IOF the millions of men going overseas
very few will ever experience a torpedoing
or any other situation in which they may
need to abandon ship. But for those few, the
general rules of behavior given here can be
as important as a life preserver is to a drowning
man.
All transports carry enough modern
unsinkable lifesaving equipment to take care
of everyone on the ship. Lifeboats and rafts
game. Fishing under these conditions obviously is not entirely
a matter of passing the time. It means food and water if your
supplies run out before you are picked up.
Every lifebe
ing light. S
in the water
Both will sp
i
These are some of the types of life preservers. Most depend for their buoyancy
on kapok, which looks like cotton and because of its reedy quality
holds enough air to make it float. Cork and balsa wood are no longer
generally used. Model at right is an air-inflated belt recently developed.
i 1 w
I
LEARN THESE SIMPLE RI
The Master of the ship and his officers have spent years at sea. They are
best able to issue orders to crews of lifeboats. Keep your head. Keep quiet
Obey their orders at once.
Always dress warmly. Sleep in your clothes. Exposure to sun and cold art
some of the greatest dangers faced by men who have been forced to spenc
long periods in small boats.
At all times of the day or night keep your life preserver and a full canteen o.
water with you. Crushing a kapok life preserver together makes it lose buoy