The Republican journal., 1906-02-15
TIE VOLUNTEER NAVY.
Repairing the Maintopsail Putting the
Ship in Stays. Recommended Tor FRO
motion. On he Texas Blockade NAT
agorda and Corpus Christi

pmv last we were approaching the
Bahama Banks. The weather was
most beautiful. The winds were light
and variable. We set about repairing
the damage sustained in our little brush
with wind and wave in the gulf stream.
Among other damage we had split the
naintopsail and it was necessary to IN
bend it and bend new one, and also to
repair the old one before slowing 1t
away. AS the weather was fine we had
spread the sail out Oh deck and the
sailmaker was making the repairs. In
sailing ships in the old navy there was
a petty officer whose rating was sail
maker, and who ranked with carPeh-
ter's mate and other petty officers OF
that class. To make myself under
stood | shall have to digress for a mo-
ment to show the difference between
the three masters mates. MI. Llddeh
WAS a man about 30 years old, little
foppish, red-headed pug-nosed English
man. WHO claimed to be Sd cousin to
Lord Somebody from Nowhere Han,
Nowhere. and to have sailed as
a midshipman i'll one of the ships be-
longing to the British East India
Company He certainly was Sample
of immaculate neatn IS, gooo schoiar,
= good navigator. and could handle ship
,,11 uahaf eIh,Iy horror of A
'ois "e'+, ., rr+,,;,,,,
bucket OF tar, anu -eholGu nit
that smacheo Oh manual lao,i' w ~ 1n l,
BoWles was OF "ealths paleiIass " Ia Ia
lad ne mad run ava! llo III 'lH Is t aux,
shipped IN tie navy DIS on 'i"Sn Ivy
ana had thlee years eiuloe' W. ms IL,
return MS peopie' WY VIZ ~ ~
fiuentlal, trleu 10 eet hlhi auin.l' ~ ~
the Naval Acduenly a. Aiiiio poiio. rs
uncleS were the oolts, VINO nldlluiao
tured the Cot reVoiFer. bul NC "as ull
able to pass the examination, allu tllGy
got him appointed W ttiis oiiiSe; ~
was - years OF age, rather ueilcale
fellow, with not the leasI conceptloll "
what constltuted la'dl ohlcel' eASete
to keep hlmSell LOOKING hdtty "no ~
avoid all Work, looking upon ~ ao a uie-
grace to be seen by the men ~ pu. H.s
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