The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31

them below to SEQ "his men The men were
weather was very hot and The tempeloturs in
with his convoy Of young women, ordered the
bluciNckcts to line up they didn't line. They
Here. YOU men. iGll IMP exclaimed the ca
The men didn't move. Tho, CADET threat
their breath hut they didn't move. After tho
cadet had gone above tho junior Licutcnapt in
command OF the party appeared, below. anil tho
men all jumped to attention. The junior Lieu
tenant smiled quiZzicallY IN tho eyes OF tho
petty officers and they smiled back. and the un-
1erstanding between the. commander Of tho
batch and the members 81 the batch was coh,~
mostly that he gained for himself on that
cruise. When he, was assigned e, his FIRST ship
That's the MILDLY that Eavoa batch from
the Vermont such a scorehing on the Panama
NOTED to the rank OF Lieutenant -Commandor
war, tho men forward study him carefully TO
note If the advancement causes any change in
become extremely unponuiar FIRST luffs." as
the tars term executive officers. After q naval
officer has been going around, the world for q
to get promoted TO practical command OF one
OF his country's ships OF war-.and an executive
boss Of all hands than tho skipper in his cabin
he is liable 70. devclop, strong ideas Of how
this III d End that Sot thiPbE %s4G9 Nrs, be iud done r, ard W. %hGn
likely to put these ideas into operation,
This explains why il is that a ships executive
rank Of senior watch officer, Is almost in
S Snrl2G!yt be "PR ,uc GStFFsm' Until uRp ap E9nes d6 %nn
fftnH taie I"' most U5st'" execSti F~''' oFace Sg"' two ooW or
viii only do things in accordance with the ira
not be joggled along by forcible means-which
Is not saying. however. that they can't be iolilsd
%jollyfng plan Of dealing with biueiackets gets
d%inl3matist, and his fame as a proper nrst
cam IAN m s1EefS r'f float. S Four " years H ago a
senior Lieutenant who had grown white
tenant Commander and assigned as exccu-
tive, officer of one OF the gunboats on the
f p"sioS SlasiS Witch Fr SfEcs a r9 shls I%Iilft,mnnn nSo%:
executive officer, The men forward soured
them landed in the brig for deliberately doing
sIhin's, work IN q style that didn't suit-and that
The skipper overhaulcd the executive officer
about SO many, men Of n good ships company
being, in trouble on the ships books.
What's the meaning Of all these men in the
brig ?" asked the skipper of the first luff,"
The latter tried to explain, but, he didn't
Commanding officer and ho eventually got at
loggerheads over his manner OF handling the
men. In q fit of despe ration one day, after n
stormy talk in the. cabin. the executive. officer
wound was not serious, and when he recovered
and was rcnssiCned to sea duty he seemed to
have mastered the art, of becoming popular
Capt. Van Vliet OF the Tenth Infantry. who
was wounded in the first fight in front OF
Santiago, was a West Point ,shave-tail. who
spranS into popularity from the very first day
he Joined Q regiment. and he did 1t by force OF
and during the first week of his service on the
frontier he waded in and thrashed three teams
ters. a suffers dog rohher and a couple of bull
lying soldiers. He whipped them separately
and on different occasions, and he didn't get a
mark TO show for tho scraps. He was and is
saw light coming he went after it. and from the
day that he joined his outfit down to the pres
ert moment the soldiers that served alongside
OF him would do anything for him. Summed
up. the whole truth of the matter Is that en-
listed men stand for manly men and for none
others whomsoever.