Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-09-22
Nfr1L HusBiNDS.

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EDnoR SATURDAY PREss-Siy In be.
half Of the junior officers Of the United States
Navy here state that the new ORDER" for.
bidding wives Of officers to travel all over the
world, etc, etc, is one Of the best il not tie
best order ever promulgated A young lady
fresh from boarding school-where she should
have remained longer-in one OF her prone
nades or picnics, meets "an officer - pre-.
sumably midshipman, Of course they have at
once fallen in love; result marriage. She does
not stopto ask about salary, duties, his ability
TO support her. oh, no When too late she
finds that $500 year Is hardly enough to fol.
low her husband around the world on, and sup.
port them both but, did she stay at home,
live economically, and wait for her husbands
promotion, she would be better off in pocket
as well as health. The principal reason pre-.
sumo Of the issuance Of "the ORDER" was
something like this Lieutenant A being
married man, and attached to vessel in port,
receives an invitation TO a party, he has the
first watch Is to I2). lie asks u. midship-
man OF ensign, to stand his watch for him. u.
has an invitation too, isn't married and wants to
go; and, as is his night, declines. Lieutenant
A. goes to the Executive Officer and requests
that y. may stand his watch Midshipman
y. IS orlered to do so. OF course b. is
incensed and, instead of going to the party,
writes to his father, who perhaps is a member
of congress from Missouri. The father forth
with rushes TO the office Of the secretary of the
navy, and asks his conundrum-why his son.
who is a midshipman and not watch officer,
should be ordered to take the watch of Lieu
tenant A., who is a watch officer and thus be
declared from attending the party. This is an
carry day occurrence almost every ship in
the Navy Some times there is an alteration
in the routine; A ship is at a port and is or
dered 10 another. Mrs. A. is to 90 by rail, of
will take the cars few hours, but the ship
week-poor B, comes in for AS watch again.
Seer Officers below the rank of captain are
moi expected to entertain in the general accept.
alton Of the term-oftentmes a hop is given on
board which costs little-but to say "cvery
entertainment costs from SIS to $40 each is
rather steep-take for example the Lackawanna
with say twenty officers, an entertainment such
as her officers have given here, which were rs
nice as nice could be, would ha,aly cost $500
but if for example the officers of the Hart.
ford who are all married men-ward room
officers mean--had had their wives travel.
ing 1900 miles in the last year sat cost Of
say cents per mile, say 5000 for each one,
an entertainment 7oO"ha be likely to cost Sis
OF $50 each.
The husband Of "t the indignant wife " has
been in the navy fourteen years, and is only
sub-lieutenant (sic) and it strikes me that
with the education he has acquired gratuitously
from the United States Government, that he
might do better than TO remain in the navy
with all its attendant hardships. That officer
has been on shore or other duty four years and
six months. AT sea, seven years and ten
months; unemployed, eleven months-not such
Ve,y hard lines.
The ration OF officers and men is com.
muted at soc per day OF So per month it does
cost from Sis to $50 according to the rank of
the officer, per month for his mess bill--but
the ration as furnished by the government is
the btSf, the most varied, and, the largest fur
nished by any nation in the world, and no
man living can consume his ration-and yhe
officer who eats hard tack ;" at sea or in port
does so from choice, as eze'y ship carries -four
Of the best.
cannot vouch for "Dead Mans Island 4"
off Panama, "being peopled for many feet
under ground by the corpses Of officers and
sailors OF the navy ETC., F." but anil venture to
say there are not two hundred graves Of all
nationalties on the island, which has been
used as cemetery for century OF more.
l believe il is the intention of Secretary
Chandler to fit out few OF the largest ships,
which are to be offcered by married men only
who will be allowed to carry their wives with
them, and to avoid being obliged 10 live in the
usual small rooms, with "bung holes" every
officer will be allowed TO build such additions
as he may wish. "Wives obey your hus-
bands.
AN ExOfFIcER AND HUSBAND.
Honolulu, September IS, 1855