The U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois. Two sailors stand holding different clothes. One of the sailor holds up a pair of shorts, under shirts, one long and one short sleeved. He also holds long under pants, pajama pants, a parka, a sweater, puttees, a dark cap, a white cap and a stocking cap.
Uniforms of U.S. Navy sailors in the United States in World War I. Two sailors at Naval Station Great Lakes fold and roll a neckerchief. A sailor places the neckerchief around the neck of the other sailor. He also helps the other with pea jacket, handling him rubber boots, shoes and helping him on with a poncho. The sailor puts on a cartridge belt, picks up a rifle and poses.
Recruits in civvies being trained at the Great Lakes Naval Station facility in the United States during World War I. Recruits in civilian clothing stand at attention. They run and salute. Houses in the background. Recruits in civvies drill beside uniformed men. They march into barracks. Trees in the background. Uniformed sailors drill. A group of civvies watch them.
Food for U.S. Navy sailors in training during World War I in the United States. Sailors outside mess facility at Naval Station Great Lakes seated on stools in a doorway. They eat food. A sailor in an apron poses. He holds a plate of food.
U.S. Navy cooks at work in the Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Naval Station Great Lakes) during World War I. Interior of a kitchen. The cooks put meat and then some eggs in a grinder. A man turns the handle of the slicer. A cook mixes and shapes a meat loaf. He places it in a pan. The cook takes meat loaf out of an oven. He slices it. He takes a pan of baked potatoes from the oven and places them on a platter. He dishes soup from a vat into a kettle. Creamed peas in a vat. Steaks are cooked on a stove top. A man draws coffee from a huge urn into pots.
Food for U.S. Navy sailors in training in the United States during World War I. At the Naval Station Great Lakes training facility, sailors seen near a large bin. A sign on the bin reads: 'The quickest way to reach a man's heart is through his stomach'. The sailors get plates from the bin and stand in a chow line. They choose food from trays and platters. Workers behind counters place food on plates as the sailors pass. Officers in a hall. Pictures on a wall. Men walk past. Officers, one with a notepad and a pencil in hand, watch a kitchen worker working out on a punching bag. A seaman poses on steps with a cut-out of the Statue of Liberty.