Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-19

black in. the face-orly on the main deck.
however. and never, at his peril, between
decks; when the smoking lamp is not alight
the man-owar's man who is caught smok-
ing by the master alarms explains Why he
did then and there smoke later on to the
commanding officer. But the man-o'war's
man bolts his breakfast for the sake of his
first morning smoke-for he has to crowd
his breakfast, the smoke and his some
what elaborate policing of himself and
dressing up for quarters within the space
OF an hour. Quarters" which is the first
roll call of the day on war vessel, Is
sounded in the United States navy at $40
o clock occasionally at o o'clock in the
morning. The men forward, pluejackets
and marines, don't put on their best uni
forms for ordinary quarters, but they must
lock thoroughly neat and clean to stand
their division officers inspection. or-once
again-travel up to 1.-The stick for sloven-
illness, which means an involuntary slough
ing off of shore liberty and other priv
ieGes.
The chief petty officers attached to dfvi-
sions, above and below, call the roll and
report TO the division officers, who in turn
report to the executive officer. Finally, the
executive officer reports to the commanding
officer who stands at the cabin door. In
port there are always men reported absent
ashore without leave, "-"liberty breakers"
these men (who suffer for it upon their re-
turn are called. The man who Is aboard
the ship and misses quarters is hailed to
the stick by the chief master-at-arms and
the derelict is in luck IL he does not get a
dose of the brig (ship's place OF contine-
n ent) in double irons for his remissness.
The Round of Drills.
Immediately upon the dismissal Of men
from quarters (Which ceremony always
takes place on the spar or main deck) the
marine and ships bugiers In unison sound
drill call. There is round of drills to fit
all hands. in all the ships departments for
every day in the week. Often several DIFF
ferent drills are in progress on the same
deck. All Of the men join in the setting up
Observation-Disclosures Of sort by no
means adapted to kindergartens. Most OF
the men come In for singie-stick drill-a
rather antiQuated drill. this, when 1t Is
considered how remote the probability is OF
modern men-of-war getting sufficiently
close together for cutlasses to be OF use.
All hands also have to master the use OF
the rifle. The navy tactics differ widely
from the army manual on the handling OF
the piece. When a man-of-war is tied up
at a navy yard all hands generally get a
daily dose of battalion drill in infantry for
nation ashore in the yard on the marines
parade ground. In foreign ports these bat
talions are called Landing parties" The
major portion OF a ships company makes
up landing party, and the men and offi-
GERS accompanying them go ashore in heavy
marching order. They often cover twenty
miles day on the march. these landing
parties in foreign ports. The other drills.
aboard ship are almost too numerous to be
specified-drills on the great guns: cordage
drill, which means the mastery of all knots
used on shipboard: drills on scientific in
struments; ..arm and away" a hurry affair
requiring extreme alertness I'm manning the
boats: ss'repelling boarders." another anti
Quated but exceedingly athletic drill; "aban-
don ship" when all hapds hastily provision
the boats and sheer or In them, often in
midocean. when the sea Is CLASSY: .coIli-
sion quarters" lightning quick closing OF
the doors Of the vvafer-ffghf comma