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,,yvrEy.4Nr OF TIE LINE
...,, characteristics. or the Men that ne
e"" ,.om, Commanders ana .Adrrirnir.

-. charm cteristic. or the Men that ne
e"" come Commanders and Adu,irnir.
v,o, the civilian thinks OF tho United States
- en-. vision that arises before his minds
is ,hs Lieutenant; this because the genu-
~ ~ Iieutonant Ia n limo ofnccr. and because
.ssrs are moro Lteutonants than there are
w.. officers OF all the higher grades combin cd.
~ ,he civilian the limo ofliccr is tho only sure
.nouch military sailor. and all others are more
,lyilinns with makc-believc titles. The Lieu
..,nnt is the type OF the American limo ofIlcer.
mob,s been n cadet midshipman: he may be-
80 a Rear Admiral He has been long
.oo,gb in the service to have acquired its
.es,rac,cristic tastes and habits. Ifo is long
.noncb out OF civil life to have forgotten many
TN things that interest mere shore folk.
Toisa n dccp-sea sailor, with love for blue
..o,er and the flush or bronze OF dozen
tronlc climos upon his check.
Tbero are 325 Lieutenants on the active llst
=, Uncle Sans navy, seventy-flve being OF tho
inrior grade. or one step above tho Ensign.
nh slang term in the navy for q senior Lieu
,,,anti is bull" Lieutenant. Tho bull Lieu
,snnnt has been from nine to thirty years out
o,tbe Naval Academy, and he may reasonably
bone TO be Captain, II ever. In from twenty to
trenty. nve years All things considered, the
9p5 Lieutenants include the Hover OF the navy
Thay
,ome OF rassing successfully, through the
Naval Academy and weathering many cruise
Thsy are neither boys nor dotards, and GER
tsnly, II one were to search the navy for the
b,st equipped men physically, one would find
them among the Lieutenants
When the civilian first finds himself guest
AZ tho wardroom table ho is struck with the
Ana physlGue military bearing. courtesy. and
onlon,b of the Licutenants. They are broad
sbouderet. full -chestcd. good-lcoking mon.
between 30 and 40 years OF age. The execu-
five officer, who sits at the head OF the ward
room table and represents the majesty OF the
Cap,ain. Is as often rs not a Lieutenant. Sois
the navigator Many OF the men who teach
the cadets Mt Annapolis are OF this grade. The
sr.cia.sts Of the navy are in large part Lou
tenants Half the scientific work done by the
navy fnlls upon the Licutenan;s. SO does
bat tho exploring. A Lieutenant fg-
ures in every dangerous quest as
ity Naval Lieutenants are in all parts OF the
country doing all sorts OF special duty. One
mission. one commands " naval station in the
far Northwest, ono In studying electric lights
at NoroK others NTs sisa
Tho naya Lieutenant IL. perhaps, OF all men
in the navy. the strongest partisan Of line
room he has peculiar opportunities for seeing
the inc iuality OF the shares OF work falling
upon he ohep iw9 oesr 'he man wh srev
ance lie knows, perhaps. that he must he
retired griz2led veternn before he shall
He has married. possibly as Ensign. ten or NJ
teen years before and has a wife and family
LIVING in the ey Tase od
est boya STRIPPING already above his fathers
shoulder visits tho ship in home ports now
OF some gen uine interest to the other inmates
ofthe wardroom. Thore is touch Of the IA.
nG SSss lis
commission as Ensign. and stand watch on
the same deck with his father. separated from
him. indeed. by grace and rank. Tut his equal
The civilian. seeing the Lieutenant aboard
hp that simple and Indress pn
fgure, finds it difticult to believe that the man
before, him is quite ready to IscoGni7e the
not likely 70 discover the contrary as long as
be is guest OF the .wardroom, since courtesy
ise n himsel t" Welcome. @ e eutensnt. are made
Of much the Same stuff as civilians. There
are some thousands Of persons in this country
who grow up to believe themselves properly
separated from the rest OF their fellow citizens
Mbirth or some other distinction. and some
Isutenants. In doing this they usually do
bot lose the prejudices Of their early bringing
envy o
SONS Of these enter the navy, When
9 1ss s' SGs Of the fact tSst
Lieutenant may in time become an Admiral:
And the Somn mnanicn OF Presidents; or even a. OF
cratic structure OF tho navy. SO broadly popu-
lar is now it's basis. that tho democracy OF the
country makes itself felt even In the ward
i,ary man is far above the mere civilian, and
occasionally the lnndsmnn who comes aboard
shl Ms the guest OF a junioris made to feel the
existence OF this sentiment. q Goldfish rude:
the wardroom table. PERHAPS every Lieuten.
Of the fact that while his rank and uniform
a assarded SS" BY WI Cd word @ to tho
military man they count for nothing at home.
One sentiment lifts the Lieutenant MS any
other naval officer. in spirit above those who
patriotic duty. Civilians are accustomed To-
expect this Of sailors and soldiers In time of
war when nl men feel 1t, but they hardly as.
0flcer in time OF peace: Nevertheless ills
present with the watch officer as he paces tho
deck Of man-of-war safely moored to navy
yard wharf 10 the navigator In his tiny
the executive officer Mt the head OF the ward
room table. Nobody talks about II. and per-
haps nobody voluntarily thinks about 1t often,
o sss s%nf ths
20 reckoned IN making up tho eum OF tho
iieutenants character. Hand and hand with
the patriotic sense OF duty goes the one feel
ing that seems TO- Justify the landsman's sus-
plcion. that the Lieutenant in uniform Is not
quits ready to accept the plain civilian as in all
MhlhgS MS equal, the fseling that the honor OF
heolIcer is IN some respects different thing
rom rom the honor Of other honorable men. Tho |
leeilng goes by tradition straight hack to fou-
ca days. and is the last ley spot In the Lieu
HHnants Hmats composition to resist the sunlight OF