Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15
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Experience Of tttfSlnbad', In the NAVY.

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Experience Of t1sSlnbad,, In the NAVY.
ISL: Continued from last week. ~
At San Corlos We obtained an abun>
dance of.wood, and all the coal the
English mail steamer could possibly
part with, which gave US fuel enough
to attempt to make Valdivla, a hun
dred miles farther north, which we
reached the next. day. There We
found that seventy tons of coal could
be purchased. It was all there was
10 the place, and its owner seemed as
glad to sell as we were to buy. 1t
had been on his hands many years,
and he no doubt considered it IN the
same light as the man did who won:
the elephant at the rattle. The peo-
pie Of the smaller South American
towns use only charcoal for heating
and cooking purposes, Coal came rap
idly on board. Valparaiso was fast
assuming shape in our minds with
news Of home and the war. Two huns
dred miles farther north and we an.
chored off the iron pier Of Lota, in the
coal regions Of Coronel. In this part
of Chill coal is found in abundance.
We left Lota with an ample supply
Of coal and without further mishaps
arrived off Valparaiso after one, Of the
longest passages ever made from Mon
tevideo by a steamer, over four months.
Valparaiso is pleasant city built on
the sides of three distinct hills, called
by the sailors fore, main, and m,zzen
tops. Here the crew received liberty
and money. and "Siubad" (uot being
on the black lis.) went on shore to do
the town." Our next port was to be
Callao, in Peru, but before reaching
there "Sinbad" got into another scrape
which must be recorded. I had for
about a month got out of the job Of
washing decks every morning, al
though not excused "by law" and while
the washing was going on I was snug
ly slowed in my hammock until break
fast at eight bells. There was one
officer in particular who had a spite
against me for some reason or other,
aud took every opportunity to get me
into trouble. I also took care not to
let him, If possible, and whenever it
was bis morning watch I Was sure to
be found washing decks. On this par
ticular occasion I was under the hurri-
cane deck pumping bucket Of water.
The officer not seeing me around
told the bos'n's mate to call me, which
was right in bis fist, as he owed me
little grudge. So he stepped to the
hatchway not over ten feet from where
[ stood and called "Sinbad' with all
his might. I answered "huiloo," but
he either did not hear me or did not
care to, and yelled out again. This
riled me a little, so I sung out and told
HIM to @ plum to the devil' Cor
words to that efect). He at once re-
ported me to the officer on watch, who
reported me to the first ''luff," who orr
dered me in double irons, which may
as we'll state here is the only punish~
ment known or allowed IN the Ameri~
can Navy. At first I did not feel
alarmed as I thought it would only be
for couple of days at the most, bus
the next day l received charges and
specifications for a court martial for in>
subordina ton. This is avery couven>
lent word in the service, as. if a man
does something aud they want to pun
ish him and don't know what to call
his offence, they just clap it down i'm
subordinstiou, and "sock it to him.
l was aware that a court martial and
justice We're two seperate things, and
my spirits fell in proportion. Twas
tried, and produced abundant evil
dence to prove that l was on deck and
at work when called. The next day
all hands were called aft to hear the
sentence which was in substance that
1.-THE said Sinbad is found gully and
is sentenced to lose two mouths pay,
aud is deprived Of liberty on shore for
three months" The last of the SEN
tence pleased nae the most it was, ''sen.
teuce not approved. F: K. Murray,
commander" You can depend l got
square" with that bo's'n IN ate.
After this scrape had "blown over"
l took care to behave pretty, and my
work (writing) being principally in the
Ward room," became, 10 a measure,
intimate with the officers,
At Callao some Of our officers were
transferred to other ships and We re-
ceived others in their places, but they
did not please the men nor Slnbad.as
veil as the old cnes. 1t was amusing
to observe the means the boys took
to show their dislike. Our first lion.