New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27
ON A MAN-O'-WAR.
DAILY ROUTINE OF DUTY FOX IN"
AMERICAN BLUEJACkET.

tmr 10 the scream of the DO sun ma hnrIe
he bGgrT gets in his work first AK ,,S any 1yn ted
heavy-wcather doep-waor euG}acKb sounds he
hates worst ana he will begin to say NM nots ali
he marine hucer-for this musician ttuip rnir '
hands forward awake at cloch ~ aSnir to sleep
A hammock is a comfort able. COS y a an ~ " I'd
In when you If s5' ociock on bleak chin morning
But when the ''wndjaminers notes uIo a;s out
Tho already IN and spry DO sun ih'tSc 80 h,
:. couple Of shrin blasts on his pipe lUdoTe is no
the roar All hands on deck hafnn ' Cor the
p .auHI to Of facing the skipper at the mast lew
hours after From the time an mus ~, sc-nr,bIe out
~ tbnIr hammocks dress themselves ana Iasn NIL
hammocks and stow them away IN tH .o, , snconds
hcbing schedule time for this performance IS
spotted by the chief mastera ' for a
not go ashore on liberty with his ship'ni''' ''' ."
"h'e WASH DOWN"
The hammocks slowed the officer of the deck
Gn his oare feet generally like the men ,Sd
looking rs he appears when you &C. ,.ln 2 mate
and the word Wash down" is passed lnS S INV INV
pumps below begin to hump ana ioF SS' Than
enough water float her. The scrupong hdns-
ing Of gear rubbing Of anything a anI has clean
Ing station. whether he belongs 20 the n,K
or the b1ck En IFS f bs dns to get that station
es clean as washed wool before threcfourthh oil te
civilian world mas AVA n i,f When his sometimes
is discovered by the inspecting orcer' r"'IS ~ ~
nor y
n,naninr rI,rposes from the to'gaInt foc'sle 70
the after cneine-rcom. and every man-o war ;
station They don't holystone man.o' war decks
any more They use sand instead. Will" tho men
guns and unravelng and restowIng loose s 80,
the black gang down below are polishing up T h
Intricate machinery stations cleaning IRE ana poH
er washine out hses and Gene1sy 4ya1l
up peace for themselves against tne dhui-Da LIN
fast inspection Of the lynx-c!ed chlei engineer
THE WELCOME MESS GEAR"
,,,r,i,,, ,.agbinc dawn and nOllsh ne
eoannc Isis FOR Two hours for II is to be under
st"od ,bat a,n"nr The inconveniences the mar %
,~@rkin,, Ike n mIIr on an empty stomach. At
o'Clork the bo's,Iu's mate gets another nod from
tbn ofIicer of tho deck. then he gives his pipe a b
Of a wind and growls KNOCK on" The men quit
work where they stand and wash thcms,lv' fO
breakfas when means 9o .hs s hre
fast at - o'clock The galley get the break
fast ready while the rest OF the crew forward are
cleanng stations When 'ncss-gear'' is shrilled tn
mess cooks strikers (ecnorally apprentice boys) pu
mea,s are ON ne table, in n my The bIucjacket
arc hungry Of courec-and the breakfasts are Of .
good sort The food is suhstsntiai nSurshing ever
toned to the way it is served The chief petit,
izaton for tbn Chief petty ofcers mess on AZ
American man-o'-war is always a daintily served
affair. minus the swinging tables. The petty Off
GERS who wear the brass buttons eat at stationar.
tables usually on the berth deck
lobANooS fhAuHANI CHAkMo'
Tho average man-o' wars roga rds his break
fast as only foundation for a smoke-the bes
IS an open lantern. called the smoking lamp
The corporal Of the marine guard lights and ex
tnguishes this lamp n accordance with direction
lamp Is aglOw the ran-o'-Wars man may smok
himself black in the face-only on the main dcct
hnwevar and never nj his n,riI between docks
when the smoking lamp is not aiight the man-o
wars man who is caught smoking by the master-at
later on to the commanding officer But the
o'-warsman bolts his breakfast for the sake OF h