The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-11-09

GricNunCcS--lhc difference Between
II "LnS Down" aud n MutinE.
American Mpu.o,War'> ucu don't mu'
tins these days. They know tAr pun.
.~nmrut tina, would be- melted ont fot
i.It sore OF tlW-, uad their average Of
iA... .pu.r and Of esprit de- corps l.
uuWtr,y Aighrr {. . ,uat Of th} crews
of the old luur tr.-atcS who really Gtu
muuuv much u.s. j. talked about lA>
g,urivs ot tn old navy ~ the ancient
r,ot feet Of the woodpu navy, su.. IL
tire service. \ genuine muuay Oh
board amy Kind Of ship j. Il good deal
hike what General SArrWau termed
war; Tie entire British navy In every
part of tire world upon prcroNccrtrd
and PASSED around word one" muuA.ed
81, was III tlo latter part Of the c!-Nt'
pvu,A century lat q certain hour There
were du.ua, them and at,cyWArd. IN"
dou-> uttrVaw arranged matters 80
Tina. there has never been Il GruNiN"
uutiny on board one British mau.o''
War since The yaydarmS were hu'y
stuulu- tire strain Of the swung men
for iuu- months after that mutiuy, ana
II was q sanitary lesson for naval mari
hers the world over
Hut d1>coutoutod mouof.wars mon
IN the American navy, suffering under
what they deem inpo> ton or a with
holdiu. Of their ri-lItS can, and some
tinrs d.. make ii mighty unpleasant
ON board their ship for the commander
thereof and for the officers directly con.
ccrurd with their grievances.
such acts - hrayin- missiles at dis
liked officers are hot done . the navy
today. bat the huciacketS have little
methods Of their own Of getting back
At severe or impeyous officers, Lay
ing down" j. one If their schemes, and
il j. an ctiicaciuus method, Tie men
Of a ships company cannot be punish
I'll Ia a bunch for hot coming w To
set standard in tie performance Of
work, ana they know how 10 take adj
vantage of that knowledge. The
amount If work that disatfccted
ships company can't DO in given
space Of time Is something immense.
IN the matter Of coa!ns ship, for eN'
ample. they can either make life mis-
cradle for the commanding officer, II
he Is the man they have IL In for, by
loaiing on their job through all the
watches and dragging the dirty ana
unpleasant couliug task through an IN
t,rminallc length Of time. or they can
punish any watch officer for whom they
have ~ II in 10y showing hin up"
III tire latter case they calmly walt
till ,ln watch officer who has Incurred
their disploasuYr takes the d,-'k AMI
a>~uurs direct command Of the work
Of couliug. and then tAey proceed 70
give am exhibition Of how frautically
a ships company Of naval sailor men
can work without doing anything
They shovel away fur,3usly, but some
how or another very little coal seems
- trl IS way over the ships side and
Into H." huukrr>. The hluriacke's IN
III" r'aI lighters PAM and persprc un'
der tie strain If labor that looks quite
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