The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
BUGLE CALLS ON SHIPS
By This Means the Sailors of the
Navy Are unsteady Called
=; to Duty.

AnQ .Cuc DOdLSWhlu pipe Dire cupIOycu
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:
"Cal away the gig"
The boatswain's mate blows long,
shrill blast on his pipe, and shouts:
''Away gig!"
This process is changed when tho
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 OF 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 a
dismissal of all hands from the work
for which they were summoned. When,
however, all hands are called to their
stations for 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 fight.
The call marked "Dismiss" is heard
| when the crew is dismissed from any
duty of this kind. It corresponds to
'pipe down. but is seldom used after
a seamahship job.
The "battalion drill" calls purpose
is explained by it's name. "silence" is
the same as the military call "Atten-
tion," aid is used for the same pur-
pose at drills on board ship. The
"trumpeters' cnll'' is used as has al
ready been explained: and in general
as warning five minutes before any
important routine call of a 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
calr'' is heard in the morning at the
hour when the ships surgeon is ready
to receive sick men.
''Muster boats crews is a general
call summoning 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 bngle call heard when all
the boats in the water are to be hoist
ed, as when vessel is preparing to go
to- "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
single boat is to be hoisted the boats
wain's pipe is used.
"Boats' calls are used when tho
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 at 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 lift sat the davits.-N. Y. Times.
His Excellent Reason.
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