Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-10
ABOARD A TRAINING SHIP.
Daily Routine of Work for the APP
prentices at Sea.

From Leslie's Weekly.
Farrasuts famous old flagship, the Hart
ford. is still one of the most useful vessels
In the United States navy. Although she is
no longer Of avail on the fighting line. be-
Ing with her wooden walls, unfit to cope
with a modern armor-clad equipped with
big guns. she Is serving a most excellent
purpose as training ship for naval sea-
men. AnrIduated as she is, she is stanch
and Spacious. and. as ships go. furnishes
comfortable quarters for those aboard of
her. Supplied with engines, she retains
her masts and sails. and as a fine speci-
men of the old-faslioned type of American
war craft. she would attract attention
apart from her historic career.
The Hartford returned recently to the
Brooklyn navy yard for repairs, after a
cruise OF six months In West Indian wa
ters. Her southern voyage was begun Feb
ruary 2, at Newport, r. /. She carried 300
apprentices and a regular crew Of $50 men,
and there were in all sos persons on board ::
a pretty large contingent for vessel only
226 feet long and Of only 2,S00 tons. Yet
there was space enough for all, and the old
ship proved herself as reliable as a sailor
as she was roomy, weathering hurricane
in good shape and getting back in very sea-
worthy condition.
'sThese boys who come on to learn to be
seamen are green enough at the start, and
nobody blames EN- sir; for it's a world of
Its own. and we have a language the lands
men don't understand. Many boy VINO
comes on to learn has to be told over and
over again what we call things.
Each petty officer takes certain num-
Der Of the landsmen and drills EN- every
day in ship work. You may not know that
when we are at sea we sail the Hartford
It's only when there's q storm or big head
wind that they use steam. In this way the
youngsters learn all about going aloft; all
about reefinR sails; all about bending sail;
and spar drill No boy is ever allowed to
go aloft the first time unless petty officer
is with him. It's just the same here as it
is in anything. Some boys learn 1t right
off: some never learn.
But there are some things they must
learn. There's the watch systematic first,
second and third watches. The first watch
is from noon till pm, the second from
4 till p.m., the third from @ till 8 PM
Then there's the dog watch from till 8
pm Then comes the first watch at night
from I'D to midnight and the second
from midnight to am; then the third
from am. I'D to 8, when the first watch
! mentioned begins again. Seven bells is
breakfast; eight bells Is breakfast for the
relief watch Nine-thirty o'clock is quar-
consists in handling small arms, single
stick and sword exercise; great guns;
three-inch rifles for landing purposes
Eight bells at noon is dinner. Then come
instructions from 2:45 TIL $3.50 pm. Two
bells at 5 D. m. is supper. After supper it's
scrub and wash down decks. That catches
the landsman first pretty hard, but he soon
comes to 1T. Seven bells at night means
swing hammocks. AT eight bells watches
relieve watches and all others turn in.
After a cruise of six months the lands
men. or seamen. are transferred to receiv-
ing ships and thence to battle ships. unless
there should be occasion to transfer to the
battle ships immediately.