Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-01-01
HEWANTED THE SHIP
THOUGHT he WAS ELIGIBLE TO CON-
MANo a CRUISER

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NAMES harbor the chief sps,nssr war,
ashore 10 sec II he couldn,t diy mn =
boiler mnker.
.'Tbsr.'s A oIauss An tho snii.,r,.r,
regulations nermi,,iny co,nm.,5in,
ofileers 10 ship necessary men ON fo,sisn
stations IN short handed eme,gsncie.
The chief engineer broupbt bark 10 the
shin a Grees pamed Charlie Maro m
man couldn't sneak aBv EneIish-,o
spaak of-l,ut -he was a good man a
the boiler making business and he vas
dulv shipped aboard ~ us Gov ,h,.o
wears He was a wild. hairy looking
lot Marc wes and he 90, A sood dsai
~ a Iaugb M the hands "a the c,.,. a.
peciallv the yoppper fellows frop, ,hs
time be first came over the side
"Maro Thought that there wasp',
sny other country ON the man e.ceu,
Greece He thought this, the .Greel,a
mar was the hottest kind Of a tamaIo
when IL came 10 scrauuine bv land or
sea. and after he cot hold Of enough
English 10 mako himself upderstood he
used 20 take SINE Of the Young apprep.
tice boys nm into the ewes az the shin
and tell them with many pesticpIa,ions
and furious words al the difFeren, kipds
| NJ tar Greece would knock ont NJ Tp,Lsv
n the t,So Countries ever CANA ~ an
omen ruuture
"Tbe shin WINS aroupd nm the Pacific
station when the war broke ont between
Greece and Turkey When tho roYs ~
tho optbreak ~ the ,yor on, ,o Mar ON,
boiler maker. he nearly had heart dis.
ease and a wbole lot Of other Sudden
things from pure excitement Ue ius,
couldn't hold bimself IN ma Looked ~
tiokled
"'Da Gteeka man willa bimi bimi
bimi da Turka man was Cb.TIIs
Maro's wav Of uniting il and be didn't
soc that tho Turk had a ghost ~ n sboa,
All hands forward encouraged him In
the bsiief Thev al acoriesood a, ~.
messing the belief 10 Marc that Groece
wopld dmplv car Tp,kev nm Tho, a
bo'sun's mate who knew how IN crock
tbe mos, impossible Kind M s,eers with
A face as Solemn and wooasp as am I'm.
dams took Charlie IN hand and ,old
him some things He told Marotba, ,bs
United States was M muoh In svmnathv
with Greece in the struggle with Turkey
thnt the navy department had decided
TO turn over all OF the sbips Of the
American navy 20 Greek commanders
"'Here's n big ebanee for Won
Marc the bo'sun's mato told Marc
'yor iust want 10 work your edge
Here YOU are already shipped ON this
cruiser. and it's dollars 10 dougbuuts
that II Won ask for tho command Of this
ship In order 20 take her over 20 Greeoe
90 mix IL up with the Turks you'll get
IL hands down. Better try IL on
THAT idea impressed Marc a bean
He asked the bo'sun's mate whom had
have 10 apply 10 20 get command Of this
cruiser.
"'Why. 20 the commanding offloer
Of course, was the reply.
marc was tremendously important
for a day or 80 while he LEI this huge
idea grow within him, and he bullied
tho men detailed 10 work with him
down below In the boiler room a good
deal. The bos'n's mate kept working
him up TO IL, and finally Marc appeared
on deck one morning logged ont In his
very best mastering suit Of blueiaoket
clothes and went up TO the officer Of the
deck and asked permission TO see the
commanding officer at the mnst The
officer Of the deck WINS rather SURPRISED
90 SEQ the man all done no In his mus.
tering toys when all hands were al
work. but. as he is obliged TO do when
an enlisted man requests permission 10
SEQ the commanding officer no sent
word TO this skipper. who soon emerged
from his cabin and appeared al tina
stick
-" well. nv mapy said the skinner