The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-07-06
CURIOUS NAVAL PUNsHMENTs.
SAILING Tub of Water With a Spoon
Laughing for Hour and a Half.

Naval officers do not ALWAYS mete
out to the men the punishments laid
Gown IN the Kings regulations. They
frequently adopt punishments of their
c"n invention which prove most Ell
IectlVe in preventing the recurrence OF
ollenses. These punishments are
oIten OF very curious and even ludi-
crous nature.
II Is an everyday occurrence to see
haLf a dozen sailors lined up on deck
facing the paint work, their hammocks
on their shoulders and their faces pre-
sentlng a most woeful picture. For
lhls punishment is not so trivial as
II appears, says London Tit-Bits. The
hammock is not very heavy, it is true,
put alter an hour or so it drags Oh
ones shoulder like lead. Besides 1t
Is lar from pleasant to stare tlxedly
at square foot OF gray painted wood
work for sixty minutes at a stretch.
Jack would much prefer to do few
Gays Ten A or 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 spittoons are placed at Intervals
eloLg the deck for the use of the sail
Crs, and woe betide the tar who lg-
nores ne presence OF these tubs ana
eAPectoratss about the spotlesS deck.
On many vessels a wide belt is kept,
and this the man who departs from the
regulations is compelled to wear upon
ms person, and is thus subjected TO
the ridicule OF his shipmates. lie Is
given an opportunity OF retrieving ms
character, however. He is permitted
to walk the deck with the other men,
and should he spot a sailor commlr
ting like otlense he at once presents
Kim with the hated belt and the new
victim has TO undergo similar ordeal.
Some officers auopt more dras.lc
measures. II Jack is detected eXpec-
toratnig anyWher9 but in the recep,u-
cles provided d spiJ-kit' is strapped
to his chest and any man who cares
&c DO SO may make use OF this curious
Walking epJacle. As may be sup
posed, this Illuminating punishment el-
/ teetiyely prevents the man from w.
latiug the regulations.
ere civilian given two large
wooden BUCKETS. one empty and the
other full ot water, and told to bale
the liquid from the full tub into the
empty vessel with small spoon, he
would consider the order to be that Of
a mailman, or a revival ct ancient
fairy lore. Yet this punishment has
On several occasions been meted out
to refractory sea dogs" Nothing IS
more amusing than to see a weather.
beaten sailor carefully baling out
spoonful after spoonful of water, and
as carefully degositing the fluid in
a large bucket at his side.
A punishment frequently employed
is that OF setting the defaultsr to
walk slowly backward and forward
along the deck, nursing in his arms
6-inch projectiIe (weighing a little
over 100 pounds. After a quarter Of
an hour or 50 OF this beneficial "eXel-
else the unhappy victim is glad TO
drop the load and rub his aching limbs
/ At the sane time he probably MAJ. s
a solemn mental resolve never to re-
peat the olfense Ior which he has been
awarded this dire penance.
An old naval captain-one of the
old, old school-was at one time sadly
addicted to stammering. lie could
not utter a simple sentence without a
great amount OF spluttering and hesl-
| tation. This was one day too much
for an intrepid sailor, who was re-
! ceiying an order from the captain in
that officials usual hating manner,
and he unfortunately burst into an I'M
comfortable fit of laughter. Capt
- was a disciple of the homeopathic
! system. Making Jack stand upon the
fore bridge, in full view of the en-
tire ships crew, the officer command
ed his victim to laugh continuously
for an hour and half. This he was
compelled to do, though the pitiful
expression OF his weatherbeaten, sun
burnt visage denoted anything but q
happy and contanted frame of mind.
Whistling in forbidden paits Vi
the ship has often been punished in a
sin lar manner The offender mas
been obliged to whistle his loudest,
under the eagle eye of the commander,
until poor Jacks lips have become so
parched and cracked that he could not
! produce another note
Spontaneous Combustion.
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