The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-27
SON REBUKEs FATHER.

Instance of the Power of Navy Eti- |. ouette Nowadays. ze. It has been said of the American navy that the officers are more exacting in the observance. of etiquette and. the proper courtess;es than those of other navies and that the minute distinctions of puntiliousness are more marked among the officers of the navy than among the officers of the army. How ever true this may be, it is not to be denied that officers of the military and naval service are apt to be more scru- pulous and exacting in etiquette than are civilians. and there have been some humorous incidents related of this practice of naval officers. <s.ssr,5
 It would seem perhaps that the small CT the vessel of the navy of half centu- ry ago the more emphatic or exacting the officers in command in what they considered was due to their rank and station. An incident of this character, related by one of the older officers a couple of evenings ago ''at the club was that during the Mexican war the fleet in front Of Vera Cruz was joined by several gunboats of the most diminu- tive type-imnroved affairs.
 An officer of one of the larger vessels had occasion to visit one of the little fellows in his official capacity, and ranging up alongside in his barge E (which, by the way, was nearly as large as the vessel he was officially visiting,) he stepped over the port quarter, when the lieutenant ill coin- nland, in tone of offended dignity, in- formed the visitors. who was his super ior by two grades, that his, vessel had a gangway on the starboard side, and that it was not only proper, but that the navy regulations prescribed. that ofii- cers of and above 8 certain rank should board by that gangWay. ..
 The young officer added that while his vessel might not be much bigger than the visitors barge, so long as it was in commission and he was in com mand he did not propose to have any of the usual rules of etiquette disre- garded. The visitor fully comprehend- ed the intent of the rebuke, and he at once returned to his barge and went around to the starboard gangway and was received by the piping of the boat swain's mate"
 It happened that the same lieutenant was subsequently, rebuked by his own son, soon after the latter received his first commission. The son was on duty at the New York navy yard, and father was in command of a vessel that had just been put into commission, and he was anxious to get his provisions and stores on board that he might get away on his cruise. Going through the navy yard to call on the conmandant of the station the captain saw his son in uni. form, walking toward his head quarters in the storehouse, and he shouted "Henry!' two or three times, without getting any response. Finally the son getting any response. Finally the son turned about and said in a dignified tone: Are you addressing me. sir?'' s "Yes," replied the father; "I sent in a reuuisition for my stores, and I wish you would hurry it through, so that I can have the things delivered as promptly as possible, for I anxious to get to sea-"
 Every we'll" replied the young officer, q will look into the matter; but please bear in mind when I am on duty I am to be addressed as Mister or by my military title; when am at home or at some official affair I am Henry, or any, thing you-please.
 That the father recognized the propriety of the rebuke to his son was shown by his often telling the story afterward, at his own expense. Henry or anything you---please'' is still alive, and is yet in the navy.-New York Tribune. .- ,~,