The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-30

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ship. The .biSuejaof:ts remained on he beach
bitter in their. talk about the ship out. in the
teaded to u se ,SSs'd down ss n .s ma Tss q t and S1 sTow IN,
S Gi16 the sn s0Ssp II,,- and md meanwhile RsS y s.ns ts9 s shiP sFs y
look. Then an American merchant living on
the Island got the bluejackets together and
t .so eq,s TO th Sna n Tas e ths !Sfn e told nsam hi% Shss
for them that they. had declined to stand for 1t,
and that they had no intention of returning
o%fieere, and then he returned and talked again
tor, for s~i The @ men r Ss r Mss to Z them The man NOT Ssg' in a
body In q lighter and went TO work; Some Of
time Il O. say that sh sP rom mirs SsS Of their si iss South Pa.
cife cruise wac like, Yachting.
When q chief engineer on a man Of. war of to;
DAY acquires the dislike Of his black gang"
they are capable of. making heavy trouble for
him. Aside from the commanding officer, II
tachod to o modern war vessel, It is most neo-
ossary for the chief engineer TO possess,t the de-
chief engineer is held: strictly accountable for
tho preservation in good condition OF the ships
amis schiin y A loose , screw e ~ may very very easily Easily
-. NhShhot ehe Atho a. thihR
in life to loosen q screw without any ones being
the WISER, One cut rivet is enough to make q
5oilsr useless. and crown plates may be let
A crime Of this sort has never been fastened
upon an enlisted man in tho engineers de-
partment Of an American man-of-war, but It 10
q matter OF common knowledge In the navy
1 Wish t the Se sh' snd snsi them h %no By ar far pt aBe %ost
charge, and some Of these dlsliked chiefs havc;to
Ing to the department the many breakdowns
in the gear over which they have control. It'll
oct his chief engineer tangled up wit With ps's court It
OF inquiry, Moreover. 1t often happens that
i sn m nRRRep s,..m chief %h engineer Sle%SD can't Snn.s get bis 1 mep
hard enough. but they don't get the revolu.
tions ont Of the prSpellers; News travels just
from the to,c'sle to the cabin, and when the fire.
men, hear that their unpopular chief engineer
get the ship to such and such a port at such and
such a time, they catch ono another,e eyes,
anything like it. 1t Would make no difference
watch in tho frerooms twenty.four hours at a
stretch. The steam registers wouldn't take
any upward leaps. on account Of his presence.
The assistant engineers also stand In need of
tached to which there have been two assistant
engineers. one Of them liked and the other out
been observed that the speed of the ship dur.
ing the, watches of the disliked engineer has
fsl len s short BY " k hot ht OF the n sBeed gotten out
Soldiers also have methods Of making life un.
pleasant for officers who manifest a dispose.
course, all these methods involve their acting
in a body; as is the case in the navy. Individ.
dier into trouble, and do not help the dissatis.
fed outfit. The means a company, troop. or
IN Hst order o to r set rid OF S'% dis SGiasft Captain psahlS or G f.iep!
tenant is to simply go to pieces as a military
body; The men. from the first sergeant down
to the last buck private in the rear rank. be-
come the lnerest dogans OF soldiers. Com.
panies that have been known to be practically
undorg ,nc this degeneration for no other pur.
poe than to force an unpopular commander to
mem re- as unmerited seventies. WV Wh 1ee
this scheme has failed. whole companies have
often been known TO drink themselves into the
officer of n pos, observes one Of his good outfits
acting in this wise, he generally finds some
A few years ago there was an extremely
unpopular First Lieutenant. in command of an
the HEADS absence Of The Captain .S who was Sns0 on SICK
leave. This First Lieutenant tried some Of bis
pet notions SO on tn, the subject sno6SS q ft discipline h}h on the
One morning, after he had been in command OF
the company, for nearly a month. during which
day, he appeared at reveiIlc te,ore the barracks
the r day. When II So% he clssnR RedS' up n' in no th fee d 1@S n %.
instead Of finding hi, company drawn up and
erizzled old first sergeant standing alone. "'
What's the meaning of thisi'' inquired the
Lieutenant. Where the devil are the menu
&c Company absent and unaccounted for
said the first sergeant, saluting.
There wasn't a. single mar OF the company
The men. nor. commissioned officers and all.
bad slipped out Of the quarters and gone over to
cred in. drunk and %riotous. and they got ten
days each in the guardhouse. On the day they
s %sFe se ss!sasss Of rev War rn Sis fiasra the post A on A an nn.
nual tour OF inspection, and G Company, which
is not the correct initial, got into full dress like
tho rest OF the companies 10 parade before the
civilian official. G Company made an exhibit
tion of itself, although nearly every man in the
Company turned out in mixed.up. fore. and:aft
fashion as 1t passed in review before the Assist.
ant Secretary Of War was nothing short of bur
'Rather badly handled that company. is 1t
notl' inquired the Assistant Secretary of War
OF the commanding officer.
The next morning every man Of G Company
was again absent, from reyeille, and again the
and drunk. When they were sobored up In the
guardhouse, the commanding officer drew them
"Upon a repetition Of this said he, TIL give
every TE,f one sS OF you oiab a general e %Gairn Gnrtt, dniHd A. o.n
teen ahf IN sf body n aRd ens D9asR1 IN a l0 Tiot until mt 'a :he
bayonets Of the guard put a stop to 1t. The
and the company Immediately resumed its
standing as one ofthe best in the infantry arm.
An infantry regiment that was sent to the
tense o hatred for the Colonel in command that
many OF the men secretly expressed their deter
mination to kill him 'froil the rear In case
the regiment came to an engagement with the
Indians. A number OF the soldiers who made
this threat were found out, general court mar.
tailed, and sentenced to terms at the military
prison on Alcatrez Island. But the infantry
Colonel against whom the threat was directed
he is now a Br~igadier-General in m of
a observation-disclosures a changed man from the
day he first became aware OF the disposition OF
his men before starting for tho Pine Ridge trou.
bles, From a swearing, storming. extraordi-
narily severe officer. he became one of the mild.
est hammered and most lenient men in the ser.
vice. and the soldiers could kick n football
through the parlor windows OF his quarters
without his emitting a roar.