European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Old Mun cations Premier dose i out for refreshment at i t it 1300ton Fin if Zuj Hutiu ii being apprentice seamen ring the Una Felt us in named for Inu la he fast e ship Al hot Tut of the naval be Tpola Flatt Hall he duty Lime my live of  with the Crew 15 Illta trip be shares a deck other and the Mac Antes Ejli lowest three id they this being another Ilion at French every iday Navy Chip serves c and Ini a typical menu an hours oeuvre of or fruit and if pint with every meal ships is a firmly but the amount Al d to emf Clisi has been regulated time an ordinance of the daily ration d be Fawd Prfto of a but Cut an of i Dudh i fair Are he i and with Flag and and by flashing he jul fridge identifies and e  and a Eagle de television receiver that up Fem Konte Carlo s u to provide  the ten in mifa the an Endl Mari Elie goes Home to his who to from and their two Small Chil he lives in a Navy housing area about seven Miles from the reports to the Thip at 7 am for deck takes a two hour lunch period and is on duty again until if he we rent a family hed no doubt join the other Quittie Maitra and Mit Lott of his ship who crowd into cafes like la Cigale in downtown which bears every trait of a big port the Shady Park in front of the Navy head quarters building and the narrow Little streets leading Back from the docks seem always to be alive with Navy Caps topped by the red trademark of French sailors since there is an old joke in the French army about the Young ladies of the Navy with the red but the Navy proudly maintains this Mark of the soldiers the ancestor of the present Cap is the work Cap required by Navy rules in Napoleons As no particular size or color was sailors often knitted their and usually the Cap ended at the top with a few strands of coloured yarn in the form of a then during the second Empire the work Cap was with the tuft of Blue yarn and Deco rated with red the Blue strands were dropped in 1870 and the red pompom it now is a Symbol of Good Elie wean a Grey duty uniform on the 1958 but on Liberty he dons a Square necked shirt and White trousers in the the Winter uniform is a Blue Blouse and Lightblue that gave the French Sailor the nickname of col to join the cols or Blue Means to join the and every Navy mans Girlfriend knows the classic song Quad on eat dans Lea cols bleats on Najama is Froid Aux when one in the Blue collars he always has fire in his Eketu americans have a saying that the army takes care of its the same goes for the Navy in besides eating Well and having a place to Elie has count less other he has 45 Days leave a he and his family have Access to one of Europe largest and bes equipped Basic pay is around francs a this is Only but family allowances and a variety of supplementary payments give him an income that allows a comfortable i Only Hope my service on the Bouvet will last a Long he said in French spoken so clearly that even a beginner in the language ought to be Able to under stand every this is Normal for the French from his Home his speech has no argot or regional Elie left Cosne july to train at the hour tin Centre formation near a Navy school for after Basic he attended specialized courses in signal then served on the sub the stars and stripes Marine Saphir Jor a for a Short on the escort vessel during the War in Indochina he was signal instructor at posts in Vinh Leng and he remained in the far East until the end of when he came Back to France on extended Elie is the oldest of three hit 19yearold brother Guy recently joined the now is training at the Para Chute school in now that Michel is at his parents sometimes come to the South coast to visit Elie says Many of his school mates from Cosne came into the preferring it to the land forces even though Many had never previously seen the what does he want to do alter Toulon the Young Seaman is interested in and the future of his he has it with the a French Sailor receives retirement benefits in varying degrees after either 15 or 25 a 15year Man with Seamans rank can retire with a pension of about francs about of with added after 25 Basic retirement pay is in the neigh boyhood of francs Elie intends to stay on in the and he is ready to go wherever he is the Navy probably will want to hold on to Captaine de Corvette Rene longtime Navy Man from Toulon and also a Veteran of who is one of Elies superiors on the says he is the Type the French Navy