The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-21
FIVE SHIFTS in aARB A DAY.

Conformity to RankinE oHcer's Drsss |
Kept 1000 Navy Men Busy.
Four thousand officers and bluejack-
cts. constituting the crews Of ave first
class battleships and one gunboat, |
now in the New York naTyyard, |
changed their uniforms simultaneous
ly i've times Sunday, says the New
changing Of dress was due to the reg
ulation which requires that each on
Ger and man must at all times wear
uniform to conform with that worn
by the commanding or senior officer Of
the feet or squadron.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, the
commanderin-chief Of the North At
lant1c fleet. ave Of whose battleShtps
are at the navy-yard, is, Of course, the
ranking officer Of the yard. He is
away on leave Of absence. Next to
him comes Rear Admiral COghlan, the
commandant Of the yard. After him
comes Rear Admiral Davis, command
ing the second division Of the battle
ship squadron. However, it was said,
absences Of commanding officers were
frequent, and thiO made the ranking
a sood deal of a puzzle to anybody
but navy man.
At any rate, the officers and men Of
the Kearsarge, Kentucky, Alabama,
Maine and Missouri and the second
class gunboat Dubuque had to make
some lightning changes Of dress. The
changes began at reveille, when a
signal from the Alabama showed that
the commanding officer was going to
breakfast dressed In blue.
This information was quickly wig
wagged to all the ships and when the
men lined up for mess each Of them
was clad In the blue uniform Of the
service. After breakfast the meT
lounged about decks or strOlled arounC
the yard. About 10 o'clock another
signal was wigwagged from the nag
ship. The signal was to the effec
that the ranking officer was wearing
white cap. Ten minutes later al
the officers and nearly $500 men hat
discarded their caps Of blue and hat
reappeared in caps made Of pur
white duck.
> The next change was at the lunc]
4 hour. Hardly had that meal ende'
when there was some more w1gwag
3 gtng between the ships. The CON
1 1uanding ofacer was in the full I'm
r form Of white duck. Half an hou
. later the officers still ON ships an
4 every bluejacket on ship or In tn
r yard had returned from hurried vis1
Q to his quarters, where he had change
t the blue for the white duck.
n SIX bells sounded When the jingl
Q died away the ranking officer wore b.
q cap Of blue. So did everybody else
n little later.
n Just before the dinner call anotht
. signal appeared. "Of with the whit
l. and on with the blue" is a liter'
, translation Of what the man with tt
Il signal flags said. 1t was nearly SUI
l. down, but the interval between si
IL nal and mess call was sufficient fl
II another rapid change Of garb al
1t when the 'last call for dinner" SCUM
J. ed the decks Of every battleship al
s. the little gunboat showed formation
q, of smart seamen, every one Of who
ID was clad in the full blue uniform
the United States service.
y 81 believe we hold the record
10 shooting, but l know we hold it VIII
B. changing clothes 10 under discussion
ID remarked an officer as he dart
y around a twelve-inch turret on
o way to his quarters to change
"a white duck for blue uniform.
DO