The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-05
A scrNr IN TIE rRNcIrLH souARD OF HAvANA.

leather vamDs. His shoes are biz ana
/ have broad square common sense toes
and IL he does not Ike them he can get
I out of the navy.
HIS FOOD.
Jack Tar's food is n certain kind. Here
IS the only limit he is allowed. ~ MS
food is not cooked 70 suit MN, il IL is
too done. or too rare. or too sait on TOO
fresh. me Is allowed to complain. and MS
complaint VIII be listened TO with re
spect for Uncle sam respects Jack Tars
appetite. But the question of gong
ashore IS what 1others MIN most For
tine last Two years the vacations on
shore have bceen few and far between.
lack Tar is not allowed 90 land upon
any coast where disease is prevalent.
For six months ne IS not allowed TO
touch the coast of the Gulf OF Mexico,
Florida or amy Of the Southern states
for fear OF getting yellow fever. He
was kent Off from South America by
cholera and az one time he was not al
lowed In the port OF New York Tor fear
of smallpox.
lack never takes kindly 20 these re-
strictions and he comes close 20 munity
when it IS time 10 go aboard ship. lie
receives HIS pay monthly. and here again
he kicks: hut Uncle Sam considers IL
necessary 20 control the pay Of his Jack
tars or the p00r boys would always be
penniless.
II ne sees q fellow who will squander
his money some OF his pay i5 kept out
each time. so that he viii have some
thing 10 take with him when he goes
out Of the service. He is told that this
money IS TO take care Of MN II ne IS
sick. but fully well Jack Tax knows that
the Government gives him the best med
zeal care free of charge that he VIII be
cared for and viii not lose his position,
no matter how long ne IS sick
lust now when he is under fire his
discipline string is pulled around him so
tightly that no has no freedom re
has become q ward Of the nation ana
the nations honor rests In his hands.
He must do thus and So and no points
OF wayward humanity must be allowed
20 assert themselves 10 the detrimenI or
the countrys good.
In the old days. when war vessels
went under sail there was enough pull
ing and hauling 20 keep Jack in good
health and spirits. his liver working all
right and his stomach In fine gnawing
condition. so that the dinner pennant
was a pleasing sight 20 him. But. now
that the men-of-war are all moved by
steam. there IS not so much violent eX-
ercise. Jack Tar has no exercise aboard
ship beyond a little daily work 70 keep
the deck in trim. Therefore he must be
provided with athletics % make him
strong
II he we're allowed 10 sit idle all day
he would get TAT and Admidal Dewey IN
stead OF taking 20 Manila thousand
1.-the. athletic strong bodied workmen
would have had a corps OF FAT police
men too puffy to stOop over the 3 ~
and too fat 70 run. But he took win
him slender bodied boys who could duck
n shot and could get out o. the way
when shell whizzed over their heads.
To keep them ga this shape IL Is neces-
sarv to keep them I'm daily drill. IL
comes right after evening quarters az
O'Clock. The marines and sailors have
all lined I'D on the deck. The skipper
has come out OF his cabin and stands
on the starboard side "A little in front
Of the gangway that goes down into the
wardroom. The executive officer stands
a little in front Of him and a little 20
his right. Both men stand with taunt-
ness and a crimp In the muscles OF the
back and legs which says. This Is very
important" The captain Of marines
comes and stands before the executive
officer. salutes and conveys the lmpor-
tant information that all are present or
accounted. for Then he salutes, rises on
his toes. plvots around and departs In
great solemnity
The engineer comes up from the bowers
OF the ship and says tho boiler Is al
right. There is less style about the en-
gineer, because he has been doing THIS
for many years His salute Is merely
"reminiscences not half SO prirn az the
young cadets. who was having colo
when the engineer had his commission.
All tho officers report and then the ese-
ousivs ofiosr tells the captain Is macn