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PAGE 6 “This is the Life," Say These Detroit 3oys in the Navy! - • • '4* ' M : ' Pw Sp fi ' ' th* -yv » ~ £»>-;; • •'“t . i PAUL V WENDLER J9l Antteta- St.: I 1 ■ • : ■•■••»•• » • f' '* i ■ ■' -i a « ■ •, g-t’v PAVMONO E C.OOG V 280 Casgram St.: "Tn pm t wp !..,\n moving p .fur* , « f»r >n -n p! * : i havn a happ' *. ' r 'r boy a Pir.p, and m hav* tin* bout a, and th** bar i fav< piece:-. All hand- Save go. ,<* time. Th!« Hl* *-Ith mp, »•'.*’ a weight," ' ~/\ / "w 4** r m j^ijr A. E BOCK, 46 Cleveland St,: “I urn 'pry wi*b th* rav; Th*» r. - 1 • - r rr.r physical condition o;<lidly.’' f" v r 1 1 ■’ i i&dc* i■ mm ' >■. GEO. W A, TRANK C r * r : 139 Wood t 9 r and a /• *'W> ar« «r!| • •f'rvifM- hp<! <> r " ■ borljr of turn th , v t J . » elate * ii ’ U. S. NAVY RECRUITING STATION ThO pajarc is ( iht^*»?!;.)' <i pai<l Ml* HU, \\ SI \IK 11 I il'lhiM, (OMP\NN ■ ■ o huTitor in African jingles ovo r had such opportunities for thrills. excitement and t • * •> • which exist right r.<<w on the big* game hunters ot the sou the American Navy! \Y o * k’s on a modern dreadnaught in eonvo\ work on a swift cruiser doing scouting, work - ■ - tr- searching »ut th* .i -kin g s übi • ,:rii e or in the naval airplane service signal ri \ •- it> below the telltale whitt wakt of a menacing submarine. KYKRY MINI TK OF IHK 1 >AV IS FI LL OF ACTION! Tv Navy’s new ships require of new men to man them! Hundreds of Detroitei*s have already t n listed since war was declared in April. Most of them have completed their short period of ;»n . ;i training at and lew ride the seas on some the great ships of the l nited States Navy! Pictures «»' some of the hoys are reproduced on this page. Head underneath their pictures what they nave t say abou* service in t o navy. Summed up. ’ -ir remarks are “THIS IS THH LIFF! And i.o\v our country has issued a call <*r ‘dP.lMo i ••! In order that ITUS CITY OF OCRS SHALL Do HER FULL SHARE 950 More Detroiters Are Wanted For :he Navy! Nine hundred and fifty men is b * a :Yw r • -r>- titan tl'ie crew of a modern dreadnaught. Surely Detroit can furnish the * quivan -nt i: ; et. *>i*an ne <U the first line men-of-war of the navy! To enlist, a man must. h< ai Yin- riL a . native horn or fully naturalized, between the ages of IS and To, and must pa. s t ; n : ydcai «. xan alien that determines whether or not he is physi cally fit. Note, Men Who Registered For the Draft can enlist in the navy if tl ey have not as yet U- i called for physical examination by their local iH.ani •. 1: you wait till you are called, you ha. ei o choice in regard to the branch of the service you pred *• to -'•"vf* in. C onsider the oppomur hi< - in *V* Navy for action, education, travel and advance ment. avd y .mil choose the Navy a tl c be* f place *or you to serve! \)i * ( y. Find on* at. oi ,ee v. e*O r * ’ not you can pass the physical examination. Get that ’ <t * • a t > na e < ’ < ;■ ( »me in for physical examination. This will not obli gate • i ;:! a wa '. and h*r your v< r * i* n<» .i* you can t get down during the day, come in the evening. * Open Evenings Till 8 O'clock 161 Griswold Street, Corner Michigan (3rd floor) ‘Ui ;11 *!>l;' 1,0 any J * , ~ . ri f or town in thg stat,p* DETROIT TIMES Prepared by Patriotic 1 ommillff. \drralt < lub N O V K M H I! K 19 17 . rW ■ ijf I A ABA l R ' ; - . " . W 1 >v“ nv*fT« t' * } . f * i : . ! ..d P 'Uii .i' I «ni. hL ’ iw y-. * * 3»»- •.* ‘i if # *i m i , r/( . OV ' ' v ': ‘ ' EA«I P E LT\ River Rouje Mlcb * •*T’ ' < *1 • * r • • r • l ’ ' • *' I ’ * | • • * - ; * • ’ . : rut < , * : - 'I ■ ' b* Uor.‘‘ NKff* ;? J ' TANARUS: ' i Mvf ' W '/i IMm-- ■ LEO MORAN 1786 W. Fort St.: "I’vnrv *v« r t' • ■ i ■ f rn V.** ha-.- nr» / V • i • r 'tf'rrv .iLmtit in< , t• ■ r I riv hi* »•»>» with h fn" fi U.i iNOv.- ' " r* ton!|; • ?-.*» - I • fre.il to bn li r s ‘ ’ tfjrr* Up'** X; *'4 ■; k 51- # f r*?-| , V ; v - x : _l_—i JOSEPH BERNIER. 353 Lewton Ave : “I ;.\i on th i * ’ , * i»f m*>n a ♦ v»ni rvi r •< *