The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-02-02
Hc Wanted the ship,

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He Wanted the ship,
Ahout four years ego the cruiser OF
vuIch 1 was saving shipped = boiler
nattr while We wero on tue Msditt,
r'uean station, said ashing,on che
IpriN ili ~ ot the nevr, uow on leave ol
sbs'ust. oar @ a., 0',lst u .ket's tm,
Ip'rtd Whilo ~ u {, I niGti!,er, auo
. ne was not W pute'cAl shape ht
Sa,n't re.enli,tvu bat tJoK his dlsch srst
tnd returned 10 the Uuited States by
mail steamer, 81 the ship was shy . boil
er msker, very import ,nt sni neo esssry
petty officer down below 10 the engineer q
depart meut, and when the ship pulled 10
to Naples harbor the ohiet engineer went
ashore TO see II he couIdu', dig up . boil
er maker.
Tbere's clause IN the enlis ment reg q
lstlons permitting commanding officers TO
ship necessary men on foreign stations 10
short banded emergencies, The chief CD
ginecr brought back to the ship Q Greek
named Charlie Marc. The msn couldn't
81 eak any Eoglish to speak Of but he
was u good man al the boiler making busi
ness, and be was duly shipped aboard OF
us for three years. He was a wild. hairy
looking lot Miro wss, and be got . eooo
deal OF q laugh st the hands OF the crew,
especially the younger ielIows, from the
time be came over the side.
Mrl thought that ttlre wasn't any
0uy oa ,h u,p ticept dreece.
Il ju l.o ,nt C.. A'u..' was the
)iils' k!A. oi tamae r-eu II came TO
scrapping by land or sea. spd siter he got
hold Of enough English to make himself
understood he used TO take some Of the
young apprentice boys mp into the eyes oi
the ship and tell them with many gestIcu
lations and furious words OF the different
kinds OF tar Greece would knock out oi
Turkey il tue two countries ever came TO
an open rupture.
The ship was around on the Pacific
station when the war broke out between
Greece and Turkey. When the news oi
the outbreak OF the war got to Marc, our
boiler maker. he nearly had heart disease
and u whole lot OF other sudden things
from pure excitement He Just couldn't
hold himself 10, he looked so tickled.
'Da Greeks mao villa biul bimi bim !
do Turks man, wss Charlie Maro's way
OF putting it, and he didn't see thst the
Turk had y ghost OF . show. All hands
forward encouraged him 10 the belief.
They oil acquiesced in expressing the be
lief to Marc that Gre ce would simply eat
Turkey up. Then q bo'sun's mate who
knew bow to crack the most impossible
kind II steers with . face % solemn and
wooden as sn IndiaL's took Charlie iu
hand and told him some things He lold
Marc that tie United States WAS 80 much
vita Turkey that the navy department
had decided to turn over ell OF the ships
OF the American navy to Greek command
ere.
Here's big chance for you, Marc. the
boeuu's mate told MIRO. You Just want
20 work your edge. Here you ere slresdy
,hipped on this CT uiser, and its dollars TO
dou. bl us that IL you ssk for the com
msod OF this ship 10 order 10 take hei
over t. Greece TO mix II up With the Turks
you'll get 1t hands down. Better Try IL
on.
That lea impressed Marc heap. He
asked the bo'suh's mate whom he'd bsve
to apply TO to g,t command Of the cruiser.
Why. 10 the commanding officer. oil
course, was the reply.
Marc WAS tremendously important for
day or so while he lot this huge idea grow
within him, and he bullie1 the men de
tailed to work with him down below 10
the boiler room good deal. The bos'o'
mate kept working him up to u, and fnsl
ly Marc appeared on deck one M rnins
logged out 10 his very beet muttsfioe
suit oi blneiscket clothes and went up to
the llicer oi the deck and asked permis
sion 10 see tue com IN s1ding officer st the
masl. The officer OF the deck wss rsth,
surprised to see the msn oil done up 10 bic
mastering ,oss when oil hands we're sl
sork, bot ~ he is Obliged 10 do when %
enlisted u'n requests permission TO ses
the COO. ps1ding otfcer, be sent word 10
the skIpIer. who sooa emerged from bis
cshia sp1 appeared at ''the stick"
Well. ny mSLi said the skipper to Marc
Who stood bolt upright srd sslated With
u flourish.
sbrs. ssid Marc 10 the skipper, / Lsye.s
IA honor 10 her.s-by tsks do command oi
a ca slip.
Heyf ssil tue commanding tfii ,er, pot
tiug Lls haod 70 bis ear and looking ~ ~
be halnt heard srisLL
Da snip, repeated Msro. For-s q.
rsvee oi.s Hsliss do 0nsts nsvee, J.
tsvs da honor 10 taxa de com mmsnd.
an hands smobg the enlisted msn we're
ap oh the io's.lIsn, io'e'sls taking the
thiag 10. sud they broke into roar tLs.
yoa eonld bsye beard I've cable lengths
distance. Mno heard IL, and. sosps eaiss