their account up to $600, the money to be spent in providing two nurses for duty in the con- tagious hospital recently opened in Portsmouth, N. H., and two nurses for outside duty. The cause for such a decision by the directors was due to the urgent necessity of providing available funds wher- ever they might be found, to help in the recent Spanish Influenza epidemic that hit this vicinity. Other money is being spent in helping destitute families living in Portsmouth and vicinity, when- ever proper cause can be positively shown to exist. PIANOS FOR RENT FOR THE WINTER GET YOUR ORDER IN EARLY MONTGOMERY'S MUSIC STORE OPP. P. 0. PORTSMOUTH, H. H. EVERYBODY'S STORE 141 CONGRESS ST. - - Y. M. C. A. BLDC. PORTSMOUTH, N.H. NOW COMES THE WINTER SEASON WHEN EVERYTHING IS MOST NEEDFD • We were exceptionally lucky to secure our merchandise at old prices, we therefore suggest that Every Man Woman or Child reading this "Ad" should not overlook this opportunity of the good values this COMING SEASON in Ladies and Men's wearing apparel. EVERYBODY'S STORE ~"I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 23 LIFE BUOY DITTY BOX SAYINGS. We are all ready for the Fourth Liberty Loan. Our shop is having another annex, we are out- growing our shop faster than they can build addi- tions. Sisco certainly put it over on Bailey in dividing their gardens, for Bailey had to go to North Anston, Maine, to get his winter potatoes. Jesse Lord is blending a new cigarette tobacco. Hughy's bowling alleys will be open about Dec. 1st. (?) Willy Lonergan wants the clocks set back in the morning instead of at night. Andy has returned after two weeks vacation spent in Washington, D. C, in the interest of Pro- hibition. SEEN THROUGH THE PERISCOPE. Letters have been received from two former members of the Submarine Drafting Room Crew, Privates D. J. Carey and K. M. Pattee. They are both quite enthusiastic about the army life. Can you imagine how they will get the girls in those uniforms? The first girl draftsman (or is it drafts- woman?) has reported for duty. Miss Mildred Lane, of Melrose, Mass. We hope to see more assistants for Mr. Yeomans. We are all glad to see Bobby settle down once more and enjoy the quietude of his Broad Street home every evening. The explanation of the worried look on several of the boys' faces is at last discovered; they are all wondering where the Chief Draftsman's office will be in the new building. We should have been in the new drafting room by this time, but during the recent rains a large number of leaks developed in the roof and now it will have to be caulked or the boys will have to wear raincoats. Another case of War Profiteering: 6c for 5c worth of candy at Colliton's Candy Counter. Our newly elected Liberty Loan Committee composed of Captain E. J. Proehl, R. W. Lord and H. G. Brown is very enthusiastic and will put the Sub Drafting Room over the top if it can be done It is a sure bet that when the final standing is pub- lished we will be conspicuous near the top as we always have been. Congratulations to W. C. White, W. P. Newton and G. M. Clark. They were fine cigars, too, boys. Mr. Collier looks right at home. "Over the board." C. S. Conlon is getting impatient waiting for a call to active duty. He enlisted some time ago in Naval Aviation, but has not been able to get an assignment yet. Charley wants that uniform. He has so many different girls that it takes all his time explaining why he hasn't been drafted. The Spanish flooey has raised havoc in the Sub Drafting room. Many have been sick, and a lot have been sick enough to get sick leave. WE WONDER When Zislin and Rosen will learn to play cards. Where all the janitors come from. When Scriven will pass around the cigars. Why the delay Earle? The boys are getting anx- ious and rents are getting scarcer all the time. When Hales will pay Zislin that cigar. When Rosen will take a long trip in his gas buggy. Cheer up Rosie, you may have a good one some day. Why Wright's table was moved down in the corner. Hard luck Vim. We thought you were making a hit. If Rosie's Ramblers will be seen on the alleys when the ten-pins begin to fall. If Charley Guiggesburg is still chasing Trans- portation. If Googins ever gets tired of calling some of the boys to the telephone. How Coffin manages to get a letter every day. If Lee Scheirer has had any experiences doctor- ing the Spanish influenza lately. ANVIL SPARKS. See Walter Clark for your Liberty Bonds. Fred Reckendorff visits Boston quite often lately, we wonder why? Several of the boys who visited Boston lately have not recovered yet. Pete Draper is now actively engaged in making Soap Powder. We wonder why Frank Marshall changed his mind about that dance. Maurice has very sore hands but a stout heart. One of our young men had better stay away from Lowell as the air is very dry down there. Big Sam and Dixon are a pair of Helpers hard to beat. Congratulations to Mr. Blake. A boy, 10 pounds. Did you ever have any experience as a helper? Yes sir. Where? Three years in High School. Congratulations to Mr. H. M. Forbush, also to Mr. Richards who will be the next in our Shop. See Mr. Chaffe about your War Savings Stamps. Only three months in which to make good your pledges. "A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned" We can help you save a good many pennies on HOUSE FURNISHINGS See Mr. WOOD 99 Penhallow St. Portsmouth, N. H THE "BUSY CORNER" STORE But Never Too Busy To Fill Your Prescriptions and Fill Them Right OCT OF TOWN PATRONS ARE WELCOME TO WAIT FOR THE CAR AT OCR HOUSE BENJAMIN GREEN THE DRUGGIST INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION LOWEST RATES BEST FORMS C E- TRAFTON 35 Pleasant St. Opposite Post Office YOU AUGHT TO KNOW DENNET and McXARTHY'S 18 THE HK8T PLACE TO BUY Overalls, Shirts, Hosiery USE GAS F~OR LIGHTING, HEATING AND COOKING PORTSMOUTH GAS CO- ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE Dr. S. F. A. Pickering - - DENTIST - - i TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS OFFICE HOURS 32 CONGRESS STREET 8 TO 12 A. M. 2 TO 5 P. M. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. BROOKS MOTOR SALES PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE FORD SERVICE Fill IS BrOS. Men's and Boys' Shoes Fine Shoe Repairing congress st. tel. con. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" LIFE BUUY SUPPLIES. With all apoligiese to Ensigns Harrison and Knight, it seems rather Rood (o see Captain Arms back again. Miss Ellen Bowden lias returned from a fifteen days trip to Buffalo, New York City, Cleveland and .Niagara Falls. Bernard Paul and Mr. Chesley have returned from a Western trip. They report thai they had a wonderful time. Ernest Sanders ami Eugene Lavangee leave Wednesday, the twenty-fifth for Durham, where they will train for the Army. 11 is (he wish of all i lie olliee force (hat they he successful in their new duties. They will be greatly missed by the girls. Miss Lucy Morgan relumed to work on Tues- day, last, after a fifteen day furlough spent at Lawrence, Mass. Miss Ethel Sanford is undergoing an operation at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Manchester, N. H. Several new yeowomen reported for duty this week. WE WONDER: has If Miss M. knows how many stripes a Sergeant Why Mr. Robbins enjoys his daily work so much, also why he likes to work overtime. Why Blaisdell went to church one Sunday re- cently. Why a certain young lady is called ■•.Sister" by one of the heads Why "Pa" takes so many half days off. Why a certain young lady refused an invita- tion from a Naval Officer— Perhaps she was afraid some one would tell Maxie What kind of a bird the cuckoo is. and where 'i can be found— Ask Long— fellow. Where Rosie gets all her Page and Shaw's. Who one office girl gets to direct her envelopes and why. Who gets all the profits from the candy drawers. Certainly not the one who deserves it. Why some people never look into a mirror. Why Rosie got that vacant stare when she re- tailed to the powder-puff. Why it looks so nice and tidy around "Pa's" desk. How they get that way.— Even Lucy is wear ing fancy stockings! WE'VE HEARD: That the best looking girls may be found in the Supply Department. Well, anyway we notice there is more vigor and determination to succeed than ever before. That a certain young fellow in the office wrote a letter to a girl but lost his courage and did not send it. She's a "B" Eddie, but she wouldn't sting you. That all the girls admire a fellow who wears a uniform. — Even "Little Polly." That one doesn't have to go outside the office to see "camouflage." Thai Lucy and Abbie's little affair has broken up on account of our remark in a recent copy of the "Life Buoy"— We didn't mean to hurt your feelings — Can't you take a joke? That the men in this Department are partial to lavender waists,— better keep your eyes open. "Bernie." That a certain Rye girl is thinking of joining a circus as she is very fond of THE TENT. That Colonel Leavitt doesn't object if all the young fellows are drafted, as we hear him sing oc- casionally— "Oh the old men will have a fine time when the young men go away." That Blaisdell sold his Buick recently. Are you planning to buy a carriage now? That the girls in the Purchasing Section don', know where they are at these days Now you're here, Now you're there, In fact we see you everywhere! (Cheer up, girls, learn all you can and when the men leave you will be able to fill their places). That the rotund tile clerk in the Purchasing Section was passing around nuts recently, the genial one says they were raised in -his vard on Echo Street. One of the young ladies in that sec- tlon says that nuts of that kind do not grow in Kittery — What say, Steve? That it pays to advertise. Neighbor. ELECTRICAL.SPARKS. We hear that the town of York was well repre- sented at the recent banquet and ball. Our F. O's. from York are there on the "gild- ing." They acquire their aptitude from excessive practice at the dances held in York Town Hall. The Baseball team from this Shop has closed its (very successful) season. The boys are now spending their dinner hour kicking the "pigskin " We are wondering why Phyllis always forgets her badge. The report of the Chairman of the lunch room Committee is as follows: Since May 1, 191s $4139.34 has been turned into the bank. We have on hand in the bank $150, and J200 worth of stock with no unpaid bills. We are arranging to send HENRY PEYSER &, SON 16 TO 20 MARKET ST. For more than forty years Portsmouth's leading Store for Men's and Boys' apparel RUGS, DRAPERIES, FURNITURE COVERINGS THE QUALITY STORE MARGESON BROS. Vaughn St. Telephone 570 PORTSMOUTH, N. H. FRED B. COLEMAN If you desire to buy or sell Real Estate call. APOTHECARY telephone or write Corner Congress and Vaughn Sts. II . I. CASWELL AGENCY PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Congress St. TELEPHONE 478-W Portsmouth PEOPLE'S MARKET SINCLAIR GARAGE DEALERS IN HORTON SERVICE BEEF, PORK &. PROVISIONS Telephones 282-W 841 1-M COR. DANIEL AND I'ENHALLOW STREETS Corner Richards Ave. & Middle St. Telephone Connection Portsmouth, N. II. Portsmouth, N. 11. S- S- TRUEMAN GENERAL CONTRACTOR TELEPHONE 651 83 Bow St. Portsmouth, N. H. JOHN O'LEARY KITTERYand NAVY YARD EXPRESS GENERAL TEAMING Tel. Con. Portsmouth, N. H. If you want to be dressed up to the Minute from head to foot in dress and work clothes come in to see LOUIS ABRAMS & CO. 38-40 Daniel St. Portsmouth, N- H. U R S T R E ENLIST ACAINST THE HIGH COST OF LIVING "TRADE AT THE CO-OPERATIVE STORli" Clean, fresh meat, groceries and provisions at reasonable prices. Every stock holder has equal rights, and the store is man- aged for the benefit of all workmen. CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION INC. Market St. Portsmouth, N. H ONE FOR ALL! ALL FOR ONE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 21 LIFE BUOY boxes of candy, cigars and cigarettes to our former shopmates who have been called into service. A service flag for this shop would contain stars for the following former employees: K. M. Pattee, C. R. Hall, H. P. Fisher, J. J. Connors, N. I Hogue, W. H. Parks, John How. Charles Prince, \Y 11. Little, \V. L. Thompson. I). P. Walker, S. B. Wood. O. Olsen, J. S. Hoyt, C. Fortune, Geo. Carr, Henry King, Oscar Hebert, Harry Brown, Roger I, add and Carl Hanscom. The output for the month of August was $120,000, over $25,000 more than the second highest month. The 4th Liberty Loan drive will surely go "over the top" in 79. "Jocko" has purchased a new $50. winter suit. You can't beat "Jocko" on style. One of our employees residing in York has had his uniform cleaned and pressed, his badge is also polished. He "is waiting for Next Year's Field Hay. Go to it George. "Duke" has been enjoying a vacation spent at his home in the suburbs of Kittery. Temperatures are running high in 79. One Female Operator, returning from the dispensary reported her temperature as ill. Birchall sure is some cartoonist. Wonder what his next one will be. They say Miss Kane surely did enjoy herself at the banquet and ball recently held as a farewell to. Commander R. 1'. Schlabach. who is a non-swearer and a non-smoker. Mott Hoyt is anxious to know how many red ears of corn he can raise. The single fellows are going fast; there are only seven left. Dr. Smith has three patients with prospects of more if he doesn't weaken. Several fellows in the shop wish that the creek was nearer the Kittery side of the river. If no more lay offs occur that the Pattern- makers are going after the bowling championship of the Yard. PATTERNS. With [our years at sea Jim might be able to tie his boat up properly. Twitchell was very much pleased with the re- sults of his ad for a room. As yet he is undecided whether he will room in North Hampton as a christian, non-smoker and non-swearer, or with a happy black family of three in Portsmouth We wish to advise Van that he would be great- ly appreciated by a certain Eliot girl if he wore a Marine uniform. With the close of the summer season, the boys ol Camp Lookusup and many friends, will run a straw ride to Greenland where a huskingbee will be held at Hoyt Farm. Now that Mr. Malmquist is satisfied with ship- litting. it is believed that he will submerge for the winter and next spring enjoy a honeymoon trip to the ruins of Germany. THEY SAY THAT:- Twitchell has drawn the color line. The Camp now contains a christian young man BOAT SHOP PUFFS. Great credit is due to our baseball team for the excellent showing which they made in the re- cent series. Altho we did not win the pennant we made a good try for it. It is hoped that with the excellent material which we now have that we will have a team in the field the coming season. Out- most excellent manager and Captain Heinie Cragen has accomplished wonders in a short space of time. Some times old men come back altho Steam Roller Bunker and Grandpa Humphreys tried their best, we could plainly see that their age was against them. There was quite an interesting sight on the Dover train after the game. It was noticed by several that our ladies' man Mr. Condon was in his glory. He was not seated with one girl but with many. Strictly business is the reason Uncle Ed doesn't catch any small lobsters. He has a sign on all of his lobster traps — No admittance except on business — We are all very sorry to learn of Mr. Ford's misfortune, but very glad it was no worse. One of the Navy Yard travelling cranes made a good slide for the Boat Shop Bldg. No. 60 this morning but by some good fortune no one was hurt. The boom tore a large hole in the wall and splinter- ed a large door on the back of the building. Woman. Woman, long you've waited for that dream, that dream that ne'er came true, but at last it can be toasted, Willie's pants will soon fit you. On a clear September evening not many moons ago, Mr. Tucker crossed the river in a boat that was not slow. He was somewhat in a hurry with his basket full of eggs. Not thinking of a tumble as he stepped upon the edge. His legs they were not steady as he jumped upon the stage. A. D. S. BVfi AT Adams Drug Store ON MARKET STREET rrs no use Telling you a long story about advancing prices. You know as much about it as I do. But I want to tell you that I have a large stock of CLOTHS, bought to secure old yarns and dyes, at a much lower price than they can be found today. If you need a SUIT this year BUY IT NOW. WOOD, The Tailor 15 PLEASANT ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. THE PORTSMOUTH FLOWER SHOP A. C. CRAIG, Manager FANCY CUT FLOWERS AGENT VICTOR TATKTIVG MACHINES 4 Market Street Phone 960 PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE M. P. ALKON &, CO. DEALERS IN CHINA, CROCKERY & CLASS WARE NO- 27 MARKET ST , PORTSMOUTH, N. H. D. BOU AGENT FOR LEADING FIRE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES GOV. ST. KITTERY, MAINE ^W-A-FLFLEHSr F. BLAISDELL HARDWARE, PAINTS, COOKINC UTENSILS AND MOTOR ACCESSORIES. THE DODD SYSTEM OF LIGHTNING PROTECTION. Telephone 7 YORK VILLAGE, ME. Congress and Fleet Sts. We can furnish a house from cellar to attic. Prices right in every branch of our business. Why not step into our store and look over our many styles of furniture. It costs nothing to look, and it might be beneficial for us both D. H. MC INTOSH PORTSMOUTH, N. H. TYPEWRITERS FOR SALE & RENT J. E. DIMICK 29 Tanner St PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Telephone 837-M. E. PERCY STODARD INSURANCE REAL ESTATE 7 Market Square PORTSMOUTH "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 29 LIFE BUOY And down he went upon his knees with' the basket and the eggs. We do not know eggs-actly but it was very safe to say Thai li«' prefers eggs scrambled to any other way. Keep up courage Joe. we can almost see it now. A i i lie present time hair lips aren't very popular with the Boat Shop girls but we don't know the sentiment of the Tin shop. Helen says she has learned one check number 6259 DRILLINGS, BORINGS AND TAPPINGS. At the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Boulter, the supervising force of this shop were very pleasantly entertained at their home on the Fernald Road, Kittery, Saturday, August 31, 1918. Upon arrival dinner was served, the tables being set on the veranda and very prettily decorated, and the menu consisting of everything good in the edible line. A trip around the farm and the enjoy- ment of games, passed the afternoon hours all too quickly. The return trip was made In the early evening and all present declare that as host and hostess Quarterman and Mrs. Boulter are without peer OUTSIDE MACHINE SHOP BLIKJ. NO. 89. CAMOUFLACK Telephone, Burr-r-r-r. Foreman answers, Deep bass voice on other end. "is Miss — there?" Foreman, "Yes." "Miss - you are wanted on the phone." Miss -- Hello, yes, no (Alice?) I am going over to Annies tonight, good-bye. (Alice?) The directors of the candy fund, Mr. Fred Hayes and Mr. B. F. Ferrin, are to be congratulated on the Quickness with which they allowed Dr. Preble of the United States Public Health Service to draw on the fund up to $G00. The money was to be ex- pended in reimbursing four nurses who were en- gaged to help tight the recent Spanish influenza epidemic. Mr. Thomas .1. Lynch certainly performed s wonderful piece of work when he acted as toast- master at the recent farewell banquet and ball teudered former Commander Schlabach. Mr. Lynch's remarks were not only appropriate, but were well received and applauded. His toast to Commander Schlabach was exceptionally well done. METAL SPLASHES. WE WONDER Why Mike does not leave as early as formerly in order to get a reserved seat on the train. If Dynamite still plays the game. If Mr. Gould is well versed on the latest songs, for the last one we heard him sing was "K-K-Katy." Why the Foundry boys are so popular at the new hotel. How often Mrs. Carter has birthdays. If .lack has received his million dollars yet. If Marion enjoyed her intermission at the re- cent banquet. Why Lawless watches the mail messenger so much of late. If Donnely had any automobile trouble the night Of the Banquet. Why Charlie is always complaining about the cold weather, taking into consideration the fact that he is surrounded by a bunch of live wires. Why Dan does not wait until the moon shines for bis midnight marauding. Why the girls in the Office located in the lean- to. wear their heavy coats and hats while working. TRADE SCHOOL. The class in shipfitting which meets in tin- Mold Loft every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:30 is progressing nicely. All who can avail themselves of the opportunity of attending these night lectures should not fail to do so. Last week a large delegation of newcomers ar- rived from Vermont. They surely are making good and it is requested that they try and induce then- friends to come down. "Chet" Emery, according to Mr. Brackett. lives in a place where custard pies are made to perfection. Brackett says "A bully pie." The "Count's" observation of the School upon his return from New York. "To one returning from a leave of a few days the Trade School surely pre- sented a different aspect. The same faces greeted me but somehow things were different. Mr. Emery held his accustomed place near the doorway, his eagle eye seeing everything. Mr. Keene bobbed thru the door so quickly that all I could hear was the dying away of a "Hello." Mr. Stevens appeared as usual in his red sweater; while Robbie wore a smile The chalk lines appeared heavier than usual. What a vast change there has been, a huge board <> feet by :! feet held the numbers so close to one another that when 1 removed my check from the hook the check next to mine rolled on the floor. This has happened before and such a search that I LIVE WIRE MEN WANTED To get acquainted with a live wire store, A store that KNOWS what men want and HAS it. Good, dependable merchandise at right prices, and good service. •MASTERCRAKT" AND LEOPOLD MOKSKS MEN'S CLOTHES "RIGHT POSTURE" BOYS CLOTHES ARROW COLLARS HATHAWAY SHIRTS CHENEY TIES WALK-OVER AND RALSTON SHOES FOR MEN I, ION BRAND WORK SHOES-ARROW RUBBER BOOTS-TRIPLE TREAD RUBBERS N. H. BEANE&CO. 5 Congress St. 1*01-18111011111 R. E. BANNAFORD FLORIST - - - CUT FLOWERS, DESICNS & DECORATIONS 152 RICHARDS AVK. tki.kciiomc con. C. P. CARROLL Groceries, Meats and Provisions 145 PENHALLOW ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Tel. Connection Near A. S. L. Ferry 'YORK COUNTY NATIONAL RANK" SERVICE Large Storage Vault and Safety Deposit Boxes for lent. Your checking account is solicited. In our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT we pay 4 Per Cent interest. YORK COUNTY NATIONAL RANK FORK VILLAGE, MAINE THE APOLLO LUNCH -000{SJ<»0- HOME COOKING 17 Congress St. Portsmouth, N. H. PHILBHICK'S PHARMACY AGENCY FOR BELLE MEAD SWEETS & JERSEY ICECREAM 67 • ' 'ii rress St, - Portsmouth, N. 1 1 The ACORN is h('M(|(|Uill1lTS I'c >[' Ship and Gun Drill Books on Machine Shop Practice .Mariners Hand l!n<.k Books on Naval Architecture Deck and Boat Book Books on Ship Building Blue Jackets Manuals Hunks on Navigation 1« Market Square Portsmouth.N. II HATS & MEN'S FURNISHINGS AT PARSONS THE HATTER PORTSMOUTH. N. II. : PHONE 867-M "1 SAW IT IN THE LIFE IJUOY' 31 LIFE BUOY was compelled to go thru before I located my rambling check. Talk about signs! First I en- countered. "Please do your business thru the win- dow hereafter," then "The following men only are entitled to use this office." Not finding my name on the list. 1 quietly closed the door. Two girls sitting at the desk busily en- gaged in assorting cards was the next point of in- terest. At the tool room 1 was introduced to a Mrs. Rounds, who has won the distinction of being called the "Good Housekeeper." Mr. Gilker then appeared in the doorway, looking me over with quick, nervous glances. To close my observation I will say that the mosl familiar voice of all to greet me was that of Mr. Bracket the square root esquire, who as you all know is our Mathematics professor, saying "Now men we will take up the square root this morning:" The boys who played on the baseball team are now thinking of starting a basketball team. willing to send in a few notes for the next issue of the "Life Buoy." Fiora, who is engaged in camouflaging most of the time, surely can throw other things besides paint.. Haddock surely knows what good chocolates are when he sees them If you don't believe it. ask E. E. P. It is claimed thai tilings look serious for Mr. 1 *:i ii 1 noontimes. How about it, Georgie? Marion either actually buys Stamps, or else she is trying to buy the seller. SUBMARINE BUILDERS. Our boys certainly played a line brand of base- ball We knew that we were going to win the League Championship after the first game was played, when it comes to vim and a spirit of de- termination, we hope the same will be displayed in our work of constructing subs as was displayed in the baseball league. It is our understanding that our efficient time- keeper K. Penwell and 11. Colliton Of the new Sub- marine ways. Bldg. 11"). tried to join the Navy. The reason given for a refusal must be guessed at. R. Briddle recently asked the young lady in the tool room for some so;ipsi one. tor which lie pre- sented a job order stub. The next time Ralph came for more soap stone, the young lady pleasantly asked him for a Job order number. The question is whether Ralph got the soap stone or not. If anyone would like a nice little verse or sweet little song for their scrap book, the claim has been advanced that Hartford would be only too glad to write it. Art is surely full of it. WE WONDER When R. Fernald will slop asking Sam Gard- ner about the time he has got coining to him. If George Williams is learning to knit during the noon hour. He frank. George, in your answer. Why Mildred Adams is so willing to run or. errands outside the shop. If some of our fellow employees wouldn't be LATHE TURNING CHIPS. The passing of the beach season is sincerely regretted by most of the boys in the shop. Hill. Ralph, Ray. Frank. Brownie and Ned especially. We will now be better enabled to understand the little week end trips to the neighboring cities and the late returns on Monday. Mr. Morton Seavey reports that on a good clear day he can make out the top masts of his blockade runner from his house top, when she enters the harbor. The workmen's band made a decided hit at the farewell dinner tendered to Commander Schlabach on the evening of Sept. ltith. All right "Appetite" I'll try to remember next I i mt'. Gay Caswell has got his shot gun ready for any midnight prowler; this notice is intended for the benefit of all Haverhill parties who might be tc mpted to wake Gay up on their way home. With this month's issue of the Lifebuoy ap- pears a picture of the men of Building .so. From all^ accounts the boys have long anticipated this important event and have prepared for if. Charlie Pierce don't mind the extra money for the toll as long as he arrived whole in Portsmouth. Railroad wrecks have no terrors for him, but to ride with "Slippery" ill his go-cart is something to give the bravest of men serious thoughts as to their personal safety Norrls Wiggin says that driving rivets, making ditty boxes, electrical fittings and baking pans is cliilds play compared to balancing propellers. "Wig" ought to know about it too. Dan Wardwell says that times have certainly changed since the first appearance of that coal burn- ing chariot at East Boston to the twelve cylinder machine of today. We understand that Hill Hackney is seriously contemplating the purchase of a farm. 120-128 Market St FOR HEATING WOOD AND COAL STOVES, OIL HEATERS THE SWEETSER STORE Portsmouth, N. H. A FEW OF OUR SPECIALTIES Hart, Schaffner and Marx Clothes, Stetson Hats, Manhattan Shirts, Fownes Gloves, Interwoven Stockings F. W. LYDSTON & CO. ( 5SSSS^S , *.5 r ' JOHN SISE & CO. INSURANCE 8 MARKET SQUARE PORTSMOUTH, N. H. A. P. WENDELL & CO Hardware, Paints and Tools Telephone 850 2 Market Square Portsmouth, N. H. PORTSMOUTH MOTOR MART Inc. Cadillac Service Station Used Cars for Sale Autos for Hire Accessories and Supplies TELEPHONE 22 & 34 PORTSMOUTH, N. H. THE VERY BEST IN RUBBER GOODS "KANTLEEK" GUARANTEED FOR 2 YEARS BOARDMAN & NORTON ffie^ciiL Store, Portsmouth, N.H. Opp. Post Office MEN'S WOMEN'S & CHILDREN'S SHOES OF THE BETTER QUALITY C. F. DUNCAN & CO. 9 Market St. Portsmouth, N. H. SAVE FUEL By using Electric Appliances for Cooking ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LIGHT AND POWER CO. 2<) Pleasant Street Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 33 LIFE BUOY \ TRIBUTE TO OSCAR BY H. E. T. All is quiet In the shop \V nen dear old "Nub" is not on the spot. An hour of rest is quite nice I've been told But a day without Taylor is better than gold. As we glance at the paper when our day is done To see what our boys have done to the Hun. There comes to our mind a thought o'er and o'er The wrestle that Taylor had on the tloor. Now wrestling's instructive and lighting is good If you're not a quitter and fight with hard wood. Hermle has the manners of a dandy Hut, Oil can't he swear when someone takes his candy. if "Blueberry" don't put a silencer on that oar of his the residents of Kennebunk will lynch him. He had better take Howard along with him in case of trouble. If any trouble should occur don't be too hasty about settling it. M. L. McManus alias "Chuck" the grape mer- chant of Dover, has extinguished himself by his actions towards one of the fair sex, with whom he endeavored to make ;i hit; of OOUrse living In BUCh a metropolis us the up river city, one cannot know every resident of the place. However, the men of gallery No. 2 declare that "Marty" made a mistake, and if he don't like his name, why not go to court and have it changed. Carl Bragg's wife says she is sorry that they did not move to Hampton two years ago and Dutch's wile says she wishes that they had. Ulen deRochmont our special tool maker has instructed his wife that if she hears any strange i, .uses iii the night to investigate the trouble while he gets his revolver and he will do the rest. We are grieved to learn that some of our shop- mates pay little heed to the request of the Fuel Ad ministrator in regards to the use of autos Sundays. Hill has warned "Hoody" not to leave any- thing else at Bennett's for him. Manning refuses to be seen in the town of Kittery with that Newburyport tank again. Snappy" we hear lias bought a new set of high speed tools "at-a-boy." Uosie and her lady friends from No. 7'.' will miss the Saturday noon rides with our genial Eddie Grant from Bldg. No. 80 If anyone on the Yard has a $800.00 horse to sell Ed. Plumpton stands ready to give $65.00 cash for it if the halter will be thrown in for good measure. Ed I'liiinpioii is also thinking ol buying a car. But under no conditions would he own or ride in a car like Maguire's. Dick says he'll stack his car against any Simplex or Packard on a run to Nashua. PAN KOASTINGS. It is the understanding of the girls in the Shop that Julia Connors has given them the slip, in that she intends to become married. She has the best wishes of all the girls who have been associated with her and who had the pleasure of knowing her. It certainly was a surprise to see some of the boys coming into the Shop with a draft card in their hands The moving of the sawmill from the lower floor of the Sheet Metal Shop has released much needed floor space. Over 60 per cent, of the men who were working on the second floor have been transferred to the first floor. It is said that Fords can be found almost any- where— guess it's so — for we have one in the Pan Gang. Wallace Dickson is said to lie enjoying a much longed for vacation. The forced absence of Miss Kilgore of the Office force, because of illness is regretted and it is hoped that she soon will convalesce to the point that she may be able to resume her duties In that the new elevator has not as yet been Installed, the unique performance of seeing the female Operatives pass pans down the stairs has taken place. BLOCK SHOP. ■ It is claimed that our leading lady surely has made a marked impression on the minister, so much so that George, our storeman is getting somewhat excited. The Shop is wondering why Hersey takes walks so frequently around the Band Stand. Own up Hersey. Who is that with you? Lona stated that she misses her work and hopes she soon will be able to resume her duties. It is claimed that Helen, our Star Comedienne, attended the farewell Banquet and Ball. By the way, Helen, who was your escort? It certainly takes our elevator operative to talk back to our plump machines!. What did she say. Guyette? Hazel, in accordance with an explanation from last month states that she little realized that William was taking up so much of her attention, and hopes that hereafter she will be able not to pass her Spar Shop friends up. THOSE WHO PAY CASH GET BETTER VALUE FOR THEIR MONEY Congress Street 3 E^ £^ \fof |>ffl 5» Tel. 194 Portsmouth, N. H. m ~ m " KERWIN SYSTEM SHOE STORES Portsmouth, Roxbury, Dorchester, Fall River, Framingham, (2) You have many advantages when you buy SHOES of THE KERWIN SYSTEM SHOE STORES WE BUY AND SELL FOR CASH FOR SIX LARCE NEW ENGLAND STORES Cash discounts from manufactures, no charge accounts, no trading stamps, less profits: -All combine to make our prices the lowest possible. KERWIN-LEACH CO. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. - - - - 45 CONGRESS ST., FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY, ICE CREAM AND SODA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TELEPHONE 29 w CATERING A SPECIALTY 43 CONGRESS street TIRE CONSERVATION Conserve on your tires by having those small cuts and ^]»™""*^ in time and put a few more miles in the old shoe. Our VULCANIZING DE- PARTMENT is up-to-date. Fine line of new tires. OVERLAND AGENCY C, A. LOWD Service Station & Garage 33 8 Pleasant St. Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" CARTER'S OVERALLS (Union Made) MEANS "A Heap o' Satisfaction" TO THE WEARER CARTER'S OVERALLS for men give the most service. Made from th e best quality denims, perfect fit, big and roomy. A STURDY OVERALL CARTER'S BLOOMERETTS for women. Made of fine quality KHAKI cloth, best for factory workers, protects the clothing, promotes safety. Look for the CARTER label. H. W. CARTER & SONS LEBANON, : : : NEW HAMPSHIRE THE OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF OVERALLS IN THE U. S. A. ^ssxs^sutn^j^Aiajjux^uxje&secziaai^ ^OUSTJ^ DEPARTMENT^ LIFE BUOY ^^ AVY YAR ^PORTSMOUTH, ■ mJ^g. 1 " - ' ! -' a*-' SUGRUE'S HOTEL At Entrance to Navy Yard Get your Dinner here. Buy a Meal ticket. Tickets Good until used Telephones 349-W. 8449-8443-M. 9301. Residence 349-R. Sugrue's Store Regal Shoes. Overalls Tobacco. Confectionery COMPLETE MEN'S OUTFITTER J. P. SUGRUE, Prop. Kittery, Maine. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" Start in right now to enjoy the world's beat music. Wiih a Victrolo you can hear at will the kind of music you like best — you can have dance music whenever you want to dance, you can have the most famous bands entertain you with their stirring music — you can hear any music you want to hear. This genuine Victrola will play for you any of the more than 5000 records listed in the Victor Record catalog. It is handy for both outdoor and indoor use Convenient for the porch, the lawn, in camp, in the canoe — wherever you want to Sake it, And in (he home it is easily moved from one room to another as occasion may require. Give Ua llic work." "Just a minute," said the Man hurriedly. "Let's look a little further." "There! That's the man," he said finally. They had reached the place of government, and he was LIFE BUOY 8 40000 jfr, 8 3&0S0* .' 83ga52 WW LIBERTY LOAN BULLETIN. keel. WSBURSBIiVOfnCE DISPENSARY JHOSPITAL MARINES •>'JJilJ')Vi^'nEin?^Tr!^- ^i)i : u ; ^ B [j u ^j a ISSEOaI 50UTHERY INDUSTRIAL DEPt II ISUftiiiiJ I BOILER SHOP .1 <5S\ DRAFTIN6 ROOM "811 Z7 MDRAFTING ROOM "89 4 II ELECTRICAL (1ACH. SHOP \ 7S0\ I ELECTRICAL SHOP I /Si I V6 ESTIMATORS ' £7 A3 FOUNDRY A 23. 21 JOINERS SHOP /? ../O MACHINE SHOP "86 42' II MACHINE SHOP"^ . 2> , I OFFICERS M J/ I / I OFFICE EMPLOYEES ?o. 6M PATTERN SHOP Jo 1 ■3 PAINTSHOP : /OO ■ /OO ZSOO 7W< /OO UOO \/2fSO \E3sf wit.mwrJL'PuMmvnsmfviifii \/00 4200. \2o750 [474, JoO Z.Z10O 32ooo \I34.4 ZMMSESMMm-M 1/00 0900 \/2oOO \3ol.6 \/0O \2sl000- \7000O \/37-2 \/00 /3ooO\/2 l.j . SMITH SHOP , //6 /* STRUCTURAL o4- f I TRADE SCHOOL 2%C l-f TRAN5P0RTAT ON o RIGGERS^LABORERS 20 TOTAL I PRISONERS GRAND TOTAL irftimiwttawf fFtsrriKffiKfi \/D0 \ 2 24 SO J- \/oo 6300- \/aioo \m.. \ 00 &4oo \/0&>50 VU4 \/00 2300 \47oo U,Z? \/Q0 bOOO *>&0 0- \/0d \/oo /y I Ml / i i/Mti I IBEOgjjlKC&gEBEi SI ZOO \y 258 men. The average subscription per man for the four issues is $1025. This is all the more com- mendable when it is understood that only two larger subscriptions than $500 were received in these issues, one of $3000 being subscribed in the second and one of $4000 in the fourth issue. It is needless to say that each and every man in the Boat Shop subscribed to each and every issue Miul too much credit cannot be given to each and every employee of this Shop. The untiring efforts of Mr. Charles Tucker, Shop Captain, also helped materially in gaining this world's distinction. LIFE BUOY 16 17 LIFE BUOY TEETH. The teeth are very important to the general health. Nature gave the teeth for chewing food and thus preparing it for digestion in the stomach. The saliva or spit which comes in the mouth when chewing is going on, moistens the food and partly digests some parts of it, even before it gets to the stomach. The teeth must be kept clean; first, in order to save them; second, to prevent them from becoming breeding places for germs. Teeth decay because the food is allowed to stay between them. Food between the teeth becomes changed and makes an acid which eats into the teeth, then the germs which are always present in the mouth go into the hole the acid has eaten in the tooth and cause the decay- ing. This may go on until the whole tooth is de- stroyed, or it may go even further and pass into the jaw, causing poisoning of the bone. This is a seri- ous condition. Decayed teeth are bad to have: 1st — Because they cause toothache. 2nd — Because they become useless for chewing. 3rd — Because they may cause poisoning of the jaw bone. 4th — Because they catch food and germs and these get mixed with the saliva and are swallowed. This may cause stomach sickness. The best way to keep from having bad teeth is: 1st — Clean them at night with a brush and tooth powder. Brush up and down, not across the "It is not a matter of pride or prejudice, I am sure," says Dr. Mott, "but there never has been as clean an army, one so efficient in morale and one from which springs so spontaneously the conquer- ing spirit, as the U. S. Army. I say this deliberate- ly because I have studied the physical facts and observed the spirit of our troops in France, their physical, mental and moral efficiency. "There must be causes for this. Our Govern- ment has had no uncertain policy in this respect. Morale is admittedly the chief factor in warfare, but we do not always give sufficient study to what produces it. Our Government, however, has fav- ored both obligatory and voluntary measures to uphold the morale of American soldiers and sailors." (a) teeth. (b) (O Do not brush hard. Brush to remove the food which has collected during the day, not just to clean. 2nd — Rinse the mouth after cleaning the teeth with a teaspoonful of cooking soda in a glass of water. 3rd — Go to a dentist once a year and let him fill all holes in the teeth. If you have bad teeth, go to the dentist at once and have them fixed up, then follow above direc- tions. AN INSPIRING MESSAGE FROM DR. J O H X R . MOTT. Dr. Mott, who is General Secretary, Inter- national Committee of the Y. M. C. A. has visited all the armies on both sides of the European con- flict, spending many months in Germany and Aus- tria, among allied prisoners before the United States entered the war. He knows the morale of every army, has made a study of the psychology of troops. NAVY YARD ORCHESTRA A Navy Yard orchestra has been formed and will play the musical numbers in the mixed Min- strel show, the performances of which will be held in the Portsmouth theatre on the evenings of Dec- ember 11 and 12. The manager of the orchestra, who likewise plays the cornet, in the orchestra, is Mr. S. B. Gage. The following persons are candi- dates for positions in the orchestra: Messrs. E. Moulton, cornet; H. Hodgdon, trom- bone; R. Howarth, clarinet; E. J. Rivals, violin; Downing, violin; Scammon, traps; Carter, traps; Bailey, clarinet; Burridge, violin; Kittredge, flute; Schoef, violin; Miss Dorothy Cotton, piano. There are many others who have -signified their intentions of trying out for the orchestra. The rehearsals of the orchestra will be held on the same evenings that the rehearsals for the minstrel show are held. These rehearsals will be held on Monday and Thursday evenings, beginning at S o'clock promptly at the Loyal Order of Moose hall. High street. Portsmouth, N. H. THE NEW EMPLOYE. Do you remember the time when you were a New Employe? Perhaps it was not so long ago, or possibly it was many years ago, but every workman here was a New Employe at some time. Didn't everything seem strange to you at that time — the plant, the machinery, the men? Perhaps there was one man in the department who greeted you with a smile and who occasionally gave you a point- er on how to do your work more easily. At noon this same man took you to our Lunch Room and showed you around. And at night he showed you th'e best way to get to the street. LIFE BUOY 18 You learned to like this man and looked to him for any information you needed about your work. And if he told you the safe way to do a dangerous job you paid as much attention to it as if a safety inspector had told you about it. In these days when we have a large number of New Employes coining into the plant, every old employe has a great opportunity and duty to per- form toward these men. Treat them as you would like to be treated if you were in their place (The Golden Rule). Show them where they can "think Safety First" and avoid getting hurt and set a good example by being careful yourself. It has been said that a New Employe is as dan- gerous as an unguarded machine, for he is likely through lack of knowledge of his new surroundings, to injure others as well as himself. This is true until the new man has been made to realize the safety helps connected with his occupation. The sooner you help him realize this, the sooner will he and you be safe from accidents. Give the New Employe the Glad Hand! Co-operate and assist — not criticise and find fault. < Fra - Elbertus) Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune. (Napoleon I) The Kaiser may get the American's goat, but if he does it will be the "butter end." That which is worth doing is worth doing well. (Buffalo Express) Every effort we make, every sacrifice we make, automatically shortens the war. Get your happiness out of your work or you will never know what real happiness is. Energy and persistence conquer all things. (Franklin) "The man in the trenches is all-important. He is making great sacrifices and taking great risks. We are proud of him. But the man in the shop has also become an important factor in carrying on modern warfare, and our industrial problems have become more intense by virtue of the fact that the man in the shop and the man in the field are both vitally essential to the successful conduct of our campaign." Secretary of Labor Wilson. EDITORIALS. It is our actual work which determines our value. (George Bancroft) There is no such thing as a "50-50" American. (Theodore Roosevelt) I know what pleasure is for I have done good work. (Robert Louis Stevenson) Our duty is to stand together night and day until the job is finished. (Pres. Wilson) "With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work wo are in." (A. Lincoln) To take a day off is easy, to put it back is im- possible. (The Houghton Line) Our flag never has and never will be hauled down except at sunset. (Rear Admiral McGowan) Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts. "Only engage and then the mind grows heated: Begin it, and the work will be completed." (Carlyle) It is want of diligence rather than want of means that causes great failure. (Alfred Mercier) The quickest way to win the war is to put in- to the struggle every ounce of our will, intelligence and power. (David Houston. Secretary of Agriculture) Get the victory punch into your work. The most unnecessary luxury accorded to spies in this country is the last "n" in intern. (Theodore Roosevelt) THE FRIENDLY HAND When a man ain't got a cent, An' he's feelin' kind o' blue, An' the clouds hang dark and heavy, An' won't let the sunshine through, It's a great thing, O my brethren, ' For a feller just to lay His hand upon your shoulder In a friendly sort o' way. It makes a man feel curious; It makes the teardrops start ; An' you sort o' feel a flutter In the region of the heart; You can look up an' meet his eyes, You don't know what to say, When his hand is on your shoulder In a friendly sort o' way. Oh, the world's a curious compound, With its honey and its gall, With its cares an' bitter crosses — But a good world after all; An' a good God must have made it — Leastways, that is what I say, When a hand rests on your shoulder In a friendly sort o' way. — James Whitcomb Riley. 19 LIFE BUOY ANONYMOUS LETTER REGARDING OUTSIDE MACHINE SHOP AND ELECTRICAL MACHINE SHOP l. An anonymous letter has been received by the Manager making an attack upon the bosses and the men of the outside machine shop and also attacking the conduct of some of the bosses andthe women of the electrical machine shop, [f the writer of this letter will appear before the management ani l submit further details or proof of his charges, the matter will be gi\ en the fullest possible investigation, as conditions Buch as he alleges exist at this yard will not be toler ated, 2. On the other hand, anonymous letters, where the man for one reason or another will not make his identity known, are looked upon with the greatest sus- picion ami manifestly cannot be taken seriously, it is found that such letters are very often the resultofper sonal animosity and it is believed that in most eases the anonymous charges are without any real foundation, 3. The management stands ready at all times to receive fair and reasonable complaints and grievances and also to receive all constructive suggestions and criticism to improve the efficiency of the yard. If any employee has any honest complaint or criticism to make, he need not hesitate to present it in person or over ins own signature and the Management will see that no man is discriminated against on account of any- such action. It is hoped that all those in authority are broad enough to desire constructive criticism and' also honest charges of misconduct or inefficiency that may com,' io the attention of anj employe. ■i. It is the desire of the Management to admin- ister tin- yard with fairness and justice to all. An attack in the dark is a cowardly attack and cannot be given consideration and anonymous charges will remain unbelieved unless the person making such charges will come forward and submit proofed' them. No employee need fear to do this if his chare.es are honest ones. In fact the Management wants to encourage all such honest charges and constructive criticism but cannot seriously consider anonymous communications. NEW YEAR PROSPECTS Now that hostilities have ceased and that etner gency war work has been reduced, the question natur- all] arises as to what the future prospects of the Yard are. Briefly, the answer to this is it depends on us and OUT ability to make good. There is plenty of work in sight, and we shall undoubtedly get our share of u il we "deliver lb.' goods." The competition under peace conditions will, no doubt, be keener but if we all get together and prove that we are at least as good or better, than the other fellow, our future prospects are believed to be particularly bright 1 was only a few years ago when the present In- dustrial Manager Inst came to duty at this Yard that I He normal force ol employees was only about eight or nine hundred rhrough our own efforts and by makina good on OUT job, more and more work was 'assigned here until, at t he outbreak of hostilities, the Yard had a torce ol nearly tWO thousand employees The demands ot (he war emergency brought this up to a maximum during the war of nearly live thousand son en hundred, and we would have employed considerably more than this had we been able to obtain them The cessation o I hostilities very naturally brought about a 'eduction m emergency war work, and today the civil- ian employees number between four thousand eight hundred to tour thousand nine hundred. This is be lieved to be a reasonably normal working fore under existing conditions, but this is almost wholly dependent Upon Ourselves and our ability to ■•deliver 'the goods- Hi competition with others. There seems no reason why we Should ever drop appreciably below this figure On the contrary, ,t is believed that We should increase it in he future. \\ bile the working force is now pretty well balanced, we still need more laborers and general Helpers, and also something like one hundred more skill- ed machinists, who will be taken on as soon as they ap- ply for work. ' p The increase in the Nav\ as a whole during the war and the latest large building program can only mean the assignment of additional ships to the Yard's wat can satisfactorily and quickly turn out the work Portsmouth should certainly come in for its share of these ships, but we want our main work to be that of building new vessels and also the making of various manufactured articles and small boats which it is U n deist,. mI ,s the policy of the Administration towards this Yard Also, during the war a very considerable sum ot money has been expended on improvements and additions to the Yard. We have now SIX sets of mod- ern building ways with overhead cranes. These are at present I ully occupied with our large order of sub- marine construction. If we continue to make good in this work m competition with others, ami show that our aim is toward constantly increasing efficiency it is not believed that these building ways will be allowed '" '"'ee.ino idle. (hi the contrary, under the con templated large building program they will undoubted- ly be kept Idled by one class of vessel or another We prefer submarines, as we have specialized in that work; but. il submarines are not available, we shall go alter other classes of vessels. New construction of tins kind lends to provide a more constant and less fluctuating working force. There has recently been appropriated by Cm- t gross money lor a large addition io i he Machine Shon Also, money to extend the Foundry to take in the present Spar Shop and to make a new Spar Shop out of Building No. 42 with a large addition to it Ms,, money tor extensive improvements and additions to the power plant. Heretofore, we have constructed onh the hulls ot submarines and have installed the main and auxiliary machinery which has been purchased else- where. While the additions to the Machine Shop and Foundry are needed for our normal work, it is believed that after these additions are completed there is no reason why we should not take up the construction of the mam machinery for submarines and other vessels I his will, ol course, mean a larger working force than at present LIFE BUOY While our manufactures have been reduced in vol- ume, they will, undoubtedly, continue to be a large fac- tor even under normal conditions. We have specialized in this work, particularly m the manufacture of electri calfittings on a large scale for all the Yards of the Coun- try. There seems no reason why our manufactures should not continue so long as we can beat private firms in this work. Originally we obtained our manufactur- ing orders on that basis, and there seems no reason why we should not continue to do so and even enlarge on this class of work. The question has also been brought up as to what the prospects are for the continuation of the employ- ment of women on the Navy Yard. The Manager believes that women have come to stay for certain classes of work, and that hereafter we shall always have a considerable number of them, both in the offices and in the shops, where they have fully proved their worth. Their employment has been on comparatively light work requiring no trade knowledge and for which women are peculiarly fitted and which is not suited to men. It is emphatically not the policy to employ wom- en to take the place of men on real men's work. On the other hand in work for which they are specially suited they will find ample opportunity for personal improve- ment and advancement. In making the recent reduction in the force, every effort was made to make the discharges in strict just- ness and with the least hardship to all concerned. Man- ifestly, we could not keep on anyone who did not know his ji>b or efficiently perform his work but, other things being reasonably equal, preference was given to men having families or dependents to support or owning homes or under burdensome financial obligations. The same general rule was applied in the discharges of women. In conclusion, the Manager wishes to invite the continued cooperation and good feeling on the part of all employees and the mutual confidence all of which are so necessary to contentment and efficiency. He asks that each do his best to promote the efficiency of the Yard which, in turn, reflects to the credit and pros- perity of all concerned and the whole local community. We may think we have done well, but there is nothing under the sun that cannot be improved, and our aim and spirit should lead us to continual progress. The Manager wishes to thank the Yard force for its coopera- tion and its work in the past, and to wish to each and every memberof it a Prosperous and Happy New Year. L. S. ADAMS Captain, Construction Corps, U. S. N., Industrial Manager. TEAM-WORK. It ain't the gun nor armament, Nor funds that they can pay, But the close co-operation That makes them win the day. It ain't the individuals, Nor the army as a whole, But the everlasting team-work Of every bloomin' soul. - -Kipling WHAT THE NAVY YARD HAS BEEN DOING DURING THE WAR. During the war the activities of the Navy Yard have necessarily been kept more or less secret so that the community as a whole has had no ade- quate opportunity of learning of the work the Yard has been doing. This has no doubt led to some er- roneous conclusions based on lack of knowledge or on inaccurate or irresponsible information which in turn has resulted in some cases of ill- advised criticism Willi evidently no knowledge of the facts. Now that the armistice has been signed and hos- tilities have practically ceased, there seems no lon- ger any need for such secrecy, and it is believed that it will be of general interest to give a brief account of some of the main work and activities of our Navy Yard, in order that the uninformed mat know something of our efforts and achievements and so that the local community may rightly have a feeling of pride in its Navy Yard. Even so, it is not yet possible to tell all. Some things must still remain untold. On our entrance into the war and during its pro- gress ;i tremendous volume of work was thrown (i\ all Navy Yards, and the demands in all cases far exceeded the combined capacity. The maximum possible output was required, and even»that was far from enough. The impossible was demanded in the face of many obstacles that seemed insur- mountable. Every job seemed an urgent one and more urgent than all the others. Briefly, that is what we were up against. Maximum effort and energy were required of each one of us. How the Yard has met the demands upon it can be best judged after the facts are given. Individual in- stances of constant and consistent, hard and pat- riotic work are too great in number to be men- tioned in an article of this kind. These are, how- ever, generally known and appreciated by the Management. While in any large body of men there are ordinarily found some slackers and some that do not measure up to the standard or grasp the seriousness of the situation, and while we have not been entirely free from such an element, this ele- ment at this Navy Yard was exceedingly small, and the vast body of the employees, men and women, may take a just pride in what they have accom pushed. Each person's own conscience should tell him whether or not he has done his full duty by his country at war. B LIFE BUOY \i the beginning of tiu> war the Yard was faced other work, particularly submarine construction wiih a greal shortage of help in practically ail which called for the same class of skilled men trades ami lines of work. At that time we had During the nineteen months Of hostilities Hi.' Yard slighily under 2000 employees, ami additional has mad,' more or less extensive repairs and al- lium, both Skilled and unskilled, were exceedingly leralions on something like 122 vessels of various difficult to Obtain, in view of the general shortage kinds, not including I he small Yard craft. War throughout the entire country lo meet Hie extra alterations in many eases called for work ol con ordinary demands of I lie war. Just before the sign- siderable magnitude, Ing of the armistice we had ver> nearly 6700 em- ployees. This Increase was made only with the greatest difficulty, We started in by organizing a Trade School on a comparatively large scale, and as far as practicable, We tOOk all unskilled men from I he various shops in I he Yard and also as many men as w e could obtain outside and placed them in the Trade School under instruction. The lighter classes of unskilled work were given to women, and the Yard finally reached a force Of Slightly more (ban 1000 women on Ibis work. The women as a whole have Culls met the demands made upon them and may take pride in the pari Just previous to our entering the war the Yard bad received very extensive orders for submarine Construction, and this has been our biggest job. Since the declaration of hostilities Submarine I. s lias been completed at a cost considerably below her contract price and placed in service nearly a year ago. The 0-1 was launched in July L918 and cm pleted and left the Yard in December which was on.' month ahead ot her contract time. Submarine S-8 was launched December 21. L918 and is now practically completed and will go into commission Shortl) after the middle of the present month. All the details of the design of Ibis vessel have been they have played in the winning ol the war, both .)„.,„],.,,„, 1 ,,„ . ,,, ,, ' aeveloped and all the working plans have been in the offices and in the shops, through our Trade School We have educated a great many green men and boys and have taught them useful trades SO that they could be id' real service to the country. The work of the Trade School including the in struclors can not be spoken of loo highly. These were I be men I hat we had to depend on lor prac ticallj an Hie extensive structural repairs ami ,ii terations on vessels. Our very lew really skilled shiptltters and other Structural workers had to be reserved for the more skilled work of submarine Construction that is, the lew we bail left after private yards bad Induced as main' 10 leave us as they could get by Offering considerably higher com pensation than We were permitted to give. Even al Hie .'iid the Yard did not have anything prepared by the force of Ibis Navy Yard. When this large amount of submarine construction was ordered at this Yard, the Industrial Manager as an estimate to the Secretary of the Navy that eighteen months would be required tor the com pletion Of the lirst boat ready for trials and com missioning, this time to count from the arrival ol' the Structural material. The structural material began lo arrive in June 1 !l 1 7 and by September 1917 about ninety eight per cent, of it had been received. Assuming that there was enough on hand ill July or early August to begin work in earnest, it will be seen that we have fulfilled our original estimate to the Secretary of the Navy tor the com pletion of this boat, even though the estimate I. :,i been made on the basis of tin adequate working like the number ot employees that were required force under peace conditions Furthermore for the demands upon it. We could have taken on ,his time for construction Is remarkably short In a. leas. 1000 more if we could have obtained them, comparison will, what has been done in the past by and we me. many obstacles and got into several private builders ,n spite of the fact thai this was a kinds 01 .rouble and received much unjust crlti- considerably larger submarine than .hose hereto cism in our efforts to obtain the,... ,,„,, completed and that it was an entirely new On the outbreak ol .he war the Yard was uat- design, containing manv features different' from " 1:lllv HOOded With a number of additional ves our oilier submarines. The construction of , sub sels including many large ones. These vessels had marine that is a duplicate of another is one thing ■erne iron, the Pacific Coast and elsewhere. This The developing of a new and complicated design added greatly to the general repair and alteration and the building of such a vessel in , short , work on ships and threw an additional burden on is an entirely different matter which furthermore the Yard and Its Inadequate working force. In can no, ,„ any way be compared to simple mer many cases three shuts were demanded in order chant ship construction. The difference between it ''' ""' ws "' ls '"" "» th « Shortest possible time and a simple merchant ship isanalagous to that be and three full shifts require three times the nor tween a delicate and expensive Watch and an ordl This of course hampered nary clock. Tins work has be,',, accomplished over nial force for 111.' work LIFE BUOY man; obstacles < o>> numerous to relate In this ar- ticle. 11 is Sufficient Id say thai under adverse con- ditions the Yard lias fulfilled its promise to I lie month and made good on Ihis difficult Job. The ten oilier submarines Of lliis same class are new well along and in various degrees of coniplol Ion. Along Willi Increases in oilier work there came a demand for greatly increased production of man ufactured articles which the Yard has met, as fol- lows, Our Electrical Machine shop was established some years ago and has boon making a great many different kinds of electrical fittings for all the Yards of the country. In 1916 I lie average output amounted In value to $6700 per month with an average of IL'S employees On the work. During I '.1 I 7 the average monthly output had increased six limes tO $34,250 per month With only about twice lie' number of employees, the actual average being 258, As the invoiced prices of the articles turned OUt from Ihis shop had been left practically un- changed, the total values afford therefore direct comparisons in output. Ill 1 ill 8 the prices on many articles were reduced in spite of large increases in Wages and rising costs of raw materials. Ity com puting the 1918 output on the 1916 prices we find that during the Mrs! nine months of L918 the OUt put averaged 1 a . 7 times the average for 1 !l 1 ti and with onlj 4.3 limes the average number of em ployees on the work. For July, August and Sep tember L918 the average monthly output was $110,395, Or an increase of 111. I linn's, whereas I he average number of employees was 663, an Increase of only 5.2 limes that of 1 II III. in the itrass Foundry the average monthly out- put of good castings during I he first six months in 1916 was 2:i.. r >74 pounds with an average number of .'Hi men on Ihis work. In 1 II 1 ti the average monthly OUtpUt had increased to 64,100 pounds of good castings Willi an average of lid employees. Imiing the first nine months of IHIS the average monthly oulpul of good castings was ^117. NIL' pounds, an increase of lL'.fi limes that of 1915 With an increase of employees to 221, Which was only ti.l times the average number in the shop in I II I ;, During .inly. August, ami September of 1918 the average monthly output of I he Foundry was :: I .• 998 pounds, an increase of 13.4 limes that of 1 II 1 a Willi an average number id' employees of -.Mi which was only about seven times that of 1915. In the Heal Shop in 1916 we had an average of only 86 men employed. During thai year, in ail • in i < hi to miscellaneous repair work, there were Seventeen high speed thirty live anil fori y fool mo tor boats completed In the shop. During the first te onlhs of IHIS. with an average Of only about 2na men on the work, the shop turned out seventy eighl of these boats, or at the rale of about ninel\ four per year. This was In addition to an incrc.i e,l amount of general repair work, .lusl before the signing of the armistice the shop was turning em these boats at the rale of about fifteen per month. It will thus In- seen Ihal with only 2.4 limes the number of employees the mil put for 1918 as a whole was live limes Ihal of llllli. and Ihal til I he end of ibis lime we were turning out boats just about ten times as fast with practically no further increase in employees. it might be mentioned also that the thlrtj five and forty fool motor boals thai have been made a specially ai this Yard are of the Yard's own design and this design has now become standard for the Navy. This design was accepted only after com- petitive trials of several different designs, two id' I hem being from a private designer who had been designing commercial speed boals on a large scale. This type Of boal has become very popular with the Fleet, and particularly so for aviation and torpedo work on account of its high speed. Strength and Seaworthiness. Many of these boals have been shipped to France and England during Ihe war. A short lime ago Ihe Yard was called upon lor a complete set of lines and detailed plans of these boals for the British t level n nienl . It seems, there lore, Ihal at leasl one of our Allies in Ihe war has recognized the merit of these boats which were de- Signed and developed at Ihe local Navy Yard. Similar increases in production have taken place till along the hue. Early in 1917 we were turning OUl wood rigging blocks of various sizes and kinds al the rale of about I mi per monlli. "During Ihe first ion months of mis the Yard's output of these blocks was about 86,200 which reached a maximum ei 18,500 during, ihe month of August, Similarly, during (he first ten months of IHIS the Yard turned out 7,480 waterbreakers, 6,930 camp chairs, 16,290 camp slools, :i7.SS(l ditty boxes, and 80,850 bread and roasting pans. The manufacture of these articles before Ihe war had 1) i in com paratively small numbers, The productions of franklin life buoys, boal spars, boal fittings, small steam engines, hose nozzles, and many other art i Cles of various kinds, have shown similarly large increases. H might be Inferred that these large increases in production With Comparatively small increases in the men on the work are due to Ihe economy el' fecied b> quantity production. This is only partlj line. The increases have been obtained voi\ large ly through improved methods and In I lie pal riot i: in ami increased effort of the employees them selves, working under Ihe knowledge of Ihe war emergency. Many of these articles have been made LIFE BUOY wholly or largely by women, the men having been transferred to more skilled work. One of many in- stances of reduced cost through Improved methods and individual effort on the part of the employees may be found In the case of the men of the Boat Shop. With little or no change in the number of employees the Boat Shop labor cost to construct a thirty-five foot motor speed boat was reduced from an average of $2649 to an average of $1761 in about six mouths. This was in spite of increases in wages amounting to nearly 40%. This is a reduc- tion of nearly thirty-four per cent, in cost in spite of the increased wages and should speak for itself. 'The direct result was increased speed of produc- tion. In addition to the foregoing, there have been many extensive Improvements made in t he Yard it- self by Yard labor. The most important only are mentioned. Pour extra building ways for large submarines, together with overhead cranes, hax ■ been constructed. A good sized extension has been placed on the main Machine Shop and a small ex tension mi the Foundry. A new wing has been add- ed to the Industrial Olllce Building, increasing its capacity by about fifty per cent. A large number of additional machine tools have been obtained and installed, also additional cranes, engines, etc.. and extensive Improvements and additions to the rail- road tracks have been made. Many additional storage buildings have been erected and import- ant and extensive Improvements and additions have been made to the Power Plant, A submarine lit ting out basin ami wharf have been completed. It might be mentioned also that with all the ships overhauled at this Yard during the period of the war we have not been a day late on our proin- i ,ed .1.11 e ill I'OUiplel ion lei am ..I I lieni i hi I he contrary, we have several times completed them in advance of the promised dates. We have never re- celved any complaint regarding the work done. On the contrary, we have received many complimen- tary and appreciative statements regarding it. For instance, we gave the machinery of the Montana a very extensive overhauling. She left Hie Yard and cruised more than 50,000 miles on the severest kind of war work, after which she returned to the Navy Yard for certain other work but with verj little work on her machinery and nothing on any of the main items that bad been repaired here at her previous visit. Ask the Captain of any ship that has been here. He will tell you what the Yard lias done for bis vessel and how well it has done it. Our work has been accomplished only after over- coming a great many obstacles which are too nu- merous to mention in delail in this article. It seemed to us that every big thing we had to do had a big obstacle thrown in its way, and there was a continual light to obtain needed action and satis factory results. If some shops and many items of Important and commendable work have been omitted from this article it is simply because there is no space for any more except that it is believed the work of the submarine drafting force and the office and draft ing tones as a whole deserve special mention for their earnest and patriotic work. The Life Buoy believes that with relatively few exceptions the men and the women of the Yard have not only met but exceeded the war time de- mands made upon them, and we of Hie Navy Yard feel that we have the right to be a bit boastful of what we have done and of our contribution to- wards t lie winning of the war. FATE We cannot grasp the mighty key. That opens the chest of mystery; We cannot read our Maker's mind. Or loose the many cords that bind. We cannot tear away the years, That brings joys or scalding tears; We cannot break the giant chains, Of sin-cursed blood within our veins. We cannot pierce the gauzy veil,- To even see wherein we fail: We cannot understand the plan, Whereby man grinds his fellow man. Yet safe, and calm, our minds can rest, For whatsoever is, is best! And He who made and moulded man Can surely carry out His plan. So be ye bond or be ye free. What Is to be, will always be. William P. Young Structural Shop KNEW WHAT THEY'D CATCH. The twins had gone in swimming without mother's permission, and they anticipated trouble. "Well," said Tommy, philosophically, "we're both in the same boat, anyhow." "Yes," returned Ray, the humorist of the family, "but I'm afraid it's a whaleboat." — Boston Transcript. LIFE BUOY 20 DRIVING THE FIRST RIVET SUBMARINE S-8 The riveting gang was composed as follows; — Capt. F. W. F. Wieber, Medical Corps) U. S. N., and Com. R. W. Ryden (Construction Corps) U. S. N. were At 10:30 Saturday, November 9, 1918, the first the riveters. Lieut. H. F. McCarthy, (Construction rivet was driven in the keel of Submarine S-8. The Corps) U. S. N. was holder-on. Our Industrial Mana- construction of Submarine S-S v/ill be carried out in the ger's son, Mr. Lawrence S. Adams, Jr. was rivet passer. Franklin Ship House. The rivet heater was Mr. Joseph Lebenski. KKJHT ON world that he can. It's fun to tight when you know you are right and your heart is in it, too, Though the fray be long and the foe be strong and the comrades you have are few. Though the battle heat bring but defeat, and the weariness makes you reel, There's joy in life that can know such strife and the glory and thrill you feel. When the wise ones pant that you simply can't, it's fun for a fighting man To laugh and try with a daring eye. and prove to the And if you stick till your heart is sick, and lose when the game is done, It's fun to know that the weary foe paid dearly for what they won. It's fun to dare in the face of despair when the last lone chance seems gone, And to see hope rise in the angry skies like a prom- ise of rosy dawn; For victory's sweet when it crowns defeat, and you learn this much is true, It's fun to fight when you know you're right and your heart is in it, too! — Exchange. 21 LIFE BUOY SAFETY IN CRANE WORK. The use of cranes is necessarily attended by danger, but most of the accidents are avoidable, if proper preventions are taken. The craneman should never permit any em- ployee to ride on the load nor on the slings or hooks. Slings, chains, cables or hooks should never be al- lowed to drag along the floor of the shop and the crane should never be started until the chains, hooks or slings are entirely clear of the floor or ground. Slings or hooks may become caught on some obstruction and cause an accident. — Crane- men should never try to straighten a load by swing- ing it against a car, building or wall. When a heavy load is to be handled, the crane- man should first raise it a few inches to find out if it is well balanced and to make sure no undue stress is thrown upon any part of the slings. If anything is wrong with the brakes or with the adjustment of the slings, the load should be lowered at once. Hookers should avoid trying to loosen a cable by pulling it down on the inruuiiing side of the block. Fingers may be caught between the sheave and the chain or cable and be cut off or badly crushed. It is far safer to grasp the outrunning side and pull up and away from the sheaves or pulleys. Hookers should keep well away while the chains or cables are being withdrawn from under the load. The old man. however, was equal to the oppor- tunity. He at once left the platform, went down to the boy and threw his arms about him, as soon as he knew his mistake. Then the boys cheered both the professor and the cripple. From that day on all were the best of friends. Most of the troubles of life are misunderstand- ings. All the conflicts between employers and em- ployees would clear themselves if each understood the other's point of view. It's all a question of mis- understanding. Neither side knows the facts. Like the old professor, your employer doesn't know your troubles. He's cross because some of you men are not producing more and he is too busy to inquire the reason. You — on the other hand — know why these fellow-workmen of yours are not doing more; but you have not taken the trouble to tell your employer. Capital and labor today are just where the old professor and his class were when he was insisting that the cripple boy put up his right hand, and the class were getting ready to hiss. I am sure that if both sides could understand each other, both would work together as did the professor and his class after they got together. THE OLD PROFESSOR. John Stewart Blacking was a famous professor in a boys' college at Edinburg, Scotland. As he got old, he often became cross and very impatient with his pupils. At the opening session, one year, he asked all the boys who had notebooks to raise their right hand. One chap raised his left hand. Old Pro- fessor Blacking, seeing this, repeated his request by calling out again, but much more loudly: "All you who have notebooks raise your RIGHT hand!" Again the same one boy raised his left hand. At the sight of this, the old professor burst out in anger to the boy: "Hold up your RIGHT hand, not your left!" To this the boy murmured something, but still persisted in holding up his left hand. Then the professor became furious and yelled to the boy: "You stubborn fool! Put down your left hand and hold up your right ! " This command the boy obeyed, but he held up only a stump. He had been born without any right hand. As he held up this withered arm the other boys hissed the professor. They had known all the time why their comrade had not held up his right hand as the professor had demanded. They could hold out no longer. They simply exploded. Let me be a little kinder, let me be a little blinder, To the faults of those about me, let me praise a little more, Let me be, when I am weary, just a little bit more cheery. Let me serve a little better, those that I am striv- ing for. Let me be a little braver, when temptation bids me waver. Let me strive a little harder, to be all that I Should be. Let me be a little meeker, with the brother that is weaker, Let me think more of my neighbor, and a little less of me. — F. B. SILVERWOOD. HUMAN BODY MUST HAVE PLENTY OF IRON Rat plenty of spinach and egg yolks," says the doctor. His languid patient is pale-cheeked and evi- dently needs a tonic. There is reason to suspect that her blood is lacking in iron. A few years ago the physician in such a case would have written a prescription for tincture of iron, to be taken three times a day. but the medical science is getting away from drugs. White of egg is almose pure albumen, but the yolk is a highly complex substance, the iron it con- tains being doubtless provided for the benefit of LIFE BUOY 22 the developing chick. If only the press of this country would con- Lean beef, the cereal grains, beans and peas, sistently take up its true position and stand for the apples, prunes and dandelion greens are rich in unity of the principle of good, as against party iron. Milk contains it, else young babies would politics and personal conflict, then we should be end- soon die. Beef juice is good for children a little ing the strife within march calmly and steadfastly, older, partly on account of the iron there is in it. one and all, along the road to victory. One naturally asks. What is the iron for? It is time that another voice should be heard The answer is that it seems to be essential to above the storm, the still, small voice of truth; healthy cell growth. But first and foremost it is required by the red corpuscles of the blood, which ear are the carriers of oxygen. If the supply of it be not adequate, the lack is made manifest by the pale lips and cheeks. There is a condition of "an- emia." - -Philadelphia Public Ledger. that voice which is ever ready to guide the listening 'this is the way; walk ye in it." — Chicago Daily News TRUST THAT GIVES LIFE Freedom's sons go forth to fight for the cause, and in their hearts there is not the fear of death, but the belief that they must die. We are told "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.'' The truth is that we are to live for freedom, not to die for it. Freedom divorced from truth Is RAILROADING HAZARDS. One of the most important duties of engine- men is to keep a close and constant watch on the track ahead. Every engineer should personally inspect his engine before leaving the roundhouse; gagecocks should be tried from time to time and too much re- liance should not be placed upon the waterglass. The bell should always be rung before the engine is started and likewise rung at all points where re- quired. If it becomes necessary to go under the engine at any time, the lever should be placed in the an impossibility. The thought that we hold in our minds — that happens sooner or later. To go centra i position, the cylinder cocks should be open- forth to fight for a cause, to face death fearlessly, edi and aI1 ot her possible mechanical preventions and yet expect to die — that is manly bravery of a high order. But to go forth to fight for a cause and to know and trust that there is a power which can keep you alive, even though you were in the midst of death — that is sublime faith and courage, which both protects and multiplies the actual strength of the fighter. If the difference between these two ideas could be realized by all those who go to the firing line, and by their mothers, wives and sisters, and friends should be taken. Switchmen should never stand between the rails when about to board a moving engine. When making up. brakemen should not go be- tween cars to couple them, nor attempt to kick the drawbars into place, nor to push them into place by hand when the cars are about to come together. Never crawl under a car when passing from one part of the yard to another as the cars may start suddenly. All conditions that are likely to cause accidents at home, then we should find that victory is crown- snou]d be promptly reported to the Safety Engineer. ed, not with a roll of honor which tells of death but Suggestions are requested. with a roll of honor whose members live to see the first fruits of their faith. The most faithful mother, wife or sister is she who is able to silence her great anxiety, and who believes and trusts that our soldiers can be returned to us living whole. If these thoughts could be made to become a AN IMPOSSIBLE AMOUNT. Some negroes were discussing the death of a small darky. The cause of the disaster was clear enough to part of the daily life of the whole nation, that is one of the men. the greatest war service which can be offered by any individual to his government, because the good faith of the nation would be making a direct and sincere appeal to that unseen power which shapes "De po chile died frum eatin' too much watah- million," he explained. One of the others looked his doubts. "Huh," he grunted scornfully, "dar ain't no our ends only for good. The result would show in such thing as too much watah-million." each person's work, and the collective influence "Well, den," remarked the first, "dar wasn't would appeal as an inspired "whole." enuff boy." 23 LIFE BUOY UNITED WE STAND. At the request of President Wilson, a United War Work Campaign has been formulated and perfected and between the days of November 11th and 18th, 1918. an opportunity will be presented to all employees of this Yard to subscribe towards a fund which is to be used for providing comforts and welfare work for the boys over there. The Cooperating Organization are as follows: National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A. War Work Council of the Y. W. C. A. National Catholic War Council (K. of (' ) .lewish Welfare Hoard War Camp Community Service American Library Association Salvation Army Even though actual peace should occur, which every one of us sincerely hopes may quickly transpire, it will probably take from one to two years before "our boys" over there return. In the meantime the hoys over there must be kept interested by welfare work which can only be carried successfully on, through the in- dividual subscription of each of us over here. When one considers what "our boys" are doing for those re. maining behind, it is little enough for us to subscribe. In keeping with the real American spirit of the hour. it is sincerely hoped that each and every employee will give freely. DON'TS FOR PIPE FITTERS Don't fail to warm steam lines thoroughly be- fore turning on pressure. Don't fail to open all drips in order to drain line. Don't do any work on steam, air or gas lines under pressure. Reduce the pressure until there is no danger of an explosion. Don't fail to lock valve or hang a danger sign on valve when working on steam, air or gas lines. Don't draw the bolts on one side of a joint as it causes an uneven strain, which may cause an ex- plosion. Don't open a joint in any line until you are positive all pressure is off. Don't put full weight of body on chain tongs or wrench when working overhead, as should chain break or wrench slip, you might fall. Don't work on loose planks, resting in danger- ous positions. Examine scaffolds and ladders care- fully. He sure thej are safe. — Safety Bulletin, In- land Steel Co. "And still they gazed and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew." — Brooks. "His thoughts are in the rugged rocks, 'Tis best to listen when he talks." — Smith. "He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went for want of thought." — Clough "He loves to chat with the girls, I know. 