The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-22
on
THE BIG FLEET
TWENTY-FIVE THoUsAMn MEM
WILL cELEsRATE AN. M
TRiNApAp.
THE SAILORS REPASI
u Seldom Inserior 70 Christmas Dir.
ner of ofIcers- Minstrel SHOW
Generally Concludes ceie.
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i New York, Dee. 21--rw4nty.fiy
thousand men Of the American navy
|will spend their Christmas aboard tl4l
Iereat battIeshlp feet Ia the.hasbcr 10
i Trinidad, where the ships are schal
|nled to arrive D6cernbef 1k The hoi
tiday will Be aTstfikink contrast n
Ithe old.fashiphcd Christna6s 'fn Huh
iland of the free but II Win BE- Il merry
|Christtnas nevertheless. IN
I'll there Is any class of AnerfEAn
Icitizens who have particularly deep
Hove for the American Christmas 8u}l
IAN that II sytbolixes. II Ii the officers
and sailors cf Uncle Sans rnen-of,
lwar Probably this enthusiasm for
the joyous holiday Is due IN d great
lneasure to the fact that the sea
lfaring man, no matter what HIS sta
tion. has an infinite amount OF sentis
lment in his makeup 1t an comes
out at the happy ynletide season.
when the wearera of the gold bfaid,
bis weIl as biuejackets, become little
boys grown tall ID the ardcr cf their
preparations for a rousinE relobra
| tfon N
Il, raa,,fv fshr,st,,,as II Tx. ,.svx ~.
c,n. ~ ra,,,, n, r,ss.s,,.t.T VI VI,
III q r,,sa ii, worL at,,,s s.a .haf ,,ssn
and the hum of preparation is heard
from the fo'cas'le To the quarter deck.
| The galley as the SLIPS kitchast n
alleJ q j cantra - .c.tysIv and
- / sna.,ial csnrs,a.l,.,, cyra,,ts.s b,:t
orca ,,ar rcrsx d |. 81, NJ, r,,,.f II,
kse,, thsir gfi,,e, roinr aN MINI MN
lrblss IL 4 yirtrial ,,ecesslfv ~ fav IN VI II
lAsid pies nisist NJ baked ny thu M!kniss
sale. These 1psstsl sos
iIisut faatnfea of t1e lli
rlstIi1ae treat and only q c0t h
ms bean thrnngh the mill can sAppf<
Ictate tnf sen0rmitv 0f the AppftttxN Ml
q crew Of 500 or 600 husky sailor
lads. Mi
Christmas. morning on q wafyhlp a
very much like Sunday III thai III
the usual routine Of the ship is omit
N~%sr >Nt - . n NAA~ ~ sAtSVfk - tSpf4A -
service Is held on each ship ON which
there is a chaplain. Al noon occurs
what Is. In the eyes Of the blue
Jackets the most interesting event Of
the day. This Is the Christmsa din
ner Before the men take their places
the captain, accompanied by his chief
Fofficers. accepts an invitation from
the crew to visit their mess. He views
the decorations. partakes OF enough OF
the goodies" to make him. In man =
instances, for the mome-t to epyv.-
|subordinates. and Ssss
greeting of the s.s,, witt a., IL.
lwho stand b9t,nJ h,r,, g., "a.
|frolic."
The-ho,o,., J., r,,.h 80 - .
S.,, Jou,, !, .,,.,s ,.,,. -.
ren.xt wb,ch is ,.s.r ssxr..i - ,s..,u
oft;cor. r,rxa,. - ,.s.,.,.,s az.
w,rI,,s h.ras ,ahor ,o- -, ,.,ss..
mako tho d,rnar s,cc.ss .na -
moro ,ha, IN. sneh occ.sso,, 49, !.
listed mon have taraa ho,.ar 49, ~
hearers ~ co,nr,,s.,nn.
Genera, ,,hor,, ,s &c. q, a.,
Of a pava, yassa, -, s-hr,.,, .s,
n,on Tho sh,n ,s ,n soro,rn ss,s-s
Tho b.,f os tho 'I.y g. aanorsu,, ~s..as
over ~ carn,ya, =, snor,s ~.
racing 10 com.,on a,a nov,,r -,
fencing .,a wres,,;nr ,,os,. .
,.l,v fao,,ro. ,ore,, ,..s.s
-acos ,br.o -,a,-,1 -, s..,
hat ,nyo,ve ou,cL uor, 50 n,,r- go.
md return,,v 10 ,ha a..r
Tbo or,cors =, -, -, -
hc,r chr,s,r,.s ,r,nror :. ar .,
= tho sb,,, a. =, a. s,,r.,., 1880. a.
law has nroh,h,v h..,, : ..,ha~ -
ons sor ,h. .,.a.. ..,e
han for the n.,.r.,,v ,,.s, ss.-.,
acr,o .ns ,l. ~ s'a