Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-09-02
BUGLE CALLS ON SHIPS.
by This Means the Sailors of the
Navy Arc MusicaIly Called
to Duty.

to Duty
On board 1nan-of-war the bug1e
and the boatswain's pipe are employed
to avoid the noise and confusion of
shouted orders. The boatswain's pipe
is used chiefly for commands bearing
on seamanship work. Its sounds are
absolutely incomprehensible to a
landsman, but every sailor under
stands them quite as well as he would
understand words. Of course, even
with the pipe the shouting of orders
cannot. be altogether abolished. For
example,. if the captain desires to use
his gig, he sends word to the officer of
the deck, who in turn calls the boats
| wain's mate on watch and says:
Call away the gig.'
The boatswain's mate blows long,
shrill blast on his pipe, and shouts:
"Away gig!'
This process is changed when the
bugle is used. Then the officer of the
deck commands the bugler to call away
the gig, and that functionary plays
the Gig call. The boatswain's pipe
is used when all hands are called to
moor or unmoor ship, and when the
work is completed the boatswain
"pipes down." which means that he
blows pipe which permits those not
actually at work to go below. 1t is q
dismissal of all hands from the work
for which they were summoned. When,
however, all hands are called to their
stations for a duty connected with the
fighting business OF the vessel, the
bugle is employed. For instance, at
$3.50 every morning all hands are
called to quarters and inspected at
their stations. After this the usual
morning drill begins. For this purpose
the bug]er sounds, at 9:25, either the
music marked "Trumpeter's CALL" or
another known to officers as "Put on
swords" At $3.50 he blows Quarters
for Inspection" which, it will be seen
at a glance, is the call known to stol-
diers as the ASSEMBLY" The call
marked General quarters" is used
when the men are summoned to man
guns, open magazines, and make all
the other preparations for a fight.
The call marked "Dismiss" is heard
when the crew is dismissed from any
duty of this kind. 1t corresponds to
"pipe down." but is seldom used after
seamanship job.
The battalion drill' calls purpose
is explained by it's name. "Silence" is
the same as the military call "Atten-
tion," and is used for the same pur.
pose at drills on board ship. The
''trumpeters' call' is used as has al
ready been explained. and in general
as warning five minutes before any
important routine call of general
nature. "Clean bright work" is heard
after breakfast, when all hands are set
to work polishing up the vessels brass
gear. The next call signifies that the
time for this labor has expired. "Sick
call' is heard in the morning at the
hour when the ships surgeon is ready
to receive sick men.
Muster boats crews" is general
call summo9ing the crews of all boats,
from the big sailing launch down to
the second dinghy. "Man and arm
boats" is used when boats are to leave
the ship for fighting business. "Hook
on boats" is a bugle call heard when all
the boats in the water are to be hoist
ed, as when vessel is preparing to go
to sea. "Boats' falls summons the men
to man the tackles called falls" by
which the boats are hoisted. The hook
ing-on process consists in getting the
boats under their davits and hooking
the heavy hook blocks of the falls into
the eye-bolts in the boats. The boats
are then ready for hosting, and
''boats' falls" naturally follows. When
n single boat is to be hoisted the boats
wain's pipe issused..
Boats calls. are used when the
crews of particular boats are to be
summoned. For instance, if the first
cutter is to be sent away, the bugler
blows the cutter call and ut the end
of it blows single detached G. If the
second cutter is wanted he blows two
G's. If the first. second and third cut
tiers are required, he blows first one,
then two. then three G's. The same
plan is followed with all the other calls.
AS soon as the call for any boat is
heard it's crew goes to it immediately
and mans it if it is in the water or low
ers it if it is at the davits.-N. Y. Times.
His Excellent Reason.
OHcggarty-Oi'm hearin' thot Gro
gan has enlishted an gone aph to dhe
war?