Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-08-06
CHANGES AT SEA.
L:ttio OF Romance Loft In jock
TORS Life.
Tho Ia.roduc:lca of Now Customs
Trough. About by tho Coo CT Stcnu
und Electricity on War
Vessels.

So1NA7s
The advent of steam and steel, IN
Eirc3 and electricity, to the navy ha9
robbed tho iiEo of \ Ia~cn-o-T2rJ nan
of much OF the romance which clIA3
to il fer centuries, and, according 10
the Boston Herald. scarcely . mouth
now passes without the Introduction
of ccnc nov custom or TIC iaoIi.c:.-
ton or abolition Of CONC old ono, Ter
the nurpocc OF adapting a routine OF
q wor ship 20 altered conditions. lie
latcct change is oac OF the Eoat rail
cal OF all, a2l calculated 70 give \
rulc blo:7 to the conservative old s2lto
who Eavc maintained tECt TIC cCIr.Ic
has been going steadily TO tho dogs
| since the removal OF sails, :raocth
borc3 and boarding pixies. 1t 20 les
= rcrcrn than the abolition Of the
tir2c-,lonorcl custom OF dividing the
ships company into two equal w&t2A-
cS, the ct2rboarl and the port, one OF
which hal Slv:Gy3, il the pat. to be
on deck It "ca, p1rsI2at u tho watch
and watch system. which cave tie
icc!; tar four hours OF rest alternating
| with four Of watch. In coll dc-ioi
/ t-tiN IL "~F 4oANs tN~~=--s ~
kali tI> GREY: standing by - al tines
in readiness to lay aft the brace. %
| rccI toD5ail. 10 Ghortcu or make al.
Eut We have changed all th"t. 81! thc
navy department. nowpcoposSSaHoiAcT
system.
The hu~c machinery, with It, po2-
dcrouI boilcrs and powerful cnTirc5,
il no.? Tie motive power, and t.c
dcc,; forcc las little 20 do when under
v;2Y beyond the EoistinG ont OF ag&c7,
Keeping q lookout and preserving
| clcaaiincss. We're il not ior ila r@a--
| ming of guns, tho deck force rSCuirSl
of q modern war ship would harily
exceed onc-tcnth CT the number for-
iacrly maintained. The ancient ul,1p-
preventing practice OF lsccpi.G = hum
drcd or more men on deck ~ Ill times
Is accordingly IN a~lach-OIiam.
So IL l. row proposed to divide the
crcw into fo"r instead OF two cIrt5,
and but orc OF these quarter v;aL-hcG,
perhaps bat half = quarter watch, will
be kept Oh deck under ordinary colG!-
tons Gt6Ca. Ihccc four equal divisions
will lie LaGcd upon the di'roai;ioa Of
The battery with references 20 sections
OF the ship tic latter occupies. The
syGtcn OF giving every rlau : number
will GlSo be changed. Heretofore the
nUu2hcr correspondent 10 the part OF
the ship" wherein n = wac stationed,
the number from c1c hundred G2d one
to two hundred inclusive. iCr ~in,tc-cc,
bcius; ag~iE=cd TO the f~orttop!2yn. two
hundred and o2c to thr3c hundred 10
the r2aintoP;acn, etc, odd NUMBER BE-
ing in tho stcr0oIrl watch CnI a I
oae5 il TIC port. Eut forccaallc AID
forctop. r.2iHtop. r,i=-cntop 2-l Gttcr-
! guard haze disappeared Wit, TIC
parts of tho ship from wi,i,;, .i.cy
ta,:c their rGnc. Accordingly. c.ch
man viii be designated ~ ia"r ran-
erals, each having Iomc ai-g=i!caEcs.
T3iU1. aupDo-c = ra2n's number should
be l,"!2J. The lrat uul1cral, a." yvoall
signify his class of corps. ''a' his run
aiviGioa and "20' hi1 Individual rufa-
bcr in the class nnl di7ision 70 which
he belonged. The change, torcthcr
with that abovc referred to OF nbolili-
ING part OF ship" IS indeed radical,
anl rlaHJ = veteran OF the oil navy,
rs he reads OF it, will dou0Ilc-9 con-
cider it revolutionary and removing
him and his ovn ravalc:pcricncc still
further back in n past epoch. The
beautiful old song: cardboard Watch,
Alloy received its fist blow when
the wcrl port was substituted for
cardboard" in view OF the confusion
likely 10 arise from the latter worL'a
similarity 10 "~Ctarboatl." The second
| blow has now come in The abolition of
the ''watc.,c5" altoTcttnr.
Another ncriiol charge IL tho nov,
cap salute. The oil naval salute, casy
but unmilitary, was . limplc r%:igilr
OF the cap, almost identical With that
commonly ugcl bctwccn ciYilianG III
c~=:chnnTiIG greetings. In-tcaI OF This.
The ,alut!ng officer or nan who StauLa
RICHLY n '~attcntioa' lz'in"s his hand
t~-l@rLly and with precision to The visor
OF The cap, and holds il there ~plnctil;-
oasly, with military accuracy AMI
5toadinc5I. until the salute il returned.
The old style w2s, to say the least,
Slouchy. Tho nov fashion H. smart,
dr251J. c~crcmouiou3 end military.
Thus the change succeed each other.
Already tho representative of thc "cll
may feels c~ynSiraincl on the steel
hull OF tic now, surrounded with TIL
familiar wc2oolJ DnI il8.run,pt3.
gearing Ull me :ha1i5in CcncralIy.
lie will 20 feel considerably out OF
placc.