'Tis the way with men, they are always so." — Hinkley. "The tongue is like a race horse which runs the faster the less weight it carries." — Helen Waterhouse "Sang in times of deep emotion, Songs of love and songs of longing. "- .Mary .Murphy. She has two eyes so soft and brown. Take care! She gives a side glance and looks down. Beware! Beware!" — Marion Leach. "Happy am I. from care I am free. Why aint they all contented like me?" Alberta Le Blanc, "Can you tell me of some good plan. For me to win a nice young man?" Edna Kane. "Her very frowns are fairer far, Than smiles of other maidens are." Margaret Keardon. "We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the (lag and keep step to the music of the I'nion." Yard Master'sOf fire QUOTATIONS APPLIED. SUPPLIES. COME ONE— COME ALL PUBLICITY MANAGER. BARNEY PAUL PROGRAM Messrs. Ford and Robins present their Inimit- able and farcical, Nigger Minstrel Show direct from a three minute run on Government Street. Kittory. Maine. Thanksgiving Day at two-thirty, for the benefit of those who cannot see. OLIO The Old Home Town (small town farce) Mes- sers Rohhins. F o r d Sprague. Misses Heeney. llobhs. Jennings. (From actual life as experienced in Kittery. I FIRST ATT End Men Mrs Whitcomb an 1 Mr. Quimby Miss Badger and I'M Chesley "Who st, mIs my purse, steals trash " .1. II Interlocutor Rose Miss OamiH Collins Steve Williams. Chi LIFE BUOY 24 Banjo Solo Nigger Folk Dance Cook and Bottle Washer. Mrs. Whitcomb. Mr. Quimby. (Miss Mulcahy, pianist.) "Little Myrtie," Song Miss Manson. "The Files," Recitation Miss Hegner. Scotch Folk Song Miss Mulcahy. "There's a Lock on a Chicken Coop Door" Beatrice Hanna. LOCALS, QUIBS, ETC. Misses Badger and Collins and Mr. Chesley "When Barney Kissed the Blarney Stone," Song Miss Badger "Our Section," Patriotic Song Ensemble "Meat Me in the Back Yard, Johnny, That's Where I Hang Out" "Sister SECOND ACT Nigger Town Jazz Band Miss Jordan, Mrs. Her- bert, Miss Langill, Mrs. Curran, Miss Mulcahy, Miss McCarthy. LOCAL QUIBS "Little Bright Spot," Song Miss Badger "When the Mrs. Burned the Bacon." Recitation Mr. Robbins "Oh for the Life of the Rolling Main," Song Miss Price "I'm the Sweetheart for a Sailor Boy," Song Miss Wilson Whistling Piece, Ensemble Mrs. Herbert, leading FINALE CURTAIN "Pa" certainly does enjoy his daily visits to the apple orchard. May we come, "Pa?" We have heard that the banjo player of the P. B. section is a jim dandy. Do you believe you are capable of keeping your feet out of each other's way in that nigger folk dance, "Quim?" "Myrtie" and Miss "Forget-me-Not" are very effic ; ent filers and are to be corr.plimented on the fine way in which the files are kept. "Barney" sure is some Publicity Manager, but our well known rotund figure of the Purchasing section surpasses him as a collector. BOAT SHOP NOTES In speaking of work we are doing some, These days system just begun, In Bernard's crew there are some men Who do their bit from end to end. There is Mr. Clifford, who has left us now, But his memory still is on our brow. There is Mr. Plaisted, old and gray, Does three day's work in just one day. The rest of the time he planes the decks. Or is stuffing putty in weather checks. There is Mr. Trott, who is seventy-one, If you can out do him you're going some, For when he is out on some other case, It takes two men to fill his place. The little "Mink" works all the while, And on his face he wears a smile, I cannot get this quite to rhyme, But he always moves on schedule time. There is Uncle Sim he puts on brass, His songs are sweet but they cannot last, Of the other boys, I'll make no note, But they are always ready for the other boat I hope and pray they'll do their best. To win this war and perfect rest. Things down stairs are going smooth, But we hope sometime it may improve. That I've been sent one flight below. I'm sorry the truth to know. "Down Easter." WE WONDER: If Sam has an automobile. If Evelyn ever hurries. What the shop store will do without Mr. Paul. When Lura stops chewing gum. What do you say, Bobbie, have a chew? A man from the boat shop named Lear, Was very fond of his B One night Bob sat, On his new silk hat. And his wife took him home by the ear. Tuesday, October 28, 1918, is a day that will long be remembered by the employees of the Boat Shop. The Liberty Loan Champion flag was pre- sented by Constr. Ferrell who in a few well chosen words expressed his appreciation to the employees of this shop. Our shop captain Mr. Charles F. Tucker accepted the flag for the Boat Shop and gave us all some sound advice on our bonds which we have bought. It is hoped that we all will follow this advice and not dispose of our bonds until nec- cessity compels us to. Great credit is due our Shop captain for his untiring efforts towards the success of the Boat Shop in this loan and he can rest assured that they are appreciated by the boys of the Boat Shop. This was readily shown by the good will expressed in the three cheers which were given him at the close of the presentation. His Honor Governor Keyes of New Hampshire, gave us a very interesting and instructive talk. His re- 25 LIFE BUOY marks were timely and were well taken by all of us. He was followed by Col. Bartlett of Portsmouth whom we all know. He gave us some good advice which it is hoped we all can follow. At the close of Mr. Bartlett's remarks, Governor Keyes, Con- gressman Burroughs, Colonel Bartlett and the Honorable Mr. Moses, ex-Minister to Greece held a reception. The boys of the Boat Shop formed a line and had the pleasure of meeting and shaking hands with the above mentioned guests. It has been a long time since the Boat Shop has had such a pleasant meeting and we will always remember it as such. SHORT CIRCUITS The Fourth Liberty Loan drive is now over and it certainly did go over the top in 79. Our patriotic parade was a decided success. It was led by Mr. Marshall who convulsed his audi- ence with his fancy steps. He was followed by Mrs. Gray who carried the flag, assisted by Miss Kane and Miss Fenton. The other members of the Liber- ty Loan Committee were next in line and after them came the Shop band. Mr. Marshall made a speech concerning the drive which was received with great enthusiasm. Mrs. Gray sang the Star Spangled Banner in a very pleasing manner. ADVICE to the two Annas. Don't cry and don't fall down when the procession goes by. They say the Dover girls are saucy. How about it Miss Fenton? You know you shouldn't get hot-headed when they ask you questions. What's the difference between Bill O'Brien and Roy Abrams? Roy throws some ball and Bill throws the Claremont Gazette. On the afternoon of Oct. 17, a flag raising was held at the main entrance to the Buffing Room of this shop. This flag contains three stars in honor of Carl Hanscom, Samuel Wood, and Nelson Hogue. Ed. called special attention to the usefulness of the shoes, demonstrating how water, while entering the top, could be let out by passing through a hole in the bottom. Mr. Riley has styled these shoes Self- Bailers, and has already applied for a patent for same. At the conclusion of Mr. Riley's speech, Mr. O'Leary stepped to the center of the room, and in a few well spoken words presented Mr. Jenkins with a wrist watch with inscription on the back which read, "From the gang." With the watch, a fountain pen was also presented to Mr. Jenkins. Cliff, was much surprised, but after recovering, responded in a few words, thanking one and all con- cluding in saying: "They can't get the Kaiser any too soon for me, so I can again be back with the gang." Good luck Cliff. Two days later we received the sad news that Gordon Barter, another one of our members was called for immediate service to report at New York for the Flying Corps. On his departure, Mr. Barter was presented with a sum of money. Gordon Eliott left with the best wishes of all. A safe and speedy return, Gordon. RADIO FLASHES ELECTRICAL SHOP BUILDING 89 On the morning of October 23rd. the Electrical room at the Franklin Ship House was the scene of a very sad occasion, the departure of Clifford Jen- kins from our midst being the cause. Before leav- ing for Fort Williams, where he has been called to enter the service of his Country, he was remember- ed with a few choice gifts which were presented to him by Mr. Edward Riley. Among the gifts were some very useful implements of War, including a gun, canteen, helmet, and last but not least, a pair of trench shoes which Mr. Riley himself has worked on from the beginning of the war trying to perfect. CAMOUFLAGE MIXTURES. The question has been asked frequently of late relative to whom has been given the charge of the painting on the O-l. Which one is it, John Hoffman or George Young? It is sincerely hoped that our Shop Clerk, Miss Gertrude O'Brien, will come through with flying colors when she takes her examinations. If a few more men like Buck had taken bonds on the same plan as he followed we would have been still going over the top. We all came across as usual in the same old way when we were asked to double up. The ans- wer from every man was. "Sure, I will dig." We wish to congratulate the Boat Shop and the Submarine Drafting Room on the most excel- lent showing they made. ANVIL SPARKS. Bill Critch tells us that there are no clams dug from South Boston Flats. Dan Cupid is certainly working over time. Mr. Richards and Mr. Forbush are the Happy Men. J. Baker is next on the list also one of our Quartermen. William Flanigan is to take a few lessons in the art of cooking. One of the Office girls had a birthday recently. We wish they would come oftener Peggy, the candy DO IT NOW ! WHAT? BUY THAT NEW PIANO AND SAVE MONEY Pianos are scarce at the factories. They will be SCARCER SOON ^KTD THEY'E GOING UP DO IT NOW AT MONTGOMERY'S M SI{> C P ST g RE PIANOS FOR RENT EVERYBODY'S STORE 141 CONGRESS ST. - - Y. M. C. A. BLDC. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. NOW COMES THE WINTER SEASON WHEN EVERYTHING IS MOST NEEDED We were exceptionally lucky to secure our merchandise at old prices, we therefore suggest that Every Man Woman or Child reading this "Ad" should not overlook this opportunity of the good values this COMING SEASON in Ladies and Men's wearing apparel. EVERYBODY'S STORE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 27 LIFE BUOY was excellent. At next election Edna will be old enough to vote. Mark Redmond reports that he is always ready to help the girls eat their lunch. Some of the boys took too much medicine and others not enough. Hank Linscott is preparing for a very hard winter. The girls say that although Walter is a smart boy he does not know everything yet. The boys who called on Mr. and Mrs. Richards recently appreciated the hospitality shown them. Now that the Liberty Loan went over the Top, make sure fellows, you push the War Savings Stamps over also. Did you ever keep her waiting Flanigan, as you did Soule? It must have been a long lonesome trip to Lowell, Prank. DITTY BOX SAYINGS We feel proud of our success during the fourth Liberty Loan drive, for we proved 100 per cent loyal. This is the more commendable for we have done without the aid of overtime. Our Shop is a busy place, has been since the War began, and will be until the Kaiser becomes just a plain Bill. If a man is forty-five until he is forty-six, how old is a new born babe? Information wanted: Where the saving of coal comes in by lighting fires and lights one hour earlier under the daylight saving plan, if the time were not to be changed. Hughy says it isn't a bowling alley and we are unable to say what it is for the inside finish does not reveal the secret. William recently went about the Yard and on the Ships as usual — when it came bedtime and he sat down to take his shoes off — behold, he had his slippers on! Last spring when the clock was set ahead an hour. Jim forgot he had done it and got down to the station an hour ahead of time. It is hoped Jim will not forget to push the hands back, otherwise, you might lose a day Jim. We have a man in the Shop who never makes a mistake, so he told someone in the Shop recently. However, the inevitable happened, for while he was recently taking out two dollars' from a five dollar bill that was owed to him. he returned seven dollars instead of three. When informed of his mistake, he tried to get out from under by saying it was a cleri- cal error. Every time a tax is put on anything, you hear the old bugbear — the consumer has got to pay It. Naturally, he has — for the consumer pays for every- thing but his funeral expenses. SUBMARINE BUILDERS. Too much credit for the successful way in which Building 9 2 went over the top in the recent Liberty Loan drive, cannot be given Mr. Gardiner and his assistants. HEARD IN THE SHOP. "Is Grace in today?" "I'm going to ask for more money." "What do you say to going to Haverhill to- morrow?" "How does he get away with it?" 'Why does Smith need gloves?" "When will a young lady take Winn's place in the Weigh House?" "The Liberty Bond sales are over, I wonder what Ralph is after today?" "Have you seen the chap with the white pants?" WE WONDER. Why G has moved to Dover. Where Nick, our leading man riveter got that new suit. Why two of the youn? ladies in our office take a walk every noon. "Fess" up, girls. Who hit Swan? KNOTS AND SPLICES, BLDG. 7. Since the entrance of the girls in Building 7. there has been a marked change in our policy, for hereafter we intend to send in "Life Buoy" notes every month. According to 1 Mr. Gilker, "That callous has not started yet." How perfectly horrid of him to say this! There appears to be a novelty dancer here in Building 7. She perforins during the noon hour. How about it Mrs. M? A collection is to be taken shortly to buy a muffler for Kitty. According to Leavitt, there are a lot of girls in Kittery whom he likens to "strawberry blonds." Building 85 is sure some busy place. Mrs. Tarbox has surely got the others beaten. WE WONDER Who the gentleman is that Kitty rides home with. Why the girls in the Riggers Room are so popular. "A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned" We can help you save a good many pennies on HOUSE FURNISHINGS See Mr. WOOD 99 Penhallow St. Portsmouth, N. H. THE "BUSY CORNER" STORE But Never Too Busy To Fill Your Prescriptions and Fill Them Right OUT OF TOWN PATRONS ARE WELCOME TO WAIT FOR THE CAR AT OUR HOUSE BENJAMIN GREEN THE DRUGGIST INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION LOWEST RATES BEST FORMS C E. TRAFTON 35 Pleasant St. Opposite Post Office YOU AUGHT TO KNOW DENNET and MCCARTHY'S is tiiis'rkst place to buy Overalls, Shirts, Hosiery use: gas f-or lighting, heating and cooking PORTSMOUTH GAS CO- ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE Dr. s. F. A. Pickering - - dentist - - TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS OFFICE HOURS 32 CONGRESS STREET 8 TO 12 A. M. 2 TO 5 P. M. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. BROOKS MOTOR SALES PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE FORD SERVICE Flllis BrOS. Men's and Boys' Shoes Fine Shoe Repairing congress st. tel. con. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 29 LIFE BUOY What Mary, Frances, Anna and Laura have hidden away. Why Hazel from the Rigging room changed her name to Helen. Why Harold objects to perfumery. When Frances will learn to make a knot. What the attraction in New Durham is for Agnes. Why T. goes home so often. When Sam is going to get his change of gar- ment. Why Michael is missed. Why Elizabeth likes to wear that jumper. When our timekeeper will stop talking politics. Why Rose likes the Riggers loft better than the Electrical Shop. Why the boss hates to go home when the whistle blows. Why "Blondie's" eyes ache. When Bill is going to get his annual haircut. Why Jonesy stopped wearing trouserettes. Why the men are in so much apparent con- fusion in our Shop. When Walter will have his pearls fixed. To Our Dear Friend Marie. 'Tis sweet to be remembered, And a pleasant thing to find, That though you may be absent, You still are kept in mind. the rope should not have been there. Mary thinks that Louie is right there on dem- onstrating the gentle art of making love. Dan Cupid has shot his arrow into the heart of Ellen White, now she is receiving the congratu- lations and well wishes for a happy married life. It is reported our friend from Epping has given little Willie the mitten, but she produced the gloves. Viola has her ups and downs along with her troubles on the elevator. We wonder why the U. S. S. Bridgeport is "over there" so long, Mary is getting anxious. Good morning Sweetness. Does that sound familiar Catherine? Well boys, have you met our new office girl? We are all sorry to hear of the forced absence of our Timekeeper, Miss Abbott, we hope she is im- proving. The employees of the shop extend their sympa- thy to Leadingman E. B. Austin. We enjoyed a call a few evenings ago on our new President at his home, true hospitality marked the evening's pleasure. All hope soon to make another good time sure to come. When we learn that the apples have been pressed, a charter for the green car from the owner is in order, merrily climb the hills to So. E — . H. L. S. host of the evening. When you call to see us in shop C. "Notice the sparks fly." PAN ROASTINGS The many friends of A. I. Burke a sheet metal worker were sorry to learn of his death, the first of this month. Mr. Burke was a man of good charac- ter and well liked by the many employees of this shop. P. E. Foster has the sympathy of the employees of Shop No. 74 in his recent bereavement. Ira Coleman is improving from his recent ill- ness. The Association in the shop is getting started and the officers have been elected. There are a great many calls for both men and women for our shop at the present time. The girls in the Sheet Metal Shop say that the riveters in the Electrical Machine Shop have nothing on them for driving rivets. Just come over and watch us work. The Inspector said that the quality can't be beat. We understand that some folks think the girls are a little behind in some things, but we can cer- tainly do some hard knocking. Catherine had better watch her step, of course SHIPFITTERS SHOP. Shop K held two very enthusiastic rallies in support of the Fourth Liberty Loan, subscriptions amounting to $23,000, were collected at these meet- ings, whereby our final total was raised to 128 a rate that we have never before reached on any loan. Amounts that looked large in former loans were duplicated and larger subscriptions were received than ever before. A great spirit of patriotism was shown, and every one helped the cause along. Dur- ing the Saturday Noon Rally, Mrs. Gray sang the Star Spangled Banner, while the audience joined in on the chorus, while later, a band of fellow workers played patriotic and popular music. Mr. Sheppard, as one of the committee spoke of the results that were wanted and the shop went over the top with a "bang." During a little lag in enthusiasm Mr. J. R. Philbrick gave a very stirring call to duty for the cause, and so many men wanted the honor of being the last subscriber that we called the same a draw. Kittery answered the call through J. Philbrick, HENRY PEYSER &, SON 16 TO 20 MARKET ST. For more than forty years Portsmouth's leading Store for Men's and Boys' apparel RUGS, DRAPERIES, FURNITURE COVERINGS THE QUALITY STORE MARGESON BROS. Vaughn St. Telephone 570 PORTSMOUTH, N. H. FRED B. COLEMAN APOTHECARY Corner Congress and Vaughn Sts. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. If you desire to buy or sell Real Estate call, telephone or write H. I. CASWELL AGENCY Congress St. TELEPHONE 478-W Portsmouth PEOPLE'S MARKET DEALERS IN BEEF, PORK & PROVISIONS COR. DANIEL AND PENHALLOW STREETS Telephone Connection Portsmouth, N. H. SINCLAIR GARAGE HORTON SERVICE Telephones 282-W 81205 Corner Richards Ave- & Middle St. Portsmouth, N. H. S- S- TRUEMAN GENERAL CONTRACTOR JOHN O'LEARY KITTERY and NAVY YARD EXPRESS GENERAL TEAMING Tel. Con. Portsmouth, JM. H. TELEPHONE 651 83 Bow St. Portsmouth, N. H. If you want to be dressed up to the Minute from head to foot in dress and work clothes come in to see LOUIS ABRAMS & GO. 38-40 Daniel St. Portsmouth, N- H. U R s T R E ENLIST ACAINST THE HICH COST OF LIVING "TRADE AT THE CO-OPERATIVE STORE" Clean, fresh meat, groceries and provisions at reasonable . prices. Every stock holder has equal rights, and the store is man- aged for the benefit of all workmen. M. T. C. CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION Market St. Portsmouth, N. H. ;i ONE FOR all: ALL FOR ONE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 31 LIFE BUOY J. Grant, C. Miles, Kimball and others. Redden recited a very sentimental piece of poetry, but his voice changed and the crowd could not get it. It took Miss Hilton to sell bonds to a few Dover boys; Pete's hand went up awful slow though, and Libby tried to find a hole in the floor. Littlefield and Roy Moody certainly placed Moody, Maine on the Map. Tufts answered every time he was called on. Quite a number of notables "holed" in the tool room, but they had to make a noise like pledging when the smoke was too thick for them. A certain quarterman had his head all swarth- ed in bandages, Saturday afternoon, after he had totaled his pledges, he could not seem to remember how he went so far, but the pressure was there and he was under it. The Portsmouth crowd threw pocketbooks, bank books, old stockings, and all their other saving paraphenalia on the platform. Altogether it was a great get together meeting. There are about 700 reasons why the regular identifier likes his job at the "Shop K" gate. There was no pleasure for the substitute identifier, with the glass below freezing, and only "B. V. D'S" and the smiles of the "700 reasons" to keep him com- fortable. PATTERNS. Although the baseball challenge that the sub- marine draftsmen issued to the pattern shop did not materialize, perhaps they would be just as an- xious to take a chance with the bowling team that is soon to be formed. At last O'Connor's weakness has been discover- ed. They say it is girls whose first names are Mary. He has been interested in several lately, and this is one reason why he hurries from the shop so fast at 11.30 A. M. After learning that the girls in Kittery do not care for long walks, Brickman has now become in- terested in South Berwick. With the daily instructions from a girl in the Boiler Shop, Jim believes himself qualified for the U. S. Signal Corps. During the epidemic we all noticed that Neal acted as helper for the pattern shop undertaker. We wish to announce that our brother, H. Brit- ton, has started a primitive life similar to the one which Joe Knowles led. Brit has been camp- ing in the Eliot woods and already can hardly be recognized with his beard of three weeks growth. When you see Charlie Smith walking around the ship-house with an open book in his hand don't think that he is loafing, as he is trying to find the duties of a real ship-fitter from the "Ship-fitters Blue Book." VanHam was a little previous about setting the clocks ahead, and consequently found himself at the main gate the other morning at 6.15. Then Marion brought Van out of his trance and he had an hour to get his wind back after his run from the Camp. Jim Nelson is looked upon with much favor by an Eliot girl (even if he is a shipfitter). We think he must have profited by Van's mistake and bought a second hand Marine's uniform. Don't look forward to the invitations boys, as Carl has called the honeymoon trip to Germany off. (We will put it that way, as she will not see any more Life Buoys now) and is going to remain a Free Lance. His trips to Boston have ceased and he has even forgotten where the Kittery Postoffice is. Favorite Songs of the Boys. O, How I Hate to Get UP in the Morning — Twitchell With All Her Faults I Love Her still — Malmquist Long Boy — Cressey Put On Your Slippers and Fill Up Your Pipe— Hosfra Oh, Frenchy, Frenchy — Britton So Long Mary — O'Connor Buy a Liberty Bond for the Baby — Foye I didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier — Googins I'm a Twelve O'clock Fellow in a Nine O'clock Town — Metelli Down at the Husking Bee — Pray Aladdin had a Wonderful Lamp — Locke On the Back Seat of a Henry Ford — Pope Just a Small Town Sweetheart is the Girl For Me — Coulter Sometimes You Get a Good One and Some imes You Don't — Smith . If He Can Fight Like He Can Love — Nelson Some Day Somebody's Going to Get You — Peasley I Sent My Wife Away for a Rest — Pine I'm Old Enough for a Little Loving — Brickman To Europe on a Cattle Boat — Chandler WE WONDER: How so much dust gets on Eva's Skirt. How Pine likes bachelor life at Kittery Point? Why Bill likes to go to the Foundry so of en? What the attraction is in Haverhill for Lempke? Why Carl has become so quiet lately? What Bill Peasley and Cressey will do now that the beaches are closed? What's the matter with Pray's upper lip? Why South Berwick i3 such an interesting place for Neal and Van? A. D. S. IVI AT Adams Drug Store ON MARKET STREET IT'S NO USE Telling you a long story about advancing prices. You know as much about it as I do. But I want to tell you that I have a large stock of CLOTHS, bought to secure old yarns and dyes, at a much lower price than they can be found today. If you need a SUIT this year BUY IT NOW. WOOD, The Tailor 15 PLEASANT ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. THE PORTSMOUTH FLOWER SHOP A. C. CRAIG, Manager FANCY CUT FLOWERS AGENT VICTOR TAI KTXG MACHINES 4 Market Street Phone 960 PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE M. P. ALKON & CO. DEALERS IN CHINA, CROCKERY & CLASS WARE NO- 27 MARKET ST , PORTSMOUTH, N. H. BOU AGENT FOR LEADING FIRE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES GOV. ST. KITTERY, MAINE VSTE .A.RE AT YOTJP, SERVICE F. A. GRAY & CO. PAINTERS AND DECORATORS, 30 & 32 DANIEL STREET, PORTSMOUTH, N. H. "WALL PAPERS ancL PAINT SUPPLIES * . LOOK HERE m r A MINUTE! ^M Congress and Fleet Sts. We can furnish a house from cellar to attic. Prices right in every branch of our business. u Why not step into our store and look over our many styles of furniture. It costs nothing to look, and it might be beneficial for us both. D. H. MC INTOSH PORTSMOUTH, N. H. TYPEWRITERS FOR SALE & RENT J. E. DIMICK 29 Tanner St. PORTSMOUTH. N. H. Telephone 837-M. E.PERCY STODDARD iisr su p,AnxroE REAL ESTATE 7 Market Square PORTSMOUTH "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 33 LIFE BUOY Outside Patternmakers or Student Ship-fitters. We thought the members of our outcast band were to be exempt from the sarcastic witticisms of our inside brothers, now that we have severed our connections with the Pattern Shop, and pull our checks in the Trade School. Judging from this column in last month's issue we will still continue to be knocked, but we are gone but not forgotten. Do your worst we are quite used to them now, as they have been coming hard and fast for the past two months. Swift, Talbot and Hanabury, who could not see the gold in this (Golden Opportunity) to learn a new business, have gone to the Fore River Plant as Patternmakers, and wish to be remembered to all their friends in the shop and about the Yard. Big Ed. Brickman, the young fellow from Wor- cester, has notified all his friends that they will not see much of him this winter as he is going to sub- merge every night. He claims that he needs a lot of sleep, as he is still growing. (Poor kid, I don't think we will ever raise that boy). The boys think it is the growth of his bank account which he is thinking of mostly. Romeo's morning salutation to his friends in the ship house, — Er-r-r Gee, ain't it k-ker-ker-cold; as he rushes to the heater boy's fire, crying ("Kamerade.") SEEN THROUGH THE PERISCOPE. SUBMARINE DRAFTING ROOM. The Submarine Drafting Room sure is going over the top in the drive for the Fighting Fourth. At the date of writing, October 9, we are leading the yard with 159 per cent, which represents a total subscription of $5850. Owing to the fact that this room isn't considered as a shop, we are not en- titled to the Liberty Loan flag, but nevertheless the boys are quite enthusiastic, and the appearances lead to our running up over 200 percent before the close of the campaign. G. M. Clark has left for Durham, where he has enrolled in the Students Army Training Corps. C. S. Conlon of the U. S. Naval Aviation Forces is at present at Guifport, Miss., where he has started in training as a Machinist's Mate. D. J. Carey, former file-clerk, is now in the Chemical Warfare Service, and is now situated at Long Island City, N. Y. C. P. Yeomans is spending his vacation at his home in New Jersey. T. H. Weston is at his home in Broad Cove, Me., where he is gathering in the bountiful apple crop nn his farm. W. F. Newton, W. G. White and G. M. Clark are now the proud fathers of baby girls, Penelope, Althea and Virginia. J. B. Colliton has been out for two weeks respite, owing to the illness of his wife. Miss Mildred Lane of Melrose, Mass., has been employed as a Copyist Draftsman in this office. We sincerely hope that there will be a few more fair Draftswomen in the near future. Miss Frisbee of Kittery is now assisting Don- dero on the filing work. Scheirer has a new assistant in the person of Mrs. H. C. Preble of Ann Harbor, Mich. Mrs. Preble intends to take a two weeks trip to her home in a few days. Austin Googins has been acting Chief Ste- nographer during the absence of D. J. Long and A. H. Robinson. It is with pleasure that we learn of the pro- motion of Lieutenant-Commander H. S. Howard, Supt. of New Construction, to the rank of Com- mander. In all probability we will be moved very short- ly to new quarters in Building 81. There are just a few more things to do there to make the place ready for occupancy. It is expected that the Submarine O-l will be ready to be put into commission before a great while. Work is going right along on the S-3, and it seems that it will be launched sometime next month. Lieut-Commander N. L. Kirk has been out for a while with the Grippe. C. C. Coffin was confined to his home in Man- chester with the influenza for two weeks. Lieut. -Commander J. W. Lewis has been quite ill at his home. Commander H. S. Howard was out for a few- days feeling rather indisposed. Mr. Bacon has returned to the office, after be- ing subjected to the discomforts of influenza. W. F. Newton has been at his home in East Lyme, Conn. R. E. Potter was also caught in the spread of the prevailing epidemic. Ensign Parker of the O-l has been ill for some- time. Robinson, Wright, and Davidson of the Hull Drafting Room have been transferred here. M. S. Stephenson and K. Y. Wu were out sick, but have returned to work. WE WONDER — Who got THE rabbit when Scheirer, Powers and Grant went hunting a while ago. LIVE WIRE MEN WANTED To get acquainted with a live wire store, A store that KNOWS what men want and HAS it. Good, dependable merchandise at right prices, and good service. 'MASTERCRAFT - ' AND LEOPOLD MORSES MEN'S CLOTHES "RIGHT POSTURE" BOYS CLOTHES ARROW COLLARS HATHAWAY SHIRTS CHENEY TIES WALK-OVER AND RALSTON SHOES FOR MEN-LION BRAND WORK SHOES-ARROW RUBBER BOOTS-TRIPLE TREAD RUBBERS N. H. BEANE&CO. 5 Congress St. Portsmouth R. E. HANNAEORD FLORIST - - - CUT FLOWERS, DESICNS & DECORATIONS 452 RICHARDS AVK. XKLEPnONJK CON. C. P. CARROLL Groceries, Meats and Provisions 145 PENHALLOW ST. Tel. Connection PORTSMOUTH. N. H. Near A. S. L Ferry Hir, YORK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK" SERVICE Large Storage Vault and Safety Deposit Boxes for rent. Your checking account is solicited. In our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT we pay 4 Per Cent interest. YORK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK YORK VILLAGE, MAINE THE APOLLO LUNCH -oooggooo— HOME COOKING 17 Congress St. Portsmouth, N. H. PHILBRICK'S PHARMACY AGENCY FOR BELLE MEAD SWEETS & JERSEY ICE CREAM 67 Congress St. - - Portsmouth, N. H. The ACORN 18 Market Square, Portsmouth, N. H. Is now ready to show its patrons the finest and rich- est assortment of Holiday Gifts in its history. Books, Stationery, Cai-ds, Magazine Subscriptions > wel1 P acked for mailin S I Particularly Suited to send to friends at a distance and HATS & MEN'S FURNISHINGS AT PARSONS THE HATTER PORTSMOUTH. N. H. : : PHONE 867-M "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY' 35 LIFE BUOY If Powers thought he could catch Maine rab- bits with salt. Why there has to be a few to be hammering all the time about the H. C. L. Why there should be any hesitation on the part of anyone in the Yard as to subscribing to the Fighting Fourth. Why Kittredge is always hanging around the water-tank. If that fur coat attracted Scheirer. Why Miller has such bad luck in playing whist. If he wouldn't get along much better if he dropped that anchor (Guggisberg). What Preble and Lord struck lately. If Ray has got his hay all in. If Stiansen will ever subdue his taste for those race-track neckties. SUPPLIES. The third time never fails, so here goes for our third attempt. There have been so many of the office force out sick that those who wero fortunate enough to es- cape the prevailing epidemic have been taxed to the utmost with work. Assistant Paymaster Shaw and Ensign Harvey Knight returned to work Monday after two weeks illness. Chief Yeoman Blaisdell has left this office and taken a position down stairs under En.,ign Harrison. Frances Brackett and Pauline Hobbs returned to work this week after an attack of the Spanish influenza. Louise Carney has taken a position down stairs, lieing employed by Lee Minard. There are quite a few new messenger boys, most of whom are school boys. Ellen Bowden still remains quite ill at her home on Commercial Street. It is the wish of her many friends here that she will soon be fully re- covered and able to report back to duty. WE WONDER:- VVhy Billie Burke always wears that happy smile. He must be thinking of that song "You're In Style When You're Wearing a Smile!" — Is that right Billie? What Little Polli will do now that the boys at the Fort are restricted, and Pierce Hall is closed. Who neighbor Blaisdell finds to tease down stairs — Whoever you are we sympathize with you. fair friend! Why Eddie looks so lachrymose of late — Cheer up, friend Eddie, some day you may be a lieutenant too, and then she will like you. How they get that way. — Its the oil heaters! It will certainly be fine when the pipes are up and the heat turned on. Why "Izzy" had the weeps last Wednesday when the Seattle went out. Cheer up, "Izzy" you will see him soon in New York. Why Rosie comes over on the eight o'clock boat. Why Mr. Robbins makes his girls work over- time. How our school teachers like their new posi- tions. Why the Colonel always drinks two cups of coffee. Where the coffee bags went to. Why "Pa" eats so many gum drops. If the Chief will name his son "Jr." How long Isabelle will be a seaman. SHAFTS OF LIGHT. It will soon be time to take off the jersey suits and slip on sweaters and put on the old-fashioned georgette and crepe de chine waists. It is impossible to eliminate the GERM in Ger- many without leaving ANY. Headlines from a New York paper — "Girl Drowned on the North Shore" — (Didn't she even get her feet wet?) It takes a very clever man to fool his wife dur- ing two long years of happy married life. It costs very little to get married, but it costs a whole lot more to stay married. One clever girl says — Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your collar, or a private with a chicken on your knee? Did you ever hear of a clock striking for shorter hours? The less said about the fuel situation the better; just saw wood. Speaking of substitutes, — the best substitute for a newspaper is a barber shop. She's a peculiar sort of girl who hasn't a fel- low at the front these days. If they stop the manufacture of pleasure auto- mobiles, the horse should worry. Monkey fur is said to be the latest novelty on suits — Fashion Notes. Quite appropriate, too. no doubt. The boys would play war oftener, but its so hard to get any of the gang to assume the role of the German Army. Let us not be up and doing. Rather let us bow to fate, If there is no street car coming, Let us stand and wait and wait. In the good old days, a cow and some chickens used to keep the family well supplied, but nowadays ALL KINDS OF STOVES FOR HEATING WOOD STOVES, COAL STOVES, OIL STOVES ETC. 126-128 Market St. T HL b W LL1 oLR blOKL Portsmouth, N. H. A FEW OF OUR SPECIALTIES Hart, Schaffner and Marx Clothes, Stetson Hats, Manhattan Shirts, Fownes Gloves, Interwoven Stockings F. W. LYDSTON & CO. ^SoumS.S* 8 JOHN SISE & CO. INSURANCE 8 MARKET SQUARE PORTSMOUTH, N. H. A. P. WENDELL & CO. Hardware, Paints and Tools Telephone 850 2 Market Square Portsmouth, N. H. THEATRE SODA FOUNTAIN AND PORTSMOUTH FANCY BAKERY 18 CONCRESS STREET Try our Hot Chocolate and a Jelly Doughnut -- Cream Puffs Cream Pie and all Kinds of Loaf Cake BALDWIN A. REICH, PROPRIETOR THE VERY BEST IN RUBBER GOODS "KANTLEEk" GUARANTEED FOR 2 YEARS BOARDMAN & NORTON ^ fexcdflL Store, Portsmouth, N. H. Opp. Post Office MEN'S WOMEN'S & CHILDREN'S SHOES OF THE BETTER QUALITY C. F. DUNCAN & CO. 9 Market St. Portsmouth, N. H. SAVE FUEL By using Electric Appliances for Cooking ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LIGHT AND POWER CO. V) Pleasant Street Portsmouth, N. H. ~"I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 37 LIFE BUOY it takes a family to keep a cow and some chickens well supplied with feed at five cents a pound. Our idea is that if the draft act, fixing the ages between 18 and 45 were made to apply to women, we would be startled at the number of women in this country nearer 18 than 45. Now that Caruso is married he probably will have occasional spells when his harmony will be more or less discord. Since Mrs. Edgerly has changed her seat Hiram has been able to get out more blocks. If Anna, on table nine, makes many more button holes in men's pants during her noon hour, she will have all the boys in 79 coming to her in their time of need. SHAVINGS. Be careful Grant when you make another bet. Lost — a bicycle, return to Public Works De- partment. We wonder how Snooky and Cub have refrain- ed from dancing during the epidemic ban. Civil Service problem — If Kierman stays out two days on soft C, how long will he stay out when it is hard C? That camouflage stuff in the corner must be cut out SPARS AND BLOCKS. Mary, do tell what is so attractive around the ball ground during the noon hour. We are all wondering why Ruth likes to work with Harold, and why he is so attentive to her, own up Harold. Catherine says she would like especially well to go aboard the Southery, do tell us why Catherine? We would like to know why Carl visits Dover so often, and who the sweet little girl is he takes out to supper. Come now Carl tell us who she is. Why is it that Eva visits the Supply Depart- ment so often? What is ttie matter with Marion, we fear it is because she has lost her friend Carl. We all miss George, especially Lona. No one knows what the Office force saw on his last day with us. We are all very glad to have Hazel back with us again. How about the gunning party last week? We haven't seen any venison as vet Ask "Sid" Little- field, he usually knows about deer (dears) We hear the girls under 16 years of age are to be dismissed from the Yard, lets hope Florence will improve her time and rest, so when she becomes 16 and again joins us, we can tell which way she is going. We wish to call your attention to the speed of Mary, the elevator girl, when the bell rings. If Veronica is seen coming with pencil and pad lor money, the men will be few and far apart in the future, so lets choose someone else for the next one. METAL SPLASHES. WE WONDER In what part of the Shop Springer really works for he seems to be everywhere. Why they closed the bond drive at the 7 5th. "Ask Edna." Why Mary was so excited after the Liberty Bond rally. Why Mr. Staples would like the job as watch- man at the depot. Why Mr. Strong shines his badge so often. What Alberta carried in the suit case. Why Mr. Palfrey transferred the bonds to Miss Elliot. Why our leadingman from Dover spends his Sunday evenings in Dublin. When Carey is going to demonstrate a little foot work as well as putting on the gloves. Why Billie is so downhearted. If Mack thinks the Government is going to buy him shoes. The Foundry mourns the loss of some of its most popular boys who died during the present epidemic. Congratulations are being extended to out- Chief on his return from his recent illness. Gingerbread, gingerbread. We're nearly dead from gingerbread; Oh, Mr. Hoover, hear us plead! And kindly change poor Charlie's feed. Mr. Frank Dennett as structural foreman has charge of the following work: In charge of all repairs, alterations, etc., to buildings and quarters. In charge of all excavation, blasting, grading, paving, concrete and brick work, pile driving, wharf building, street and sidewalk repairs and construc- tion etc. Operation of stone crusher, road roller and concrete mixer. In charge of yard crematory. In charge of farriers and farrier work. This division will handle, in general, all work outlined above pertaining to the trades of wood- workers, masons, stone cutters, plasterers, slaters, •farriers, helpers and laborers under the Bureau of Yards and Docks. THOSE WHO PAY CASH GET BETTER VALUE FOR THEIR MONEY Congress Street B p g m ^ \W |%J 9 <5» Portsmouth, N. H. ■-* ^^ V^ WW i^i «=9 Tel 194 ~ KERWIN SYSTEM SHOE STORES Portsmouth, Roxbury, Dorchester, Fall River, Framingham, (2) You have many advantages when you buy SHOES of THE KERWIN SYSTEM SHOE STORES WE BUY AND SELL FOR CASH FOR SIX LARCE NEW ENGLAND STORES Cash discounts from manufacturers, no charge accounts, no trading- stamps, less profits:— All combine to make our prices the lowest possible. KERWIN-LEACH CO. Portsmouth, N. H. - - - - 45 Congress St., FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY, ICE CREAM AND SODA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TELEPHONE 29 w CATERING A SPECIALTY 43 CONGRESS street TIRE CONSERVATION Conserve on your tires by having those small cuts and stone bruises repaired n time and put a few more miles in the old shoe. Our VULCANIZING DE- TRIMENT is up-to-date. Fine line of new tires. OVERLAND AGENCY C. A. LOWD Service Station & Garage 338 Pleasant St. Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" CARTER'S OVERALLS (Union Made) MEANS U A Heap o' Satisfaction" TO THE WEARER CARTER'S OVERALLS for men give the most service. Made from th e best quality denims, perfect fit, big and roomy. A STURDY OVERALL CARTER'S BLOOMERETTS for women. Made of fine quality KHAKI cloth, best for factory workers, protects the clothing, promotes safety. Look for the CARTER label. H. W. CARTER & SONS LEBANON, : : : NEW HAMPSHIRE THE OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF OVERALLS IN THE U. S. A. !*.i,w.-:!,:!i. £55535SSS355S33355-asCCE£ I \ INDUSTRIAL DEPAMMNT LIFE BUOYi NAVY YARD PORTSMOUTH, N.H JANUARY and FEBRUARY, 1919 tamimiiimiMim pgagasa a s ss aacs ...... I. .'.... i .... i . ■-.....■. .i-.-V GARMENTS OF STYLE AND QUALITY Our preparations for Spring are made with unusual care this season— every fabric is critically judged for quality, every model selected from the standpoint of highest fashion without being extreme —and every garment tailored to the high standard this store requires. These are reasons why garments selected here give the utmost satisfac- tion in style, in wearing quality, and in price consistent with these high standards. Ladies Suits, Coats and Dresses, Waists, Skirts and Petticoats GEO. B. FRENCH CO. 37 to 41 MARKET ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. 'I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" TTiewor/d? fiestmmie for ev&tjr fiome The magnificent voices of Caruso, De Luca, Farrar, Galli-Curci, Gluck, Homer, Melba, Schumann-Heink, McCormack, and the other great singers of the opera and concert stage. The masterful playing of Elman, Jascha Heifetz, Paderewski, Powell, Zimbalist and other noted instrumentalists. The Philadelphia Orchestra, Sousa's Band, Pryor's Band and other bands and orchestras of world-wide renown. All are yours right in your own home on the Victrola Come and select your Victrola today! Learn about our deferred payment plan. HasseTT's n MUSIC&ARTSHOPPE 5 Congress St. Portsmouth, N. H. FIRST NATIONAL BANK PORTSMOUTH : : NEW HAMPSHIRE United States Depository Resources Over Three Million Dollars THE BANK OF SERVICE We welcome new accounts and place the service of a modern bank at your disposal. BANKING HOURS: Daily 9 A. M. to 2 P. M. Saturdays 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. Saturday Evenings 6 to 9 SYSTEMATIC swim; sri:iJ;s SUCCESS. Weekly deposits bring about the most satisfactory results. One Dollar opens an account. Home Banks furnished free to depositors. PISCATAQUA SAVINGS BANK, First National Bank Building. : : Portsmouth, N. H. Open Saturday Evenings 6 to 9 "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY Issued monthly for free distribution to employees of the Industrial Department of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. VOL. II JAN. & FEB. 1919 NOS. 1 & 2 HISTORY U. S. NAVY YARD Portsmouth, N. H. The facts contained in this brief resume of the historj of the United States Navj Yard, Portsmouth, N. II., were abstracted from a hunk prepared by order of the Hon- orable Secretarj of the Navy, under the di- rection df the Bureau of Yards and Docks bj Mr. George Henry Preble, Rear Admiral, I. S. N. The firs! European visitor to the waters hi' the Piscataqua, mi which the Portsmouth in- Kitterj Navj Yard is located, of which we have anj knowledge was Martin Pring. In the spring of Kin:;. Martin Pring in com- mand nl two Vessels Of Small Size, Hie Speed- well and the Discoverer, left Bristol, Eng land, and after discovering Penobscot Hay and the York River, he continued his voyage and arrived at the Piscataqua River, which he railed "Westernmost River." In L605, Samuel de Champlain sailed from Havre de Grasse, in France, and on the 15th uf July following sighted the Isles of Shoals and the "Cape of I he Isles," now known as ( Minnie's Point. Captain John Mason, a merchant of Lon- don, arrived al Hie Piscataqua in the month uf May, 1621, and erected a posl house at ( Minnie's Point, which was named "Mason Hall." This is supposed In have been Hie first house built in New Hampshire. The second house was constructed by Humphrey Chadbourn in 1631, near the banks of the river and within Hie Limits of whal is now the City of Portsmouth. Other buildings were rapidlj erected. On September 6, 1030, Sir Perdinando Gorges, who was granted by Charles I, King nl' England, a vasl portion i>( the country of America, commonly called New England, commissioned Richard Vines Ins steward- general. Richard Vines, mi Maj ::, L645, granted the two islands now known as Vi\\ Yard and Seavey's Island and mi which the United States-Navj Yard in Portsmouth Harbor is situated, In Thomas Purnell, ship- wright, for a yearlj renl of two shillings and -i\ pence. Shipbuilding was an early and an exten- sive branch ni' industrj mi the Piscataqua. In thai foreign merchants could build vessels here al a lower price than elsewhere, d was natural thai Hie governmenl stypuld avail itself of Hie facilities offered. Surveys were made nl' the harbor and as early as L650 there arc records of timber for masts being selected as the propertj <, Congress authorized and passed an ad for the building of thirteen cruisers. The first, ship built for Ihc Continental Navy al Portsmouth was the Raleigh, 32. On the 2 1st nf March. 1776, Hie keel of Hie Raleigh was laid and the construction of this boal proceeded so imp Mix Hud il was launched mi May 'Jlsi nf the same year. LIFE BUOY The next ship built at Portsmouth tor the Dennetl on the 12th day of June, 1800, for Continental Navy was the Ranger, a sloop of the sum of $5500. war mounting 16 6-pounders. 11 was this | n 1803 a house was erected for a dwell- vessel with which the lame of Paul Jones is lllt ., a barracks for marines and a bell-tower identified. On the 14th of February, 1778, built. In 1806 J. M. Gamble, first lieuten- Paul Jones, who was in command of the an t of marines, with a guard consisting of Ranger, received the Rrsl salute to the Stars one sergeant, two corporals, fifteen privates and Stripes of the United States of America. and | NVO musicians, was ordered by the Navy other vessels of war constructed in Ports- Department as a garrison for the protection mouth in I he earlj days were the America, of the Government property. Crescent. Portsmouth, Scammel and Con- When war broke out with Great Britain in gress. 1812, it became necessary to inaugurate a Immediately following the creation of the new policy with regard to the Portsmouth Navj Department ami the appointment of a Navy Yard and it was placed in charge of an Secretarj of the Navy il was recognized that officer of the Navy. Lieut. Thomas Mac- Ihe Governmenl should own its own Navy Donough was selected for its command, sub- Yards for the building and equipping of its jecf to the orders of the commandant of the vessels of war. In accordance with these Boston Station. views the Secretary of the Navy, on the 25th On the 1st of April, 1813, Commodore oi April, 1800, suggested to the President \\ n }\ assumed command of the Portsmouth that investigations and surveys be made for Yard, it having been decided to build one of the purpose of acquiring permanent yards, the frigates at Portsmouth. All timber purchased for use in the eon- On the 9th of April, 1813, the Secretary of struction of the first six frigates, authorized h,,. Navj for the first tunc addressed Isaac by the Act of February 25, 1799, was or- n,,!, as Commandant of the Navy Yard, dered deposited at Portsmouth, N. II., Bos- Portsmouth, N. H. ton, Mass., New York NY., Philadelphia, A disastrous fire broke out in the town of Pa-, Norfolk, Va., and Washington D. C. p ort smouth on the 22nd of December, which The secretary furthermore, stated that as in eigh1 hours destroyed 180 dwellings and Ih.' \ard ol Mr. Langdon was hired to,' the 64 „,,„.,. buildings, covering an area of 15 construction ol the frigate al Portsmouth, acreg Tht , va||u , of ||u . proper tj destroyed he bcluvcd d the truest economy to provide was estimated al from $250,000 to $300,000. al once a permanenl yard An island fer- Commodore || uM Captain Smith of the Con- nald's he stated could be purchased for gresS) various crews i n port and fire appara- $6000. in-, under their command rendered essential l'n \ - to these views of the Secretary, service. By their exertions much propertj which were submitted to the President, the was sav ed. Secretarj had directed Joshua Humphries During the year 1814, the coast between Esq., chief naval constructor oi the United Portsmout h and Boston was blockaded bj a States, in an order dated Ji arj 29 1800, squadron of British vessels of war. These to examine several eastern ports. The fol- vesse i s we re often in sight, between the lowing is his summary of ; some of the iad- mainland and tKe Isles ,,i Shoals. Many vantages o a naval establishment al l oris- l;ils(1 al . n . ins NVl ,,. e „, V(1|1 and much apprehen . mouth, N. H.: sion existed as to the safety of the 74 frig 1st. "The harbor can be fortified al -mall . lU . under construction^. Commodore Hull expense. -hared these fears and wrote to Hie Secre- 2nd. "Quick al and from sea: being bul a tary of the Navy, strongly representing the shori distance. defenseless stale of Portsmouth and urged 3rd "Funnels (Fernald's) Island, belong- the necessity of additional fortifications and i ng t Mr Dennett, supposed to contain 15 a military force for its defense. On the 14th acres price $6000) is the best and most of May, the Secretary uilormed Ihe Corn- suitable place for a dock or building yard of mandant that Col. Walbach had been or- any other in Portsmouth Harbor — dered to command Ihe troops stationed here. 4th "There is on this island a sufficient In July, 1815, the frigate 7 'i was christ- quantitj of -lone lor any building thai may cued Ihe Washington and launched. The he though! necessary, also a suitable place Washington was tilted out immediatelj as for docking limber" the flagship of Commodore Chauncey, who The result of Ibis report and Ihe Secre- was ordered to command our squadron in tarv's recommendation was the purchase of lb- Mediterranean. Fefnald's Island from William and Sajah^f p. (To be continued.) jan 19 1923 LIFE BUOY LAUNCHING OF THE SUBMARINE S-3. SUBMARINE S-3 LAUNCHED PRAC- TICALLY COMPLETE. The Submarine S-3 was successfully launched "ti S.ilunl .i\ :illcrlii , I lecember - 1 . a! L'.-lfi. As (he Submarine started gracefully to slide on the ways. Mis. William I.,. Hill, the sponsor, broke 8 bottle of champagne mi the bow ami christened the submarine tie' S-3. Tie' tii-si attempt to launch He- S-3 was made on Monday, December L6, bul due i" the poor quality of the tallow used the submarine refused to move fur- ther than 36 inches. Although this was Eomewhal <>t a disappointment to the officials U was quicklj for- gotten on Saturday afternoon, for it Ls questionable if any big submarine ever slid as gracefully as the S-3 did when it finally took the water. The S-3 is indeed a credit to the Yard for she is one of the largest American submarines ever con- structed. The displacement of the S-3 is S00 tons and v . i ,ii launched was practically ready for trial, for she , id her batteries and engines in place and there is vers little work left to be accomplished. It is staged on rood authority that the S-3 is He- nearest to com- pletion of any submarine ever launched in this coun- try. When it is considered that the submarine has 1 " under const ruction only seventeen month ii maj be easilj understood that a Cea1 has been accom- plished bj the Vard when consideration is taken of the size of the boat and the quality of its construction and workmanship. i hi Monday, December 23, a prayer was offered by the Knights of Columbus chaplain, Rev. Edward D. Henry, and the prayer was as follows: "O, Almighty and Everlasting God, who exercises Thy supreme dominion, not only over the empyrean vault of the Heavens but also in the unsounded depths of ocean, we bow down before Thy might and majesty in profound adoration, praise and thanksgiving. \ ouehi afe, O God, to bless all those here present, who with wonderment behold the successful termination of a work which has tried the ingenuity, the skill and the patience of men who toil. Eternal Father, grac- iously deign to pour forth Thy choicest blessings on all those who in any way, proximate or remote, con- tributed to the accomplishment of this herculean task requiring brain as well as brawn. And as of old Thou LIFE BUOY didsl cleave asunder the tumbling billows of the deep ■I Thj chosen people might pass dryshod and safe while the waters walled them on each side, so now and forevermore protect from all danger this sub- marine which amid scenes of joy and festivity we are lo launch this day. Shield from all harm the men who entrust their precious liyes and property to its keeping. May this day of cloudless sunshine be a prophetic harbinger of her successful career. Maj no unworthy quest, motive those who guide its des- tinies, but may her errands on and under the deep sea, be those which further the ends of peace and justice, humanity and Christian civilization. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen." The history of the bottle of champagne used by Mrs. Hill in christening the S-3 is so unique that it has been considered well enough to give the facts of this history. It seems that Lieut. W. L. Hill, while cruising in the summer of 1S85 near the mouth of the Magdi lena River. State of Colombia, helped in assist- ing the saving of the British Steamer "Historian," which had run ashore. As a token of his appreciation the Captain of the "Historian" gave Mr. Hill a basket of champagne. Mr. Hill kept one of the bottles after distributing the others among his messmates and it was this bottle which had been in his possession for some thirty-three years that was used by Mrs. Hill in christening the S-3. The full crew of the submarine as well as Com- mander .1. W. Lewis, who will have charge of the S-3, were on deck when the big submarine gracefully slid down the ways and struck the water with such a splash that a wave was sent to the Kittery shore. SAFETY ORGANIZATION The first meeting of the various safety shop com- mittees was held in the Yard restaurant on the after- noon of January 7. The Safety Engineer lectured on the value of the safety committee with particular reference to its value to the men. The origin of the safety movement In foreign coun- iries and its introduction into the United States was discussed. Emphasis was laid on the fact that the safetj movement was not "a one man job," but that in order to have the movement a success it was neces- sary to have systematic and energetic team work. The value of a safety committee from a humanitarian as well as an efficiencj viewpoint was likewise dis- cussed. The two essential elements in accident prevention are safeguarding and education. The government for over a year has been putting the physical condition of this plant into shape. By a study of statistics it is noted that only 5 per cent of accidents can be elim- inated by putting the plant into a good physical and safe condition. Only through the education of "human element" can the other 95 per cent of accidents be reduced The duties of the shop committees consist of (a) making of weekly inspections and the rendering of written reports; (b) investigating of accidents occur- ring in their shop; (c) instructing new men relative to the safe practice and handling of machinery, ma- terials, etc.; td) spreading of safety ideas through personal contact. It is hoped to shortly start a keeping of the accident record in each shop with the hope of stimulating an increased interest. A "No Accident Day" is likewise to be tried shortly. A book entitled "Foremen and Accident Prevention" was distributed to each one of the committee-men. who were asked if they would not familiarize them- selves with the contents therein. Among the subjects covered in this book are the following; Belting. Blast- ing. Blood Poisoning, Boilers, Carelessness, Chipping. Cleanliness, Clothing and Hair, Compressed Air, Con- struction Work, Discipline, Doors, Electrical Apparatus as well as numerous other subjects. The book con- tains ninety-three pages and was published by the Travelers Insurance Company which concern has probably done more in the line of the education of employees in accident prevention than any other com- pany in this country. Through the courtesy of the Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., 5000 copies of the book entitled the "Employee and Accident Prevention" have been given to the Safety Engineer free of charge. These booklets will be shortly distributed by the committees. ■ Many of the suggestions that are made in this com- panion book are simple and readily understood. If employees of the United States would give heed to the suggestions contained in this little book there would be more than 10,000 of the workers of the United States alive a year from today. The names of the employees who are on the safety committee from the various shops are as follows: Shiprnters' Shop, Ben Sturgeon, B. C. Magoon. L. A. Miles. A. E. Kimball. W. A. Cheney, P. T. Patey; Paint Shop, Joseph H. Morrill, S. A. Boston; Boat Shop. George Humphreys. John I >odge, Phillip Brooks. Hiram Tobey. Jr.;, Joiner Shop, Mr. Blomberg, Mr. Walker. Mr. Thing; Master Machinist. Sidney Rand. O. E. Taylor, L. E. Hawkins, C. S. Lovell; Sheet Metal Shop, W. T. Burro wes, C. H. Prime; Pattern Shop. John H. Foye; Yardmaster. Fred Dyer. Fred Langley; Riggers' Shop, J. Pruett. William Laird; Trade School. T. G. Havener. J. Keene. L. J. Allen. A. F. Wildes, C. Gerton; Pigging Plant, John L. Leavitt; Building Trades, F. A. Briggs. G. L. Smith, H. C. Maker, A. J. Smith. W. S. Philbrick, F. S. Babb; Machine Shop Electrical, E. C. Berry. W. J. Bureau; Smith Shop. Walter Clark, David M. Swenson; Spar Shop, Milton E. Healey. Ralph Lutts, C. T. Winslow, Fred Wilson. .1. Quirk; Outside Machine Shop, John B. LaFleur. Alonzo Wildes. Michael F. Cronin; Foundry, C. H. Garver, T. Massey; Outside Electricians and Power Plant. T. Ruxton. C. Pike. It is hoped to change this personnel after three months' trial, so that new men will he automatically taken in. LIFE BUOY 8 MR. CHARLES F. DRAKE MR. CHARLES F. DRAKE HAS "GONE WEST." On the afternoon of Monday, December 9, 1918, Mr. Charles Drake, foreman of the Sheet Metal Shop, was suddenly attacked by apoplexy and before he reached the Dispensary he had passed on to the other world from whence no man ever returns. Mr. Charles Fabyan Drake, the son of the late Fabyan P. and Elizabeth Elkans Drake, was born in South Boston, Mass., February 10, 1874. At the age of 10 years Mr. Drake's parents moved to Kittery, Me., where he has resided ever since. Besides attending the public school in Kittery he took a course of three years at the Kittery High School. When only 16 years old Mr. Drake was called on the Navy Yard as an apprentice plumber. Through his conscientiousness and love for his work he quickly passed through the ratings of leadingman and quar- terman and at the time of his death was foreman of the Sheet Metal Shop as well as the plumber and coppersmith departments. The loss of Mr. Drake is the more keenly felt for he was a citizen who interested himself considerably in school, church and social life matters. He was held in high esteem, not only by everyone who came in contact with him on the Yard, but likewise by the townspeople of Eliot, where he had resided since 1898. At the time of his death he was chairman of the Community Local Red Cross in Eliot. Mr. Drake's death will mean a great loss to the Yard and to the community as a whole for there is no greater honor that can be paid to a man nowadays than to say that he was "white" throughout. Mr. Drake's kindly nature as well as his fair-mindedness and square dealing could not help but reflect on his associates. It is stated on good authority that the co-operation shown by the employees coming under Mr. Drake's departments was as fine an example of any co-operation that could possibly be hoped for. The suddenness of Mr. Drake's passing onward was a surprise to everyone for he seemed to be more jovial and in better health than his friends had seen him for years. It is stated by one of his friends that he had frequently expressed himself to the end that he hoped "that when he died he would pass away quietly and quickly," and thus was his desire granted. In the death of Charles Fabyan Drake, the Yard has lost one of its greatest workers. Mr. Drake never put himself in the limelight but was always contented to be a servant to useful suggestions and ideas when- ever offered. Although Mr. Drake did not stand out as a man who performed spectacular feats, he did stand out nevertheless conspicuously for the efficient way in which the work given to him was carried out. In filling his duties as Foreman of the Sheet Metal Shop, particularly during the war. he did not spare himself but labored hard and long and performed his duties to the entire satisfaction of all. He was a genial and companionable man. who made friends easily and likewise retained their respect and admiration. Conscientious in his work, he expected equal conscientiousness in others; but he could exiusr ^ortcomings if he knew they were not due to care- lessness and he always was ready with encourage- ment. A man of Mr. Drake's type is not soon forgotten. His loyalty and enthusiasm were an inspiration and will be a lasting and wor-thy monument to his memory. His death closes the career of a man who will always be remembered for the work he did during his twenty- eight years on the Yard. WILLIAM HILLMAN, JR. The many friends of William Hillman, Jr., will probably be both pleased and sorry to learn that he has tendered his resignation as Assistant Shop Superintendent of this Yard. Pleased to learn that he is taking a more responsible position elsewhere, sorry to learn that he is going to leave us. Mr. Hill- man was graduated from Colgate College and previous to coming on the Yard was connected with the Nashua Manufacturing Company as a production and efficient engineer. Mr. Hillman's first duties began on November 26th. 1917, when he was assigned to the Electrical Machine Shop with the rating of Quarterman Machinist. For over a year Mr. Hillman labored in the Electrical Machine Shop perfecting schemes and systems where- by the efficiency of the shop was increased. The in- stallation of a planning department was the most important work. The Yard activities he was particularly interested in was the Navy Yard Baseball League, Theatrical Show and miscellaneous welfare work in Building 79. At the farewell reception tendered to Mr. Hillman. he was presented by the employees of the Electrical Machine Shop with a gold watch and chain, a travel- ing bag and tourist's set. The popularity of Mr. Hillman extended throughout the Yard, and his many friends extend to him their wishes for his future success in his new work. LIFE BUOY ORGANIZATION— INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT In this issue of the "Life Buoy" there appears a group photograph of the officers and employees work- ing in Building 81, cur Industrial Department offices. The organization is as follows: I IFPICERS. I kFFICE. L. S. Adams, Capt. (C. C.) U. S. N Industrial Manager H. L. Wyman, Capt., U. S. N Assistant Manager .1. E. Palmer, Commander, r. S. N. (Ret.) Engineering Superintendent. E. II. Brownell, Commander (Civ. Eng.) r. S. N Public Works Superintendent. 1; W. Ryden, Commander (C. C.) U. S. N Shop Superintendent. 11 S. Howard, Commander (C. C.) I'. S. N New Construction Superintendent. I • T Wright, Lieut Comdr., U. s. X \sst. to -New Const r. Supt. H. T. Sandlin, Lieut. Comdr. (Paj Corps) U.S.N Accounting Superintendent. i D. Sloane, Lieut. Comdr., U. S; N., I Retired) Asst. to Engineering- Superintendent. M. N. Usina, Capt. of Engineers, U. S. C. G Asst. to Engineering Superintendent. R. J. Boyd, Lieul Comdr., (C. C), r S N. R. F Construction Superintendent. R. W. Ferrell, Lieut. (C. C), I'. S. N \sst. to New Constr. Supt. A. K. Fogg, Lieut., Civ Eng., r. S N i.sst to Public Works Superintendent. II I-' McCarty, Lieut if. C), (T.), U. S. N Vsst. to Shop Superintendent. .1. S. Junes. Lieul. (C. C.) TIM. I'. S. X Asst. to Shop Superintendent. James Fife, Jr., Lieut, r. S. N Asst. to New Constr. Supt. T. !•'. O'Brien, Lieut, i < '. f .). 1\ S. X Asst. to Construction Superintendent. W. A Sullivan, Lieut. (C. C), I'. S. X \sst. to Construction Superintendent. S. Floathe, Lieut (C, C). ''■ S. X.. (Retired) Asst. to Shop Superintendent. II. E. Kershaw, Lieul. (T.i. I*. S. X (Retired) Vsst to Engineering Superintendent. Otto Johnson, Lieut. (T.), r. s. x Inspection ( (fficer. H. B. Heath, Lieut. ( T. ». c. s. x Surveying Officer. 11. L. Hilton. Lieut. (Civ. Eng.), I S N. R. F \sst. to Public Works Superintendent. \V. S. Edsall, Lieut., I'. S. X R. F \sst. to New Constr. Supt. R. B. Horning, Lieut, (j - i . I s x. It. F Asst to Engineering Superintendent. G. I. Wright, Lieut, (j. g:), U. S N R. F \.sst. to New Constr. Supt K. lie id. Lieut (j. g.) if. C), U. S. X \s. t. Const.-. Supt. !-'. W. Rasch, Ensign (T.). r. s. X Asst. to Shop Superintendent. A. 1 1. Barker, Ensign (P. C), IT. S. X. R. F Asst. t,. Accounting Superintendent. P. 1 1 Loom is. Gunner, r. s. x Asst. to New Constr. Supt. . C. R. Marshall, Carpenter, r. S. x Asst. to shop superintendent CIVILIAN HEADS OF SECTIONS. C. R, Wasgatt Chief Clerk of Department. a. S Rundlett Material clerk. ll. i ' Twombly ( !hief Clerk Accounting. R. G. Rowe Recorder of Labor Hoard. A. H. Robinson Chief Stenographer. T. S. Mardcn Assistant Inside Superintendent. .1. C. Dolan loh Order Clerk. J w Woodward File Clerk .1 I*. Flanagan Time Clerk. Account ins. W. A. Densmore Report Clerk. Accounting. J. W. Marcous < !os t Clerk. Accounting. A. .1 M. Con ri Chief Estimator. i R ll ugelman Safety Engineer. D. J. Leahy ' Inspector of .Manufacture T. K. Hilderbrand Mfrs. clerk. I i l . Li msr . .1 'ersonnel clerk. G. E. Hammond P, W. Clerk. W, F, Harris .Timber Inspector, CHIEF DRAFTSMEN. A V. Curtis Sul i marine Construction. A. I .. Case Machinery I )ivision. F I! Currier - < instruction and Repair 1 >ivision. LIFE BUOY 10 11 LIFE BUOY MIXED THEATRICAL SHOW Pleased Large Audiences. On the evenings of December 19 and 20, the em- oloyees of the Navy Yard, who took part in the "Mescalanza," or mixed theatrical show, scored un- doubtedly the biggest social success ever made by employees of the Yard. For. on these two evenings the Portsmouth Theatre was packed and by the way the encores were demanded there can be no question but that everyone, who was fortunate in seeing the show, was pleased and delighted. The fine manner in which everyone spoke of the show and the fine ac- counts appearing in the Press should make the cast all feel proud that their efforts and talents were appreciated. According to the Press the show scored a decided hit and it was stated that the show was the best amateur production ever given in this part of the country. In that the show was so well balanced by such fine talent it is very difficult to give any one of the cast any more cerdit than any of the others. The entire company showed exceptionally good training and sang unusually well. The first part minstrel was a tremendous success and the different numbers were finely rendered. The show was produced under the personal direc- tion of Mr. Henry J. Quinn of Amesbury. Mass. It was mainly due to his untiring efforts that the show proved such a success. Although he has produced shows for thirty years this was his first attempt in Portsmouth and it seems quite likely that he may be called upon again. The performances were given for the benefit of the Portsmouth Red Cross and the total sale of tickets n mounted to $1458. The expenses incurred amounted to $522. fi5. leaving a net balance of $935.35. which amount was sent to the Portsmouth Red Cross by the Industrial Manager, Mr. I,, S. Adams. It is stated ui)on good authority that this is the largest amount of money ever collected for charity in two nights by any organization in Portsmouth. The expenses were kept unusually low because of the fact that the Allied Theatres Company of Portsmouth granted the free use of the Portsmouth Theatre and also paid for the heating and lighting of the theatre. The furniture used was kindly given by the Portsmouth Furniture Company. Through the courtesy of the Loyal Order of Moose no charges were made for use of their home in holding the twenty-one rehearsals. The entire organization, a cast of some 135, with the exception of one soloist, is employed on the Yard, this including the orchestra, all of the principals, a large chorus, the pony ballet and the young lady ushers. The opening medley overture proved unquestion- ably to be the finest overture ever produced by ama- teurs in this vicinity. The dancing of the pony ballet was ;i caution and these dancing dolls certainly made a hit in their red, white and blue costumes. The difficult part of interlocutor was well handled by Mr. Thomas Lynch and showed he possessed re- markable ability along these lines. The solo ballads offered by Miss Marie Hill and Mr. Thomas J. Bren- nan were well received and encored. Tom Brennan of Building SO, who sang for the first time in Portsmouth, has an exceptionally fine voice and it is small wonder he is so popular in Dover. There were two sets of active ends, C. Carlton Coffin and Wallace Richardson; Thomas J. Mullen and Clifford Picott. It is very difficult to give any one of the ends more credit than any of the others for they all sang and performed to perfection. Mr. Mullen scored a big hit with his song. "Beatrice Fairfax. Tell Me." His local hits especially the one directed to Mr. Bartlett, the newly elected governor, who was in a box. on the new Portsmouth-Kittery Bridge proved a feature. His remarks on Mayor Ladd and Mayor-elect Hislop likewise took well. So many encores were demanded from Mr. Mullen that at the end he could hardly whisper. Picott also had some good jokes and his song, "When I Gets Out in No Man's Land." was well rendered and applauded. In this song Master Donnell Butler was featured and this shaver danced and turned cartwheels like an old- timer and to the great delight of the audiences. Richardson and Coffin were also good and their jokes and songs were well handled and rendered. Miss Nellie Barron and Mr. Frank Brannigan, who sang the duo. "I'd Like to Sail to Loveland," was not only well received but likewise encored quite a few times. The way Ernest Heywood broke in with his part was a caution and his Slippery Elm Tree song entitled, "Woodman, Spare That Tree," might well stand any married man in good stead. The entre act, a one act sketch written by Claude O. Whitley of Building SO, and acted by Messrs. Whitley. Haekett and Duran, proved to be an act which is a credit to Mr. Whitley. It was well acted and applauded. The condensed musical comedy. "In Quarantine," was offered as the second part of the show and those taking part in the ' cast performed their work de- cidedly well. If any of the cast stood out somewhat better than the others, mention should be made of Miss Dorothy Philbrick, who took the part of Mollie. Miss Eleanor Reich, who took the part of Margaret, Joseph Taylor, who took the part of Johnny, and Aleck Zubkus, who took the part of the organ grinder. Mr. Joseph Taylor, who took the part of Johnny and who sang the songs. "Give Me the Moonlight." "The Ro~e of No Man's Land." and the duo "Don't You Tell," (with Miss Eleanor Reich), was probably the most decided hit of the evening. The musical numbers which he sang were unusually good. Mr. Taylor's naturalness on the stage was likewise par- ticularly noticeable and commented upon. Miss Reich scored heavily in her two songs and particularly in the duo with Mr. Taylor entitled "Don't You Tell." The feature of this song proved to be her generosity in throwing pinks, a bouquet of which were presented to her on the stage, to various per- sons in the audience. Mr. Wallace Richardson, who took the part of the sergeant in the cast and who san? the song. "Amer- LIFE BUOY 12 ica." likewise sang well. A tableau scene, not only delightful but exquisite, was worked in conduction with the singing of the song "America." The grand chorus brought the show to a close with a bang. The final scene showing the statute of Liberty holding the burning torch and the full company, some 150 people, brought down the house. The electrical display work showing the Portsmouth Red Cross and other electrical effects were well ar- ranged and credit should be given to Mr. Jack Pethic. Few people were aware of the fact that the or- chestra which rendered the music was not organized until two weeks before the show. The orchestra played unusually well, considering the short time that they were together. Miss Dorothy Cotton, who played at the rehearsals and likewise in the orchestra, was remembered by the cast when she was presented with a pearl brooch. The cast also remembered Mr. Quinn for he was pleasantly surprised by being presented with a diamond studded Elk's pin. It may well be said that the show was a most de- cided success and that each and every person taking part in the show performed so w'ell that it was very difficult to give any special credit to any one. The following are the members of the company: Interlocutor — Mr. Thomas Lynch. Soloists — Miss Marie Hill, Mr. Thomas J. Brennan. Ends — Thomas F. Mullen. C. Carleton Coffin, Ernest Heywood, Nellie Barron, Theresa Renner. Theresa Paul, Marie Pauze, Florence Garland, Mabel Pinkham, Clifford O. Picott. Wallace Richardson, Master Donnell Butler, Frank Brannigan, Albert Dockum, Stephen Catlin. Paul Schoolcraft, Frank Preston, Albert Fer- guson. Pony Broilers — Doris Lomas, Ethel Barrett, Lulu Fernald. Gladys Moore, Jennie McLaughlin, Gladys Butler, Madeline Backus. Chorus — Lena Driscoll, Helen Moran, Ellen Welsh, Katherine Herlihy, Mary Kilroy, Mary Jordan, Flor- ence Warshaw, Isabel Craig, Lillian Miller, Una Badger. Mary Kirvan. Ralph Verity, John Locke, George Kane. Charles Parker. Fred Henderson, Harold Fernald. Hollis B. Cole, Nellier Call, Grace Rand, Helen Kusky. Clementena Kane, Gladys Moore, Nora Dwyer, Ella Hammond, Gertrude Rossley, Katherine Thompson, Lucille Simonds, Ellen Keith, John Downs, Wilbur Fernald, Arthur Cate. Clinton Durant, Karl Chick, John Morrill. E. J. Rivais, Eva Cooney, Mabel Trueman, Gertrude Perry, Josephine Roberge, Helen Kelliher. Theresa Woods, Mildred Brown, Frances Go-nyer, Marion Wilson. Pearl E. Foust, Beatrice Chandler, Clyde Fiske, Paul Crockett, Raymond Mou- telle. Alphonse Vinciguerra, Peiiey A. Whitney. R. E. Trefethen. MINSTREL PROGRAM. Opening Medley Overture (Potpourrie), Popular 191S Melodies Ends, Ponies and Company End Song— "Blue Ridge Blues" C. Carlton Coffin Solo — Selected Thomas J. Brennan End Song — "You'll Find Old Dixie Land in France" Wallace Richardson Duo — "I'd Like to Sail to Loveland" Nellie Barron, Frank Brannigan Topical Song — "Beatrice Fairfax, Tell Me" Thomas J. Mullen Specialty — "Woodman. Spare That Tree" Ernest Heywood Soli) — Selected Miss Marie Hill End Song— "When I Gets Out in No Man's Land".. Clifford Picott Mi dley— Patriotic Finale ' Entire Company ENTRE ACT. A One-Act Sketch. "A Good Fellow." Bcb Layton Claude Whitley Harry Thome Earle Hackelt Jack Blake A. C. Duran SECOND ACT. Musical Comedy, "In Quarantine." Mollie Miss Dorothy Philbrick Margaret Miss Eleanor Reich The Widow Miss Stella Chamberlain Johnny Joseph G. Taylor Tom Claud,' ( I. Whitley Lawrence Earl Hackett Joshua Frye ; Harold R. Quimby Bud Frye. his son Harry Smith I Irgan Grinder Aleck Zubkus The Spoiled Child Harold M. Vincent Sergeant Wallace Richardson Hotel Attendants. .Frank Brannigan, Paul Schoolcraft Coal Man. . . A. C. Duran Chauffeur Winfield O. Sprague Spirit of 76 — Charles F. Parker, Wilbur A. Fernald. Karl B. Chick. Spirit of 81— H. S. Call, T. Entwistle, W. H. Smith. Abraham Lincoln Arthur W. Cate Slaves Samuel Palmer. William Palmer Spirit of 9S— L. B. Colburn. J. P. Kelley. W. Scully. "SPIRIT OF IMS- General Pershing Thomas Lynch Columbia. Mrs. Albert Craig Uncle Sam Perley A. Whitney Liberty Nellier A. Call Color bearers, sailors and soldiers. Red Cross Nurses — Miss Frances Gonyer, Mrs. Noah O. Foust, Miss Mary J. Jordan, Miss Florence Warshaw, Miss Mary Kilroy, Miss Lillian Mulcahy, Miss Marion Wilson. Miss Ethyl M. Ryan, Miss Ellen Keefe, Mrs. C. J. Herbert, Miss Una Badger, Miss Lillian Miller. MUSICAL NUMBERS "Give Me the Moonlight". . .Joseph Taylor and Ponies Special — Skating Act Buren B. Roberts "There's a Service Flag at Our House" Eleanor Reich "Rose of No Man's Land" Joseph Taylor "Don't You Tell" Eleanor Reich. Joseph Taylor A-m-e-r-i-c-a Wallace Richardson and Company Stage Manager — Herman G. Crompton. Assistant Stage Manager — Arthur L. Hartford. Master of Properties — C. C. Washburn, Howard Crompton. 13 LIFE BUOY Electricians — Jack Pethic, Clifford Pike. Stage Carpenter— Joseph Taylor. Orchestra— Messrs. S. B. Gage, E. Moulton, M. Sehoeph W. Burridge, E. J. Kitteridge. S. \V. Bailey, R. Howarth, H. E. Hodgon, J. E. Scammon, Miss D. Cotton, s. Meserve. The executive committee were: John R. Hugelman. chairman; Miss Eleanor Reich, Miss Stella Chamber- lain, Mr. Arthur Hartford, Mr. Charles Tucker. Mr. Thomas Hilderbrand. The young lady u hers were: Misses Little. Could. Bragg, Hodgkins, Brewer, Earle, Bracj and Dether- idge. PEERLESS ORCHESTRA An orchestra, the director of which is Mr. S. B. Gage, has been formed on the Yard, and have decided to call themselves the Peerless Orchestra. The other members of the orchestra are: E. Moulton, M. Schoeph, \V Burridge, E. J. Kitteridge, S. W. Bailey, R. Howarth, H. E. Hodgon, J. E. Scammon, Miss D. Cotton, H. Mieott and S. Meserve. Ii was this orchestra that played so well at the evening performance of the Me: calan/.a given by the employees of this Yard at the Portsmouth Theatre on December 19 and 20. The orchestra, according to Mr. Gage, are open for engagements and expect to hold a dance some time in March. This dance will be strictl) for Yard Em- ployees and their friends. EMPLOYEES TAKING PART IN SHOW VOTE OF THANKS 1. The Executive Committee, who had charge of the Mixed Theatrical Show, wish to herewith express their appreciation and sincere thanks for the tine spirit of co-operation shown by all employees taking part in the show. 2. It is needless for the Committee to say thai the rhow was a grand success, for this has been already voiced by those fortunate enough to see the show and by the press. 3. A good sized check, somewhat over $900.00, will be shortly given to the Portsmouth Branch of the Red CrOSS. This is. indeed, .1 ui.ist splendid gift, and employees taking part in the show should feel honored in that the offering of their services and talents made this gift possible. 4. The Executive Committee furthermore wish to send their best wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year. .1. R. HUGELMAN, chairman. MISS ELEANOR W. REICH. MISS STELLA B. CHAMBERLAIN'. MR. ARTHUR L. HARTFORD. MR. CHARLES TUCKER. MR. THOMAS HILDEBRAND. MR. CHARLES A. WENDELL MR. CHARLES A. WENDELL FOREMAN SHIPWRIGHT The announcement of the death on Dec. 16th of Mr. Charles A. Wendell. Foreman of the Spar and Block Shop, and Master Shipwright, will he received with deep sorri w by those within the circle of his intimate associates as well as by the many employees on the Yard. Mr. Wendell was a companionable man and always retained the respect of the friends he made. He first began work on the Navy Yard in 1861 as an apprentice and his first employment was on the Frigate Kearsrarge, which was launched during the Civil War. After he had finished his apprenticeship and in order to better fit himself he took a course as Sparmaker in the yard of William R. Martin. For two years he was employed as a sparmaker at Young's Spar Yard at Boston, Mass In 1S7J Mr. Wendell again came to Portsmouth and accepted a call to the Yard as an expert sparmaker. He showed such proficiency in his work that in 1872 he was appointed Foreman Spar and Block Maker. In 1913 the Shipwright department was assigned to him and he was given the title of Foreman Ship- wright. Under his supervision the manufacture of boat spars, blocks, cooperage, and numerous other articles used in outfitting ships was carried on. In point of service he was the oldest Foreman on the Yard for since the time of his appointment as Foreman Spar Maker in 1874. Mr. Wendell was only away from the Yard for a short time. Mr. Wendell was greatly esteemed by all who knew him. He was always loyal to the Government and the work he did will be a lasting monument to his memory. LIFE UUOY 14 UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN This yard finished in fifth place in the United War Work Campaign, the total pledges for the Yard amounting to $13,873.04. This credit was made up as follows: Civil employees — Pledged at Yard $11,059.24 Pledged outside Yard 902.56 Officers and men 1,912.04 The subscriptions from the civil force were credited to the allotment of the home towns of the subscribers. It is interesting to note that 115 cities and towns were represented, reaching from Vinal Haven, Me., to Washington, D. C. Chaplain Rountree was designated by the Comman- dant to have general supervision of the drive and John C. Dolan acted as chairman for the civilian force. The Industrial chairman concluded his report with the following summary: "While the total number of contributors was not as large as expected, the generous amounts donated by the large number of contributors made it possible for the Yard to retain its record for doing big things. "Credit is due the Shop Chairmen and their as- sistants for the hearty co-operation and untiring ef- forts in carrying this drive to such a successful con- clusion." Shop. o « c o 6 •a O 3 o <5 ■a to** E CD a> en a, O E c ID u u ft ?36 198 $411 $831.29 $ 202 Office 81 58 250 226.54 58.00 114 Comdt. Of. (Ind.) 20 22.00 110 Elec. No. 89. . . .161 134 497 438.51 107.50 110 Smelter 30 30 81 85.00 105 Paint SO 74 257 217.50 56.25 104 Smith 117 104 356 332.28 28.00 101.2 Boiler 54 50 146 139.97 29.50 101.1 Boat •>.!?, 272 S13 705.46 115.81 101 Spar & B 325 325 967 870.00 100.00 100.3 Drafts. (Sub.) . . 46 46 179 179.31 2.00 100 Drafts. (H. M.) & I'. W.). . 29 19 108 80.50 20.00 93 Pattern 30 27 105 82.00 12.00 89.5 Lab. & Rig .189 150 474 349.00 50.00 84.2 Estimators . . . . 65 25 168 134.86 13.00 82.7 Trade School. .262 200 517 317.17 105.00 82 Sheet Metal. . . .289 260 763 624.07 81 Machine (Out.)279 200 888 688.00 77.5 Power Plant. . . 76 55 227 172.90 76 Elec. Mach. . . . 868 430 2046 1510.52 73.3 Transportation 70 35 172 92.00 32.00 72 Sail Loft 25 20 69 52.00 71 Shipfitter 384 300 2125 1314 00 72 263 961 554.25 73.50 64.5 Mach. (In.) Bldg. No. 80. .431 360 1380 511.96 100.00 44.3 Joiner' 179 100 Foundry 232 190 486 678 278.09 250.00 43 37 Totals 3722 $15421 $11059.24 $902.56 Total credit for Yard, $11, 961. SO. SUGGESTIONS FOR SAFETY OF MACHINISTS Exercise care in keeping jackets, sleeves, etc., but- toned or properly fastened. Loose clothing should not be worn around machinery. Your safety will be con- stantly menaced if you wear torn or ragged clothing. It is your duty to keep all safeguards in place on gears, pulleys, and other moving parts of machinery, and to see that others do the same. By so doing you may justly feel that you are preventing injury to yourself or to a fellow-employee. Oiling, repairing or cleaning machinery should never be attempted while the machinery is in motion. It is important that you so place tools or material that they can not be jarred down on a fellow-workman or on yourself. Serious tripping hazards occur where materials or tools are allowed to lie in passageways. You should never be guilty of such carelessness. It is to your own advantage to see that all ladders and scaffolds on which you may be called to work are in safe condition before using them. Ruptures and severe strains are often caused by lifting heavy materials. Should you desire to move machinery or other heavy objects, you should either obtain sufficient help or use proper hoisting apparatus. Do you realize that defective wrenches have caused many serious accidents? Be sure your wrenches are in good working order. If you value your eyesight, never fail to wear gog- gles when there is danger of chips or other material striking the eyes. Chipping, grinding, turning, rivet- ing, milling and babbitting all present eye hazards. Flying chips from "mushroomed" tools have often resulted in injuries. All such tools should be turned in to the tool dresser. Proper treatment should be given to bruises and cuts. Tobacco juice and spit can not be classed as satisfactory agents. They may cause serious infec_ tion. Fooling and horseplay should have no place in the shop or around work. Your own safety demands that you prevent them. Compressed air apparatus should never be directed to a fellow-workman. It has caused painful and sometimes fatal injuries. Be sure and block securely all articles on which you have to work. This is especially necessary in laying out holes on metal parts with high center of gravity. Hoisted loads should not be worked on until they are securely blocked. Your safety is endangered when you use defective hoisting apparatus. When you have to work at a height above the 15 LIFE BUOY ground, do not (ail to provide a "Danger Men Above" sign as a warning u> those below. Remember thai safety precautions pay the best kind of dividends in tin- \v:i> of life Hs.