The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-07

| let him make studies OF the wiiwaws IN the
Cape Horn region, with frozen volcanoes vomis-
ing flames Of snow for n background.
The only man on the ship that ever saluted an
oficer was the third engineer. He was Just Qua
| Of schools boy OF eghtsen.
| The engineers OF the Argentine navy are for
| the most part foreigners. On the Ushuaia ali
| were natives OF wealthy families, who had be-
| come engineers because of a natural liking for
| machinery. II took great moral courage TO do
| this, because the line officers show = marked
| contempt for the greasy mechanic" whenever
| II IL safe 10 do 90.
| The pay of the Captain was Gao per month,
| The chief engineer got q little less. The ses4
men got CT los. All hands ate at the expense
| OF the Government. The men had the usual
sait meat and hard bread fare Of eeamen. but ip
| addition had plenty Of fresh meat soup and =
| half pint of good claret with each meal
| The crew Of the ship and the discipline thst
prevailed on board would have interested any
| one familiar with naval matters in northern
| climates The ship had but two commissioned
| Officers the Captain and the executive of1cer.
| These two stood watch in novel fashion. Be-
ginning at nightfall, the Captain had the deck
| till 10 O'Clock, when the chief of1cer came ON
deck and remained until in the morning, when
the Captain camo again. During the day
time after 9 in the morning, both officers were
usually about the decks In bad weather they
were both about deck whatever the hour. but
when one got worn out the pilot took his place.
while In the open see during pleasant weather
the boatswain and auartermaster kept thH
deck after midnight.
Because the ship carried freight and passen-
gers she had purser. while the pilot served -
general overseer Of the stores and provisions.
There we're three engineers, and they were -
oftenm COLLISION WIN the hne o"ceis 10 e"s~
neers ever are IN any navy. Inc pssseness AZ
ways got the versions OF ootn soes auflne tness
A.. H. III
troubles and usually their Umpstny was Win
the stokehole One day the engineers munnied
went on strhe' 20 10 speak- openly. ana WON
their fight tn i've minutes. we Were expectins
to leave port soon-within twenty-iour hours-
The chief engineer went TO tue executive omceF
ana asked when steam was WenUeo. lhe MsoT
answered CURLY, That 10 my business. 10"
VIII get your orders wneh II IL necessary.
An hour later the Captain came hurrisdly on
board and ordered the ship made ready Tor see
at once. he sent tor the onier engineer ana
asked II steam was up Inc engineer s>ha
simply;
NO, SIR. .
You should nave had up al osy. 20 ID
your room under arrest. SAID the Capoan. Inc
engineer ooeyed. Inc Cap.a'n tneh orueroo ths
second engineer TO ges up STEAM.
Il can take orders from the chiet enRineef
only" he replied.
Go TO your room under arrest seio inc
Captain He went the third IN ike manner
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