The Washington herald., 1908-02-04

Seal OF the LOUISIANA.
cial notice of what was going on, and this
order was published 20 the ship:
L. S. S. Louisiana.
At Sea, Lat. 1-3O N, Long. 1910 ".
January 8, 1905.
Order.
!. Official notification has been received
that his majesty, Neptunus Rex, viii visit
this ship in state at a. m. on the 9th
day of January 1905
o. His majesty will be received with
due ceremony At the time appointed. At
S.45 a. m the divisions will be called To
quarters. after which "all hands VIII De
called 90 muster" 10 receive his majesty
IN q manner befttiug his high rank The
boatswaiH and eight boys viii attend the
side. When his majesty reaches the quar-
terdeck the officers and crew viii salute,
the band viii play a march, and the royal
standard Of Neptune win be hoisted at
the main
9. After the official reception the royal
ceremonies of initiation VIII begin.
T. All ceremonies will be conducted I'm
an orderly manner, in keeping with the
time-hOnored traditions OF the naval
service
f W. EBERLE,
Lieut.. Commander. T. 5 Navy,
Executive Officer.
Approved.
IL. WAINWRIGHT,
Captain. T.. &. Navy,
Commanding.
CaH Of Neptune's Secretary
OF the 96)-odd persons on the Louisiana
only about 100 had ever crossed the line,
The proportion was about the same on
all the other ships Of the feet SO 1t is
a fair estimate that 1850 men were
awaiting the arrival of Neptune.
The next morning everybody was ur
bright and early Word was sent through
out the ship to wear no arms at quarters
Every man put on his cleanest uniform
Quarters was sounded and the men as
sembled at their usual stations, The Off
. GERS emerged one by one from the super
structure and reported TO the executive
officer that their divisions were an
present or accounted for. Then came the
bugle sound for general muster on the
quarterback Al hands were marched
aft and the officers took their proper sta
tions with "a large space vacant about the
captain and a passaEeWay from the
gupeTstruCt-re. Miss sally Aun the
Trinidad monkey. was allowed 10 come
along TO see the FUN. She perched on one
of the Finch guns and dirted her tail
about like an angry cat a wait of sew
eral minutes followed after Mr. Eberle
had gone forward 10 receive Neptune
THIS was due it was reported afterWard
unomcialIy, 10 getting Amplitude, Nep-
tunes wife, up the gangways with all her
tOggery in good condition. Not being
used 90 skirts, il was quite a job. At the
entrance TO the deck eight side boys and
the boatswain's mates were stationed
BuGIes Announce Approach.
Suddenly a great blast from the bugIes
announced the approach. Then the shriIl
boatswains' whistles smote the ears and
Sally Ann set up an awful screechinE-
The word salute" rang out and every
man stood at attention while Neptune
and his wife preceded by two pages step
ped on the quarterback. AT that moment
a monster red flag, eighteen feet boy
twelve, with white sea serpent on Il
that would have made any Chinese dragon
run 90 cover, was raised 10 the main, the
band struck up Neptune's march, and
his majesty and cOnsort and their court
Of ffty-twO persons in stately step tT0d
the deck 10 greet Capt Wainright
The Members of the Court,
Capt. Wainwright bowed profoundly and
the irreverent in the crew set up a howl
of laughter as they saw the makeup of
Neptune and his party. Neptune and
Amphitrite and the two pages went below
with the captain. The others remained on
deck. There We're the two secretaries
that had come aboard the night before
and next to them were two royal doctors.
in long swallowtails and with tall hats
that looked like the headEear of Korean
high priests. only there were skulls and
Icrossbones on them for ornament. The
doctors carried dress suit cases one was
labelled Or Flip" and the other Or
Flap" The cases contained the surgical
instruments and medicines. Then came
the royal cOUnselOrs with enormous law
books. The lawyers wore the wigs OF
English practitioners and long black
robes Two "high cops" i'm chintz, fol
lowed and then there was a large squad
of policemen each with badge numbered
% with stuffed clubs, followed by the
BARRIERS. a dozen black bears, and lot of
retainers.
Neptune himself wore a scarlet robe
with sea serpents embroidered on it and
with a golden hemp fringe all around the
edges. His face and legs and arms were
stained a beautiful mahogany color A
great beard of yellow rope hung down
over his fat belly. Amphritite was I'm
white. She wore a sea green fiat hat and
carried a black eat done up in baby's
clothes. That cat stayed with her for two
hours without moving. She was fully
dressed, according to those who had
helped her array herself and there was
nothing lacking in the underneath essen
tials
My said one OF the ordinary seamen
who had cruised many time along the
BoWery. don't she look just as if she
came straight from the BOweTy and Hes
ter street? How are ye. Amph?'
"ShOrtened His Chin Sail"
A clout on the head by a mate made
him shorten his chin sail
Before Neptune reappeared DR.. Flip
went up TO Or. Wentworth, the ships
surgeon. to pay his professional respects.
Dr. Flip said he was of the old school
and a graduate of the Royal College Of
the Doldrums. class of Umpedy-umpedy-
ump-ump." He was strong, he said, on
the use Of leeches and bleeding Dr.
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