-ll. MR. FRED F. HAYES OUR MASTER MACHINIST (AFLOAT) Our Master Machinist (Afloat), who for twentj years has been al work on the Portsmouth Navj yard, needs no introduction for practical]} every our knows Mr. Fred l". Hayes. Mr. Hayes is practically .1 yard-made man and lie has worked on this yard ever since the time when he first was called as a third-class machinist. Mr Fred Frosl Hayes was born In the city of Chicago, ill., on the fourth day of May, 1874, and spent the first pari of his life in Chicago. Winn about thir- teen years of age, Mr. Hayes' familj moved to Ports- mouth, N. il He was graduated from the grammar and high schools of Portsmouth, and for three years look a mechanical engineering course al the Now Hampshin State College, at Durham, N, II (in tin twenty.sixth of May. 1899, Mr. Hayes was railed on the STard as a third-class machinist, and ids work was so exceptionallj good that he was i ited up to a leading man in num. Showing further marked proficiency In his work, he was appointed as quarter- man in 1901. Some time In 1911, after being a quar- terman for some ten years, Mr. Hayes was appointed Master Machinist (Afloat), which appointment he still hold As Master Machinist (Afloat), Mr. Hayes lias charge of the engine, boiler and ordinance work on ships which make their home at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. The machine and ordinance work on all sub- marines has been assigned as the duties of the Mast. u Machinist (Afloat). The maintenance and inspection of all the elevators and cranes on the yard, as well as the machines In the shops likewise come under the jurisdiction of Mr. I [ayes. Under Mr. Hayes' supervision forced lubrication systems were placed on numerous cruisers and the installations proved so highly satisfactory, that a consider l1 le amount of credit and good will have been established for the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Special mention should be made of the forced lubrication system which was installed on the battleship New Hampshire, for the work performed was carried out in less time, al a less east and Willi better workman- ship than at other yards and so successfully, that even the New York Yard was beaten. This is indeed a record that Mr. Hayes is rightly proud of. Numerous utters of commendation from command- ing officers have been sent in the Industrial Manama- plimenting upon the quality of work performed by the men employed under the Master Machinist i Afloat i. Mr. Hayes, when questioned by the editor as to the one big event in his life incidental to his work on this Yard, stated that he thought it was "the taking of the gunboat 'Don Jaun De Austin-' to De troit, Michigan." It seems that the gunboat was cap tured from the Spanish at Manila, and sent to the Portsmouth Navy yard for repairs. Mr. Hayes was ordered to take the boat to Detroit, Michigan. His crew consisted of the Michigan Naval Reserves, who were temporarily assigned. Mr. Hayestook the gun boat to Detroit via the St. Lawrence river and the Welland Canal. The policy of our Master Machinist (Afloat) in his dealings with his employees, to use his own words, Is, "to give a man a square deal as long as he proves himself white." Employees striving for increa: ed ratings are granted the same when found duly quali- fied and before designated in.-. -tlllgs of the q ll.'l rt erilien and leadingmen, coming under Mr. Hayes' juri.ii. tion. As a .spoilsman. Mr. Hayes has few equals in this part of the country for his hobby is fishing and gunning. He claims that he has travelled nearly everj foot of the Maine and New Hampshire woods, and that in- rarely returns without bringing something to prove that he can fish and gun as well as work. OUTSIDE MACHINE SHOP In this issue of the "Life Buoy," appears the group photograph of the employees of Building 89, Outside Machine Shop. The master machinist is Mr, Fred l' Hayes; the quartermen are Messrs. ll .1 Chandler and YV. II. Falconer, who are in charge of work on 1 he . submarines; S. R. Caswell, who is in charge of piping work on ships; W. M. Fife, quarterman in charge of machine work on ships, and F. H. I.eavitl. quarterman in charge of work in Building 89 The LIFE BUOY 16 leadingmen are Messrs. G. A. Cate and R. B. Ward in charge of piping work on ships, H. L. Rose and W. P. I I.i.ms, and W. F. Hester in charge of machine work on ships; C. B. Bridges, K. F. Hayes, J. Keene, Jr., II. II Gile, who are in charge of machine work on submarines; C. A. Becker, in charge of piping work on submarines, and B. J. Ferrin, in charge of repair work on cranes and elevators. ACCOMMODATIONS AT GOVERN- MENT HOTELS The attention of Navy Yard employees is invited to the fact thai there are a limited number of good rooms now available at the Government Hotels Cham- pernowne and Pepperrell at Kittery Point, owing to the departure of a number of employees whose homes are in other localities and who came here simply for the War emergency, a number of rooms in these hotels have become vacant. In order to avoid operat- ing the hotels at a loss, it was found necessary to tem- porarily close the Hotel Parkfleld, the smallest of the three, as the other two hotels are now able to meet existing demands for accommodations. The Hotel Parkfleld may later on be put into operation again if the demand for accommodations is sufficient to justify it. Employees desiring good board and lodging at rea- sonable rates should make early application. In order that the cost may be kept as low as possible, the hotels should be operated at all times near their maximum capacity. Rates at these hotels are based on actual cost. The Government does not make any profit on them. It is understood that the rates are very much lower than for similar accommodations and service at private establishments. APPRECIATION It is well said that a word of appreciation goes a long way towards transforming a hard, exacting task into something bright and attractive. Perhaps one reason for the unfailing and efficient work of the repair section at this Yard is to be found in the fact thai the word of appreciation has not been withheld, as witness the following letter, one of many received in the offices of the Industrial Department: "U. S. S. St. Louis, "January 20, 1919. "Captain T. E. Palmer, U. S. N., Engineering Super- intendent, Portsmouth Navy Yard. "Dear Sir — I am writing as I said I would to lot you know of the performance of the Starboard High Pressure piston valve which you so thoroughly over- hauled for us. 'To date we have driven this engine up to 100 RPM. and have had not the slightest trouble. The valve has functioned perfectly, there has been no warming of the guide, ei< . "I thank you again for your many kindnesses. "P. G. KUTZ, "Senior Engineer Officer." Particular gratification is derived from the fact that the repair referred to had been undertaken, without success, at three other places prior- to the arrival of the St. Louis at this Yard. A REMARKABLE PROPHECY Written by Victor Hugo in 1880, only nine years utter France's military defeat by Germany. With the brotherly co-operation and inspiration of America this vision is now being realized, and its full signifi- cance is World Democracy. "Then France will suddenly arouse herself. She Will become formidable. She will regain Alsace and Lorraine. Is it enough? No! No! She will cap- ture — listen!— Treves, Mainz, Cologne, Coblenz. And you shall hear France cry: 'The clock strikes my hour! Germany hear me! -Am I thine enemy? No, I am thy sister! I have taken all from thee. I return all to thee upon one condition: thai we shall no longer be a divider] people; that we shall be one united family, one republic. I will demolish my fortresses, thou thine — my vendetta is brotherhood. No more frontier. The Rhine, mine and thine "'We shall be the liberty of Europe. And now let us clasp hands, for we have rendered each a reciprocated service. Thou hast freed me from my emperor. I will free thee from thine! JUST WATCH YOURSELF GO BY. Just stand aside and watch yourself go by Think of yourself as "he" instead if "I" Note closely, as in other men you note, The bagged-kneed trousers and the seedy coat Pick flaws; find fault; forget the man is you And strive to make your estimate ring true Confront yourself and look you in the eye Just stand aside and watch yourself go by. Interpret all your motives just as though You looked on one who's aims you did not know, Let undisguised contempt surge through you when you shirk O commonest of men! despise your cowardice, Condemn whate'er you note of falseness in you anywhere, Define not one defect that shames your eye. Just stand aside and watch yourself go by. And then, with eyes unveiled to what you loathe, To sins that with sweet charity you'd clothe. Back to your self walled tenement you'll go. With tolerance for all who dwell below; The faults of others then will dwarf and shrink Love's chain grow stronger by one mighty link; When you, with "he" as substitute for ."I" Have stood aside and watched yourself go by. THIS IS THE HOME OF C. ELESSNESS. KEEP AWAY 23 LIFE BUOY DRIVING THE FIRST RIVET SUBMARINE S-9. At 3.00 o'clock in the afternoon of January 20, 1919, the first rivet was driven in the keel of Submarine S-9. The construction of Submarine S-9 will be carried out in the Franklin Ship House. The riveting gang was composed as follows: The riveters were Commander F. E. Porter, Medical Corps, U. S. N., and Lieut. Commander T. M. Osborne, U. S. N. R. F. The holder-on was Lieut. G. I. Wright, U. S. N. R. F. Page Bacon was the rivet passer and the rivet heater was Charles Martin. DRIVING THE FIRST RIVET, SUBMARINE S-9. EDITORIALS mutual trust, make your house "Sympathy, love a home." "Most of the shadows of life are cau ed by standing in our own sunshine." Emerson. ■■i iur greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." Goldsmith. "Tlu> man who borrows troubles will never lend smiles." "What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult for others':" — George Elliott. "Let every dawn of morning be to you as the begin- ning of life." Kuskin. "Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth." m Henry. "It is the surmounting of difficulties that makes heroes." — Kossuth. "God's best gifts to us are not things, but oppor- tunities" — Alice W. Rollins. MY COUNTRY. By DR. FRANK CRANE. 1 am an American. I belong to the United States of America, and am proud of it, because my country is great and strong, and its ideals are just and humane. I love my country because it stands for liberty and against all forms of slavery, tyranny, and un- just privilege. I love my country because it is a democracy, where the people govern themselves, and there is no hereditary class to rule them. I love my country because the feeling of the people is against all classes, and what classes we have are constantly mingling and breaking up. I love my country because it never wishes conquer any other country, nor to annex any terri- tory that does not belong to it without the consent of the people who live in such territory. LIFE BUOY 24 25 LIFE BUOY I love my country because the only use it has for an army and navy is to defend itself from un- just attack and to protect its citizens. I love my country because it is founded on the principle of federation and not of empire. 1 love my country because it is ready to join with the other nations of the world in a World Fed- eration, and thus do away forever with war, when- ever the other nations are willing. I love my country because it has always been foremost in settling international disputes by arbi- tration. 1 love my country because it asks nothing for itself it would not ask for all humanity. I love my country because it is the land of op- portunity; the way to success is open to every per- son, no matter what his birth or circumstances. I love my country because the oppressed of other countries are welcome here, and have all rights and privileges of native citizens if they obey our laws. I love my country because every child in it can get an education free in its public schools, and more money is spent on training children here than in any other country. I love my country because women are respected and honored. I love my country because the workers are con- stantly striving to improve their conditions, wages are higher here than anywhere else in the world, and men, women, and children have more to eat and are better clothed. I love my country because it is considered here honorable to work, and those people who do no use- ful labor are looked upon with disfavor. I love my country because life is protected order is maintained, and property is secure. I love my country because if any one is dis- satisfied with things as they are he can change them, if he can induce enough to agree with him. I love my country because we have free speech and a free press. I love my country because it interferes with no person's religion. I love my country because its people are indus- trious, energetic, independent, friendly, and have a sense of humor. THE BOLT THAT WENT WRONG A Safety Fable. (Bj EL S. Bonsib, District Safety Engineer, United States Shipping: Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation.) "I'm afraid it's a bad case of fractured skull," said Old Doctor Wise, as he completed his preliminary examination of Unlucky Charlie. Charlie lay in a deathlike stupor, with fare as white as chalk; his eyes were glassy an d blood trickled from his nose and ears. Just above the right eye u ls a narrow blue line .the only visible reminder of the disas ter. Nearbj st lareless ike and Thoughtless Bill— Pals of ('h:ul,e from childhood. They had gone swim- ming and fishing together, raided watermelon patches robbed orchards and made life exciting for the hi-h gazabo in the little red schoolhouse at the crossroads As they grew older, they each got a job with the Hurtalot Machine Company, the main Industry of their home town. It was. therefore, only natural when the cry went forth that Uncle Sam needed men to build ships and more ships to send our armies and supplies "Over There" to take the Will out of Wilhelm, that the in- separable three should get in the great industrial army and fight for World Democracy. Careless Ike and Thoughtless Bill were given jobs as bolter-ups, while Unlucky Charlie became a hold- er-on. A few days after they became links in the ship- building chain, a safety engineer from the Shipping Board blew into the yard and gave a little talk during the noon hour on the danger of leaving bolts, nuts tools, wedges and other material laying around loose and the importance of keeping all stagings clear. Careless Ike gave Thoughtless Bill a knowing wink and in a stage whisper said: "Hey. Bill, listen at the Highbrow rave. Where does the stiff, white-collared gink get that stuff, anyhow? If he'd come and follow us around for a while, he'd see that we ain't got time to keep picking up junk or putting bolts and nuts in boxes and buckets. It's too much trouble and work, anyhow." "You said it, Ike," yawned Bill. "If a guy ain't got sense enough to look out for himself, he'd better get a job in a bank. One day Careless Ike dumped a sack of bolts onto a staging in order to get a bunch in a hurry. A few minutes later Thoughtless Bill came along,' stumbled over Ike's monument of carelessness and knocked several bolts off the staging. Poor old Unluckj Charlie happened to be working just below and ai usual was the goat. You already know the result. We'll skip the next few chapters and jump in at the finish. Unlucky Charlie went over the Great Divide without ever knowing that his old pals were the guys that put him out of business and robbed Uncle Sam of a shipbuilder. Bill and Ike were the chief mourners at the funeral of their victim, but they were changed men. Charlie's death had not been in vain, because it had given his buddies such a jolt that to this day they are the most active safety boosters in the Buildem Fast Shipyard Moral: It's better to lose a little time picking up loose bolts, nuts and tools than it is to kill a fellow workman. Then, too, clean stages are one of th< deadliest enemies the undertaker has. Toe-board- also help a little. DO IT NOW ! WHAT? BUY THAT NEW PIANO AND SAVE MONEY Pianos are scarce at the factories. They will be SCARCER SOON ^KTD THEY ^IFLE GOING UP 00 IT NOW AT MONTGOMERY'S M Srf IT E PIANOS FOR RENT EVERYBODY'S STORE 141 CONGRESS ST. - - Y. M. C. A. BLDC. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. NOW COMES THE WINTER SEASON WHEN EVERYTHING IS MOST NEEDED We were exceptionally lucky to secure our merchandise at old prices, we therefore suggest that Every Man Woman or Child reading this "Ad" should not overlook this opportunity of the good values this COMING SEASON in Ladies and Men's wearing apparel. EVERYBODY'S STORE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 27 LIFE BUOY **#$. DEPTH CHARGES can be digested by a strong stomach a chemical change may take place frequently causing the pro- duction of gas. This gas In turn distends the stomach, giving one the sensation of nausea and causes pressure on the nerves of the stomach. When a person overloads the stomach by tak- ing a large amount of food, the following symptoms are likely to develop as nausea, followed by vomit- ing, for the stomach when overloaded must reject the food it cannot digest properly. Improper combination of foods, use of alco- holic drinks irritate the lining of the stomach and may cans' a iliseise. This disease may vary from a simple catarrh to ulcer or cancer of the stomach. In order lor one to get relief under such conditions, i' is necessary thai careful diagnosis be made by a reputable physician and that the proper treatment be given. Nervousness affects the digestive system lor the glands do not secrete naturally and 111.' stomach fails to pass the food along in a normal way. To avoid indigestion tin- following suggestions should be carefully followed- Chew your food thoroughly. If you are nervous, do not eat until you have i chance to quiet down. Eat wholesome food and study the combination best suited for your individual case. For instance, a grapefruit in the morning with a later portion of a cereal and 1 "ii or milk is quite likely to cause an excess amount of acid tending to cause indigestion. if you have indigestion it is recommended that a cathartic be taken at night and that a cup oi hot water with a teaspoonful of (saleratus) cook Ing soda dissolved in it be taken at once. Very little food should be" eaten until the patient feels better, if indigestion persists a doctor should be consulted. With the hurry and bustle of our life under the present abnormal conditions it behooves each one of us to study ourselves minutely the b 'iter to enable us to become as efficient as possible. INDIGESTION. Indigestion may be caused by food unsuited for ligestion. As for instance greasy foods, me he was a-kts; g you fried I 1 anil pastry. Although this type of food ROMANCE! One on Pa Parent Maria, what was you and youns Gas- sim doin' last night when your little brother caught you? Clever daughter Nothing, pa, except quietly discussing practical experimentation of oscillatory theories. Parent And that precious young rascal tidd Baltimore American. "A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned" We can help you save a good many pennies on HOUSE FURNISHINGS See Mr. WOOD 99 Penhallow St. Portsmouth, N. H THE "BUSY CORNER" STORE But Never Too Busy To Fill Your Prescriptions and Fill Them Right OUT OF TOWN PATRONS ARE WELCOME TO WAIT FOR THE CAR AT OUR HOUSE BENJAMIN GREEN THE DRUGGIST INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION LOWEST RATES BEST FORMS C. E. TRAFTON 35 Pleasant Street Opposite Post Office YOU AUGHT TO KNOW DENNET and MCCARTHY'S IS THE BEST PLACE TO BUY Overalls, Shirts, Hosiery USE GAS F"OR LIGHTING, HEATING AND COOKING PORTSMOUTH GAS CO- ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE Dr. s. F. A. Pickering - - DENTIST - - TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS OFFICE HOURS 32 CONGRESS STREET 8 TO 12 A. M. 2 TO 5 P. M. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. BROOKS MOTOR SALES PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE FORD SERVICE FllliS BrOS. Men's and Boys' Shoes Fine Shoe Repairing congress ST. tel. con. 'I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 29 LIFE BUOY "IT CAN BE DONE" No man with spirit will take it for granted that the thing untried is beyond him. "1 can" brought man out of the caves and jungles, and enabled him to stand in the clearings. It charted the seas, pierced the mountains, bridged the chasms, chained the waterfalls. It captured the lightning from the clouds, and used its mysteri- ous power to flash the thought of man around the world. To strands of wire it gave a soul, and to disks a glue of living voice. And always the human obstacles to progress crowded the way and blocked the passages. Al- ways the onward struggle was over the loud pro- tests of "You Can't.'' The life that is fightless is worthless. The proudest privilege of man is to match his soul against the forces of adversity and plead with scars his right to be immortal. Somebody dreams and does. Somebody wills and wins. Somebody tries and towers. There is no real majesty but will. There is no true nobility but courage. Somebody said "It Couldn't Be Done." Some- body toiled and did it. — Selected. WIRELESS Tony Motto, plumber and fitter, and Phinny Muldroon, ship's cook, were arguing about the re- spective merits of Italy and Ireland. "In Italy," said Tony, "they tore down a castle which had been standing for a hundred years and underneath it they found a lot of wires, showing that a hundred years ago Italy had telegraph wires in use." "That's nothing at all,'' answered Phinny. "In Ire- land they tore down a castle and found no wires at all, showing we had wireless telegraphy in Ireland a long time before that wop, Macaroni, discovered it." — Judge. SAFETY SUGGESTIONS FOR PIPE FITTERS Don't fail to warm steam lines thoroughly before turning pressure on. Don't fail to open all drips in order to drain line. Don't do any work on steam, air or gas lines under pressure. Reduce the pressure until there is no danger of an explosion. Don't fail to lock valve or hang a danger sign on valve when working on steam, air or gas lines. Don't open a joint in any line until you are positive all pressure is off. Don't draw the bolts on one side of a joint, as it causes an uneven strain which may cause an explo- sion. PANNINGS A general feeling of sorrow prevails among the employees of Building; 74 and 76 due to the sudden death of Foreman C. F. Drake. The happiest, busiest bunch on the Yard, "The girls in Bldg. 74." Wonder who will be chairman of the next visiting committee. E. P. Lawrence passed another mile stone in life. Cheer up. Percy, we all have them. After many days the Sheet Metal workers have come into their own for a large sign has been placed in the center of the front of Bldg. 74. The letters are so large that he who runs may read, "even Harry Wyman." It is reported that C. G. Robie came very near being burned out of house and home the other night. One of our office girls, Miss Murphy, celebrated her birthday recently. The decorations were in orien- tal style. The Heeney brothers of the Public Works Depart- ment spent a very pleasant day recently fishing. It was said a most excellent catch occurred (?) Did you notice the way the windows in our office shine lately? It is no use. girls, we cannot get them to take their hats off. We wonder if Mary is still intere ted in Bridgeport. We understand he is coming home soon. Is this so, Mary? METAL SPLASHES The bowKnj team from the Foundry would like to hear from some of the other teams on the Yard, especially the Pattern Shop. We would all like to know why the office force did not take the trip to Boston that they had contem- plated. If Mr. Lawless visits the office much more, the girls will be so excited listening to his experiences that they would never leave Boston if they once got there. We wonder who the mysterious person was who was seen with G. R. P. recently. We wonder when .Jim Maddox will get his bond. We all hope that Marion makes good with No. 270. He springs here, he ^ prings there; we've got a job to keep him from springing everywhere. We all wish we knew how Mary M. gets her red fire on pay days. We are all rorry that Dynamite was refused admis- sion recently. We would all be building houses soon if we con- HENRY PEYSER &, SON 16 TO 20 MARKET ST. For more than forty years Portsmouth's leading Store for Men's and Boys' apparel RUGS, DRAPERIES, FURNITURE COVERINGS THE QUALITY STORE MARGESON BROS. Vaughn St. Telephone 570 PORTSMOUTH. N. H. FRED B. COLEMAN APOTHECARY Corner Congress and Vaughn Sts. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. If you desire to buy or sell Real Estate call, telephone or write H. I. CASWELL AGENCY Congress St. TELEPHONE 478-W Portsmouth PEOPLE'S MARKET DEALERS IN BEEF, PORK & PROVISIONS COR. DANIEL AND PENHALLOW STREETS Telephone Connection Portsmouth, N. H. SINCLAIR GARAGE HORTON SERVICE TELEPHONES 282-W, 81205 Corner RICHARDS AVE. and MIDDLE STREET PORTSMOUTH, N. H. S- S- TRUEMAN GENERAL CONTRACTOR TELEPHONE 651 83 Bow St. Portsmouth, N. H. JOHN O'LEARY KITTERY and NAVY YARD EXPRESS GENERAL TEAMING Tel. Con. Portsmouth, N. H. CENTRAL LAUNDRY GO. FINE LAUNDRY WORK IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 7i Pleasant St. Portsmouth, N. H. o u R S T R E ENLIST AGAINST THE HICH COST OF LIVING "TRADE AT THE CO-OPERATIVE STORE" Clean, fresh meat, groceries and provisions at reasonable prices. Every stock holder has equal rights, and the store is man- aged for the benefit of all workmen. M. T. 0. CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION Market St Portsmouth, N. H, ONE FOR ALL: ALL FOR ONE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 'M LIFE BUOY linued to listen to Franks, who has been planning one .ill winter. We are all glad to have our ex-soldiers hack again. We wonder who it is that it calling our blond girl on the phone so often. We wonder why Jake leaves his luncheon every noon. MACHINE SHOP Bldg. No. 80. liana Kail and Mark Boulter have gone into the fish business. We sincerely hope that they will leave a tew in the Pond for the rest of the fellows. "Dutch" Loud and Marshall Stimson are the champions of the Gnat Baj district. "Stim" can cut a hole ni the ice that is a geometrical wonder. Ask him how ho does it'.' Tom Malady has returned from a visit to Cleveland, cihio. While there Tom told them all how to build and launch submarines. Out there they think that he is a regular deep-water man. "Jim" Bowe — Where'U 1 meet clia, Tom? Tom — In the Butcher Shop. ['red Perkins was presented with a very suitable present recently by his gang, it being the fiftieth anniversarj of his birth. Although taken completely by surprise Mr. Perkins was very eloquent in his response. We have known him for a long time but never before have we given him credit for such ora- torical ability. Prank Bathe, Gustave Peterman, John Mog, Ralph Spinney, Ulan Loud are the gentlemen responsible tor Hi, scarcity of game up country. While we don't know just how many deer, bears, etc., that each hunter is entitled to, we have a strong suspicion that they all exceeded their limits, though of course they would not want it generally known. The bowliag team from Building SO is practicing constantly ami although they meet a setback once in a while, their determination to be the very best in this vicinity mows day by day. Harold Morris, ,11 has received a very flattering offer from the director of the Metropolitan Opera Company nel Is considering it very seriously. Perhaps he can take "I'liet" along with him. The many friends of Jim Jackson are greatlj pleased to see him at work again after such a long absence. There is no need of a refrigerating plant in this shop these cold mornings. If you want proof ask Charlie I.ovell. Here, — then gone, here, — then gone, a thousand times a day. (John Watts). R. Nathaniel has quit chewing, Bathe also. As these are only New Year's resolutions you may take them for what they are worth. Vic Zetterberg returned a week ahead of time. Wonder what's the matter — homesick for her? According to the number of smelts Fred Pray caught and the pounds they weighed, they averaged sixteen pounds each. Some smelts. This is even better than Chuck Fernald or Al Marshall ever could do and Chuck has fished Great Bay for over sixty years. Jennie Jones has returned with a smile on his face and as happy as can be. May he never have cause to regret. I ud anyone take notice of "Beauty" in the Minstrel Show? He was there strong. We hope that Chase and Brad Fernald will call on us some day and we will introduce them to the gang in the Shop. They have worked nights so long that they cannot accomplish any thing except in artificial light. Anyone who has an electrically heated aeroplane suit will confer a great favor upon Mel Fall by loan- ing the same to him this winter. Mel's position is such that he enjoys (?) a wealth of fresh cold air Gaj Caswell says that if any man displays one half of the intelligence that the average man is gifted with, he is sure to bring home a deer or two. ■ Ned Warburton and Brownie Caswell fill their pockets with sand every Saturday night during the winter just to help carry out the spirit of the thing. ELECTRICAL FLASHES In the first issue of the "Life Buoy" we stated that during the year 1918 our production would reach the million dollar mark. This prophecy came true for we closed litis with considerable over one million dollars. The largest single month was December with $149,000. We wonder why it takes some young ladies one day to prepare for a ball and one to two days to recuper- ate from its effects. We are wondering what kind of cider they make at Christian Shore when the residents see red bats. "George" is certainly in strong with some of the girls. We are wondering if it is his "divine shape" or leather puttees that is making them fall. Never mind. George, you have our sympathy. We hope that the next time you go to I 'over. Gertie. you will be able to find the Folsom Street Station without walking to Durham first. It is understood you got the I lover train on the hot_f0Ot We are miking arrangements to build a portable dressing room for our Leadingman Electroplate!- The chairman of our Bunch Room Committee is right there as a bowler and wrestler. However, I un- derstand that he met his Waterloo at Manchester. N. H., some time ago. We understand, from good authority, that the skating is very good at York, and Cape Neddick, and especially at "Cider Hill." We wonder why a member of the time force delights in going back to her old desk by the window to eat her lunch. There's a reason, isn't there, Mary? A. D. S. sva AT Adams Drug Store ON MARKET STREET IT'S NO USE Telling you a long story about advancing prices. You know as much about it as I do. But I want to tell you that I have a large stock of CLOTHS, bought to secure old yarns and dyes, at a much lower price than they can be found today. If you need a SUIT this year BUY IT NOW. WOOD, The Tailor 15 PLEASANT ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. THE PORTSMOUTH FLOWER SHOP A. ('. CRAIG, Manager FANCY CUT FLOWERS AGENT VICTOR TALKING MACHINES 4 Market Street Phone 960 PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE M. P. ALKON & CO. DEALERS IN CHINA, CROCKERY & CLASS WARE NO- 27 MARKET ST., PORTSMOUTH, N. H. >. BOU FOR LEADING FIRE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES G0V . ST. KITTERY, MAINE -we ".Xre'-A-t your service F. A. GRAY & CO. PAINTERS AND DECORATORS, 30 & 32 DANIEL STREET, PORTSMOUTH, N. H. WALL IP^FEPS and IP^IHSTT SUPPLIES We can furnish a house from cellar to attic. Prices right in every branch of our business. Why not step into our store and look over our many styles of furniture. It costs nothing to look, and it might be beneficial for us both. D. H. MC INTOSH Congress and Fleet Sts. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. TYPEWRITERS FOR SALE & RENT J. E. DIMICK 29 Tanner St- PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Telephone 837-M. E.PERCY STODDARD IN SUR-A-NOE REAL ESTATE 7 Market Square PORTSMOUTH "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 33 LIFE BUOY K SHOP WE WHNDUR Win it la Joe likes to (jo down ill the office so often Which one, Joe? ir Smith will exchange his bicycle tor an automobile ,11 the spring. \Yh:it Henrj Plante will try to Invenl next. Wlii'ii Kenneth is going to start his Ash market Why I 1 ' puis on a broad smile when Miss comes up to the mold loft. ir Heiser Intends to ship a cargo while he is gone. it" Mr. F ever gets tired of arguing with a young Ldj in our office Why Bridle forgets to drop his check so often, Have you noticed how Chenej drags ins anchor when he sits Heiser In the office? Have you noticed how "Genteel" the language is In ihr office since the ladles joined the Steel Gai Billle Emery Is sporting a collar and necktie oi late We wonder If he has received a commission. At last the Pilgrim Joiner is assuming the rights and is receiving the due respects of a leadingman shlpfltter Bill Earle says he would like to know who stole the elder, V.sk Asm. Come on, Raynes, tell us which girl the candj Is lor. ffe will be [lad to see smiling Rilej back on the ■ i [air \ i Gunnison says that thej have a new kind of shellac for broom handles now Brownelle appears to be weak In the knees from pumping on that new piano. Being lured bj the horticulturists, George Mclntlre is about to enter the raising of plums. What say, Willie, whj not soil the Ford and buy .in automobile this year? Viola, with the red tamo, saj that she likes to ride in .'in I lakland Six < ih, Boy! SUPPLY DEPARTMENT NEWS AND NOTES. The book keeping girls have left us! li was thought best to place each girl in the building where the stock listed on her book is kept. Mr. Rivals' l i' man, "Blllie Burke," left us previous- ly to answer his call in the s< r\ Ice, BUI Burns, the Assistant Purchasing Agent, has returned from hi! camp down In .Maine where he , M |oj ed .i hunl Ing trip. Chief i'eoman Blaisdell has a bouncing baby girl at his home. Messrs. Badger and Curtis are verj lonesomi with ,.ni the «irls. HEARD IN THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT. Charlie !-• lo> • d his boss. He was sorry to see him go The girls enjoyed selling tickets tor the Charitj Ball. There's a reason. Miss Vamp made out verj well with Ensign Mullen. That's why he made a retreat to the tall timbers. Louise N". is very .u l : u I now that she is In town. Well, Louise we don't blame you much, he is cer tainly a nice looking chap, Eddie is making quite a good thing on the eanti in "Mj speclaltj is to re arrangi Building 118." si.u "Betty, what time are you going home tonight?" "i >li ! u ouldn't j "a jo i io\ e to go to Fram ■ ■ Neighbor Is getting plentj of exercise walking a1 night! "Say, Colonel, don't you think "A thing of ART is a Joj forever'?" l [eard through a kej hole "Please, Just one." "No." "Prettj please." "No." "Oh, Steve, whj don't you shave!" WE WONDER: if Beatrice H. can tell us the receipt for Love Makli ir the Ensigns who celebrated the men victory tin night before ii was really won felt much like work the following morning. if Manager Bill enjoyed his waltz with the widow if Bill B. ^ot another dear on this hunting trip. Whj Steve will not soil; In the famous Eddie Quar- tet. Whj the Boston girls go home everj Saturday night is n the b iked beans or merelj to see the boj When Hie next stormy day will come. We lovi ti watch Ensign Shaw and Edie bet on the weather toi candj If the "Robbln" has lost his sweet little voice, or it he's gone down south tor the winter. Why the mail clerk recommended our yeogirl tor promotion. What's the idea, Eddie? Whj Steve Williams doesn't talk of Dovei as much of late, lias she given you the cold shoulder, Steve, or has someone cut you out '.' If Ensign Mullen is doing his Xmas work early? We are n a loss to know whj he is cutting out tho e small squares of blotting paper, unless it Is for i "in istmas calendars. why Mr. Anketelle is so popular with Mr. Chaney's stenographer. Where Miss Qonyer spent her Thanksgiving holiday, Whj i' mm, gave us that tunny look when we asked her if she was married and all the time we know she was LT-ON. if the girls know "You'll Find Old Dixie Land In Fran,. if it can be the Blue Ridge nines that makes Izzie so sad oi late. Who pays the hills when Louise goes to Boston. n ,i certain chief storekeeper shed'anj tears when he learned thai his friend. Miss Marshall, was to be married, LIVE WIRE MEN WANTED To get acquainted with a live wire store, A stoic that KNOWS what men want and HAS it. Good, dependahle merchandise at right prices, and I service. 'MASTERCRAFT" AND LEOPOLD MOKSKS MKN'S CLOTHES "RIGHT POSTURE" BOYS CLOTHES ARROW COLLARS HATHAWAY SHIRTS CHENEY TIES WALK-OVER AND RALSTON SHOES FOR MEN LION BRAND WORK SHOES ARROW RUBBER BOOTS TRIPLE TREAD RUBBERS N. H. BEANE&CO. 5 Congress St. Portsmouth H. E. BANNAFORD FLORIST - - - CUT FLOWERS, OESICNS & DECORATIONS 452 RICHARDS ATMS. Tiu.i:ein>\ i ><>s. C. P. CARROLL Groceries, Meats and Provisions 145 PENHALLOW ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Tel. Connection Near A. S. L. Ixrrv "YORK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK" SERVICE Large Storage Vault and Safely Deposit Boxes for rent. Your checking account is solicited. In our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT we pay 4 Per Cent interest. » YORK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK YOKK VILLAGE, MAIM; THE APOLLO LUNCH -oocfljo»- HOME COOKING 17 Congress St. Portsmouth, N. H. THE ACORN PORTSMOUTH , N. H. PHILBRICK'S PHAHMACY AGENCY FOR BELLE MEAD SWEETS & JERSEY [CE CREAM <;t Congress St. - - Portsmouth, N. II. HATS & MKN'S FURNISHINGS AT PARSONS THE HATTER PORTSMOUTH, N. II. : : PHONE 867-M 'I SAW IT IN TIIK LIFE BUOY" 35 LIFE BUOY SEEN THRU THE PERISCOPE SUBMARINE DRAFTING ROOM, BUILDING 81 Everything is all set for a most successful New rear, and u is the sincere wish oi all the men In the Submarine Drafting Room thai the progress on the will be as marked tins year as il was lasl yeai U is the intention of Commander .1. \V. Lewis to have Hi,' S-3 read} tor trials sometime this month, and thai only is possible bj the heart} co-operation ■ if .ill engaged on that work. Although there was a linlc difficult! at first in launching the boat, n slid off the ways shortlj after, completing a verj pleasing performs i i M. s. Stephenson has returned to his home in u i consin, intending to further his endeavors in his line of work, in the Western States. C. i\ Guggisberg left recently tor Louisiana, where he will assume the duties of mechanical engineer on ! hip consti notion. C. W. Nutter resigned his position here to take a ion at the Atlantic i lorporation. M o Davidson, aftei spending some time in Beth- lehem, Pa., is now working ai the Atlantic Corpora- tion. Max Zeigher obtained a transfer to the Brooklyn Navj Yard. Louis Zislin spent two week: in Philadelphia during the latter part oi I >eci mber. H. F. Downing was rusticating at Norway, Me., ovei the Christmas holida] s. L. W. Scheirer spent a few days at his home in E'lmira, X. V. C. S. Conlon, I'. S. N. A., lias resume, 1 his position after putting in several months at Gulfport, Miss., in the Naval Aviation (•'one-. From what is i ,1 from Charlie's trials anil triumphs there, it though there were not manj southern belles thai escaped his attention. \\ .i ido Mat ii hi v. ho has bei n in I lharle ton S C, in the Naval Aviation, is now with us. K. M Pattee is bach aft ing through many exciting • in and around New York City. He was connected with the Army Aviation Corps. Our esteemed former file-clerk, D. J. Carey, was home tor a week Christmas, and Dennie says that the le sure are hospitable in the big town (New i'ork), but he thinks that Dover is enticing enough for his com er\ a I ive tastes. ll C. Sweetser, recently di charged from duty as instructor in Drawing at Dartmouth S A. T. C. is now engaged in that work here. WE HEAR That Ball is coasting considerable down New Fork way. That Brown got pinched the other night. That Bill Miller hailed him out. That Preble had a sociable part] New Fear's Eve That "Pop" Lord lias moved again. That Rosen is already looking for bargains on last year's tires. That Etiansen has planted some green pea.^ in his dr. i \\ ing- room window . Thai Klttredge is thinking of taking that thrilling leap. Who is she. Kitty '.' That, after all, what an uninteresting world this would be if there were not any pikers. WE WONDER Why Scheirer is so forlorn lately. Mehhe some has gone, mebbe, one never knows. If the Draftsmen's raises got sidetracked some- where. if we will get them in time to buy a cold-storagi turkey next Thanksgiving. Who put the carpel tacks on the ways of s-3. When Colliton will retire. Who got stuck when Lonnie went awaj Why Pinkham goes to Bath every Saturday night. If n isn't about time tot some of the crabs around here to dispel the gloom, and help out the cause, bj being pleasant once in a while, even if it does hurt. \\ i otter for your approval a series of sketches of some of the distinguished people in our room under the idle of A HOPELESS CASE "This," said the asylum attendant, pointing to the patient in a padded cell who was dodging back and forth, "is what we consider a hopeless case." "What's the matter with him?" inquired the visitor. "lie thinks he is continually dodging automobiles and roller skates." V GENERAL I TIL1TY SUIT Salesman — "Yes sir. we have some very nice suits. What color would you like?" Buyer "Well. I look after my own car. So I guess I will get something as near grease as possi- ble." — Master Nuggets. THE THINGS THI1V ASK FOR A woman living in tin aristocratic suburb a mile and a half from her grocer, went to the phone: "This you. central? 4")4. please. This you. Mr. L? Please charge and send ten cents' worth of ani- mal crackers, and pick out the elephants, as the baby is afraid of them." — Re-Saw. THE ANSWER An English militant crusader strolled into a barn where a young man was milking a COW. With a snort, she asked. "How is it that you are not at the front, young man?" "Because, ma'am," answered the milker, "there ain't no milk at that end."- Atlantic Journal. World's Finest Line of Aluminum Ware MIKKO ALUMINUM Beauty, Quality, Workmanship and Durability The Sweetser Store Portsmouth, n. h. 126-128 Market St. A FEW OF OUR SPECIALTIES Hart, Schaffner and Marx Clothes, Stetson Hats, Manhattan Shirts, Fownes Gloves, Interwoven Stockings F. W. LYDSTON & CO, Outfitters for Men & Boys PORTSMOUTH, N. H. JOHN SISE & CO. INSURANCE 8 MARKET SQUARE PORTSMOUTH, N. H. A. P. WENDELL & CO. Hardware, Paints and Tools Telephone 850 2 Market Square Portsmouth, N. H. THEATRE SODA FOUNTAIN AND PORTSMOUTH FANCY BAKERY 18 CONCRESS STREET Try our Hot Chocolate and a Jelly Doughnut — Cream Puffs Cream Pie and all Kinds of Loaf Cake BALDWIN A. REICH, PROPRIETOR ONA A Combination of Iron, Malt, Manganese and Cod Liver Oil Extract A tonic and body builder, beneficial in con% r alesence. Price $1.00. MEN'S WOMEN'S & CHILDREN'S SHOES OF THE BETTER QUALITY BOARDMAN & NORTON 3 fe*od2lL Store, Portsmouth, N.H. Opp. Post Office C. F. DUNCAN & CO. 9 Market St. Portsmouth, N. H. SAVE FUEL By using Electric Appliances for Cooking ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LIGHT AND POWER CO. 2Q Pleasant Street Portsmouth, N. H. 'I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 37 LIKE BUOY OUTSIDE MACHINE SHOP ECHOES FROM THE OFFICE "Is he mat ried '." The analog] thai was recently made about .1 friend of Marjorie's with reference to the tall pines of Maine certainl) struck hi me. Although Ralph M. claims that he purchased an Overland racer, Jerrj and Hegan state thai ii is their belief Ralph has purchased nothing but .1 disabled farm tractor. How are they percolating, Pat? Did Herman call them all up Christmas morning' Becker says that anyone can get a deer, once they make up their minds to go after one. According to Sam, the .Maxwell thai he knows about was recent]] beaten In a race to the Yard by a Flivvet Johnnj Waiis is back again, having been out with a broken wrist, the result of the kick back of his iv. Although the housing conditions In Portsmouth are Milh congested, the latest teat In obtaining accommo dations was accomplished by our too) room Keeper, li seems that on Christma evening he went to church and tell asleep. If It had hot been tor his heavj sleep the sexton would not have found him. According to a friend of Ms. she is learning to dance, she. however, needs considerable more prac- tice before she will become proficient. Ever) one undoubtedly noticed the great represen- tation that Building S9 had in the Navj Yard mixed theatrical show We always knew we had a bunch of actors. You could easily see that Tom Lynch had been th«r« before. \ ,1 then there was Arthur "Abe" Cate. Claude Whitley, the author of the-sketch, "A Good Fellow," which he so successful!) staged and acted in the mixed theatrical show, has resigned. He has purchased a large laundrj In Dover, x. It. He carries with him the best wishes of the shop for he certainl) was a good fellow. Richardson, the end man. was surel) rich. The candy store showed the Christmas spirit when • was donated to the poor of Portsmouth, x ll. SPARS AND BLOCKS Such a Christmas tree as was 10 be found in the Among the presents distributed was a pearl necklace for Lona and a hois,, tor Mr, Jensen. it is our understanding thai Sid will have a large income tax to pa: . \ certain young ladj in the office is sparkling a Tiffanj however not the one she received on the Christmas tree The gentleman who makes ins dailj appearance noon times in order to thaw out is some wrestler. Ask the party to whom he applied the giant swins. DITTY BOX SAYINGS GOOD-BYE, GIRLS Our shop iii- been Riled with pretty airls. Some had dimples, some had eurls. Some wore bloomers, some won- skirts. I hate like time lo see lllem go, Id rather see four feet of snow. Vdolph, it is claimed, had a verj interesting time a tew mornings ago. it seems that ins watch had stopped and thai he Kid up bj the 1 ide. lie hurried to work and just as he arrived at the Kitlery 1'ost Office the ClOCk ill the steeple slruek li\e iii,. boys ate singing the old tune, "One bj One We are Passing Away." Unless we get more work soon this will, indeed, prove true. Some "f our boys are still celebrating New Year's or el e they have stra\ ed aw ttj If Hie late BuO) continues to he issued we shall have 10 change our shop title from "Dittj Box Saj in-is'' 10 "The Together shop." LAUNCHES Captain Miles certainly cut some figure on the Peace Daj parade when he wore his fireman's uniform Wanted a moustache grower. Appl) to Sammj Voung Mohan, while driving rivets in the Keel on the top floor of Building 60, pounded ins finger. He was naturally a little provoked, so he let go of the hammer and then wanted us lo believe that his hand was perspiring. We notice that Calamity .1. of the Boat simp machinists lias made quite a liii with the ladies "Oh yes, May, I will shine your badge " ll is e, niinon law that a man who receives stolen property is just as guilt) as the man who sells il. Now the question is: Did Blaisdell get the dollar for the chest that ho sold to Wiggin which "Joe Knowles had or does the chest belong 10 Brigham Young? W'e cannot help noticing how much faster the work is progressing since Mr. Gourville has been made a quarterman. Have you seen Jack with his new auto? Ileillle says he is tired of high ones anil would like lo Il\ a few low ones. Clark. Young and a, Paul, the Boat shop chefs, are now giving the boys a treat during the lunch hour. coffee topped off with cream snowballs is served Chef Paul insists on putting the milk in the coffee while ii is boiling. Consequently we get coffee high hails with large curdled snow drops ail for tive cents. It seems strange that when a man gets in a little difficult plaee that someone should have to happen along, l.asi Saturday a man came to the Boat shop with a cart for a load of wood, on his way home the wheel of the cart got mixed up on the ear track and broke. .lust then a man came along and said. "Hello. Knos." idle of the pipe titters whose name begins with I: had hotter not try to make the Boat Shop Liirls think he is married. He might lose the little hair that he now possesses. The) tell us 1h.1t Mr. Page, our mill man. is hardlx ever interested in the female sex. lie might, however. change his view now that men are so scarce. THOSE WHO PAY CASH GET BETTER VALUE FOR THEIR MONEY Congress Street B E3 f% \A/ TK2 * Ci Portemouth, N. H. "— » r ^ C V^ W^T i ^ «^^ Te] ,,, 4 KERWIN SYSTEPvl SHOE STORES Portsmouth, Roxbury, Dorchester, Fall River, Framingham, (2) You have many advantages when you buy SHOES of THE KERWIN SYSTEM SHOE STOKES WE BUY AND SELL FOR CASH FOR SIX LARCE NEW ENGLAND STORES Cash discounts from manufacturers, no charge accounts, no trading stamps, less profits:— All combine to make our prices the lowest possible. KERW1N-LEACH CO. Portsmouth, N. H. - - - - 46 Congress St., FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY, ICE CREAM AND SODA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TELEPHONE 20 w CATERING A SPECIALTY 43 CONGRESS STREET WHY NOT Place your order for your Overland NOW. Its only a short time before the spring riding commences. Model 90 Touring $985 F. 0. B. Factory and they are GOING FAST. There will be a shortage on some size tires this spring better order now. C. A. LOWD OVERLAND AGENCY Service Station & Garage 338 Pleasant St. Portsmouth, N. H. 'I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" CARTER'S OVERALLS (Union Made) MEANS "A Heap o' Satisfaction" TO THE WEARER CARTER'S OVERALLS for men give the most service. Made from th e best quality denims, perfect fit, big and roomy. A STURDY OVERALL CARTER'S BLOOMERETTS for women. Made of fine quality KHAKI cloth, best for factory workers, protects the clothing, promotes safety. Look for the CARTER label. H. W. CARTER & SONS LEBANON, : : : NEW HAMPSHIRE THE OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF OVERALLS IN THE U. S. A WW^fWSWW^Wl ^rpaaBg^u.-mxry n^ ^ y&iMfxM ' Sl!) "wf "il" iil GJiSKSSKXSi' INDUSTRIAL DEPARTM LIFE BUOYi g SS3XSX33SSS35^££^3X5ZaSE55EZ5X£S332S5S72^K333 NAVY YARD PORTSMOUTH, N.H MARCH and APRIL, 1919 ■ > i L ■ ■—■■■* B^B*** al Charming Fabrics for Spring Our dress goods section fairly sparkles with tasteful designs, . beautiful colors and dainty weaves that lend themselves so satisfactorily to garments for Ladies. Misses and Children— Prices too are lower in Ginghams in plain colors, pretty plaids and checks— 29c, 35c to $1.35 yard. Plain color Voiles in white and delicate shades— 44 inches wide— 59c yard. Light, medium and dark colors in figured Voiles— 55c, 65c yard. Plain Colored Mercerized Poplins, Silk Muslins, Wool Goods, Silks, Georgette Crepe GEORGE B. FRENCH CO. 37 MARKET STREET PORTSMOUTH, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" WOODROW WILSON SAYS "The man who disparages music as a luxury and non-essential is doing the nation an injury. Music now, more than ever, is a present national need. There is no better way to express patriotism than through good music/' Every Home Should Have a Piano or Victrola We carry the finest pianos made, both high and medium priced. Such famous makes as the PEASE, HAINES BROS., Wm. BOURNE & SONS, LESTER, and many others. These Pianos may by purchased on our easy payment plan. Our Victrola Department is most complete. The EDISON DIAMOND DISC, VICTROLA, COLUMBIA, SONORA,, and BRUNSWICK may be heard in our demonstration booths. We are always glad to try them for you. These may also be purchased on our easy payment plan. T-T a corTT'c MUSIC AND llAooilil 1 O ART QROPPI ART SHOPPE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" VICTORY LOAN CLUB Back up the boys in France. Let your dollars follow our army to Berlin. Help "carry on" until the boys come home. SUBSCRIBE NOW We are prepared to receive your subscription and care for it on the same plan as all other Liberty Loans. FIRST NATIONAL BANK. PORTSMOUTH, N. 11. United States Depository. Assets over Throe Million Hollars. SYSTEMATIC SAVING SPELLS SUCCESS. Weekly deposits bring about the most satisfactory results. One Dollar opens an account. Home Hanks furnished free to depositors. PISCATAQUA SAVINGS BANK, First National Bank Building. : : Portsmouth, N. H. Open Saturday Evenings (i to ^ ••1 SAW IT IN THK LIFE BUOY" INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY i monthly for free distribution to employee of the Indu trial Department of the Por( mouth '"'ivy Sfard, Pori imouth, .'• II VOL. II MA IK II & APRIL, 1919 NOS. 3 AMERICA'S UNFINISHED TASK B/ Rev. A. Z. Conrad, D. D., Boston Ami he -i ri;xl J j u'J"- among the nations, and shall rebuke many people hall beat their xrords into ploug resandtl resii oprui nghool i:na dl not lift up sword ag nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Ina. 11:1. Citizens ol America, attention! The their pari in winning the war. Gold eyes of the world are on the United was transmuted into heroes who si. iii-- of America. Our wealth is Hi'- lounded the world with their deeds ol surprise ol the age. The culminating valor. miracle ol the centurie i I le imme i,, the excitements and enthusiasms diate and heartj response to the call for f war people respond with readi billions. The miracle consisl nol in to anj rational appeal. In (be quiel the fabulous amounl ol monej repr< routines ol peace there i- danger ol .. sented in America's response, bul in lessening appreciation of the magnitude the fad thai Dm- monej if nol for the ,,i \ mi ?rea | task. To complete aggrandizemenl ol our own country, ,,,,,• task the Governmenl musl have not for commercial supremacy, nol for more billions. The people are the power i<- command or :ontroi, bul lor ..„, ernment. Whatever the ta the i,i-ii. hi .-nnl blessing "i other belongs to every one of us. In furnish- tions. These billions have been raised j„g the monej to carry on. we are fur- to make righteouf a reality among the nishing ii therefore to maintain our nations of the earth. professed ideals and to continue our II i- not long since American citizens on to humanity. I 1 ■-< •nm- stood amazed ;ii Hi'- thought ol ■> <<\ money to accomplish readjustments "billion dollar Congress." It -'••■m<-o and restoration. Tin- tremendous mo indicative ol prodigality to the poinl ol mentum ol this nation, calling for the profligacy. Pour times within eighteen accumulated power of her entire <-iii- months the nation has '--» I l*^-*l upon her zenship, cannol Ik- stopped in ■< momenl citizens in terms of billions, and un- of time. With two million- of men hesitatingly l h<-> have answered with a across the sea, a large number ol them superabundance. necessarily remaining wliii<- p< Step by step the nation has risen to negotiations are on, and with large war the higher levels ol humanism. Al a contracts which could nol be cancelled strategic momenl our billions supplied with the stroke of a pen without doing LIFK BUOY greal injustice, with the multitude of fluence and energj in urging people to responsibilities incident to the greal subscribe for bonds in the Victor} Lib- struggle which h ;i - closed, vast sums of ertj Loan. No greater service can be mone} are imperative^ demanded to rendered bj men and women in in maintain the honor of this nation. flnential positions than Lo persuade The Victor} Libert} Loan is aboul to their friends thus to ally themselves i"' launched. Whal shall be our answer with the Government in her magnificent I" this call? Ever} condition of righi lasks. Ministers and churches should 'Mill ilni\ mill honor demands thai Am- heartil} cooperate, erican citizens shall promptl} take up When a nation has undertaken ri'v this loan. New nations have recentl} l. mi things in which her honor is in arisen which will require protection and volved she musl plow straight through direction. Multitudes ol i pie have to the end of the rurrow. II is not a been lefl hopelessl} destitute, and Mn^ matter of choice, bul a matter of countr} is called upon to render loan should be taken care ol orable reputation as a nation demand wiili promptness in this il affords the that we put over this loan. Our sol- best possible opportunil} for safe in diers have fought to maintain the glor} vestment. Without doubt Lhe succes- of her flag. Man} have died for whal sive Libert} Loans' have been of incal- her banner represents. We cannol do culable benefit m cultivating Lhe habil Less in expression of our appreciation of thrift. H has also led multitudes of of the sacrifices made b} America's people in practice economj againsl the noble sons than to carr} to completion ihi\ ni necessity, who li.nl never in their our greal undertaking, lives saved .1 dollar of their earnings, We are entering upon an era ol greal There i- no place on earth where prosperity. We can safel} venture, monej can be more safel} placed with the certaint} ol winning out. Re than with the Government of the member, your investment introduces I 111 Led Stales. Thousands ol 1 pie no hazard. An> bank will accept gov- are easil} misled in the matter of in- ernment bonds as collateral ii mone} vestment, and the losses which are ~nv is desired. An} investment house will. Ii id b} ; pie "i moderate means nrr in an hour's time, change your IhhuI >ini|il\ pitiful. Government bonds are into mone} if the circumstances require always equivalent to cash in cases ol it. There musl be no failure, for fail- emergency. America's opportunity for ure would bring a shadow upon our aggressive self-developmenl was never national record. We will lml> sustaining the rial supporl the Govern men! will be Government in her present appeal. Our able in iniilil up a greal merchant patriotism, our pride, and even our self- marine, and can make available im- interest must insure the success of the mense natural resources. Victor} Liberty I. nan of the United Ever\ publicist should use his in- Slates. J "« in |y2J I JFK BUOY THE FLOATING DRY DOCK Completed 1851, sold May 1907, destroyed later at Revere Beach, Main. HISTORY U. S. NAVY YARD Portsmouth, N. II. (Continued from last irt.sue) An interesl ing incident al the time of the Launching of the Washington was the arresl of a young man in undr< uniform who was suspected ui being a British spy, but upon examination I • r o\ i'i] in iir ,-i \ ounger brol her ol Com modore Chauncj . The fitting out of the Washington was somewhal delayed by a sirikr among the workmen which occurred in August, 1815. Tin- strike appears to have been caused bj the inw paj re- 1 1 n ril bj I in' men, owing to I he fai I thai Treasury notes had greatly depre- ciated in value. In a letter to i he Com mandant, the Secretary oi the Navj stated thai as soon as the Washington could be sufficiently equipped to permit her to go to New York, she would do so, and informed him thai ii was most likely thai in the future all Naval opera- tions and equipment would be trans fei red from the Northern to the Middle and Southern States, where Treasury notes were equal to those in gold and silver. This letter had the efTecl of causing the men to return to work, and I he Washington was completed ai this "i ard, and in October of 1 8 l 5 sailed for Europe. Prom 1815 to 1818, there was prac tically no ship work done al the Yard, and in consequence the number of workmen employed was reduced to a very small number. In 1818 no more than fifty mechanics were employed, and thej were al work upon ^ ard im provements. About this time, the house which had been fitted Cor the Com mandant from the ul the Commandant, On July is. 1818, Captain Charles Morriss succeeded Commodore McDon ough .i- Commandant. The severity of di scipline in the old Navj i- shown l>> an entrj in the Yard Journal made in 1820, which i follows : "Dyas received twelve la hi on the LIFE BUOY naked back, agreeablj to Lhe rules and regulations of the Navy for smuggling spirituous liquors into the Yard." II is slill rmii rarj to the regulations of the Navy In bring spirituous liquors into the Yard, bu1 the punishment now- adays differs considerablj from thai administered al thai time. An excellent record in shipbuilding was made at this time when the build- ing and equipping of the Schooner Por- poise was accomplished in a hllli' over four months. She was a small vessel, Iml nevertheless the time of building hei was much shorter than usual for wood vessels of her size. The vessel was urgentlj needed for an expedition againsl the Pirates thai infested the West imiies. Soon after leaving lliis Yard, she had attacked and captured six piratical vessels on the Coasl of Cuba. Her life was nol long, however. lui she was lusl iii the West Indies in 1833. II is interesting to note the wages received bv employees in the Navj Yard at this period. Carpenters re- ceived from $2.00 to $1.00, average $1.38; sawyers from $1.33 to $1.16, average $1.25; joiners from $1.50 to $1.00, average $1.27; blacksmiths from $2.25 In $ 1.00. The number of men employed in the Yard at this Lime was In the neighborhood of one hundred. The first brick building erected in the Yard was begun in Isl'1 and was used, when completed, as a storehouse ami for offices. This is still used as a Storehouse, being Building No. I. In Maj . 1 82 l . application w as made to the State of Maine "for cession of Hit jurisdiction of the island mi which the Navj Yard at Portsmouth is sit uat.ed," and on the -ml of February, 1822, il was granted hy the following Act of the State Legislature: "STATE OF MAINE' "In the year of our Lord one thous- and eight hundred and twenly-lwo an act to cede to the United States the jurisdiction of Dennetts Island, so called, in Piscataqua River: "Be il enacted by the senate and house of representatives in legislature assembled, That there be, and hereby is, eeded lo lhe United States the juris- dieli ver Dennetts Island, so called, on the easl side of Piscataqua River, within the State of Maine, now belong- ing to the United States, and occupied as a navy-j ard : "Provided, however, Thai this State shall have ciinciirrenl jurisdiction with the United States over said island, so far as that all civil and criminal process issued under authority of this State maj In executed On any pari ol said island, or in anv building creeled on lhe same; and thai all persons residing thereon, nol being in the military or marine ser- vice of the United States, shall be holden lo do militarj duly in lhe militia Of the State in the same waj and man- ner as il the jurisdiction had not been ceded as a foresaid." On September •»':.'. 1822, the bridge connecting Portsmouth with Kittery was completed so that il was open for passengers, and the ferry between the two towns discontinued. The bridge between the Navy Yard Island and Kit- tery was not built, however, for several years. On Pebruarj 21, I 825, Congress appropriated $3,000 for improvements and repairs in lhe Yard, and during Ibis year a bridge lo Kittery was built al a cost of $2373. The Commandant made propositions to the owners ol the land adjoining the bridge lo cul a road lead- ing lo lhe main highway ol' Killcrv. The owners of the land objected lo such a mad, although lhe Government offered lo purchase their laud lor Ibis purpose. finding that nothing could be effected by negotiation, application was made lo lhe Selectmen of Kittery, with lhe as- surance thai lhe damages would be pan! by lhe Government. The road was then laid Out by them according lo lhe laws. of lhe State and became a low n way. The damages were paid by lhe United Slab's. Thus, laud communi- cation was opened with Portsmouth during lhe summer of 1825. The Masl and Spar Shed, now Build- ing No. 7, was finished in IS-J.">. In 1826 considerable work in improving lhe Yard was done. Work on the LIFE BUOY Marine Barracks was begun in Septem- b< r, the site selected being the extreme Dortheastern point of the island. Many hi the wooden buildings and > h c< I s were demolished, especially those in the vi- cinitj hi the shiphouses. The new brick quarters lor Warrant Officers were also commenced. Toward the end ni I in- year the force employed al the Yard was considerably reduced, being as low as twenty-five on the first of November. Naval Constructor John Floyd was added to the establishment of the Yard, being the firs! Naval Con- structor regularlj attached to it. He remained here mi dutj until In- death in 1838. The status of women in the Navy Yard was vastlj differeni in those days than todaj when they are employed nol only in clerical positions hut in the sini|is a> well. In 1826 the Secretarj ni the .\a\> wrote the Commandant: "That it is contrary to the regulations ami pracl ice of 1 he sen ice to allow I he names ot women to appear on the mus- ter roll, and, however inconvenient M maj be to the officers who require ser- vants to emploj men, the rule must be adhered to." During the years from 1826 to 1832, there was little work of consequence done al llif Yard. During 1832 the Vincennes and the Concord arrived al the Yard, and the crews were paid off; these were the lirsl two ship- to be paid nil al the Yard since the war of 1X12. In 1827 the keel of the Sloop of War Concord was laid al this Yard, and at about the same time I he Philadelphia Yard began to build a sister ship, the Vandalia, and the Hu-lun Yard another ship, the Falmouth. There was con- siderable rivalry in building these ships al the several Yards, and accurate ac- counts of their cost were kept and exchanged between lhe Commandants. The Concord, built at Ihi- Yard, cost $5659 less than the Boston built ship. The cost ui I he Philadelphia built ship is not known. During is:i^ and 1833 the Officers' Quarters "C," "D," "E" and "F" were built. The Franklin Shiphouse, Building No. 53, was begun in 1834 and com- pleted in 1838. The first ship to be liuill in il was the Sloop of War Preble. As soon as thai vessel was launched, preparations were made to build a Frigate to be railed the Congress on the same ways under the new Shiphouse. She was much larger than the old Con- gress, which was launched from Lang- don's Island nearby, August 15, 1799. The new Congress was quicklj com- pleted; her first cruise was to the Medi- terranean in is ',2 and 1843. This Frigate had a fine record, and as she was une ui the earlier vcitims ui the Civil War, a -Imrl description of her last fight ma\ he ui interest. She was burned in Hampton Roads, Virginia, in action with the Confederate Ironclad Merrimac, March 8, 1862, while under command of Joseph B. Smith, her First Lieutenant, her Captain being absent on duty. The following description given bj Boynton serves to describe the de- si ruel ion ul' I his noble ship : "Al a little past 2 \>. m. Lhe huge mailed frigate had approached the Con press within grape shot distance; ami then every man in in- place, Hie guns trained to lhe proper elevation, the lanyards in the gunner's hand, scarcelj a sound was heard throughout the de- voted ship while they awailed lhe al- laek ul the dreaded foe. A putf of smoke from one of her bow guns, and everj breath stopped an instant till a storm of grape swept over the deck and rallied on her sides. A long lirealh of relief that il was no worse. Keeping on her course, she was passing the Congress at less than une fourth of a mile distanl heading for the Cumber land. Al thai distance the Congress de- livered her broadside. Her heaviest -hoi glanced harmles- from lhe side of lhe mailed mon-ler. and all fell that lhe battle was already decided, and that nothing remained but to surrender or to he destroyed with their ship. The re- turn lire of the Merrimac only con- firmed their worst fear-. Her shells came crashing through lhe sides of their -hip, spreading death ami ruin mi every side. They knew thai success 8 LIFE BUOY was hopeless, escape impossible, and The Electrical Shop contains a lab- resistance rum. Yet an American fifty oratorj where all sorts of navigational gun ship could not be surrendered thus, optical and electrical instruments are so the strong hearted martyrs stood by overhauled, repaired, and calibrated their flag and to their guns. But it was no! the intention of the rebel com- Tms Shop has a competent force of mander to finish his work then. Pass- mechanics skilled in the installation and ing the Congress at a distance of about kestin 8 of radio outfits. II has equipped three hundred yards, he ran direcl for • |I " M|1 sixty ships of the Emergency the Cumberland." I '' l,,, ' ! Corporation with radio outfits, and (To be concluded in next issue) has done considerable work on the radio systems of the Shore Stations in the First Naval District. ELECTRICIANS SHOP BUILDING 'V ; "f-!' '""'' '"' ""' work being done «« i.,^ r»~, • ""' Wectrical Shop is iii connection 89 AND POWER PLANT with the construction of Submarines at BUILDING 72. this Yard - Tne main switchboards and ,. ... . . ,-, , numerous small panels are being built Until about a year ago the Electrical ,,„,,, Electrical work on Submarines is Shop was located ,n Building 79 where ex tremelj difficult and requires me- ' ,l1 kinds '" electrical work, including ehanics of the highesl order the manufacture of electrical fittings for the Navy, was carried mi. At thai ' '"' Power Plant force is charged time the manufacture work had become with ""' operation of the Power Plant, so great in volume that it was deemed which supplies electricitj for light, heat advisable to separate it from the repair and power, compressed air for (he op- and installation work ami place the two eration id' machinery and tools in the activities under separate foremen. Ac- "hops and on board ship, ami heal for cordingly, the Electrical Shop was practically all the buildings of the Yard, transferred to the second floor of Build- This force has charge id' the mstalla- ing 89 ami placed under Mr. T. F. Plan- ll "" "' sno P '""tors, 'Sard transmission agan, the Master Electrician in charge '"""•• •"" l piping for (he distribution ol the Power Plant. This shop has not systems lor heat, air, and water. A yet been completely equipped with crew from the Power Plant force cares machinery, hut ever since (he transfer '"' ; ""' operates lite <\r\ dock pumping was made, ii has earned on a large machinery and the machinery in the dry volume of work. dock caisson. About seventy-five men The Electrical Shop is charged with p^ l " VM '"' '''"l' 1 "^'' 1 '■' the Power the manufacture, installation, overhaul, ami repair of electrical appliances on The organization of the Outside Elec- board ship. The machinery on hoard a trical Shop ami Power Plant is as fol- modera ship is principally electrical, lows: except the main propelling machinery ,, ,,, . . . and that, too, - electrical on some of Master Electrician, I. F. Flanagan, the verj latest ships. Work on com- Electrical Shop, Bldg. 89— Quarter- munication systems, wireless appara- men J - A - p ethic, L. I. Williams; Lead- tus, lighting systems, storage hatler.es. "'/'h"'"' \" » „ v/" H ' Jenklns - J - R - switchboards, etc, is necessary also, ? let hroade, E. It. Harvey. A. II. Hun- and lor such work a highly skilled force 00 "' E " "/ 8 * 8n *l h - L " E " French > & of employees is necessary. The num- ' Frary ' A - U ' Pisher . M. W. Thomp- ber employed in this Shop is 2i6. l*p son " 1(1 ""' present, no reduction in force has Power Plant. Bldg. 72 — Quarterman resulted from the cessation of war H. C. MeKenney; Leadingmen F e! activities. Dinsmore, T. B. Ruxtori, J, V. Gerry. " LIFE BUOY r. A . - / &2fl (** ' W'ffi&frM *■<(*■ •: *" S&JE f5l*Xf ' - ,*• -."te ■%?'■■*• ■% **£ *f»£..Qx A*-> •**i w- »«*i » - 4, A*iN <*'■ . ' i; *«--is5flrra .'* '•»« i> , nor *i *'*»< -**•*' : v *?- ■ ■ ^ "V 4 •- *V J tit - .•: ' » tV "Kir,:'. 10 LIFE BUOY THE SAFETY HABIT to a certain degree, hut what, availeth il in a man it' his peace of mind becomes so disturbed thai he becomes disgrun- tled and cynical. The old adage of "Experience teaches" when applied to Ever since the time when the cloud li> daj .nut the pillar of fire bj night led the children of Israel l<> the safety of the Promised Land, mankind lias re- an accidenl often exacts a terrific paj .[uired constanl warnings the better to men! and is never worth the cost, enable it from keeping out or away Only when each and every employee from danger. f the strange truths so practises safety thai il becomes in- of life is fact that man requires the culcated in his every movement and mosi guidance for his safety, notwith- standing the fact thai man calls himseli the most intelligent of all animal-. The lower animals, for example, have thought can the result we are all striv- ing for— the elimination of accidents causing poverty, woe and misery — be attained. The safely habit is not easily earned l hroug h experience or from in- , .. ,, ,', , ,. 1 acquired for things that are easj ol ac tinci to proteci themselves from the wiles of man or to resist the attack of other animal-. During the past few complishment are not vividly impressed upon us. Only by a systematic thought- ful safety altitude can the safety habit years an extensive campaign has been , ,, ■ , 1 ' be reallj acquired. w aged in factories !>\ mean- oi bulle tins, signs, safetj literature and through Hv the erection of safeguards such safetj organizations in order to assure as hoods over emery wheels, guards the employee's safety. around moving belts and pulleys as well as li\ numerous other safetj devices, iiiiU a small reduction in the number The fundamental wav to make men a change i heir habit of doing things in an unsafe wax ,- to train them to see dan- "' accidents can be expected. The hulk gerous conditions before accidents hap- '"' accidents arc due to carelessness, pen. The prevention of accidents ma; thoughtlessness, ignorance and chance- be a new thing Ui main employees and taking. the mailer ol posting safetj bulletins, Negligence ol an employee in wear- signs, and the issuing of safetj litera- ing safetj goggles max cos! that em- ture doc- not accomplish much unless ployee the loss of an eye if no! the loss practised faithfully. of total vision. Who wants to think Many employees are still of the opin- '"' Possi'blj becoming momentarily or ion that no matter what precautionary Permanently blind becaus ie was measures arc taken, accidents arc careless in nol using the goggles pro- bound to happen. The old saying that, vided - A " employee maj carelesslj •I have 1 ii doing this for years and h ' ;n '' a l "" 1 '"' ; ' portion of his work in have never been injured, and therefore. such ;l Position that a fellow-employee I can nol see why I should change to a ""' knowing about the same may push safer method," is easilj proven to be a h s0 tha1 a death ma >' resultl false standard when consideration is There is practically not an employee given to available statistics showing lost on the Yard who would willfully com- time figures. An employee who loses mil a thoughtless act; nevertheless an eye, a leg or an arm is recompensed thoughtless aids do occur because em- LIFE BUOY 11 ploj ees do not think. For instance, an employee maj be carrying a long iron bar and be thinking <>f sunn: rng;ige ment or entertainmeni he intends going in. wherebj he loses his sense of cau linn and strikes another employee inflicting possiblj a serious injury. ( lonstanl at tention to l he work one has in hand requires a certain amount of e Hurl linl do you no! expecl H of l he other fellow. Consequently, whal is fair in one is fair to I he ol her. \ 1 1 it ma n\ acciden I s and when l he cause of the accidenl is determined i1 i- often found thai ignorance was to blame. When employees are not cer- tain and positive as to w hat l hej are re- quired in do thej should no! hesitate In ask their Leadingman. Thai is wh> the Leadingman holds his position. When employees of necessity are re- quired In do things they are ignoranl of they should immediately stop the work and seek advice as to whal thej do not understand. Chance-taking has cost a goodly number of men the loss of their lives. Short cuts are always dangerous and should never be taken. The saying, "The longesl waj round is the sweet est way home to the loved ones," should never be forgotten. Manj men are fortunate in taking chances, iml when once practised a bad habil is acquired and ultimately an accident is bound to happen. To take a concrete case, an employee maj I ngaged in lining a ceftain piece of work and nol being sure he has rigidly fastened his work he taV es a chance ral her I han expend- ing a little extra effori to make sure the hitch is correct, with the result the work falls, possibly killing someone who may be working directlj under- neath Hi' 1 load. LIEUT. JACKSON COMES TO THIS YARD FROM BOSTON Lieut, (j. g.) Frederick ('•. Jackson, U. s. V H. F., graduated from Harvard College in 1903. He studie Yard. Lieut. Jackson has been assigned to dutj at this Yard, under the shop Superintendent, in connection with the installation of a laboratory for bronze ,i iid brass anah sis. expert Electrical Officer of this Yard, so thai all here might, profit by his knowledge and ability in this important branch of Naval Engineering. Immediately after signing of the armistice the president of the General Electric Company asked him to request that he be plaeed on an inactive status ai a- earlj a date as possible, so thai he might resume his former work with them. As soon as his services could be dispensed with at this Yard lie was placed on an inactive status, and left I lie Yard March 15, 1919, to resume work with the General Electric Com- pany. LT. R. B. HORNING, U. S. N. R. F. I.I. It. B. Horning, U. S. Y It. P., who was born in Schenectady, .\. Y., was graduated from I'cnn. State College in 191 I. Sin rtly after lea\ nig college he went lo work for the General Electric Company in their plant at Schenectady, where he remained until he hail ac- quired a thorough technical Knowledge ill all the electrical machines built by the company, lie then entered their sales department and rose steadily until at ilic beginning of 1917 he was sales manager for the Philadelphia district. When thd United States declared war in April oi that year lie was one of the first hi mii i ■ i t i i • i • an en\ lable position with a good salarj and accept a com- mission as Lieutenant j. g. I in the \a\al Reserve force. lie was at oner assigned to duty as Electrical Officer of the protected cruiser Seattle, convoj mi: troop -hips through the submarine zone. Lieut. Horning showed such marked ability and zeal in his work that lie was promoted lo the rank of Lieutenant ami assigned lo duty as PERSONALS Carpenter Charles I!. Marshall, U. S. N., has been ordered detached from this Yard to report aboard the U. S. S. Trov al New York. Mr. C. C. Rausch, former Safety En- gineer at the Yard, now connected with The Institute of Safety at New York, was a visitor to the Yard Saturday, March S. Mr. Iliigelmaii. our Safety Engineer, was confined lo his home with a slight attack of the grippe during the latter pari of Februarj . DR. TIBBETTS LEAVES YARD (hi February I. CM'.'. Lieutenant. Raymond Richard Tibbetts was placed on the inactive li-l of I he l rnited stale- Na\al Reserve Force. He has returned to his home in Bethel. Maine, where he expects to resume his practice. While on dutj here he made a host of friends and has the best wishes of all I he officials ami employees of this Yard. LIFE BUOY 13 Ii'IIhw worker, a man always readj and willing to respond to anj call upon him from anj source. WALTER LaFOREST BALL On February 22, 1919, the Ports- mouth Navj Yard losl one of its oldest and mosl respected employees, when Waller Ball passed away at his home in Kittery. Mr. Ball was born al Somers- worth, \. II., Dec. 10, 1855, the son of John R. and Mary Homans Ball. The family came to Kitterj in 1868 and Mr. Ball gained iiiu-i iif his educal ion in I he public schools of Kittery. In in? I Mr. Ball began liis service al the Ports- mouth Navj Yard as a painter's appren- tice, advancing to the position of leadingman painter acting in charge of the Yards and Docks painting crew in 1892, lu foreman painter Construction and Repair Departmenl and was finally made Master Painter in I '. > 1 7 . Mr. Ball was married August, 1 m 7 : '. . to Miss Ella P. Lewis, daughter of Joseph Lewis. Mr. Ball was ,-, member of Riverside Lodge, No. 72. I. ( I. 0. F. \ui onlj has Kitterj losl a good neigh- bor and citizen, bul we of the Ports- mouth Navj Yard have losl a good II 'In/ we Iki re discord has arisen among workmen enlisted for overseas dutj are graduallj '"' v '" tnis sho P all(1 M seems '"" bad returning lo us. We have been verv ,hal xv '" have had '" break "P '""' op - interested in the experiences of MessrJ. -"" ' ' ; "" i have so man J ,; " " leave Hooper, Wildes and Littlefield. The us ' •" ''" liMl '" lil|1|r ' xperiences while on Hats fl ,,, ,,,,,. mos | excellenl and dutj al one Naval Stations in Ireland efficient oiler! We do not see hov we have proved vers interesting to us could get along should she leave us. II especiallj the pictures which ihe> is hard to tell lhe ;lllll) mi| , monej « M back '" l|v - There are now which she has saved Uncle Sam since two of the boys still remaining in Ire- ghe has carr ] e d the oil can. An> time land, uamels G-odfrej and Morgan. No ,,, , hl> you can see her ,„.,.,. ,,,,,, on Ml( , doubl thes will be back soon. top of one of the big band saws ,,,. yo „ A number of the former emplos^ees pan . find her beneath the saw. she is of the Boal Shop w ho un ace il of the always i n the job. lack ol work were furloughed and wen I We all wonder whs Mr. Gourville has In their homes in the Wesl are writing such a sad expression Latelj '.' in us. Thes all have .1 g I word for .. . . ,, . . , ,, It 1- suggested thai we lake a collec lhe tilil Mnai Shop and wish lhe\ were , .. ,,., , ,. . . lion for a mnlller forSam s T111L12 back again wilh us. Some ni Ihese men ,, .. , ., ,. ,. , II is said in \ork I hat the uexl hnie he bad never seen 1 he sal 1 w ater or I he , . , ... , . ... enine- I here he rerlaml\ w ill he 'pulled an in Iheir lives ami il certamls w as in. quite an experience I" come Easl and lake in the sights on this coast. To " is said tha1 '""' '" '""' apprentice some il will be an experience long to be i,m - wno lives '" Kiltery is vers fond remembered. An> time an> of the of the girls and he is very fond of danc- Boal simp fellows think of traveling m - a1 -'- through the Western States be sure to due of our formerJemployees who is gel in touch with some of the boys who no\s a Carpenter in the U. S. Navy, was worked here during lasl summer and a recent visitor here. Carpenter Water- lhe\ will be onl\ too glad to -how you worth has had duly in a large Naval the sights in their country. Mr. Leo f) ase ,,, England. He has had all the Morion Young, whose home is in Ar- work and upkeep on Lhirtj six Suh- kansas, extends an invitation to his marine Chasers and on Ins visit here home any time at his cabin on the plain. told us mans interesting incidents in There 1- "no lock on lhe door and the connection with his duties abroad. Since latch string is out." the Armistice was signed he has been Without boasting the workmen of '" Frailce and Belgium, returning to the Boat Shop have always been a this countrs bul recently. happy family, as s*ou mighl say, and we Mr. Fritjof Ammundson, who was do not think there is ans -hop an\ where transferred from ihis Yard to the New where the men have worked together so York yard, has written to n-. lie likes harmoniously and with such good feel- New York and his work, bul wishes he ing a- prevailed here. The occasion's was back with the boys here. LIFE BUOY 15 We have also heard from our appren- tice boj , Ii. C. Garland, who some time ago lefl here to spend the winter in Florida. He says thai the worst scare he ever got, was when a large snake curled around his I <• ^ when he was working in a cane field. II did no! take him long In "jack up" that job. He is now working on the railroad and likes \rr\ much. The question has been asked by a good many on I h <• Yard, "Can or will the Imi> - come across with the flfl h loan and keep up the standard of this yard thai is dow recognized al Washington ami which has and will help this Yard in the future?" Some say, "Thej are no! selling al par." The Boal Shop's answers to these two questions are first, "The facl thai you have boughl so many bonds and paid for them during the War make-, you worth thai much more than when you started to Imy and are better able to buy the fifth than I he first." Second, "Selling below par." You did no! buy with the understand- ing thai you were to sell as soon as you had fchem paid for. If you did you are a "Quitter." .Now il i*- very little for any employee on lh"- Yard to cry when he is getting interesl on par value and the besl companj in the world. Uncle Sam. i- back of it. W'hal aboul the young man thai wcni across .' Did he gel the investmenl you did .' Would you change places with him? Think this over, boys, and let us show them in Washington thai we are with them. NOT TO BE FLATTERED We've come from the mud ana the dirl and the Klime of it. Out of the t .] < .cjri and the hurt and the crime of it, Some of u.s limping on crutches, and ome Minus an eye or an arm or a thumb, More or less shattered by shrapnel and battered, SUII for all that we don't want to be Mattered We've known the Hilck of the steel ana brum ol ii Heard md grown Ich "i I hi quea I al the I ol a; Wallowed In bloi id that out - omi ide had i 'air led i in- woundi 6 and burled t he dead . Bullets have spattered around us and clattered. Still (or all Hi at we don'l want to be Battered While with a song oi a cheer we all went over, Manx a strong waited here to be sent over; They would have shared each triumphant ad- vance— Suffered and died, too; thej • irned for the chance; Pate enl u to It, bul now thai we're through it ■ >i er us a little, bul don't overdo it. The Navy STard Emplo STRUCTURAL SHOP, BLDG. 44 A pall of gloom, hangs o'er our .shop. Prom apex to foundation prop; a ml count Ii are I hi tin ut I ered sighs, Am 1 dimmed with tears are ma n i i I EOWed are our heads. Willi dl I For Janet' or in eight daj l< ivi Mar. in-ioad of squandering his hard earned income in riotous living, is do- ing far worse. He is expending il for printed copies ol the Rev. Myers' ser- mons. Mr. Riley, the only and original "Mr. Riley, thej speak of so highly," is again with us. and the shop now seems nal Mi'al. The genial Charles Brooks i presenl busily engaged in enacting the drama entitled, "ttui again, in again." May he -non be with us permanently. Roger ' tul wail i- confined bj illness in his residence on State Street. He has the besl wishes of us all for a speedy recovery. A-k Neal who experimented with his tea. Children, nexl month perhaps I'll tell of "Uncle frank" and our dear "Aunt Noll." 1(5 f™\~ INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOYi llic matter will be referred to ilu' In- dustrial Manager for final acl ion. :!. The Life Buoy is intended as a magazine of general and useful infor- mation for all employees of the Indus- trial Uepartmenl and in bring us all together and to promote good feeling ami cooperation and general efficiency. Good uatured jokes are desired, l>ul articles detrimental to anj employee or which would in anj waj cause annoj ance to anj member of the Yard force arc mil wanted and will be refused Editor-in-chief R. W. Ryden publication. Confidential matter and Editor J. K. Hugelman Associate Editor ll. L. Hartford '"formation whirl, ,1 is m.l de Sl ra to Associate Editor and give out to the public are also pro Business Manager M. o. Richards hibited "cENSORSHIP~OF THE LIFE . V tu^ZiTV^ 8 ™ "*•"*? Ii'imii ail cmiiiiiv co. I ins magazine i*- BUOY, INDUSTRIAL DEPT. „„. I(l „ employees as a whole a> , the MAGAZINE interest of them and the work of the In order to clearly define duties as re- Nav - X Yard " |s desired thai all co- gards ccnsi.rsl.il,. of those charged with °P erate to '■"" l """' "* successfu - tlu" publication of the Life Buoy, the Industrial Manager has issued the fol- lowing order. 1. II i- directed thai hereafter the instructions for the censorship of the Li fe Buoj be modified as follow s : 2. The articles will be obtained and prepared for publical ion l>\ I he lone of the Safetj Engineer and under his super\ ision. All mallei' will l hen be submitted to the Safetj Engineer, Mr. .1. It. Hugelman, and his assistant, Mr. II. L. I larl ford, for censorshi p. The Safet\ Engineer will then transmit I be heal Kin. Us col ll mil-- are open l<> mal lers in connection wdh clubs, associa- tions, ami unions of employees, and contributions ol this kind will be welcomed. L. S. ADAMS, Captain, Construction Corps, IT. S. N. Indiisl rial Manager. CRITICISM—AN ASSET OR A LIABILITY "Criticism is either an assel or a lia- ulity. Never listen to a critic who can- articles proposed for publication, to not suggest something to take the place gether with anj comn I rrom the of the thing he would tear down." censors, either oral or written, to the Criticism should never be destructive. Shop Superintendent, who will then ll should be given with the idea of help pass final judgment on them and auth- ing the one being criticised. The besl orize or prohibil their publication ac- criticism should be constructive — it cording to his judgment, excepi thai in should suggesl something to take the ea^es of douhl or differences of opinion place of Ihe acl com mil I ed ralher than LIFE I'.UOY 17 in simplj saj il should mil have been done. Evepj ambitious man everj man who i- trying to improve himself and Ins work will gladl) accept a sugges- tion. When he reaches s point in his life or in- work where no one's sugges inm will be accepted, he is sure to stand still. Ill' will soon In 1 in i in' i in r. for Ins colleagues are r\*'f moving forward. Listen to suggestions, no matter from whom i hej maj come. E\ en I he nil ice bus maj suggesl something thai maj in- hi greal assistance in you. II ha been done l hal 's whj 50 manj former office boys are now in managers' chair ^ mi will li ml men who a pe contin 11. ilk criticising someone, bui wilhonl .1 suggestion for the improvemenl of limits Mr conditions. These same men would iiiw er tell j ou you p ow n faul I s, lull are al w aj - eager to tell 1 he ol her fellow. This kind of criticism never 1 1 1 ■ 1 1 1 - . ■ 1 1 1 > 1 1 1 n ■ . M you wun hi build 11 |i 11 ml ln'l i> your neighbor, tell him whepe in- action is wrong and al the same time sugge 1 something to improve him and Ins wopk. This kind of criticism is always upbuilding. 1 1 ri'ii ics would I urn i he sea pchl ighl upon l hemselves and l heir own w opI I hej would find l hal sel I cpil ir.ism is always in opdep and manj times ol gpeal \ alue. There 1- hardlj a daj goes bj bul whal some ■ > x ■ » ■ says : "1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 have
