The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-20

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from the November issue Of The
STAR of The East, paper published
IN board the United States cruiser
Raleigh, ono Of the vessels nov wsth
the Asiatse squadron
In consequence OF recent events,
the American public has beon led 70
look upon our Navy AZ an important
factor In the maintaining of Ameri-
can interest, and also as our most
important means of attack and de-
fence
Still. am inclined To thlnk that
many of our people AZ home, in our
inland cities, far from the seacoast
have little or no perception OF what a
sailors life is Ike. or OF what IL con
sfsss. beyond seeing foreign ports.
and generally enjoying himself
II by short description Of an
average sailors daily life | can in
any way Increase the already grow
ing Interest in the Naval service.
shall have accomplished something
Let us go aboard any OF America 8
ftrss class fighting ships. on any sta
non, the routine will, In the main.
he similar.
We VIII suppose ii is about $50
A. NJ on summer morning: down
ON The berth deck silence reigns su-
preme. disturbed only by an occas-
sional snore. Here we will find men
asleep In their hammocks. slung from
teams, IN fore and aft direction
each hammock touching his neigh
Dor, space being limited A ham
mock, 10 the animated, looks ex-
cSeulnely hard 10 get into and very
uncomfortable, but ii is by no means
SO, and II is both warm and com
portable. II is now 4 AS A NJ and
the quartermaster calls the boats
vain mate, as well as the master
alarms. who are the ships police
fhey lash their hammGcks and stand
ey. waiting for the revile to be
sounded on the bugle at $500 A. NJ.
when the boatswain's Mate pipes "all
hands. up all hammocks." The
master-at-arms then goes around and
calls the "laggards Then all be-
comes hustle and confusion, and for a
few minutes chaos reisns supreme.
men tumbling out of their hammocks
getting into their clothes. flashing
their hammocks and slowing them in
the MEETINGS or rooms provided for
them.
Then the messmen open their mess
lockers. and each man who so de
sires goes and gets a cup. which he
takes up to the galley" or kitchen,
where a steaming boiler of hot coffee
awaits him.
Half an hour is provided for morn
ing coffee and a smoke" At $50
the boatswain's mate pipes ''turn-to:'
no more smoking is allowed after
this, each man repairs to the part of
the ship where he belongs and begins
TO scrub the decks, washing his
clothes, etc. which occupies his time
until $50, when the decks are dried
down, brooms and materials are
slowed away, the captain of the
hold as the seaman is called. who is
IN charge of the fresh water tanks.
opens up and serves out half bucket
of water to each man, and the morn
ing additions begin.
At 7;15 the bugler blows ines.
gear" or the prepa ratory call 70,
breakfast, the messmen take down
their tables and provide them with
dishes; they then proceed TO the gal
ley tkitchenl where the chief cook
is serving out rations; several good
varieties of food are issued such as.
mush and milk, boiled eggs ana ba-
cons bread. butter and coffee. In
thefmean time the ships bUmboat.
w/h is shore boat belonging TO
me merchant, is let come on board
dHhd Jack can buy any dencacies he
sees fit
AT $50 the boatswain's mate
pipes breakfast when everyone
takes his seat at the table. After
breakfast, Jack can again fiji his
pipe and have a smoke The uniform
of the day is announced, deciding
whether You viii wear white OF blue
clothes according to the climatic
conditions
At 7:55 the bugler blows first
call for colors, which assemblies the
band, and al 500 the flag is hoIsted.
The band plays the National Air and
everyone who is out on any Of the