The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-03-05
PAY Day ON Il MINI or U.iE.
jacks Little Account with tho Navy Depart
mcnt, nnd How L: Is Settled.

Jacks Little Account with tho Navy Depart
mcnt, nnd How 1: Is Settled.
One OF the sights worth a landsman's seeing
is pay day on board Il United States man-of-
war after u long cruise. There is D monthly
pay day oven at sea. but 1t often happens that
the men leave their wages with the Paymaster.
since there is no way Of spending money ut
sea, and Jack believes that money was made
to spend rather than to Jingle in the pocket.
Ours Is the most democratic navy in the world.
when 1t comes to lost practical matters. but
1t is constituted upon an aristocratical theory.
An officer may draw two months pay in nd
vance on going to sea. and a great many in
mates Of the wardroom set eail in debt to the
Government. while weak-minded Paymasters
are sometimes bullied or wheedled into fur
p%erilous privilege as q loan from the Navy De.
PAR. pprss cant: t On The ths G fonsrnry, the sh raym n MaSs
be. in debt at least a month"; wages to every
sailor aboard ship. and on many shins. indeed.
fhsa a n %odef ssE9 p at als a!se oi Tis p gsts more
,n !! wilt Wiz f}Hasd ss ms sRiSs that IN ds 'Se
ikaITa shins II ne matter oi PAY; Far basE
nreced mt 81 ti1itii{ so out Jaet"sI money zone { q few
dollars at 2 time. and that precedent holds
pns | she !. a hss an s snsEGstiss f GG%Rn nfEseJ Tna
a Liberal ship goes on paying out to Jack
headed Captain OF the other sort sets a new
precedent;
Paymaster is usually in debt some thousands
Of dollars to Jack Tho wages. Of sailors and
n petty s Salssrs sk Yney fr %ech slS to e saI c %Snt an
"a ss{;0 : % %S'sS . ! BESIDE sS5;: Tia; + 81 sS sssts ? ~ sst ~ :
ho5.e. . round q hard III. !Se ounces q
the sailors form little messes in the iorecastle
r ratioH Ssf fo sS ethes tRi { ssst and t ha@G Is a % 'sp e%fsf
provision that the Paymaster shall deny to
snsX trp% To t the w ssq5es mo m rsas01 1aek's l rsiiay
ayerase appetite needs: and i enables hin to
his pay, and Of course it thus tends to increase
his credit with tho Paymaster
tends to enrich The sailor This IS the naval "
s sssrs fup Ss9I ws 80 e Ia sRRsa may n tsEe ew Whs e he en sae
out Of his earnings. deposit 1T with tho Pay
% csnts ints snd o0t TRs 9 Go all suSs fe 5EaxIse = per Per
the deposltor an account BOOK. but this JACK
usually deposits along. with his savings. and
lerred from ono ship to another his new Pay;
one Ct the amount to Jacks credit. and inter.
est goes on as before. but 1t does not COM
pOnnu. Inc savings Dank ScneNl9 ID WORKING
men make deposits.
R PsSnfS the MOI, money y, that the paymaster
leaves in his hands or deposits in tho savings
bank, some sailofs at the end Of n long cruise
haps most men draw three or four months
nay. The paving T. done at the pay office.
Of the sompsnionWay. where the !isint' ali SIN in
from 'o 3, tho SKY: 9TH Tiers, r. on Iod 9ay day; assembIe
thA IN vm n Stars vanman. and that rint ~
person. the Jack ofthe Dust. At least two Of
these arc REQUIRED fort h aIduous duty Of pay
Every mans name is down on the roll with u
number Opposite. ana the pnymaster knows
term tern " 81 en mIsn 81 ti is OUT. he Sn may draw ALL HAN II
e eS w.l' an ae Il ny Ss does at o tSs f AVN iSe a i@msr
II Jack will he may take a turlough OF three
months and on Ie,urni hY t1 the service at the
Those who remember pay day twenty, thirty.
the 1fsq 1lns zine line, "" wssiitiSs At the pay ofd i""Dt fhe
percentage OF native-born Americans is larger
t II Hrj i Kas f tWsnsy y e mu sS9 sm sne Per TG III.
wart, MISUNDERSTANDING fellows that line up
In front OF the pay ofice average perhaps UNI
old follow who carries In tho rearward OF his
memory pictures OF Farragnt with his wind
at Mobi fSi lay. o. the pSr from Rinley vss gum
that marked the opening Of the civil Wal. and
M %c sS's sw sssl,sr f Dsnss. b pnic lse Gsr nns Si f G.ns.
dams. rarely 40 Irishman. F~renchman. Italian.
sphniard. or British lime juleer.
MI tho native. Americans. some are blnck.
inc iorecastle OF an American inan-of- war is
PERHAPS. as yet. the only Lit OF United States
t! sT where the color line is not drawn.
Inc black man hero Is friend and comradp.
l!e stands upon his merits and 1, cordially
aeceIieu II he come up to jacks sons wliat
manhood.
Every man must sign tho boot or mako his
| IHuTk. TtWi'T lake ina lIt.nF pltnFpnttvn than
r. any Ersyieus time in The, history Of The
uniied States Navy. Most of tho men can
lead and write, some in several language.
Those who can DO these things we'll. and
sure to beeome retty Officers. ThS clertkiiyy
sailor may become ships writer. oven though
he lacks some nautical accompiishments nee
essary to other petty officers. He looks alter
accounts And records for tho ey ecutive officer,
and might perhaps some time ship rs Pay
masters clerk. a place that gives n man a seat
the wardroom. sueh u thing would not come
to o writer as n matter OF course IN the regular
order OF PROMOTION. since the paymaster's
crutSa and uithnnI nAlsiul r.lntfa,, III