  • your own criticism. I ilmi'l believe in 3aying "Whj did I fail '" bul pal hep, "Why did I succeed '.'" In handling big affairs you will be 1 ■ r« ■ pa nil 1 11 ini'i'l - 1 in il.ir riniil il inns, slum hi thej arise. I k to your succe pal hep 1 Inm in your fail ures. This is mil ,1 daj hi Leaping dow 11 and discouraging bj criticism, bul one ol upbuilding and imppo\ ing bj sugge Lion. I consider evepj 'suggestion for mi ppo\ ing mj sel 1 or mj w opk an as el and mil ;i liability. Lei I Ins be a motto for you : "Criti- cism with suggestions solicited." Sin Joaquin l.ij-'lil and Power Mngassine. WAR WORK BADGE The returning soldier displays on his sleeve the badge ol his "miliii" with considerable ppide and we, as members Hi llic Kii'si Naval District, are offered ■ 1 sim ilar opporl unitj to w ear 1 he bj'onze badges imw being sold in .ill 1 1<- pari menl - of tins Yard. The nominal sum charged is onlj sn ll ini'iil in defraj the cosl ol design ing and making 1 he badges. II originallj intended In distribute the a badge - I ree bul since 1 here w a - no a p proprial ion a\ ailable to de fraj 1 he cost hi them il was impossible to ra rpj mil the original intention. This facl al 11 we believe was responsible ror the de laj in placing 1 he e badge al 1 he dis I"' al hi l In' members of I be I'ii-I \a\ al District. These badges can be purchased fpom 1 he Libertj Loan col lecloi in .ill I he Shops. 18 LIFE BUOY MACHINE SHOP, BLDG. 80 Manager A. R. Loud of the shop baseball team and his staff of assistants held a meeting in Boston recently at the Gopley-Plaza. Secretary John Monday missed the special train, but followed on the next local. Upon ar- riving in Boston, John was confused by so many tall buildings, and wenl into a temporary coma, at the Pemberton Street station. His official card was found upon his person and after great efforts mi the pari of "Boston's Finest," Manager Loud was finally located at the "Old Howard." Upon learning of the sad accident to Sec. Monday, Mgr. Loud directed that he he taken at once to the Copley Plaza, where he soon recovered sufficiently In attend to his necessary duties. Running a pipe from three wells lo three houses without crossing a pipe is play, compared to making out one's in- come tax return. Ralph Spinney has returned from a few days' visit to Concord, N. 11. While there Ralph gave his audi a complete overhauling, to be able to carry out his usual summer program. If anyone should hear of a consign- ment of shipping tags that have be- come lost in transit, they will confer a great favor upon Dan Hayes by notify- ing him. Why is it that Harry likes to go lo Hampton every Saturday and Sunday? Is it because he wishes to be all ready for summer? It is understood that Donald B. is planning to spend the summer in the Maine woods, far, far away from the wild women at the beaches. Freeman's Hall, March 12, 1010. There's that gang of rough necks from Bldg. 80. R. Nathaniel, J. R. Munday, Pete and Smiling Mog. After all due consideration a man married and with a family has the edge on the boys as far as income taxes are concerned. Anyone having any doubt on this subject, consult any single young man who worked overtime in tins. From all recent returns our shop bowling team has given up the ghost. Hard luck, too, when they showed such promise at the start of the season. We all hope that on the very next consignment that "Bill" receives, he will do some entertaining. All this time, and we have had a Nazimova in our midst and never sus- pected it. Duration of time and seasons are figured by some fellows in this shop from the closing of the beach season until il opens. When closed, it is win- ter, when opened it is summer. With the grade they now sell, and the capacity of the average man, five pints, it is wonderful what amazing persistency some folks display trying to get the kick from it. II makes everyone wonder what (he trouble is when they see "Brad" in Portsmouth on a Saturday evening. We all wonder if Chase has got his box of clams yet. Everyone in the tool department is anxious to know if Emery will ever learn to play bid whist. Perhaps the "FrOg" can tell us. Francis X. Bushman in all his splen- dor could never approach Walter for looks, especially when Walt gets into the old "soup and fish." Place: Any dry community. Prin- cipal questions of the day. How's the jug coming along? LIFE BUOY 19 Does il really make a good drink? I)n you have to bud it hard for five hours or only for two? Do yiu know of anyone who has tried it? How much are hops? Whal does the yeasl do? How long before it's lil for use? Etc., etc., etc., and several more of like char- acter, lad Ihe one admonition which accompanies all replies, as one of our esteemed shopmates says, "Be sparing of I he water." SUPPLY OFFICE The Supply Office of Portsmouth claims Ihe record for small demurrage charges during the war. In the fiscal year of 1918, 3016 cars were unloaded with the toal demurrage charge of $70, ami in the fiscal year of [919, up to February, ^ 1 u:j cars were unloaded with a demurrage charge of $34. Such i record reflects credit upon I he whole Supplj Departmeni as well as on Mr. Harwood, Bos'n Jefferj and Mr. Duffy, who had I he wurk in charge. Twelve officers, besides Captain I'. T. Arm-, the Supply Officer, have served in the General Store during the war. There are now five officers on duly besides the Supply Officer, lln >t fixtures has been greath increased since Ihe writing of trie article and the prides of the later purchases being lower than the first, it is estimated thai these savings now have amounted to well over a million dollars. Ensign H. O. Shaw, Pay Corps, is the latest Officer to be detached from the Supply Office. He was here about six months and made many friends. On February 10, 1910, he left for his home in Miami, Florida, via Schenectady, N. Y., where he has interests in the General Electric Company. He has now returned to Miami, Florida, where he is Vice- President of the Georgia Lumber Com- pany. While in Portsmouth Mr. Shaw took great interest in the historical points of I he city.- I n a recenl letter re- ceived from him he states that now there is big business going on in Miami and prospects were never so brighl as al present. While Mr. Shaw was al- ways vers optimistic concerning the In I ure nl' Miami the Supply Departmeni feels sure that whether bus-iTiess is good or bad, Mr. Shaw will prosper, and wishes him the besl of luck as he leaves the service to enter the business Held again. Col. John Leavitl of the Stores Sec- tion, who has been mi sick leave for several days on accounl of an attack of sciatica, has resumed his duties. Pauline Herbert and Marina Wilson, Yeomen !•' . who have been employed in the Public HilN Section of this office, have been transferred to Washington, D. C. William Burns and Edwin Rivias have returned from a vacation in the Massa- chusetts woods. Ethel R. Sand bird and Ellen A. Bow- den, Yeomen (F), have passed the Civil Service Examination and received ap- pointments al Fori Constitution. These 20 LIFE BUOY appointments have not yet been ac- ELECTRICAL MACHINE SHOP cepted. NO. 79. Mr. and Mrs. Winfleld Sprague are Much sympathy lias been expressed receiving congratulations on the birth for "Louie" in his recenl illness, of a daughter. We wonder if there will he a Rase hall Leasrue mi the Navj 'Sard this sum- mer. We will he there with a pennant winning aggregation. Our Hush League catcher has been The Yeomen (F) at this Yard are verj wide-awake and we think il i- about lime some one related their deeds of prowess, especiallj if it can he done . ' ,, . , . , limbering up his salary arm. As von through the "Life Buoy, in which we ,, , . . , .. ... all know, lie was tanious tor Ins wild are all keenlj interested ami whose throws to second. His endeavor to re- pages all enjoj . , • , ,1 ■ . gain control is his reason tor the mid- Last summer when Boston was cele- winter training. brating Navj Day, and invited all en Much Wll ,. lv nas DeeD d one f or the listed personnel to contesl in water S | 1(ip an( j i ne Life Buoy by our artist, sports on the Charles River, a rowing Birchall. crew was formed, and although they \y,, WO nder who snapped the lock? did not gel together soon enough for \^ )>,,, an> real practice until about two weeks | t |s now generally known al Cape before Lhe eventful day, thej came in Neddick that the Armistice has been fourth oul of ten entries. signed. A basketball learn is now the excuse We wonder what makes While Leg- for much excitement. Thej have horns lay brown eggs. They must be played various high school teams; a drinking Bevo instead of water, since team from Berwick which had the the town went dry. record of never having been beaten The "Bulsheviki" has hit York Coun- before ; and a game with Boston Yeo- iy. The result of a recent uprising is men (F . The scores are as follows: the declaration of war by Ogunquil on Yeomen (P . 22; Portsmouth II. S. 10. c.ape Neddick, We wonder who will Yeomen F .7; Portsmouth, II. S., 10. lead Ogunquit's army. Yeomen . F . 10; Portsmouth II. S., 5. Yeomen F), 12; Boston Yeomen BY MERCURY LIGHT F . 10. Charlie is hoping it will rain soon so Yeomen F 1 1 ; Newburyport U.S.. 10. in* ran wash the windows in the blue Yeomen F . 12; Berwick, 10. print room. Yeomen F . 'i : Berwick, 2. Moore is wishing for windy weather. The spirit of get-together i- very His eyes are very weak. Strong here and all feel that these past Why are the mercury lights so al- Iwo years have been most eventful; and tractive? How about it. Celia? now that the time draws near for dis- We're hoping the submarines will enrolling a feeling of regret at separat- go Out soon SO Lou will work more ing is experienced, and not only will a contentedly. League of Nations but also a league of Looks as if Anna would be leaving friendships be the result of lhe cause lhe mercury lights pretty soon to live which brought us together. ■' by the seaside. THE ARIONOLA HAS MADE GOOD there are a number of good phonographs on the market but only one that will make you think you are listening to the actu- al voices of the world's greatest artists, hear all kinds of talking ma- $20.00 to $200.00 chines then come in and listen to Galli-Curci, John McCormack or Har- ry Lauder, there's a reason. you'll under- stand it after you hear the Arionola. Model 9, Price $150.00. MONTGOMERY'S MUSIC STORE opp. p. o. EVERYBODY'S STORE 141 CONGRESS ST. - - Y. M. C. A. BLDC. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. New Windows, New Fixtures, New Goods. The Same Low Prices, The Same Service. EVERYBODY'S STORE "1 SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 22 LIFE BUOY PATTERN SHOP NOTES Alice M. just can't make her eyes li i> rumored thai the Income Tax behave, nicked oft quite a slice of one young It's a bad case. Harold, bul > i>u (single) Patternmaker. should nol steal a sweetheart of .1 -"I Bill says he is burning the midnight oil trying to figure out whether il will Alice M - certainly likes tea. What paj better to remain single or gel kind is it, Jonesey? spliced. What makes Mrs. 1». laugh so much? . 1111 1 ,1 Where ilul she go on the llili of Anyone w ho has had experience both ways, and is willing to talk about it with riggers to bark up their statements, -lioulil take him in hand before il is too March? How did you tiki' Hie moonlight walk. It—? , , An\ eelgrass m the dorks. Hill? late. lb- says the waj he makes il 'twill take « wife and about 17 kids to stand SHIPFITTER SHOP off the Collector. Can anyone imagine Cheney with a Come on, girls, while he is wavering, moustache? See M. M. Hoyl for Fruit and Orna- Wll > is Doris so sleepj mornings ' mental Nurserj stork. Ornamental Fern aid has a regular hour tor get- Shrubbery, Boses, Plants and Bulbs, ting that candy. B. F. D. No. l. Greenland Boad. Tel. The steel gang is getting prettj well 3 2. Ady. 3 31 19 k-i-10 adjusted and the work shows decided II is about time for one of onv mem- improvement, bers to show his curly locks. That is a n as anyone noticed how much neater sure sign ol Spring. the shop is lately. We wonder why Bill forgets Ins er- He hear the S-3 put it all over the rands when sent to the Foundry. Is s- 1 on speed, submerged. Mai'} responsible for the absent mind? We wonder: — Uoes our friend "Nick" need a valet When Dave Moiilloif ot the bull gang or a wife, or is he jus! getting read) for is to be married. the Summer, as he has forgotten his [f Bridle need- a Martingale, collar for the past few days? I hear he if Stanley has bought the new ma- is going to enter a race. chine yet to carry that 10-lb. boy. Good We hear thai one o( our crew has luek. become an orator. How about it, "Al" ? If Barnabee isn't some pitch player. When do we get our stump speech? Whal we all would like to know, is Bussell Wood? We hear thai Brother Joy is taking KNOTS AND SPLICES up a collection for an ear trumpet, he Thai's a bad one for you, Shapleigh! doesn't quite get all that little "Billy" You know. Pussj Willows. has to say. Oh Fudge! Mr. Pinkham. Hartford would like to know whether That was some fudge, Miss n — . John Duggan has found his goal yet. When it comes to entertaining, Mrs. gill Bedden has bought a mileage J — . is aee high. .' book, via the front door for hot brick. "A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned" We can help you save a good many pennies on HOUSE FURNISHINGS See Mr. WOOD 99 Penhallow St. Portsmouth, N. H. THE "BUSY CORNER" STORE But Never Too Busy To Fill Your Prescriptions and Fill Them Right OUT OF TOWN PATRONS ARE WELCOME TO WAJ'I FOR THE CAR AT OUR HOUSE BENJAMIN GREEN THE DRUGGIST INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION LOWEST RATES BEST FORMS C. E. TRAFTON 35 Pl-asant Street Opposite Poat Office YOU AUGHT TO KNOW DENNET and Mc'CARTHY'S IS THE BEST PLACE TO BUY Overalls, Shirts, Hosiery use: gas for lighting, heating and cooking PORTSMOUTH GAS CO- ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVK E Dr. S. F. A. PlGKERING - - DENTIST - - TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS OFFICE HOI 32CONGRESS STREET 8 TO 12 A. M. 2 TO 5 P. M. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. BROOKS MOTOR SALES PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE FORD SERVICE FllHs BrOS. Men's and Boys' Shoes Fine Shoe Repairing congress st. tel. con. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 24 LIFE BUOY BREEZES FROM BOILER SHOP true stride. Let us hope thai he profits We wonder why a certain prettj '•> P*s1 experience, young fellow fell so hard for the Salis- Gertrude says, "1 should worry, I've burj parties. DonM blush, Murray. gol thirtj days' vacation due me." There is a rumor around that the girl Our foreman, Mr. Waller L. Ball, iu the office is breaking more than one who recently died, is sadly missed by l 1( , ar i one and all. One really does nol real- When are the bells going to ring, lzt ' ;i man's good qualities until he is Kathrvn? gone. Mr. Joseph Morrill, who is acl- Whai is the attraction from Bldg. 80? ing roreman in charge, is well liked by Ask Prances. a " ;uu ' ' s a ,1UIS ' fitting man for the Whj is it thai Kingsbury likes to roll position lefl vacanl by Mr. Hall's death, oranges in the office door? Yidd J Simmonds is righl there when Louie, our heartbreaker, is soon to l[ comes to trading, [f you don't be- presenl the girls with a 1-2 lb. box of L»eve it, ask Smith or Boston. chocolates. The girls saj to make it NV <' ll,,;i1 ' thai our old friend Rossley Page i^ Shaw's. ' s going to train with one of the noted Anyone who would like a midnighl wrestlers. He is looking for a return feed al the "Chinks" should notifj <;. match with Farrier Boston. Old Mclntyre, who is righl there with the scores? •• t .;il- •• We nuss our friend Eddie Ames, who \\ e wonder if it is Webster's dis- died recently with pneumonia, lie was tionarj rrom which Walker obtains his XV1,11 llk,,(l oj al1 his shopmates and his fanc\ words companj is sadly missed. Anyone wishing to obtain lessons in " 'S the wish of every one that on;- "shimmie" dancing should firsl notify old friend, Roger Outwait, maj have a our expert dancer Emery. speedj recovery from his recenl illness. We hear that there is soon to be a Ntl squarer man than Roger ever han- wedding in Newburyport. died a paint brush. What are you going lo play next, t.hukie BUILDING NO. 7 We wonder how Knighl is enjoying WE WONDER: his vacation. Why Kiko and Joe were so busy Wanted — Overalls to mend, by lei- chewing gum after that Lawrence trip, lows who are rather handy with the Whj Yvonne left her apron home, needle and thread. Isn't this true. M ike If Laura ran tell the difference be- and Speed? Iween a doughnul and a turnover. Whj Kiko and Elizabeth are not on PAINT SHOP speaking terms. Buck has returned to the fold. He Why Miles doesn'1 go fishing. He sa\s there is nothing like good old Kit- has a good line. lery. When St. Clair will get his new frock Work is getting scarce, which ae- and overalls. counts for so main new bitumastic Whj Marj is so l< some lately. painters. W 1 1 > the loft was so quiet Monday. Poor old Smythy at last has found his How aboul it. girl-'.' HENRY PEYSER &, SON 16 TO 20 MARKET ST. For more than forty years Portsmouth's leading Store for Men's and Boys' apparel RUGS, DRAPERIES, FURNITURE COVERINGS THE QUALITY STORE MARGESON BROS. Vaughn St. Telephone 570 PORTSMOUTH, N. H. FRED B. COLEMAN APOTHECARY Corner Congress and Vaughn Sts. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. If you desire to buy or sell Real Estate call, telephone or write II. I. CASWELL AGENCY Congress St. TELEPHONE 478- W Portsmouth PEOPLE'S MARKET DEALERS IN BEEF, PORK & PROVISIONS COR. DANIEL AND PENHALLOW STREETS Telephone Connection Portsmouth, N. H. SINCLAIR GARAGE HORTON SERVICE TELEPHONES 282-W. 81205 Corner RICHARDS AVE. and MIDDLE STREET PORTSMOUTH, N. H. S- S- TRUEMAN JOHN O'LEARY KITTERY and NAVY YARD EXPRESS GENERAL CONTRACTOR TELEPHONE 651 83 Bow St. Portsmouth, N. H. GENERAL TEAMING Tel. Con. Portsmouth, N. H. CENTRAL LAUNDRY CO. FINE LAUNDRY WORK IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 7i Pleasant St. Portsmouth, N. H. o u R S T R E ENLIST ACAINST THE HICH COST OF LIVING "TRADE AT THE CO-OPERATIVE STORE" Clean, fresh meat, groceries and provisions at reasonable prices. Every stock holder has equal rights, and the store is man- aged for the benefit of all workmen. M. T. G. CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION Market St Portsmouth, N. H, ONE FOR ALL: ALL FOR ONE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 26 I, IKK r.l'OY SPAR SHOP NOTES Googins doesnM try to secure bache Sum.' of the boys are seeing squil- or apartments at Pierce Hall. gees in their sleep. Whj not, when thej turnout 1,000 per day? SMITH SHOP Lona is enjoying a hard earned vaca- Prank Armstrong, with the help of tion. She is taking a rest, bj hanging Walter Clark, has discovered the Foun- wall paper somewhere in Dover. ,:,i " of Youth. Tobej never knew there was so much sawdusl hi the world, until he operated the new sawmill. Quarterman Caswell is a busy man these days, between laying deck on the Frisco and work on the Roanoke. The barber al York who ml Eli Pick- ering's hair tells us he gol enough hair to make a hair mattress. Eli has had a cold ever since. Tommy K> nchej is to delh er a lec- ture on the Benefits of Paying an In- The employees will all be glad when |( ' |s rumored tha1 Jack chapman is thej gei in their new shop, whirl, thej |u wn|t . |mm> s|n| . 1( . s ((|| . |hi , Ki||i , | . y understand will be erected in the near ., . . . future - due '" ""' congested condition Red Ghamberlain has a new kllu | of '" ""' l" Vs '' Ml sh °P- There are """' s an auto to sell. The chief feature of when :| compass is necessarj in order thig mill ., |im . is „,.,, ,, n|1|s bj hul air to navigate through building No. 15. ||a , |k Linscot1 has purchase d another horse. IT another auto runs into him PUFFS FROM 81 he will have to have a new wagon. WHY: The veteran dam digger, hill Critch, tells ii-- thai in- expects in make a -record digging dam- from the South Boston Hal-- nexl week. According in Hill the cla m as a brain food is hard in bea I . Elmer Rilej is in trj in perfect a new anl called ihe Prohibition Potato. If A certain stenographer i- singing Lohengrin's Wedding March so much of late. Mr. It. doesnM smoke Patimas anj mure. The dictionarj in ihe Safetj Engin- „ ig a succesg , ns |n| . lm|( , ig made eer's office is ihe besl excuse. Mrg Margaren1 [reland is spen ding A Pord i- labelled "a hunch of junk" | lt ,,. thirty days' leave with her husband after ihe owner has spenl pari of the in Philadelphia. 11 is rumored thai -he night shining 'er up. NVI H ao \ Pe turn, hul we all hope thai A young ladj m ihe Material Section when her month is up. we shall see is so dazzled. PeggJ in her usual place. Ensign Rasch wear- a "Sunny Jim" Miss Doris McKinnon, Mrs. Ireland's -mile. COUSin, has left Ihe office and gone to Tin' inkwell in Ihe Estimating Sec- her home in South Boston. Miss Mo- tion i- always dry. Kinnon dues nol expeci to return to the The two little girls in blue lind Ihe simp. We wish her all success where dry dock so attractive. ever she may he. Mr. Bracket! isn't round shouldered Miss Alice Miller is taking Mrs. [re- from carrying such thick letters to one land's place in the office during- Mrs. of the Labor Hoard assistant-. ' Ireland's leave of absence. A. D. S. IVI AT Adams Drug Store ON MARKET STREET IT ALWAYS PAYS YOU CAN MAKE UP YOUR MIND THAT THE MONEY YOU SPEND FOR GOOD CLOTHES (SUCH AS WE MAKE HERE) IS AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT. IT INSURES EXCELLENCE OF FIT, SMARTNESS OF STYLE, AND LONG SER- VICE. SEASONABLE GOODS ALWAYS ON HAND. WE ARE ALSO MAKING THE NEW NAVAL OFFICERS' UNIFORM COATS. C. J. WOOD, Naval & Civilian Tailor. THE PORTSMOUTH FLOWER SHOP A. C. CRAIG, Manager FANCY CUT FLOWERS AGENT VICTOR TAT,KTXG MACHINES 4 Market Street Phone 960 PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE M. P. ALKON & CO. DEALERS IN CHINA, CROCKERY & CLASS WARE NO. 27 MARKET ST., PORTSMOUTH, N. H. BOU AGENT FOR LEADING FIRE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES GOV. ST. KITTERY, MAINE ■V^E ARE AT YOUR SERVICE F. A. GRAY & CO. PAINTERS AND DECORATORS, 30 & 32 DANIEL STREET, PORTSMOUTH, N. H. "WALL, PAPEPLS SLTid PAINT SUPPLIES 1 ■ I If lb i ■ HJL1 ^EmS a 1 J*I Ilfe'^'^l i Congress and Fleet Sts. We can furnish a house from cellar to attic. Prices right in every branch of our business. Why not step into our store and look over our many styles of furniture. It costs nothing to look, and it might be beneficial for us both. D. H. MC INTOSH PORTSMOUTH, N. H. TYPEWRITERS FOR SALE & RENT J. E. DIMICK 29 Tanner St. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Telephone 605-W. E.PERCY STODDARD insrsuprL^^nsroE REAL ESTATE 7 Market Square PORTSMOUTH 'I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY' 28 LIFE BUOY SEEN THRU' THE PERISCOPE H. C. Sweetser and ll. II. Ericson, K. C. Bousch, former Asst. Outside navin 8 successfully passed the Civil Supt., has accepted a position in a Du- Service examination for Copyisl Drafts- Inlh shiDvard man, have received their appointments. II. D. Bacon, Outside Supt., is now m The draftsmen have received a mosi charge of construction al the Ma, •lion- welcome increase in wages. The rat- al-Duluth shipyard in Duluth. in * s were based "" the pecen1 Mac * Board award, which was accepted by the ,\a\\ Department. The change in eligibility rules made it possible lor the following copyists In In' promoted In llu' rating of draftsmen: E. (i. Kil- tredge, E. C. Kimble, and B. T. Newton, M. E. Nicholls has also accepted a posit urn wil li Mr. Bacon. Ensign E. II. Bruce, l". S. N.. has re- ceived In- discharge from active duty, and i- now employed in tin* Submarine Drafting Room. His presence no doubt |( , s|n| , Draftsmen; ami c . ,;. ,;,,„•„, ,,, wil1 hel P the chances of the baseball Marine Engine and Boiler Draftsman. Irani, as he was on lasi year's Dai nicnil h Varsity team. II. R. Weaver of [thaca, N. Y., ha started under Mr. Yeomans in the llul Divisi in Why Conlon is such a Silas Marner. Ll. Commander P. T. Wrighl has NVIl > Kittredge doesn'i gel more "Oh It-li me, learned Oracle — " Where Patteo gets thai seeming drag willi I he females. taken Commander Lewi-" plan' as as sleep. sistanl to Commander Howard. Before When Ray's unexhaustible line will coming here he was assigned to dutj ever gel tangled up. al the Lake Torpedo Boa! Co. ■ ■■ Berna wouldn't like to get-into it The S-3 has been oul several times good old 5 & 10 game. under llu ' '•"""nan, I of Commander J. When Pop Lll| ,, wj|1 ever muvt , again \Y. Lewi-. A-ide from several minor II Preble will ever learn to plaj whist. I [ Collier ever has nighl mares. repairs the boai is in verj good condi- tion, and will undoubtedly go to Prov- incetown very shortly lor her trials. Wl| v Colliton does nol promote a T. B. Pinkham of the Machinery In- Championship match, vision has lefl to take up a position with the Bath Iron Work-. N( ,i victorj ,,, M ,|,_ |MI | over st .i (> ex _ While on the way to the restaurant p reS ses true libertj and democracy, the other day, L. W. Scheirer was the recipient of a mosi undesirable gift, in the form of a fairsized stone. Some Fellowship is the mosi lender and brainless jester evidently though! thai S entle > >''' exacting force in the lim- ine i, round here was getting hore-ome, V«rse- -always finding expression in the and decided to liven things up by prac- G° lde n '■"■''• ticing throwing hand grenades. How- ever it quite upset Scheirer's peaceful The hole you make in giving is the frame of mind, as i) required the ser- hole you musl receive through. You vices of the Dispensary surgeon to re- cannot receive with a closed hand — you pair his denied dome. .• must open up first. LIVE WIRE MEN WANTED To get acquainted with a live wire store, A store that KNOWS what men want and HAS it. Good, dependable merchandise at right prices, and good service. 'MASTERCRAFT" AND "LEOPOLD MORSE'S" MEN'S CLOTHES "RIGHT POSTURE" BOYS CLOTHES ARROW COLLARS HATHAWAY SHIRTS CHENEY TIES WALK-OVER AND RALSTON SHOES FOR MEN-LION BRAND WORK SHOES-ARROW RUBBER BOOTS TRIPLE TREAD RUBBERS N. H. BEANE&CO. 5 Congress St. Portsmouth R. E. BANNAFORD FLORIST - - - CUT FLCWERS, DESIGNS & DECCRATICNS 452 KlClIAIfDS AVK. l KI.l l-iiosi. CON. C. P. CARROLL Groceries, Meats and Provisions 145 PENHAILOW ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Tel. Connection Near A. S. L. Ferry "YORK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK" SERVICE Large Storage Vault and Safety Deposit Boxes for lent. Your checking account is solicited. In our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT we pay 4 Per Cent interest. YOKK COUNTY NATIONAL DANK YORK VILLAGE, MAINE THE APOLLO LUNCH -OOO^OOO— HOME COOKING 17 Congress St. Portsmouth, N. H. PHILBRICK'S PHARMACY AGENCY FOR BELLE MEAD SWEETS & JERSEY ICE (REAM 67 Congress St. - - Portsmouth, N. H. PORTSMOUTH. n h. HATS & MEN'S FURNISHINGS AT PARSONS THE HATTER PORTSMOUTH. N. H. : : PHONE 867-M "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 30 LIFE BUOY Roster of Labor Organizations Whose Street. •I<>^«'[>h H. Goodwin. Kittery Members Work at the Ports- ' ,l 'l'"'- Me., Secretary. mouth Navy Yard. molders Local No. 403, I. M. U. of N. A., meets 2nd and ith Thursday, al Socialisl Hall, Congress Street. Carl II. Garver, Box 'i 19, Kittery, Me., Secretary. PORTSMOUTH METAL TRADES COUNCIL Metal Trades Council meets everj Fridaj al Odd Fellows' Hall, \. II. Fire Insurance Companj Building, Congress Street, Portsm h. President, II. L. sheet metal workers Hartford; George A. Gate, 123 Richards Local No. 352, si I Metal Workers, Ave., Secretary. A. S. M. W. N. A., meets 2nd and ith Thursdaj al (i. A. R. Hull, Daniel Street. Charles I!. Quimby, Kittery, Me., Sir relarv. BLACKSMITHS Rockingham Local No. 230, I. B. o B. <\ II.. i sts M and 3rd Mondaj 7.30 p. in., .il Painters' Hall, Free- Affiliated Locals man's Block, Congress Sti t. M. 0. carpenters and joiners Richards, 7:' s mer Street, Secretary. Local No. 021, Carpenters and Join BOILER makers its, meets <'\crx Tuesday, 8 p. in., al , , v ,,.- ... r d a, t a n a. Painters' Hall, Freeman's Block, Con- Local \i>. US/, I. 1 ■» . nl U. &. I . a . , n. *». gress Street. George Whittemore, 13 Markel Street, Secretary. II. ni A., meets r\rf\ Wednesday, al K. of P. Hall, Freeman's Block, Con- gress Street. John A. Quinn, The Is- coopers lington, Islington Street, Secretary. Coopers meel everj second Monday al (i. A. I!. Hall. Daniel Street, -Ports- ELECTRICAL WORKERS Local Nil 502, meets Isi and 3rd Wednesday al s p. m., al Moose Mall. Higli Street, Portsmouth, N. II. M. L. Schwarz, I ."> I High Sired, Secretary. FOUNDRY EMPLOYEES mouth, N. II. .1. P. Armstrong, 504 Middle Street, Corresponding Secre- tary. CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Local No. 1982, Carpenters ami Join- ers, meets Isi and 3rd Thursdaj al Local No. r,s - Foundrj Employees, Pa i nt ers' Hall, Freeman's Block, Con- meets second Mondaj al N. E. <>. P. gress street . Walter N. Meloon, '.:> Hall, Daniel Street. Jeremiah Crowley, Rogers stre et, Secretary. 7 McDoi gh Street, Secretary. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES MACHINISTS Loca] No (|() , nt ,,.| s | s | , |||( | 3r( j W ed Ranger Lodge, No. 836, I. A. of M., nes day, X. E. < ». I'. Hall. Daniel Street. meets everj Wedriesdaj al s p. m., al Aiiss ste n a B chamberlain, 101 Miller Odd Fellows' Hall. N. II. Fire Insurance .\\r.. Secretary. Companj Building, Congress Street. A. R. Garland, 161 Austin Street, Secre- Local No. 351, I. B. of S. F. & ().. meets Is! and 3rd Sunday, "-' p. m., metal polishers ; ,| Socialisl Hall, Congress Street. Local No. H»7 meets Lsl and :u-t\ Sun- Frank II. Davis, fin? Sagamore Avenue, day, 6 p. m., al <'.. A. R. Hall, Daniel' Secretary. BEFORE BUYING SEE OUR FULL LINE OF BALDWIN REFRIGERATORS More Than 100 Styles to Choose From 126-128 Market St. The Sweetser Store "lis The Plate to Go." A FEW OF OUU SPECIALTIES Hart, Schaffner and Marx Clothes, Stetson Hats, Manhattan Shirts, Fownes Gloves, Interwoven Stockings F. W. LYDSTON & CO. Outfitters for Men & Boys PORTSMOUTH, N. H. JOHN SISE & CO. INSURANCE MARKET SQUARE PORTSMOUTH, N. H. A. P. WENDELL & CO. Hardware, Paints and Tools Telephone 850 2 Market Square Portsmouth, N. H. THEATRE SODA FOUNTAIN AND PORTSMOUTH FANCY BAKERY 18 CONCRESS STREET Try our Hot Chocolate and a Jelly Doughnut — Cream Puffs Cream Pie and all Kinds of Loaf Cake BALDWIN A. REICH, PROPRIETOR MAKES YOUR OLD STRAW HAT LOOK LIKE NEW F. C. REMICK & CO. ELKAY'S STRAW HAT DYE 11 CONGRESS ST. 16 Colors, all the Popular Shades 25 Cents a Bottle Co-operative Shoes, BOARDMAN & NORTON Emerson, Florsheim, ffieyqi&» Store, Portsmouth, N.H. Ground Grippers. Opp. Post Office The Best of Work Shoes and Rubbers. SAVE FUEL By using Electric Appliances for Cooking ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LIGHT AND POWER CO. 29 Pleasant Street Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 32 LIFE BUOY painters Financial Secretary .1. Walls Local No. 81, meets 2nd ami 4th Fri- Treasurer E. V. Wilcox days at Painters' Hall, Freeman's Block, The Treasurer, Mr. E. V. Wilcox, Congress Street. Frank T. Cox, 170 states for the benefit of the members of dales Street, Secretary. the Association thai there is $387.49 in the treasurj of the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association. DRAFTSMEN Local No. 'i meets Isi and 3rd Mon days al N. E. 0. P. Hall, Daniel Street. W. B. Collier, 19 Orchard Street, Sec PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD retary. MASTER MECHANIC'S ASSOCIA- PATTERN MAKERS TION. Pattern Makers' League of N. A. President T. F. Flanagan meets Ith Tuesdaj each month al \. E. Secretary and Treasurer S. D. Gilkey 0. P. Hall. Daniel Street. J. E. Nichol- '" Kl "" N Me " "' ' ' U> WHAT IS YOU STATE OF MIND? RIGGERS , II \ mi I linik \ (Mi re beaten, > mi arc ; LOCal \<>. •-.'.">'•». I. A. Ill B. S. <.\ II. I.. I, y QU || 1|||k y0U dare ,,,,1^ yOU (Jqq.J . W. & I!., meets On. I and Ith Tuesday, h ,,,,,•, | like ,,, Nvjl)i buJ y(llI , hjllk >nll G. A. R. Mall, Daniel sired. William can't, Palfrey, 302 Marcj Street, Secretary. [f s a lmos1 :1 rm ,.|i you W on't. WOODWORKERS' HELPERS . „. , . , , - , ., i If you think you'll lose, you're lost, Local No. mot , meets M and 3rd • J ' - Mondaj al Woodworkers' Hall, dm ' '"' "»' »' the w ..rM we find • gress Street. Thomas Benfleld, Fleel Success begins with a fellow's will — Street, Secretary. It's all In ihc state of mind. CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS If you think you're outclassed, you arc! You've go! In think high In rise; You've goi In lie sine of yourself before Vim can e\ it win a prize. LEADINGMEN AND QUARTER MEN'S ASSOCIATION Leadingmen and Quartermen's Asso- Life's battles donM always go elation meets the second Fridaj of To the stronger or faster man ; even month al ii. A. It. Hall, Daniel But soon or late the man who wins, Street. Presidenl A. .1. McCourt; John Is the fellow who thinks he can. — Ex Foye, Box v 19, Kittery, Me., Secretary. A GOOD CITIZEN PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD A g , ,.„„„„ ls man who ,,,„„ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. .,,„,!, and consciously accommodates Presidenl T. F. Flanagan his conducl and his business to Ihc t\' the fines! girls down in Oklahoma. Iicaul i fill as a dream of Michael Angelo carved in stone; and do you know one of those girls was a greal studeni and there was a fellow do\* n there who was jusl crazj about her and hanging around mj house like a yellow dog, and I actually had to run him off. she loved books and didn'l think much nl I hal fellow until he told me that he had enlisted and was to Sail across, and Mien they were married the verj ue\l day. And the example was a g I one, and mj second daughter, Amelia, was in love with a great football star, and whj thej didn'l hardly wail two linurs when the boj had enlisted in the Marines and I see -nine of thei I there, the bravest of the brave, God bless I hem : Applause . And mj youngest daughter, Lucy. why l here was a great big boj six feet three, and he was just crazj about' her; she was but seventeen years old; he joined the Navj and went over seas. He hasn't come back yet, but when he does come back, blessed be find, there is a wonderful surprise down 111 Oklahoma for him ; we ha\ e got l he prel l iest little blue-eyed boy in the whole world. (Ap- plause , . What do you think of mj contribution to the good cause, I want to tell you boj - about a trip I had about a j ear ago down in Kentucky for the Liberty I. nan. They had a spe- cial train, and I don't know how thej came to invite me. They had some real speakers, a lol of manly soldier boys from Camp Zachary Taylor and some fine young officers, and preachers so thick that I heir legs had to hang out of the windows, and speakers <>( all sorts; why some of them honestlj couldn't speak as good as I can. Wil h -nine of Idem -llence was gulden and for -nine of them speech-making was a crime ami some could slir you to the very depths, bul I feel sure thai we all had jusl one message we have al ready gone over the top^because all LIFE BUOY Kentuckj had risen in the Third Liberty time — the presidenl of the United Loan Campaign, as of old upon the hills States, Woodrovs Wilson. Applause), of Scotland the plaided warrior arose And whal did he say: "Our foreign al llif sign ni the flerj cross, and everj policj is compounded of bul two ele- speaker was cheered. Thej cheered ments, peace and our own honor." the pooresl speakers the most. Whal Why, Germanj claimed to be a friend were they cheering; whj mil the talk- of ours, and we were good friends to ers; thej were cheering the Flag and the German people. Thousands of them the cause and the Libertj Loan and this had settled in our Country and made greal Country thai we love and tin good citizens. We sent our boys <<\rr Spiril of Libertj and the forty-eighi there to be educated in their greal indestructible States of an Indivisible Universities because we revered the Union. And now a year has gone, a genius of the German mind. There was year of momentous history, and they a Germanj of our dreams; il was the -ay thai the fires of patriotism thai Germanj thai gave birth In men such burned on everj hearthstone in the land as Beethoven, Luther, Mozart, ami a year ago when the boys wenl over Schiller. Bui the living Germany of seas thej saj thai the fires of patriot- 1914 was bloodstained ami brutal ami i-iii are burning low ami dying down thej pul one arm around this Countrj in the dead graj ashes. I swear in you thai we love but with the other thej thai I don'1 believe it. This in our held the dagger of the assassin. Whal Country, the same America thai we did thej do! They spenl thirty million love, the same libertj thai we love. My dollars to subsidize a venal press; thej hearl is cheered; my soul is thrilled took lumps of coal and made bombs of when I see these thousands of loyal them and hid them in holds of passen- American citizens, and I see the mag- ger ships. They tried to blow up our nificenl work thai you did in the last Navy "Sards and to dynamite canals. Campaign. Thej organized in this Countrj sedition Lei me say jus! a word to you aboul ^ al,|s| '^K 1 ' 11 " 1 - sedition of hid, a i this war. We donM love war: we love rebellion oi Ireland. Is lhat all! Why, Peace; we hale war. I was mi II, e city ""' German Minister ol Slate, when we oi Washington when the news came cereal peace with Germanj and Ger- ,„al there was war in Europe, and half ma "> Pretended friendship for us. he of the Members ol Congress and three- G erma n Minister oi State wrote to the quarters of the Members of the Senate German Ambassador in he City of didnM know whal the War wa. about; Mexcio proposing In him o go In the thev didn't care what it was about. It Mexican Government and make an vvasn'1 our War. This .real country alliance between Germany and Mexico of ours, lapp in the shores of the and Japan to make war on he United sea, devoted In its own ideals, eared States, and they proposed to give to nothing for Europe. George Washing- Mexico a- he spoil ol the battle the ton said that againsl the insidious wiles lll,vr lost states of Arizona, New Mex- of foreign nations the jealousy of a free "'" and I exas. \\ hy. I was b0 rn be- p ,le ought In guard constantly, neath the heliotrope sweeps of Texas Thomas Jefferson said, "Peace and skies, and I know the Texas people, and commerce and honesl friendship with ' s y ea r In you thai no! all the Mexicans all nations, bul entangling alliances and Japanese and Germans this side of with no nation." John C. Calhoun, 5^_could ev ? »*?£?. °.f barren aCre 0i 'Peace is above everything our policy. Texas -nd. (Applause Ami in the year 1913, in the .real Cap- But thai isn't all. on the :u-l daj of ,ial of the United siale<. 1 heard tall I hi- January, M> IT. I he German Ambassador expression of the foreign policj of this stepped into ll ffice of your hired Government from the li|i- of the great.- man. (beeause thai is whal all public esl man thai ever lived in the tide id' officials are), the Secretary of State " of D. ^n 19 1923 LIFE BUOY Robert Lansing, and handed him a note and whai did ii saj ? It said thai on the verj 1 1 < ■ x ( daj unrestricted sinking of .ill ships would be inaugurated. They went up toward the North Slur; thej drew .-i line north of the Shetland Islands all the way down a thousand miles wide around Ireland, England and Scotland, and Prance and Spain and Italy, and said thai every neutral ship from thai date found within that Ik ded area would be sunk. Thai was unrestricted warfare. We had had re- stricted warfare before when they claimed to be at peace with us, and all thej did a1 thai time was to sink the Lusitania and <;:;<; neutral ships and kill 226 American citizens when thej were a1 peace with us. They call thai re- stricted. For God's sake, whai would thej mean by unrestricted? In two years we had a commerce of six billion dollars with the foremost countries of Europe. They declared they would put down our commerce. I suppose the German Emperor purposed lo destroy all the commerce of the United States by the stroke of a pen on I he theory thai the pen is mightier I nan the sword. The blue rolling Atlantic! God made it; time writes no wrinkle on its azure brow. Who gave the German Emperor control over the sea-! Why, thank God, he don't own a lax title lo a rolling wave of the ocean. Applause . It is ours. John Paul .lone- out on the ocean foughl to defend Hie -acred free- dom of the sea- and thai is how we gol into the war. Lid me tell you how— if you hoys will pardon me, I believe I will tell you an Oklahoma story. Down in my State there was a fellow thai lived in the Country, and he concluded thai he would like to go to the Legisla- ture. He had all the townsmen with him— the fellows that were like the Lilies of Hie Field thai toiled not neither did they spin, and Solomon in all his glor\ wa- never dressed up like one of I hem. All he needed wa- ju-l a few farmer- to vote for him. Now hi- wife had two luxuries, one a new Kurd car and II ther a big bulldog. So he gol into Hie car and SO did the bulldog and they went into the Countrj looking lor farmer's. lie did nol gel verj far before lie saw an old farmer in the field and he was tossing hay into his wagon with a pitchfork, lie got mil of his car and went inward him and -hook hands with him; and al about that lime the big bulldog jumped out of the car and made a savage lunge at I he farmer. You all know whai the farmer did lo the dog; be ran the prongs of Hie fork right through the dog, and the indig- nant owner of the dog said lo I lie fann- er: "Why in the devil didn'1 you lid my dog Willi II ther end of the pilch- fork?'' And Hie farmer -aid: "Whj in lull didn't he come ,d me with the oilier end?" Applause . Well, the German Bulldog had the drool of hydrophobia and he came rigid al us. and by the God above the skies, the I ailed Stale- pi I ch forked the Herman Bulldog, didn'1 he, and you hoy- helped to do it. The Liberty Loan, why should I talk about it? You know more about it than I do. YOU have lieen toiling like the Roman galliw slave al his oar. You have made the nighl join labonwith Hie day. There wouldn'1 have been a ship -team out of Portsmouth Harbor or any har- bor cxcepl lor the strong right arm and the sturdy brave brown hand- and the noble patriotic hearts of Hie working men of thi- greal Country. The war was won in the work-hop- of the United Stales of America. The war i- Over; are we going lo pay for il ? Whai is there back of a Libertj Bond? Jus1 the good faith of a Governmenl thai never broke its word. We dpn'1 call a colli raci a -crap of paper. The con- tract of the United Stale- Government i- the contract, of the American people and it is registered m letters of gold upon the doomsday book of the Lord God Almighty in Heaven. Applause . But I am going down here In I he ancient and historic Town of Salem and 1 have gol 1" catch a train in a little while. I swear I am glad In see you boys because we are all working for l he same great cause. Sacrifice — talk about sacrifice! The man thai gives LIFE BUOY his money, what does he give? He makes the 1 > o - 1 investment lie ever made in his life. What is money, any- how! I want to tell you a story. One time there was a man who had an in- ordinate love for money and he was going along the road and he looked down and there was a dirty silver piece of money in the road, about like that which Judas sold the Savior lor, thirty pieces of silver. And the man stooped down and [ticked it up and put it in his pockel and he lived to be an old bent man and all his life he was looking down like the Mammon in Milton's poem, and Milton says that Mammon was the least directed spirit because he looked down for the gold on the pave- ments of heaven and this man all his life was going along the dirty road looking for a dirty dollar, and as he went bj there was the (vvf song of the uncaged bird and the blue of the skies above and the sweel voices of children and the low sweel crooning love of the mother's lullaby, and the patriotism that burns in the heart of the true American, but be didn't see any of it; he didn't hear any of it; he was deaf and dumb and blind, although looking lor a dirty dollar. We don't want a dollar of that kind because all that it is worth is jusl wbal is back of it. Is honor nothing more ? Sacrifice! The boys thai went over the seas, the glorious and heroic 26th New England Division with nearly 2,000 dead upon the Meld of honor. (Ap- plause . The men thai stood up to then waists in the mire of the sodden Held- of Flanders and thai held the long and ragged line of No Man's Land swepl by the rake ill Hell and blasted as the Scoriate Hock where John saw the angel in the sun, — where are thej now! Thirty-five thousand American soldiers were killed in battle; fifteen thousand American soldiers died of wounds; twenty-five thousand Ameri- can soldiers died of disease; one hun- dred ninety thousand American soldiers were maimed and wounded and scarred and blinded. Thai was the sacrifice! Now I want to tell von in conclusion this story and I read it in an old, old sacred book. Elijah went to Horeb, the mountain of (bid, and there was a great storm thai ripped the rocks and grinded them to powder, but God was not in the storm; and there was a great earth- quake thai rent the earth in twain, but God was not in the earthquake; and there was a fire after the earthquake, hut God was not in the fire; and after the fire — you all know it through the Bible — after the fire a still, small voice, the voice of God, that said: "What doest thou here, Elijah?" Oh, my Countrymen, Fellowworkers, Fellow Americans, upon this glorious twenty- lii'sl day of April, in this great shipping port, Ibis great workshop of the Gov- ernment that we love, may 1 not say to you: What doest thou here, Elijah! Now, one other word I think of. Upon the great Trafalgar Square in the City of London, there is a monument to the man who was England's greatest Seaman; he fought a hundred fights and never lost a single one, Lord Nel- son, and upon the field of Trafalgar, do you know what he put up as fhe mes- sage for the soldiers and sailors and seamen who were fighting the great battle? Upon the pennant of the flag- ship was this glorious message: "Eng- land expects every m_an to do his duty." He was stricken mortally wounded and as he fell into the arms of Captain Hardy, his dying words were: "Thank God! I have done my duty," and thank God, I know that you will all do yours. ( Applause). THE TRADE SCHOOL What a contrast between the pleas- ure and satisfaction radiating from the faces of the men in the above picture and April with its Hitting clouds and passing showers. And yet April is one of the most noteworthy months in the history of the United States and its Navy Yard at Portsmouth. II is now two years since our country made its formal entry into I he "Great War." LIFE BUOY HV ■ r r 8 LIFE BUOY When that momentous decision was reached extraordinary efforts were made in all departments of our civic life In adjust the activities of the people In a war basis. This necessarily caused the withdrawal of large numbers of men from their usual work in the various mechanical trades and along with 1 1 1 i -; great upheaval in industry arose an equally urgent and insistent cry fur ships and still more ships. Ships of all descriptions, both Naval and Mercantile were needed and needed quickly. To meet this unprecedented and pressing demand satisfactorily was a problem of the greatesl magnitude. Our shipping industry especially in reeenl years had received Inil scant en- couragement, with the consequence that there was no large class of trained operatives to fall hack upon in this emergency. II was thus apparenl thai such means and measures musl be adopted as would Irani men and women quickly lo supply the deficiency in skilled workers. Tins shortage winch was equallj fell in private and Govern- ment yards was made still mure acule li\ the enlisting and drafting of skilled workmen into the various branches of the Army and Na\ > . In our own Yard the authorities de- termined In meel the serious situation and overcome the difficulty as speedily and as efficiently as possible. After the war was declared, owing In I he increas- ing demand for shipfitters a nighl school was established in the Mold loll to increase the supplj of men in this trade. This school under the direction of Mr. Gilkey, the Master Shipfitter, met with remarkable success. The men who attended the night school have made good. The school proving so suc- cessful, and outgrowing its quarters, a further step in advance was a logical necessity, and il was therefore decided to establish a "Trade School" for the training of skilled workers in the various shipbuilding trades. An order was therefore issued by Mr. Schlabach, Shop Superintendent, thai a "Trades School" under I he manage- ment of a "Director of Shipyard Trades" be established. This order became effective on the first day of the cm'iiI ii 1 1 month of April, 1918. Lieutenant McCarthy was chosen to till (he onerous and responsible position of "Director." Mr. McCarthy asso- ciated with himself on the stall' of in- struction the following well known men, whose standing in the various trades in the Yard was a guarantee of I hen- ability and efficiency: R. J. Gilker, Emery, Lyford, J. Keene, Morrell, A. Keene, G. C. Robinson; and later after I heir successful graduation from the school: Warner, Havener. Miller. II is no disparagement to any of these men lo say lo organize them into an effective leaching staff, because, in the first place, none of I hem had any pre- vious experience in this kind of work; secondly, it is a difficult matter to get a number of men to ad together con- certedly and establish an esprit de corps among them, and thirdly, the only building available was ill-adapted to school purposes, and poorlx, equipped for practical instruction. Moreover there was no little misgiv- ing in some quarters as to the ultimate value of such an undertaking. These initial difficulties might easily have thoroughly discouraged the "Di- rector" and his associates and thus jeopardized the success of the new en- terprise. But looking at the work en- trusted to their care in a broad minded way and inspired bj the great oppor- tunity before them, they look hold of their task energetically and unitedly. The results achieved by their efforts is what warranted the establishment of the school as well as the justification for the confidence reposed in them. The "Director" was instructed that the School should consist of three classes : (a) Green men without any previous Iraining or' experience in any trade. (b) Mechanics of other trades wish- ing to take up another. (c) Mechanics wishing to become LIFE BUOY 9 more efficient in the trade of their own selection. II will be seen that this classification is very comprehensive. Xo one was excluded it he wished to lake advantage of the opportunity to learn a trade, and al the same time help win the war. II included "outsiders" as well as "in siders." Thai this privilege might be enjoyed to the fullest extent the "Di- rector" made periodic trips "into the highways and by ways" and urged men lo come in and share the responsibility and pleasure of engaging in Naval work as their active part in helping to win the war. and thus make the world safe for democracy. On the opening of the School in April, 1918, classes were formed for in- struction in the following trades: Riveting, shipfitting, drilling, outside machinist, coppersmith, chipping and caulking, electric welding, shipsmith, moulder, acetylene welding. J I was only natural that men em- ployed on the Yard should be the first to avail themselves of the chance to improve their own position in life and help even more actively in the Great SI niggle. At the opening of the School .1 large number of men applied for ad- mission and during the first month of I lie School's existence more than 130 men were receiving instructions in the different trades. During (he months of May. June. July and August, 10 18, the number of admissions each month gradually increased in an ascending curve until the maximum number of •J Hi was reached in the last named month. From that time onward during the rest of the School's life, that is. un- til March, 1919, the curve of admis- sions gradually declined until the num- ber was but 95. It is only fair to say, however, that the decrease in the num- ber of admissions was in no way a re- (lection on Hie "School" bill was due entirely to other cause-. On applying for admission to the School, the applicant was required to state what trade he wished to learn. what previous experience thai justified Ins choice, and therefore seemed to in- sure success in that trade; his assign- ment to thai trade usually followed. But before a final decision was arrived at, it was necessary to pass a personal examination before one of the officers id' the School, and if this official was satisfied by his "sizing up of the appli- cant" his assignment to the trade of his choice followed as a matter of tad. The studenl was then "tested out" for a short time and if found wauling in aptitude for the trade of his choice was given another chance at a different trade, and finally if his mechanical ability was below par, he was dis- charged. The cards of the School show lli.it the percentage of cases in this class was low. Including a very small number of duplication of names, a total of 12'.m; men were enrolled during the School year. This total registration doubtless exceeds that of any other similar "Trades' School" in New England. The choice of trades by the men is worthy of notice. The choice was dic- tated partly by personaf preference and partly by the needs of the Government. The shipfitting trade seemed to be the most popular with the men for upwards of 340 men made it their choice. The number that selected riveting totaled 316, and this trade was therefore, a close second to shipfitting. The next trades in the order of the numbers se- lecting them are: Drilling, 227; Chip- ping and Caulking, 192; Outside Ma- chinist, 180. The other trades men- tioned in the foregoing list were se- lected by the balance of the men. It the choice of trades is looked at from the point of view of previous ex- perience as justifying the student in making his particular choice, then the Outside Machinists easily lead, as ap- proximately 75 per cent of the students in lh.it department had some previous experience which appeared to insure success in the Ir.iile of their choice. In the oilier trades the previous ex perience of the applicants was much 10 LIFE BUOY more limited. In many instances the for whom the school was established, it choice (il the studenl had no obvious is clear that it appealed more largely to relation lulus former work or business, the first two classes than to the third. YH il is noi in be inferred thai this Because, men who were already en- class ni students was less successful gaged in some shipbuilding trade would than the class choosing the Outside scarcely have the time to work at their Machinists' Trade. II is clearly seen trade and attend the School. It was from the records of the School that hoped thai this class of men would find there were other factors besides pre- it worth while to attend the night ses- vious experience which extend very sions held at the Trades' School, but as largely into the success or failure of these were discontinued their oppor- the student. tunity in this respect was closed. More- The ages of the applicants varied all over ' men who are established in fixed Ih,' wax from 15 years to 70 years. Se- relations hesitate considerably before lecting the students in the Outside severing the con stions they have al- Machinists' Department, as perhaps a ready formed. fair example of the different classes, The School then drew its students the average age of the student was ap- almost exclusively from the "Green proximately 25 years. This average men" and from those who desired for would compare favorably with that various reasons to change their trades, obtaining in institutions of a similar Selecting the shipfitting trade as typical nature. The records show thai the of the others il appears thai approxi- success of men well over the average of malely 82 per cent of the men were 25 years was fully as greai as thai of "Green." The "Green men" were those under 25. II appear-, then, thai those whose previous experience was il was (he attitude of the studenl to- of such nature that il was in no wise ward- his work thai counted most. directly helpful in shipfitting. The educational qualifications of the n also appears from the records of students varied from thai of college the shipfitters thai about 18 per cenl graduated to illiterates. The number were more or less -killed in some other of men who had completed a college trade, which was more or less helpful course or who had some college train- in shipfitting. in!? amounted to 'is. The number of ,.,. <-, , , .. ,, , . , .,,', , , , ,, ,- VI . ,. , ['he School was of the greatest bene- illiterates to a ed '.•. () he ha ance ... , , ,. ,. ,, , .. , , , , , , , . , lit lo both oi these classes ot students, a ha had a grammar school Irani- . . . , . .. .. ,., D . . . , , , and in helping these men it was like- 1 1 1 l> am he remainder had allendeu ,. ,,.,,,, . , , ,,. ,r , , , , , . , wise of bench! lo the country at large. High School to a greater or less extent. ,,..,, , . ., .. , , ' •. ° .,,,' , , • ■ ,, , ,, . With regard to the hrst class it gave lie daia available does noi -how to ., °. . ... , , lliem an intensive training in a short w ha extenl he educational equipment . ° , ,. ,, , , , . , ' ' space of time in certain lundamenlal id he sin Cii conlribuled lo his sue- '. . . .. . . ,. ,,,,,.,., principles in shipbuilding, which (hex cess in learning he trade o Ins choice. , , , .,, , , , could not possiblj have acquired under As to the geographical resilience of other conditions in a much longer time, the students, an inspection of the rivet- [ n f.heir practical work the men were its' cards Shows thai ii per cenl lived continuously under the eye of an in- iii New Hampshire. 12 per cent in structor who always pointed out the Maine. II per cent in Massachusetts proper methods to be employed either and 3 per cenl in Vermont. There is in [ ay i n g out or carrying on the work. no data showing whal percentage of the [n the case of men who had learned students came from the urban and rural other trades and now wished to lake districts of the several states. Bu1 il is „ p SO me branch of shipbuilding the reasonable lo infer thai the majority School proved a boon. These men. of came from the country. course, had the same advantages and Of the foregoing three classes of men privileges as the "Green men." bid in LIFE BUOY 11 addition, the School made Ihe transi- tion from one trade to the other com- parativelj easy. This too was beneficial both to I he Yard and I he man. ll was a preventive measure against industrial wastage. As the Yard is nol located in a greal industrial and labor district, il was a distinci advantage to the Govern- menl to retaiE if possible a good work- man in ils service. The function of remaking and reconstructing a work- man was then a distinctive feature of I he School's work. The pedagogical methods employed in Ihe School were substantially those that were recommended by Ihe Shop Superintendent in his order establish- ing the School. The basis of these methods was practical training in Ihe ** ard or Shops during the regular work- ing hours of the Yard and lor I his work Ihe students received pay. The work was diversified as much as possible s,, thai l lie pracl ical I raining received was generally quite broad. The course of instruction lasted three months, and students were ad- mil led al any I inn'. < In complel ing Ihe course he was usually transferred al once lo Ihe departmenl to which lie be- longed. Here lie was kepi under ob- servation by Ihe leadingmen and given work on board ship and if his work was found lo be satisfactory hi^ rating as a mechanic sp lilj followed. I ndcr l In 1 old apprenl ice system many of these men would have been excluded from Ihe shipbuilding illdlis- try. Wilhoiil ihe assistance they re- ceived from Ihe School their economic worth lo flie community would have b much less, and I he counl r\ would have been deprived of help I hai was of greal value. Some of Ihe ways in which the School has been helpful lo Ihe Yard ha\ e already been indicated. Hid some others still remain lo be glanced al for a moment. To Ihe "new-comer," Ihe Yard with ils inherited traditional methods and ils own special terms and language is yerv apl lo appear strange and al I imes unreal. The School aided the student materiallj in gelling his bearings in his new environment. The "new-comers" were brought into more intimate touch one with Ihe oilier. They had an unusual opporl unitj lo gain I he view point I hai is so often peculiar lo I he di IVerr nl I rades. Again Ihe School alsn aided as a sorl ol labor "clearing house." It a "rush" job was given anj shop, anil enough men could nol be spared from II Iher work on hand lo do it, an appeal was al once made lo Ihe School, and Ihe students were forthwith temporarily I ra us ferred. The Director of Ihe Trades' School and his associates constantlj urged Ihe students to work hard, pointing oul thai while Ihe Scl I made Ihe way lo learn a trade runiparal ivel v smooth, ye! their success depended largely on their own efforts. The exact number of men who passed through the School and are slid employed on Hie Yard is nol deflnitelj known. liul Ihe records show llial al least (iii per ceni of the men who were transferred lo Ihe differtnl shops prior lo Ihe closing of Ihe School had re- ceived ratings in Ihe several trades on or before April I. I'.l III. < »f this mini ber some 20 have I n given a firsl class rating. Considering Ihe shorl period oil raining, and I he critical atti- tude of some, this showing is certainly remarkable. The reports of Ihe various Master Mechanics, Quartermen and Leading men as lo Ihe quality of Ihe work done by the students are very favorable. ( In or aboul March I .">. 19 19, il was decided lo close Ihe School, because the needs of Ihe various trades in Ihe Yard could be laken care of through Ihe ordinarj channels thai existed before Ihe war. The students who still re- mained in I he School on April I , I !l I '.I, were transferred lo "K" simp, and un- der Ihe direction of Mr. Gilkey will com plete I heir con rse. I f I heir work proves satisfactorj they will in due lime receive their ral ings. 12 LIFE BUOY Lieutenant McCarthy and his asso- ciates on the stall' of the School feel that Die splendid results achieved in such a short space of time and that too under conditions which were none too favorable, amply reward them for thought and labor which they so cheer- fully and ungrudgingly put into the new enterprise. SUBMARINING OFF THE IRISH COAST. Shortly after the declaration of war ■ mil upon the recommendations of LI. S. Submarine officers who were sent abroad lu consult with the British Ad- miralty, llu' Navy Department decided In send all the submarines available to I he war zone, accordingly the eight K boats were dispatched to the Azores in October, 1917, and the L-l, 2, 3, 4, 9, Id, II and E- 1 lefi Newport December :s, 1917. After an arduous passage of the North Atlantic all the L-boats finally rem lied Bantry Bay, Ireland, on Feb. 21, 1918. The L-l having been left al I he Azores to help the K boats. Immediately upon arrival al Bantry Baj a course of extensive training was mapped out by the Flotilla Commander, wIki by the way was Captain Nasmith, I!. V, of submarine fame al the Darda- nelles and Sea of Marmora. This course consisted of making approaches in Bantry Bay of a target submarine, familiarizing ourselves with the patrol methods of the British submarines sta- tioned there, making one patrol on the British submarines before taking our boats mi patrol. In the short lime allotted for Ibis work, about three weeks, much valua- ble information was obtained and many wrinkles were learned thai stood iis in gimil stead later mi. The general scheme of using the sub- marines against (he Huns was In s,, place the submarine billets or patrols as In cross the paths used by the Huns in their operation against merchant- men. These billets were assigned let- ters and their location changed as sum- mer came on and the Hun moved his hunting ground further to sea. Our billets were known of course to our surface craft on patrol and escort duty. Even with this knowledge we were fre- quently fired on by our own allied de- stroyers, Q ships, trawlers, or any other ill I be numerous surface patrols before we could establish our identity. Under these conditions which at times became i|inl e embarrassing we had orders to lake the risk of gun lire rather than lo dive, to be mistaken for a Hun, and be shaken up by depth bombs. It is need- less lo say we all got quite expert with the different colored smoke bombs (our day identification) and with our Very's pistols (night identification). One of our subs made the serious mistake of thinking she hadn't been seen by a LT. S. destroyer and dove. After a string of "ash cans" bad been dropped bj the destroyer she came up and identified herself, none the worse for her shaking up except some broken gage glasses and bnrsleil light bulbs. Our patrols were a week in port, and a week on patrol with Iwo weeks in port every fourth patrol. The routine of a patrol would be in general as fol- lows: Make a practice approach in Bantry Bay submerged, come to the surface, settle down on our ballast lank vents, close all hatches except the con- ning tower, have bow rudders rigged out, radio mast lowered, start both en- gines and head mil of bay, signal num- ber lo forts al entrance of bay and when clear of baj head for pal rol billet. Arrive at west end of billet during night if possible and submerge at day break, run periscope depth with listen- ing lube manned. If loo rough to con- trol boat at slow speed periscope depth go lo So ft. and rely on K tubes or come In surface and run surface patrol (at discretion of Commanding Officer). Come lo surface al twi-light on eastern end of patrol i lo gel enemy in good light and have own boat obscured). LIFE BUOY 13 Dawn and twi-lights were the best time for playing the game as the linn would invariably be on (he surface at this time. After sufficient water had been pumped or blown out shift lo one en- gine and charge batteries on the other. This routine resulted in submergence during the summer months an average of Hi lo 18 hours per day. The air puri- fiers, which were of the soda-lime type, were started after about S hours but even with these going the oxygen ran to a low per cent so that smoking sub- merged had to be given up as many- times matches would not burn. Meals were prepared submerged as on the surface except frying was not allowed. Most of the crew would not be on deck from I he time we left port until we re- turned. All boats made contacts with the Huns at least once and some several times. After one of the contacts of the L-2 in which the Hun was destroyed the mail censor read the following in a gun- ner's mates letter. "My dear Jim, this i- a great life if you don't weaken. The other day I sat in a three handed game wilh Satan and Saint. Peter but I held high hand with a royal straight flush." All agreed that with the possible ex- ception of the "Q" ship game, the subs got more for their money than any other pari of the Navy. LI. Gomdr. P. T. WRIGHT, U. S. X. IT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY —To apologize, —To begin over, —To admit error, —To be unselfish, To lake advice, —To be charitable, —To be considerate, —To keep on trying. —To think and then act. —To profit by mistakes, —To forgive and forget, — To shoulder a deserved blame, -HIT IT ALWAYS HAYS. — Exchange. THE LAND OF NEVERTHOUGHT A Safety Allegory. By R. S. Bonsib. Did you ever hear of the Land-of- Neverthought ? It is the home of I. B. Careless and lies in the Sea-of-a-Thousand-Regrels upon whose shores are washed the mangled remnants of what had once been useful workmen. Its gardens arc parched by the hot breath of fever caused by untold sufferings while its rivers are filled with the tears of de- pendent wives, sisters, mothers and children or the life blood gushing fi the torn and bleeding limbs of men who didn't think or the innocent victims of I. L. Takachance, the original know- it-all whose chief motto is: "I should worry about Safety" — but he doesn't. From out of the depths of uncon- sciousness, which lies across the Land- of-Neverthought, comes the dull, unceasing moan of tortured spirits, punctured by sharp wails of agonized remorse, all of which is submerged in a monotonous repetition" of the eternal question: "Oh, Why Didn't I Think?" Over all falls a deep mist of lost hopes banked by black clouds of de- spair, from out of which come these words, like a mighty peal of thunder: "Never Again! NEVER AGAIN!" But hark! There is another voice. II is the Spirit-of-Beginning-Again saying: "Accident-Makers, wake up! Gird on renewed resolution, seize thy sword of Carefulness and Ihy shield of Safely and llee from this Land-of-Never- thought before it is loo late. Enter into the Realm-of-ALW AYS-THINK, where prosperity's sunshine illuminates a full pay envelope, where undertakers and hospitals have a long vacation be- tween .jobs and where there arc no accidental pains or sorrows." AFTER-THOUGHT — One think be- fore an accident is worth a thousand thinks afterwards. 14 LIFE BUOY THE SPAR SHOP. All the woodwork done upon the rigging, decks or hulls of \essels re- paired at this Yard is produced in the Spar Shop and the Sawmill under the supervision of the Foreman Shipwright. The output is not Limited to this Yard, however, as a good deal of (he material used on all ships of the Navy for con- struction as well as repair of rigging and oilier wooden articles used aboard ship are produced here. There are two divisions of the work; uiic. I he maun fact ure of spars, blocks. boai hooks, flagstaffs for small boats, water breakers, tubs and squilgees. The oilier is the woodwork done by the ship- wrights upon the decks and hulls of vessels under repair ai this Yard. The shipwrights also prepare the blocking in the drj dock, dork and undock all ships pul in the drj dork lor repair, build stagings and cradles tor sub- marines, and launch the submarines upon their complet ion. Before the declaration of war, blocks and other articles manufactured in quantities were ordered by the dozen, but as soon as we were at war, they wire ordered by the hundred. The de- mand was mil by the installation of im- proved methods and especially designed machinerj . Block shells formerly painted by hand are now coaled by dipping them in vats, draining them in carriages over drip pans. When t\v\ they are delivered directlj from I he carriage to a team or truck. The installation of new machin- erj caused such a congestion thai Build- ing 65 was taken over as an assembly shop tor blocks. The maximum pro- duction of blocks lor any one period w us IS. 'i '1 I during the month of August I '.» IS. Squilgees are now turned oul a1 I he rale of 1 000 per day :n live operations. The output of spars was materially increased by the addition of another spar lathe in Building 45 and the installation of new machinery in the saw mill; these are now finished and tilled up by hand in Building 42. B\ means of this new machinery about' L50 hool hooks per hour can now be turned oul. Water breakers and tubs. produced by improved methods, are smoothed by rotary sandpaper bells. Many of these manufactured articles are crated with material which was formerly considered waste. The shipwrights have built the stag- ings and cradles for the submarines put overboard at this Yard beside various repairs to woodwork of ships such as the laving of a new deck upon the P. S. S. Roanoke. AI the Sawmill are produced blocks for the dry dock, timber for shoring ships in the dock and heavy timber for oilier departments in the Yank All saws of all the woodworking depart- ments are filed al I he saw mill. Prior lo the declaration of war I here were about 45 men employed lor all branches ol' work but (his was increased lo a maximum of 325 with some (ill or more women doing light bench work and running light machines. The force is now about 250 with no women doing bench work or machine work. In fact, no women are employed in the shop except in the Office, tool room and one in I he painl room. The supervisorj lone in the Spar Shop is as follows: Charles Jensen in charge of all work covering shipwrights, spar making, coopering, blockmaking, and various kinds of ma nu I'acl n red ar- ticles also in charge of saw mill and saw filing establishment, also docking and undocking vessels with I he assist- ance of the following Quartermen and Leadingmen ; Quarterman C. A. Caswell, whe handles ,\\-\ dock, slopwork, anil ship houses. Leadingman I'. S. Tobey, assistanl lo Quarterman Caswell. Leadingman C. I). Greenleaf, assist- anl to Quarterman Caswell. Leadingman V. G. Sawyer, handling all caulking and assistanl on ship work. Quarterman 1). 0. Blaisdell and Quarterman .1. M. Varrell, handling all manufactured work in Building 45 with the assistance of Leadingman G. W. Pierce. LIFE BUOY 15 ,'i"-",lifJH it; LIFE BUOY Quarterman E. R. Pruett, handling all spar work. Leadingman II. (i. Philbrook, han- dling all assembling work in Build- ing' 65. Leadingman F. T. Quinn, handling all cooperage. ■Kf ^ > ^ ' jB % v^^ i Ha s. > j THE FOREMAN SHIPWRIGHT. Our Foreman Shipwright Mr. ('.hades Jensen, was born in Washington, It. ('.., Jan. i. 1884. He came to the Ports- mouth Navy Yard ni 1899 as an appren- tice spar and block maker. When his term as an apprentice expired in 1905, Mr. Jensen was rated as a firs! class mechanic. In 1906, during the con- struction of Ihe spars for the U. S. S. Constitution, Mr. Jensen, then 21 years old, was appointed an acting Leading- man and continued to serve in thai capacitj \\ ithout an appointment imlil 1912. In 1912 Mr. Jensen was ap- pointed as a Leadingman and in 1916 he was made a < p larterman. After Ihe death of Mr. Charles A. Wendell, Ihe late Foreman Shipwright, Mr. Jensen was appointed to his present position. Mr. Jensen has in a large measure been responsible for the introduction of improved methods and the installa- tion of especially designed machinery which have made possible the produc- tion of spars and blocks in larger quan- tities. Verj soon after the expiration of hi>. apprenticeship Mr. Jen-en de- signed and had charge of Ihe installa- tion of a spar lathe to replace the pro- duction of spars by hand. Mr. Jensen is an enthusiastic sports- man and spends a good deal of leisure time with the rod or the gun in the proper season. BASE BALL TEAM. On the evening of April 17lh, per- mission was granted by the Directors ot Ihe Sunset League of Portsmouth. N. II.. to allow the Portsmouth Navy Yard to be represented by a team. II was voted to star! the season on June 2d. The leams thai will be represented in Ihe League will be the Portsmouth Athletic Club. Y. M. C. A.. Knights of Columbus, Portsmouth Navy Yard. Re- ceiving Ship Southery, Atlantic Ship- yard. A mass meeting was held at 12 o'clock Tuesday, April 22d, where was discussed Ihe formation and organiza- tion of the team thai will represenl ihe Yard. On Wednesday, April 30th, at 4.40 p. m.. the firs! practice was held on number one diamond. About fifty candidates showed up. Two leams will be organized, a lirsl and a second learn. The management of Ihe "Life Buoy" contributed the lirsl check, covering (lie initial cost u,r the bats and balls thai were used. The team will be financed and contributions received from the .Machine Shop Outside, and from other sources. II is expected to outfit Ihe lirsl team with nothing short 61 Major league equipment. In thai ihe Portsmouth Navj Yard is to have a learn thai will represent il in Ihe League, it is up to the employees of Ihe Yard to back the learn lo the utmost. This can besl be accomplished by a con I in 1 1 ally large attendance a I each game. The schedule of Ihe games will be shortly arranged and it i> hoped lo have this complete schedule in ihe nexl issue oi' Ihe "Li fe lluo\ ." LIFE BUOY 17 > e s o v z CO o U LIFE BUOY INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOYi Editor-in-chief R. W. Ryden Editor J. R. Hugelman Associate Editor H. L. Hartford Associate Editor and Business Manager M. 0. Richards AN APPEAL TO KITTERY AND PORTSMOUTH FOR PASSA- BLE ROADS TO THE NAVY YARD. II would be verj much appreciated by the Navj Yard employees, al leas! those who drive automobiles, ii the Town of Kittery and the City of Portsmouth would repair and put in satisfactory condition the road between the Navy > ard and Portsmoul h. In Kitterj the pari oi the road be- tween Mice's Mill and the Boston ccasionallj some rough diri and rock are thrown on parts of it, but this has never resulted in any permanenl improvement, and in a shorl time the mad becomes jus! as bad as before. Also, in Kittery the pari of the road in the congested pari of the town on Governmenl Streel is becoming verj bad. In Portsmouth the mad between I he lull gate of the railroad bridge and the railroad tracks a1 the end of Market Streel is verj rough and full of holes and bumps. Las! year an attempl was made to improve Ibis, bid the improve- ment was of shori duration only. The poor condition of 1 hese roads is also very detrimental to the trucks and automobiles owned by Hie Navy Yard ami which have to pass over them fre- quently. Roads such as these are aoi nnl\ verj annoying to the local resi- dents, bill are also a source of dis- couragemenl to summer visitors. II is earnestly Imped thai the local author- ities will, in a spirit of progress, pul these roads in satisfactory condition at the earliest possible dale. .NOTE-— Since I lie foregoing was written il was noted thai some progress lias been made Inwards repairing the roads referred to. Such repairing, however, especiallj on the Kittery side. appears io be inadequate and of a tem- pore r\ character only, A little diri or sand thrown into the boles ami Iml- lows will nol last long, and the road shortly becomes as bad as ever. The stretch of diri road on the Kittery side between the crossing over the Railroad and the I'osl Road has always been par- ticular^ bad and is -still so in spite of recent temporary repairs. Also, the road between the top of Rice's hill and the top of the crossing over the Hail- road is slill very bad. It is earnestlj hoped thai the proper authorities will do what Ihey can Io make these roads satisfactorj for automobile travel on both side- of Hie river as soon as DOS- THE VICTORY LOAN The Victory Liberty Loan a1 this \avv Yard proved whal is considered a big success. The total amount raised bv the Yard amounted to $748,500, which i- a greal increase per capita over the amount raised on the Fourth Liberty Loan. The official figures show thai the amoiiul subscribed by the Industrial Departmenl was $572,700 and thai each ami every person of the Departmenl purchased at least one bond. The av- erage amount subscribed by each civil- ian employee to the Victor} Loan was s 130.92 againsl $1 17.60 for the Fourth Loan. The Chairman of each simp Committee deserves especial praise for the way in which he handled the drive in his --hop. Mr. Samuel Gardner of LIFE BUOY 19 the Shipfitters Shop, through his ef- forts, accomplished an almost impossi- ble task of obtaining a subscription for al leasl one bond from each of I he 1 Hi") employees of the Shipfitters Shop. Mr Charles Tucker of the Boat Shop as usual managed to get a sufficient sum from thai Shop to place it at the head of the lisl of .ill Shops of the Yard. Al flu' beginning of the drive a num- ber of (ieniiiin heliuels, taken by Amer- ican troops in I he oecupal ion of Coh- lenz, were offered as prizes to stimulate competition. The Boat Simp received the in ffered to the Woodworking Shop iiblaiiiing Hie great.esl per cent of ils allotment, while the General Draft- ing Room and the Power Planl won those offered to the Office Groups ami Metal Trades Shops respectively. Mr. George Dixon, Master Boat Builder, subscribed lor a larger amount than any person on the Yard and received a hel- mi'l as having the greatest subscription hi anj person in a Woodworking Shop, while George P. Williams of the Ship- Hitters Shop, one of the oldest em- ployees of the Yard, received another helmel offered to the person subscrib- ing the largest amount in any of the Metal Trades Shops. Mr. Thomas Flanagan, Master Electrician, received the helmel offered for obtaining the largest civilian subscriptions from per- sons not connected with the Yard. Admiral T. J. Gowie, in charge of the Victorj Loan al Washington, has awarded this Yard a pennant for ob- taining a one hundred per cenl civilian subscription and has senl a telegram congratulating Ihe Commandant on I he magnificenl showing of the Yard in the Loan. I n all five Loans I he showing of l he Industrial Department is one thai has not only been appreciated by the Navj Department but by the officials oi this Yard, and which is second to none on the records of Navy Yards on I his Coast. FINAL STANDING OF INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT GROUPS VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN. No. No. Percent Allot- *Amt. Group. Emp. Subs. of Subs. merit. Subscribed. 1. Boat Shop Ill HI l""', $11,900 $49,100 2. Draft. Room, Gen'l 27 27 100 3,500 6,750 3. Draft. Room, Sul i 42 42 LOO 4,900 9,300 4. Shipwrights 211 211 100 23,400 44,300 5. Paint Shop 69 69 100 6,700 12,650 6. Power Plant 107 107 100 9,500 17,40(1 7. office Employees 100 100 100 7,100 12,750 8. Electrical Shop 1(17 1(17 LOO 15,900 25,600 9. Transportation 93 93 100 7, mi) 11,800 10. Sail Loft 13 13 LOO 1,400 2.201) LI. Structural 173 173 LOO 15,700 24,000 12. Estimators .",7 .".7 100 4,400 6,650 i::. Pattern Shop HI 19 loo 1,900 2,700 14. Machine Shop, No. 80 440 140 100 40.500 53,900 15. Machine Shop, No. 89 319 319 100 27,400 35.300 L 6. Joiner Shop 93 93 100 9.150 11,450 17. Smith Shop 96 96 100 8,600 10,600 18. Rigger and La/borers 152 152 100 13.300 11;, 300 19. Boiler Shop 87 87 100 7,350 8,900 20. Officers 30 30 100 8,500 10.150 21. Shipfitters 1,165 1,165 100 92,000 109,200 22. Elec Mach. Shop 500 500 100 45. son 5401111 23. Foundry 137 137 100 12,1 11.250 2 1. Sheet .Metal Shop 168 L68 100 17,000 19.150 25. Smelting Plant 41 il 100 3.500 i: Grand Total 4,450 4,450 100% $400,000 $572,700 Per cenl of Allot. 412.6% 19-1.7 1S9.I1 189.3 188.8 182.0 179 .6 160.9 139.5 157.1 152.8 151.0 1 12 I 132 5 12S.S 125.1 123.2 122.5 121.0 119.1 118.0 117. S 112.0 L08.8 lOfi.O 145.