New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-01

to know that. FOR the present at least she IS nd "
less.
\ solitary officer. young ensign IS pacing
bridge that overlook. the snip. His dark-pi"e Hs-
ure Is outlined against the morning sky. Except
for one sailor and a marine sentry. dmly seen on
the deck be.ow. he $ the only person MOVING
ami MS slim and sodieriy frame looks very sish'
amid the big works of the great snip he stops
his nsclnc ar the cnd % the bridge ami looks al
the srn rising lie does Z with the air OF con-
no.sseur LOW many sunrises ne ha- -veh po'h
AZ sea and In port, Other people see sunsets but
he L. often compelled by his duties as "atch
officer to get up at o'clock in the morning and
stand watch until s. According to him and TO
other watch officers the t.nts OF the waking DAY
are os A more delicate and vanishing beauty thah
those OF the dying light. At least. that - the
story mat he always tells al breakfast TO the pay
master and the surgeon. for these gentlemen are
sybarites and are said TO lie In their beds uhiA
o'clock in the Morn ng.
THE RENElILE.
TIE lone sailor on the deck strikes The be-. three
inns which signifies that it is $50 The ensign on
the bridge and gives short order oe.o"
him and Immediately Two buelers seem TO spring
from IN. deck Ike harlequins through the trap
doors Of sage Then ii - that W. hear the
rapid iaran-iara of the reveiiie. Awake. ye go
warriors, The is up and the complicated
mechanism OF the great ships lfe must be set in
notion In l-ss than minute the ya"n.iss ana
shouts and greetings Of the big ana the cat
er of hundreds OF tin coffee cups h the ship win
a subdued roar and the recently empty decks are
now swarnlIng with life. The duties of the day
begin and the washing down Of the de- ks = the
nrst OF them The hubbub that attends this j.
tremendous torrent OF water from several big
hoses sweeps around the ankles OF the men, VINO
stand-hundreds Of them-armed with buckets ana
swsb on sticks. and smear the decks with sand. ami
l-i hDI
stones
II Is incredible that other people by should be
asleep while this is going nevertheless, IN tne
after part OF the ship, and not three feet beneath
hese decks. roaring with men anu h0lystones lie
the officers % the wardroom. ali sleeping peace
fully a babies IN cradles. II = habit when hd'
duIed their senses for certainly racket like that
lust above them would drive lani-lubber wild.
But then an officer has been known to take a nap
In the wardrOorn while the great guns Of snip
were laundering away al target and YET 10 me
same man whispering voice or a heavy tread
near by might have brought sense Of being dis
furbed. For such reason the co!ored attend
ants n the Wardroom OF the snip which We arr in
,eres,ed in are treading lightly amid the sleeping
warriors whom they serve
Meanwhile the table in the centre Of the ward
room is FOR breakfast and the sixteen surround
ing s;aterooms begin to discover signs OF occupancy
Within the next halfhour the spashings of sixteen
individual ba fhtubs NAV be heard behind as man.
curtains Pitchers OF hot water uniforms and other
necessaries OF officers toilet hurried 10 and
fro by anxious attendants. The wardroom does duty
not only "a dining room but also sort OF hall
way al the same time. The presence Of the break
fast table cannot interfere with the fight OF bath
tubs through the same room. II to require
good deal OF fuss ard trouble TO these officers
properly groomed. but they do emerge at last. one
by one. and each the very embodiment OF that
Of hat Gle
illness is 20 goilness.
EARLY BREAKFAST.
At this meal. known az "eariy breakfast" not
more than half the mess present time.
the repast is slight affair. consisting chiefly
OF eggs and the morning new spapers. spirit OF
iocosity pervades this early breakfast. making one
be leve that naval officers must b. better tempered
than other men in the morning. Certainly one would
think 20 from the iegerespectfui yet pointed
" hch greeis 40 many OF the newcomers Yet II is
observable thst these pleasantres grow less satr-
zeal as the rank ~ the person al whom they are
aimed increases.
Besides their good nature. another noticeable feat
IRE OF these wardroom officers Is their youthfulness
Of expression Not a few Of them have d sprinkng
OF gray hairs. for their ages range from twenty
five 70 fifty years. but they certainly look fresher
than A group Of and-lubbers OF similar ages. Per-
hsps this is in part due their health; perhaps IT
may he equally attributable 10 that habit OF con-
troll Of temper which is OF the duties Of all
men who wear their uniform.
Breakfast Is and the table cleared. 1t IS
o clock. and again the bugle sounds Every hour
Of the day has its appointed duties d man-of-
war This time the bugle calls the surgeon out OF
the wardroon to TO what IL called the sick
bay" In the forward Iart Of the ship where are
assembled al those Of the crew who need MS ser
vices
Twenty minutes ia,er sailor enters the ward
room and. saluting all The officers. Informs them
that II lacks Ten minutes to quarters. Quarters
Is the term used to designate the daily drill In
which every soul the ship repairs TO he quar-
ters assigned him for duty. either Ia battle or