Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-18
some "PUNISHnaENTS
Melted TO "JACNES"
Ealing Tub Of Water With .
Spoon One Of the Fore
most.
OTHERS
For Instance. Walking Back and Forth
on Deck Carrying in His Arms a
One-Hundred-P Pound
Prejectiic..
From Tit-Rits.

From Tit-Hits.
Naval officers do not alWays mete out
10 thu naea the puuishmcnts laid down
in Lie kings regulations. They fire.
Quently ADOPT puNishments of their
own Invention which prove most ef-
tective in preventing the recurrence OF
,ffcnses. THESE Establishments are of
ten of a very curious and ludicrous
nature.
1t is an every day occurrence to see
half a dozen sailors lined up on deck
facing the paint work. thsir hammocks
on their shoulders and tileir faces pre-
Senting a most Mocfuf picture. For this
punishment is not so TRIVIAL as it APP
bears. The hammock Is not very heavy,
it is true, but after an hour or so it
drags on ones shoulder like lead. Be
sides. it is far from pleasant to stare
liNedly at a sqtIare foot of gray paint
cd woodwork for sixty minutes at a
stretch. Jack would much prefer to
do a fey days. Ten A" OF, to have his
leave ".jambed.'
Splitting upon the deck of a man-o'-
war is strictly prohibited. AS soon as
the bugler has sounded the stand
Easy s%pittoonS are placed at intervals
along the deck for the use of the SAIL
ors. and woe betide the tar who ig-
nores the presence of these tubs and
eXpectorates about the spotless deck.
on many vessels a wide belt is kept.
and this the man who departs from
the regulations is ccmue.led to wear
upon his person, and is thus subjected
to the .ridicule of his shiprnates. He is
given an opportunity of retrieving his
character. however. He is permitted
to walk the deck with the other men,
and should he spot a sailor commit.
ting a like effense he at once presents.
him with the hated belt. and the new
victim has to undergo 4 similar or
deal.
Some officers. adopt more drastic.
+, Tf vnnl * 1afaofn1 v,nAo
torating anywhere but in the recepta-i
Giles provided, a spit kid" is, strapped
to his chest, and any man who cares
to do so may make use of this curious
walking receptacle. AS may be sup
posed. this .humiliating punishment eff
fectively prevents the men from vio-
lating he regulations.
An Amusing. Sight.
Were a7civilian given two large.
wooden; buckets. one empty n the
the liquid from the. full tub into the
empty vessel with a small spoon. he
would consider the: order to .be that
of a mailman or a. revival of ancient,
fairy lore. Yet this punishment has
on several occasions been me- ted out to
refractory sea. dogs" Nothing is
more amusing than TO see a:%Meather-,
beaten sailor carefully. baling out
spoonful after spoonful of water and
as carefully depositing the fluid in a
large bucket at MS SluN.
a punishment f1eauently. employed
is hat of setting the dcfaulter to walk
slowly backward and Onward. along
the deck. nursing in his arms a six
inch proicetile (~wcighing little over
100 pounds). After.,a. quarter of an
hour or so of thfs beneficial >"exercise
the unhappy victim is .gladito; drop The
load and rub his aching limbs. At the
same TIME he proBalJy> makes d solemn
mental resolve meyer to .repeat' the Of
Tense for which he has been awarded
this dire penance. .-,.
An old naval captaln-one OF. the old.
old school-was at sone'time: sadly adj
dicted to sta1nmering. He could not
utter a simple sentence without a
great amount of .spiuttering and hesi-
taticn. This was'ore day too much for
an intrepid sailor who. was receiving
an order from the captain in that Of
fcials usual halting.. manner and he
unfortunately. burst into an uncentrol-
liable fit of laughter Tkis' rash laugh
was bitterly repented. Captain -
tenn. Making Jack stand upon the fore
bridge in full view of the entire ships
crew, the officer Commanded his VIC
tim to laugh continuously for an hour
and a half. This he was compelled to
do, though. the .pitiful. expression Of
his weatherbeaten, s%unburnt vfsage de-
noted anything but a happy and con
tented frame of mind.
Whistling in forbidden parts of the
ship has often been. punished in Il sim
liar manner. The offender has been
! eagle eye of the commander until poor
/ Jacks lips have .beedme'so parehed and
cracked. that he. could not produce an
other note. q ~