-';;, 20 LIFE BUOY HUMPHREYS— REICH. Mi--. Eleanor W. Reich and Mr. Stewarl S. Humphreys were married on March L6, 1919. Mrs. Humphreys is one ni the mosl popular stenographers in l.he Industrial Department. Two years ago -In- was the lirsl girl to come to work in the Industrial Departmeni under the Civil Service classified list. The resull of II (Torts of her fellow employees to give her a fitting welcome upon her return is seen in the above picture, the boquel of carnations and roses mi her desk, a token of the good wishes hi Captain II. L. Wyman, U. s. X. After the shower of bridal confetti, Mr. Allan Robinson, in behalf of her fellow employees, presented her with ,i hall dozen solid silver knives ami lurk-. Although Mrs. Humphreys was much surprised, she responded appro- priately. The young i pie have the lu'sl wishes ni all their friends for hap- piness ami prosperity in their new life. LIBERTY BOND CARDS. Tin' attention of all Liberty I. nan col- lectors is again invited to Hit' fad lhal there is an authorized agent In receive the bond cards of discharged men ami i he cards of those who have lapsed in I heir paj ments. Mr. Charles I-'. Tucker of (he Boat Shop is authorized In receive these cards ami place them in sale deposit. Me will render a proper receipl for each card given into his care. Mr. Tucker will in turn surrender these cards upon the presentation of the receipl by an authorized person. THE SHIPBUILDERS. \Yln-n the sturdy ship is finished, The workers gather round, To take a last look 'ere she leaves "the ways." They Knew their hands have i>uili her and Then hearts wii h joj abound, For theirs is now the credit and the praise. n took all hands to build her. Anil each •'Hi' did his pari. In making her a good seaworthy ship, They're all there at the christening And proud lo see her slart Midst ringing cheers upon the maiden trip. The builders hardlj realize l low bj i hen busy hands The mighty ship is growing" day by day. Until with many souls aboard, She sails for foreign lands And they prepare another keel to lay. And Uncle Sam is building now, All kinds of ships for sea. From giant men o'war to submarines, And those Attaboys, the chasers, That conn- upon the scenes lu time to grapple with tin- enemy. All the workers in tin' shipyards Are ready to defend 'Pluir Country and their Flag with all their might ; Thai peace may come, thru Victory Thej 'ii labor 'tin the end And for tin- cause of Liberty and Ri^ht —Rose Villar, 550 West INIth SI.. X. V. City. LIFE BUOY 21 A GOOD JOB wall which collapsed in Angus! carrj ., i , i iiik ;i iii.iii willi II and injuring another, tiiiiiiniciiiiiiiiiiii is always pleasing . ... and Ihr following letter from I In* Com I'n avoid the possibility of a recurrence ' > , , ' t > i , ' i,.i,..M,iif^,.,,,i ii, mi ...'ill r> i 1 ■ i i .. i .. i , ,. . , ., ■ . . i i. i • i ii us, Mr. I,al\in Iriiwii was einphisccl maiiilanl ul flic I'irsI Naval District re ., Ml ii, I, ,1 ■ us l'.n« ■inrcr ami I Irauulnsnian ami Heels euiisiileralile credit upon llns , , I . nil I Ii , I I line ii ill il linlav , I here lias Yard ; , , , From: Commandant, Firs! Naval his- " lw ''> s ' " ; ' Cml En 8 '' "' the Inel. Yard - To: Navy Departmenl (Operations). '" ls ' :! M "' S,00 P "' NN •"' Saratoga, Subject: U. 8. S. Roanoke Expedition l "" 11 al lllis Yard < narrowlj escaped of Repairs to and Alterations' of, al lnl;i1 destructi pon leaving the Yard Navy Yard, Ports] ith, N. II. Inl ' l "' 1 ' r "' sl cruise. SI ncountered I. Attention is invited to the facts sl "' h neav l weather in clearing from that Hie |i. 8. S. Roanoke arrived al flic I he harbor l hai e\ en anchor was lei \aw '» ar.l. Portsi lb, N. II.. on Jan «°, IIh ' heaviesl guns used as drags, and nar, k;, L919, for making repairs inci ll "' masts cutaway. Thus reduced to ileiil in being in collision in the North a mere h " lk - sl "' l ' 1 " 1 '' ""' ""' '- ;m ' '" Atlantic, and In be converted from a a lei \ . When il hail iniiileral eil a ml Navj mine planter into an Army troop cleared up sufficiently, she was disco\ transport crfi'i to have anchored aboi.il iwn cables' 2. The repairs were made and altera length rrom the shore off Rye Beach. limis effected bj the end of working 0nl 3 ;| snorl distance from her stern hours, Monday, March 17. The Roan Wil> a m " sl dangerous red ,,i , ks, nke was to have i sl repair trial trip ; "" 1 nad sne driven bul a shorl distance mi Tuesday, March 18, bul due to the l ' 1 "' ''• sl "' would in all probability vers dense ami heavj rog her departure have S one '" ies - '""' Q soul "" was delayed until Wednesday, March hoard have survived to tell the fal 19, \\ hen a trial trip was held which l "' r shipwreck. proved satisfactory, after which she No sooner was the Saratoga launched proceeded to Boston, arriving in the Mian the keel of a new sloop of still evening of March 19. The Roanoke greater tonnage was laid, and she was was coaled and rurnished certain sup launched under the nai if Ports plies ami certain personnel no! obtain mouth in 1843, being the second sloop able al Portsmouth, V II., and sailed of war of thai name buill on the Pis from Boston al four o'clock, March 21. cataqua. She was buill under the :;. special attention is invited to the superintendance of Naval Constructor expeditious and efficienl work done on Josiah Barker and was modeled on the this vessel at the Navy Yard, Porl lines ,,r n,,. America, a famous priva in, mill, \. ||. Leer ol 1812 to 1814. This vessel reii SPENCEB s. WOOD, dered \rr\ useful service and was only Rear Admiral, U. 9. N. in comparatively recent years broken II is work uf llns character, well and "I'- quickh , thai ih.es mure than anj '" ' s ' '' 45 Captain Storer, Comman 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 ul' I he 'i aril, recom ii m in I, 1 1 I hal a lliiii^ else in bring additional work in the Yard. Keep up the good work and Master Joiner, Master Smith, and Mas- shuw that no other Yard cai at us. ter Painter be appointed permanently so dial men in these positions mighl UTCTHDV TT Q 1VT A VV VAPH feel mi ire hi I e resl i n I hei r rcspi nisi In 1 1 1 v HlblUKY U. b. JNAVY YAKD because j would have no incentive Portsmouth, N. II. ,,, pr . long a j 0D |,, insure them work. (Continued from last issue) Captain Storer's recommendation wai During 1840 a diving bell was |, lir ignored. Prom 1845 to 1848 hill • chased and used to facilitate the re no construction work was clone al the miival ul the debris of pari of the sea Yard, appropriations being sufficient 22 LIFE BUOY merely for repair and maintenance of the plant. The number of workmen employed was smaller than any fiscal year since 1826 or than any succeeding fiscal year up to 1ST?, dropping lo three men for the months of February, March and April. The keel of the first steamship, the Saranac, caused an in- crease in the force so thai December I. 1847, there were 134 men employed and during the year 1848 there was an average of 143 men on the 'Sard pay roll. Al this tune Mr. Darns reported as Civil Engineer, retaining Mr. Brown as his assistant and began a vigorous campaign of improvement upon the Yard. Alter a careful survey of the Yard by Civil Kngineer William P. Sanger il was decided to install a floating drj dock in a basin with a marine railway. Two rival firms were 'very zealous in ad- vancing the claim for their particular style oi floating duck with the result that the so-called balance duck of Gil- berl and Secor was chosen for the Portsmouth and Pensacola Yards and the sectional style of dock at Philadel- phia and Mare Island. The dock was completed in November 1851, tested and accepted in 1852. It was in con- tinuous service until il was sold in 1007 and was destroyed later al Revere Peach. Mass. The Head Mouse, our present Joiner Shop, was completed in lSr>:S, as a one story engine house; this was remodeled five years later and another story and a half was added. Most of the work from 1850 to 1852 was along the lines of permanent im- provement and repairs to existing struc- ture. In 1852 the first chaplain to be stationed at the Yard, Rev. P. B. Clark, reported for duty. On April (!. 1854, Congress appro- priated $3,000,000 to build six lirst Class -team frigate- and lo alter, com- plete and launch the Sanlee at Killer\ and the Sabine at New York. The San- lee had been on the -locks since 1820. The keel of the steam frigate Franklin was also laid while her predecessor of thai name was being broken up on the railway at the head of the dock basin. A bridge was authorized and built during this year from the Yard to Seaveys Island, the present site of the Naval Hospital and Prison, carrying with il the privilege of a rigid of way through the Yard. The expense of building the bridge was borne l>\ a private corporation. All material for people Of the island carted through the "Sard and packages at nigld carried by hand were subject lo inspection by the Yard watchman al no little incon- venience to boi h parties. In June L858 the Turkish minister, Said Suleiman, accompanied by the Turkish Vice-Admiral Mehenied Pasha visited Hie Yard and both were received with appropriate honors. By authoritj of Congress the keel of the Mohican, the second -learn vessel to be buili al tin- Yard, was laid in July 1858. In the early part of 1858 the North America, a steamship of the Portland to Liverpool line, made this port disabled from a collision with an iceberg. Because of lack of proper facilities for taking so large a ship OUl of waler, the Department acceded to the request of the company that -he be repaired upon the dock here. A commission consisting of Commo- dore Francis II. Gregory, president; ('.apt. (i. S. Van Brunt, Commanders ('.. II. Poor and John H. Tucker, and Lieut. David D. Porter, late Admiral of the Navy, was detailed lo investigate ami report upon the "condition, defects, and deficiencies" of the various Navy Yards on the Atlantic Coast. This report on this Yard is quoted verbatim in Preble and il i- mil deemed advisable because id' lack id' space lo do the same here, bill il may interest our reader- lo read some of the criticism so that they maj compare conditions then and now. The smith shop could accommodate one hundred men bul twenty-five was I he maximum number employed. The machine -hop was o\cr the smith shop. I here being twenty-eight men employed there, including foundry men. the tin- ner, the engineer and the foreman steamfltter. The clerical force of the Yard was -mall in comparison with LIFE BUOY 23 ill her Yards 1ml l he board could sec no reason for increasing it. The \\ himIw orking shops as is nal ural al the l ime of \\ ooden ships were in good cuiiilM inn and according to l he board were verj satisfactorj except for I he recom mendai ion of some minor ad- ilii ions. Thi' boal builders' shed, Imw ever, was condemned because ui mi much inflammable material ami I he fire hazard from a steam box at the south end. There were only two or three Mien i in ploj ell in repa iring and in mak ing blocks al I he joiner shop and mosl of the new Mucks were supplied from the Boston Navj > > ard. The "floating dry dock" was f id to be in good repair, but in 1 1 pinion of the board il was too small \Or I he larger class of vessels. The board recom mended the purchase of the water fronl of Seavey's island next to the Yard to avoid l he blocking of 1 he creel II was considered desirable to keep I he creek clear because of I he possibilities of the creek as I he site for a stone dry dock, which we know was buill in the creek bed. There was further agitation for the purchase of Seavey's Island and Mr. Chandler, the Civil Engineer, made a survey and investigated the I itles. April 27, 186 1 , the < lommandani re ceived orders to pul the Yard on a war footing, to fortify Fort Sullivan on Seavey's Island with a battery of 8 inch guns, to open a recruiting station for the Navy ami Marine dorps. The guard was doubled and addition made to the watchmen. By May 1st the working for >f the Yard had increased from eightj five men to eighi hundred twentj and before December l here were eig hi een hundred men employed. The keels of two steam sloops, the Kearsarge and the Ossipee were laid in April. The Kearsarge is of particular interest to us because of her famous encounter with the Confederate steam- er Alabama off I he port of I Iherbourg, Prance, outside the I hree mile limit. The Kearsarge lefl the Yard Feb. 5, l 862, under command of < lomdr. < 1. W. Pickering, cruising around fruitlessly in search of ihe Alabama. The com- mand of the ship was transferred Lo Capt. .1. A. Winslow, late in 1863. 'The Kearsarge flnallj blockaded the Ala- bama in Cherbourg, France, and Capt. Winslow was challenged bj the Con- federate Commander Lo fight beyond the three mile limit. Capt. Winslow accepted and the fighl took place on Sunday, June 19th, 1864. The Ala bam.a was accompanied bj a French cruiser in see thai neutrality was pre served and a small steamer bearing I he flag of the Royal yachl squadron of England. Bj forcing the Alabama to steam in a circle while fighting Capt. Winslow prevented the Alabama from breaking awaj and steaming hack with in Ihe three mile limit. This action lasted one hour and ended by si rik ing of the flag on the Alabama and sinking the vessel stern foremost. The small British steamer before mentioned made awaj with I he survivors of I he Alabama, literallj stealing the prisoners belong ing lu l he Kearsarge. In 1862 an act was passed regulating the hours of labor and 'wages of em ployees in the Navy Yard : "That the hours of Labor and rale of wages of the employees in the navj yards shall conform, as nearly as con sistent with the public interest, with llmse iif privale establishments in the vicinity of the respective navj yards, b> be determined bj the cum mandants of I he navy- > ards, subject to l he rr\ ision ui' the Secretarj of I he Navy." Several temporary shells were erected about the Yard to accommodate the ililTerciii departments, winch were now being crowded to their utmosl extent Willi work. There were many ships liu il I a ml repaired al l his Ya rd, the lisl ui' these activities being too long to include in an arl icle of Ibis kind. Yellow fever broke out among the workmen upon the De Soto, causing a quarantine of the Yard. Secretarj Welles iii his reporl in 1865 recom mended in view of the experiences of the war an expansion of the Naval Sta I with particular attention to the shops and facilil ies for iron ship build \\\' r i\ As a direcl result, Seavey's Island _?* LIFE BUOY r,."? r "»" e ; ""- woTt^'^^^^nfL^il' in,:.;,:;:"! ;■:;:;;„::,;;'" "" c °" «a »» < 'iwSLffi ., ' proclamation concerning such imv ai.m'cii ,. imi,, Congress oassed ihc in isaqui what was though! to be a growin* evil- i r„t?" ,, prevalence of • •\ ,, , ' ~ x " • >i'lli>\\ lever noon he vessels arriving ^ n ? ,I Tn 0rempl0yee '" ""' "" v ^ma lernports ~ ernmenl shall require or requesi anv Tl „• wopkiiigman in anj navj yard to con- i '''' "' NN '"" l tsland ln,m the tribute or paj any money for political , " '," K,tte J 5 u ' ,v accepted and the opinion; and any officer or employee of " ;,n '"' k ; '"' Seavey's Island were re- the Governmeni who shall offend ' , 1 '" v ''' 1 , thence, under the direction of against the provisions of this section | , '; l;m ' ll, ; r - the ,: "'l Engineer. II shal lismissed from the service of , thirty-two days to complete the the United States " work a1 a cosi '" s '-' : '" '• Yellow fever Wire rigging was introduced with ''''InT " "'''' '"i""'"" fr om ships as the success during 1867 and wrought iron XN " lk "" " were leavin g the job. gun carriages replaced wooden one- D A " camming board consisting of Coal sheds were erected on Seavey's ? ea r . Admira,s J - s - Lardner and C. K. Island, and two of the residences fitted Stubling and Commodore Samuel P. "P and occupied bj the naval construe- '''''' u; ' s appointed to report upon the lor and civil engineer attached to the V ' xx v,n| - ol the countrj with the Vard; and an iron building erected for exce P tion of Mare Island, hi many :| boiler shop for steam engineering at v, ' l> " ""' g enera ' recommendations ap- .1 cost of $15,000. |llv '" present daj conditions. ,,M the I Tih of June, 1868, Congress "The defense of our seaboard cities enacted that the various persons em- against blockade depends wholly on Ployed hi the several navj yards to '""' ,iava i resources, and their defense superintend the mechanical depart- ll( "" attack now more on floating than ments, and heretofore known as master on fixed defenses. Stone drj -docks and mechanics, and the superintendents of buildings and launching slips and dura- rope walk-, should be men skilled in b,e workshops and storehouses in our their several duties and appointed I'mm navy-yards aided bj the mechanical and the officers ol the navy. This was de commercial resources of our great signed to remove the warranted boat- cities, must supply this floating defense. -wain-, carpenters, and sailmakers of T he Navy in the future is to be the chief the N'avj from the superintendence of '""' cheap defense of the cities, coast, the rigging loft, carpenter -hop. and ; ""' commerce of this great and gro^ sail loft. The hoard ol naval officers '"•" continental country. "" the condition of the United States "Common sense and patriotism re- navy-yards in I860 recommended the ' ' '" '"'' " Ial our small navy-yards be im- reverse, and thai all master workmen mediatelj improved to the full extent of should be warranted as officers of the ""'"' capacity, and that ample floating x NN and retain their warrants during defense of our cities, navy-yards har- good behavior and efficiency. bors > and coasts shall be provided with |!x another act, approved June 28, ''" Practicable dispatch. II is better to 1868, eight hour- was constituted a ""'' the P»blic money upon United day's work "for all laborers, workmen, sta tes navj yards than to build up pri- and machinists employed bj or on be- vate shipyards and machine shops at half of the Government of the United "" , i 1 " 1 ' 1 "' expense." States." \ supplemental act Maj 33. io» i „ ll ,„i. t | lof , p .„, lobfCO „ cllldtdliittrl FINE PICTURE FRAMING and the proper framing of good pictures have been Specialties of ours for many years. YOUR NEW PICTURES AND NEW FRAMES FOR OLD PICTURES SHOULD BE SELECTED FROM THE LARGEST AND MOST UP-TO-DATE STOCK IN TOWN. ALL OUR CUSTOM FRAMING DONE BY AN EXPERT ON THE PREMISES. MONTGOMERY'S MUSIC AND ART STORE Opposite Post Office DEPOSIT ' U. S. Liberty Loan Coupons in our Savings Department. MAKE THEM EARN 3 Per Cent YOUR LIBERTY BONDS TAKEN FOR SAFE KEEPING f-re:e: of* charge NATIONAL MECHANICS &, TRADERS BANK Forts rn.oiJ.tli., 3XT. TL. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 26 LIFE HI JOY "A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned" We can help you save a good many pennies on HOUSE FURNISHINGS See Mr. WOOD 99 Penhallow St. Portsmouth, N. H. THE "BUSY CORNER" STORE But Never Too Busy To Fill Your Prescriptions and Fill Them Right OUT OF TOWN PATRONS ARE WELCOME TO WAIT FOR THE CAR AT OUR HOUSE BENJAMIN GREEN THE DRUGGIST INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION LOWEST RATES BEST FORMS C. E. TRAFTON 35 Pleasant Street Opposite Post Office YOU OUGHT TO KNOW DENNET and McXARTHY'S Dr. S. F. A. Pickering IS THE BEST PLACE TO BUY Overalls, Shirts, Hosiery - - DENTIST - - USE GAS F~OF? TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS LIGHTING, HEATING AND COOKING PORTSMOUTH GAS CO- OFFICE HOURS 32 CONGRESS STREET 8 TO 12 A. M. 2 To . r ) p. M. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE BROOKS MOTOR SALES PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE FORD SERVICE FllliS BrOS. Men's and Boys' Shoes Fine Shoe Repairing congress st. tel. con. 'I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 28 lifk r.rov OUTSIDE MACHINE SHOP. We are all wondering when "Brad" li you want to see good boxing, come xv ul settle down, down in Building 89 and see the bouts. Congratulations "Harry," whether it Among those who shine brighter than j s true or not Lhe rest are Butler, Keyo, Gaunce, and Huston of the Machinists; Bamburger, U is said thai a man's character is Heffernan, Fullam of the Electricians. judged a greal deal bj the companj he Whal the Outside Machinists' Candj keeps. R. \. S., please aolice. Counter has done m nine months: i> • i , . , , , Keider says thai maple syrup makes Kitten Red Cross $500.00 excellenl cylinder oil for a flivver. Portsmouth Allied Charities .-..mi.hu Everj time she exhausts she throws oui '''■ '■• s - 100.00 chunks of pure maple sugar. C s. B. 100.00 I,, p, 50.00 Anyone knowing the present address W. P. i.00 of Roland will confer a favor l>\ com- Dr. P. Preble, Public Health municating with Ins folks, Cape Ned- Service 200.00 dick, Maine. '"'•^ .Public Health Service 150.00 Dana did no! have such good luck on )• N \- "■" n '':: I , irii l 25.00 th lasl tri nsh were rce ■ Lothrop, Victro a 60.00 d time Vas enjoyed, however. .1. Lothrop, \ ictrola I 15.00 ' c. E.G. 100.00 Emerj is overhauling his machine Mrs. A. 100.00 preparatorj to making a few trips to .1. J. E. 50.00 the Baj State before the drj spell. L. P. .1. .Ml. 00 W. P. Woods, bats, balls, glovi Tiffany, for replacement of made greal progress in his French les- launching bottle 100.00 v "" v l;,l, ''>- W. P. Woods, boxing gloves 12.00 Keep il up, Chester, you are doing fine. One full week to your credit. "Brownie" Caswell i- said l<> have $2,358.25 \,.,| ,.;iii tell the one- from the city. \\ e ha\ 'dered a wrestling mal and Oh, Boj ! Experience is the greatesl ol when we gel il the noon hour will be teachers. very lively with boxing and wrestling. "Dutch" and "Cleato," dealers in In Memoriam— - 1 "' 1 '" Produce. All g Is delivered ( ^l p eD0 Hie daj or nighl thej are picked. C s. Blanev. I.. I', .lone-. P. S. Small. Our old Isaac Walton, Ike Law. was PAINTSHOP oui lhe first da> and brought, home twelve ol the speckled beauties. See John for Carters. Where did you gel it. Steve? Mown Owing to a severe injurj sustained to the 5 iv 10? by falling from a staging al the Allan- lie Shipyards, the departure of our former -hop male. s. Augustine True- BUILDING 80. man. for Tulsa, Oklahoma, is indefli Tim Crowlej has returned to Ins nitely postponed. We all trust thai his duties after a short vacation of 15 days, recoverj will be speedy so thai he maj We are all sorrj to learn that our go to Oklahoma in the near future. fellow workman. 1!. I.. Elliott, is lo Lead Poisoning Precautions- leave us. However, we wish him the Wash hands thoroughlj before eat- arreatesl of success in his new business. ing. HENRY PEYSER & SON 16 TO 20 MARKET ST. For more than forty years Portsmouth's leading Store for Men's and Boys' apparel RUGS, DRAPERIES, FURNITURE COVERINGS THE QUALITY STORE MARGESON BROS. Vaughn St. Telephone 570 PORTSMOUTH, N. II. FRED B. COLEMAN APOTHECARY Corner Congress and Vaughn Sts. PORTSMOUTH, N. II. If you desire to buy or sell Real Estate call, telephone or write II. I. CASWELL AGENCY Congress Si. TELEPHONE I7H-W Portsmouth PEOPLE'S MARKET DEALERS IN BEEF, PORK & PROVISIONS COR. DANIEL AND PENHALLOW STREETS Telephone Connection Portsmouth, N. II. SINCLAIR GARAGE HORTON SERVICE I KI.EPHONES 282-W. 81205 Corner RICHARDS AVE. and MIDDLE STREET PORTSMOUTH, N. H. S- S- TRUEMAN GENERAL CONTRACTOR TELEPHONE 733-W 1240 Islington St. Portsmouth, N. H. JOHN O'LEARY KITTERYaml NAVY YARD EXPRESS GENERAL TEAMINC Tel. Cun. Portsmouth, N. II. CENTRAL LAUNDRY CO. FINE LAUNDRY WORK IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 7i Pliant st. Portsmouth, N. H. u R S T R E ENLIST AGAINST THE HICH COST OF LIVING "TRADE AT THE CO-OPERATIVE STOKE" Clean, fresh meat, groceries and provisions at reasonable prices. Every stock holder has equal rights, and the store is man- aged for the benefit, of all workmen. M. T. C. CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION Market St Portsmouth, N. H. ONE FOR ALL: ALL FOR ONE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE I'.UOY" 30 LIFE BUOY Keep the lace shaved often . Take a bath often. Wear respirators in closed compart- ments. Wear goggles while chipping. SUPPLY DEPARTMENT Lieutenant (j. g.) Harvey Knight, Pay Corps, U. S. N. R. P., was on April 25th released from active duty in I Ins department. Since May lit, in 17. Mr. Knighi has been on duly in this office where he was extremely popular and where he did excellent work. Mis re- cenl promotion was well deserved ac- knowledgment of his efficiency and hard work for the department. The severance of his connection with this office is regretted by all and the mem- bers of the Supply Department wish him good luck in the practice of law, which we understand he is going to take up in New York (lily in the near future. Chief Storekeeper Ralph W. Austin, U. S. N. R. P., lias also received his release from active service and left Ibis department on April 26th. Mr. Austin has been here about eight months and brought with him a thorough knowl- edge of the electrical profession which enabled him to be of (lie greatest pos- sible service' in Lieutenant Knight's sec- tion where his advice upon technical mailers was found to be invaluable. Mr. Austin will be missed by all mem- bers of Ibis department with whom he was very popular and we wish him success in his chosen profession. Miss Ethyl M. Ryan lias been trans- ferred lo the Great Lakes Station, leav- ing for thai post Tuesday, April 29. The employees in Building 20, where she has been located for the past few months, presented her with a travelling bag in which we hope she can pack up her troubles and smile, smile, smile. II is noted that Theresa and Nora Crowley, Ethel Sandford, Miss E. V. Keefe, Marie Culler) and Annie Culli- nan have an unwonted dash lately, lo say nothing of Theresa's rainy day hat — and the secrei is out — they have been to the greai metropolis or New York, slaying at the McAlpin. We are not surprised that they selected the largest hotel in town for Ethel was in the party. Miss Mildred Brown and Miss Na- thalie Clarke have been enjoying their two weeks' leave by visiting New York, Washington, Philadelphia and Wil- mington, finishing up a most delightful icip by attending a hop at Annapolis last Saturday. VICTORY LOAN— The Supply De- partment feels very proud thai it went over the top in style when America "Expected every man to do his duly" in subscribing for I he Victory Loan, with the result that if is still leading April :!()) all departments in the Yard, and, to make us doubly proud Ibis Yard is leading all oilier Navy Yards in its pro rata subscriptions. BOAT SHOP. "We are all very much pleased to have willi us again our Liberty Loan Captain. Mr. C. P. Tucker, who has been confined lo his home for the past few weeks. It has been suggested that Mr. Prim- merman do business with the candy store by check account, thus saving mistakes in change. Hearty congratulations are being ex- tended lo Carpenter Waterworth, formerly of Hie Boat Shop, who is- now stationed on llus Yard as assistant to Lieut. Floathe and Lieut, .(ones. A group of our house story tellers were telling some reasonably tishy ones when along came "Ed," our chief in Ibis line, who soberly announced thai he had caught three lish at one lime on one hook. The others were immedialcl\ pnl out of business. Thej voted lo ad- journ until they found something bet- ter. "Premy" is very fond of potato chips lint woe be unlo Hie man who offers him a package! Fifteen days' silence in Boal Shop. F. Lewis has a vacal ion. If you have any plumbing to do, any repair work, in fact any work in this line, consult our Quarterman Mr. Pred A. D. S. HVi AT Adams Drug Store ON MARKET STREET IT ALWAYS PAYS YOU CAN MAKE UP YOUR MINI) THAT THE MONEY YOU SPEND FOR GOOD CLOTHES (SUCH AS WE MAKE HERE) IS AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT. IT INSURES EXCELLENCE OF FIT, SMARTNESS OF STYLE, AND LONG SER- VICE. SEASONABLE GOODS ALWAYS ON HAND. WE ARK ALSO MAKINO THE NEW NAVAL OFFICERS' UNIFORM COATS. C. J. WOOD, Naval & Civilian Tailor. THE PORTSMOUTH FLOWER SHOP A. C. CRAIG, Manager FANCY CUT FLOWERS AGENT VICTOR TALKING MACHINES 4 Market Street Phone 960 PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE M. P. ALKON & CO. DEALERS IN CHINA, CROCKERY & CLASS WARE NO. 27 MARKET ST., PORTSMOUTH, N. H. D. BOU AGENT FOR LEADING FIRE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES GOV. ST. KITTERY, MAINE FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY, ICE CREAM AND SODA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TELEPHONE 29 w CATERING A SPECIALTY 43 CONGRESS street Congress and Fleet Sts. We can furnish a house from cellar to attic. Prices right in every branch of our business. Why not step into our store and look over our many styles of furniture. It costs nothing to look, and it might be beneficial for us both. D. H. MC INTOSH PORTSMOUTH, N. H. TYPEWRITERS FOR SALE & RENT J. E. D1MICK 29 Tanner St. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Telephone 605- W. E.PERCY STODDARD REAL ESTATE 7 Market Square PORTSMOUTH "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 32 LIFE BUOY Bunker. He has iaken a Post Graduate Course in plumbing and is some plumber. Who said chickens? Our Master Boat Builder. Dr. Dixon, is some chick- en fancier. The crane in Building 5!> is sure Mime affair ami every lime the boys move a boat with il, their arms are three inches longer when they get through. A man who was in China about fifty years ago said that he saw the very same thing in Peking. The boys who operate this contrivance wish that Uncle Sam would furnish them with a new one just as soon as he gets the money for this certainly is a slow, backbreaking job to haul on these chains all day as they sometimes have lo do. We have among us an old sea dog, the genial Captain Johnson, who has sailed the seven seas. When it conies to quoting poetry and telling a good yarn Mi'. Johnson is right on the job. Have you received your Mayflowers? Those who have not received theirs should get in touch with our chief oiler. She i- certainly some "Mower girl." \\ e are all anxious lo see our Quar- terman, Mr. Hubbard, get his automo- bile in condition. There, are some who hail the pleasure of riding in his car Last season that would like lo have I he ex- perience repeated. Have you been invited to Stillman Bowden's house warming? [f not you are going lo miss something. If it takes a week to build a 3 5- ft. Motor Boat, how long will il take to remodel a Sailing Launch? Ask Smartie. Greetings from the Shop Store. SHIPFITTERS SHOP. We wonder how Vapor will mix with thai smoke, gas, and hot air on the Bending Floor. Hartford is singing a new song, "Will the (4) Buses Bloom in Heaven?" We suggest that the operators of No. 2 punch be required to wear horse blinders as a precaution against acci- dents, owing to the machine being so near the office and checkboard. We were always told they couldn't be grown in the shade (moustaches), bid we know now that we were misin- formed for Cheney has grown a dandy. We hear with regret that Mullen, the sweet singer and comedian of "Beatrice Fairfax" fame has been transferred to the Boiler Shop. We shall miss his "dry" humor. We thought the other day that at last Spring has arrived, as we heard a sound like a Hock of blackbirds down at the lower end of the shop; but it proved to be the lady tool keeper and her friends talking French. The "Let George do it" joke applies to the tool room all right. Sammy, Sammy, tell me true, Where are those punches size L3-32. Cash on ham Slock on hand $233.00 SI. on $314.00 SEEN THRU THE PERISCOPE. II is the desire of the men in charge of the construction of the Submarine S-'i to have that boat ready for launch- ing the early part of the summer. Work on the boat is progressing very rapidly, and in all probability it will be ready at that time. A closely contested bowling tourna- ment was conducted by the Draftsmen, in which the team known as Scheirer's Bear- was returned as champion. Jen- nison led the bowlers with high average, and Howe had the highest single string. After the game- a very pleasing ban- quet was arranged at llodgdon's Bes- taurant bv D. J. Carey and F. B. Howe. GOOD MERCHANDISE-REASONABLE PRICE We carry only merchandise that we know is good. We make a profit on what we sell— but that profit is based as low as we can make it. Jn short we think that this is the kind of a store you like to trade in. Good Clothes. Good Furnishings. Good Footwear. 5 Congress Street X. II. BEAXE I? CO. 22 High Street R. E. IIANNAFORD FLORIST - - - CUT FLOWERS, DESICNS& DECORATIONS 452 RICHARDS AVE. tkleimione cox. C. P. CARROLL Groceries, Meats and Provisions 145 PENHALLOW ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Tel. Connection Near A. S. L. Ferry "YORK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK" SERVICE Large Storage Vault and Safety Deposit Boxes for rent. Your checking account is solicited. In our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT we pay 4 Per Cent interest. YORK COUNTY" NATIONAL BANK YORK VILLAGE, MAINE THE APOLLO LUNCH -oOO^OOo- HOME COOKING 17 Congress St. Portsmouth, N. H. "The acorn' \BO0KS-STHI0HERY/ PORTSMOUTH, N. H. PHILBRICK'S PHARMACY AGENCY FOR BELLE MEAD SWEETS & JERSEY ICE CREAM 67 Congress St. - - Portsmouth, N. H. HATS & MEN'S FURNISHINGS AT PARSONS THE HATTER PORTSMOUTH. N. H. : : PHONE 8G7-M T SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 34 LIFK BUOY I.I. J. W. Mah is assisting in the JOINER SHOP. office ni ihc Outside Superintendent. , . , Hugnej is becoming an experl l.l. Commander Doyle, prospective handling money, and we expect to see Commander of the S-4, is al presenl him cashier of some bank soon. stai ioned al this Yard. ... , , , , , . A farmer planted 13 trees m his gar Ensign Gazdo has been assigned to den in such a manner that there were l.l. Edsall's position as Electrical Of- [2 rows, and only 3 trees in each row, fleer. In what manner were they planted? Kenneth Reid, l.l. (j. g.) has taken Answer next issue, up the duties of assistant to Lt. Ferrell, n used to be no money, no beer; Outside Superintendent. now some are saying, no beer, no work. Commander J. W. Lewis of the S-3, H appears all is lost, money, beer and who has been ill for several weeks, is work. Better slick to the work, and in iw back mi duty. .- 1 ' 1 ils near beer as you can. II. \Y. Thomas of ihc Bureau of Steam Engineering, has been trans- ferred In I his office as Elecl rical Aid. I-'. N. Staten of the Drafting force was recentlj elected as Presidenl of th< FOUNDRY. 'fii correcl s wrong impression in the Foundry regarding Ihc weekh visits l.enlral l.ahor I moil ol llus cdv. ,. , , " , , , , , , ■ Maihhix makes hi Hie hank, he is nul Miss Brennan has been on an ox- trying to become the president, jusl a tended visil in and about New York bondholder. All things come to those City. who wait. W. I' - . Newton has been in Easl Lyme, II must he funnj al Jerry's boarding CI., i'hc a fortnight's visit. house In hear Jerry shouting in his .... . . . sleep, "All change, Haverhill transfer L. .1. I'.mmuns is planning cm spend- , .. i i ■ a ,,i. ii i si a I inn. my a snorl vacation m souih Portland ihc latter pari of this month. If Charles should ever fall down he W. II. Miller anil I'amih arc spend inj? a short vacation in New York C.il\ would certainly commit suicide with that while collar he is wearing. We understand Win Seawards has ;i Louis Zislin lefl here and has re [jf e j,,), making Halyard Blocks, turned to his home in Philadelphia. We ,,„,„, „„, nt , xl ll|1|( . ,,.,„ .„„, ., Ml ' s : "',!'" I' 1 '''!' 1 .'', ''^ '"'''" ""' certain blonde girl in Kitterj go .ml to walk on a rainy night, thai Han gets an umbrella large enough In cover a TON. We wonder whal became of Ihc a severe attack of the Grippe. We Wonder — Ii Rowe will ever learn lu bowl with "Bait" that Mac Capt. Swanton, and his mouth i losed. Kalamazoo Jack were going in use mi How I In- Portsmouth Navj Yard em- ploy ecs can ba\ e a lield-da\ before I he firsl ni' July like Ihc New York boys arc SroillB In ha\ c. their fishing trip April 19th. GARDENING Where all Ihc new cars arc thai wen Mil l he once-over al I he Hi Show. Break 'em mil, boys. A free book mi gardening will he l\en Ihc OnCe-OVer al I he Moslem Allln . , .' sen! In anyone who sends in a two- cenl stamp In ihc National War Garden Ii Harrj Downing is going In invite Commission, Maryland Building, Wash- all ihc boys down In his summer home ington, l>. C. When writing give name in N'orwaj lor a reunion. .' and address plainly. KEEP YOUR KITCHEN COOL Use a Florence Blue Flame Oil Stove 126-128 Market St. The Sweetser Store "Its The Place to Go." A FEW OF OUR SPECIALTIES Hurt, Schaffner and Marx Clothes, Stetson Hats, Manhattan Shirts, Fownes Gloves, Interwoven Stockings T? \A/ T YD^TDNf Rt CC\ Outfitters for Men & Boys r . VV . J— I J-^O 1 LJ1N ne of the hardesl things to do was to pul on his collar and neeklie; hid Ibis problem was finally solved along with many others; and he now lakes care of a garden, and can even operate an auto- mobile successfully, lie is cheerful and contented, and maintains his fam- ily in com fort. Another man who had lost bolli hands was ;i successful truck driver for a lime thereafter, but desired lo better him- self. In the course of his daily work lie repeatedly passed a point which appealed lo him as a promising location for a news stand. In applying for the needful license he found that it was necessary to demonstrate his ability to serve Ihe public satisfactorily, and lie was successful iii doing this. His choice of location proved to be a good one, and Ibis, together with his unfail- ing cheerfulness and courtesy, assured his success from the start. Notwith- standing Ins physical handicap he opens up this stand and arranges his papers and magazines wilhoul help, and wields a broom in the vicinity of his stand when necessary. One of his' favorite recreations consols in "passing" a baseball with a friend, and the number of errors thai lie makes in catching or returning the ball is surprisingly small. These examples (which are real cases and typical of a large number) show what can be accomplished b\ per sons will) serious physical handicaps, if they have an unwavering determina- tion io succeed, and ihe courage lo persevere in the face of greal difficul- ties. Many badly injured persons lose hope as soon as they realize their con- dition and unless their feeling of help- LIFE BUOY lessness and despondency can be over- pressive to observe the changed attitude come almost immediately it is a difficult of the public in this respect. Special matter to conquer later, when the interest is being taken in the subjecl at cripple lias be'come more or less accus- present, in consequence of the home- torn ed In a state of dependence, and his coming of disabled soldiers, and everj determination and will-power have good cilizen has the keenest sympathy weakened. This is the almost universal for II fforts thai are being made to testimonj of physicians, nurses, and all help these men, who risked their lives who have given special study to the ari for the res! of us. of making useful and self-supporting The need for the kind of reconstruc- citizens of those persons who have been | mn wor i5 thai is now being planned and • S| fortunate as to suffer physical im- put into execution far antedates the pairnienl in war, or in accidents arising w;u ._ however, and much suffering and out of industrial pursuits; and il is ad- sorrow might have been averted if the nulled that the problem is more than importance and value of such work had hall' solved it the courage and con- Deen recognized earlier. The average fldence ol the unfortunate one can he person probably does not realize The sustained. magnitude of the problem, particularly The great war has brought the '" connection with workers disabled in problem ol' rehabilitation forcefully to consequence ol' industrial accidents, the attention id' the entire world' — a The fact thai millions of men partici- problem which is almost as old as the l' ;il,,,i '" llu ' war and were actually ex- linniaii race, and which has been in- posed to death and injury makes il creasing in importance with the con- natural In assume that vast numbers tinued expansion of industry. What is of them must have been permanent^ to be the future of crippled, mutilated, disabled by wounds; hut although the and otherwise disabled persons? In aggregate number thus disabled was early limes the cripple received scant enormous, the number of war cripples consideration from society at large, and Nv:is relatively small, when compared he could hope for bul little income be- with the number of persons who were \ond the small amount of money similarly sacrificed, during the same obtainable by begging. Occasionally period in our industries. We quote a man Inn proud to live on Ihe charity from ;| recent issue of "Carry On." a of others, and pn-sessed of unusual periodical edited by Ihe office of the talent in some special direction, found Surgeon General of (he United stales il possible lo become independent; or Army: another, by industry and perseverance, "Each year of the lasl fitly years the would manage in learn a trade and sup- industrial demands of this nation have port himself. Some, in desperation, resulted in a far greater number of dis- even resorted In crime, and in this they abled men than Ihe total list of our should have deep commiseration in- casualties from this war. Every year stead of condemnation, because crip- witnesses Ihe sacrifice ol' more lives in pies were often treated with derision, industry than were Inst in battles. And and nn sympathy was shown for their yet il look Ihe war lo awaken Ihe na- misfortunes. Deformed persons having tional conscience in this enormous unusual mental attainments were often human wastage. We have spent mil- chosen as court jesters, and forced In linns iii provide the machinery for sal- furnish amusement at public gather- vaging Ihe disabled soldiers. Hues not ings n\' various kinds. Il is impressive Ihe conservation of man-power for the in note Ihe contrast between lliis kind economic strife demand equal provision of treatment and Ihe methods that are for Ihe industrial disabled?" employed today, by Ihe agencies that To reduce Ihe facts to figures we are al work throughout Ihe world in may quote from an article by George help disabled men. and equally im- M. Price, in The Survej for March 29, LIFE BUOY 1919, as follows: "At the time of the signing of the armistice, in November, there were 132,000 American soldiers in the French and English hospitals. On March 15, according to the Federal Board for Vocational Education, there were 200,000 disabled men requiring attention. Of these only 3,000 were in France; the rest were already in this country. On March 1 the total number registered with the Board was 39,569." On I he industrial side we have the statement by Dr. Loyal A. Shoudy, Chief Surgeon ol the Bethlehem Steel Com- pany, to the eiTect that "last year (1917) in our United States 300,000 men were disabled, and 3,000,000 minor accidents occurred in our indus- trial army." With these facts before us, it is clear that the problem of helping crippled men to return to their places in the in- dustrial world is an economic as well as a humanitarian one. Not only will industry be benefited by the rehabilita- tion of these men, but, in addition, many who would otherwise become public charges will be made self-sup- porting and will also be able to care lor their dependent families. We shall not attempt to offer suggestions with regard to the method lor carrying on this work, but shall simply mention briefly some of the activities of I be va- rious agencies engaged in helping dis- abled men. France, Ureal Britain, Italy, Belgium. Canada, and Australia, are some of the countries which, with the United States, are actively engaged in rehabilitation work and in most eases the work is partly or wholly under government con- trol. In the United States the most prominent agencies are the Federal Board for Vocational Education, the War Bisk Insurance Bureau, I he Divi- sion of Physical Reconstruction of the Office of the Surgeon General of the United States Army, and the American Red Cross. In addition, various state commissions and some other organiza- tions are working along similar lines. On June 27, lots, the Vocational Re- habilitation Act, as passed by Congress, was approved by the President. Under I he terms of this bill the Federal Board for Vocational Education (which had been organized for similar work among civilians) was required to underlake the task of re-educating and placing in employment all discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines, who are entitled to compensation from the War Bisk Insurance Bureau, ami who are in need of such re-education. For the mosl part the Federal Board makes use of school and training facilities already in existence; manufacturing establish- ments, offices, and farms will also be employed to give preliminary training. Offices have been opened in fourteen or more cities in various parls of the country, where disabled soldiers and sailors may apply for free education under government supervision, and where they may obtain advice as to their legal rights, and assistance in other ways. During the entire period of training the men receive full pay at the rate prevailing during the last month of their active service, and after the completion of the training course they receive compensation under the War Bisk Insurance Act, so long as the disabilities last. To assist in securing employment for the men after rehabil- itation the Federal Board has entered into an agreement with the United States Employment Service, which maintains more than 850 branch em- ployment offices throughout the coun- try. These branch offices will list all opportunities available for the newly trained men and will assist in every way possible in placing them in suitable positions. The assistance of the Fed- eral Board does not end when the man has secured a position, but is continued "for such period after he enters em- ployment as may be necessary to complete, in each individual case, his re-establishment as a civilian worker." The plans of the Federal authorities for the assistance of disabled soldiers and sailors have been carefully worked out in other respects also, and are most comprehensive. Attention is mainly focussed on war LIFE BUOY cripples just now; but while these rich- The following letter was received ly deserve every good thing thai can be from Hie While Mouse: "Mr. Charles F. Tucker, done for them, their problem is, we trust, a temporary one, because we earnestly hope that the world will never "My Hear Sir — The Presidenl asks again be the theater of major military me to thank you very warmly and to tell operations. Industrial cripples, how- you thai he is gratified by the success ever, we have with us always, and of the Liberty Loan in the Boai Shop of civilization as a whole will be immense- the Portsmouth Navy Yard. That is a l\ benefited if all of the rehabilitation fine record and the men are to be con- schools and organizations now in op- gratulated on this splendid showing, eration can be put on a permanent basis "Assuring you thai the Presidenl and provided with ample funds for per- deeplj appreciates your heartening petual maintenance, under the super- pledge, I am, vision ui the besl men and women that can be obtained. — The Travelers Stan- dard, Travelers Insurance Co., Hart- iiird, ( Son n. "Sincerely yours, "J. P. TUMULTY, "Sec. lot lie President Letter, received from the Secretary of THE BOAT SHOP the Navy: History of Its Liberty Loan Drives » c; ,, Tuc kBr, Chairman Bond Sales. The remarkable record achieved by "Sir— The performance of these men the Boai Shoj <\rr the leadership oi in tne Boai Shop has been trulj ,,._ ils simp captain, Mr. C. !•". Tucker, has inar kable and I wish you would accept attracted such wide spread attention all ,,,,, v , self and con vey to the person- over the country thai d is considered lle] ,,,- tne Boa j g nop my s i nce re grati- logical to again sum up wind the Boai {uiU , f or t | 1( ,j,. sp i en did response to the Shop has accomplished. national cause. The Shop record is as follows: "Sincerely yours Am'. no. per "JOSEP.HUS DANIELS, Loan. Subscribed. Persons. Capita. "Sec. of (lie \avy.*' First $25,550 160 $159.68 Second 54,450 100 340.31 Third 41,950 170 238.35 Fourth 71,750 258 278.10 The following letter was received from Hie Commandant on Max 7. 1918: Fifth 49,100 ill 442.31 "hear Sir: "The Commandant acknowledges $242,800 n.458.78 wi(h mucn pleasure the report of the The average subscription per capita 6th. lor the live loans was $1458.78, which "He lulls appreciates the patriotic record Mr. Tucker claims lias mil been spiril evinced by the employees of the beaten in this country. Boat Shop and congratulates them on As before stated the record achieved the most excellent work done by them by the Boai Shop has attracted such lo make the Ihird and preceding Lib- wide spread attention the Management erty Loans the success thej were. The of the "Life Buoy" is of the opinion thai result is so exceptionally line thai Hie the employees of the Yard would like lo Commandant has forwarded your letter read a lew of the numerous letters thai to Hie Secretary of the Navy in order have been forwarded lo Mr. Charles P. thai he may also know thai the em- Tucker, thanking him and the em- ployees of the 'Banner Shop' as well as ployees of the Boat Shop for the good all employees of Hie Navy Yard are work they have accomplished. doing everything possible to tiring to a s LIFE BUOY successful termination this greal war for democracy. "Respectfully, "C. J. BOUSH, "Gommandanl I . S. Navj Yard, "Portsmouth, N. 11." A banquel for the employees of the Boa! Simp w.'is hold al the National Hotel, Portsmouth, N. II.. on January (i. 1918. where a tnosl enjoyable even- ing was passed. ( In every Loan from I he flrsl to I he fifth inclusive each and everj employee of the Boal Shop subscribed. When the fifth Liberty Loan cam it, the Boal Shop had paid .-ill of the first, second and third bonds and owed only ,$60 Hie fourth. In all $189,000 w or! Ii of bonds have been taken oul and there has noi been one of these bonds sold by a n\ em ploj ee. The Boal Shop has been awarded all the flags given to the successful winner ni each loan. A Loving Cup presented bj Com. It. P. Schlabach, (C.C. | U. S. \.. can be viewed in the Boal Shop, as well as a i rerman helmei I ha1 l he Boal shn|i acquired through its efforts in winning the lasl loan. Over $22,000 worth ni War Savings Stamps have been purchased by the employees of the Boal Simp ami perfecl marks is the record of the Boal simp mi all the charitj and oilier war drives. ACCIDENT PREVENTION IN WAR TIME Experience is universally admitted in be an excellenl and thorough teach- er, !>nl tnosl of us agree thai the les- sons arc sometimes harsh or even cruel, and Ibal knowledge gained in Ibis waj is acquired painfully, and noi infre quentlj accompanied bj scars. We often hear of men who were educated in l he "scl I ni experii ru e," or in l he "school of hard knocks"; and to mosl persons these two schools mean the same thing. The weigh! of testimony indicates, in fact, thai we arc more vividly impressed l>\ (and therefore mure likely to remember) unpleasanl experiences than pleasing ones. The rcccnl world-upheaval has crowded the lives of millions of people w ii h expe- riences, for the tnosl pari unpleasant, thai will profoundly alfeel their future; and il remains to be seen whether human nature is resilienl enough to respond to these experiences so a-, to proiii by any lessons they ma\ convey. Victory Loan Rally, April 21, 1919. LIFE BUOY A pr inent,- -we mighl saj out- standing, — feature of Ihe war is the re-appraisal or re-valuation of the human elemenl in our industries. Time was when the belief thai the fools of industrj cosl money, 1ml that men w< re cheap, was followed all loo freely. During 1 I he lasl decade experls in in- dustrial managemenl have been aban- doning this view-point in favor of the more enlightened and more economical one that teaches I he importance of pre- serving life and limb. The needs of war, both in man-power and in the products of man's labor, have material- ly quickened this movement Inward conservation. These needs also accel- erated the evolution and application of labor-saving devices and the adoption of newer and heller methods, for il was early perceived that a policy of Ibis kind was necessary. The war demanded men for the armies and navies — men to be engaged in non-productive activities. It de- manded materials on an unheard of scale, and these had to be forthcoming from a reduced man-power, eked out to a certain extent by I lie introduction of women into new industries. The feat was performed, and il was a note- worthy achievement; but it was made possible only by sacrifice and I he avoid- ance of wastage, and by the simultan- eous conserving of man-power in I hose industries essential to the war. We are slnwly learning to conserve Nature's gifts, for Nature has a silent but ef- fective way of warning us against im- poverishment. Man, though more vocal, long found his protests unheeded, I ill now we learn that we musi consider land therefore conserve) man-power as we should any other gift of Nature. We have trained, equipped, and transported to Europe an army of over two million men. These men were seid there to wage a light for our con- ception of civilization, and they have waged that fight successfully, to the glory and honor of I heir country and themselves. Many of them found their final resting places there, and many more suffered from wounds. II is emi- nently fitting that we show due rever- ence to the memory of these men, and for the cause for which they and their returning companions imperiled their lives. Monuments will be erected to the dead, and we shall hold impressive reviews for those who return and shall establish organizations for their benefit. We were engaged in the war a little over one and one-half years, and in thai time we had a casualtj lisl of over a quarter of a mil- lion. This is part, — a terrible part, of the cosl of war, and a reading of the bare summary cannot fail to produce a profound impression. In the stress and excitement of war we are likely to forget, or lightly pass over, important matters nearer al hand, and il is startling to note thai I he casually lisl al home, during the same period, was almost ten times as great. The army of workers at home, whose producl was essential to the armj of fighters abroad, has paid its price. The man in the shipyard, ill the factory, in I he coal mine, or on the farm, who me! with death in the course of his work, made the supreme sacrifice as well as the soldiers in Ihe field; and he made this sacrifice withoul any of the her- aldry, the pomp, or the hell of war. The casualty lisl of the war is aboul to be (dosed, wddle the casualty list of industry is slid wide open. If seems that no more fitting and enduring recognition could be given to these home dead and injured, than a general adopl ion of the policy of accident pre- vention, wherever man is employed al industrial work. It is in this way, and only in this way, that the casualty lisl that knows no end can be kepi within bounds. 'Idie man who saves another from death or injury performs a service thai is meritorious in many ways. He saxes suffering, he prevents the need of sac- rifice on the pari of dependents, ami he does away with Ihe need for paying for the results of destructive aciion, — for paymenl musi be made somehow. Work that yields rewards like these is noble. and is worthy of the fullest recognition; 10 LIFE BUOY and we should ill grace the position we manufacture work turned out, all re- hoid in the accident-prevention field if pairs to roofs and gutters arc made, wc failed to paj tribute to thai small and miscellaneous shapes for all uses, band of men who, while our army such as guards for machines, arc pro- foughi In make the world safe for duced in the Shed Metal Shop, democracy, labored long ami faithfullj Th(l ,,, ,.,.,. of the copper Shop .Iocs to make our industries safe for the all the copper piping aboard ship, sub- workers— the Safetj Engineers.— The ,„.,,.,,„, and ,„,,,,„, boatS] both m , w ,„_ Travelers Standard. stallation and repair work. The force oJ the Plumber Shop in- sucr T mptai chop stalls a " aew lixlm ' ,,s for plumbing 31-ltILl IVltlAL 3HUr | 1(l|h (1|| ll(| . (| . ( , sili()s ;||1(1 m , |u , v;(| . |(ll|s There arc four departments under buildings of the Yard and makes all the the shed Metal Foreman, the shed necessary repairs to the plumbing mi Metal Shop ami the Plumbers' Shop in ships and in , h( , Yard buildings. Cop- Building 7',, the (dpi"''' Shop and the |1( ,,, gallev U( , l|it , s .,,.,. .,, s „ relined with Galvanizing Plan! in the north end oi , ()|(|(M . bj |hi , plumbers , Lead piping M " r l '! l " l;; '','' ,, L , for the ventilation of batteries mi (he he work in he Mice .\ eta .shop is . . . . . . . . ...,., ,, , submarines ami lead burning lur sub- divided uilu Iwii classes: (.unsl rud ion ... ,, , , , , , , marine batteries are oilier branches ol ami repair work on hoard ships ami , , ,, , , ,, , , , ., ,• , .• work done bv he p umbers. small boats, and Ihe manufacture oi • ' standard articles in quantities. The Mos1 of the sled and casl iron parts work on board ships consists of the in- of shi P s : ""' small boats which need stallation and repair of ventilation sys- protection from Ihe weather arc coated [cms below decks with the cowls on ihe by dipping them in a ball, of hoi metal deck, bake ovens, ranges, wind shields '» the galvanizing plant. All spend lor ihe bridges and lopmasi crow i' : "' N and P arts manufactured in quan- uesls, ihe lagging or covering ihe mil- titles sucn »s block straps and other s,dc of engine cylinders and parts with block i""' ls ;,, ' , ' treated in Ibis way. died metal, ihe manufacture of all During October and November, 1918, shed metal tanks, gasoline tanks, air there were 332 employees in all depart- lauks. mid cowls lor all the small boals tnents of Ihe Shed Metal Shop there made at the Yard are made at the Sheet being |l) ' 1 female operators included Metal shop. in this number. At the present wriliiii Franklin life buoys, gasolii ngine there are 168 employe,-, no female for small boats, tlj wheel guards, operators being u, the shop at Ihe pres- covers charl holder^, lood trays, sputum cup _, ,. .. ., ,,. . , , , , i , , , ' i i ,• I he supervisory lorce ot the Shed holders tumbler ho ders. head se Is lor M(>(a , ^.^ Qf Mp ,,, ( , Vftr . VOlce lubes, all galvanized and bra- ^ Q liarterman Shee1 Meta] Worker, hoops for water breakers, and bake A( . |m! ,. Poreman; N . L RobbinSi Lead- pans are manufactured in quantities m inf , m;m sheet Metal Worker, in charge the Shed Metal Shop. f ..I,,,,.; me tal work on board ships and During 1918 female operators were the Galvanizing Plant; Leadingman employed in the production of bake shed Metal Worker 0. .1. I.awson in pans with excellent results. The pans charge of the manufacture work m the ranged in size from those <> inches by shed Metal Shop; Quarterman Cop- s inches, weighing two pounds, to those persmith T. W. Ducker in charge of all 7 inches hv 26 inches, weighing seven coppersmith work, assisted by Leading- pounds. The work was done bv band man E. It. Austin; Public Works (Juar- aml the maximum production was lerniau (i. C. Ileeney in charge id' in CO.onn per month during in IS. stallation, repair of plumbing and all In addition to the ship work and repairs lo rooting, gutters of the build- 12 LIFE BUOY ings mi the Yard, the water system, and i lie lire depart menl ; .1. W. Barrett, Quarterman Shed Metal Worker, as- sistanl !< Mr. Heeney. Mr. Goodhue has been employed al tlii-- Navy Yard since November 16, 1903, and has been a valued and ef- ficient member of the clerical force. His friends, and that includes ever} one who has been associated with him dur- ing his service at l his Yard, wish Mr. Goodhue success ill his new field of endeavor. A suitable token of esteem was given to him by his office asso- ciates before lea\ ing I hi' Yard. ACTING FOREMAN SHEET METAL SHOP Forrest (',. Varrell was born in Rye, \. II.. Apnl 27, is:::, and attended the public schools of that town until 1892, when he entered the employ of W. I'".. Paul al Portsmouth, V II.. a- appren- tice sheet metal worker, continuing wilh this firm abdut ten years. In 1902 he accepted a call a- sheet metal worker al the Portsmouth Navj Yard, working under the supervision of the late Charles F. Drake a- mechanic, leadingman ami quarterman. Since Mr. Drake's death in Decem- ber, 1918, In' has acted as Foreman. W. H. GOODHUE. ASSISTANT CHIEF CLERK. RESIGNS \Y lliam II. Goodhue, who has been assistant Chief t'.lerk of the Industrial Department, has resigned his position, wilh Ihe Yard in engage m other work'. FOREMAN OF THE JOINER SHOP Mr. James K. Boyle, Ihe Foreman Joiner, was born in Manchester, Mass. Mi' attended ihe public schools of Man- chester, lull al fourteen years of age he led iii learn his trade. A- a young man. Mr. Boyle entered lie' employ of Ihe Daniel Badger Com- pany or Bston, furniture manufactur- ers, lie remained wilh them for twentj jcirs rising in Ihe position of superin- tendent ni' Ihe factory. Maj <;. 1901, Mr. Boyle was ap- pointed Foreman Joiner al this Yard, a- Ihe result ui' a competitive exam- ination ami has served al this Yard in that capacity since his appointment. 14 LIFE BUOY THE JOINER SHOP The work of the Joiner Shop con- sists of repairs and alterations to the wooden furniture, the interior wood- work ol the staterooms aboard ships, and any outside repairs to the super- structure winch may he of wooden con- struction. There are also miscellan- eous wooden articles turned out in large numbers tor general issue to ships ai I his Yard and tor shipment elsewhere. In addition to the work upon the furniture and superstructure, I he joiners produce I he wooden parts of sea ladders and install the sea lad- der^ aboard slops. The upholstering of all furniture re- paired is also done in the Joiner Shop. In addition, the upholstering of furni- ture, all cushions lor transoms, small boats and the ferry launches of the Yard are made in this shop. Besides the repairs to the interior woodwork of staterooms, the necessary paneling of I he officers' quarters aboard the submarines built at this Yard has been done by the force id' the Joiner Shop. The deck houses of the yard tug and the ferry launches are repaired when necessary by I he Joiners. There is very little wooden construction in the sup- erstructure of a modern battleship and the principal work done in this line by 'be Joiner Shop lately has been the building of the Radio Kinder Houses for the ships assigned to (his Yard. Among some of the miscellaneous wooden articles manufactured by the men in the Joiner Shop are bread boards and ditty boxes. The latter were turned Out al the rale of four thousand per month during 1918. The force of the Joiner Shop is as follows: Foreman James K. Boyle; Quarterman fi. W. Shapleigh, in charge of the manufacturing of various stan- dard articles, assisted by Leadingman M. I' 1 . Blake; Leadingmen W. W. Locke and A. M. Clarke, in charge of the work on board ships; Leadingman A. E. Lil- tle, in charge of work upon submarines. JOSEPH T. WAITE Mr. Joseph T. Waite, whose picture appears above, is well known to many of the employees of this yard. Mi'. Waite was born at Newport, a seaport town in England, and came. to this country with his parents when eleven years of age. He was in action at, the beginning of the Civil War at an age when most ol' us are about half way through scl I. Despite bis activities in early life, Mr. Waite appears about half as old as be really is and even today is more active than men much younger than be. lie attributes his good health and energj to clean living and a vigorous setting up drill every morning as soon as he gels out of bed. The following is Mr. Waite's story of Ins experiences: "In 1861, when the cry of war was sounded and Fori Slimier was fired upon, the "three months" men were called oul to protect I he Capital. Two companies from Lawrence, Mass., left by train for Baltimore on the morning of the I ">1 h of April — Company "K" and Company "I" of the Sixth Massachu- setts Regiment. The subject of Ibis sketch was the drummer boy of Com- LIFE BUOY 15 pany "I," commanded by Captain Pick- ering, running away from home to offer his services to his country. When the Regiment of which this Company was a part, arrived in Balti- more under, the command of Colonel Watson on April 19, 1861, we found an almost impenetrable mob confront- ing us. When we found that the shackles between the cars had been broken by the mob and one section of the train left behind, we started on foot for the Capital. The fierce mob was throwing bricks and rocks, killing one nl the men of the Sixth Regiment — Charlie Needliam, the first man killed in the war. (It is said that there was a colored man killed before him, but I here is good authority that Needham was the flrst.'man killed in the Civil War). We did not get any orders to fire until we were completely sur- rounded by the mob, and until that time we did the best 1 we could; then the command was given to charge and fire. During the scrimmage we were whirled away by the swelling mob. It was dur- ing this conflict that I received bruises and injuries of such a nature that it was thought best to send me home. I re- mained with the Regiment, however, until I got orders to leave, which was some time afterwards. Al the expira- tion of three months, the Regiment was mustered out of service. It was called the 'Bloody Sixth' and we did the lirsl duly around the Capital. "After returning home, I went to school again Cor a period of aboul three years. Having fully recovered from my wounds, and as the war was still going on, the fires of patriotism burned so strongly within me that 1 fell it my duly to do something for my country. At the age of seventeen I ran away from home again, and enlisted in the U. S. Navy at the Boston Navy Yard. My first duty was on board the Sakatian — a prize ship, which sailed for the West Gulf. We landed in Pensacola, and were then transferred to the Mn- nongahela, which joined Admiral Far- ragul's Fleet just in time for theiBattle of Mobile. 1 was on board I lie Monon- gahela at the time she ran the Bam Tennessee down at Mobile, and I saw siime daring work on big vessels doing prize cruise duty. We gave, chase to the Alabama, which theKearsarge cap- tured later in European waters. < "After my discharge from the U. S. Navy in April, 1805, I went West and for about two years was employed on an Arizona ranch as a cowboy. Then I returned East where I was first em- ployed as Superintendent of the woolen mills at Franklin, Mass., for ten years, and then afterwards followed my trade of belt-maker with the International Paper Company at Lawrence, Mass., for eight years. Upon the terminal ion of my employment with this company, [ came In the Navy Yard, where I have since been employed in the capacity. of bell -maker." THE AMBULANCE We hope our readers will not have occasion to enjoy the comforts of the limousine pictured above, but we do feel that we are fortunate to have such a fine ambulance to carrj cases <>f se- rious injury or sickness quickly and comfortably to the Dispensary or the Hospital. LIFE BUOY INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT ifUIFE BUOY Editor-in-chief R. W. Ryden Editor I. K. Hugelman Associate Editor 11. I.. Bartford Associate Editor and Business Manager M. 0. Richards VOCATIONAL SCHOOL FOR DIS- ABLED SAILORS AND MARINES \ school has been established al this Yard for the training of disabled sailors and marines, in various trades and oc- cupations, under the direction of a rep- resentative hi' tlie Rehabilitation Divi- sion of the Federal Hoard of Vocational Education. The Federal Board of Vocational Education is a civilian Board created bj an art o\' Congress in 1913 to devise better means of training men and women in various occupations. The Rehabilitation Division of the Federal Board was created by Congress in L917 tn provide in cooperation with the Army and Navj Departments training tor men disabled in the service during the war. The Navj Department, where such schools are established at Navj Yards hi Naval stations, loans equipmenl and quarters, and supplies competent civilian instructors. Instructors are trained by representatives of the Fed- eral Board and paid by (he Federal Hoard while being trained. The Fed- eral Board is also responsible for the salaries of the instructors during the lime they are actually engaged in train- ing disabled men. The men tinder instruction are di- vided roughly into two classes, those still under hospital care and those dis- charged from I he service who are SO disabled thai their earning capacity is reduced ten per cent or more. The work for men still under hos- pital care is designed for the exercise of stiff joint- and members; to pro- vide fundamental braining for those in- capacitated for their former occupa- tion; and to provide a chance for a man to ad\ ance further in his trade or oc- cupatioi provided his disability does not prevent him from returning to it on his discharge. Courses are iinw being conducted in Drafting, Machine work, with particu- lar attention to gas engines and motor-, sheet metal work, various branches oi -,\ nod work and some electrical work. Additional courses will be inaugurated as the need for I hem develops. APPRECIATION OF OUR WORK The following Idler from the Cap tain of (lie U. S. S. Pittsburgh shows that we are still "on the job." Good work always pays. Office o\ THE COMMANDING OFFICER U. S. s. PITTSBURGH. Navj Yard, Portsmoui h, N. II. June IS. 1919. To: Commandant Navy Yard, Ports- mouth, N. II. Subject: I', s. s. Pittsburgh: comple- tion of repairs. I. I have to report thai all repairs and alterations which could have been undertaken in the lime assigned bj the Department, were completed tin- morn- ing. •J. It has been a source of great isfaction to see the earnest and ener getic manner in which Hie work wa- done mi board this ship. The Industrial LIFE BUOY 17 Deparl ment, officers, leading men, and in most cases, workmen, have prose- cuted the work with vigor and have inainlained a kindly and helpl'ul atti- tude towards I he ship, which has done hi 1 1 1- 1 1 lu make our visit satisfactory. :'.. The Supply Department lias also been most helpful ami obliging in sup- plying our needs, ami in tracing de- I . i > i'il shipments, some of which were of great importance to a ship being being fitted out lor an extended cruise in foreign waters. I). W. To Dl). The following extracts from the let- ter of flie Commanding Officer if the U. S. S. Roanoke to the Industrial Man ager of this Yard is further evidence of our good record. "You are undoubtedly interested in the performance of the Roanoke as a, transport. After a satisfactorj inspec- tion at Boston, l he ship has made pas- sages as below: "I. ell Boston March 2 1, arrived Bor- deaux April I ; lel'l Bordeaux April , 1919, Miss Margaret Riley ami Por- resl P. Hurley, U. S. N. Mrs. II ii cloy is a clerk in the Material Section id' the Industrial Department, and the groom is (in hoard the U. S. S. Pittsburgh. Mrs. Hurley, returning to her duties, received from her many friends in this Department a wedding gill of half a dozen solid silver knives and forks as a token of their esteem and good wishes. Upon the expiration of Mr. Hurley's enlistmenl the couple will make their home in Colorado. YARD WINS OPENING GAME On Monday evening, June 2. 1919, the Sunset League was officially opened. The team- slated lo play Hie opening game were the Portsmouth Navy Yard versus (he Atlantic Corpora- tion. An exceedingly large attendance was present, il being estimated that there were nearly three thousand peo- ple at the game. Among the spectators were Governor Bartlett, Mayor Hislop, Captain L. S. Adams and other officials of the Navy Yard and Hie Atlantic Cor- poration. The Naval hand was present and played before the game and between the innings. A short parade was held, the route being from Market Square lo the Play grounds. After the preliminary practice, Mayor Hislop pitched the first ball and the Sunset League season for 1919 was on. The game was interesting and fast. MONTGOMERY SAYS Get 100 Per Cent Summer Fun T!h.is Time DO IT WITH A KODAK If you do your summer fun will last all WINTER KODAKS PREMOS BROWNIES Finest Developing and Printing for the Kodaker at IVIOIM IVIE The original KODAK Store. Opp. P. 0. DEPOSIT U. S. Liberty Loan Coupons in our Savings Department. MAKE THEM EARN 3 Per Cent YOUR LIBERTY BONDS TAKEN FOR SAFE KEEPING f-reie: of- charge: NATIONAL MECHANICS ^TRADERS BANK Portsmouth, 3SJ". H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 22 LIFE BUOY Both teams played exceedingly well. The pitching of Bill Horan for the At- lantic was nothing short of exceptional, he allowing the Navy Yard team only one hit. Fisher pitching for the Yard, al- though hit hard, managed to keep the hits well scattered. Bailey gave most excellent support to Fisher and his throwing to bases was perfect. SUNSET LEAGUE STANDING NAVY YARD ab r Jewell, 2b 3 Gannon, cf - 1 M. O. Hayes, lb 2 1 Irvine. If 3 Fisher, lb Bailey, c 1 Broderick, ss 2 Mastan. rf 2 W. L. Hayes, 3b 1 bh 1 Totals ATLANTIC ab r Fahey. c 3 Horan, p 3 L. Powers, lb 2 1 1 lal.y. 2b 3 Falton, ss 2 Poole, 3b 2 E. Powers. If 2 Egran, cf 2 1 Gilson. rf 2 1 15 bh po 1 Totals 21 Innings 1 Navy Yard Atlantic 9 13 2 3 4 5 0. 2- 1 0- 1 Earned runs. Atlantic; two-base hit. Poole; stolen bases, Gannon 3, M. O. Hayes 2, W. L. Hayes 2. Horan, Poole, Egan; first base on balls, off Fisher 1, off Horan 6; struck out. by Fisher 6, by Horan 6; double plays. Bailey and Jewell; time, 1 hr. 10 m.; umpires. Woods and Heffernan: attendance, 3000. CONTRIBUTIONS Contribution^ in order to finance the base ball team have been received as follows: Life Buoy. $50.00; Spar Shop. .$25.00; Inside Machine Shop Building 80, $50.00; Electrical Machine Simp Building 79 $50.00; making a total of .$175.00. The cosl of the base ball uniforms was paid for by the Outside Machine Shop, Building 89, who contributed $100.00. June 27, 1919. Navy Yard 5 Southery 4 K. of C 3 Atlantic 2 Y. M. C. A 1 P. A. C Won Lost P.C. .MM .800 .600 .400 .200 .000 HISTORY OF THE PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD (Continued from last issue) The steam sloop Narragansett was fitted out during 1S70. The Illinois, built of unseasoned white oak, had become worthless through dry rot and was broken up. While on a visit to Commodore Pennock, Ad- miral Farragut died after a very brief illness, in the house still used as the Commandant's resi- dence. The funeral was held from St. John's Church with full military honors befitting the rank of the deceased. The body was afterward taken aboard the U. S. Frigate Guerriere, Capt. T. H. Stevens commanding, and conveyed to New YTork for interment in Greewood cemetery. A chain shed was built in 1872 and appro- priations were given to repair the dry dock and to build a truss bridge to Seavey's Island. The Monongahela, a steam sloop, was thrown ashore by a tidal wave at Fredrickstadt, St. Croix, West Indies, on November 18th, 1867. She was carried over the warehouses "into one of the streets of the town and the return sea took her back upon a coral reef at the water's edge. Only five of her crew were lost and the damage to the ship was repairable. She was accordingly launched on May 10. 1868, left St. Croix on June 13th, and arrived at New Y'ork June 29th. She was sent to this Yard to be rebuilt and was completed and refitted in 1873. The steam sloop Marion, built to take the place of the sailing sloop of the same name, was launched in this year and two new steam sloops, the Essex and the Enterprise, were put upon the stocks. The Enterprise was built by contract labor furnished by Mr. I. W. Griffith, the material being furnished by the Government. She was laid down and launched the same year. The installation of gas for lighting purposes was commenced in 1S73 and completed in 1ST I. The Essex, a sister ship of the Enterprise, was launched in 1874. The En the 5th of December this board reported ami recommended "the Kittery (Portsmouth) Navy Yard be not abandoned or dispensed with," and, as appears from the minutes of the board, for the following reasons: October I. InTi;. the subject of the Kittery navy-yard was taken up, and, after a full dis- cussion, the board agreed that the navy-yard should not be dispensed with or abandoned — First. On account of its value to the Govern- ment as a building and equipping station. Second. Because it is in a harbor where the water is open in the coldest weather and the port is at all times and seasons accessible. Third. As a refuge for vessels coming from a sickly station with an epidemic on board there is no other harbor where so many facili- ties are presented, or where the inhabitants have made so little objection to our infected ships occupying the outer harbor. Fourth. There is a large population in and around Portsmouth, N. H., and Kittery. Me., who have passed their lives in ship-building, ami tlie naval mechanics in that vicinity are esteemed among the best in our country. While the board are decidedly opposed to abandoning the Kittery yard, it seems to them that some expression of opinion on their part should be recorded in regard to what should lie done with the yard in case work there • is temporarily suspended. They recommend that the yard should have a sufficient force of of- ficers and employes kept on duty to maintain it in the mo.si efficient condition and ready for anj emergency. There is at the present time no complete history of the Portsmouth Navy Y'ard arranged according to the time that events have hap- pened. The only basis for the following frag- ni. alary statements is "A Short History of the Portsmouth Navy Y'ard," by John H. Clifford, emplojed in the Supply Department, old records, and the statements of employees who have been on the Y'ard for some time. From 1S77 to the time of the close of the Spanish War there was little work except the routine repairs upon wooden ships. The historic Constitution, built at Boston in 1797, was put out of commission at the Y'ard in 1855, repaired during 1S58, and sailed for Annapolis in I860 under the command of Lieut. David D. Porter, to serve as a school ship for the midshipmen. The Constitution returned to this yard from New Y'ork on October 27, 1SS2. in charge of Lieut. William H. Jacques, being towed by the steamer Powhatan. She was dismantled and her deck housed in soon after coming to the yard and she remained here as a museum and one of the points of interest to visitors until she was sent to the Boston Navy Y'ard in 1S97 under the command of Lieut. Com- mander Very. Prom early times until the first part of the nineties the men in each department "mustered in" twice a day. Each man had a roll number just as at the present time and they were lined up accordingly. They passed befofe a clerk upon a raised platform and each man answered to his name. The men of Construction and Repair "mustered in" on the ground floor of Building 13 on the north side, the men of Steam Engineering in Building 7, the old store build- ing, and the men of Y'ard and Docks in Build- ing 59, at present part of the Boat Shop. If the weather was not suited because of ex- treme heat or cold, a ball which could be seen from Portsmouth and Kittery was hoisted to warn the men not to report for duty. In 1SS4 the survivors of the Greeley Arctic Expedition were brought to this yard by the relief expedition sent out under the auspices of Secretary "of the Navy William E. Chandler. The rescuing fleet consisted of the Bear, bought at St. John, N. B., especially for the expedition. the steam-sealer Thetis, purchased in London by the United States minister, and the Alert, a ship donated by the British government for the expedition. All of these ships were espec- ially fitted for Arctic service. It may be of interest to our readers to know the purpose of the Greeley Expedition. A party under the command of Lieut. A. W. Greeley of the 5th United States Cavalry, consisting of two officers, a surgeon and twenty-one non-com- missioned officers and privates, established a signal station at Lady Franklin Bay in Grinnell Land for the purpose of arctic observation and exploration. HENRY PEYSER &, SON 16 TO 20 MARKET ST. For more than forty years Portsmouth's leading Store for Men's and Boys' apparel BUYING GOOD FURNITURE IS LIKE PUTTING MONEY IN THE BANK Thrift is a splendid virtue, but the young couple who start housekeeping with good furniture have some- thing as important as a savings bank account. Let us show you soma of our good furniture and "the House Beautiful" our furnished suite. It will prove both helpful and entertaining. MARGESON BROTHERS Telephone 570 Portsmouth, N. H. FRED B. COLEMAN APOTHECARY Corner Congress and Vaughn Sts. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. If you desire to buy or sell Real Estate call, telephone or write II. I. CASWELL AGENCY Congress St. TELEPHONE 478-W Portsmouth PEOPLE'S MARKET DEALERS IN BEEF, PORK & PROVISIONS COR. DANIEL AND PENHALLOW STREETS Telephone Connection Portsmouth, N. H. SINCLAIR GARAGE HORTON SERVICE TELEPHONES 282-W. 8120S Corner RICHARDS AVE. and MIDDLE STREET PORTSMOUTH, N. H. S- S- TRUEMAN GENERAL CONTRACTOR TELEPHONE 733-W 1240 Islington St. Portsmouth, N. H. CASH PAID FOR OLD Stamps or Collections Write A. II. LOCKE Portsmouth, N. H. Draftsman, Building 81. CENTRAL LAUNDRY CO. FIS^E LAUNDRY WORK IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 71 Pleasant St. Portsmouth, N. H. u R S T R E ENLIST AGAINST THE HICH COST OF LIVING "TRADE AT THE CO-OPERATIVE STORE" Clean, fresh meat, groceries and provisions at reasonable prices. Every stock holder has equal rights, and the store is man- aged for the benefit of all workmen. M. T. C. GO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION Market St Portsmouth, N. H, ONE FOR ALL: ALL FOR ONE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 26 LIFE BUOY Two atempts under the auspices of the United States Army Signal Gorps, one in the summer of 18S2, and the other in the summer of 1SS3, had failed to reach Lieut. Greeley. Of the twenty-five members of the Greeley party which left in 1881, the following sole survivors reached Portsmouth on August 1, 1884: Lieut. A. W. Greeley, Sgt. David L. Brainard, Sgt. Julius Fredericks, Lieut. Francis Long, Steward Henry Biederbeck, and Private Maurice Connell. Lieut. Greeley remained at this yard for some time to recuperate his health, and the house near the standpipe now occupied by the Master of Tugs, has been known as the Greeley cot- tage since the time it was occupied by, Lieut. Greeley during his stay at the yard. In 1891 the so-called old Hospital was built on Seavey's Island, replaced now by the new Hospital erected in 1913. In 1892 the ferry boat No. 132, built at this yard, was launched. There is little compiled information that can be obtained at the present writing concerning the history of the yard at Portsmouth from 1877 to the time of the Spanish-American War. In July, 1898, about eighteen hundred Spanish prisoners were confined in a stockade on Seavey's Island. These men were taken pris- oners as a result of the engagement between the fleet of Admiral Sampson and the Spanish Admiral Cervera, July 3, 1898, at Santiago. Many of them upon their arrival here were sick with fever and poorly clothed. They remained here until September 11th of the same year. Thirty-one prisoners died while in the camp and were buried in the cemetery near by. In 1916, seventeen years later, the remains of these thirty-one Spanish sailors were removed and conveyed with full military honors to the wait- ing Spanish transport, Almirante Lado, which took them back to Spain for burial in the na- tional cemetery at Cadiz. A battalion of marines was also encamped on Seavey's Island from August 27th to Septem- ber 20th, 1S98. These men had seen active service in Cuba and were sent here to recuper- ate. Just previous to the breaking of the camp, there was a military parade in Portsmouth of soldiers, sailors, and New Hampshire volun- teers, followed by a clam bake on Pierce Island. At the close of the Spani h War, there began a new era in the navy with the result that at this yard as well as at others in the country, the metal trades shops became larger and of more importance, becaur-e of the increasing use of metal in the construction of ships. In 1899 telephone service was started at this yard and the first central station was in Build- ing No. 20. The operators were marines de- tailed for that duty. During the recent war, the exchange was moved to its present site in Building No. 13, the Commandant's Office Build- in?, and female operators were put on duty during the day. with marines detailed for night duty. During 1901 many improvements were made in the yard. A brick dispensary was built to replace the old wooden building which served that purpose on the site of the present dis- pensary. The railroad system was injtalled and the present Smith Shop was built. A terrific gale blew down a temporary wooden shack in which granite was being cut for the present dry dock, killing the wife of one of the bandsmen who had sought shelter in the build- ing. The Reina Mercedes, a Spanish gunboat cap- tured at the battle of Santiago, was refitted in 1901 as a training ship to be used elsewhere. Two of the guns from the vessel were placed in front of the Commandant's Building and may still be seen there. In 1902, the present Power House was built on the site of Ship Houses Nos. 4 and 5. The standpipe on Seavey's Island was also built during this year. The Radio Station was built in 1903. During the same year the oxen, which up to this time had hoisted heavy loads with tackle and fall, were sold and a locomotive crane was bought to be used for that purpose. There were several new buildings completed during the year 1904, Building No. 60, an ad- dition to the Boat Shop, Building No. 75, the present Foundry, Building No. 79, the present Electrical Machine Shop, then called the Equip- ment Building. The completion of the present dry dock in 1905 abolished the channel between Fernald's Island, the first site of the Navy Yard, and Seavey's Island, for the dock was built in the bed of the channel itself. The Shipfitters' Shop or Steel Plant was com- pleted in 1905, the entire upper floor some three hundred feet in length being designed for a mold loft. Part of the present Industrial Office Building, a two storied brick structure, was erected during the same year and known as the Construction and Repair Department Office Building. The roof was raised to make three stories and a new part as large as the original building was added in 1918. The present quar- ters of the Outside Machine Shop and the Elec- trical Shop, Building No. 89, were completed in 1905. Two very important events in the history of the yard took place in 1905. "The Treaty of Portsmouth" between Russia and Japan was signed in the General Store Building just com- pleted and used as the seat of the deliberation between the two powers at the invitation of the late President Roosevelt. The other important event was the blowing up of Henderson's Point by forty-five tons of dynamite, marking the successful completion of a fine feat of engineering started in 1902, in order to reduce this obstacle to navigation, which by its projection into the river caused such a narrow channel at that point that the rush of the tide was at times sufficient to make it very difficult for ships to pass from the lower to the upper harbor. The following year, 1906, marked the comple- tion of the Machine Shop. Building No. 80, and A. D. S. illVBEDi AT Adams Drug Store ON MARKET STREET WELL DRESSED MEN WIN APPROVAL EVERYWHERE SELF-RESPECT and self-interest demand that you dress as well as your means will allow. Money will not buy better fabric, workmanship, style or fit than is put in the clothes we offer you at prices you would pay for ordinary garments. Come in and let us prove our statements. We guarantee absolute satisfaction. We are making the New Naval Uniform. C. J. WOOD, Naval & Civilian Tailor. THE PORTSMOUTH FLOWER SHOP A. C. CRAIG, Manager FANCY CUT FLOWERS AGENT VICTOR TAEKTXG MACHINES 4 Market Street Phone 960 PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE M. P. ALKON &, CO. DEALERS IN CHINA, CROCKERY & GLASS WARE NO. 27 MARKET ST., PORTSMOUTH, N. H. ULTER AGENT FOR LEADING FIRE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES GOV. ST. KITTERY, MAINE "VsTE BUILD EVEPtlTTHIinsrO ^ate r,e:p.a.i:r, everything HARRY A. WOOD, GENERAL CONTRACTOR Office and Shop 21-27 Brewster Street Phone 345 and 345-W Congress and Fleet Sts. We can furnish a house from cellar to attic. Prices right in every branch of our business. Why not step into our store and look over our many styles of furniture. It costs nothing to look, and it might be beneficial for us both. D. H. MC INTOSH PORTSMOUTH, N. H. TYPEWRITERS FOR SALE & RENT J. E. DIMICK 29 Tanner St. