The literary digest . G^^^^^^^^oM. Great lakes Naval Trdining Station - Great IdteSjll FORTY miles North of Chicago, on the shoresof Lake Michigan, and fully exposed tothe roaring Noreasters that sweep un-checked across this inland sea, stands the GreatLakes Naval Training Station. It is the most imposing and the most impor-tant establishment of its kind in the Universe,and it has played an intensive part in the vrorkof fitting the Nation for war. It was here that thousands of civilians of un-trained muscles and peaceful mind, werewhipped into resistless human fighting machinesand hurried abro
The literary digest . G^^^^^^^^oM. Great lakes Naval Trdining Station - Great IdteSjll FORTY miles North of Chicago, on the shoresof Lake Michigan, and fully exposed tothe roaring Noreasters that sweep un-checked across this inland sea, stands the GreatLakes Naval Training Station. It is the most imposing and the most impor-tant establishment of its kind in the Universe,and it has played an intensive part in the vrorkof fitting the Nation for war. It was here that thousands of civilians of un-trained muscles and peaceful mind, werewhipped into resistless human fighting machinesand hurried abroad to subdue the Hun. During the progress of the war, more thanI 50,000 superbly trained sailors were sent to seaduty and to European waters from GreatLakes, and most of the time there were morethan 40,000 men in camp. They came from all directions, from theAtlantic to the Pacific, from the Gulf to Canada—from every variety of civilian occupation—inall conditions of physical fitness and were few in all those th
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