Orange County observer., 1888-01-07


OF bclA@ met at the gane"av by a linz If
sidc-h vs. with i beat wain's mate to
pipc him over his first greeting is from a
rather red far.d athletic looking young
mtn, VITO gaZcs earnestly at the new
arrival moment. AID with d star,ln.
cry Di las :" Ioas down below In
quirics for tie commanding officer c!icts
the Information THAI he i down in the
fore s.ar ''aiong with tic j:.cl, O the
dust, and after bcwi:dering search in
that dl.cctlon>hc is kindly advised to
look for him under the top-gailant fore
castle, where he and the ..Doctor"-are
playing checkers Before he has
chance to follow this advice, the officer
Of Tie deck, Who has (probabIy, been too
busy s4l crln:cnding the taking in of
the s a stores to So him, comes forward
and rescue. him from the hands Of the
pra tea iokcr> an3 leads him away TO
be presented to the Captain. This au-
gust ite.spnage, after cooking through
the orlc.s and indorsing them, refers
the cadet to the frs lieutenant, and In
mediately buric5 himself again in q pile
! OF Official papers.
Tile first Lieutenant IS found at last,
after a most exciting hunt SO busy with
| the boatswain and the carpenter that 1t IS
| Ike shaking I red rag at a bull to men
| to mention new cadet to him, and SO it
! is with relief that the greenhorn rushes
| from his presence to find the Cadet Com
mandant of the Day and to ''prcsent the
+ irst Lieutenant's compliments, and Will
he look out for the bearer?'
| The Cadet COmmandant proves
! friend in need and shows him exactly
what he must do and how to do it,
! where his berth is if he is entitled to
stateroom in the steerage. and If Not
where he is to swing his hamnock>5He
looks over the list of articles whoak. the
new cadet has been advised to purchase
before going to sea and cuts QUE. sych
things as past experience shows win be
more for the benefit Of he advisers than
for the new cadet, and finally he gives
him plenty of goou ,ttivicc rs to his bear
ING toward his future shipmatcs. which
does him world Of good if followed
The Chase goes = sea ust rs soon as
all The new class of cadets have re-
ported on board or the INIT of time
allowed them le> cx ircd. The first few
| days are spent nthe cutvat on of sea
legs and IN recovering from the effects OF
the dreaded nuti-L me after which time
the cadets are steadily kept at WORK
standing watch, taking in, furlin hS4oos-
ing and setting sails, steering, knottlng,
splicing, sailmakirg, rafting down and
setting MP r'@ring, making m"tS, scnn't,
spun yarn and IN general learning TO do
by actual practice what they VIII as
officers require lnen under them to do IN
the way OF sail0rilinw
The cadets are divided into regular
watches and take their regular trick at
the wheel The senior cadet Of the
watch, under the instruction of the
o.i.ccr Of the deck, reduces or sets sail
rs lcGUircd. mu>tcr> the watch and at
tcrv> TO sn}nor details of ship duty hap
pcnlug dur.ng his watch on deck, and
mpAts report To the officer of the deck.
All Tie cadets are called at + clock
and lc, ort On deck at $50 If the
weather b fine they are exercised al
taking ii and setting all Itch: sails ano
il furing AMI loosing the ,alnc every
morning At 30 O'Clock they have
break last, with the exception of the
watch on deck, which IS relieved a
S o'clock At $ 30 all hands turn to and
work in lobs assigned by the FRS
Lieutenant At ,1-"0 O'Clock tn,
catlets are turned over to the navigator
who insttuces tllem III the manner o
iIsinr- the scNtant and ol working tn
Sllip's position. From T. until T. II
is given tacm 70 work up the result Q
| their noon obs, ryations Dinner last
from til ; O'Clock. ard he afternoon i
spent in s.amansl2ip until i 30 T. "
From this time untll =. II. the cade
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