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Telephone 605-W. E.PERCY STODDARD I2ST SUPt^.2STOE REAL ESTATE 7 Market Square PORTSMOUTH "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 28 LIFE BUOY the Pump Well for the Dry Dock. In 1908 the Naval Prison, the Pattern Shop, Building No. 95, and the Boiler Shop were completed. Up to 1915 there were several independent departments in the yard, corresponding to as many bureaus in Washington, that of Con- struction and Repair having jurisdiction over the repairs and installation of new fittings on the hulls of vessels, the Department of Steam Engineering being responsible for the repairs to the machinery of vessels and the installation of new machines, the Ordnance Department re- sponsible for guns and small arms on ships, and the Department of Yards and Docks, cor- responding to the Public Works Department of any city and later so named. On February 1, 1915, these separate and in- dependent departments were consolidated under one head known as the Industrial Department, in charge of an Industrial Manager, who is solely responsible for the functioning of these various departments as one whole industrial plant. As a complete history of the First Naval Dis- trict, of which this Yard is a part, for the period of the recent war is now being compiled under the direction of an officer of the United States Navy detailed for that especial work, the writer will not attempt to cover that period in this article. OUTSIDE MACHINE SHOP Everett Paul of Eliot is out for a few days attending to the duties of his of- fice. Harry L. Rose is moving into his re- cently purchased home on the Kittery shore; when he gets settled it will lie a pretty sight to see all the little "Roses 'round the Door." The Grim Reaper took his toll once again from our gang when on the morn- ing of May 26, Mr. E. O. Travers was run into by a train while on his way In work. Mike Cronin says that tight vests are had for the complexion. "Chet" Rridges' flivver won't fliv. SPAR SHOP NOTES We are pleased to say that the sum of $351.00 was raised during the re- cent Salvation Army Drive by the em- ployees of the Spar Shop. We regret the loss of our shopmate, Mr. John Mates, who died recently while undergoing an operation in Bos- tun. I (id Moss and Carl squeal on the trip to Salisbury? We'll say they did. II you don't think Lona can give in- structions on the typewriter — ask Pruett. FIRST FLOOR BUILDING 81. Cupid seems to delight in practising his wiles in the west end of this floor. He is not willing to leave, either, as long as his diet of Page & Shaws' is continued. Henry W. Ford sure does fit with a few of the honest laborers in SI. Of course you don't get them with soap wrappers, you have to draw the lucky number! The warm wave brought forth many bright colors of spots and stripes in men's wearing apparel. Who is the guilty person who said "us men" didn't go in for style but comfort? ACCOUNTING OFFICE NOTES There appears to be some misunderstanding about the notice on the accounting office door. The notice reads, "Please Shut the Door," not "Please Bang the Door." We are glad to have Mr. Junkins with us again after over a month's severe illness. Have you heard the new song, "When Mary Haley Rides the Roller Coaster?" The Cheerful Cherub would appreciate a new dictionary in the accounting office — one that contains at least a few of the words in common use today. The present volume is defunct — and "It's a long, long trail down to the Stenogs." SHIPFITTERS' SHOP "Pete" Yeaton has raffled off his automobile and bought a Ford with the proceeds. Don't try to run it as you did that air drill, "Pete." Joy cometh in the morning, but often goeth home at noon. We understand that Bob Staples, our air machine expert, is going to invent a machine to run by hot air. That would be a great sav- ing to our department as the gang here can furnish all the hot air needed. The many friends of Fred Heiser. our Shop Quarterman, are pleased that he is able to re- sume his duties. The Victory Loan went over the top the last day with a good percentage. This gang is a little slow in the start but right there at the finish. What will George Williams do with his Ger- man helmet? It would make a good bean pot or soup toureen. GOOD MERCHANDISE-REASONABLE PRICE We carry only merchandise that we know is good. We make a profit on what we sell— but that profit is based as low as we can make it. In short we think that this is the kind of a store you like to trade in. Good Clothes. Good Furnishings. Good Footwear. 5 Congress Street X. II. BEANE £> We call them Swim Caps Tintex, Sunset Dye, Straw Hat Dye "Elkay's." Also the famous Talc Jouteel. BOARDMArT& NORTON ^e*jgJUL Store, Portsmouth, N.H. Opp. Post Office F. C. REMICK & CO. 11 CONGRESS ST. Canvas Work Shoes with fibre soles at $2.45. Scout Shoes at $2.95 to $3.50. Make good serviceable work shoes. SAVE FUEL By using Electric Appliances for Cooking ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LIGHT AND POWER CO. 29 Pleasant Street Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 32 LIFE BUOY FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES A List of Some of the Fraternal Or- ganizations in Portsmouth and Kitterv. ELKS. Portsmouth Lodge, No. 97, B. P. O. ]■:.— B. .1. Magraw, Exalted Ruler; T. K. Hilderbrand, Secretary. Meets 2nd ami 'illi Thursday, 8 p. m., Elks' Home, 93 Pleasanl Street. FORESTERS. Court Tripoli, Catholic Foresters of America — Joseph Mangano, Chief Ran- ger; Dominick Paula. Secretary. Meets Is! and 3d Thursdays of each month at 8 p. in.. Royal Arcanum Hall. Freeman's Block. Congress Street. Portsmouth, N. II. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. Portsmouth Council, No. I 'i0. Knights ol Columbus — Frederick .1. Hun nelly. G. K.; John C. Dolan, F. S. Meets 1st and :u-t\ Tuesdays at S p. m. at Knights of Columbus Home, Islington Street. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Constitution Lodge. No. SS, Knights of Pythias — Raymond Brackett, C. C; Fred Cross, K. ol' R. and S. Meets every Tuesday at Odd Fellows Hall, Kittery, Maine. Damon Lodge. No. '.'. Knights of Pythias — Frederick Harmon, C. C. ; George II. Sanborn, K. of R. and S. Meets everj Tuesday al 7.30 p. m. at K. of P. Hall. Freeman's Block. Con- gress Street, Portsmouth, X. II. MASONS. St. John's Lodge. No. 1. A. F. and A. M. — Reginald E. Goldsmith, W. M.; William B. Randall. Secretary. Meet- every 1-1 Wednesday of the month al Freemason's Hall, Congress Slreet, Portsmouth, X. II. SI. Andrew's Lodge. No. ."><;. A. F. and A. M. — James |[. Smith. W. M.; Willis X. Bngg. Secretary. Meets 2nd Mon- day, Freemason's Hall. Congress Slreet, Portsmouth. X. H. Naval Lodge. Xo. 184, A. F. and A. M. — W. II. Phinney, W. M.; David Walk- er, Secretary. Meets the Wednesday- after the full moon in each month. MOOSE. Portsmouth Lodge. Xo. i44, L. O. O. M. — J. B. Boyer, Dictator; William Huber, Secretary. Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. S p. m., at Moose Hall, High Street, Portsmouth, X. II. ODD FELLOWS. Riverside Lodge. Xo. 72, I. 0. O. F. — Stephen H. Grant. Noble Grand; Leon E. Robbins, Rec. Secretary. Meets every Monday except during June, July, and August, summer months Isl and 3rd Mondays, al Odd Fellows Hall, Kit- tery, Maine. Osgood Lodge. I. O. O. F. — Charles \\". Carkin, Noble Grand; Charles II. Kehoe, Bee. Secretary. Meets every Thursdaj al 7.30 p. m. al Odd Fellows Hall. Congress street. Portsmouth. All Odd Fellows extended a cordial wel- come. REDMEN. Massasoil Tribe, No. 10, 1. 0. of B. M. — George W. Craig. Sachem; Ford Harrison, Chief of Records. St. Aspinquid Tribe, Xo. Id'., I. O. of B. M. — Oscar B. Hutchins, Sachem; Frank E. Donnell, K. of B. and S. Meets every Saturday at 7..'>i» p. m. at odd Fellows Hall. Kittery, Maine. MODERN WOODMAN OF AMERICA. Portsmouth Camp, Xo. 10027. Mod- ern Woodman of America — II. C. Moody, Consul: W. 11. Stevens, Clerk. Meets Isl and 'An\ Mondays of each month al S p. m. al Moose Hall, High Street. We extend a cordial welcome to all M. W. of A. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MARINE DRAFTSMEN. Portsmouth Branch. C. W. Philbrick, President; C. P Yeomans, Secretary and Treasurer. MR. NAVY YARD WORKMAN Do you know that you can get a nice room at Sugrue's Hotel, entrance to Navy Yard at a very reasonable price? That you can buy. twenty-one meal tickets for seven dollars, an average cost per meal of thirty- three and one-third cents? That these tickets are good until used, and if you leave here you can cash them back for what you paid for them? That when you miss a meal you save a ticket? That these meals are good, and there is plenty of it. COME IN AND SEE US. CLEAN ROOMS AND GOOD FOOD. SUCRUE'S HOTEL entrance to navy yard KITTERY, MAINE FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY, ICE CREAM AND SODA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TELEPHONE 29 w CATERING A SPECIALTY 43 CONGRESS street MODEL 90 20 miles per gallon Gas 900 miles per gallon Oil 7,000 miles per set Tires Holds world record for not a stop run sealed in high. Beats record for Bretton Woods run by 1 hour 51 minutes. If that is not enough we can tell you more. C. A. LOWD Service Station & Garage 338 Pleasant St. Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" FOR THE NEWEST FALL FASHIONS visit our well lighted garment section. This season more than ever before you should choose with the utmost care from thoroughly dependable lines. We select only from the best makes, fabrics that are best in quality designed by masters of clever fashion, and made by experienced and well paid operatives. The results are, garments that give exceptional wear and service. NEW FALL AND WINTER COATS, SHIRT WAISTS OF VOILE AND GEORGETTE CREPE, DRESS SKIRTS OF LATEST MODELS, SHAWL SCARFS, KIMONOS, SILK PETTICOATS, BATH ROBES. GEO. B. FRENCH CO. 37 Market St., Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" HOUSES! JUST J± EEW LEFT NEW HOUSES. MODERN AND WITH ALL CONVENIENCES. IN A RESTRICTED NEIGHBORHOOD. HANDY TO CITY AND NAVY YARD SCHOOL ON PREMISES. RENTS REASONABLE. Individual Rooms for Gentlemen In our Fire Proof Dormitories. Baths. Reading Rooms. Telephone, Etc. THE ATLANTIC HEIGHTS CO. HENRY A. TRYBORNE, Manager. Phone 88. MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION Statement as of Sept. 9, 1919. RECEIPTS EXPENDITURES Dues to Sept. 9, 1919 $3,445.55 Benefits paid to Sept. 9, 1919 $860.55 (38 claims) Expenses such as Printing, Postage and Stationary 63.55 $924.10 $924.10 Balance in Treasury $2,521.45 Membership, Sept. 9, 1919, 2,647. Notify the Secretary promptly in case you are sick or disabled more than one week. The Secretary's address is M. 0. RICHARDS, care THE SAFETY ENGINEER, Building No. 81. Benefits will not be paid if you are two weeks in arrears in paying your dues as per By Laws. •T SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" AN INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATION We Keep on Hand a Large Supply of U. S. LIBERTY LOAN BONDS Of All Issues For Sale at Market Prices for Immediate Delivery We are prepared to sell you Liberty Bonds on the same partial payment Liberty Loan Club plan which proved so successful during the War Loan Drives. Hank open Saturday evenings 6 to 9. FIRST NATIONAL BANK PORTSMOUTH, N. II. United States Depository. Assets over Three Million Dollars. Member Federal Reserve System SYSTEMATIC SAVLNG SPELLS SUCCESS. Weekly deposits bring about the most satisfactory results. One Dollar opens an account. Home Ranks furnished free to depositors. PISCATAQUA SAVINGS BANK, First National Rank Building. : : Portsmouth, N. H. Open Saturday Evenings 6 to 9 "J SAW IT K\ THE LIFE BUOY" INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY Issued monthly for free distribution to employees of the Industrial Department of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. II. VOL. II SEPTEMBER, 1!)1«) NO. 7 THE COST OF FEAR We aic I old by statist ii-ians that the direct cost of the war has been about 175 Billion Dollars If you will take a pencil, calculate the number of minutes in a day, multiply ihis by i In' number of days in a year and then by the number of years since the birth or Chris! Jesus, you will Bud that the final result is a trifle over a billion minutes, Tin' cost or the war, in oilier words, is equivalent to about $175 a minute for every minute in the Chris Han era. This unthinkable sum of money has been spent on destruction, The constructive activi- ties of Hie great industrial nations have been Stimulated and organized as never before. ISul to whit immediate end The nuking of death-dealing Instruments and deal h-dealing mixtures, the use of tools and implements of production in order to make destruction of human lite and human happiness more com- plete and spread out over wider areas than anything the world ever knew before The makdng of graves bj the millions, and of cripples in numbers still Larger, the destruc- tion of cities, villages, railroads, harbors, fur- naces, Factories, mines, the utter devastation of Fertile land. How freely people have given tor desl ruction! THE GOOD TO COM 10. There is the highest authority for the state men! that (J oil "makcth the wr:ilh Of man to praise Him." The main business of the war litis been destruction, and its chief motive has been fear. But its lessons will brinj; incalcula- ble good, It has given us such a vision as we never had before of the total resources Oi the race and Of massed power when even a por- tion ot mankind bends all its energies to the performance of a particular task. It shows us thai hhe problem of bringing in the universal reign of fellowship and good will, of kindly Feeling and common effort For worthy pur- pose i in pi' the earch for a motive. We hall not nave realized the utmost thai is pos- sible until the world awakes From its dream of lethargy in time of Peace to Bind a run structive motive, sufficient in its power and ipellimg effect to move mankind mightily ■ mil unitedly in firmly esla blishdng ., real, constructive program, thereby nullLflylng the temptation to resort to war. The war bas sei a new standard For the fu- ture, a new standard for industry. For com no ne, For the development of agriculture, For education, For skill, which is the training ol men's bands and minds to do the thing right the flrsl time, it has set a new standard For • ill our charities and philanthropies. Think of the situation If only people would put rice and corn meal into the loaf instead of wheal flour, abstain from eating meal two or three days a week, cut down the sugar in the COf Fee cup. eat fruit canned instead of presen ed. turn off an electric light except when ab- solutely needed, and put every dollar's worth of saving into Government securities, and all in order thai humanity might be given a bet- ter chance, thai new opportunities might be put before our hoys and girls, that men and women might be so trained and so inspirited to new efforts for their own well being that povertj and want and \ ire should heroine things of the past. To me, the Fact which stands out most prominently is that, moved by the sense ol Fear, mankind has poured out wealth to an amount eipial to $17. r , a minute For 21 hours Of every day which has elapsed since the first Christmas l>ay at Bethlehem, \nd now. how many minutes must humanity wait to see a huge a portion of mankind exert itself as strongly, not under the whip and spur of fear, but in response to love and hope and Fellow- Ship? CLARENCE II HOW \HI>. LIFE BUOY SUBMARINE S-4 LAUNCHED. M 2 50 on Wednesday afternoon, August 27, 1919, the Submarine S-4 successfully took the water being christened at the given sig- nal by Mrs. Herbert S. Howard. The chris- tening was all the more memorable because of the fact that the sponsorMrs. Howard, is tlie wife of Commander H. S. Howard, U. S. N.. of the Construction Corps who has been in charge of all submarine work. This was the first launching that has taken place from the new submarine shed. Building 115, and all present at the launching had an almost unobstructed view to see the submar- ine glide gracefully into the water because of the open construction of the shed. Captain L. S. Adams, 1'. S. N., Industrial Manager had direct supervision of the launch- ing and it is needless to say the submarine tool; the water to the minute of schedule time. The launching as to time was the most successful yet made. The sponsor, Mrs. Herbert S. Howard was attended on the platform In the Command- ant. Rear Admiral J. C. Boush, U. S. N., Ret. Among the invited guests were Governor .1. H. Bartlett of 'New Hampshire and council; Ambassador David R. Francis; Rear Admiral C. VV. Dyson. V. S. N.. Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering; L. M. Howe, Secretary to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, F. D. Roosevelt; Captain H. L. Wyman and oth- er officers of the yard, as well as many guests from Portsmouth and surrounding cities. Previous to the launching Mr. S. D. Gil- key, Master Shipfitter, presented Mrs. How- ard with a beautiful diamond bar pin brooch, given as a memento of the launching by the employees of the Yard. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Charlton and shortly alter, Mrs. Howard broke the tra- ditional bottle on the bow of the Submarine. The Submarine, bedecked with flags and with Old Glory snapping in the wind made a beau- tiful sight as she took the water. Following the launching afternoon tea fol- lowed by a dance was given the launching party by Captain and Mrs. L. S. Adams. Submarine S-4 is the second Government designed and built submarine to be construct- ed The first of this type. Submarine S-3. was also built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard and lias been in active service since last June. Sub- marine S-4. therefore, is the second of the so- called Government 800 ton submarines. She is about 231' long and 20' beam with a sur- face displacement of somewhat over 850 tons. This, it may be of interest to know, is about, the same size of submarine which the Ger- JAN man and English Navies determined upon as the best for all-around use during the war. The engines for Submarine S-4 were built at the New York Navy Yard but were assembled and installed in the vessel here. All the plans for the S-4 were made at this Yard and with the exception of the engines, which, as men- tioned, were built at the New York Yard, and auxiliaries, wihch were purchased, she was constructed and completed here. As in the case of practically all other modern subma- rines, the main engines are of Diesel type, which drives the vessel on the surface, while for submerged work she is equipped with the most modern storage batteries and motors. The vessel is now about 92% completed and it is expected that she will be ready for com- missioning and active operation by the latter part of October. EXTRACTS FROM A IiETTER FROM AN OFFICER OX THE U. S. S. I'lTTSBlRGH TO AN OFFICER OX THIS YARD. "The engines ran fine (67 to 73 R. P. M.) all of the way across, and we watctied them like a mother would her first born, especial- ly with so many green men aboard. The splash plates above the cranks, and other oil saving devices were very successful. It cer- tainly is a pleasure to be repaired at a Navy Yard in which one can get such excellent work and be treated so well at the same time. "It was great to lie in an English port on the 4th of July, and see the English dress their ships and fire a national salute in our honor. Previously to the war it was consid- ered very bad form to stay over the 4th in an Englis'h port. The Governor opened his heart and allowed all of the officers to go around, and over the Rock. I was one of the victims and while some of the paths were fair, some of the stairs on the Mediterranean side took my breath, and I was glad when I reached the top." "The .price of food at the leading hotels is quite high and the meal is really poor, so anybody will appreciate the Ward room table after a meal or two ashore. There were sever- al American Army nurses aboard for dinner last night and they ate voraciously, saying that the fare of the past would soon be noth- ing but a memory. The transport which these Army nurses were from, has been lying here for about fine days waiting for coal, but the Spaniards (properly called Rock Scorpions) would not coal, so today the soldiers volun- teered and coaled her. Coal is worth (105) in* hundred and five shillings a ton, besides 19 1923 oi ul Z 5 < ca to I >• H OS < o. O z x o z < J 6 LIFE BUOY one shilling a ton war tax, six shillings a ton for lighterage and one shilling a ton tor steve- dores." IJASKBAIiL TEAM CAPTURES CHAMPION- SHIP SUNSET LEAGUE WIWF.Its. The baseball team won the championship of the Sunsel League bj winning twelve games and losing onlj two games, This is a wonder ful achievement when consideration is taken of the tad thai this is the Bra! year the Yard .as ever been represented In the Sunsel League by a baseball team. Too much praise can nol be accorded t lie players as they all played well together, show- ing that through close co-operation and con centrated team work almost anj obstacle can i)i- overcome. Once the team was formed few changes took place. As to giving aaj one play- er, or players any more ft'edi! than the oth- ers because of marked proficiency It can on- lj he said that it is exceedingly difficult to do iiiis. However, it' any player stands out some- what mere prominent then the others, men- tion must be made of our star hurling per- former Charles i\ Scruton id' the Supply De- partment. Ihnes at first base ami Cannon at third base ais,. played remarkable ball all sumer. Irvine in left Held repeatedly thrill- ed the spectators bj his wonderful running i itches. Fontaine caught a stead) game and his throwing to bases to eatrh runners trying to steal was excellent. The team toward the latter pari of the season began hitting well and fielded at times sensationally. Double plays by Butler and c. Broderick were of frequent occurrence, ('. Broderick and Cannon lead the team in hitting followed closelj by Captain Hayes. The team is composed ei' the following play- ers in the order as they appear on the photo- garph: top rov, lei: to right, Hugelman, Mgi . Butler, 2nd base, Hayes 1st base, Cannon 3rd base. Irvine 1. t\. Maslau r. t. Bottom row left to right. Scruton p . Weare p. Crowell coach Fontaine c, Davis c. f.. Broderick utili- \\ InfleWer. The final standing of the Sunsel League is as follows: Won Lost Per. Portsmouth Navy Yard 12 2 857 vtlantk ' in 4 Tit K. of C B ". i;i.-. Son tbery 8 7 1' \ f 3 II 216 YMF 1 IS 072 Following are seores b> Innings of the dif- ferent games as well as names of the batter- ies and the number of hits and errors: The scores June 2. Innings 1 2 :\ 4 6 — it n E .Navy Yard (1 2 2 1 Atlanties n 1 I >1 4 Batteries: Fisher and Bailey: lloratt and Faihey. June •">. Innings l 2 ;i 4 :< it it k Navy Yard 1 u 2 1 4 4 Y. XI. C. A 1 t I 2 tl Batteries: Weare and Bailey; Kirlie and Thomas. .lime t<>. Innings 1 2 3 t 5 t> 7— R 11 E Navy Yard 3 10 4 7 2 Southery 1 1 2 — 4 it 1 Batteries: Scruton, Fisher and Bailey; Kin- del and llanlon Juno 16, Innings 1 2 3 t 5 R H E Navy iTard 1 2 3 x — ti ti 1 K. of C 1 1 n b a 2 3 2 Batteries: Monk and Bailey; Lewis. Wood and Patterson and Angwin. June 20. Innings l 2 :; 4 5 R H E Southery 4 1 \ :, ;, 1 Navy Yard n u u -0 1 2 Batteries: Kelley and Porter: Fisher and Mitchell, June 21. Innings t 2 :', 4 E Kilt-: \a\ i Yard 2 1 2 \" .". 8 1 P. V C 2 n ii il ii 2 6 2 Batteries: Weare and Fogg; Poll and C. I y.in . June 28, Innings l 2 :; 4 :. R H E \;n > Yard 3 2 X -5 2 1 Atlanties ti 1 u 1 2 2 Batteries: Sermon and Fogg; Andrews and il. Robertson, July 2. Innings l 2 :; 4 ."> it n K Navy Yard 4 x 13 Y. M. l\ A II I' n 4 4 Batteries; Fisher and Duphinette; Mu>1 Lathrop and Smith. July 7. Innings 12 3 4 6 6 R H E Navy Yard 10 10—2 1 6 Southery 110 2 4 4 Batteries; Scruton and Duphinette; Kellej and Porter, July 14. Innings 1 2 3 I 5 Kill-: Vtlantics 1 x — 1 6 1 Xiw Yard 3 Batteries; Horan and H. Robertson; Scru- ton and Duphinette. 8 LIFE BUOY July IS. Innings 1 2 3 4 5 — R H E X ivy Yard 2 1 1 x — 4 4 1 Souther> 0—0 3 4 Batteries: Seruton and Duphinette: Kelley and MeElvain M Innings 1 2 3 4 5— R H E Navy Yard ..0 2 1 x — 3 2 2 p. a. C o it 2 0—2 :. :'. t Batteries: Seruton and Bailey: Sutton and R. Bracken. July a*. Innings 1 2 3 4 5— R H E Navy Y.ird 4 3 4 5 — 16 8 V. M. C. A 2 1 0— 3 4 12 Batteries: Wear,, and Fountaine; Monk. Perrault and Smith. .Inly SI. Innings 1 2 :; 4 :. -R H E Navu Yard 2 2 2 0—6 8 2 Southery 1 — 1 i Batteries: Seruton and Fountaine: IC1 man. Aybell and MeElvain and Finn. >|H 30SEPH H MO RKILL, MASTER A: '- ,! » FAINTER. Inninss ... 1 2 3 4 5 — R II F ., ° ,.' ' " -, v . i •> •? Mr. Morrill was born in Portsmouth. June Navy Yard 4 u \ — 4 o o 1^ _j q ..100 1 — 2 5 2 22. 18'66. He was graduated from the Haven Batteries: Weare and Fountaine; Twom- Grammar School and at fifteen years of age bly and Thomas l, e went t0 wor k ; n the Ship Yard of Daniel Aug Bl. Marey. He left in 1SS2 to work at the Isles of Innings 1 - 3' 4 5 — R HE stioals and remained there until 1SS4 as a Navy Yard 3 1 2 3 1—10 13 genera j i le i per . j n 1S s 5 Mr Morrill went to ? ' Batteries": Keefe and Fountaine; Leary and «° s ton and learned the painter's trade under 11 Robertson. Mr - N T - Howard. From 1889 to 1914 he worked for various firms in Portsmouth as Foreman in charge. In September 1913. Mr. THEY ( Al.l. IT GENII'S. „ .„ ,, . .. _ • Morrill was called to the Yard as journeyman When 1 have a subject in hand. I study it , " . . ., ., . . „ f „_„ ,„„ painter, and was promoted to leidingman m 1 Daj and night it is before me. * My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the 1917, quarterman in 1918, and became Acting success I make, the people are pleased to Foreman on the death of Mr. Ball. February call genius. It is the fruit of thought and la- 2 2. 1919. He was appointed Master Painter August 27. 1919. Previous to coming to the UJEXANDER HAMILTON * yard, Mr. Morrill had charge ot the work in mis is 2 per cent inspiration and 98 per some Qf the flnest resit!en( , es and buildings in T Hqo EDISON Portsmouth, decorating and painting in such places as the Wentworth and the Rocking hotels, the Middle Street Baptist Church and HOW TO KEEP HAPPY. The residences of H. Fisher Eldredge of Eive Infallible Rales. Portsmouth and F. G. Xiles of Newcastle. As Keep your heart clean. general supervisor. Mr. Morrill has charge of •ir mind free from worry. „„ th(? paintin£ am1 „ lazing done n ships and Keep vour bodv in condition. , . ... . ,. , . ., . _. in the various buildings on the ^ard. Keen out of other s affairs. Keep on the job. ^' r - Morrill is married and has two chiid- — AMERICAN MAGAZINE. . • ren. 10 LIFE BUOY ROBERT J. GIMCER, FOREMAN r,ARORERS & RIGGERS. Mr. Gilker was born in New Carlisle, Que- bec, August 9, 1ST-}. After attending the grammar school. Mr. Gilker began work as a Shipfltter'a helper in the Bath Iron Works Bath. Maine. in 1893, and was advanced tci the grade of Shipfitter in 1895. In 1901 Mr Rllfcer left the Bath Iron Works to accept a position in Groton, Conn. He returned to the Bath Iron Works in 1903 and was made Fore man Shipfitter. serving until April 1912 Rrom \pril to September 1912 he was with the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Corn,.-,,, as Assistant to the .Manager. Mr Cilker nol only knows how to build boats but how to sail inem, for he served ar a boat steerer on tl whaling ship, -Prances Allyn" from the port of New Bedford during the years of 1S97 and 1898, and was once reported lost in the \rc- '"' Oceon In 191.-, Mr. Gilker was appointed ■s Foreman of tie Laborers * Riggerr 81,,,,, at tins Navy Yard as a result of a competitive examination. He has charge of the handlin- ot all machinery in the various shops and of other heavy articles about the Yard. All kinds of rigging work done on the Yard as well as the care of the Dock and the laborer when helping to dock ships, are likewise under his supervision. The quartermen under Mr. Kilker are Mr R. Adams, in charge of outside work Mr C Pinkham, in charge of inside shop work 'the leadingmen ar P Mr. k Tobey, outside Mr E Johnson, inside in charge of pipe covering- ' Mr. Gilker is married and has three child- ren, two boys and a girl. He is fond of wrest- ing and athletic sports and is an enthusiast with the gun and the rod. OUR DESTROYERS. Willi death above and death below And hardly tim e enough to think. Often no flame i'n the galley range To warm their food and drink. While boats were smashed, and often crashed Over their ship's side, to sink. Theirs was a task that th e Navy set To protect our men at sea, Each moment full of storm and death Wherever their keels might be. No deed was too great or hour too late For hearts that were brav e and free Mid driving gale with snow and hail, While freezing seas did break aboard They put the fear of a living God In the ['-Boats' piratical horde Compartments flooded, their clo'thin- wet With brine that washed the deck They rode through storm and fought the Hun U Hli their ship all but a wreck. By night and day they staid at sea To catch their cruel lurking foes; No complaining words from" lips were heard What they suffered, our God onlv know* \\ ith bulwarks bent and rigging rent' By the weather that numbed and froze The,, here's to men and ships who snatched The victory from murdering Huns. Immortal glory with honor is theirs Mist as long as Time's course will run. R. J. GILKER. DRY DOCK. So many questions have been asked in the past relative to the Dry Dock that it has been decided to present a resume of the pertinent facts pertaining to the construction of the Dry Dock. The contract for the Drv Dock was let to John Pierce in 1899. and was completed in 1905, at a cost of approximately $1,135 000 The Public Works officer at that time was Lu- ther !•:. Gregory. The general dimensions of the Dry Dock are as follows: Length: inside of caisson. 69'5 ft.-l in Width at top. 130 ft. %in. Width at bottom. 80 ft. a s j n Dep'h to floor. 39 ft. -3 in. Depth to top of keel blocks. 34ft. -11 in. The Dry Dock was constructed pirtlv in the mouth of the creek that separated Seaw Island from Jenkin's Island, and parth ex- 12 LIFE BUOY cavated out of the ledge of these Islands. It is constructed of concrete lined with granite. The following table of quantities will give one some idea of the magnitude of the work: Filling and grading 60,000 cu. yds. Cleaning and excavating rock, 120.000 cu. yds. Cleaning and excavating earth. 43,000 cu. yds. Concrete 16,370 cu. yds. Granite 20,500 cu. yds. Lumber (oak) 153,000 bd. ft. Lumber (yellow pine) .... 45,000 bd. ft. Metal (Composition and brass) .240.000 lbs. Metal ( wrought iron stanchions and chains) 13.000 lbs. Metal (Steel gratings galvanized) 18,000 lbs. Metal Cast iron pipe 28,000 lbs. In addition to the above figures which are for the Dry Dock proper, the following ma- terial was used in the construction of the Caisson: Steel plates, etc 513,760 lbs. Machinery 92,740 lbs. Lumber (oak) 3.760 bd. ft. Lumber (pine) 6,025 bd. ft. Concrete 142 cu. yd. The Dry Dock is filled and emptied by three 45 in. and one 14 in. electrically driven cen- trifugal pumps. The time required for filling the Dry Dock at mean high water lis one hour and forty-five minutes, whereas the time for emptying at mean high water is two hours. In connection with the Dry Dock the fol- lowing appliances are used: One 100 ton shears, one 20 ton floating derrick, and one 45 ton locomotive jib crane with 85 ft. boom. The largest ship that can be docked in the Dry Dock is a ship of the size of the battle- ship "Wyoming", which is the largest con- templated. CHANGES IN SHOP SUPERINTENDENT'S ORGANIZATION. Due to the change whereby Lieut. H. F. M'oCartj . C. C, U. S. N.. takes the place of Lieut. R. W. Fen-ell, C. C. I". S. N., who was Outside Superintendent of New Construction, the following officers have had their duties changed: Lieut. J. W. Fowler, C. C. U. S. N.. has been placed in charge of the Plate Shop Group, which consists of the following shops: (1) Shipfitter Shop, (2) Boiler Shop, (3) Smith Shop. Lieut. (T) J. S. Jones. G. C. V. S. N'., who is in charge of the Metal Shop Croup (I) consisting of (II Machine Shop, Inside. (2) Machine Shop, Outside, (3) Sheet .Metal Shop. (4) Smelting Plant, (Equipment and Personnel); Ensign (T) F. W. Rasch, U. S. N., who is in charge of the Metal Shop Croup (11) consisting of the following shops: (1) Pattern Shop, (2) Foundry, (3) Electri-' cal Machine Shop. (4) Electrical Shop; Lieut. (T) S. Floathe, C. C. U. S. N., (Ret.) who is in char?e of the Woodworking Group con- sisting of the following shops: (1) Joiner Shop, (2) Spar n.nd Block Shop, (3) Boat Shop, (4) Structural Shop, (5) Paint Shop, (6) Sail Loft, ('/) Laborer and Rigging Shop; Carpenter (T) W. J Waterworth U. S. N.. who is in charge of the Transportation Shop. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? If the Management of the Portsmouth Navy Yard requested or even demanded that you run at full speed — crowding and showing from one part of the shop to another while engaged in your usual employment, what would you say? Yet this is being done daily by hundreds of employees running to get aboard the train sections when ,they have fre- quently ten minutes to wait when once aboard. If you were asked to chance tearing your clothing or possibly breaking a limb to save one cent a day for the Government, would you do it? Be honest! What would you do if a fire broke out in the shop you were working in? Would it be a case of "I should worry" or would you ask and receive a "square deal" by leaving in an orderly manner? Panics at times of fires have cost hundreds of lives. Should you be asked frankly whether you would rather have your life, sight, or all the compensation in the world, wouldn't you tell the person asking you these questions, he was headed for an insane asylum? The old saying of "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," should never be forgotten One good leg is worth a car load of crutches. Notwithstanding this, numerous industries are always busilv engaged in making artifi- cial eyes and limbs. According to statistics compiled recently from the record of accidents kept in the Safe- ty Engineer's Office, over seventy per cent of our accidents can be prevented by co-opera- tion in the safety movement. Over eighty per cent of all our accidents are due to careless- ness or thoughtlessness. Think, think hard, as to who loses when an accident occurs, the employee or the Govern- ment? Both, but which the more? NEW REFRIGERATING INSTALLATION. A new refrigerating machine has recentlv been installed at the Naval Hospital by the Clothel Company of Bayonne. N. J. This ma- chine in addition to the former one will de- liver 1500 lbs. of ice daily as well as keep the refrigerating rooms at the desired tempera- tures. LIFE BUOY 13 FIVE OF "OUR OLD TIMERS' The five men in the above picture have been in continuous service of the Government at this Yard a total of 146 years. In the front row from left to right they are respectively, George E. Hammond, Charles H. Farwell and John W. Leavitt, the back row from left to right, J. Howard Junkins and Aaron H. Brack- ets Mr. Hammond was born in Eliot, Maine, December 21, 1848. He graduated from the University of Maine with the first class that was graduated from that Institution in Civi] Engineering. He was employed on the N. Y. Central & Erie Railroads for twelve years. He entered the Government service July IS. 1885, as clerk in the Department of Yards & Docks, leaving on July 15, 18S9 and being re- appointed July 15, 1S93. and has been here ever since. Mr. Hammond has always been a man of high standing among his associates in the Navy Yard and elsewhere. Every man has his hobby that of Mr. Hammond being prize 14 LIFE BUOY CHIEF CARPENTER W. 3. WATER- WORTH. We welcome the return to the Yard of Chief Carpenter W. J. Waterworth. II. S. N., who reported for duty in the Industrial De- partment on April 2 7th. Chief Carpenter Wa- terworth returns from abroad after comple- tion of one year's service at one of the Naval bases in Ireland. Soon after reporting he was assigned as \ssistant to the Shop Superintendent, his principal duties being in connection with the School for Vocational Training. He has lately succeeded Ensign Rasch as Assistant for Transportation. CRANE TRACK EXTENSION. An extension of the 4 5 ton crane track has recently been constructed, thereby making the larger crane serviceable at all points from the coal pocket as well as along side of and around the head of the Dry Dock. The track now ex- tends to the Submarine Landing Ways, Bids. 115. cattle raising and the management of his farm. i.Mr. Charles H. Farwell was born in Kenne- bunk, Maine, April 30, 1855. He entered the Government service in May 1878 as a painter in the department of Yards & Docks. He later served as clerk in the Ordnance Department, Steam Engineering Department, Construction and Repair Department and the Inspection Office, and is now Assistant to the Chief Clerk in the Industrial Department. Mr. John W. Leavitt was born in Exeter. N. H., August 12, 1844. He attended the pub- lic schools at Exeter and graduated from the Exeter High School in 1861. During the Civ- il War Mr. Leavitt saw service in a Massachu- setts Regiment. He was appointed a clerk in the Supply Department in November 1889. Mr. Leavitt is a member of the G. A. R. .Mr. J. Howard Junkins was born at York, Maine. October 1, 1849. He entered the Gov- ernment service June 1, 1889, was out of the service from 1893 to 1896 and was reappoint- ed December 3, 1896, and has been here at this Yard ever since. Mr. Junkins had never lost a day because of sickness until December 2, 1918. He is now a clerk in the Accounting Department. His hobby is gardening. Mr. Aaron H. Brackett was born in Acton, Maine, May 8, 1852. He entered the Govern- ment service July 8, 1893 as a messenger and has been at this Yard ever since, without the loss of a single day. Mr. Brackett is a check- er enthusiast and enjoys a good game of pool. HANG UP YOUR HEADS WIN. The other day on a street corner, I saw two little newsboys matching pennies. As I passed, one of them shouted, "Heads win!" That little ragged urchin did not realize that he was proclaiming a great truth. But he was. Time was when money was looked upon as being the chief factor in every branch of life. The capitalist was looked at with envy, and sometimes with fear. That day is fast passing away. People know differently now. It is head- work that wins today. In the great world war it was not the mon- ey, the men, the tremendous amount of am- munition, the submarines, which won. It was brains. If the enemy produced a deadly gas. then the brains of the opposing forces were set to work to produce a gas more deadly than the other. When the submarines began to take their daily toll of ships sunk and de- stroyed, the allied nations realized that they must think out a way to get rid of these rep- tiles of the sea. And they did it. The magnifi- cent brain of Foch and his generals planned a campaign which wore down the German hosts and the end accomplished their defeat. Brains did it, not guns. Heads won. In the industrial world it is not the man with the biggest muscles that gets to the top. It is not the man with massive arms and iron hands, who can lift a hundred-pound weight with ease, who gets the most money in the pay envelope at the end of the week. It is the man whose brain is active, who thinks and plans and studies the best way to do a job. It is the man of power. And power does not mean brute force. Power comes from constructive thinking, cumlative thought or, in the parlance of the street, "using your head." FRANK DORRANCE HOPLEY. in "Power", July 1919. If. LIFE BUOY INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT f^LIFE BU<^ Editor-in-chief R. W. Ryden EUitor J. R. Hugelman Associate Editor H. L. Hartford Associate Editor and Business Manager M. 0. Richards ''THE TOP ROUND." Is there a limit to man's capacity for ad- vancement? Whon has a man reached the Top Round in the Ladder of S ' Is there such a thing as a fixed "Top Round?" questions have been discussed to a great extent by the educators thruout the country, and more or less by the educated business men. The time has come when the laboring man hiuls food for thought in the same questions. Does anyone believe that there exists a fixed limit to a man's advance- ments? Undoubtedly not — when real consid- eration is given the question. — for to ac- knowledge that a fixed limit exists is to im- ply that when this limit is reached no further improvement can be made upon the man — that is. a man can perfect himself no further. This brings us to the second question — 'When has a man reached the Top Round?" Will we not agree that the "Top Round" is reached only when a man can not better him- self in an> way. neither physically, mentally or moral]} ! Can anyone imagine a man in a position so high as 10 exclude all possibili- ties for betterment? This does not necessari- ly mean that a man must attain a still high- er position, but it certainly suggests the abili- ty of a man to render himself more efficient for the position he is holding. This conclu- sion then answers our third question. "Is there such a thing as fixed "Top Round'"" We And that there is always a round above [or the seeker Apply all this to the workmen on this Navy Yard — to the laborers and general helpers in the ditch and on the road — to the mechanics in the shops and on the ships, to the various skilled workers about the Yard. Have we reached the "Top Round?" — are we willing to admit to the world that we have reacted our "Top Round." that our lives have been given to the attainment we have reached in our Ladder, and that we are satis' we ,;s efficient as w,> would desire, in other words, are we satisfied with ourselves and with our position in the world? If we are. then further advancement would probably not be desirable. To those of us who have "a hunch" that wo have not reached the heights to which we aspired, the rest of these remarks will be addressed The first question that would be asked bj a man in this class would very naturally be — "How can 1 improve myself?" The answer to this question in most emphatic terms is,— Increase your personal efficiency. Personal ef- firiency may be defined as the combined effi- ciency of the body and the mind. 1: is sate to assume that the average workman gets, enough exercise to keep his bod., efficient, — therefore with this feature of personal efficiency taken care of. this efficiency of the mind ma> be concentrated upon. I'pon this res:s everything. The endowed ability of a man to increase and render more effective his mental powers must be made the most of bj the man. Study is ex- ercise for the mind just as work is exercise for the body, and in the same manner that heavy exercise from a body long unused to work would not be expected, stud/ from a mind not used to it would be impractical. Now then, what is light exercise tor the mind? Bducators Q»e world over are unanimous in their suggestion. "Literature:" Qood litera- ture by old authors of recognized fame. II been asserted that t'-om Shakespeare's works alone, an education may be obtained. Having prepared the mind for study, by the reading of good books, the individual must choose for himself, the line of study he wishes to pur- sue that will fit him for a journey upward in the "Ladder of Success.' 'and if study comes hard, and progress and success are slow in making their appearance, just "keep everlast- ingly at it." G. H. DENNJSON, JR., Structural Shop. 18 LIFE BUOY MR. JOHN .1. CONNORS, MASTER MOLDER. Mr. Connors was born April 16, 18S4, in Winchendon, Mass. He attended the grammar schools at Winchendon and graduated from the High School. Mr. Connors served an ap- prenticeship with the B. D. Whitney Company of Winchendon. He has had experience as a journeyman molder in iron, steel and brass work with the Vermont Snath Company. Springfield. Vt.. Flather Foundry Company, Nashua. X. H.. Claremont and Chicago Plains of the Sullivan Machine Company. General Electric Company, Schenectady. N. Y.. Bangor Iron Works, Bangor. Maine. Bellows Palls Paper Machine Company, Fore River Iron Works. Quincy. Mass. He was called on the Yard as Molder April 30. 191 T. and was ap- pointed quartermen in charge August 26, 1917 and Foreman. Februarv 14. 1918. Cnder Mr. Connors' supervision are produced numerous articles of brass, iron and steel varying in size from the propellor hubs of cruisers to small articles for electrical equip- ment. The supervisory force under Mr. Connors is as follows: quarterman F. Hatch, leading- men. P. Berrvman, J. Lawless. F. Donnelly. R. Norton. J. Strong. MAY GASOLINE STORAGE TANKS. Over 12,000 gallons extra gasoline supply is now available through the installation of three new tanks at the water front, between buildings 26 and S9. RESl StTTATIOX FROM ELECTRICAL SHOCK BY THE PROXE PRESSURE METHOD. According to Dr. S. J. Meltzer, Head of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re- search, and Chairman of the Third Resusci- tation Commission, & Dutch society, organiz- ed in Amsterdam in 1767, appears to have been the first to formulate definite rules for resuscitating those apparently dead. These rules, translated into English in 1773, led to the organization of The Humane Society, which is still in existence under the name of The Royal Humane Society, and which from the start kept records of all cases of attempt- ed resuscitation which came to its knowledge. Since 1856. resuscitation has been confined almost exclusively to the application of arti- ficial respiration in one form or another. While in the earlier period inspirations were produced by inflation, in the laiter methods this was accomplished by aspirations, result- ing from the manual handling of the subject to be resuscitated. The manual movements, carried on in an orderly, systematic manner, may be divided into three classes: 1. — Moveniemts which produce originally active expiration, while the inspiration is ac- complished passively. 2. — Movements which actively produce in- spiration, while the expiration is accomplish- ed passively. 3. — Active movements producing the in- spiration as well as the expiration. In the las>t mode of respiration, introduced in 1856 by the celebrated physiologist. Mar- shall Hall, the subject was first placed in a prone position and pressed upon the back. This caused an active respiration. He was then turned upon the side and his shoulder raised resulting in an active inspiration. Fol- lowing Hall's method, Dr. Sylvester introduc- ed the method which now bears his name. By this method, the subject is laid upon his back and both arms raised up and beyond his head, thus stretching the pectoral muscles and causing an active inspiration. The expir- ation is accomplished passively by returning the arms to the side of the subject. The Syl- vester method was recommended by the first Committee on Resuscitation appointed bv The Royal Humane Society in 1861, and is still largely in use in many parts of the world. Objection has been raised to the Syl- vester method on the ground that it may cause fracture of the ribs or rupture of the liver. In 1903. Prof. E. A. Schafer of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Societv. recommend- ed a method which now bears his name and is known as the "prone method" of resusci- 20 LIFE BUOY tation. The procedure is to place the subject, face downward, with his cheat resting direct- ly on the floor. The operator kneels astride the prone subject and places his hands over the lower ribs and the lumbar region on eith- er side of the spine. To produce the move- ments of expiration, with his hands out- stretched, the operator brings the weight of his body on the lower dorsal region of the patient, thus powerfully pressing and forcing the abdominal viscera against the diaphragm and lungs, which are consequently brought into a position, of complete expiration. When the operator's weight is withdrawn, the re- coil causes an inspiration. As the subject is in a prone position ,ithe tongue falls forward and does not interfere with the entrance of air into the larynx. 1 — Free the Victim from the Circuit Imme- diately 1. — Quickly release the victim from the current, being very careful to avoid receiving shock. Use any dry non-conductor (rubber gloves, clothing, wood, rope, etc.,) to move either the victim or the conductor. Beware of using metal or any moist material. If both of the victim's hands are grasping live con- ductors endeavor to free them one at a time. If necessary shut off current. (In view of the ex- tensive use of high tension apparatus, these precautions for the rescuer are most impor- tant; otherwise, the fatalities might be dou- bled.) Begin at once to get the subject to breathe (resuscitation) for a moment of delay is se- I'pon receipt of the report and recommen- dations of the Third Resuscitation Commis- sion, the Sub-Commiit|tee on Accident Pre- vention of the National Electric Lght Asso- cation consistng of Mr. Charles B. Scott, Chairman, and Messrs, Alexander, Baker, Hartlett, Burton, Harmer. MacLachlan, and Morrison carried on the work of revision of the Rules for Resuscitation and also of the Instruction Chart, an abbreviated form of the Rules. While no very radical revision has re- sulted, certain changes in detail have been made for the more effective operation of the prone pressure method of resuscitation from elect ri. shock. The Rules follow: Instructions For Resuscitation. Follow Your Instructions Even if Victim Appears Dead. rious. Use "Prone Pressure Method" for four hours if necessary, or until a doctor has ad- vised that rigor mortis has set in. Observe the Following Precautions. (a) The victim's loose clothing, if dry may be used to pull him away: do not touch the soles or heels of his shoes while he remains In contact — 'the nails are dangerous. If this is impossible, use rubber gloves a dry coat, a dry rope, a dry stick or board, or any other dry non-conductor to move either the victim or the conductor, so as to break the electri- cal contact. (b) If the bare skin of the victim must be touched by your hands, be sure to cover them with rubber gloves, mackintosh, rubber sheet- ing or dry cloth; or stand on a dry board or some other dry insulating surface. If possible use only one hand. BE PIANO WISE THIS FALL If you are to need a Piano THIS WINTER START NOW to get a line on one. They are scarce and if you want TO HIRE OR BUY Consult XJs IMMEDIATELY We are already booking orders for the coming winter season and as there is bound to be a shortage of desirable instruments our advice is DO IT NOW. Special rates for winter rental or reasonable terms of purchase. Apply at MONTGOMERY'S MUSIC STORE Opp. P. ^Portsmouth. CARELESS PEOPLE CARRY CASH But the careful person deposits his money in the NATIONAL MECHANICS & TRADERS BANK And pays all his bills and purchases with his personal check. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES, THE NATIONAL MECHANICS & TRADERS BANK FortSlTlOTJLttL, 3ST. H. •'I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 22 LIFE BUOY If the nuin receives a shock on a pole first see that his belt is secure around the pole, if possible above cross arm so victim will not fall, then break the current. Pass a handline under his arms, preferably through his body belt, securely knot it and pass the end of the line over the first cross arm above the victim. If you are alone, pass the line once around this cross arm. If you are not alone, drop the line to those at the base of the pole. As soon as t lie rope is taut, free the victim's safety belt and sptirs and descend the pole, guiding the victim. V'hen the victim is about three fee; from the ground, lower rapidly so that the victim's foot hit the ground hard. 2. — Open the nearest switch, if that is the quickest way to break the circuit. hand or forearm so that the nose and mou'h tire tree for breathing. 3. — Kneel, straddling the patient's hips, with the knees just below the patient's hip bones or opening of pants pockets. Place the palms of the hands on the small of the back with fingers resting on the ribs, the little fin- gers just touching the lowest rib, the vhumb alongside of the fingers, the tips of the fin- gers just out of sight. 4. — With arms held straight, swing for- ward slowly so that the weight of your body is gradually brought to bear upon the subject. This operation, which should take from two to three seconds, most not be violent — inter- nal organs may be injured. The lower part of the chest and also the abdomen are thus 3. — If necessary to cut a live wire use an ax or a hatchet with a dry wooden handle, turning your face away to protect it from electrical flash. II. — Attend to Victim's Breathing. 1. — As soon as the victim is clear of the live conductor, quickly feel with your finger in his mouth and throat and remove any for- eign body (tobacco, false teeth, etc.) If the mouth is tight shut, pay no attention to the above-mentioned instructions until later, but immediatelv begin resuscitation. The patient will breathe through his nose and after res- uscitation has been carried on a short time. the jaws will probably relax, and any foreign substance in the mouth can then be removed. Do not stop to loosen the patient's clothing; everj moment ol delay is serious. 2. Lay the patient on his belly, one arm extended directly overhead, the other arm bent it elbow and with the face resting on' compressed, the air is forced out of the lungs, the diaphragm is kept in natural mo- tion, other organs are massaged and the cir- culation of the blood accelerated. 5. — Now immediately swing backward so as to completely remove the pressure, thus re- turning to the position shown in Fig. 3. Through their elasticity, the chest walls ex- pand, and the pressure being removed the di- aphragm descends, and the lungs are thus supplied with fresh air. 6. — After two seconds swing forward again. Thus repeat deliberately twelve to fif- teen times a minute the double movement of compression and release — a complete respira- tion in four or five seconds. If a watch or a clock is not visible, follow the natural rate of your own deep breathing, the proper rate may be determined by counting — swinging forward with each expiration and backward with each inspiration. "A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned" We can help you save a good many pennies on HOUSE FURNISHINGS See Mr. WOOD 99 Penhallow St. Portsmouth, N. H. THE "BUSY CORNER" STORE But Never Too Busy To Fill Your Prescriptions and Fill Them Right OUT OF TOWN PATRONS ARE WELCOME TO WAIT FOR THE CAR AT OUR HOUSE BENJAMIN GREEN THE DRUGGIST INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION LOWEST RATES BEST FORMS C. E. TRAFTON 35 Pleasant Street Opposite Post Office YOU OUGHT TO KNOW DENNET and MCCARTHY'S IS THE BEST PLACE TO BUY Overalls, Shirts, Hosiery USE GAS FOR LIGHTING, HEATING AND COOKING PORTSMOUTH GAS CO- ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE Dr. S. F. A. Pickering - - dentist - - TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS OFFICE HOURS 32 CONGRESS STREET TO 12 A. M. 2 TO 5 P. M. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. BROOKS MOTOR SALES PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE FORD SERVICE FllliS BrOS. Men's and Boys' Shoes Fine Shoe Repairing congress st. tel. con. '•I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 24 LIFE BUOY 7. — As soon as this artificial respiration has been started and while it is being contin- ued, an assistant should loosen any tight clothing about the patient's neck, chest or waist. K(H'|> the patient warm. Place ammonia near the nose, determining safe distance b> tirst trying how near it may be held to your own. Then the assistant should hit the pa- tient's shoe heels about twenty times with a stick, and repeat this operation about every live minutes, until breathing commences. Do not give any liquids whatever by mouth until the patient is fully conscious. 8. — Continue artificial respiration with- out interruption (if necessary for four hours), normally of his own volition, and then mov- ed only in a lying position. Should it be nec- essary, due to extreme weather conditions, etc., to move the patient before he is breathing nor- mally, he should be kept in a prone position and placed upon a hard surface (door or shut- ter) or on the floor of a. conveyance, resusci- tation being carried on during the time that he is being moved. II. — A brief return of spotaneous respir- ation is not a certain indication for terminat- ing the treatment. Not infrequently, the pa- tient after a temporary recovery of respira- tion, stops breathing again. The patient must !u> watched, and if normal breathing stops, ar- » until natural breathing is restored. Cases are on record of success after three and one-half hours of effort. The ordinary tests for death are not conclusive in cases of electric shock and doctors must lie so advised by you if nec- essary. 9. — When the patient revives, he should be kept prone (lying down) and not allowed to get up or be raised under any considera- tion, unless on the advice of a doctor. If the doctor has not arrived by tile time the patient has revived, he should be given some stimu- lant, such as one teaspoonful of aromatic spirits of ammonia in a small glass of water, or a drink of hot ginger tea or coffee. The patient should then have any other in- juries attended to and lie kept warm, being placed in the most comfortable position. 10. — Resuscitation should be carried on at the nearest possible point to where the pa- tient received his injuries. He should not be moved from this point until he is breathing titicial respiration should be resumed at once. HI. — Semi for a Doctor. If other persons are present when an acci- dent occurs, send one of them for a doctor without a moment's delay. If alone with the patient, do not neglect the imediate and con- tinued resuscitation of the patient for at least one hour before calling a doctor to assist in further resuscitation efforts. IV. — First Care of Hums. When natural respiration has been restor- ed, burns, if serious, should be imediateiy at- tended to while waiting for the doctor to ar- rive. A raw or blistered surface should be pro- teoted from the air. If clothing sticks, do not peel it off — cut around it. The adherent cloth, or a dressing of cotton, or other soft material applied to the burned surface, should be sat- urated with picric acid (0.5 per cent.) If this is not at hand, use a solution of baking soda (one teaspoonful to a pint of water), or the HENRY PEYSER &. SON 16 TO 20 MARKET ST. For more than forty years Portsmouth's leading Store for Men's and Boys' apparel BUYING GOOD FURNITURE IS LIKE PUTTING MONEY IN THE BANK Thrift is a splendid virtue, but the young couple who start housekeeping with good furniture have some thing as important as a savings bank account. Let us show you some of our good furniture and "the House Beautiful" our furnished suite. It will prove both helpful and entertaining. MARGESON BROTHERS Telephone 570 Portsmouth, N. H. FRED B. COLEMAN APOTHECARY Corner Congress and Vaughn Sts. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. If you desire to buy or sell Real Estate call, telephone or write II. I. CASWELL AGENCY Congress St. TELEPHONE 478-W Portsmouth PEOPLE'S MARKET DEALERS IN BEEF, PORK & PROVISIONS COR. DANIEL AND PENHALLOW STREETS Telephone Connection Portsmouth, N. H. SINCLAIR GARAGE HORTON SERVICE TELEPHONES 282-W. 8120S Corner RICHARDS AVE. and MIDDLE STREET PORTSMOUTH, N. H. S. S- TRUEMAN GENERAL CONTRACTOR TELEPHONE 733-W 1240 Islington St. Portsmouth, N. H. HOLY SMOKE The Bible Land Cigar A Portsmouth Product Union Made CENTRAL LAUNDRY CO. FINE LAUNDRY WORK IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 7i Pleasant St. Portsmouth, N. H. u R S T R E ENLIST AGAINST THE HIGH COST OF LIVING "TRADE AT THE CO-OPERATIVE STORE" Clean, fresh meat, groceries and provisions at reasonable prices. Every stock holder has equal rights, and the store is man- aged for the benefit of all workmen. M. T. C. CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION Market St Portsmouth, N. H, ONE FOR ALL: ALL FOR ONE "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 2G LIFE BUOY wound may bi' routed with a paste of flour and water, or it may be protected with vaseline, carron oil, olive oil, castor oil or machine oil, if clean. Cover the dressing with cotton, gause. lint, clean waste, clean handkerchief, or other soft cloth, held tightly in place by a bandage. The same coverings should be lightly ban- daged over a dry, charred burn, but without wetting the burned region or applying oil to it. Do not open blisters. The methods of resuscitation described above may also be used in cases of apparent drown- ing. SEEN THRU THE PERISCOPE. Chief Draftsmen A. V. Curtis has been spending the week-ends lately at his summer home at PI) mouth. Mass. There is quite a hunch collected on the hills at Atlantic Heights now. and we hear that Miller. Koscn. Herna and several other of the plutes are holding some very success- ful dinner parties over there. "Pop" Lord went down to Skowhegan. Me., for a couple of weeks, and he reports that the potato crop is coining righi along, with all ap- pearances for a banner season. J. E, Borden came back [rum the wilds with a tan that is the envy of all the boys. He seems to be able to pick out the right spots to horn in a stay. 1,. w. Sargent is hack to work again, after spending a little of his roll around the sum- mer resorts. It has been suggested that all the employ- ees of the Drafting Room should manage to have an extra raincoat and an umbrella in their locker, to insure protection under the ifeg lights. Mrs. P. L. Osgood is recuperating from a very successful operation, anil is to return very shortly. L, .1 Bmmons is back from a rive weeks re- spite in Portland. "Paperweight" Downing put on about eight pounds at his summer home on Lake Kezar. We IT IS RUMORED. That Carey is to have an oversupply of jam this winter, judging from the loads he is car- rying home every payday. That Stiansen's garden is assuming the shape of a variety shop, with its numerous cabbages and ferns. That "Red'' .Newton's Chinese Chariot is about due to cave in. It has been running for about two weeks now. That Kittredge's brass band was arrested the other night for noise and brawl. That it might be well to state that this is the last time 1 expect to gather in these notes, so I hope that after my demise my successor will not be too harsh with me, for whatever I might have said about him in the past. A SONS LETTER TO HIS DEAD FATHER. "Dear Dad: I am writing this to you, though you have been dead thirty years. From your seat in the Place Beyond I hope you can see these lines. I feel I must say some things to you, things I didn't know when I was a boy in your house, and things 1 w as too stupid to say. It's only now, after passing through the long, hard school of years, only now, when my own hair is gray, that I understand how you felt. I must have been a bitter trial to you. I believed my own petty wisdom, and I know- now how ridiculous it was. compared to that calm, ripe wholesome wisdom of yours. Most of all. I want to confess my worst sin against you. It was t he feeling I had that you "did not understand." When I look back over it now. 1 know that you did understad. You understood me better than I did myself. Your wisdom flowed around mine like the ocean around an island. And how patient you were witli me! How full of long-suffering, and kindness! And how pathetic, it now comes home to me were your efforts to get close to me, to win my confidence, to be mv pal! I wouldn't let you. I couldn't. What was it held me aloof? I don't know. But it is trag- ic that wall that rises between a boy and his father, and their frantic attempts to see through it and climb over it. I wish you were here now, across the table from me. just for an hour, so that 1 could tell you how there's no wall any more; I un- derstand you now. Dad. and, God! how I love you. and wish 1 could go back and be your boy again. I know now how I could make you happy every day. I know how you felt It took a good many years for this prodigal son — and all sons are in a measure prodigal — to come to himself, but I've come, I see it all now. I know what a rich and priceless tiling, and en.' least understood, is that mighty love and tenderness and craving to help which a father feels toward his boy. For I have a boy of my o w n . And it is he that makes me want to go hick to you. and get down on mv knees to you. I'p there somewhere in the Silence, hear me. Dad. and believe me." A. D. S. IV! AT Adams Drug Store ON MARKET STREET WELL DRESSED MEN WIN APPROVAL EVERYWHERE SELF-RESPECT and self-interest demand that you dress as well as your means will allow. Money will not buy better fabric, workmanship, style or fit than is put in the clothes we offer you at prices you would pay for ordinary garments. Come in and let us prove our statements. We guarantee absolute satisfaction. We are making the New Naval Uniform. C. J. WOOD, Naval & Civilian Tailor. THE PORTSMOUTH FLOWER SHOP A. C. CRAIG, Manager FANCY CUT FLOWERS AGENT VICTOR TALKING MACHINES 4 Market Street Phone 960 PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE M. P. ALKON &, CO. DEALERS IN CHINA, CROCKERY & CLASS WARE NO. 27 MARKET ST., PORTSMOUTH, N. H. O. BOULTER AGENT FOR LEADING FIRE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES GOV. ST. KITTERY, MAINE "W^E BUILD EVERYTHING "V^E REPAIR EVERYTHING HARRY A. WOOD, GENERAL CONTRACTOR Office and Shop 21-27 Brewster Street Phone 345 and 345-W P We can furnish a house from cellar to attic. jjjlj Prices right in every branch of our business. Why not step into our store and look over our many styles of furniture. It costs nothing to look, and it might be beneficial for us both. D. H. MC INTOSH Congress and Fleet Sts. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. TYPEWRITERS FOR SALE & RENT J. E. DIMICK 29 Tanner St. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Telephone 605-W. E.PERCY STODDARD ULnTSURATSTOE REAL ESTATE 7 Market Square PORTSMOUTH "] SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY 28 LIFE BUOY FOUNDRY. The Shop Superintendent of the Washing- ton Navy Yard was a recent visitor. John Strong sleeps with a gun under his pillow since the house was broken into. We see that Amee has changed from Chases' Pond to Eliot; I wonder where he will end up with his ''Packard?" "Dynamite'' had a wonderful time scouting around Massachusetts on his vacation looking for Dan. We wonder why "Jigger" has had no fur- lough since July 1st. The Foundry don't need Safety Engineer, Tom. The boys are surely glad to see Dan back on his old position at the lever. Be it ever so dusty Dan. there is no place like the Foundry. The Foundry enjoyed a very pleasant pic- nic, (although it was dry.) The boys were kept busy with speeches and other amuse- ments The main entertainment was a base ball game between the married men and the single men. it went thirteen innings, and um- pire "Herb" Brackett called it the married men's game on account of the single men quitting for a drink. The Kittery Garage will have to get a large supply of OIL if Amee makes many more trips to Eliot. STRUCTURAL SHOP. Miss Cobb is spending her few leisure mo- ments at York Beach. Willis, as >©u will know, has procured an abode, far. far from the maddening crowd. Now not long ago an auto-owning friend, go- ing in his direction, offered him a ride, at the close of an arduous day. First thing, the ma- chine balked, then it shied, a few wires fell out; followed by a wheel or two. then some complicated internal fractures occurred, then a sprained pinion, a swollen carburetor, and inflamed cylinder and various sundry and div- ers injuries, complaints and erroneous mo- tions, understood only by an adept. He final- ly reached his domicile about ten o'clock, tir- ed, hungry, and actuallv speechless, and this all or two states had been thoroughlv ransack- ed in the fear that he had been kidnapped. Ask him for the minor details. Speaking of autos. Reed recently purchas- ed a famous brand, of a late vintage, and im- mediately hied himself on a journey to Bar Harbor. Bv good luck he safely reached the wilds of Skowhegan. but alas! as the good Book saith rightfully, "pride goeth before de- struction" suddenly without a moment's warn- ing, unearthly sounds rent the air. a demon auto sauntering along at about sixty miles per hour, jogged him and his classic features propelled by an uncontrollaDle force sadly, but swiftly plowed the beloved soil of his own native state. And sad to relate, he is now be- ing sued for obstructing traffic. In plain and simple language, he has briefly explained mat- ters to a select circle of admiring friends, and can by proper methods be persuaded to con- fide in utter strangers, who may show a pass- ing interest. We are wondering what his sec- ond trip may produce. Say, you ought to see our "Cub" in his base-ball costume. He is most certainly "a thing of beauty and a joy forever." In fact, Solomon in all his glory, fades into utter in- significance by comparison. Our expert rodent-eater Prof. Norton, is busily engaged in furnishing through trans- portation to his little friends. There is no truth in the rumor that a wholesale drug store was shortly to be estab- lished at the West end. It was simply a par- tial shipment of glycerine Hinds' Honey, cold cream, rose water, bay rum, camphor, vassa- line. listerine. cocoa buter, etc.. tint Miss Cof- fey had purchased on account of sunburn. The doctor says she will probably recover. ACCOUNTING OFFTCE NOTES. The weather has been exceptionally fine in this office for some time. We hope it will con- tinue, as thunder-storms are unpleasant. We hear that, next to Portland, roller- coasting is little Mildred's chief delight. Notice to all passengers, foot or otherwise, on the Navy Yard bridge: Watch out for the new- coupe flivver from Somersworth! "Fer the Gobelins Will Get You Ef You Don't Watch Out." Reminisences are sometimes painful. For further information ask Mr. Amee. If he re- fuses to "reminisce" — ask US. Why does Harry gaze so sadly at the tele- phone? One of the girls went camping last week and she took along: A box of face powder. A lip stick. An eye-brow pencil. 10 lbs. chocolates. Current Magazines. "Ciggies. "— (We.d hate to think this means cigarettes). A pair of Khaki Bloomers. A Bathing Suit. A Parasol That is all. Nothing funny ever happens up here any- more. GOOD MERCHANDISE-REASONABLE PRICE We carry only merchandise that we know is good. We make a profit on what we sell— but that profit is based as low as we can make it. In short we think that this is the kind of a store you like to trade in. Good Clothes. Good Furnishings. Good Footwear. 5 Congress Street N. II. IJEANE c? CO. 22 High Street K. E. LIANNAFORD - - - FLORIST - - - CUT FLOWERS, DESIGNS & DECORATIONS 452 RICHARDS AVK. tki.epiionk con. C. P. CARROLL Groceries, Meats and Provisions 145 PENHALLOW ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Tel. Connection Near A. S. L. Ferry "YORK COUNTY NATIONAL RANK" SERVICE Large Storage Vault and Safety Deposit Boxes for rent. Your checking account is solicited. In our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT we pay 4 Per Cent interest. YORK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK YORK VILLAGE, MAINE THE APOLLO LUNCH HOME COOKING II Congress St. Portsmouth, N. H. THE ACORN' \BooKS-suTionEnr/ PORTSMOUTH, N. H. PHILBRICK'S PHARMACY AGENCY FOR BELLE MEAD SWEETS & JERSEY ICE CREAM 67 Congress St. - - Portsmouth, N. H. PARSONS, The Hatter UP-TO-THE-MINUTE FURNISHINGS Trunks, Bags and Suit Cases 49 Congress St. Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 30 LIFE BUOY SUMMER SPECIALTIES Baldwin Refrigerators North Pole Ice Cream Freezers 126-128 Market St. The SweetSBr Store "Its The Place to Go." A FEW OF OUPv SPECIALTIES Hart, Schaffner and Marx Clothes, Stetson Hats, Manhattan Shirts, Fownes Gloves, Interwoven Stockings F. W. LYDSTON & CO. Outfitters for Men & Boys PORTSMOUTH, N. H. JOHN SISE & CO. INSURANCE MARKET SQUARE PORTSMOUTH, N. H. A. P. WENDELL & CO. Hardware, Paints and Tools Telephone 850 2 Market Square Portsmouth, N. H. SMOKE THE 1815 CIGAR FOR SALE AT YOUR GROCER'S THE JONTEEL TOILET GOODS Talcum Face Powder Cold Cream Toilet Water Odor Jonteel BOARDMAN"& NORTON ^L&xjaSSL Store, Portsmouth, N. H. Opp. Post Office F. C. REMICK & CO. 11 CONGRESS ST. Canvas Work Shoes with fibre soles at $2.45. Scout Shoes at $2.95 to $3.50. Make good serviceable work shoes. SAVE FUEL By using Electric Appliances for Cooking ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LIGHT AND POWER CO. 29 Pleasant Street Portsmouth, N. H. •T SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" 32 LIFE BUOY IU 1LIH\<, 80 Ned is very much peeved to think that the beach season does not last longer, but the old- er boys of this shop think it the best thins for him. Percy is spending the largest part of his money on the P. D. & Y. railroad, going to Hover meeting the ears from Rochester. Paul Cournoyer was seen ushering his mother around York Beach but one of the boys say it was his fiancee. Has anyone seen Hungry. "Was last seen walking with a fair young dame in Kittery on the night of Aug. 11. 1919. He was minus a hat and the men folks in Prays gallery are worrying thinking some foul play has happen- ed. Robinson was a littl»> peeved when he found out that his eggs were boiled, but to make matters worse, someone was kind enough to deprive him of his apples. The topic for Monday in Bldg. SO: Why are so miny young men minus from their work on this particular day? Alfred says all men folks going to Hampton Beach this season should wear the highest boots obtainable. We wonder why? Cassie. A w eek has flown Since Cassie Jones I.ef: Building 80, Her merry laugh And kindly chaff, Her smiles quick play. And her songs so gay, Are missed by all. PAINT SHOP. Just one hundred men are on our rolls. Fif- ty years ago fifteen was considered quite a crowd. If the oxen delivered a thousand lbs. of white lead to the shop all hands would hold a jubilee. Strickland and Tolles collided recently Xo harm done, it's all talk now It is urged that each employee join the Mu- tual Aid. At present three of our shop mates are drawing benefits from this Association. Call at tlie Shop office for further informa- tion. Rye Beach Sam. our lettering artist, en- joyed a few days among the sea gulls. When he decided to return King Auto refused to work which accounts for his extra four hours. We congratulate Walter on the arrival of a little Grogan to bless his fireside. Sam would like to be the dancing queen at the Ohampernowne but his opposition flatly refuses. John's blueberry business was greater than his profits. Xext year he says nix. SMITH SHOP. Joe Corea doesn't have a tooth pulled out very often but when he does, look out. This shop now has several Masters of the Brew. We were very much pleased to see Hoyt and Tucker at work on the same day. Sol Berry is stopping at the Red Wing Cot- tage. Hampton Beach, for the rest of the sum- mer. We wonder why Frank's visits there have stopped. The girls in the office think that Gould is all right when it comes to buying good can- dy. Burns C. Willey, our Ladysmith. is selling Insurance as a side line. Eli Pickering and Frank Armstrong are to go on the stage this winter. Their principal feature is to render a duet entitled, "The Old Grey Mare." We hear that Hank Linscott has bought a new horse, and named him Speed. We all hope thai he has better luck with this one than with tiie others he has had. PATTERN" SHOP. We wonder when: The P. M. from the Maple Sugar State is going to "Come Out of Mourning." White aprons are in vogue. Don't be a black-sheep. The man who is always carrying a crepe is called an undertaker. Some of the boys are burning the midnight oil. "Mastery of Speech" is the latest study. Open forum meetings are being held every night, on Chan's piazza. The lights are burning quite late in Xiek's house this week, but Mastery of Speech is not t!ie reason, (his wife is iiway.) Possiblv he is studying "Hoyle up to Date." Fpy Parks is still living up to his resolve. to refrain from all manual labor until Fall, but Chandler is doing a pretty good job with- out him. Xiek's root-beer had a kick alright, but it wps not the kind the boys expected. Xick says he thinks that with some of his old time form he can put it all over the out- side patternmakers in their ball game on the 23d. We wonder why Peaslee goes down home Saturday on the train, when he has such a nice ear. What will be the pattern of the bathing suit next year? One of our crew from the Pine Tree State is spending a great deal of time at fihe sea shore for some new ideas. Why the earlv morning rides taken by one of our patternmakers? Is he "just trying the engine" or getting morning exercise? I A Good Meal for 35c Mr. Navy Yard Workman, you can get good meals at the above price at SUGRUE'S HOTEL Mr. Spivey, the Chef, is one of the most experi- enced cooks in this part of the country, and will guarantee that if you try one of his meals you will be well satisfied. Try us once. COME IN AND SEE US. CLEAN ROOMS AND GOOD FOOD. SUGRUE'S HOTEL entrance to navy yard KITTERY, MAINE J. P. SUGRUE, Prop. FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY, ICE CREAM AND SODA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TELEPHONE 29 w CATERING A SPECIALTY 43 CONGRESS street MODEL 90 20 miles per gallon gas 900 miles per gallon Oil 7,000 miles per set Tires Holds world record for not a stop run sealed in high. Beats record for Bretton Woods run by 1 hour 51 minutes. If that is not enough we can tell you more. C. A. LOWD Service Station & Garage 338 Pleasant St. Portsmouth, N. H. "I SAW IT IN THE LIFE BUOY" Take A Victrola With You ON YOUR ION It will add greatly to your pleasure. Nothing can quite take the place of the alluring charm of music. The $25 or $35 Victrolas are admirably suited to the pur- pose ot easy transportation. Permit us to show you these models. Don't Forget a Kodak We carry the full line of Kodaks and fresh films. DEVELOPING AND PRINTING. PIANOS AND EDISON DIAMOND DISC. HasseTTs ; PORTSMOUTH, N. II. MUSIC AND ART SHOPPE 115 CONGRESS STREET ' " ■ ■ I I I u l,,iMiM it HiMMiH* 1 it , — -~-~ d < i< ■ ■ ■ ■ SESEBSBSSCBKSS tt: INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOYi mAmi»tfiifmri*xmimA.^tA>i,i»Mu,^n> «, .t * ,i . «. p. «. » r * . n^iJjVJ ^i ^tiMum ?£* ii eajLLl »&*** NAVY YARD PORTSMOUTH, N.H OCTOBER, 1919 Qftflftftft^ sfi^sasscac rfa flfcygap^^ INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY Issued monthly for free distribution to employees of the Industrial Department of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. VOL. II OCTOBER, 1919 NO. 8 MORE ANONYMOUS LETTERS. It lias been previously pointed out that or- dinarily no attention will be paid to anony- mous communications. They are almost al- ways found to be untrue or based on misun- derstanding or malice or spite, and that is why the author is unwilling to sign his name. If a man is unwilling to come out in the open with his complaints or charges and let his name be known, his communication is not ordinarily worth any consideration. It should be well known to all that any just complaints or charges will be immediat- ly taken up and corrected, and that con- structive suggestions are gratefully receiv- ed. If there is anything wrong anywhere on the Yard, the Management wishes to know of it as soon as possible, and no employee need hesitate to come out in the open with com- plaints or suggestions for improvement, which, in fact, are- particularly desired by the Management. No prejudice of any kind will be held against employees honestly making com- plaints or charges in the proper spirit, and no employee will be allowed to suffer there- by even if the complaints or charges are found to be incorrect and based on honest misunderstanding. Fair play to all and open dealing are what is desired. The two following anonymous communica- tions are illustrative of the points involved: "Dear Sir I wish to enform you, of one of your em- ployees now in furlough his name is works in the Boiler Shop he is now working for a contractor in Daniel Street. Is it against the rules of the Government that he should work in his vacation and putting oth- er men out of a job please see to it. Yours truly, Citizen of Portsmouth. " In connection with the complaint made in the foregoing letter, this subject has been before the Navy Department many times and the Department has given its position as be- ing that it is in no way concerned as to what an employee does in his own time, provided, of course, that any such additional work that he may undertake does not interfere with his individual efficiency on the Navy Yard. In other words, if an employee is on leave of ab- sence, either with or without pay, for a few weeks or a few days, or even a day or a part of a day, he has a perfect right to do outside jobs or work for anyone else during that time. It would not, however, be proper for an employee to work on the Yard, and then, after the hours of such work, to engage in outside work to such an Extent that his in- dividual efficiency for his work on the Yard would be lowered. Any reasonable amount of outside work outside of hours is permissible. A man's individual liberty of action is in- volved in this matter. If his services can be spared from the Yard and his absence is legi- timate, there is nothing to prevent him doing outside jobs or working for someone else to any reasonable extent. However, any such work on a large scale and which would inter- fere with the legitimate business of others would, no doubt, be open to question. "Mr. Adams Dear Sir It don't seem to me that it is right a just for married men with families to be Iayed off for six days every two or three weeks. Some of the single men and girl made need the work but none of them can need it as much as men with families. Married women who have husbands working on the Yard or in Portsmouth getting 35 to 40 dollars a week or women or men who own realestate and has money invested in stocks making big money are kept to work for what reason it would be hard to spell unlest it is neeseery to keep so many in order to keep a lot of LIFE BUOY leading men banging around doing nothing. it would not look well to have the plain truth appear in print or to reach Washington. I shall not make any further statement at this time but I know many things that is rong with the works as well as Mr. Page." The foregoing letter seems to ignore the matter of individual efficiency. The Navy and Civil Service Rules require that retention on the Yard be based solely on individual effi- ciency and fitness; but. other things being reasonably equal, the Management has con- sistently endeavored to take into consider- ation the personal element and give preference to employees with families to support or who are 'under burdensome financial obliga- tions. When furloughs are necessary, these must be made in justice to all and each must take his turn. This matter has been looked into and no case of unjust discrimin- ation has been found. If anybody knows of any such case the Manager would be pleased if he would come out in the open and present it. The author of this letter seems to think that employees who, by their efficiency and industry, have accumulated more or less money, are not entitled to any consideration and that this fact should even work against them in regard to their retention on the Yard. As a matter of fact, it is usually found that such employees are the most efficient of all and that is why they have been able to accumulate the money, and that also is why they are retained on the Y'ard. The Y'ard cannot be made a home for the indolent or incompetent. It has got to be run on the bas- is of merit and efficiency and just reward for good service. If, however, deserving cases are known to the Management, every possible effort will be made to give special consideration to them. All employees are encouraged to call atten- tion to such cases. We want cooperation and fair play to all. The author of this letter seems to hint of other things that are not quite right on the Yard. We know that the Navy Yard is not perfect — nothing under the sun is — and if he will be man enough to come out in the open and present his criticism or his charges, he will be given the fullest consideration and everything will be investigated in detail. It is almost invariably the case, however, that after full investigation charges of this kind are found to be based on misunder- standing or misinformation and with very lit- tle basis of fact. L. S. ADAMS. Captain C. C. U. S. N\. Industrial Manager.