It is true that a merchant seaman wears no uniform, but there is an approved uniform for officers, which many of them wear ashore.
This is a young merchant seaman who obviously has all the faults and virtues of a merchant seaman.
Is that not because merchant seaman are organised into a trade union?
Of course, this clause does not in the case of the naval or military voter or the merchant seaman, affect to give a new qualification.
I have the utmost sympathy with the general idea of bettering the position of the merchant seaman.
Is it really considered that the merchant seaman will keep his coupons safely locked away, and yet always handy when wants to use them?
In other words, it would be more appropriate in certain circumstances for the merchant seaman to get naval decorations.
The important point about the merchant seaman is that he is one of the best kind of workmen it is possible to get.
