Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-30

very little coal seems to find it's way over
the side and into the bunkers. The blue
Jackets in the coal lighters pant and per-
spire under the strain of labor that looks
quite terrific. but there is lack OF n, All
way In the coalng OF the ship The officer
OF the decks disliked by the men may
shaie and mutter Deep dark things under
ms breath. but this doesn't get the caaI
INTO the bunkers. When he makes his
report 10 the commanding officer OF the
amount OF coal that has been got aooard
curing ms watch, IL Is found by COMPARE
son that II is only about one-thirl ne
amount that Was hoisted over thu 81 y
curing the watch of the preceding officer
OF the deck. who happened to be nop1iar
ml.m the men A matter of this s1r, NJ
ways sets commanding officer 10 thin k
lEg, Tor men who are ola enough 10 h.,
commanders of men-of-war have learn..,
10y experience that it is as easy as launch
lhs alnghy for a naval officer TO acaltr.
ana hold the goodwill of enlisted ~,
ana mat the usefulness aboard shin OF an
oIncer who has sacrificed the confi,c,,,,,.
paired. '''-
An End to Discipline.
There can hardly be any such Thing a.,
ulscipiine on board a man-of-war whom
'he dissatisfaction of the ships company
Is NOT directed against any single officer.
put includes he whole after part OF the
snip. About twenty years ago one of fta
as wooden ships, with a crew OF nearly
Pac;sr on iong cruise ln the South
. fcihc, put IN at the Island of Tahiti TIE
men forward were sullen and ugly. som
S 'etlies that they considered unwarraDt-
e 60 nad been inflicted upon them in tie
dishei on, VI, ,n cruise cruise. The plug tobacco
,,,'n. gu. TO them by the paymaster WIS
e uey ana unavoidable. They had not re-
ceiNeu what they considered a due allow
ne OF fresh provisions at the ports a,
Mhicn the vessel had touched The CON,
handing officer. they declared Was %
s.ructed OF putty, and they had no redres.
o. .he mast Tor the injustices nut upoo
s nestn a SS the inferior officers. The chic:
~ oincers were in just as bad a frame
OF mind as the bluejackets. and 80 ~,
the marines -'" So were
when the ships mudhook was dropneS
IN. 'ne harbor OF Tahiti the men began TO
-. themselves quietly over The side m
parues OF twenty or more and TO swim,
ashore They Cid this under co, er OF dark
Less BY the time the officers hersn :,
w. e.e lhinnirg out of the crew there
49, 49, NOT men enough left aboard to sproad
ness gear The crew had smnly taLsn
french leave. practically In a holy E,xe,,,
man a had a months pay along with him In
american gold. for monthly mon.y "a
been served out the day hefo-a IT, 'isH
serters included nearly all OF Tho ohiar
49, oiilcers. as well as a majority of m.
marine guard. VI ''7
sailors Strike
Inc omcers were puzzled. The command
ing officer had conference with ,born b,,,
ny couid not decide upon what TO do
ne skipper, with some of the ward room
onhcers. went ashore on the following
morning and found the mon walking
around In an orderly fashion. on good terms
win the natives, and all still speeches.
'iiu euiien Those of Them whom the s,i;,
per met he ordered back TO the shin Noe
OF the men made any reply and none u,eat
pack TO the ship. The buetackets remain
ed on the beach at Tahiti for more than a
FtsK conducting themselves with perfe,t
oidetlii!ess, but very bitter in their talk
'pout the snip out in the harbor Ii loox-
GU as II most of the sailors intended tn
settle down at Tahiti and grow M with
the country, ami meanwhile the shin grew
eiftier and oirtier and had a general nm
worked look. Then an American merchant
nNihS on the island got the blueiacl<ets to-
eetnef ana talked TO them. The blueiack-
els tod him that the officers had made the
snip so uncomfortable for them that they
Ead declined to stand for it, and that tncv
mad no intention Of returning aboard The
american. VINO was a man of tact went
aboard the ship aid had talk with the
cihcers. and then he returned and talked
again with the men. He was a pretty
good arbitrator, for the men returned 10
the man-of-war in a body In lighter and
went to work. Some of the old-time blue
Jackets who We're ashore at Tahiti on that
occasion say that the remainder of their
South Pacific cruise like yachting.