Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-07-27
An Important and Much Abused
FaCtordn a Navy.

pyidity the young apprentices seiae
/ hold 81 tho prejudiGes OF tho able sea-
/ mnn, and u person only need 60 ab0ard
/ one uF tho cruising training ships to
/ hear the youngsters hawi out with att
I tho gest OF an old sheli-baok. 0ht you
/ H0ttantOt marine,N
| Tho duty OF a marine aboaca ship IS
essentially taab of Il ppticemnn. and by
reason 81 this very duty no frabarntts
l ing can DO safaly pecmithnd between
''tab gunr3R and the mon forward. As
70 the tar. any one acquainted with his
! 1eyil-lna-00re spirit aud wild, f1n-l1v-
| ing nntIre must know how no l0Oks
upon any one put over him Us a check.
| The tar LOOKS up 70 ana respects his
officers. for no fears them. but tho ma
/ rine he hatas. for il is the marine who
gets him in trouble Bat il marines
[ were not afeaturs Ofin uan-ef.war / Z IS
doubtful whnther tho discipline re-
/ 9uiTed Of l crew "a 500 men would 10
Of thateHinient nature now in force.
| Our navy Is peculiarly distinctive inits
| method OF mobilization when compared
with similur institutions abroad. Ia
the first piIice. our service offers bettar
paw, bettar duty, and greater emOtu-
ment5 than does any "ther service in
tho world.
All United States war vessels carry
marine guard, ranging IA size. how
ever. from . captains command OF 90
70 % menDn q fag-ship 70 u Cprporfi's
squad on monitor. Whom saip Il
ABOUT 70 go in commission hoe marine
guard whinh Inns been previously do
sailed. il marched aboard ana stands
in readiness to saitlte the ensign as il
aOats out from tho peak. From this
uIOmeHt until tho expiration II tho
siree years crliss tho guard watches
that element forward with con-
stitncy that allows Ut no reinxatiuu.
When the three years crulss i at an
end. when the seaman VINO have been
salpmates through every lriat and
aartsaip are about 70 MARIA ashore
ana sever tl1alr associations. that stern
ana imuiaoable marine GUARD may 10
ssen IA line on deck ami uugiar arms
tho last 10 leave tho vssssi.--aud as tho
dag = Iauied down they give the last
salute 70 the cOiurs they have delend-
Sd.
The marines nave warnI admirers in
those persons VINO ure acquainted with
their sterling worth ANA npressity
Says Admiral WILKES. saFha mnrines
eonstttite the great ~ hud utmost said
the Ouiy differences between ii rInn.of. /,
war and q privatuer They arr.
adds anOtler writer the buiwaris ps,-
tween the CABIN and the flrscassle.
wnile RGAr-Admirat Stawart remarked.
the support Afforded oy steady
column Ot bavgnsts bus rendered nm.
ttnins scarce. The marine Is pecuiinr-
" soldier. Ho Is dressed, equipped
anu handled as % soldier ana his whOtn
lilo IS the very opposite 70 that II Il
sailor.
Ia time Of action ah1arf satn tho
marines are either stationed nt one 81 +
she heavy pivot guns Or else disposed
ABOUT decks ana in tho tops % uet "a /.
iharpshuOtHrs. 10 was a marine VIM
from the top Of the Frenuhman along
tide the Victory at Trafalgar. ahnt
down the brave Nelson Is ne stood on I
the deck Of the latter ship. TheRuard
nssses, eats and sleeps a 4 body M.
ways apart ami distinct from the crew.
Let the reador imagine himself NJ mid.
alght on the gun deck pf "a large vessel (
81 war tying guigEly at anchnr dim
aEnt 10 burning forward. throwing n
AeaTy ginre among tho crowded ham. .
moc6s wneFe son ngcn are .lgepiup
Not sound IS 20 be heard save tho .
Jtaatdg tread Of tho marine ENTRY
overhead. while tho swish 81 tho blncS
water aWEIusb thB sides bre RI tho
OMNIBUS sllence. "a tho bell strikss
't'lgnt tho hour Of midnight Il sgu-
iary figure in full uniform, gith sHgrd
ana PISTOLS steps uuisicsslv lrDm Tho
cabin door. liz stops and listens for
q moment. rs the turning 81 seme
RESTLESS sleeper IN ais hammock at-
tracts MS attention. Ids e the com.
l1ndiug officer Walking forward, hs
bends over the hammock Of "a drum.
pisr BOY and whispers word in his
ear; the only reply h bound 70 tho
Geek. ard the next Instant tho lonp
roll Is sounding through the shin Aa
y Dy maglc 800 men leap from their.
hammOeks. hastily pass three lasbinvs
anu throwing them agBinst the sides
9tthe ship rush half naked "a the
guns. IN three minutes after the fst
sounding ofthat call 10 ''general uua.r-
ters, the guns are east l0oss and the
glare Of tho battle lanterns alung tie
deck reveals the crouchinR forms Of
inc tars. as clustered about their uieess
lney wait the word 70 open frs. And
again al is silent along that deck. the
same as when few minutes prgvfDus
avery man was wFipt In slumber. Nnt
? word OF warming had been given.
and the sudden aiIsrn aptly proved the
excellence Of the ships dtsoipHne-.
Now I orlf Times.
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