Cañon City record., 1898-11-10
On the day after lis ;s.,nent for

On the day after his eaiss,nent for
. period of three We: erican
man-o'-war's man IRE on
the amount Of iii. fil. "a inter-
vene before his G;s,...... las two
years ans. .-bE; % butt
being IL email as ard
20 days "a ~.
follow, ..il rsI
yenr O. ...ss.-a. -.
year a.. ia.s No
mafi. cay
unasr i 49, l.. .-ek-
cts eo:a. @;o. the
blarless .sas:sis. at
aTs s-ss ,i.ss.s ..1ugk
in Il Us, -'n - % of
TIN IN yt.t =. vice
M, :, -appx i; s.s. > bring
NJ Ills ~ II i NJ the :s.sssyssor less
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out log before his discharge. within
cicser ,angs. When he has put in Is
months Of an enlis inert. be breaks
out the hosneward-bouud i:ennant: he
is going down the hill. ard when ne
has finally achieved two years and has
sHiy the butt to accomplish. joy fills
his cup.
Once sailor always sailor is not
strictly true of men-o-war's men of
the American navy. Only about one
hz;f OF the men who complete the en-
iisrmsnt ship for another three-year
crfsise. But about nine-ienths of the
men who put in two cruises settle down
to i lifelong continuance in the serv-
ice Six years OF navs life seem TO
thoroughly inoculate them with what
th,s Germans call wanderlust- When
s5iuci Jacket passes few of his sum
MFRS in the latitude OF the North Cape
ard couple of his winters down
among the Bermudas or in the saiubri-
Gus South Pacific he IS likely TO acquire
a dislike for the climate of the United
S,ates. and this dislike has more weight
than anything else in forming his de-
cision to remain in the navy. More
o,rr. after a sew years in the navy the
biisejacket seems 10 become possessed
of the odd idea that he is really doing
nothing aboard ship TO earn his pay
that the perpetual scurry in which he
is Kept from all hands in the morning
until pipe down at night is really not
work. and with this quaint notion he
also acquires an exceedingly exagger-
afcd idea OF the terrific amount of
grinding labor a man has TO perform
in order to gain livelihood ashore.
Put to bluejacket who has put in a
couple of naval cruises the direct ques-
tirn: Are you going to ship over
when your time is ont9" and. in nine
cases out of ten. he will look you in
the eye with an expression of stupefss-
tion and inquire:
'what do you think I'm going to do
work."
Overtime men being shipped back 10
compelled TO do any of the ships work:
they simply stand the military calls,
eat their meals and smoke their pipes,
watching the while with lazy happiness
the daily round of labor of the less for
tunate blue Jackets attached as mem
bers of the crew of the ship on which
they themselves are practically passen-
gers The overtime men occasionally
emit arrognntly humorous directions
to these temporary shipmates. the
ships company of the boat that is
haniing them home. 'G'wan. now. an
shine M that bright work. ye long
time swab,~ they viii shout 10 a deck
| hand when the officer of the deck is
aft and out of hearing. and "G;; down
10 your bunker, ye yrimy fatfoot. and
rake out your coal!" Is the kind of
thing the man of the black gang below
hears frem the passengers" whenever
he tries to smoke = peaceful pipe on the
| to'rallant fo,r'sle.
One Of the immemorisl customs Of
the navy jacks Is to secrese in the ditsy
hay Of the discharged shipmate who is
about to 80 ashore = can of corned beef.
. few potatoes and perhaps QUE or two
other articles OF 80 food. This il done
| In order 70 rcmiad the discharged man
\ when he opens his bag ashore that
4 in the opinion Of his Hhipmates he viii
be unable to earn enough to cat on land
ln he takee IL into his head not so ship
over, and that they have. therefore.
taken a ANAL measure TO shield him
frc,r starvation with little navy grub
wien he has spent his pay day" Dis
oh sred men Try all sorts Of schemes
ito sep this stul frrN being placed IN
Their haes, hut uev<>thelea tAsy n<ar-
III sawsys fpd II tk<re wAea thsy Ro1
u = - hlr<r&~.uu 49, q 4. ~.