-* JAh 19 VICTORIES — ARE WON RY COURAGE, ENERGY, UNITY AND CONFIDENCE. Hesitation and timidity are as fatal in com- merce as in war. Prosperity and plenty to an extent such as even America has never dream- To enjoy them we have only to go steadily for- ward to meet them. If ever there was a time when rich rewards awaited the producer now is that time. If there was ever a moment when it behoov- ed all men engaged in productive commerce- laborer — capitalist — farmer — mechanic — banker — manufacturer — to join hands and move forward now is that moment. "The shelves of the world are bare." The world needs goods as it has not needed them in many, many years. For four long years wealth has been de- stroyed at a ra te such as history has never be- fore recorded. And in addition many of the normal processes of production have been stopped in order that the greedy maw of war might be filled. All the world is clamoring for food, shelter, clothing, machinery, ships, railways, capital and credit. And we have all these things for sale. We can have them in still greater abundance if we work together in production. Work together. Therein lies the magic of it all. Move on. Keep step. Keep going. And pull your share of the load. The man or concern that tries to "profit- eer." whether in buying or selling, injures himself and every one else, whether the thing he buys or sells is food, labor, capital, ships, shoes, or sealing wax. The formula for Prosperity for all is a fair deal for all, but remember, that so far as prices are concerned, we are in a new world. What was fair five years ago is not fair today. Stop thinking of conditions as they were five yejirs ago. Conditions have changed fast- er in the last five years than in any similar length of time in the history of the world. Our supply of currency (gold and circulat- ing credit) has increased faster than our sup- ply of commodities. This has brought us to an entirely now and higher level of prices. A eeneral level of high prices is neither bet- ter nor worse than a general level of low prices. The only thing that is harmful is vio- lent, general fluctuation of prices. The impor- tant thing is to maintain a general level. Gradual adjustments injure no one. Violent adjustments injure evervone. You cannot escape the application of the law of supply and demand. You can, however, seriously interfere with the sources of supply Kid demand, or both, by erecting artifiicial or 1923 LIFE BUOY sentimental obstruction. Bear in mind that each of us is a seller as well as a buyer. Our interests are absolutely intertwined. We cannot have a high level of selling prices and a low level of buying prices. Demand has no commercial effect unless it is accompanied by purchasing power. Purchasing power depends upon earnings. So long as labor and capital are fully em- ployed in this country and their earning pow- er is allowed full sway, there will be ample purchasing power for all we can produce. The wise thing, the prosperous thing, the businc a s-like thing for American business to- day is to "'Carry On." Keep going. Keep busy — Keep working, and work together. LET'S GO! SCHENECTADY WORKS NEWS. CORRECTION. In the article about Mr. Gilker in the Sep- tember issue of the "Life Buoy," in naming the quartermen and leadingmen under Mr. Gilker, it was stated that 'Mr. E. Johnson was in charge of pipe covering. It should have read, "Mr. E. Johnson, leadingman inside, in charge of the rigging loft and Mr. C. Good- win, leadingman in charge of pipe covering. ARE YOU GOING DP OR DOWN? There is no such thing as standing still. We are either going up the ladder or going down. In which class are you? The man who has not the courage to ask himself this question and to seek a correct answer, is on dangerous grour.n. It is better to know the truth, even though it is against you, than to remain in a rut until it is too late to get out. It is not necessary to be a genius to be go- ing thp right way of the road. Patience, dili- gence, perseverance, regularity and economy of time will always win. These are qualities which all can possess, and the acquiring of them is a small price to pay for success. (', WJE E. TARBELL. — Schenectady Works News. THE KEYSTONE. There is a structure which every institu- tion builds for itself. It Is called character, and every act is a stone in this structure. An institution, in order to have a good character, must think honesty, act honestly, breathe hon- esty. The people soon determine between the genuine and the counterfeit. They know the ring of tile true metal snd the base. L. M. JONES. — Schenectady Works News. REAR ADMIRAL C. 3. BOUSH, I". S. X., DETACHED FROM ACTIVE DUTY. At two o'clock in the afternoon of the 16th of October, 1919, Rear Admiral Clifford J. Boush, U. S. N., (Ret.) hifuled down his flag as Commandant of the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Admiral Boush has been in command of the Portsmouth Navy Yard since Septem- ber 12, 1919, having been called back into service although previously retired. The officers of the Yard as well as the fore- men and the heads of various departments as- sembled in the Commandant's office shortly before two o'clock. The Commandant made a short speech, expressing his appreciation of the work done by the officers and employees, and also the loyal assistance given to him dur- ing his tenure of office, by each and every of- ficer and employee of the Yard. He expressed his regret upon having to leave the Yard. Captain H. L. Wyiman, U. S. N., Acting In- dustrial Manager, replied briefly to the Com- mandant voicing the sentiments of every one as to the most excellent Commandant Admiral Boush had been. Heexpressed his pleasure and likewise voiced the sentiments of ever.oneelse in having served under such an able officer as the Commandant. He expressed himself to the end that he felt confident that no happier Yard existed anywhere. The officers later ner- sonally expressed their regret in having to lose such an able Commandint. LIFE BUOY Promptly upon the completion of the salute of thirteen suns and accompanied by music by the Marine Band, while the Marine guard presented arms, the Commandant's flag was lowered and Commander J. H. Syph- er, I'. S. N., took charge of the Yard. The or- ders detaching the Commandant were read by Commander Syipher, U. S. N., who has been Aid to the Commandant. THE RESIDENCE OK THU COMMANDANT AT THE PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD. Tlit subject of our cover cm lor this month is one of the oldest, if not the oldest build- ings on the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Xo doubt the dwelling-house mentioned in Preble's hi- lory as follows: "William Fernald, ST., in his will, dated June 15, 1724, approved Septem- ber 2, 171's. bequeaths unto his eldest son, William, the island whereon I formerly dwelt commonly called and known iby the name of Lay Claim Island, with the dwelling house and all outhousing, gardens, orchardes, etc.," is the one which was later remodelled for the Commandant's residence. (In January 1st. IS 14, in the list of build- ings given in Fentress's History of the Ports- mouth Navy Yard, is a " dwelling house". At the head of the list is dwelling house, with the parenthesis "originally built" after it In the same history under the year IS 15, when Captain Isaar Hull was relieved by Captain Thomas Macdonough, the house is again men- tioned as follows: "The house which had been iiticd for the Commandant from the old dwel- ling originally on the island, was remodelled and rebuilt, and the grounds were also en- closed." The historical associations of this building- are very wide spread, as many of the famous men of any era have been entertained there. Admiral Farragut, on a visit to Admiral Pennock then Commandant of the Yard, died Aug. 14, 1870, in this house. In 18S4 Lt. Greeley on the return from his Arcticexpedition was entertained hereby the ( lommandant of the Yard before taking up his n dence in the house on what was then Sea- vey's Island, now known as I lie Greeley Cot- Among other notables entertained here are Admiral Dewey, Ex-President Tail and Other men of prominence in public life who have visited this vicinity. H. F. WINDRICH. The many friends of Mr. H. F. Windrich were grieved to hear of his sudden death due to apoplexy, on October 13, while he was returning from a day spent in the woods near the Rangeley Lakes. .Mr. Windrich was first employed on the Yard as a machinist on May 26, 1898. On the 3rd of June, 1909, he was promoted to a lead- ingman machinist. This rating he held until the tith of August, 1919, when he was appoint- ed as planner and estimator. Previous to coming to the Yard Mr. Wind- rich was engaged as an erecting engineer and for a number of years was engaged in setting up mining machinery in Mexico. He was popular among his associates and especially so among his townspeople in Klt- tery, .Maine. Besides belonging to many fra- ternal orders he was deeply interested in civ- ic affairs. He organized the Voluntary Fire De- partment of Kittery, Maine and ever since its inception has been Chief Engineer. TRUTH ADAPTED. Happy the man who loves his work, And loves his work alone; For manj a man loves another man's job When he ought to he loving his own. Kti|> \K PARK BULLETIN. MAKES OF A WEAK AM) STRONG MIND. No two things differ more than hurry and dispatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind. dispatch of a strong one. A weak man in of- fice, like a squirrel in a cage, is laboring eternally but to no purpose; in constant mo- tion without getting on; talks a great deal but says very little; has a hundred irons in the tire, hut very few of them hot, and with iii.se he burns his lingers. COLTEN. -Schenectady Works News. LIFE BUOY LAYING THE KEEL OF On Thursday, September 11. 1919, at Plev- en o'clock, the keel of the Submarine S-10 was laid in the new Ship Ways. The riveting gang in charge of the driving of the first rivet was as follows: riveters, Commander .1 II. Sy- pher. (J. S. N.; Lt. Oomdr. P. T. Wright, U. S. \'.; holder-on. Lieut. S. Floathe, C. C. ('. S. X.; rivet passer, John .Milliliter; rivet heater, THE SUBMARINE S-10 L. F. Conway. The naval band furnished music for I he oc- casion and many of the officers and their families were present. The Submarine S-10 is of the same type as the Submarine S-4. The keel of the Submarine S-10 was laid on the same ways from which the S-4 was launched on August 2 7, 1919. TKLL HIM SO. When an employee does a thing unusually well, lakes unusual pains with it, tell him so. It will stimulate him to do it even better next time. When you see any one trying to do his best, who. perhaps, has no one to encourage him, give him a little lift, tell him so. lt will not. hurt you, and may do him a great deal of good Form the habit of encouraging people when they .-in well. Givi them a lift when they are down. It costs you only a littlo effort and it n i ; i \ make a vast difference to those you en- courage. ORISON -SWF.TT MAROEN. -Schenectady Works News. WHY HE IS A MTRAjOXiE OF GENIUS. Yes, he is a miracle of genius, because he is a miracle of labor; because, instead of trust- ing to the resources of his own single mind, he has ransacked a thousand minds; because he makes use of the accumulated wisdom of ages, and takes as his point of departure the very last line and boundary to which science has advanced; because it. has ever been the Object Of his life to assist every intellectual gift of Nature, however, munificent and how- ever splendid, with every resource that art could ruggest and every attention that dili- gence could bestow. SIDNEY SMITH, — ^Schenectady Works News. LIFE BUOY THOMAS J. GAMESTER, FOREMAN BOILERMAKER. Mr. Gamester was born in New Haven, Conn., 1882. He graduated from the gram- mar school in New Haven. Mr. Gamester serv- ed an apprenticeship of four years in the New Haven Railroad shops. After some experience in this work Mr. Gamester went to the Bos- ton Navy Yard as Boilermaker. He advanced to layer out and then to Leadingman Boiler- maker. He took the competitive examination for Master Boilermaker of this Yard eleven years ago and was appointed in October 1908. Mr. Gamester has charge of care and in- spection of all boilers on the Yard and the care and inspection of boilers on ships assign- ed to this Yard for repairs. Many of the heavy plates are bent in the Boiler Shop. The heavy tanks and some of the smoke stacks are built and repaired under Mr. Gamester's direction. The supervisory force under Mr. Gamester are Leadingman W. R. Ryan and J. R. Games- ter. Mr. Gamester is married and has five sons. SENIOR COST ACCOUNTANT H. C. Twombly, Chief Clerk in the Account- ing Office, has be^n appointed a Senior Cost Accountant with dury as Expert Aide to Ac- coun* : ag Officer at this Yard. The appoint- ment was the result of an examination and the establishment of the specific position here. Mr. Tnombly's general duties in his new po- sition will be in connection with betterment work in industrial and supply accounting, es- pecially in the matter of increased service to the operating departments and interpreta- tion;; o! accounting data in order that more extensive practical use will be made, in man- agement, of the statistics assemhled toy the accounting system. Accounting departments at Navy Yards as now organized keep the pay accounts of all employees; furnish detailed costs of all work, distributing the overhead charges to the work: keep complete inventory accounts of all na iT y property, figuring the depreciation on same which is added to the over-head; in- clude ir the expense all pay and allowances of officers, on industrial duty, so that all overhead is compiled and included in the ex- pense. The Navy Yard accounting system fur- nishes all the data that the accounting system of any large industrial corporation provides, and in addition keeps all charges incurred for any purpose separate under appropriations made by Congress. The industrial accounting system of the Navy was established in 1910 when cost accounting was a new science in this country. Recently all accounting for the purchase and issue of navy materials was transferred from the Supply to the Accounting Departments, so that supply accounting is now under accounting officers, as well as Industrial accounting. The appointment of Mr. Twombly is one of the first to be made by the Navy Department under the new policy, and is a recognition of the ability he has demonstrated in account- ing vvork, particularly during the war when tne great increase of work at this Yard neces- sitated considerable expansion in the ac- counting personnel, and cjianges and modifi- cations in systems to meet the emergency. Mr. Twombly has for some time been recognized as one of the experts of the Navy in this line of work. H e has had nineteen years' experi- ence in supplyi and industrial accounting at this Navy Yard, and served as Chief Clerk of the Accounting Division of the Industrial De- partment from June. 1918, until his recent appointment as Senior Cost Accountant. SUCCESS. That thing which most men call success is the result of sacrifice. Prodigality and the needless gratification of pleasurable desires weaken the will and render the making of success impossible. Men who win have been wedded to their avocation and have never given the latter grounds for divorce. The successful man in a legitimate calling is a great man, so give him credit, it is his just due. He has fought a good fight, shown strength of will and strength of mind and has practiced rigid rules of self-abnegation. The successful man builds not only for him- self, but for others as well. To censure a suc- cessful man without cause is to confess one's own weakness and failure. -o > H PI X 2 in I O •o LIFE BUOY FOREMAN OF THE PATTERN SHOP. Mr. John D. Medcalf the Foreman of the Pattern Shop was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. He moved to Kittery, Maine, during the fall of 1866 and two years later reported and went to work as apprentice joiner in the C. & R. Department of the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Mr. Medcalf completed 1 his apprenticeship April 8th, 1874. In 1878 he left the Yard la- ter returning as a second-class joiner under Foreman S. H. Pilsbury. In 1881 he left tie Yard and went to work with the Portsmouth Machine Company going from there to accept a; position with the South Boston Machine Company of South Boston. Mass. Early in 1895 Mr. Medcalf returned to the Yard and worked five years as first-class patternmaker. After the death of Foreman Pilsbury he took examination for the position of Quarterman Pattern Maker in charge. Receiving the ap- pointment in 1905 Mr. IMedcalf was promoted Foreman Pattern Maker in 1916. Mr. Medicalf comes from a family of musi- cians and his chief hobby is music. He is a talented violin and cornet player and has been a leader in various musical organizations. AERIAL NAVIGATION. The recent performances of aerial naviga- tors in crossing the Atlantic Ocean have brought the question of using aircraft com- mercially out of the province of the dream- er, ana have forced the practical business man to give it serious consideration. Many persons are inclined to look with skepticism upon any proposition involving the use of airships as a means of transportation in time of peace, and the general public, remembering the numer- ous accidents that have been recorded in our newspapers during the past few years, is in- clined to doubt the practicability of this mode of travel. It is quite possible that the doubters are right, yet it is not altogether fair to judge what may be accomplished in aerial navigation by the performances of aircraft in the past, not only because the conditions existing dur- ing the war were far from normal, but also because the art is wholly new, and involves difficulties that are only now coming to be fully understood. When the United States started to develop its air service the number of men familiar with this form of navigation was exceedingly limited. In August, 1914, the entire technically trained personnel of the air service of th e United States Army consisted of bur five men. The need for a large air force was realized, however, and extraordinary ef- forts vere made to produce the machines nec- essary, and to train men to handle them effi- ciently. In connection with war service speed and immediate availability on the battlefield were of paramount importance, and in at- temp'ing to secure them it was necessary to sacrifice or minimize many other things, that might be even more important in time of peace. Pilots were frequently sent out with in- sufficient training, and the machines that were used were often far from satisfactory and anything but ideally safe. Under the dis- couraging and abnormal conditions that pre- vailed, numerous accidents were inevitable, and yet the records were not so bad as one might believe them to be. During the early days of practical aviation (namely, from 1908 to 19,13), sixty per cent. of the casualties were due to collapse on ac- count of faulty construction. In the years 1913 to 1919, fatalities from this source were reduced to two per cent. Other accidents dur- ing this latter period are classified as fol- lows: Forty per cent, were due to entering tail-spins when too close to the ground; 25 per cent, were due to lack of judgment in landing; 10 per cent, were due to forced land- ings in undesirable places, on account of en- gine trouble; 2 per cent, were due to fire; 2 per cent, were due to collapse of the machine; and 22 per cent, were due to lack of skill on the pan of pilots still in training. The largest single item in this list, it will be noted, re- lates to the spectacular and dangerous maneu- ver known as the "tail-spin", the execution of which was often important in connection witli warfare, but which would have no place in commercial flying. Moreover, the foregoing figures include the period during which the United States was rushing its air program, and when it was impossible to take the nec- essarv time for thoroughly training its air- craft operators. But even so. statistics slimv only one fatality for every 2.919 hours of (Continued on pape 20) 10 LIFE BUOY INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT iLIFE BUCm Editor-in-chief R. W. Ryden Editor J. R. Hugelman Associate Editor H. L. Hartford Associate Editor and Business Manager M. O. Richards THE Mill Ah All) ASSOCIATION. The attention of all Navy Yard employees is ..tiled to the work this Association is doing in helping to relieve discomfort and financial loss caused by illness. The Association is pay- ing on! substantia] sums each week to its members who are sick, and when illness puts you out of commission, eighl dollars per week comes in mighty handy. Their is absolutely no reason why every p. 'i ,Dii employed in this Yard should no! he a member of the Association. The cost of ten cents per week is such a nominal one that everj one can afford to buy this protection, as tli.. cost is small and the protection is large, in proportion to the cost. Anything you do not understand about the Mutual Aid Association, ask your shop direct- or about it. He has all the information and can tell \on anything you want to know. Bach shop has a director who is your representa- tive at tin 1 monthly meetings of the Asso, Na- tion, wbere problems in connection with the management are taken care of. All dire, tors are required to attend these monthly meetings and if unable to do so, should request another member of the shop to act as their proxy at I he mi etings. The success of this Association has met the expectations of its founders, hut there is no reason why we should not keep on getting new members as long as anyone working at this Yard is not a member of the Association. Members cet busy, go out and talk to these people and gel them to join. This Association is being conducted for the welfare of the employees of this \a\y Yard. and its officers are doing the best they can to see that the interests of its members are well taken care of. and in return request the mem- bers to freely co-operate with us to make the Association as strong as we possibly can. The Association has not had a death among its members until recently and the first death benefit of fifty dollars was paid within two days of the deceased member's death to his widow. See to it that your dues are paid up to date, for after two weeks in arrears, benefits can not be paid for the time in which you are in arrears. All members are requested to give this serious consideration for according to the by-laws no benefits can be paid if a member is not in good standing. A. L. CASE, President. GENERAL METHODS OF PREVENTION POR "THEE VhV." "An ounce <>f prevention is worth a pound of cure." Keep up the general health by adequate rest and sleep. Avoidance of alcohol and other poisons. Exercise and fresh air. Simple but nourishing diet. Cold bathing, sponging or spraying of neck and chest and spine to increase resistance to chill and drafts. Avoidance of prolonged exposure to chill and wet. especially when fatigued. Prompt attention to first signs of cold, chills, fever, nose and throat symptom.-. Keep the hands away from the nose and mouth: avoid picking or rubbing the nose. 1'se a mild menthol nil spray in the nose be- fore going out or mingling in crowds. Cleanse the nostrils at night with a salt so- lution, one teaspoonful to a pint of water. (Do not douche the nasal cavity, but lightly spray the entrance to the nasal cavity with the salt solution properly warmed, in an atom- izer, then gently blow each nostril separate- ly while closing the other one.) Never com- press both nostrils at once when blowing as is commonly done, as this may cause inter tion of the middle ear. At first signs of cold, take a hot foot bath. a brisk purge, go to bed and send for a physician. Do not make up vour mind that vou have influenza until he tells you so. then ohev orders. Keep out of crowds. Catch your sneeze in a handkerchief if you must, sneeze. Avoid the sneezer. Salute instead of shaking hands. Xow is the time before severe weather conies to get in trim and be fit to fight the LIFE BUOY 11 flu. If you can control affairs in your kitchen, have all eating utensils boiled. Be physically examined now and put your- self in prime condition. Do not tear the flu but fight it. Only the physically fit can light well. Suppose the influenza doesn't come? Well, all these measures will protect you from a lot of winter ills that are sure to come to the unprepared. If an epidemic of influenza doesn't come, it will be a huge piece of luck. You cannot afford to trust to luck when life is at stake. By the way, vaccination against ordinary pneumonia is quite effective but should not be confused with vaccination against the flu or the pneumonia of flu, which is quite a dif- ferent matter. S€HE:NECTADY WORKS NEWS. LOYALTY. Loyalty is that quality which prompts a person to be true to the thing he undertakes. It means definite direction, fixity of purpose, ballast, and works for health and success. Nature helps the loyal man. If you are careless, slipshod, indifferent, nature assumes tli.it you wish to be a nobody and grants your desire. Success hinges on loyalty. Be true to your art, your business, your employer, your "house." Loyalty is for the one who is loyal. It is a quality woven through the very fabric of one's being, and never a thing apart. Loyalty makes the thing to which you are loyal yours. Disloyalty removes it from you. Whether an>J one knows of our disloyalty is really of lit- tle moment, wither one way or the other. The real point is how does it affect ourselves? Work is for the worker. Love is for the lover. Art is for the artist. The menial is a man who is disloyal to his work. All useful service is raised to the plane of art when love-for-the-task loyalty is fused with the effort. No man ever succeeded in business, or can, who "wears the dial off the clock." Such a one may not be dislovnl-he may be merely un- lo.al; but he is always ripe for a lay-off and always imagines some one has it for him. And he is right; everybody and everything, including Fate and Destiny. Clio and Nemesis, has it in for him. The only man who goes un- scathed is the one who is loyal to himself by being loyal to others. Loyalty is the great lubricant in life. It s-'ves the wear and tear of making daily de- cisions as to what is best to do. It preserves balance and makes results cumulative. The man who is loyal to his work is not wrung perplexed by doubts-he sticks to the ship, and if the ship founders he goes down a hero with colors flying at the masthead and band play- ing. The hospitals, jails, and asylums and san- itariums are full of disloyal people — folks who have been disloyal to friends, society, busl- ai l, work. Stick! and if you quit, quit to rankle a harder job. C!od is on the side of the loyal ELBERT HUBBARD, Schenectady Work News. August '19. JOHN W. PERKINS. Among the employes of the Navy Yard who have long continuous service to their credit, mention should be made of John W. Perkins of the division of Supplies and Accounts. Mr. Perkins has a record of over forty years of continuous service without a break, other than regular leave of absence except ;i short period of ten days on account of illne Mr. Perkins first entered the employ of Uncle Sam as a messenger at 1.25 per day, un- der col. Mark F, Wentworth, Storekeeper for Yards and Docks. He was afterwards in thi Laborers' gang under Foreman John Dennett. and Thomas Staples, and^was detailed to the joiners' shop under Foreman James Brooks. After an interim of private employment as teamster for Charles Bartlett and Charles ( 'ei tie, he returned to the Yard August 8, 1879, in the Ordnance Department, under Commander Robert F. Bradford. Ordnance Officer, and from that time on his service has been continuous, covering a period of over for- ty years. From the Ordnance Department he was la- ter transferred to -lie Naval Store, in which position he has remained ever since. Begln- ii in u with Paymaster Mudd, he has worked under a succession of Paymasters in eha of the Division with fidelity and credit, until verv lately. August 26, to be exact, ne was obliged to lay off on account of illness. During all these years Mr. Perkins has been a respected citizen of Kittery. filling at divers and sundry times the offices of constable, dep- uty, sheriff, and agent for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. His many friends on the Yard and in town wish him a speedy recovery of his health and an early resumption of the duties he has so long and faithfully performed in the Govern- ment employ. 12 LIFE BUOY THE NEW MACHINE SHOP BUILDING. The new addition to the Machine Shop building which cost approximately $145,000 is rapiriH ne-iring con.pletion. The main Building is 252 ft. 3% in. by 89 ft. 7 y 2 in., the height from the floor to the main roof is 42 ft., and l he height from the floor to the mon- itor roof is 53 ft The annex is 88 ft.. 7'-jin. long and 39 ft. Oin. wid'". The height from the floor to the roof being 15 ft. The buildings are of steel frame with stsel sash pud glass. The window area comprises approximately 90% of the side and end walls, the remainder being 10 ft. concrete to the sills and 4 in. ho'low tile finished over with cement plaster. The floor consists of a base of 5 inchrs of concrete on which is laid in ce- ment 3% in. wood block finished floor. The roof is of a regular tar and gravel type with five ply tarred felt. The main building is divided longitudinally in two bays, one being 37 ft. 8 in. center to center of wall and center line of columns, the other being 50 ft. 4 in. center to center of wall and center of columns. The small bay contains a 15 ton overhead traveling crane and the largest bay contains a 35 ton crane, both installed by the Cleveland Crane Com- pany. In the connecting annex is to be found modern type toilet and locker rooms, store rooms, and a wide passage way connecting the new building to the old building. . Excellent ventilation may be obtained in that the entire monitor sashes and about 50% of the side and end wall sashes are pivoted. The heating installed is direct radiation by wall radiators which are fed from the Povur Plant and supplemented by a Plenum Fan system, which consists of a heater stack con- necting into a blower fan which draws the heated air from the stack and distributes it throughout the shop through suitable air ducts. Careful attention was also given in the de- sign of the building to the question of pro- viding efficient artificial light as well as suit- able connections for power. The lights are sus- pended from the ceiling and all the wiring is in metal conduits. Numerous outlets for port- able leads and electric conduits allow the wires to run direct to each machine. The floor areas obtained for these new ad- ditions are as follows: Floor area of main building, . .22,680 sq. ft. Floor area of connecting annex, 3.520 sq. ft. Total new floor area 26,200 sq. ft. The total floor area of the building No. 80 and including the new buildings is 68,850 sq. ft. LIFE BUOY 13 THE POWER PLANT EXPANDS. Due to the large number of changes that have taken place in the Power Plant since 1916, it is thought that our readers would be interested knowing something about them. Because of the greatly increased load thrown on the generators, air compressors and the heating system occasioned by increased orders given to the Yard for the manufac- ture of supplies as well as the large contract for the building of twelve submarines, it was necessary that the Power Plant be expanded to meet these conditions. The small 225 kilo, buckeye engine which was located in the southwest corner of the Power Plant was relocated and a new air- compressor installed in its old location. The new compressor is an Ingersol Rand Turbo- Compressor of 5000 cu. ft. capacity, and with a speed of 5200 R. P. M. In connection with the compressor an after cooler was also in- stalled as well as a surface condenser and a small centrifugal pump driven by a Curtis Steam Turbine. The increased electrical load ws taken care of by a Turbo-generator which was bought of the General Electric Company and installed during the summer of 191S. This generator develops 1000 kilo, and is speed- ed to 720 R. P. M. It is driven by a Curtis steam turbine making 3650 R. P. M. The speed between the turbine and the generator is reduced by herringbone reducing gears similar to those used on turbine driven ships. In addition to the generator a surface con- denser occluder and a small centrifugal pump were purchased the same as went with the condenser or the compressor. In order to take care of the increased heat- ing required two new '500 G. P. M. centri- fugal pumps were purchased. These are Hill pumps and are driven by Waitt 2-nozzle pipe H-4 H Turbines. A new intake tunnel was contracted for and a new suction well built to insure a good supply water for use in the condensers and af- ter coolers. An addition to the Power Plant was built over the suction well so as to house this new pumping equipment as well as circulating numps. The second floor of this addition will be used for the fire alarm system and for an office for the Master Mechanic. It is needless to say because of these changes that a great many new sizes of pipes had to be laid and this work was let out to the Carroll Electric Companv. The new turbines are all installed at an ele- vation of approximately 10 ft. above the ground floor of the Plant and in connection with the same, an operating gallery was built of steel, on which is also mounted the new switch board. The General Electric Company was given the contract to furnish the new panels as well as 'to rewire the machines and move the switch Hoard from the first floor to the oper- ating gallery. The employees of the General Electric Company have now been on the Yard for over a year engaged in the work that they contracted for. In the summer of 191S plans were made to replace the No. l power unit with a turbo- generator similar to the one that was being installed. Tihs is to be delivered in August 1919, and erected on the site of the'engine that failed recently. Congress has recently pasesd a bill with an allotment for $65,000 for improvements in the boiler room where new boilers, stokers, coal and ash handing equipment are sorely needed for economical operation. The total of the various contracts let amount to somewhat over $450,000. This is a picture of Wallace E. Dixon of Eliot. Maine, with his New Guinea butter bean. The New Guinea butter beanhasagourd- like shape with an internal structure a good deal like that of a cucumber. They grow much larger in California, being from five to six feet long and weighing from fifteen to twenty pounds. Of five people who sent for seed to J. P. Luddy at Columbia, California, Mr. Dix- on raised the only successful fruit. The speci- men he is holding in his hands is twenty-eight inches long and weighs seven and one-halt' pounds. When fried like an egg plant the slices of the New Guinea bean taste like the cucumber eaten without salt. C/) 2 m r H z o "0 r > z H LIF BUOY 15 MR. GEORGE M. JOHNSON. Mr. George M. Johnson, Quarterman molder in charge of the Smelting Plant, was born the 6th of October, 1885, in Kittery, Maine. He attended the public schools of Kittery and in March, 1902, he came to the Navy Yard as an apprentice molder. completing his appren- ticeship in 1906. In 1908, Mr. Johnson spent two months at the Biddeford Iron Works and a short while after his return to the Yard Foundry was rated as fiirst class mechanic. He acted as leadingman in the Foundry for two years, from 1914 to 1916. In 1916 he was ap- pointed Leadingman in charge of the Smelting Plant, and Quarterman in charge in Decem- ber, 1916. Mr. Johnson has Mr. C. R. Reardon as lead- ingman under him. I T nder Mr. Johnson's su- pervision in the Smelting Plant all the non- iron-containing metals are melted, purified and worked up into ingots to be shipped to the various Navy Yards for Foundry use. The scrap thus handled comes from the various Yards on the Atlantic Coast and some from private plants, the West Coast Yards, and the Navy Yard at Cavite. The metals handled are copper, composition, brass, manganese, Tobin bronze, German silver, monel metal, alumin- um, solder, babitt, lead and zinc. Up to March. 1914. during two years co- operation the plant has turned out nearly elev- en million pounds of ingot metal, and in Jan- uary 1919. there were 830.000 pounds pro- duoed. When additional facilities are pro- vided the expected output of the Plant for tlif coming year is seven million pounds of mi tal. In handling this metal, the melting of which is largely done in crucibles, there has been established a remarkable record for he-its per eruicilble, and as this is one of the considerable items in Foundry costs it is con- sidered well worthy of mention. All the old battery lead material unfit for other use is worked into fishing and sounding leads un- der Mr. Johnson's supervision. In addition to the two branches of metal reclamation men- tioned above, Mr. Johnson also has supervis- ion over a washing plant, where Foundry by- products, such as ashes and skimming are treated to effect a very considerable saving in metal. The material was formerly consigned to this Yard in care of the Supply Department but at this present writing Mr. Johnson's forces not only works the material but has complete charge of the same from scrap to finished ingot. THK NEW SPAR SHOP. The new Spar Shop, consisting of Bldg. No. 42 and a new wing extending at right angles to the present building, is rapidly nearing completion. The new wing is being built by contract and will cost when completed ap- proximately $65,000. The contractors are Hughes and Foulkrod Company of Philadel- phia, Pa., and they are scheduled to complete the building by September 24, 1919. The addition will be approximately 147 ft. long and 5 7 ft. wide and^will be of two stor- ies, the height of eaves being 27 ft. 4 in., and the height from the floor to the peak of the roof slightly over 40 ft. The structure will be of steel frame,' the roof of slate and the walls will be of air-lock construction. The floors will be made of reinforced concrete finished with 1 5-16 in. edged grain hard pine. In that approximately 3,000 sq. ft. of glass will be used in the walls, one can readily realize that the question of sufficient light hia:s been given due consideration. The win- dows will be of steel sash. As a matter of fiire protection standpipes and an automatic sprinkler system will be in- stalled. The interior doors will be of tin-clad Fire proof construction. The heating system to be installed will be dared radiation steam heat. When this addition is completed and the old building slightly refitted the equipment now used in Bldg. No. 4 5 will be moved over to the new shop and a long felt want will be realized, as the old Spar Shop has by far out- grown its present size. The vacated section of Bldg. No. 45 wil be used as an extension for the present Foundry, which likewise has been in a much ' congested condition. LIFE BUOY 17 JOHN H. ROSE, YARDMASTER. Mr. Rose was born in Portsmouth, N. H. January 22, 1S59 and attended the grammar schools of Portsmouth. He served an appren- ticeship as machinist on the old Eastern Rail- road, now a part of the Boston and Maine system and remained there twenty-five years. For fifteen years he served as Foreman of the wrecking train. Mr. Rose was called on the Yard as machin- ist in 1900 and put in charge of the railroad in 1902. On January 1, 1917, he was made Yardmaster. As Yardmaster Mr. Rose has charge of all teams, motor trucks, traveling cranes and all material moved on the rail- road. He is also responsible for the maintain- ance of all trackage in the Yard. The supervisory force under Mr. Rose con- sists of quarterman F. Brooks, Leadingmen L. Tetherly, in charge of motor trucks, and R. Tate, in charge of repair work in the gar- age. Base ball is Mr. Rose's hobby and he is one of the keenest fans of the Yard. SHOP NOTES. SHEET METAL SHOP. More or less changes have taken place in our supervisory force. Those who are not sick or taking a much needed rest, or a long vaca- tion, are resigning. Sanbornville, the well known health re- sort, the gateway of New Hampshire seems to have a magnetic attraction for the men from this shop. It is thought that the soothing in- fluence of the pine needles has something to do with it. It is also easy to get in touch with the outside world by the use of the telephone. We are all sorry to lose one of our popular leadingmen. We wish Mr. Lawson success in his new venture. Our storekeeper is in Des Moines looking at thoroughbred hogs. Our well known Mr. Brown has just reach- ed another milestone in life's journey. We all extend our sympathies to Mr. Bar- rett. Our former clerk. Miss Mary Cody, is now worshipping at the shrine of Hymen. Now then — we wonder why Catherine is in- terested in geography these days. Is Milwau- kee in Ohio or Illinois? We Wonder: When the boys will cut the game short and take more time coming up stairs. Why the girls in the office were so strong for the Yard Baseball Team. Did he play third base? Why the Assistant Timekeepr is so blue these days. Why Guy has leave so often. Who donated that stick of candy to the Timekeeper. They blamed it on Billy. Why our genial Foreman insists on taking rainy days for his vacation. And why disturb "the hydrant? Why after having such a late breakfast, Charlie wanted the rest of the day off. Are there any Rob'bins on the -Mohawk Trail? We all unite in giving three cheers for our popular third baseman, "Spike." SPAR SHOP. Marriages here are as catching as the "Flue" — first Edith from the Shop store, and Rew, Lawrence and fair Isabel, our Fannie and her George from the "PITTSBURG," and now after several months secrecy comes the news of the marriage of Edna and Rus- sell. We think that Gladys is going to beat Ha- zel to it, unless she takes a trip to Worces- ter before Gladys meets Herbert in Washing- ton. Everybody is talking gunning and in two weeks they will he off. We wonder what Mr. Jensen intends to do with two quarts of vine- gar and five pounds of salt — perhaps he has a new method of catching deer. Something like catching birds. We are going to ask the Navy Yard officials to charter a special ferry to bring Helen to work on time — these hasty lunches and work- ing noon hours are ruining her disposition. A certain party of this institution certainly knows how to go fishing. For instance, to in- sure himself of a good catch on Mondays he lias some one catch them for him on Sundays. Nevertheless he got the fish anyway. Things may seem quiet and dead around here but Oh Boy! You should be at Newport. 18 LIFE BUOY FOUNDRY. "Dickey" Mullaney, our dry sand molder, and. by the way, a former resident of the Berkshires, is now the molder's representative to the Metal Trades Council. Some night the council is due for a long talk on the beauties of Western Massachusetts. Neighbors say that Francis L. 'Hatch has made several offers on the Shattuck "Mercer." Frank, how about a ride in the new chariot? Tom McKenna has December 1st written in red ink on the calendar. That is the day New Hampshire pays the additional seventy dol- lars bonus. Where this time, Tom? Nothing doing at Haverhill. We hear Kearney, the Foundry, "perfect man" would like to get on the Police force. Where Jim, Kittery? .hist why Strong refused to be photograph- ed with the Foundry force is not yet known. The price was only sixty cents, John. We understand, Amee that her father doesn't think much of the Kittery 'boys. The say M. H. is some fence walker. Free- mont is some place for aerial stunts. Get your change ready, Mike, another col- lection soon. Michael T. Devine, our dancing coremaker, is now a real estate owner in Dover. All the boys wish you the best of success, Mike. Digging potatoes must have some kick to it by looks of one of the office force one Monday- morning lately. Lawless is trying hard to find out who the party was that serenaded him one Sunday night lately. Alfred Poilait of Rochester, is now an au- thority on the mixture known as the "Setting Hen." Alfred is said to have been very pop- ular during the week of the 'Rochester Fair. We hear George is thinking of a mountain trip. Why the tow line? Better get a new au- tomobile. SHOP K. Those Saturday afternoons all the year haven't materialized yet, but we have one so- lace, the Hospital Ship. Oh "wat" a bum joke! 1 hate these "Melancholy Days" for now it keeps me busy on frosty mornings and wet nights to try and start my "Lizzie." I crank and sweat and swear perhaps a lot more than I'd oughtter. And then I give it up and get a pailfull of hot water. How is that for poet- ry, Pete? You should appreciate it I am sure. Several of our gang saw the "Diving Girls" at Brockton Fair. Don't know if they were the only attractions there but that's all they talk- ed about anyway. "Oh Joy" better memorize your check num- ber. Don't put Vapor on the platform to work. He might evaporate in the sun. The platform is "swept by Ocean Breezes" but they surely do a bum job. We fear that dandelion greens will be scarce in Kittery next spring, owing to the discover}' by one of our gang that dandelion wine has a great kick to it. Don't forget to put in the orange peel, toasted bread and all other ingredients, John. Quite a few men in this gang have bought houses and farms since the Bone Dry law went into effect. What's the answer? Jim, have you heard from the boy? Everything is so quiet now in the vicinity of Punch 5 and Drill press 2, it doesn't seem natural, but when both Bills get back there'll be a different story to tell. W'e understand Mr. Cheney, who resigned his position in this Department a short time ago, has accepted a position as manager of a large dairy and fruit farm in western New York. He takes with him the best wishes and so forth of all his fellow workmen. The night shift in the shop has been dis- continued after running for about twenty- two months, some of the men working on it the full period. Quite a record for stick-to-it- iveness. MACHINE SHOP ItLDG. 80. If Hungry would stay in nights, he would not be falling down the gallery stairs. Everyone is pleased to see Quarterman Jackson in our midst again after meeting with so terrible an accident. They can't keep a good man down. Donald Blanchard Spearin is spending a few weeks in the mountains, taking a much needed (?) rest. If Munday keeps taking on flesh in the next two months as he has in the last two it won't be fit for the public to have him running at large. Abram's Champion Team met defeat at the hands of Goldsmith's all star team by the score of five to three. Harry has gone on a ten days' vacation. We wonder if it will happen this time. Since the closing of the ibeach season the boys in Gilkey's gallery can see wonderful improvements in Mr. Warburton. Some of the boys from the shop are tak- ing auto trips through the White Mountains and into Canada. Wednesday, September 24th found Bldg. Sn well represented at Rochester Fair, with Ed- die and Dutch as ring leaders. LIFE BUOY 19 SEEN THRU THE PERISCOPE. Lt Comm. Doyle has been transferred from this yard to Quincy, Mass., and has been as- signed to Submarine R-13. Mr. Carleton C. Coffin, has resigned from his duties as a Marine Engine and Boiler Draftsman and has entered Dartmouth Col- lege. Mr. Coffin has been employed here in the drafting room for almost three years and during his stay here he has made a great many friends who wish him all success in his new endeavor. Just before he left he was pre- sented with a watch as a token of the esteem in which he was held. Mr. King Ying Wu has resigned from his position as Draftsman here and returned to his native country, China. While working here Mr. Wu rendered valuable services as re- gards weights and calculations. Miss Helen Waterworth of Kittery Point, has resigned as Clerk in the weight depart- ment Miss Ethel Prisbee of Kittery Point is enjoy- ing a two weeks' vacation from her duties as file clerk. Lt Toepher is one of the latest officers to be assigned to the New Const. Corp., and al- ready he has made a large number of friends with his cheery disposition. A »ery pretty wedding took place in Ogun- quit, Me., on Sept. 2, 1919, when Miss Flor- ence Brown was united in marriage to Mr. Carl Perkins of Ogunquit. Mrs. Perkins is em- ployed in the weight Dept. here and on her return lo her duties she was accorded a most pleasant reception by her friends in the draft- ing room. Mrs. Preble on behalf of the draft- ing force presented Mrs. Perkins with a beau- tiful chafing dish. Another resignation which will take place this month is that of Mrs. Florence Preble. Mrs. Preble has been employed here for over a year and has charge of the weights. Her sun- ny disposition as well as her efficiency in her work will be missed by all who have had the pleasure of working with her. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Preble have decided to move to Atlantic Heights. At present there are quite a. number of Submarine Drafting Room employees who are living at the Heights. SMITH SHOP. Hank Linscott has a cow that is worth quite a sum of money. Hank reports that milk is very scarce at his house, as this cow gives pure cream. Now that Hampton Beach is closed "Sol" Berry is visiting Newmarket. As a lady killer, Philip Hughes is the King of Kittery. From last report, Dixon's Pierce Arrow is still in the repair shop. Bill Critch recently made a quick trip to P. E. I. Pete Draper and George Mcintosh are in partnership selling rain coats. We were witnesses to a strange sight to see Bishop on the Merry-Go-Round at Salisbury Beach One of our force has found out that cider and gasoline do not mix very well. BREEZES FROM THE BOILER SHOP. 1 1 nek says he would swap his auto anytime for a three-legged horse, cheap at that. Remember when you were heating rivets for Bedell in Skowhegan? Those were the happy days. How is everything in Kittery now days, Carl? Do we miss Walker? I'll say we do. Grace, why did you shake your Ford? Didn't it prove a life partner? They most all do. Frances claims that Emery must be grow- ing old, as he doesn't "shimmie" like he used to. Look out, Roger, those country dances will get you back to the "Old Fashioned Dancing." We wonder if Smithy is spending all his va- cation in the wilds of Newfields. Where is Jean? Does anybody know? Congratulations, Tom. Best wishes from the shop for a long and happy wedded life. We wonder when Reeves will start to bite? We are all glad to hear that Welcome has improved after his illness. PATTERN SHOP NOTES. Everybody is happy. Lizzie is back to the pen. Also came a breeze from the White Mountains with our own Liz. Some breeze. Our noisy Pattern Maker C. has left us and gone back to the Drafting Room. The boss misses his vocal work around the shop very much. Our friend Harry is going to take a few days off for vacation, and he contemplates go- ing ur to the White Mountains to see if Lizzie hasn't forgotten something. T'm boys would like to know what made Mort late the other morning. He left home early enough. Our worthy friend Link has sent in his or- der for one deer, up in Northern New Hamp- shire Our friend P. lives up to his resolutions so well that he has continued it indefinitely. 20 1.1 VK HUOY l Continued from page 9 ) Right and 298 Fatalities out of 20,142 avla tors trained I I ! ■■ per cent. ) , Willi the prospeol of peace time conditions aeronautical engineers are devoting their time and energies to perfecting forms of tlr rr. in iii.it win he reasonably safe, ami pilots are being more carefullj trained In managing alrshipi "i various kinds, The British Govern- ment has recently decided to offer prises In o competition to develop safer airplanes \n tpi i opi 1 1 Ion 'i $820,000 lias been made for this purpose, and the prtses will be distribut- ed among producers of large airplanes, small alrpl 'in':., and sea planes. European countries took to commercializing lirorafl before the United States .cave much thought to the Question, and already Beveral regular lines of travel have been established, using iiiis means of transportation, Regular trips are made from Milan to Rome, from Milan to Padua, and from Rome to N iples The Rome Milan trip occupies three and one half hours bj airplane, whereas the same journey bj train takes o-bout eighteen hours, for tins service an eight passenger air- plane i- used, Btted with an Inclosed cabin, electrically heated and lighted and provided with arm chairs Five hundred pounds of mall are carried on these machines In addi- tion to the passengers Dailj trips are made across the English Channel, and during the Peace Conference Mr Bonar Law traveled i. Hi. lj from London to Paris i< > airplane. in Paris, regular ascents are made daily, car ers, and iii London during three days o' Easter wool, the Handles Page Com pany carried 827 sightseers over the oltj in our countrj an aerial mail service be- tween Washington and Now York lias boon in operation for fifteen months During the tirst year of this service, ending Maj 15, 1919, over 000 unto-, were traveled No planes fell from the air and no fatal accidents occurred. tint of 1,206 trips that were scheduled, only n io canceled on account of had weather in addition to the mall service, air, -rati have been regularly employed bj the Forest- try Department In fire-patrol dutj The for- ests ot California from s.m Francisco to the Mexican border are now patrolled b) aircraft, and the record established has been excellent, Observation balloons are now used as station nry outlooks, and airplanes are used to cover specified routes dailj . rho advantages of aircraft tor rorestrj work are readilj soon when the matter is thou fully considered For example, fires often ot inate In ravines, where thej are often unno- ticed bj the ordinary patrols because the smoki disperses before it rises high enough to be soon from the observation towers. \\ hen the observers are high In the air, however, the slightest trace of Bmoke Is readilj soon against the green foliage. The fires are then reported when in their first stages, and the prompt dispatch of relays of fire-flghters of- ten results iii extinguishing the fires before any great damage has been done Reports are made bj telephone from the balloons, and ra- dio and parachute messages are used by the planes Weather that interior. ■, rt ith lly in ■ [| found to be unfavorable to tiros also, and days on which fires occur most frequentlj are the best iiy in:', days u is possible to cover some OO.'OOO acres of forests in the United States by this means of patrol. The ("alitor nia \eriai Forest Fire Patrol, during the week ending June 28, 1919, covered 7 . ."• o o miles of travel, In bhe course of which eight 'ores: tires w or,, discovered. \s yet the United Slates has not developed aerial passenger service to anj great extent. \ line is now in operation between Los An- geles and Fresno, and plans are being made to extend this service to other California cities. \ regular moans of aerial transportation be- tween New York and Boston, with stops at Bridgeport and Now Loudon. Is promised for the near future. The. first air port in this coun- try ha i been established at Atlantic City, where flights similar to those made In London ami Paris are now made dailj The trip i in Atlantic Cttj ami \ew Fork is now m ide unite frequently by airplane, and in oral Instances business men have traveled from \. w Fork to their homes on Long Island in hydroplane \ir planes have hoen used to a limited o\ tent for express and mercantile delivery I CagO and Newark claim a regular service of this kind. tin 1 one in Chicago being operated by a Clothing concern while Newark's air de- livery Is maintained by a department store. An indication of what we may expect from aerial navigation in the near future is afforded by Hie fact that the United States \ir Sen La- tins requested ikirM two Vmerican Cities to establish landing fields, and in anticipation of a transcontinental Bervlce air routes are be hlg planned to co\er the entire country. Scrail- ton. Pennsylvania, is the tirst city to provide a civic urdonie. having recently appropriated JIO.OO'O for a landing tietd lo be used by both local and transient airmen. THE TK Wh'l.l'WS ST VND \K1V !' *■■>,:.■ mm«* SXZS&QES i INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT ■ NAVY YARD PORTSMOUTH, N.H JANUARY, 1920 i ■ Smut No 2 881 0-1 Launched July 9, 1918. S 3 1 launched I lee. 21, 191S INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT LIFE BUOY Issued monthly for free distribution to employees of the Industrial Department of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. VOL. II JANUARY, 1920 NO. 9 REAR ADMIRAL ALEXANDER SEAMAN HALSTEAD Commandant Portsmouth Navy Yard. On December 1, 1919, Rear Admiral Alex- ander Seaman Halstead assumed command of the Portsmouth Navy Yard as Command- ant. Rear Admiral Halstead was born on the 17th of December, 1861, at Philadelphia, Pa. He was appointed to Annapolis on October 1, 1879 and was graduated in June 1883. He served in the Engineering Corps until 1899 when he was appointed a Lieutenant. He served during the Spanish War as an officer on the U. S. S. RALEIGH and was with Admiral Dewey at the time of the Bat- tle of Manila Bay. He also was under fire in subsequent engagements that took place in the vicinity of Manila. During the year 1909 he was Equipment Officer at Mare Island, California. During the years 1909 and 1910 he was in command of the U. S. S. VICKSBURG. During this, time he was off the west coast of Central America. A rebellion in Nicaragua took place about this time but no landing parties were required. During the years 1911 and 1912 Rear Admiral Halstead was in command of the U. S. S. WEST VIRGINIA while during the years 1912 and 1913 he was in command of the cruiser CALIFORNIA, which later was named the SAN DIEGO. In the year 1912 there was a revolution in Nicaragua and landing forces from a number of ships were sent ashore. The CALIFORNIA likewise sent a landing party. During the years 1913 and 1914 he was a member of the Board of Inspection and Survey with headquarters at Washington, I) C. As a member of this board he travel- ed extensively, visiting practically all the Navy Yards in the United States. In the year 1915 he was appointed and acted as supervisor of the Harbor of New York. During the years 1915 and 1916 he was in command of the U. S. S. UTAH, which was in the second division of the Atlantic Fleet, operating off th» Atlantic Coast. In July 1916 he was ordered to the War College at Newport where he took special courses in tactics and strategy. Upon the out- break of the war with Germany in 1917 he was appointed senior member of the Board of Appraisal. As senior member of the Board of Appraisal, it was his duty to determine the just compensation as to the values of all the merchant and private vessels command- eered by the Government. On July 1, 1918, he was selected for grade of Rear Admiral. In October 1918 he was ordered to France and was made Commander of the district at Brest, France. In January 1918. he relieved Vice Admiral Wilson, who was Commander of all the United States Naval forces in France, which duty he held until the 18th of October 1919, when he re- turned to the United States. As Commander of the United States Naval forces in France, Rear Admiral Halstead had charge of the demobilization of the aviation stations and Port offices located in Europe and with a personnel of some fifteen thou- sand. Among some of the other work that was performed under his supervision abroad was the repairing, coaling, watering and sup- plying of all the troop ships that took home the 1,900,000 troops that were returned to LIFE BUOY America during his stay in Europe. Rear Admiral Halstead speaks with great interest of the auto trip that he made to the front, Starting at Paris he visited chateau Thierry. Verdun, Metz and then swims up through Luxemburg and through principal cities in Belgium such as Liege, Namur, Brussels and Antwerp. From Antwerp he journeyed to Client. Zeebrugge, Ostend and then returned to Paris by way of Dixmude, Arras, Amiens. Soissons and Compie'gne. Previous to his leaving France he was decorated by the French Government as Commander of the Legion of Honor. The accompanying photograph on the next, page shows Rear Admiral Halstead wearing the emblem of the Commander of the Legion of Honor, which is the highest military honor be- stowed by the French Government. The emblem was bestowed upon Hear Admiral Halstead by Vice Admiral Salaun; Profit Maritime at Brest. The potograph shows the ceremony of the mil- itary honor upon the conferring of the dec- or. it ion. RESPONSIBILITY, POWER. Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them, and power Hows to tin' man who knows how. ELBERT HUBBARD. LIFE BUOY STRIVING AND STRIFE. Dogmatizing anil theorizin and labor are of no avail if they do not rec ognize the essential trait-fact of human na- ture that all progress comes through striv- ing for betterment. In an earlier age it was "the struggle for existence;" now it is the struggle for more comfortable existence. But it is the same trait — the same fact — yester- day, today and forever. In brute life it took form in "the survival of the fittest" by the subjugation or the de- struction of the least fit, which generally has meant the least strong. In greater or less degree, progressively less from age to age, "the survival of the fittest" has been a phenomenon of successful human tribes, clans, races and nations. We have just wit- nessed the defeat of Germany's brutish effort to give it application in the twentieth cen- tury. That was the extreme case of a. natur- al trait in dull-' i>ii to the point of madness, which is not likely to reeure in any calcula- ble time, because there is coming to 1"' a law of world opinion which will not permit con- quest. There is something of the original trait in all human endeavor, though it is tempered nowadays by law which governs individuals By Clarence Ousley. about capital and restrain i the stronger from oppressing the weak. It is primal, instinctive and ap- parently ineradicable. Biology, ethnology and history aside, prog- ress comes through striving — the progress of the individual, the group, the class — and striving runs easily into strife. The words have the same root, the efforts have the same motive, and until the millennium comes we will not have striving without more or less strife of one sort or another. There is no solution of the capital and la- bor problem that will effect automatic and enduring peace between the two contrary in- terests. It is as vain a hope as frictionless ma- chinery or perpetual motion. Even if capital and labor should strike hands, as in profit-sharing proposals; or should join control, as in "democratization" suggestions — that is to say. if capital and la- bor should unite as partners or cooperators in a given industry, sharing profits or losses as the case might be — they would continue to strive for their joint account, and strife would ensue with their rivals or customers and the world-old phenomenon would recur. The buyer and the seller can never have the same view; the producer and the con- LIFE BUOY sumer do not have the same self-interest; the employer and the employe appraise the job from different angles of gain. Concert between the opposing or bargaining factors in any given instance is merely setting up a new unit of operation which takes on the nature of one or the other of the original factors. If a buyer and a seller form a compact, they become a unit of selling or of buying and straightway begin to strive against other sellers or buyers. If the owners and laborers of a manufacturing plant enter into concert they become partners in manufacture and in the due course of progress and expansion will have need for other laborers who will not have acquired partnership and who will straightway begin to strive for betterment. Moreover, it is too much to expect that all laborers will persevere in partnership: many will slip back and will become part of a new group of workmen without proprietary or profit-sharing interest. Of course, in orderly and intelligent com- munities we freely grant the quid pro quo of service or accomodation, and in ordinary em- ployment, especially in small concerns where the personal touch is maintained, there is more or less sympathy and recognized mu- tuality of interest. But in all large undertak- ings, where capital is organized as an im- personal corporation and where labor is a group too numerous to be known individ- ually and considered severally, the personal equation is practically nullified and the deal- ing is as between strangers — more often even worse than between strangers but rather as between antagonists. The empolying group is apt to be regarded as an unhuman thing and the employed group as an impersonal mass of potential energy. If we could turn back the years to the time of the small shop, where the proprietor and the few workmen were as one family, we might have no more strikes or lockouts. But that is impossible. We must accept in- dus'rial development as it is and consider it as it may be. Organized capital is a phase of progress. Groups of small owners, as in the steel in- dustry: groups of small money-lenders, as in a bank; groups of small investors, as in any commercial or industrial enterprise, incor- porate for the dual purpose of asembling cap- ital in large units and of escaping personal liability in undertakings of r'sk. The law per- mits — by legislation the State or the Nation encourages — such organization. It follows logically and fairly that work- men should be permitted to organize for the advantage gained by the strength of large units. In the very nature of the case the cor- poration cannot bargain with the workman individually, hut must proceed by more or less hard and fast rules of employment which fall short of inculcating or stimulating sym- pathetic feeling. The managers of many industrial enter- prises, appreciating the difficulties and anta- gonisms arising, or likly to arise, out of such situations, and commendably desiring to pro- mote the welfare of their workmen, are en- deavoring by various projects of social ser- vice to supply the lack of personal touch which is impossible in a large industry. Some, like the United States Steel Corporation, an- ticipate the requirements of their employ- ees from time to time and raise wages in ad- vance of organized demand. Others have adopted a silding scale of allowance, added *o the basic wage ,to equalize the reduced purchasing power of the dollar. Others admit representatives of the workmen to the board of directors of the corporation and thereby bring the employer and the employe to the common ground of mutual understanding through accurate information and man-to- man contact. But these are rather exceptional and at the best do not promise a permanent status of good feeling. Further striving may be ex- pected, for the normal man of either capital or labor is not satisfied for long, and with the striving will come new forms or phases of strife. Indeed, it may be accepted as a truth of social and industrial progress, as of phy- sical being, that life is growth, change, ad- vance, or it is decline, atrophy, reaction. Still water stagnates: the man who stands still slip shack. Neither employer nor em- ploye can quite shake off the habits of feeling and action acquired through generations and centuries of struggle until they have become, as we say, "second nature." None of this is to say that we should not take counsel, that we should not employ all proper devices of adjustment, that we should not provide means for giving potential in- fluence to the public's rights. On the con- trary, we should constantly strive to prevent strife, and we should perseveringly cultivate a spiirt of give-and-take. The most helpful agency is conference, such as the conference held in Washington, wherein the g-eat cause of industrial prosperity on the one hand and the great cause of labor welfare on the oth- er hand may be made plain to leaders and to masses, and where both may receive en- lightenment as to the greater cause of the public's vital need for abundant production and orderly development. LIFE BUOY Of course, the citizens constituting the Washington Conference have no authority of law to execute any policies or rules of ac- tion. Nor, wise as they are, and representa- tive as they are of the several elements of the civic and industrial structure, have they uttered any new thought on the problem. The Conference serves principally as a forum for the presentation of views which the coun- try will read and ponder. In a very satisfac- tory way the members represent the sever- al elements in conflict. It may be fairly said that they are capable spokesmen for the group interests involved. Prom them we are hearing, as it were, the voices of the most intelligent and patriotic employers, and em- ployes, producers and consumers, who are trying to find ways for reducing to the min- imum the strife of striving. A very important development during the early days of the Conference was the action of the farmer members in making plain the relations of agriculture to industry. The farm- ers cannot accept with complacency proposals for reduced hours of urban labor with in- creasing wages, because farms cannot be operated upon short hours, and if working conditions are more attractive in industry than in agriculture then agriculture will in- evitably suffer. What is more to the point, the consuming public will suffer through reduced production. The farmers make it plain that they will not suffer themselves to be crushed between the upper and the nether millstones of econ- omic and industrial adiustment aiming to reduce the cost of living. Organized capital and organized labor are warned that agri- culture, also, can use the weapon of organi- zation. Food and raiment come from the farm; they will not come abundantly, nor unfail- ingly, if production does not pay. As I have pointed out, in preceeding articles in SEA POWER, there is not now normal production in the world, and next year's American agri- cultural production is likely to fall below this year's. Employers and employes must comprehend the ground facts about food and raiment and adjust their relations accord- ingly or there can be no permanent better- ment in living conditions and present ills may be intensified. Arbitration, of course, is the way out of capital and labor controversies, but there are two points for caution to be observed. The one is that the certainty of speedy arbitrament may tend to stimulate frequent strikes upon the theory that arbitration awards us- ually "split the difference" between em- ployer and employe and hence each time the employe makes a demand he may reasonably expect a concession which will be more than the previous wage. Hence arbitration awards should be for long periods. 'I he other point for caution is the danger that national boards of conciliation may go too far in exercising controlling in- fluence over industry in both its investment and its labor aspects. The more we confer power, either by bestowing authority or set- ting up potential influence, the less we re- tain group or individual power ;we cannot at the same time give it and keep it. The question of hours of labor is not so simple as it. seems. On the surface it would appear that eight hours a day is enough. It is, in many industries; in others, it is not. Five hours of one kind of labor may absorb more energy than ten hours of another. Moreover, we will never make up the losses of the war — and that is precisely what ails the world today — if we do not increase produc- tion. A man can't accumulate if he spends every day all he earns. To put it another way; we cannot pay our war debt to peace if we do not produce day by day more than we consume. Or still another way; we can- not reduce the cost of living by living from hand to mouth. There are many inter-industrial, inter-so- cial and inter-economic relations to adjust in order that the earnings of the labor of men, both brain-workers and hand-workers, may be more equitably distributed, but the bottom fact of the whole present problem is the necessity for increased production, and if that be omitted from our deliberations we will soon find our difficulties multiplied and intensified to the point of desperation. After all that may be said or done in re- spect to methods and agencies of conciliation, arbitration or governmental supervision of industry, two serious and somewhat porten- tous conditions remain for the public's con- sideration and for such action by the body politic as circumstances may require. The one, economic, is the deliberate pur- pose of certain classes of labor to reduce the output per man, without reducing but actual- ly increasing wages for the diminished prod- uct, in order to make more demand for la- bor and to stimulate further increases in wages. The other, political, is the deliberate purpose of certain classes of labor, including a few subordinate leaders, to syndicalize, or to nationalize; or somehow to seize and possess industrial property and to establish a soviet government in the United States. As to the filrst, public opinion must be aroused to require square dealing by the em- LIFE BUOY ploye as well as by the employer. As to the second, the body politic must resolve to re- sist, by whatever means may be necessary, the forces which seek to destroy the Ameri- can institutions of property rights and per- sonal liberty under constitutional guaran- tees. Happily, many of the greater labor leaders are opposed to both of these vicious efforts, though they have not been so positive in ex- ression as they might be. There is reason to believe, also, that the great body of Ameri- can workmen are sound of mind and heart though many have been misled, and that when they perceive the economic error of the one purpose and the anarchistic nature of the other they will disown and desert the foolish or the wicked men who are trying to deceive them. To contribute to the under- standing and to quicken the patriotism of uninformed groups of workingmen is the duty of every citizen. In no way can organ- ized labor so advance its cause in the pub- lic esteem as for its responsible officers and its intelligent members to set themselves firmly against the pernicious preachments and practices of the Bolshevists, syndicalists and revolutionaries. The steel strike reveal- ed much of such mischievous purpose, and the revelation lost to the strikers the public opinion without which is no such effort can win enduring success. The one thing most needful in the capital and labor contest, as in many affairs of pub- lie or semi-public nature, is a revival of the American traditional trait of self-reliance and personal responsibility. The tendency of the union man is to rely upon the strength and action of the union for the betterment which he desires. In proportion as he relics upon his union he fails to apprecate the need for increasing the excellence of his own work as measured by volume or quality. The aggregate result of such a state of mind in a group of laborers is both to decrease output and to retard improvement in quality. Anoth- er effect, which subjectively reacts harm- fully upon the laborer himself, is to devel- op a sense of class status out of which or be- yond which the laborer does not attempt to rise. Class consciousness has been stimulated by certain labor leaders as a means of de- veloping and maintainly solidarity. For the time being it may serve its purpose, but ul- timately it deadens aspiration and hinders progress. The true doctrine, which should never be despised or neglected in the expediency of organization effort, is that the rewards of. life are justly bestowed for individual per- formance. The alert, industrious and re- sourceful man should be permitted to win adavucement beyond the indolent and the dull, just as the provident man should en- joy savings which t he improvident wastes. There is no room in this country for fixed classes of laborers or capitalists, as such, to s.' continue for the period of their lives or from generation to generation. Many of the Nation's greatest capitalists started as la- borers; many men inheriting or acquiring cap- ital have lost it and have become laborers. A capitalist is only a man who has saved his earnings; he may accumulate no more than enough to own an extra house which he rents to his unthrifty fellow workman, or by genius he may acquire the plant in which he began as a laborer. It is all in the man The world cannot afford to have everj man who labors with his hands condemned to perpetual manual labor, for many such laborers have in them the makings of cap- tains of industry whose genius and enter- prise the world needs for its continuing progress. It is the glory of America that the humblest and the poorest young man may rise to the greatest station or acquire the greatest wealth. Class consciousness or class effort that reverses or suspends this rule of develop- ment is destructive of the opportunity for advancement which is every freeman's in- alienable right under the broad principle of the enjoyment of "life, liberty and the pur- suit of happiness." The curse of the times is the prevalence of half-baked economic and social philoso- phies which ignore alike fundamental traits of human nature and vital principels of hu- man 1'berty. They will fail when put to the test, but if they are indulged without chal- lenge they will lead large numbers of people into foolish adventures that will require painful and costly effort to subdue. We are today face to face with the be- ginnings of several such adventures. The prudent, the expedient, the honest thing to do is to meet them squarely, at whatever cost of effort or convenience may be neces- sary, in order to avoid greater sacrifice here- after. The dissolution of the Washington confer- ence without agreement exhibits the truth of these observations. Apparently the conn- try faces a bitter contest and the public will suffer many hardships. We had the experi- ence last year of maintaining the nation with four million men under arms. We can maintain it again with four million men idle. Neither class tyranny nor capital tyranny can he accepted in free America. SEA POWER. LIFE BUOY BgEv - -t ^v •ms ■ k Miss Eleanor V. D. Adams, Sponsor U. S. S-6. The submarine S-6, the latest and most modern of Uncle Sam's undersea boats was launched at the navy yard Dec. 2:!, l!H!i at 1.20 o'clock in the presence of a large gathering of naval officers and their wives and the entire working force of the yard. The launching was a complete success, the "boat taking the water without a hitch in any of the details. Miss Eleanor V. D. Adams, the pretty daughter of Captain and Mrs. L. II. Adams, was the spon- sor and she performed her duties in a very graceful manner. Miss Adams carried an enor- mous bouquet of chrysanthemums, the gift of the men in the Boat Shop. The bottle of champagne with which the boat was christened, was encased in a silver bottle especially designed for the occasion. As the boat moved, on her way to take her maiden dip in the waters of the Piscataqua, Miss Adams with one blow, broke the silver mesh work of the outer bottle and the glass container, champagne scattering all over her face and clothing. The boat took the water very gracefully and was quickly snubbed up and brought back to the quay wall by the yard tugs. Moving pictures of the launching party and of the launching were taken. Rear Admiral Halstead, the commandant of the yard, presented Miss Adams with a gold wrist watch and bracelet. Miss Adams was presented with a silver vanity box by the men of the Boat Shop, the presentation being made by Mr. Charles Tucker, The launching party t hen proceeded to the quar- ters of Captain Adams where a luncheon was serv- ed in honor of the event. The S-(i was ordered const ructed by the depart- ment in April 1917 and the keel was 'laid January 30, 1919. The boat is No. 1 1 1 on the navy list and the fourth of her type to be built here. The ship is 23] feet long, has 13 foot draft and 830 tons surface displacement. The entire construction work has been under the supervision of Commander H. S. Howard of the construction corps and the work of Comman- der Howard and his men speaks for itself. LIFE BUOY DISCONTINUANCE OF THE "I. IFF. BUOY" It is announced with regret that the publi- cation of the "Life Buoy" must be discontin- ued arid that this is the last issue. Under the rules of the Committee on Public Printing not more than one publication or magazine is al- lowed in any Navy Yard. Here at this Yard we had two such publications, the "Life Buoj" and a weekly publication by the Naval Pris- on, which latter is really an integral part of the management and operation of the Prison. The Navy Department has therefore din that the "Life Buoy" be discontinued. We have appealed on the basis that a Prison is reallj a separate establishment and is not a pari of the Navy Yard proper, most Yards not having any at all. While we have received no reply to our appeal, we are very much afraid that the chances of continuing the "Life Buoy" are small. As the order stands now. we are obliged to discontinue it with this is- sue. We are very sorry to part with our little magazine We think that all will agree that it lias served a very useful purpose in bringing us together, in promoting Yard spirit and co- ation and interest and enthusiasm in our work. It is believed that the loss will be k ly l It by all. FREE Rl SSI A. If you differ from the Bolshevik rulers and .van; to change their form of autocrat:, eminent, even by peaceable methods, will let you express your views? And. if you advocate overthrowing their government force, will they give you free passage to your aome? Oh no' They will give you free pas- to Heaven and very promptly put you on your way. OUR FUTURE PROSPERITY. Although the condition of the country as ;i whole is now one of general prosperity with a large demand for labor of all kinds, both skilled and unskilled, the Navy Yards have come to a period of hard times through lack of appropriations by Congress. The exact figures of funds available and the . cts of work during the first part of the adar year are given in another article in this issue. We hope that the period of hard times will be short. This Yard is suffering reallj less than most of the others for the ;i that we still have a considerable amount of unfinished submarine construction h will hold a reasonable force together for some time. Some discharges will be nec- essary, but these undoubtedly will be relative- ly small compared with the total number of employees. We furthermore hope that after July first additional funds will be available 10 go ahead with our ship work on a reason- able scale. There is plenty of work in sight if we could only get the monej to undertake it. Strict instructions have been received from the Navy Department to cut down the force at all Navy Yards in order to come within the available appropriations. The Navy Depart- ment states at the sime time that it regrets the necessity for this action, as it means the loss of the services of man valuable, train- ed, and efficient employees, but that it has no alternative in the premises as employees cannot be continued in their positions with- out nccessar] funds with which to pay for their services. In other instructions the Navj Department has directed that no employees bo tetained who do not measure up to a fair standard of efficiency and who do not give an ay's work. It is believed that there are relatively few in this class at this Yard and that the employees as a whole are of a particularly high class who feel it their con- itious duty both to themselves and the Government to give a fair day's work. We are hoping to obtain additional subma- rine construction at an early date. There ala- nine large Fleet submarines for which con- tracts have not yet been awarded. We believe that on the merits of the case we are fully entitled to a large part of this construction, and we understand that the Navy Department i olds the same views. It appears to be simply a matter of determining the general featuri S of the design in the Navy Department and then giving us the job. It is not known when this will be done, but it is i \: le •> d that the design will be determined upon before very long Even then it will probably be six or eight months before the shops of the Yard be- gin to get any real benefit from this new work, because the detailed plans must first he developed in the drafting room and the materials must be ordered. We therefore can- not expect any immediate relief from this souri e. We must constantly bear in mind that the war ic over and that the emergency war work it; large quantity has ceased and that hereaf- ter -Mere will be keen competition not only between the Navy Yards and private firms, but a No between the several Navy Yards, one against the other. The volume of work as- signed here in the future will depend almost 1" upon ourselves — how quickly and ef- t ciently we can turn out our work and the cost I We canno I or count on ■special favors or special influences which are ( Continue,! i LIFE BUOY 10 LIFE BUOY HANG UP YOUR -1 AND GRAB A DRAFTSMEN'S BANQUET. On December 16, 1919, there gathered in the main dining room of the Rockingham Hotel in Portsmouth, the Draftsmen and Sup- ervisors of the Portsmouth Navy Yard with the Commandant, Rear Admiral Halstead, U. S. N„ Industrial Mgr. Capt. Adams, C. C, U. S. N., Assistant Industrial Manager Captain Wyman, U. S. N., Captain C. P. Snyder, U. S. N., Captain Wyman's successor as Asst. In- dustrial Manager, Commander Howard, U. S. N., Commander Brownell, C. E., U. S. N., Shop Supt. Commander R. W. Ryden, C. (\, V. S. N., Lieut. Commander Wright, U. S. N., and Lieut. Commander Boyd, U. S. N. R. P., as their guests. A. L. Case, Assistant Chief Draftsman in the Steam Engineering Department, acted as toastmaster. The com- mittee in charge was R. H. Fowle, chairman, H. P. Berna, R. E. Potter, W. J. Wright, W. C. White, F. W. Marshall, A. L. Case, N. Rosen. The menu follows: Mock Turtle Soup, Celery, Olives, Turkey and Dressing, Cranberry Sauce, Potatoes, Ice Cream, Cake, Fruit Pudding, Coffee, Cigars, Cigarettes. After the one hundred fifty people present had done ample justice to the above menu, the toastmaster, Mr. Case, called upon our new Commandant,, Rear Admiral Halstead. Rear Admiral Halstead responded with a few remarks expressing his gratitude for the spirit of hearty co-operation with which he had been greeted and assured those present of his hearty desire for the success of the Portsmouth Yard. Captain Adams next re- sponded with a few pithy remarks upon the situation upon the Yard at the present time and urged all to be optimistic for the future. The genial toastmaster caused no end of merriment by his serious interpretation of Captain Adams' parable of the optimist. Cap- tain Wyman then spoke briefly on his service here and complimented the force of the Navy Yard upon the spirit they put into their work during the period of stress through which we have but recently passed. The toastmaster then called upon Captain Snyder, Captain Wyman's successor as As- sistant Industrial Manager. Captain Snyder responded briefly making it very plain that he would meet everyone upon the same equable plane as his predecessor has always done. Commander Howard told very briefly of the record made by the Submarines built at this Yard in competition with those produced by private concerns and demonstrated to his hearers by facts and figures the real supre- macy of the Portsmouth ships. Lieut. Commander Wright concluded the remarks of the evening by a brief outline of the submarine policy of the Navy and a state- ment of the part that the sea going officers in command of the submarines have played in developing the policy for this arm of the ser- vice. Lieut. Commander Wright sounded a warning, in no uncertain terms, to the em- ployees of this Yard that the real founda- tion of success was hearty work and plenty of it, making it very clear that recognition was sure to follow such procedure. Lieut. Com- mander Wright also related some very inter- esting experiences while he was in command of the L 9, based at Bantry Bay in Ireland. The committee deserves especial credit for the manner in which the affair was handled and very particularly for the professional and local talent which supplied the necessary en- tertainment, conducive to real enjoyment at a banquet. The party broke up with a general feeling that everybody had spent a most enjoyable evening and that the affair had certainly done- something toward helping to develop a real spirit of co-operation between the Officers and the Supervisory force. HAPPINESS. There are two ways of being happy. We may either diminish our wants or augment our means. Either will do. The result is the same, and it is for each man to decide for himself, and do that which happens to be easiest. If you are idle or sick or poor, however hard it may be to diminish your wants, it will be harder to augment your means. If you are active and prosperous, or young, or in good health, it may be easier for you to augment your means than to diminish your wants. But if you are wise, you will do both at the same time, young or old,, rich or poor sick or well; and if you are very wise you will do both in such a way as to augment the general happiness of society. