The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-05-31

at O'Clock in the morning A hammock
is comfortable, cosy affair to sleep in
at 5 o'clock on a LEAK, chill morning
But when the wind ia mmar's" notes die
| away, blasts on his pipe, followed by the
roar. tAll hands IN deck!" From the
time "all hands" #::s sounded, the men are
| allowed six minutes to scram ole out Of
their hammocks, dress themselves. lash
their ham.Eocks and stow them away ii
the hammock nettings. The .nan who
legs and Is tea seconds behind schedule
time this performance is spotted by the
chief Observation-Disclosures he does no,
go ashore on liberty with his shipmates
for while. \ Il 81 ss IS 49,
The hammocks slowed, the officer OF
the deck Tin his bare feet, generally, like
the men forward, and therefore not quite
so gallant ard dignified looking as he APP
pears, when you go aboard on your visit
aods to the watchful bo'sun's mate, and
the word, Wash down, = Is passed on.
Then The pumps below begin to thuInp,5
and for solid hour, green seas" pour
over the decks. The scrubbing, mauling
of gear bling of anything and every
thing cuhable, ara pre- digious. Every
MAI. has a cleaning station, and it is
his business to get that station as clean
as washed wool: If he does, not get 1t
clean, he is sent to 1.-The mast" when his
slouchiness is corrected by the inspecting
officer. Every Granny and corner OF a
uldn-O war Is IuIlDeISu,-- g. lOI cled1lIES
purposes, from the to- gallant fo'c'sle tc
the after engine room, and every man-o'-
vars man has a, number to correspond
to his cleaning station. While the men
on deck ARE whitening the decks and
securing the guns and uncoiling and re-
stowil 6 loose gear, the black gang below
ere polishing up their intricate machinery
stations, cleaning fire and boiler rooms
and washing gu. bilges. At Z o'clock the
90 suns mate gets another nod from the
officer of the deck; then he gives his pipe
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
Doys) kull down the swinging tables, and
the pann4kin-serv ii meals are on the ia
lies 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 "'-<.~ ~ a..
The average man-o'-war man regards
his breakfast as only foundation for
smoke-the best smoke of the day. On
American men-o,-war there is an open
lantern, called the Smoking lamp
hanging, as a rule, at the break of the :.
fo'c'sle The corporal of the marine
guard lights and extinguishes this lamp,
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 and edresing up for quarters
within the space, Of an hour. "Quarters,'',
which is the first roll call Of the day
on a war ship, is sounded in the United
States navy at $3.50 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. ~ -. A. H.. -.
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
at the cabin door. In port there are al
ways men reported "absent ashore with
out leave''-"iberty Breakers these men
(who suffer for it upon their .return) are
called. The man who is aboard the ship
and misses quarters is hailed to the stick
by the chief master alarms, and the
derelict is in luck if he does not get a
dose Of extra duty for his remissness.
Immediately upon the dismissal of ny.
=
glers in unison sound drill CALI There
is a round of drills to fit all hands, in all
the ships, departments, for every day. in
the week. Often several different drills
are in progress on the same deck. All OF
the men join in the settirg-up exercise
calisthenics of a sort by no means adapt
ed to kindergartens. Most of the men
come in for single-stick drlll-a rather
antiquated drill this. when 1T is considered
how remote the probability is OF modern
1nen-c'war getting suff GENTLY close to-
gether for cutlasS to be of use. All hands
also have 20 master the use Of the rifle
When a nan-o'-war is tied UP at a navy
yard every ONE gets 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 specifed-drills with
the great guns: knotting and splicing,
" hich means q mastery of all knots used
ON shiDboard; exercise with scientific IN
struments; "arm and away a hurry at
fair, requiring extreme alertness in man
ming the boats; ''relelling boardecs,' an
ether Anticipated but exceedingly athletic
drill; abandon shin" when ali hands
hastily provision the boats and sheer off
in them, often in midocean, when the sea
is smooth: collision quarters" a light
ning-like closing of the doors of he wa
zter-tight compartments; Sire quarters"
hustling bit Of hose-stretching work;
target practice, with rifles and revolyers,
and drills a-plenty, besides, too tech
nical to be referred 20 here.
The drills of the morning ordinarily last
for an hour and a half, or until 10 o'clock,
when the men are dismissed to indulge in
another smoke After half an hours
smoking, Turn to- is sounded, and the
men put finishing touches to their clean
ing work of the morning. Knock OFF,
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.
The chief master-at-arms at the main
mast serves out beer for which the men
pay the bumboatmen.)
/: At 4. 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 find work for the bluejackets.
There is always a paymaster's store room
TO be broken OUT and restowed; always
a magazine that needs Ovehaullng;, 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
Iscrubbed to a dazzling whiteness-in brief,
THE boz suns mate of modern man o'-war
lis never at 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 81
When the men nnally Knock OH az
II or 5 o'clock. the only remaining duty
i, the call to evening" quarters about,
The mess-gear for~ supper is
lpiped. and when the meal is over all
hands shift into the slouchiest clothes
they posses In their dirty bags and set
tile down for an evening Of comfort. The
studious go to the library. but the liz
ibrary is never overcroWdedh with men.
There is always too much going on on
,fhe deck to make reading or letter-Writ-