The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-29

covered. An examination showed that
each half loaf of bread contained half a
pint of cognac, and then he Knew Row
the men got their liquor. That I.articu-
lar boat was not allowed to come along
side any more, but no man would ever
confess having ever bought bread cut of
1t Same as always, every sailor when
asked, where did you get your rum?''
| replied, why, 1 tapped the foremast!''
| Out on the great South Sea once. the
commanding officer was one whose equal
in his rank does not exist in the SER
vice He was a teetotaler, and of course
opposed to anything like liquor on board.
! The men got it, however. During the
early morning hours, the regular sang
of side cleaners were sent over the side
to clean the copper. They 'lSed The cat
amaran. and had on this craft Il big five
gallon mess can full of oil and 2 bucket
of sand. This all took place at Z pia
Samoa.
Whisky or rum looks very much like
oil, particularly when, encased in tin, il
can be seen only from the top, So it
was that a boat came from the shore
and approached that of the side cleaners.
and an exchange took place then and
there. though SO rapid that no one saw it.
When the side cleaners had finished their
work, and all the copper was properly pol
iShed, the catamaran was hoisted to the
catheat and the men came aboard. OF
course they brought their unused oil,
Which amounted to some gallons, with
them; but it was not oil, it was whisky.
However. no questions were asked. but
that evening some of the men Were drunk
and the usual question was asked:
Where in Sam Hill did they get it %
Drink on the End of Breakuater
When the Salma made her first voyage.
she went to Europe, and was stationed for
a time at Leghorn, Italy. Outside of this
harbor there is an extensive brealwate1,
and upon this the authorities allowed the
American ships 10 land and drill their
men. one morning after the fleet, con-
sistlng of three ships had arrived, the
entire battalion was landed, and a drill
in infantry tactics was had. For an hour
and half it was tours phi"
'fours left and then came a, rest. The
pleased until the bugle called them to-
eether again, and as they could under
no circumstances leave the breakwater
this was all right. Officers and men had
ing the ships, so all parties made them
selves comfortable and INDUCED their ap-
petites particularly some of the men
After a while the rest was over and the
getting in line, but there was a hard af-
ternoon's work before them and nothing
was said about it. When the line was
formed, however, the fun began Many
OF the men held their pieces butts up.
and did other curious things that showed
plainly how they had employed their time.
decidedly drunk, and again came the ques-
ton. Where the mischief did they get
ito" There they all were on a great stone
breakwater, four miles from shore, sur
rounded by Surgins water. But inyestiga-
ton showed that, at each end of the
breakwater, on the outer side. facing the
sea. where no one could suspect such a
thing. there was small wine shop, bur-
rowed deep in the bowels of the earth.
The place was maintained for the conve-
nience of the fishermen who piled their
vocations thereabouts. and so small AMI
hidden was it. that it's existence could
1aH
cred it, however, and there was no more
drill that day.
Clever Substitutions.
Another morning the side cleaners were
al work, when one of them came
over the gangway with a half gallon
paint pot in his hand. ostensibly filled
with oil. The ~asrer-at-a~rns wae c4arl-
ing there, and his suspicious being in
some manner aroused, he investigated.
o, the thrill of joy he experienced There
had been much LIQUOR on board of late
and he had been threatened with disrat-
And here was the culprit taken red
handed. o happy day,
The unfortunate man with the not of
whisky was taken to the r,aet ard turned
over to the officer of the deck who went
aft TO call the commanding officer The
evidence of the crime was denoeifed unor1
the deck and all hands looked on wait
ing for the supreme authority and won
tine be came. ed the trc'h'a e~-
planned to him. The man denied having
brought whisky on board and said the
'naster-at-arrs had a grudge against
hone more so than the one who had mayia |
he arrest and he produced the evidence
when 10. il was pot of oil.
The CAPTAIN tasted ii. and swore that
nan. and the master arms. who
-hought himself a Fly COP" was de- |