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Schenectady Works News. LIFE BUOY 11 CAPTAIN HENRY LAKE WYMAN. Assistant Industrial Manager U. S. N. (Detached). Capt. Henry Lake Wyman, U. S. N., born in Evanston, 111., was appointed to the Naval Academy from the state of Illinois on the 6th of September, 1895, and graduated from the Academy in 1900, as a classmate of the new Asst. Industrial Manager Capt. Snyder, U. S. N., The first assignment of duty given Captain Wyman upon graduation was, as a cadet, to take a course in torpedo handling and con- struction at Newport Torpedo Station, New- port, R. I. Captain Wyman was detached from the Newport Station in December, 19 00, and ordered to proceed to the Asiatic Station via the Suez Canal, upon the FROLIC, one of the vessels of the so-called "Mosquito Squadron." Captain Wyman's first duty while serving un- der this assignment to the "Mosquito Squad- ron" was as Watch Officer of the FROLIC. During the year 1901 the FROLIC saw con- siderable service in Asiatic waters and was the first vessel to reach Balingiga, Samar, after the massacre at this town, well remem- bered by many people who saw service under both Army and Navy commands at that time. In 1902, he was made Aide with the rank of Ensign to the late Admiral Sperry, then Captain, on the U. S. S. RAINBOW. Upon Admiral Sperry's being relieved from com- mand by Admiral Cooper, the Squadron Com- mander, Captain Wyman then served under Admiral Cooper as Flag Secretary. Admiral Cooper's flag was later transferred to the U. S. S. WISCONSIN, one of the newest ships then in the service and one of the crack ships at that time. Captain Wyman saw service under Admiral Cooper on the WISCONSIN and on the NEW ORLEANS until his return home in 1904. During the two years from 1902 to 1904 Captain Wyman, as an Officer of the Asiatic Fleet, saw considerable of Japan and China, particularly the Shantung Region which was even then more or less under German domination. Captain Wyman was transferred to the U. S. S. KEARSARGE, as a Lieutenant, in 1904, receiving two commissions, Lieutenant j.g. and full Lieutenant, upon the same day. After serving one year on the U. S. S. KEARSARGE as Watch Officer, Captain Wy- man was assigned to the Naval Academy as in instructor in mathematics and navigation, 12 LIFE BUOY again being intimately associated with the present Assistant Industrial Manager, Cap- tain Snyder, who was also assigned to duty in the same department of the Academy dur- ing the years thai Captain Wyman was sta- tioned there. In 1907 Captain Wyman was assigned to the U. S. S. TACOMA as Engineer Officer, under Captain John Hood, and saw considerable service in the West Indies, par- ticularly in Haiti, being present at the abdi- cation of Xord Alexis, which the Captain stated to the writer was a real abdication, with all that goes with it. Alter two years' service on the U. S. S. TACOW \. the next assignment of duty given to Captain Wyman was as the relief of Lieutenant John lialigan. as Engineer Offi- cer of the U. S. S. NEBRASKA. During this year there was inaugurated the competition between ships for an engineering trophy, cor- responding to the gunnery trophy, the com- petition for which had started two years before. Captain Wyman modestly disclaims any credit for the victory of the NEBRASKA in winning the first engineering trophy ever offered, saying that the credit was entirely due lo the crew serving under him. In the following year Captain Wyman was lied to the "Navy Yard Desk" in I he Bureau of Steam Engineering at Washing- ton, and while there handled all correspond- ence relating to the alterations and repairs in the engineering departments at tin 1 various Navy Yards. While serving in the Bureau of Si c.iin Engineering, Captain Wyman was ad- vanced to the grade of Lieutenant Com- mander. He served in the Bureau of Steam Engineering a total of thirty-nine months. In 1913 (apt. Wyman was given command of tin- C. S. S. PADUCAH, Flag Ship of the "Cuba Survey" Fleet, and served as "Skip- per" of the PADUCAH until his assignment to the Portsmouth Navy Yard, December 1. 1916. Captain Wyman had another record of serviie of thirty-nine months as Com- manding Officer of the PADUCAH. As there were a number of Portsmouth people serving under Captain Wyman during the period of the "Cuba Survey," both in the Navy and in the capacity of civilian aids, it may be noted that the work consisted of the sounding and charting of a large inland sea made by coral formations along the southern coast of Cuba. The soundings, of which there were one hundred thousand taken dur- ing the last year, were charted roughly dur- ing the winter months and upon the return of the expedition to this Yard, their hoi station, in June each year, these soundings were then plotted exactly upon finished charts on the second floor of Building No. 79. Then- are two or three side lights on the expedition that are interesting. During the first year, in 1914, when the tied started for the home station, they were diverted and or- dered to proceed to Vera Cruz, arriving there immediately after the occupation by our ships. Captain Wyman was then ordered to make a complete survey of Vera Cruz Har- bor, and on this survey is based the present chart of Vera Cruz Harbor. During the sec- ond year when ready to sail home. Captain Wyman was again ordered to proceed With the PADUCAH to San Juan. Haiti, for neutrality duty. This included watching the German Liner, PRAESIDENT, later taken over and renamed tin KITTERY. While many of us are more or less familiar with the work that Captain Wyman has been doing since his coming to the Portsmouth Navy Yard, the writer feels that a short, though perhaps incomplete, resume of the same might be of interest to many of the readers of the "Life Buoy." During his stay at the Yard, Captain Wy- man has served as Assistant Industrial Man- ager, as such being the next in command to Captain Adams and serving as Acting Indus- trial Manager during the absence of Captain Adams, Captain Wyman's real work has cor- responded to that of the Executive Officer aboard ship, although on a much larger scale. As Assistant Industrial Manager he has co- ordinated and more or less helped to bind to- gether the various divisions under the In- dustrial Department. In fact, most of the correspondence, both internal and external as regards the Portsmouth Navy Yard, has passed through the hands of Captain Wyman as Assistant Industrial Manager. The final piece of work which Captain Wy- man has just compelted, by direction of Cap- tain Adams, is the codifying of the various orders, rules and regulations, both depart- mental and local, which are the foundation of the present industrial system of this Yard. The many friends of Captain Wyman, regret very much his departure, hut, at the same time, rejoice in his good fortune in be- ing assigned to the command of the U. S. S. OLYMPIA, the flagship of the late Admiral Dewey which will sail from Charleston, S. C. ai a later date, and these same friends wish ('a plain Wyman Godspeed in his new duty. LIFE BUOY 13 THE KEEL OF SUBMARINE 8-11 LAID. On Tuesday morning, December 2, 1919, the keel of the Submarine S-ll, known of- ftcially as No. 116 was laid. Captain C. P. Snyder and Commander L. F. Kimball had the honor of driving the first rivet, while Lieutenant \V. J. Malone acted as holder-on. B. M. Burns was rivet passer and the helper was H. Fernald. There was a large gathering of the offi- cers from the several departments of the Yard. Music was furnished by t lie Marine Band? S-10, Aug. 30, 1920. Miss Marion K. Payne, daughter of Captain F. T. Anns. S (' , U S. N. The Navy Department has recently ap- proved the list of sponsors selected by the Industrial Manager for the Submarines of the S class to be launched (lining the next ten months. This list with tiie approximate dates of launching are as follows: S-7, Feb. 2, 1920, Airs. H. i>. Wyinan, wife of Captain H. L. Wyinan. U. S. N. S-8 — March 2, 1920, .Mrs. [;. W. Ryden, wife of Commander R. W. Ryden, ('. ('., !". S. N. S-9, April 20, 1920, Mrs. J. E. Palmer, wife of Commander J. E. Palmer, U. S. N. YOU SAY YOU LOVE A BRUNETTE? 1 thought I loved a dark brunette, And so I did, I swear, Until upon my butter dish I found a strand of hair! The strand was beauteous as the night, It might have graced a queen, But little was it qualified To profit margarine. As heart and stomach are allied, It turned my warm love cold — I left off courting darksome Ruth For one with hair of gold. Now this is why I much prefer The second choice, you see: Her hair, if lost in oleo, Might pass unknown to me. From "Life." 14 LIFE BUOY SUBMARINE S-5 LAUNCHED. At exactly two o'clock on Monday, Novem- ber 10, 1919, Submarine S-5, the fifth Sub- marine built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard was successfully launched, amid cheers, whistles and music. Mrs. Glenn S. Burrill of New London. Conn., wife of Civil Engineer Burrill. U. S. X.. and daughter of Rear Admiral Clifford J. Bousch, (ret.) was sponsor. Industrial Man- ager Captain L. S.Adams, C. C, U. S. N.. was in direct charge of the launching, being as- sisted by Mr. Charles Jensen. Master Ship- wright. To those who were not fortunate enough to see the launching it may be said that no finer launching ever took place at the Yard, for the S-5 left the Ways exactly to the sec- ond of time. Previous to the launching of the Submar- ine S-5, Mrs. G. S. Burrill was presented with a gold wrist watch as a gift from the Yard employ The S-5 has an over-all length of 231 ft., and has a 2 1 foot beam. Its surface dis- placement is 870 tons and has a draft of 13 ft. The S-5 is designed for surface speed of fifteen knots and a submerged speed of twelve and one-half knots per hour. Lieut. Commander C, M. Cooke will have command of the S-5 when it is completely outfitted. Franklin Shiphouse 1S92. NEEDLESS ANXIKTY. There was a man And all his life He'd worked in a shipyard, And he had a baby And it was going to he christened And for a week fie couldn't sleep nights Because he was worried t'or tear the minister Would hurt the baby When he hit it with the bottle. — Fore River Log. IP If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you. But make allowance for their doubting, too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about don't deal in lies. Or being hated don't give way to hating. And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise. If you can dream and not make dreams your master, If you can think — and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same. If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken. Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools. Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken. And stoop and build 'em up with worn- out tools. If you can make one heap of all your "win- nings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose ,and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew- To serve your turn long after they are gone. And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the will which says to them. "Hold on! " • If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue. Or walk with kings — nor lose the common touch. If neither foes nor living friends can hurt you. If all men count with you, but none too much: If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds worth of distance run — Yours is the earth and everything that's in it. And — which is more — you'll be a man. my son! RFDYARD KIPLING. LIFE BUOY 15 LIFE BUOY CAPTAIN CHARLES PHILIP SXYDER. Assistant Industrial Manager. Captain Charles Philip Snyder was born in Charleston, West Virginia on July 10, 1879. He was appointed to the Naval Acade- my from the State of West Virginia on the 20th of May, 1896, and was graduated in 1900. Immediately upon graduation from the Naval Academy he was assigned to the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport. R. I., where he took a special course in torpedo construc- tion. After finishing this course he was as- signed duty on board the U. S. Battleship ALABAMA on which ship he remained four vears From the ALABAMA he was assigned duty on the U. S. S. CHATTANOOGA where he remained a year. The CHATTANOOGA was one of the ships in the squadron which brought back the body of Paul Jones from France. In 1905 he was assigned duty as instructor in higher mathematics and navigation at the Naval Academy, which duty lie held for two years. While at the Naval Academy he ad- vanced to Hie grades of Lieut, j.g. and Lieut. respect ively. His next assignment was on goard the U. S. S. VERMONT on which ship he cruised around the world, and while on the Asiatic Station he was ordered to the U. S. S. CLEVE- LAND as Executive Officer. Captain Snyder returned from the Asiatic Station as Chief Engineer of the U. S. S. MARYLAND, now renamed the FREDERICK. His next assignment was again to the Naval Academy where he served for three years in the same departments as before, namely instructor in higher mathematics and navigation. While at the Naval Academ..-, he made several practice cruises and on one of these cruises he was Senior Engineer Officer of the U. S. S. MASSACHUSETTS. Upon hi.; completion of duty there he was ordered to report as Navigator of the Dreadnaught DELAWARE on which ship he served three- years, during which time the fleet cruised to Europe and was engaged in operations off the coast of Mexico. In 1916 Captain Snyder was ordered to Washington, D. C, where he was placed in charge of the Division of Chart Construction, in the Hydragraphic Office. In this division all charts for the Navy are planned con- structed. LIFE BUOY 17 Upon the outbreak of the War he was or- dered to command the U. S. S. OREGON. which was operating off the Pacific coast. Early in the spring of 191 S he was trans- ferred to the command of the U. S. S. MON- GOLIA which is a twenty-seven thousand ton transport. He was in command of this ship during the summer of 191$ throughout gre.it troop movements from America to Europe. Captain Snyder was then transferred for the remainder of the war to the command of the U. S. S. MINNEAPOLIS which was engaged in escorting convoys to Europe. Upon the signing of the Armistice, Captain Snyder took the U. S. S. MINNEAPOLIS by way of the Panama Canal to the Pacific Ocean for duty as Flagship of the. Command- er of the second division of the Pacific Fleet. On November 26, 1919, Captain Sny- der reported for duty as Assistant Industrial Manager of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Ports- mouth, N. H., relieving Captain H. L. Wyman. CRUMBS FROM THE DRAFTSMEN'S BANQUET. Did he Potter on the back? I'll say he did. Mr. Case. Now gentlemen we all want to go to work and be optimistic just like Capt. Adams told us to do. Laughter. Gentlemen I meant what I said seriously. More laughter. BY WALT .MASON. Life is gay and blithe and sunny since the peace dove hit the breeze; every one is burning money just as though it grew on trees. I insist on thrift and saving, but there's none to heed my words; johnnies say that I am raving, and throw money to the birds. -Men are drawing princely wastes, and their breasts are filled with mirth, and they jeer foreboding sages who predict a day of dearth; but that day will come as surely as tomorrow's sun will rise; things will then be going porly with the giddy spending guys. Things won't boom along forever as they're booming now, my friends; and the man who's truly clever saves as ably as he spends. It is patent to the knowing, in ex- pensive times like these, that the kopecks won't be growing always on the shrubs and trees. There will come a day of trouble, when this boom is left behind, and the kopeck and the ruble will be mighty hard to find; happy then the lads whose wages have beer safely-placed- in brine, who obeyed the seers and sages, when the saving graft was fine. .And how sick will be the mortals who like spendthrifts now behave, who reply with jeers and chortles when we call on them to save. The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden nights, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Longfellow. Mast House with Bridge to Seavey's Island. Taken 1892. 18 LIFE BUOY INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT Editor-in-chief R. W. Ryden Editor J. R- Hugelman Associate Editor H. L. Hartford Associate Editor and Business Manager M. O. Richards REORGANIZATION, REPORTORIAL STAFF. In accordance with the recent reorganiza- tion of the reportorial staff from the various shops, the following employees were selected to represent their shops: Boat shop, Charles F. Tucker. Boiler shop, F. C. Drury. Electrical Machine Shop, C. D. Hackney. Electrical shop, Clifford Pike. Foundry, D. H. Connor. Joiner shop, Mr. Meloon. Laborers and Riggers, W. H. Palfrey. Spar shop, Fred H. Wilson. Smith shop, Mr. Frank Soule. Shipfitters shop, B. P. Perkins. Sheet Metal shop, John Meegan. Structural shop, W. P. Young. Machine shop, inside, R. E. Goldsmith. Pattern shop, Elizabeth A. Corocran. Transportation, L. H. Tetherley. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. The present industrial unrest has been precipitated largely by two factors — an at- tempt to compel collective bargaining, and the high cost of living — but underlying the whole movement is a force working toward readjustment of industrial relations. Labor, having been denied in the past what it considered its rightful share in the fruits of industry, has taken advantage of condi- tions created by the war and, conscious of its strength, is now asserting itself. Capital has found it easier to meet Labor's demands and pass the burden on to the con- sumer without getting at the root of the problem, with the result that the situation has become aggravated instead of better. The problem is so complex as to almost defy solution, but certain conditions exist that must be wiped out before any progress can be made. Among these are: The supposed law of supply and demand has fallen down, because 1. — There is profiteering on the part of loth Capital and Labor. 2. — There are indications of attempts by Capital and Labor to limit production. But rectifying these conditions will not alone effect a solution: certain fundamentals must be recognized by both sides. 1. — In the final analysis all wealth is the product of. labor, but not of manual labor alone, as is mistakenly argued by one class. The trouble has been in evaluating, respec- tively, labor of the hands and of the brain. 2. — It is not enough to say that Capital and Labor are partners. Labor must be shown 3. — Management must not assume that it 's accountable to Capital alone, and it can no longer regard labor as a commodity to be bought and sold. 4. — On the other hand, Labor must be shown that its demands must not be such as to stiflle the very industry upon which it is dependent for its livelihood. 5. — Both Capital and Labor are respon- sible to the public. With these facts in mind the speediest re- lief may be expected through increased pro- duction with Labor assured of an adequate wage, legitimate Capital a fair return, anc? INITIATIVE a reasonable profit EDITORIAL. ORGANIZATION MANUAL FOR THE INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT Captain Wyman, the late Assistant Indus- trial Manager, has recently compiled the or- ganization manual for the Industrial Depart- ment ?.nd prepared it for issue to various of- ficers, foremen and other interested persons. 1 his manual consists of a description of the duties of the various officers and employees i > f the Department, beginning with the Secre- tary's general order establishing the Indus- trial Management system at this Navy Yard. While the duties and responsibilities of the various Department heads and assistants are known and understood, it has been a difficult matter to collect all of this information and publish it in book form. It is needless to say that it has been done in a most thorough man- rer. A chart showing graphically the organi- zation of the Department is printed in this is- LIFE BUOY 19 sue of the Life Buoy. This chart shows the relations that exist between the different div- isions and Departments, and is of great assist- ance in acquainting a person new to this or- ganization with its general scheme. A care- ful reading of the manual is necessary, how- ever, in order to thoroughly understand the details of the organization. Portion of the manual of special interest to foremen is that which contains the stand- ing orders. These orders are issued by the Manager from time to time and consist of rules, regulations, orders, etc., which are of a permanent nature. Another section of particular interest is that which contains the description of the organizations published by the Shop Super- intendent and the various division heads. Since the details of such organizations de- ppnd upon the personnel available, it is natur- al that changes will have to be made from time to time, and for that reason these or- ganizations are described in appendices. We believe that Captain Wyman has cause to feel proud of the work that he has done in preparing this manual, and we also feel that the Industrial Manager and all officers of the "Department have ample cause to take pride in their connection with this Industrial De- partment. It can be said without fear of con- tradiction that every officer who has come to this Yard and become acquainted with the system of management in effect here has de- clared it to be the simplest and most efficient of any of the many different kinds in opera- tion in the various Navy Yards of this coun- try. PROSPECTS OF WORK DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1020 With the receipt of information from the Navy Department concerning the funds avail- able under the Bureaus of Construction and Repairs and Steam Engineering for work at this Yard, it is possible to determine with reasonable accuracy the size of the force that will be employed during the next six months. Should Congress authorize the expenditure of additional funds the rate of expenditures here will be greater than now contemplated, since authorized work on ships is now being held up owing to the lack of funds. In round numbers the amounts allotted by the Bureaus above mentioned for general work from January to June, inclusive, totals $730,000. This amount is exclusive of allot- ments for the construction of submarines and also of allotments for certain work on destroy- ers' considered a part of their original cost. However, of the $730,000.00 a very large percentage, approximately one-half, is requir- ed for the payment of labor other than that engaged on productive work. Owing to the fact that a large number of vessels are laid up at this Yard, fixed charges for their care and preservation amount to a considerable sum From the funds allotted to this Yard, pay of the civilian personnel in the offices of the Superintending Constructor and Inspector cf Machinery at Bath, Maine, is taken. Then in addition a very considerable amount is that which goes to pay for all leave and holiday, supervision charges and miscellaneous charges entering into the overhead expense. As a result, only about 365,000.00 will be available for the payment of labor engaged on ship work. The expenditure of $365,000.00 during the next six months will not permit any increase in the rate of completing the repairs on ships here: no additional workmen can be taken on. and at the end of six months there will still lemain a considerable amount of work already authorized which has not been com- pleted. On the other hand, the number of men engaged on ship repair work will prob- ably not suffer any reduction, but such re- duct'ons as must take place will be the re- salt of a natural falling off in the work of building submarines. On December 1, 1919, there were 3653 employees in the Industrial Department, exclusive of members of the clerical, messenger, drafting and inspection force. By January 1st that number had been reduced to 3500. It is estimated that the winding up of work on the submarines and the completion of certain work on destroy- ers, paid for by appropriation "Increase of the Navy" will necessitate a gradual reduction in the force amounting, by July 1, to about 750. T,he above is an estimate of the worst that could happen to the Yard. Should Congress pass a bill appropriating additional money for tne Navy it is quite certain that the Bureaus will pilot more money to this Yard in order that authorized work can be promptly car- ried to completion. , If this is done the management will be in a position to call on more mechanics, or at any rate retain those who would otherwise have to be discharged. It is possible that even better things might happen, for it is under- r.tood the Department has under considera- tion the question of awarding this Yard the contract for more submarines. Congress has authorized the building of nine fleet subma- rines, and if any or all of them are to be buiH, this Yard rightfully feels that it should have its fair share of them. No other Yard is as well equipped or as experienced in building submarines as this Yard, and eer- 20 LIFE BUOY lain 1 ;.- no other Yard, either Government or private, has made a better record than has this Yard in the construction of boats of the S class. Unless authorized in the near future, the construction of additional submarines ■%-ould not materially affect the Yard pay roll during the period discussed above, for the reason that a number of months would elapse before the necessary material could be pro- cured. However, the benefit to the Yard dur- ing the latter part of the calendar year and during one or more succeeding years, depend- ing upon the number of boats authorized, would be vary marked. OWN A HOME. Any man who really desires to, can own his own home. It requires saving and sacri- fice, but, remember, everything worth while must be striven for and when you have ac- complished the owning of your home you will soon begin to appreciate the real joy of living. The man who owns his own home, or has the home-owning instinct is generally regarded as a responsible and desirable citi- zen. Today most of us have a real incentive to buy, due to the rental increases imposed up- on us by some of our landlords, but just as soon as we receive a salary increase, or rents stop going skyward, we settle back into our old way of things and live the easiest way. A man's own home is a kingdom of which he is the undisputed monarch. It is his hav- en for declining years and if stamped with his individuality, is his monument when life is done. A current magazine recently printed the philosophy of home ownership which is so ex- pressive we believe it worth reproducing here : "HOME" "The most sacred spot upon the face of this earth is that holiest of sanctuaries — HOME! "Whether it is a great mansion which • decorates the brow of the hills, or a coun- try estate, or a little cabin built of legs, in the fastness of the wilderness, it is the one place where love drowns the disappointments and builds hopes for the morrow. "It is the place where husband is king and wife is queen! "The noblest aim of man and woman is to build a home. The desire for a home is the most deeply rooted impulse of the human heart! It is the first thought of the Prince Charming and the Maiden Fair. "A home-loving nation is a God-loving nation! It is an encouraging sign to note that Anarchists. Bolshevists, Agitators and Destructionists are neither builders nor own- ers of HOMES! Where the home instinct is found reason and justice reign. "Home is the hallowed chamber of love wherein we receive from the Creator our first breath of life. It is the Palace-Royal of MOTHER, that patient, loving soul who, with tender eagerness, stretches out her hands and takes into her arms the most prec- ious of Divine gifts, the baby! "Home is the eternal lodestone which at- tracts the mating instincts of men and women; it is the mile-post which marks the progress of evolution of the human race. ''No man can be called a failure who has built a home and raised a family! Every home, whether large or small, whether owned by the rich or the poor, is a land- mark of progress of the nation. "The first duty of every American citizen worthy of the protection of this great de- mocracy is to build and own a home. Home- builders are nation builders." ACHIEVING SUCCESS. It has always seemed to me that in life there are two ways of achieving success or of achieving what is commonly called great- ness. One is to do that which can only be done by the man of exceptional and extra- ordinary abilities. Of course, this means that only this one man can do it, and it is a very rare kind of successor of greatness. The other is to do that which many men could do, but which, as a matter of fact, none of them actually does. This is the ordinary kind of success or kind of greatness. Nobody but one of the world's geniuses could h ve written the Gettysburg speech, or 'he second inaugural, or met as Lincoln met he awful crisis of the Civil War. But most of us can do the ordinary things, which, how- ever, most of us do not do. .My own suc- cesses have come within this second cate- gory. Any fairly hardy and healthy man can do what I have done in hunting and ranching if he onlv really wishes to. and will take the pains and trouble, and at the sunie time use common sense. Any one that chose could lead the kind of life I have led. and any one who has led that life could if he chose — and by "choos- ing" I mean, of course, choosing to exercise in advance the requisite industry, judgment and foresight, none of them to an extraor- dinary degree — have raised my regiment or served in positions, analogous to those in which I have served in civil life. — THEODORE ROOSEVELT. LIFE BUOY 21 COMMANDER JAY HALE SYPHER. Aid to the Commandant. Commander Jay Hale Sypher was born in New Orleans, La., on the 15th of March, 1871. His parents, however, made their home in Pennsylvania. He was apointed in 1887 to the Naval Academy from Arizona, when that state was still a territory, and was graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1891. His first cruise as a Midshipman was on the U. S. S. NEWARK. As a Midshipman on the old KEARSARGE he first visited the Portsmouth Navy Yard. This is a striking coincidence as the old KEARSARGE was built on the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Commander Sypher served several times at the Asiatic Station and crossed the Pacific during the Spanish war, as an officer on the MONITOR MONADNOCK. In 1898 he was ordered to the War College where he took the full course. In 1906 he was made Lieut. Commander and ordered to the BATTLE- SHIP MISSOURI as navigating officer, later was assigned duty of Superintendent of Com- passes at the Naval Observatory in Washing- ton, D. C. While holding the rank he was directly responsible for the in- troduction of the gyro-compass in the American Navy. Commander Sypher speaks with considerable interest of this introduc- tion and rightly, as it was a marked change to make. In 1911 he was made Commander and was immediately ordered as Executive Officer to the U. S. S. FLORIDA, which was being built at the New York Navy Yard and which, at that time, was the newest and finest dread- nought in our navy. Following his command of two years on the U. S. S. FLORIDA, he was ordered to command the battleship MIS SOURI, on which vessel he had made a trip around the world previously as navigator. He did not, however, remain long in com- 22 LIFE BUOY mand of the MISSOURI, but was assigned to the duty of Senior Assistant to the Aid for Material at Washington, D. C. Up.on the de- tachment of the Aide for Mate-rial he acted as Aide for several months while the formation of the Office of Operations was taking place. In 1915 he was ordered to the Asiatic Sta- tion as Chief of Staff with the Admiral who had been Aid for Material at Washington, where Commander Sypher served until the outbreak of the war. Upon his arrival in America and after a brief stay in Washington, he was sent to Ireland. Upon his arrival in Ireland he was placed in command of the reserve base for supply- ing men to all our destroyers which were oper- ating at that time from Queenstown. After the American troops began to arrive in numbers, it became necessary to establish a base at Southampton, England, which be- ta me the outlet to France for the American troops landed in England. After establishing a base at Southampton he was placed in com- mand. About a million troops passed through this port during the time he was in command. It was for his excellent service rendered there that he was decorated by the Prince of Wales, during the recent trip of H. R. H. to America, and made a "Commander of the Order of the British Empire." He was detached early in 1919 from Southampton, England, and returned to America where, after a brief period of waiting orders, he reported to the Portsmouth Navy Yard as Aide to the Com- mandant. Upon detachment of Rear Admiral C. J. Boush, he became the Acting Command- ant, which duty he held until the arrival ot Rear Admiral Alexander Seaman Halstead. THE SQUARE ROSS. A square boss is one of the greatest bless- ings ot God, and a tower of streng.h lor civilization in any community. The foreman or superintendent who is on the level with his men; who does not stoop to play the petty tyrant, to invite truck- ling; or to air his own small greatness; who tries to understand his men, one and all — who has a sympathetic or a kindly word for them and an ear for their difficulties and problems; who will stand by his men and up for them; who, when a man is right, has courage enough to say he's right to anyone; and who, when he himself is wrong, is man enough to say, "I'm wrong!" so everyone can hear him, and harbor no lingering resent- ment toward the fellow who turned out to be right; wtho will keep jealousy out of his heart as he would keep a wild cat out of his home; who won't play favorites, regardless of race or personal preference; who won't sacrifice the weak and peculiar and less at- tractive among those under him to win pop- ularity with the personal and strong, who will give every fellow an even chance every- day. A man like that can prevent more trouble than a regiment of soldiers can cure. In this critical time of the world. the Square Boss can do much to win the victory for civilization. KODAK PARK BULLETIN'. ^ Ship houses Nos. 1 & 2 which stood on The Present Site of The New Submarine Wavs, Taken 1S92. LIFE BUOY 23 SOME LESSOXS OF THE SOVIETS. In .he great Moscow mining district under capitalism in 1917 there were raised 50,000,- 000 poods of coal; and in 1918, under the ef- ficiency of the Sovet, only 22,000,000 poods. In 1914-15 twenty-five Russan mills, un- der the blighting influence of bourgeois capi- talism, produced 10,000,000 poods of sugar; while in 1918-19, under the benign stimulus of the Soviet, their product was 2,000,000 poods. How quickly would our scarcity be transformed into a surplus if only we were wise enough to adopt the Soviet! Note general industries. Before the Soviet came, in Petrograd there were 400,000 work- ingmen, of whom 250,000 were in the various metal trades. After seven months of the So- viet there were, all told, 120.000, of whom 61.000 were metal workers. And today the grand total of workmen in all trades is scarce- ly 76,000. Thus mightily does the Soviet pro- mote the industrial arts. Perhaps it is well. If the former numbers were kept at work under the Soviet, goodness only knows what would not happen. The print- ing irades of Petrograd in the last half of 1318 showed a deficit of 13,500,000 rubles. The numbers of workmen were reduced, yet still in the first half of 1919 the deficit was 39,710,000 rubles. The numbers were still further reduced, but despite that fact it is estiamated that the deficiet for tee last half of his year will be more than 47,600,000 rubles. Great are the profits of the Soviet! How can these things be? Perhaps some light v.'ill tie thrown upon the business man- agement of Sovietland by the fact, official- ly reported, that a group of industries in 191S produced goods valued at 143,000,000 rubles, and to effect that production paid in wages 648,000,000 rubles. How American manufac- turers must envy a system under which four and a half dollars are paid in wages to pro- duce one dollar's worth of goods! Obviously, this must lead to one of two things - Reaction or ruin. It came mighty rinse to the latter, and then swung sharply to the former, until under Bolshevism more tyrannical and arbitrary methods were em- ployed than the bourgeois capitalists of Czar- ism ever dared contemplate. Coercion, lock- outs, deprivation of food ration cards, en- forced labor, are the resorts of the Soviet to stimulate production. "Whereas", says Nich- olas Lenine, "up to now the workingman has been complete master of the factories, today the Revolution demands the unqualified sub- mission of the working-man to the directors of all undertakings " Such is the benign freedom of the Soviet, in which the workingman is emancipated from wage-slavery and from the oppression of the capitalist and is made the controller of his own industry. Last June the six-hour day was abolished by arbitrary decree, and there was substituted a 4 8-hour week in industry, and a 66-hour week in agriculture. True, Woge slavery was abolished, and in its place was put the piece system, so hated of our la- bor unions. But. even piece workers were compelled by law to work 48 hours a week, and were penalized if they were late at their places or if they slighted their work. Under our benighted non-Soviet system, men would strike against such treatment. But in Sovietland if they try striking they are met with a lockout ordered by the Gov- ernment, and with deprivation of their food ratio-? cards ,and are thus starved into sub- mission Such are the practical object lessons which the Soviet presents to the world. We com- mend them to the consideration, out of the feather-brained parlor Bolshevists but to the hard-headed workingmen of America whom the former are trying to blandish and se- duce. Before talking about adopting the So- viet system here, it is well to understand what the Soviet system means. HAPPINESS To be happy one must want to be happy. Happiness is the child of our will. The stronger this is the finer is its product. There are persons who are happy by grace of mere chance. That is an ephemeral happiness; the slightest breeze upsets it; the most trifling adversity uproots and destroys it. To establish it firmly nothing is so effective as the effort of our will. When we de- termin to be happy at any cost, when we bend our life to the exigencies of our happiness, this rises majestic and triumphant before and in the face of all things. Thought, subjugated by our desire to be happy, breathes upon the frowns of fortune and changes them to smiles. Then we laugh even at fate, which can certainley do much, but cannot insinuate itself into our consciousness if this, sufficiently armed, repells its adversaries. Jean Finot. When you hear an ill report about anyone, halve and quarter it, and say nothing about the rest. Spurgeno. 24 LIFE BUOY PORTSMOUTH, N. H., NAVY YARD MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION. January 24, 1920, FINANCIAL STATEMENT AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1919. TOTAL COLLECTIONS. Cash on hand undeposited Deposit First Nat. Bank Deposit Piscataqua Savings Bank Deposit Portsmouth Savings Bank Total $ 13599 6,599.86 500.00 200.00 $7,435.85 TOTAL EXPENDITURES Total Expense of Association Overhead Printing, Postage, etc. Death Benefits, 2, Sick and Accident Claims, 136, Amount Paid to date Sick Benefit Claims, pending 13 (Settled) (Settled) 167.78 105.10 3,625.04 738.65 Total $4,636.57 STATEMENT OF CASH ON HAND First Nat. Bank Checking Account Piscataqua Savings Bank (With interest earned to Jan. 1, 1920.) Portsmouth Savings Bank (With interest earned to Jan. 1, 1920.) TOTAL CASH ON HAND (in Banks) Cash on hand, undeposited TOTAL CASH ON HAND 635.91 1,013.71 1,013.07 $2,663.29 135.99 $2,799.28 $7,433.85 4,636.57 2,799.28 LIFE BUOY 25 COMMANDER LVCIEX FRANK P. KIMBALL, U. S. N. Engineering Superintendent. Commander Lueien Frank Kimball, U. S. N., was born in Chelsea, Mass., on June 23, 1885. He wa year. Dra Pf Kaynard < o sports 169.29 Most tires, like most accidents, Can he pre- ' Allen ear old lad.es 49.03 vented in the exercise of a little care on the l - \ a J ls ""; ' '" »■" , . .1. McDonald, ear b.40 part o everyone Are you going to do you. McParlandi „,,, ladiea 925 share in preventing the loss?- (Abstract Na- ^ ^.^ ,,onal Hoard of Fire 1 nderw Titers. I ^ ^ opera tion worthy ease . . . L50.00 N. Schanschieff, field daj (.welcome IT. s. S. ASTORIA. ,,„„,„, 64 _ 00 Navy Yard. Boston, Mass. w Hester| sickness l00 .00 S December 1019. H Hartforld, sickness 100.00 From: Commanding Officer. j H ugelman, B. B. team 25.00 To: Commandant, Navy Yard. Portsmouth. w . Woods, ball, bats L8.00 N ' "• C. Button, sickness 101 Subject: Letter of Appreciation. ,. Vail , hn ,..,,. baseball 250() 1. The commanding officer of the As- A . Garland, charity 25.00 TORIA wishes to express to the Commandant w Wooda bats Dalls ..., „r, his appreciation of the treatment accorded ,, / ( . Mar ' geson ' relief 'work Associ- , this vessel by the several Departments ot the ciated CnariUes 500 0Q Portsmouth Navy Yard. During the stay ot ,. ( , Margeson overh ead L00.00 the ASTORIA at the Yard and whenever re- M|ss Donder0) ( . han|v ._.„„ „„ pairs, stores and supplies, use ot trucks, use- w XV(1()(ls hllls 7 40 „f labor from the Naval Prison, etc. were H .' Montgomery, phonograph ".'.'.'.'. '. 6o!oO requested, the Yard Departments uniformly Ml . s ,, , ,. ( . ul OK , U:uUvs - Home responded with courteous, prompt and help- Thanksgiving 2 fui co-operation. Mrs _ ., McFarland, Old Ladies' .1 KATTERFIELD. Homo 2f . 0Q NO. 80-9-845. 1st Indorsement. W. Woods, athletic goods 48.00 Navy Yard. Portsmouth, N. il pi Childrens . „, 500-00 ""' 9 > ' ''"'■ Basketball 18 00 From: Commandant. To: Industrial Manager. J5.015.35 Supply Officer, Commanding officer. Naval Prison, l. Forwarded for information. A. S. HALSTF \l> LIST OF CHARITIES EXTENDED BY THK r.VNDY COUNTER, MACHINISTS AFLOAT BUIIjDING 89. W. Fernald, hauling wood $ 4.00 Dr. Preble, public health I!00.00 Dr. si on,-, Red Cross i ■"■ ('. Hall, charities ." 00 \ Wluttier. coffee urn !5 10 .1. Lothrop. phonograph 160.00 J. Lothrop, phonograph 115.00 Mrs, Gebo, death 100.00 LIFE BUOY 31 (Vivatc Thrift v idle dollar? ol J sock dutfout put your dollar? to work- Invest in War SWinA? Stamps* DO YOU KNOW the young fellow who works for $25 a week and who is wearing a new winter suit that cost $85? the wage earner who loafs because he is afraid if he does too much he'll work him- self out of a job? the housewife who is ashamed to be seen with a market basket on her arm and to carry home a brown paper bundle? the manufacturer who, when the price of raw materials and overhead goes up 5 percent and the cost of labor advances an equal amount, adds twenty-five to the price of his goods? the factory girl working for $18 a week who is buying and wearing a $350 fur coat? the man who lets a fresh clerk sneer him in- to buying a $15 hat for fear he'll seem ''cheap" when he can buy a satisfactory one for $7? the investor who has traded his Liberty Bonds for a promise of a hundred percent profit in a stock company backed by a dis- honest protmoter? the married couple who do not think enough of their children to buy War Savings Stamps for them and to teach them to save? the shopper who says "Wrap it up" instead of "How much?" the man who says that the government sav- ings securities, Liberty Bonds, War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates are too slow or too small or too old fashioned for his investments? IF YOU DO, YOU KNOW PRETTY WELL WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THE UNITED STATES. PROTECT YOURSELF AND FAMILY JOIN THE MUTUAL AID 82 LIFE Bl'OY HAZARDS— 110- VOLT illUl ITS Particular attention is invited on the part of all employees to the following cases where men have lost their lives, duo to the tact that they considered lo^ voltage circuits as uot particularly dangerous. Recently a ship worker was killed on ■ in 1 volt circuit with an extension lamp cord, b to all appearances, was In an excellent condition, it is believed that the accident .rod in the following manner: The man « is a ship caulker and was working in the false bottom of a hull under construction on the Ways. This false bottom was made op of ■.-tight compartments, running tore and aft and with transverse bulkheads at inter- throughout the length of the ship. In order to test the bulkheads, it was the prac- tice to fill one compartment with sea water aiul to caulk the seams on the opposite side of the bulkhead at the places where the r might spun through the seams. Due 10 the cramped quarters, the ship caulker hung the extension lamp cord around his neck, with the lamp hanging directly in front of his chesl and then descended through Hu- man hole, which was jusi large enough io admit him into the false bottom. The prob- abilities are that a spun of sea water, which has a very high conductivity, struck the lamp and a film of water completed the cir- cuit between (ho live shell of the lamp and the guard. When the man was discovered, ho was doad and it appears that ho was clutching the lamp guard in his hand with the arm across the chest as if ho had tried to throw off the cord when ho first felt the shook of the current. \ \ov> pitiful Instance occurred in a homo where a mother was taken down with the Influents during the epidemic of last fall. There were four children in the house and the older children were engaged in bathing the youngsters in the hath. tub. An exten- sion cord had been carried from an ad- joining closet and the lamp was lying on the hath room floor. One of the youngsters in the tub. in reaching over the edge, caught hold of the brass shelled receptacle, winch apparently had become defective or in si waj crossed with the live side of the circuit, and was instantly killed. \ blacksmith, while standing on a dirt floor recently, picked up an extension cord with a brass-shelled socket and lamp with rd attached, and was instantly killed. In this instance, during the night there had boon a very severe electrical storm and a dis- charge of lightning had broken down the in- sulation between the primary and secondary circuits of the lighting transformer. Unfor- tunately, the neutral wire of the secondary circuit had not boon grounded and the high potential of the primary circuit was Intro- duced into the building. There was no warn- ing or any evidence of trouble. These Illustrations are typical of many deaths and serious burns that occur daily. Special care and every caution should bo tak- en by employees working around electricity ami especially so when electrical wiring runs near water. PORTABLE EXTENSIONS. v -nan once lost in the woods on a dark night describe) larkness well when ho said it was as black as the Inside of a cow While ins anxiety a; being lost may have lent ;i sense i f additional darkness, bis feel- ings can bo easily appreciated by those men who aro so frequently required to work in out of-the-waj places where daylight seldom. if ever, roaches and where artificial light is SO Infrequently needed thai it is only taken there when emergency suddenly requires light or while work on repairs is taking place. Such occasions aro almost without number and occur as frequently in the reg- ular work of maintenance and repair in a factory as during those infrequent inspec- tions done outside of the regular hours. The electric portable extension has. bes 'he tiro hazard present .the danger of elec- tric shock and potential death unless r I and otherwise guarded against. The use of lightweight lamp cord or old wire on which the insulation has become brittle per- mits oven slight wear to break through insulation. Unnecessary hauling about of oven new and well insulated cord will cause the same thing. The use Of long runs of wire, unsupported, causes the copper to stretch and may so reduce the cross section of the wire that the current carrying caps becomes so large that heating and even sud- den molting with a tendency to tlash takes place at the reduced cross section. Single wires used for cord show this tonden, neck-OUt even more than stranded cable or cord. Many times bad kinks localise strains that break both insulation and wire When an at- tempt is made to pull them straight bj sud- den jerking. Whenever a cord has been coil- ed, it should bo uncoiled by unrolling and rot by paying out so that the cord lies like a corkscrew on the Moor. In this form it kinks readily, snarls with rubbish and tools, and catches on staging and trips workmen. The habit of hanging long lengths of cord from nails may cut or crimp the insulation, thus causing short circuiting inside the cable, or o\ BT the nail. LIFE Bl oy 33 Extension cord is subject to severe wear from being dragged over the ground and Cloors in rii over and along sharp edges and exposure to water, oil. beat and chemicals, u is not uncommon to see bare spots on cords where the Insulation ba: been rubbed off, and also small pieces of wire from stranded ca ble piercing the Insulation in Buch a man ner thai thej may cause a shock to per- sons handling the cord, or so charge other equipment that shock may occur by contact with it at points remote from its contact with the cord, Frequently, In an emergency, very light- a cords of small carrying capactly are picked ni» at random and used 10 supply small boring and reaming tools, tans, drills, Bven several large lamps. The cord, being badly overloaded, heats so that the Insula- tion Is ruined and it may cause a Are or a > k when bandied. Many times the bare 'amp permits light tromtextensions to shine directly Into the eyes of the workmen. This tits not only In poor work, but also ■ < i the workmen so that the moment thej stop from this brilliant liglit, they may mi to soo clearly so that tails result. One lias put to menu, .a the tact that I 10 volts i he ordinal i light Ing and small eli c trie fan and tool voltage is frequently Ca tal to start a small riot of argument. The fact remains, however, that accident records i '"'" t hat nearly as many d ult ft om this voltage as from t he higher voltagi i, i he entlal Cor a fatality is i good con tact with the wires of a circuit or a BOUl'Ce id' current and with the ground \ sm in point ed socket or a lamp A • 1] 1 by tli.' hand of a workman steel frame or a building or with stt tin as, water or sprink- ler pipe! or u Itll I] ui a puddle of wa- ter is often sufficient to establish a circuit through t he bod s VFETY ENGINEERING. Riveters: Rear Admiral A. S. Halstead, U S. X. Captain G. 1-, Angeny, M C, U. S. N. Holder-on: Lieutenant T, F. O'Brien, C. C, l ; . S. N, Rivel Passer: II, J. Ferns. Rivet Heater: S. K. Morrissel te. 34 LIFE BUOY SHOP NOTES CHIPS FROM THE BOILER SHOT. Here's to the boys at 9 6, They handle all but shovel and picks. And when they hear the blow of the whistle There sure is some noise with the hammer and chisel. Here's to our little queen so fair. The one. you know, with the nice brown hair. And if she is jus; a tiny mite, That little kid sure can tight. A — stands tor Al so kind and fair \\ hen the tlan.ee machine breaks down He sure can kick and swear. B — is for Burnett, Our Chipper square. When he starts chipping, Just watch the air. B — is for Billy. Handsome and tall. No wonder they flock to the playgrounds, When he plays football. C — is for Cammett, The rivets to heat. When a hard day's work appears. He's never asleep. D — is for Duggan from Manchester Square. Girls, if we can't vamp him here, there's no chance there. D — is for Drury, the girl with a smile. You never find her wearing a frown. I"; — stands for Mr. Gamester, our master staunch and true. He is always willing and ready, to lend a helping hand to you. K — is for Kane, any Sunday he can be seen. Running to catch the 3:15. K — stands for Kingsbury, gentle and nice. He steps around all day, giving good advice. K — is for Knight, our toolkeeper fair. When he gets angry, just watch his hair. I. — stands for Leith, the man of the hour. He can erect anything, from a coop to a tower. L — is for Louie, pretty and sweet, He trusts in nobody, without a receipt. M — is for Murphy, the good old scout, We all miss him, when he stays out. When it comes to making speeches, he's as smooth as glass. M — is for Malmquist, a happy man today. But will never run around again, carrying a full week's pay. M — is for Mclntire. handsome and tall. When it comes to vamping women, he thinks he owns them all. K — stands for Ryan, the man of the day. My! we do miss him. while he is away. S — is for Smith, smart ami bright. When ii comes to furnishing gum. Smithy, you're all right. M — stands .Mass. for Mullen, from Amesbury. FOUNDRY. "HEARD IX Till: SAM) HEAP." WE HEAR: That Frank J. Donnelly aspires to be a movie favorite. His ambition is to be like Bryant Washburn. Your weight is against you. Jake. That Jere Crowley, our "expert'' and mix- er and long-winded talker bought, a sickle to keep the grass from growing high on Dick Militancy's Moor. That Frank Geagan, the Blend of Bangor, Maine, is looking for a room with, steam heat. Why not buy an oil stove. Frank? That Mike Herlihy. the utility man of the "iron end.'' wanted 10 trade with Con Bar- rett for Con's sugar, but Con said, "No." You were always cute. Mike. That Johnnie Flanigan. our lightening-like janitor, recently carried home a bag marked "sugar", but when John opened the bag it was sand. It took lots of grit to pull that trick on you, John. That W. Springer, our apprentice from Bitot, has put away in camphor his baseball suit of last season, not without having his photo taken in i:. however. That Marty Sullivan and Jim Daggett are mate', ed for a sparring exhibition soon. All terms have been agreed on except the third man in the rin". We suggest Kearney as I., is the only fighting man we have. The question often asked. "Where do Jimmy Sherry work?" That the reason that the shop recreation room is furnished with tables, chairs, lockers, shower baths and washbowls is for the use of the men working ii. the Foundry. The men who i]o not make use of these fine features that are lacking in other Foundries, should do so and thereby show that we all appre- ciate them. LIFE BUOY 35 lint Frank L. Hatch is now a property owner In Kittery. All of us wish you the best ,i .. Frank. That Charlie imazeen, the assistant to H our Cupola man has two days leave wiili pay due him. What happened, Charlie'.' That .Miln Austin wears a false face. That is not so. It is just one day's growth of whi kers. BOAT SHOP. Why (lee.; Polly hold her head so high? She has been to Boston. I'll say so! Business today is all being consolidated. Our candy department with stock room com- bined is the latest. A great amount of repair work is being turned out at present; also Title "Z" work. Building Xo. 43, the Lumber Shed, is used for boat stowage for boats for issue. There is hope that when the readjustment which the Government is going through with at present is completed that the Depart- ment can give this Yard more work, for the Portsmouth boats are in demand by all ships. Lieut. Floathe's smile will be missed. We wish him the hest of luck in "Pickaxe City." Our Assistant Manager, Capt. Wyman, has been detached. We'll say we are sorry to miss such a good officer and gentlem n, but Vt waul him to know be has the respect of all the employees of tire shop and our besl wifhes for his future. Why doesn't the Navy Yard Improvement Association arrange for some "smoke talks" this winter to talk over the interests of the Yard. What do you say. Tom. will you buy the tobacco? Some of the Boat Shop boys who are still "across" write that they see the Portsmouth boats there and that you Can always tell them That deer that the "Safety" brought out of Maine may have been fine hut this Shop didn't gi t a look at it. We're still "on the job." folks! Every em- ployee in the Shop is a member of the Red Cross lor the next year. SHOP K. According to medical authorities, salt water Paths are very beneficial to the health, how are you feeling lately. Butler'' Paul has a new method of removin ■ gre i le from working gloves. Patent applied for. White, of the timekeeping force, returned from his deer hunting expedition will, a lite' lie buck, Rollins also went deer hunting. ( ampbell is now the proud owner of a hors' with four legs, one on each corner. Fi ph's coat of many colors had nothing en Ed's flannel shirt. Oh, "Stubby" we would suggest the next time you and "Doc" go hunting the same _.ou each have your bullets initialed to avoid any possible misunderstanding. horis is learning that song "In My Little Oldsmobile." Hope she gets a chance to sing ; i C'ls season. Have is certainly some auto salesman. Lon ;fellow never saw a "Tin Lizzie" and yet he wrote "things are not what they seem." "Pete" our noted hunter and trapper is Setting his equipment ready for his annual offensive againt.' skunk, mink and muskrat. \11 fur-bearing animals of Rye and adja- cent territory take notice. When the Watertight Door gang went hunting on Armistice Day, what did Shute -hoof The Laying-out gang on the platform will now sing: When the frost is on the iron, Riley dear. You can't expect to find the gang all here. With their toes and fingers froze, Bundled up in all their clothes, When the Host is on the iron, Riley dear. Hartford, you are some fire extinguisher, another illustration of "things are not what tile f",lll " Aviation Officer to would-be recruit: Ever had any experience in the air? W. P. Recruit: I drove a Ford live years. Sammy has a new fellow in his depart- ment to take the other fellow's job. Has Connie pot his storm windows on yet? JOINER SHOP. We ire Informed by the Safety Engineer that new floors will soon be put in our shop. They .a re badly needed for both safety and efficiencj . Fred see is to find congenial company on the I rain n:ghts. The Mutual Ail is meeting with renewed favor in our shop. Several new members this month We don i ee how an one can af- I'o- d to taj on: of it. Willie says War Saving stamps are a bet- ter investment than second hand tickets. The new furniture building lor the Sub- marines will surely he a credit to the shop and the Yard. Hood work always pays. Mrs. Man Campbell of the upholster, ing department is on a ten days' furlough. George Wilson, who has been sick for (■me linn- has returned to work. 36 LIFE BUOY SMITH SHOP. Peter Draper is the inventor of a machine that v- i 11 make it possible to get on a train travelling at the rate of 45 miles an hour. Forhush recently tried to stop an electric car with his Ford. Walter Fernald is using the North Mill Pond for a Garage this winter. The first game between the Smiths of the Navy Yard and Atlantic, the Navy Yard Smiths certainly showed them how to Bowl. The second game we were not so lucky but we are not down-hearted because the team that beat us never was picked out of the Blacksmith Shop at the Atlantic. When it comes to bowling we all have to take our hats off to Pa Flanigan. From all reports I hear we are to be sup- plied with Gas Masks. We certainly need them Happy Armstrong made some beer and for- got the hops. He reports it kind of flat, but good. Hank Linscott says that he doesn't think he will have his hair cut before Spring. This ;s a sure sign of a hard winter. MACHINE SHOP NO. 80. It is with pleasure we announce to all lovers of music, a series of noon day recitals have been arranged for this shop to start immediately after the Christmas holidays and continuing until spring. The management has been extremely fortunate in booking many splendid and celebrated attractions, for these recitals; artists, who are eminent in their professions. The most prominent, however, is Madame D. Erdlim Yre Mogtnom. the fa- mous mezzo soprano who will appear at an early date. Members who are desirous of ob- taining season subscriptions may do so at the box office after December 15th. This is to notify all members of the Mu- tual .'id Association in this shop to show a decided inclination to examine their due cards frequently and thereby avod becoming in ar- r'ears. It will no' only be of inestimable benefit to the members themselves, but will greatly aid the shop collector in li is work if every one will only keep paid up. All in this Shop who are not members are cordially in- vited to join, do it now; it mav be a great help later. Twenty-five cents will make you a member and ten cents each pay period or forty cents a month will keep you a mem- ber. Get busy today. We think that Roland tried to put one over by giving his residence as "Dartmouth," but we notice he came across with the cigars later. "Good Luck" Fitz. May all your trou- bles be "little ones." Leo Dube informed W. J. M. Hackney that the three greatest fighters were Lafayette Foch and Georges Carpentier. Did Gill get peeved? Mr. Ray Elvvood Thompson has returned from a very pleasant vacation spent at Mon- son, Dover and Dexter, Maine. Civilization is accomplishing wonders, Ray reports, as onlv three missionaries were killed in the last nine months. Harold Leyden and Bert Bucklin claim the hunting championship of York County, they having shot a very fine calf at Eliot re- cently, mistaking it for a deer. Then in or- der to avoid any difficulties with the owner, kidded him into really believing that it was a deer All accounts state that after remov- ing all the bullets they fired at the poor animal, It's w.'ght was reduced mora than thirty pounds. Old "Pop" Fall is getting hardened to the weather, previous to going pickerel fishing by working in our new annex. As one man in this shop explains the three stages of a married man's life: matrimony, testimony, alimony. William Noyes has returned from Portland where he has taken a contract for sweeping walks, washing windows, running errands and removing ashes. We'll say that "Willie" is some kidder. The natives of Holderness are reported as coming out of their cyclone cellars after a sojourn there while Spinney, Winn, Peter- man and Dutch Loud were there gunning. The inhabitants there claim that it was an accident that enabled "Dutch" and "Pooch" to get a deer, as they all shot with their eyes closed. Pete had a marine's rifle and all the time he carried it Te was performing all kinds of military evolutions. Ralph Spinney aftir a valiant battle with a porcupine gave up the ghost and fled. Taken as a whole it was a very pleasant trip, but to whom? We hope that Uncle Sam in his New Year's resolutions will see that we are amply pro- vided for in wcrk and money. Willie Hackney and Fat "Ed" would be pleased to receive a donation of hot water bottle* "Chick" Fernald is now taking orders for smelts. Order early and avoid the rush. McManus only wishes that every day was Saturday and he could spend it at Lee Hill, wonder what caused the change from Dennett Street? They say Cook is some artist with the pasteboards but he can't seem to show up the next morning after a Jazz party. We wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year. LIFE BUOY 37 (Continued from pape 29 ) Ail possible efforts are being made to ob- tain additional work and funds for the Yard, but this is a very difficult proposition un- der existing appropriations. About all we can do for the present is to continue our efforts to turn out our work with maximum efficiency and at minimum cost and to improve in this respect and then to rely on our own merit in future competition when more work will be available. In this, its farewell issue, the "Life Buoy" wishes to urge upon all the imperative necessity of doing their very best, which will be not only in the interest of the Govern- ment, but to the personal advantage of each and every employe. It goes without saying that the most efficient employees must re- ceive the first consideration in the matter of retention on the Yard. Each man's conscience should tell him whether he has done his best and whether he belongs in that class. In saying farewell the "Life Buoy" desires to express its best wishes for the future pros- perity of each and every member of the Yard force, and to the community as a whole, and also to the firms and individuals who have contributed to the success of the publication through their advertisements therein. HOW TO GET RESULTS. The best and surest way that has ever been learned to get desired results in any un- dertaking is to know your work — your bus- iness; to know it well— to know it better than any competitor. If you would succeed as a lawyer, you must know law better than the average practitioner — you must know more law than you can learn from experi- ence; you must study, practice and de-velop in the work. It is the desire of nearly all men to make money, and the desire or ambition is a laud- able one. Money makes business; money buys the necessaries and the luxuries of life; it is a good thing to have, and it is a good thing to be able to spend it properly, for the betterment of one's self and mankind. En- ergetic, ambitious and progressive men de- sire wealth, a desire both commendable and proper, but in the many ways of attaining it too many forget that the surest means is knowledge — knowing how to do things we at- tempt better than the average men. Such knowledge gives an advantage at the ve-ry be- ginning, and enables us to maintain it through life. If men would spend one tenth the energy, one tenth the time and one tenth the money in acquiring knowledge that they do in a desultory search for wealth, the world would be happier, and men would be richer — richer in dollars and cents, richer in ability, stronger in personality and nobler in character. OUR BOLSHEVIK MENACE. Revolution Openly Fomented and Preached to Create Unrest. Ey Nicholas Murray Butler, L. L. D. (President Columbia University) Most of us remember the romance called "Frankenstein," written by Mrs. Shelley. In that romance there was created a symbol of a humar. being. Frankenstein had bone and muscle and sinew, and all the outward and vUiLic form of humanity except life, and then at the proper time it was found that this creature was alive. But instead of being sub- ject to those who had made it and under their control, it became a monster, their master, and a violent destructive agent. That romance, "Frankenstein", may be taken to illustrate what has happened during these past hundred years in the building of a great government. We have been laying rails and felling trees and building bridges, invent- ing and constructing machinery, and doing a thousand and one things to develop and en- hance the value of the material resources of the world, and finally we wake up to find that this great creation so stupendous in its ex- tent, so fundamental in its importance, so •widespread in its influence and its significance — that this creation is human and alive. We are face to face with a problem of adapting ourselves to a comprehension in terms of human feeling, human aspiration, human conduct of this great system which we have been accustomed to dwell upon as pure- ly mechanical and purely material. It is to be hoped that we shall solve these great ques- tion? in a spirit of human kindliness and of patriotic Americanism. But the condition of our so doing is that we understand precisely what the problem is, and that we do not con- ceal its difficulties from ourselves by any veil cf words, or by any attempt to compromise with the great fundamental principles of morals and of politics. We find now that those who work with their hands, like those who work with their brains and those who work with their sav- ings, are human beings; that they have wives an.l r-hildren and other dependents to support; that they have aspirations to study and to know and to enjoy the beautiful and good things of life. We find, too. that a feeling, largely artificially fomented, is abroad among them that there is something concealed, some- thing hidden, something odd and curious about our political system that prevents their full enjoyment of their human opportunities and their human rights. The specific ques- tion which we have to answer in this coun- try. ,-,nd which we shall answer, is how to solve our industrial problems in terms of hu- 38 LIFE BUOY man feeling, human kindliness and human aspirations, without destroying everything which has made our Republic possible. Our Problem a Human Problem. We are on the way, just so soon as we have comprehended that we are dealing with a human problem; that we are not dealing with cogs upon the wheel ot a machine; that we are not dealing with spokes in a wheel; that we are not dealing with numbered and tagged units; but that we are dealing witli human beings. The moment we see our prob- lem as a human problem, we are face to face with the opportunity of those of us — and how vast their number! — who are convinced be- lievers in the Republic; those of us who know what is its message of liberty, of oppor- tunity and of justice, the opportunity to tell that story to those whose eyes are blind and whose ears are deaf to the story of America. The difficulties of democracy are the op- portunities of education. The very purpose of these problems is that we may tax our- selves to our very best and finest and most splendid expression in order to solve them. We are confronted, not alone by the duty but by the splendid opportunity of telling again for the hundredth time the story of America, and telling to these human beings like our- selves who are anxious to know, anxious to improve, anxious to better their condition in the world, that only in and through and by America is there any chance for them what- ever. We have got to say that the whole of human history shows that any other door leads to a blind alley of chaos and darkness; that the door of individual opportunity, which assures to every man the full control of the just product of his own labor, is the only known way of building a civilization that will last and that will progress. One difficulty at the present time is that we have not yet wholly recognized how largely the problem that confronts us has been artificially created. Consider how many men there are who make their living by go- ing up and down this country telling other groups of men that they ought to be discon- tented, that they ought to be unhappy, that they ought to be dissatisfied, and that they ought to make trouble for their fellows and their comrades! There are thousands upon thousands of such men, many of them speak- ing our language with difficulty, who are go- ing up and down this land, day by day, adding to difficulties, embarrassing the Government of the Nation and of the States, stopping the wheels of industry, impeding production, in- creasing the cost of living, because they — these comparatively few agitators — are the heralds of a revolution. A Revolution Openly Fomented. We are face to face, not with a secret revo- lution, but with a revolution openly foment- ed, openly preached, whose message is falling upon ears some of which are not sufficiently instructed in Americanism to treat it as it deserves. The following record of testimony before a public officer is instructive The examining public officer: Q. What do you mean by social revolu- tion? A. Social revolution means the over- throw of the existing system. Q. In what way? A. That is immaterial, but it is not to be the methods of the ruling class, that is plain. Q. What other way? A. By organizing the revolutionary work- ers, making them class-conscious. It is like the depositors in a bank. So long as there is a feeling that the bank is stable, they will deposit their money, but so soon as a doubt comes in their minds, there is a mass move- ment, and a panic seems to enter them all at once and they rush pell mell to draw out the money. The workers will be in the same position as the depositors in the bank toward the present government. They will feel that they have lost all faith in it through our pro- paganda, I admit, and through the gradual breakdown of the existing system. Wages will not rise to meet it and they will feel that they are always on the ragged * edge. When that condition prevails, and we can in- still into their minds doubt and distrust and lack of faith in the present capitalistic meth- ods, even in the Plumb plan, to meet the tre- mendous reforms necessary — when that stage has been reached and breakdown of industry comes, the revolutionary organizations will spring into existence and will take over the control of your government from the cap- italistic class. The reforms generated in Germany under Bismark. they did not do any good. We have to show them that all social reformers are worthless and that the only thing they must do is to organize for com- munism. That is testimony under oath before a pub- lic officer. Frank, unconcealed and highly valuable because it points to precisely the cause- that need give us concern, namely the ability of the agitators to spread abroad dis- trust. If we can instill into the hearts of our fellow Americans, whatever their occupation, whatever their calling, whatever their racial origin, whatever their political bent or re- ligious belief; if we can instill into them by our personal relations, by our industrial methods, by the administration of justice and by the contact of our governmental agents with them in the discharge of daily business LIFE BUOY 39 faith, in America, you have the answer to the propaganda of distrust. The Question is between faith in America and carefully propagated distrust of Amer- ican principles, American laws and American ideals. Jlust Americanize Our Aliens. We forget in our easy-going optimism how many there are who have come to our shores to take places in our industrial life and to share in our political responsibility to whom our traditions are meaningless. We forge! how many there are to whom the names of Washington and of Lincoln are as remote as the names of Nebuchadnezzar and of Nero. We forget how many have come to us under conditions of revolt and violent dis- satisfaction with government at home and who have carried with them that distrust of government, all ready to furnish quickening soil for the seed of the agitator when he- puts distrust of America in place of the old dis- trust of the autocrat or of the tyrant in the homeland they had left. We forget how earnestly we must address ourselves to the task of making sure that these newcomers, from whatever land, do see the meaning of America, do get a chance to understand America, do learn the history and the opportunity of America. And we must do it quickly; because it has now been discovered by great masse-s of men that we are so closely intertwined in our lives, that we are so inter-dependent in our interest, that a very slight dislocation of the social and industrial order may bring untold ruin and loss in its train. Out yonder on the track of a great railroad there will be standing tomorrow morning a great engine, complete in every part, care- fully inspected, all ready to move, so soon as the skilled hand is put upon the throttle, and to carry the passengers with safety at a rate of sixty miles an hour. Let someone with- draw from that engine a pin, only partly the size of your finger, or let him disable a valve an inch or two in diameter, and that great engine is helpless. It stands before its task paralyzed and broken, as if it had been torn to pieces. Just so it is with our industrial and our economic life. We have now come to a point where our great national civilization is so complex, so highly ordered and so completely interde- pendent, that this organized and simultan- eous withdrawal of the co-operation of a re- latively small group will bring the whole nation to a standstill. That means that we must find the arguments of persuasion that will make men understand their interdepend- ence, make men undertsand their duty and their opportunity to their fellows as well as those of their fellows to them, and see that Hi.' solution of these difficulties and differ- ences is to be found, not in the methods of industrial war and by violent attack upon the nation or its government, but by the methods of American reasonableness, of con- ference, of debate, of examination and of judicial determination of rights, wrongs and possibilities. The one is the American way; the other is the barbarous way. The one is the way of progress and construction; the other is the way of reaction and destruction. We must remember that this interdependence is yet only partially appreciated by the great body of our citizenship. It seems never to have occurred to a great number of Americans who are wage-earners that they are also wage-payers. Every one of them who wears a coat, every one of them who wears a pair of shoes, every one of them who has a shovel or a pick or an axe has helped to pay the wages of some other American whose labor has entered into, the making of those arti- cles. We are all wage-earners, and we are all wage-payers, and our interdependence is sp complete that unless we are prepared to un- derstand it and to act upon it, it is within the power of any relatively small element of our great community to bring its life to a standstill. What we are combating is, then, a wrong idea and a wrong state of feeling and a wrong state of mind. Stilling the Voice of the Agitator. We cannot combat such things with force. Force is the proper instrument for repres- sion and punishment of improper and illegal acts; but force cannot reach a wrong idea. The history of the world is that ideas flour- ish when attacked by force, be they good or bad. The only instrument that will combat a wrong idea, a wrong state of feeling, is a right idea, a right state of feeling. We have got to reach these propagandist doctrines on the plane in which they move. We have got to reach them by instruments that are like in kind, and we have got to prepare- our- selves and exert ourselves by reflection and by action to institute in this country so great, so overwhelming a propaganda for America that the voice of the agitator will be stilled in this land. In no other way can we meet the situation that confronts us. It is, of course, quite impossible that civilizaton should go on if men withdraw their co-opera- tion in industry in order to affect a political policy. That has recently been attempted in Great Britain, it has recently been threat- ened here; but all must see — and it is go plain that it must be easy to show it to every- one — that if men withdraw their personal co- 40 LIFE BUOY operation in the productive work of civiliza- tion as a moans of forcing a political policy, it is to point a pistol at the head of this Re- public. Il is to say to the Republic. "Stand ami deliver, becatl e I have in my power that which will make you uncomfortable, and will perhaps bring disaster to you ami your fam- ilies! " No civilization can last on this basis. No government can be maintained with that ab- sence of consent and co-operation. And do not forget that it is perfectly possible to de- stroy civilization. Civilization has been de- stroyed before, and it has taken a thousand years to repair the damage done in a genera- tion or two. Civilization might conceivably be destroyed again. It would be destroyed again if enough men were to become so filled with this selfish notion of their own interests and their own importance, and of a class struggle and a class consciousness, that they started to make war on all their fellows in i to advance that notion. It would be perfectly possible to wreck civilization, and none would suffer more when the pillars of the great temple should fall and its roof should cave in, none would suffer more than i lie very men who would have brought about that destruction. It is not a question of majority. We are a hundred million, and there may be only fifty thousand of our nation's enemies; but put the fifty i lions. mil in control of a strategic point in our economic and industrial life, and they as powerful as fifty thousand armed men marching among the hundred million un- armed women and children. It is not a ques- tion of numbers. It is a question of the points in our social and economic organiza- tion where the influence can be brought to bear. Hut I repeat. I am not of those who believe that we shall fail to meet this situa- tion, because whenever the American people have had an issue simply, definitely. and clearly put before them, they have i i iled 1 decide il tot America. Courtesy of THE FORUM PUBLISHING CO., TOLEDO, t). EDITORIAL NOTE. If there is anything wrong in this land of ours — and probably nothing under the sun is perfect- we have ampli ii by proper hods ju a as of the people WJ nt to. Im- provement is no doubt needed in many ways, and I- . r id ch ■ : o hand in hand. ■ aid ail a hanges • e ted by orderly processes without tearing down the structure on which we all st ind and th irebj 1 civilization and ruining us .ill together. None ■ a trophe. It is believed that the American nation is sound to the core and that it will demand fair play and justice to all of its fel- low beings for the common good of all. It will not submit to control or destruction by unrepresentative minorities, whether they he anarchists, self seeking capitalists, adventur- ers or any other class. The majority will manage its own affairs. Russia is today, probably the worst despotism in the history of modern times. There is no real liberty there, no joy of living such as we know — only hardship and suffering and tyranny and iron discipline except for the few who have managed to gain control of the nation. All others are .around under and dare not raise their voices in pro; Through it all we must remember that times arc not normal now and can not he so The world can net pass through so de- structive a war and escape without suffering on a vast scale. We in l ii . y should forget our minor and temporary hards our high cosis of Ij . and give I that our suffering is probably less than that of any other nation on earth, far. far I than most. This country is now a Hea compared to many others. We should then go about our business in an orderly man and put our home in order and i orrect our wrongs as we sec- fit. Wrongs there un- doubtedly are, and we shall correal them in our own way in due time and withojit de- stroying all the good things in so i if we will but sea clearly we shall find both good and bad. but very, very much good than bad. Let us be a nation of opti- mists and we shall find that much that we thought bad is no so 1 El r all. .'.inch of the b; •> 1 dii ppear 1 rom ■-uv \ lew. Let us first try to correct our own individ- ual faults before we look too hard for faults of others. Miss Teresa M. Paul BIRTHDAY DECORA", Ii »N The Safety Ages of Man This chart should make anyone realize the absolute necessity of employing all his time safely and to the be8t advantage. ACE 20 Everything to Gain and Little to Lose WILD OATS Age of Reckless- ness Jumps on or oft moving trains or engines. Does not watch his step. Will not Goggles. Ignores Safety Bulletins. Knows more than his Boss. Spends more than he Earns. Takes Just One Glass. Is Not His Bro- ther's Keeper Takes Chances — And Loses. This Space Represents Man's Greatest Earning} Period. Either Success or Failure Is Settled Here.) NOW OR NEVER This is the Age of CAUTIO N Everything to Lose and L i t t 1 e to Gain. Concludes He D o e s n Know a« Much as He Thought Htr Did. Cons'dersHis Boss a Man of Good Judgment Realizes that Life is a Reality Considers His Boss a Man of Master Mind. Grasps the Safety Idea Fully Real- izes H i s R esponsi- bility to H imself, His Family, and Fellow - Worker and Acquir- es Safety Habit. Having Ac- Quired the Safety Habit Him- self he seeks to In- terest Oth- ers. Only One in 5,000 can Get the Safety HabitHere. Out of one hundred average healthy men at twenty-five years of age, statistics prove that at sixty-five years, thirty-six will be dead, one will be rich, four wealthy, five still supporting themselves, by work, while fifty-four of the one hundred will be de- pending upon friends, relatives or charity. Promote Safety and Safety will promote you. — Extract from "Under Cover." BTiThm congress illIlllMll|..III||||I # 0021546049 6