NEW RULE FOR ENLISTMENT. ~ Navy Applicant Must Have Certificate of Age From Parents.

April 13, 1909
NEW RULE FOR ENLISTMENT.

Navy Applicant Must Have Certi-
ficate of Age From Parents.

It will not be easy for young men under the required age to enlist in the navy from now on. Orders from the secretary of the navy were received yesterday by Lieutenant I. F. Landis of the recruiting station in the federal building, to demand from each applicant a certificate of age, with the names of parents or legal guardian attached.

The rule has been to accept the applicant's affidavit as to his age and the estimation of the examining physician that he is older than 18 years.