The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-18

essentially a military AFFAIR. as may be
seen py mis- description of the various
Officers aboard of her:
Captains charge is TO command all
ana tel the master TO what port he
VIII go. In a fight he Is 10 give direc-
lions TOT the managing thereof. and the
master is to see to the coming OF the
ship n the trimming Of the sails.
Lieutenant In TO associate with the
captain. and In his absence to execute
his place. He Is to see that the marshal
and the corporal do their duties and
assist them In instructing the soldiers.
In a night the f~orecastle Is his place. as
the captain In on the half-deck and the
quartermasters amidships.
Marshal Is to punish all Offenders
and see Justice executed according to
directions. as ducking at yards arm.
hauling under the keel, bound to the
capstern or mainmast with a basket Of
shot around his neck. setting in the
bilbowes and to pay the cobtie Ito cob,
or fog with a fiat board).
Sailors are the ancient men for
hauling the sails. getting the tacks
aboard. hauling the bowlines and steer
ing the ship. YonkeIs are the young
men called foremost men to take in the
topsails. top the yards, furl and sling
the mainsail, bowsing or trysing. and
take their term at the helm. Lar Is
to hold his place but for a week, n
he that Is first taken with a lie Is so
proclaimed at the mainmast every Mon
day by a general cry of a liar. a liar!
a liar! He is made the swabber. and
only to keep clean the breakhead n
chains
Captain Smith says: If you have
a divine his pay is most commonly from
the Adventures and the sailors; so also
IL the chirurgion. (%surgeon).
The pathological value of Captain
Smiths 'Accidence' to nautical schol-
airs is obvious. For the edification Of
young seamen smith recites the ava
nomenclature of his day, which. with
one or two exceptions. is identical with
that of this century. The onward in
of a ships bow, which is bounded
by the incline of her stem. was then
designated as the fore reach Prosaic
ava men have displaced the old-time,
poetic fore reach of the sailor with
fore rake The sailor has always per-
sonified his ship. and for h bow to
reach and the stern to rake are meta
phors as congruous as anything in the
language.
Great ships had in those days two
mizzenmasts. the after, outer n be-
ing called the 'bonaventure mizzen.'
The old-time head rig. as Smith recites
IL, was the 'boule-sprit. the pillow. the
lie SDfll SAIL llt CBllt-Sdii
yard. the sprit-sail topmast. the spirit
sail topsail yard The term bowsprit
did not come into vogue until 1884.
when II displaced the term spritsail
mast. Jibs and forestry sails were not
then. Gables, when they are
too short. shoot one into the other
says Smith. and to-day a length of
chain cable, between shackles. is called
a shot He tells the young seaman,
'starboard is the right hand and lar
board Is the left
These are some of the terms in the
little book: 'S~tarboard your helm!
Right your helm a louie! Keep your
Come no nearer! Keep full,
Port! Ware! Bear up the helm! Go
BE you at the helm! A fresh
at the helmr Most of these ex-
pressions are used to-day. Ware
and BE you are old English terms
for beware and be quick Port means
I'm CAPTAIN Smiths time to keep the
direction of the helm, upon the
or larboard as was last or
dered. Port was not recognized by the
British navy as a steering or coming
term until 1916. although merchant
ships had been using IL for centuries,
only when sailing before the wind.
After a hard gale. when the ship has
been lying to. and fair weather comes.
here is Captain Smiths formula: Set
your foresaili Out with all your sail!
Get your larboard tacks aboard! Hand
aft your starboard sheetsl' and then
ship is sailing with a lair quar-
tering breeze. The coming orders may
Go large! Ware yawing! Laske!'
is a good old nautical term that
has been lost. 1t can TO sail with
wind about 45 degrees abaft the
beam. Terms such as The ship is iron
'crank-sided.' and 'spews her
oakum' were used i'm Smiths time. but
laying by the lee and weather coil
which he gives as correct nau-
phrases. a " disappeared from
sea lingo with the topgallant spirit