The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-18

learns - to Jump to the scream of the
bosun's mates pipe and the bray of the
marine windjemmcr's" bugie, The bu-
gler gets in his work first, for this mu-
stefan trumpets all hands forward awake
ut o'clock in the morning. A hammock
IL = comfortable, ccEy affair to sleep in
at 3 y clock on Eleak,e chill nornira.
But when the wind 10 mmar's notes die
away. blasts on his pipe. followed by the
roar, All hands IN deck.'' From the
time all hands Is sounded, the men are
allowed six minutes to scram IDLE out of
their .hammecks, dress themselves lash
their hamnsocks and stow them away In
Hle hammock MEETINGS. The man who
Psgs and Is tea seconds behind schedule
time this performance is spotted by the
: hief 1aster-at-arms-aad he does not
go ashore on liberty with his skipmates
for while. Sc = rs 5stsss5 /. &
The hamnocks slowed, the officer OF
the deck Gin his bare feet, generally, like
forward, and therefore not quite
SO gallant ard dignided-looking as he APP
pears when you go aboard on your vist)
lods to the watchful bo'sun's mate, and
the word. Wash down. is passed on
Then the pumps below begin to thump
and for a solid hour, green seas pour
over the, decks. The scrubbing, mauling
Of gear. rubbing of anything and every
thing Cubable, ara pre- digous. Every
mar has a cleaning station, and it is
his business to get that station as clean
as washed wool. If he does not get It
clean, he is sent to ''the mast" when his
Rlouchiness Is corrected by the inspecting
officer. Every Granny and corner of a
man-o'-war is numbered, for cleaning
purposes, from the -to'gallant fo'c,sle to
the after engine room, and every man-o'-
Y ar's man has a number to correspond
to his cleaning station. While the men
ON deck are whitening the decks and
occurring the guns and uncoiling and re-
ftowh 6 loose gear, the black gang below
IRE polishing up their intricate machinery
stations, cleaning fire and boiler rooms
and washing out bilges . At o'clock the
oo'sun's mate gets another nod from the
officer Of the deck; then he gives his pine
bit of a wind and growls, KNOCK off,
The men quit work where they stand
and wash themselves for breakfast. The
galley cooks: get breakfast ready while
the rest of the crew forward are cleaning.
When ''mess gear is ''piped" the mess
cooks strikers generally apprentice
boys) pull down the swinging tables, and
the p1nnikin-serv I'll meals are on the Ia
)les in a jiffy The bluejackets are hun
cry, of course. The feed Is substantial.
but the recruit must become accustomed
to the ay it is served o.. .... :.
/. The average man-o'-war man regards
his breakfast as only a foundation for a
smoke.-the best smoke Of the day. On
American memo war there is an open
lantern, called the Smoking lamp
hanging, as rule, at the break of the
fo'c'sle. The corporal of the marine
guard lights and extinguishes this lamp,
in accordance with directions from the
officer of the deck. When the smoking
lamp Is aglow the man-o'-wars man may
smoke himself black in the face So
the sailor bolts his breakfast for the
sake of his first mornings smoke-for
he has to crowd his breakfast, the smoke
and the somewhat elaborate policing
of himself aQd dressing up for quarters
within the space of an hour. "Quarters, y
which is the first roll call Of the day
on a war Ship is sounded in the United
sta les navy at 80 a. m. The men for
ward, bluejackets and marines, don't put
on their best uniforms for ordinary
quarters, but they must look neat and
clean to stand their division officers in
spection. =
The chief petty officers attached
to divisions, above and below, call the
roll and report to the division officers,
who in turn report to the executive off,
Ger. Finally the executive officer reports
to the commanding officer, who stands
the cabin door. In port there are al
ways men reported "absent ashore with
out leave''-4' liberty breakers" these men
1WNO SullSI Luz ~ UPON luclI IGtuIll) dI
called. The man who is aboard the ship
and misses quarters is hailed to the stick
by the chief master-at-arms, and the
derelict lis in luck if he does not get
dose Of extra duty" for his remissness
Immediately upon the dismissal Of ma.
from quarters the marine and ships bu-
glers in unison sound drill CALL" There
is a round Of drills to fit all hands, in all
the ships departments, for every day In
In n co 1r.i1
are in progress on the same deck. All of
the men join In the settipg-up exercdse-
calisthenics of q sort by no means adapt
ed to kindergartcns. Most of the man
come, in for single-stick drill-a rather
Anticipated drill this, when it is considered
man-o'-war getting sufficiently close to-,
gcther for cutlass to be of use. All hands
also have to master the use Of the rifle.
When a mln-o'-war is tied up at a navy
yard every one gets a daily dose of bat
talon drill in infantry formation ashore
in the yard on the marines parade
ground. The other drills aboard ship are
too numerous to be specif1ed-drills with
the great guns; knotting and splicing,
which means mastery of all knots used
on cupboard: exercise with scientific III
"arm and away" hurry af-
fair, requiring extreme alertness In man
ming the boats; s:repelling boarders,' an
ether antiquated hut exceedingly athletic
drill; abandon ship" when all hands
hastily provision the boats and sheer of
in them, often in n,idocean, when the sea
is smooth: collision quarters" light
ming like closing Of the doors Of the wa
ter-tight compartments; fire quarters,
q hustling bit of hose-stretching work..
target practice. with rifles and revolvers.
and drills a-plenty, besides, too tech-s
nicai to be referred 20 here.
The drills Of the morning ordinarily last
tof m hour and HAIR: or until 10 o'clock,
when the men are dismissed to Indulge In.
another smoke. After half an Z hours.
smoking, Turn to- Is sounded, and the
men put finishing touches to their clean.
Ing work Of the morning. Knock orr
Is sounded at 11:45, when they wash up
for dinner. About five minutes before this
meal. the men begin to form the beer line.t
The chief master-at-arms at the main
mast serves out beer (for which the men
pay the bumboatmen0
At / o'clock Turn to- goes again, and
then for three or four hours the men for
ward put in the heavy work Of the day.
The chief bo'sun's mate always knows
where to fine work for the bluejackets.
There is always a paymaster's store room
to- be tbrollen out and restowed: always
a magazine that needs ovehauling; al
ways ashes to- be hauled UP on elevators
from the fire rooms. anchors to be re-
painted, ammunition boxes to be red
loaded, ships sides to be scraped or:
scrubbed to dazzling whiteness-in brief,
the bo'sun's mate of a modern man-o'-war
is never at a loss for ideas, and one Of the.
requirements of his rate is that he must
always be able to find LABOR for four
times the number Of the ship. Company
When the men finally knock off, at
4 or 5 o'clock, the only remaining duty
is the call to evenings quarters about
shutdown. The mess gear for supper is
piped, and when the meal is over ali.
hands shift into the sloucIliest clothes
they posses in their dirty bags, and set.
tie down for an evening Of comfort The
brary is never SovercroW6led with men.
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