Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-08
WISE OLD ATTlKAL
HOW AMERICAN SAILOR EISCOM.
FITTED ENGLiSHMAN.
Disposed Of His Greg, But Not in the
Manner Usually Considered Proper
Incident That Shows His Sterling
Sense Of Honesty.

AT o;,c of t42 re@T,ar Saturday -
meetings Of youEG Mr., Roch efal,.r
bible class recently Col. tnurcn tuiu d
story about hli.,Gf old Admiral Greg
orE which made the Bible class laugh
admiral Gregg ry--Capt. Gregory
he was 1hea---uas III Portsmouth,
England, in command Of .rigate, .
said Col. Church and he was the re
cipient OF many hospitebie attentions
That was back in the days wher
naval hospitality meant grog, and the
host and guest drank leaths till ons.
Or both were under tile table.
There was at Pert mouth in coU.
mand of the Elgin fea seasoned ole
1ea-dog in the matter 4 alcoholic bev.
orages, ard he soon invital Gregory to
dine with him, tipping t}e Wink to his
.iiicers that he was Ji0s to fill that
Yankee naval officer . full OF groa
that he wouldn't know captain from
Delaying pif!
Gregory was q teler&bly we'll sea.
soned vessel hiniself: o ne took to
strategy. His troub!a, began when
he Englishman called n his officers
''ae by one and introG iced them to
Gregory, this. Of course. meaning al
extra drinking Wit!1 eac, as the ofic
-rs were brought in.
TN those days TIE nal officers
sore stocks coming ga up under
'aair chins under i,htlg buttoned
;oats. GREGORY WAS iGit enough te
empty about 80 per cent Of the drin ks
hat came his way into lie space be
ween his stock and lis; calm. The
consequence was tllat the more he
aeemed to drink the aoserer he got
bile the Englishnaa at lasf landed
lnder his own table THEN Gregory
:enj on deck, talked 4it1 he officers
oolled over the STRIP eaa fcally went
.'er the side into his Gig and away tc
ais own ship.
Wasn't he drut.k ,sskad the Eng
l5shman when he inquired about his
saest the next morning
',Drunls? Not a bit ef it, sir," an
ss'tred the officers. 1,e was sober
| IS a Judge. But there MS one thing
never saw q man sweat . in NY life
SlsY the front OF his coat VII W
trough
OF all tn OLD type of ARR, ca1
naval officers there is none about
Nhom more stories are tala ~ ehe old
imers than about AGa;.-., Francis
10y; Gregory. He was II years old
when he ded, here in New York i'll
1866, and ais service IN the United
states navy went away ack before
the war of 1912.
In the civil war he was appointed
20 supe;,ihtend the construction of
ironclads, with headquarters at ,he
!arookyn Navy Yard. Boodling II
government contracts ran Wild and
one OF the first things he received
after he took charge was a polite let.
ter from one OF the big iron firms
which had been doing a good deal OF
business with the government, inc1os.
ing check made out to Gregory peg-
sonally for the sum 81 $4,000.
The old warrior, bristline with
wrath expressed himself ia chosen
sea language about the '!mpHdence OF
the damned scOundrels - Then he sat
down and wrote letter 10 this eft,
feet:
Yours inclosing check made oul
to me personally for the sum of $10,-
900 is st hand. AS | can conceive OF
no other reason for your sending
money to me, assume it is contri,
button to the conscience fund, and
have so disposed of it,
And that is precisely what he did
sent it to Washington to be credited
to the account Of those who had in
one way and another swindlcd the gov
ernment and aftcrWard made rastitu
ion.-New York Sun.