The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-06-06
TOWN TALK
BY THE NAN ABOUT TOWN.

1 think there is fun aboard the yacht
Hawaii. If any one has an idea that
Captain Harris undertook the trip on
any pleasure excursion basis, ! beg to
herewith offer a correction. The crew
are signed just like any ordinary crew.
This is what makes me think. that
there has been fun aboard the little
vessel before this time. Not long
before the yacht left one of the crew
while talking to Captain Harris slapped
him on the back and addressed him by
his first name. 1T will be Captain
Harris and Sir when we get out" said
the captain, and it is this remark that
makes me think that there mas been
some fun on the Hawaii.
| However, there is to be no rough
house tactics on the little yacht. The
following is the last clause of the ar
ticles which captain Harris crew sign
! ed:
"Flogging and all other forms OF
corporal punishment are hereby pro
hibited on board any vessel, and no
| form of corporal punishment on board
! any vessel shall be deemed justifiabie,
and any master or other officer thereof
who shall violate the aforesaid pro-
visions of this section or either thereof
| shall be deemed guilty of INSIDE
meanor, punishable by Imprisonment
not less than three months or more
| than two years. Whenever any
| officer other than the master OF such
vessel shall violate any provision Of
this section, it shall be the duty of
| such master to surrender such officer
to the proper authorities as soon as
practicable. Any failure upon the part
of such master to comply herewith,
which failure shall result in the es-
cape of such officer, shall render said
master liable in damages to the person
illegally punished by such officer
Just to show that the racing yacht
has a strictly professional crew and
that slop chest and other rules are in
force putting the voyage on real safe
seamanlike basis, the following eX-
tracts from the articles signed by the
Hawaii crew may be quoted:
Section TO- (a) That it shall be,
and is hereby, made unlawful in any
case to pay any seaman wages in ad-
vance of the time when he has ac-
tually earned the same, or to pay such
advance wages to any other person
ANY person paying such advance wages
shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine not less than four
times the amount of the wages so ad-
vanced, and may also be imprisoned
for a period not exceeding six months
at the discretion of the court. the
payment of such advance wages sinai
in no case, excepting as herein pro-
yided, absolve the vessel or the mas
ter or owner thereof from full payment
of wages after the same shall have
been actually earned and shall be nc
defense to a libel, suit, or action for
the recovery of such wages. If any
person shall demand or receive, either
directly or indirectly, from any seaman
or other person seeking employment
as seaman, or from any person on his
behalf. any remuneration whatever fol
providing him with employment, ne
shall for every such offense be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall bt
imprisoned not more than six months
or fined not more than five hundred
dollars.
Section H. That every vessel men
toned in section forty-five hundred
and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes
shall be provided with slop-chest
which shall contain a complement o
clothing for the intended voyage o
each seaman employed, including boot
or shoes, hats or caps, under clothing
and outer clothing, oiled clothing, ant
everything necessary for the wear o
!. a seaman; also full supply of tobacc'
and blankets. Any of the contents
the slop-chest shall be sold, from tim
. to time, to any or every seaman ap
plying therefor for his own use, at
profit not exceeding ten per centum o
the reasonable wholesale value of tn
same at the port at which the voyag
commenced And if any such vessel
not provided, before sailing, as hereil
required, the owner shall be liable t
penalty of not more than five hun
bred dollars
Every vessel bound on any foreigl
voyage exceeding in length fourtee
days shall also be provided with a
- least one suit of wooden clothing TO
each seaman, and every vessel in tn
foreign or domestic trade shall pre-
vide a safe and warm room for the us
of seamen in cold weather
-
In the minds of some there appear
the question as to whether the exc
cutive committee in charge of tn
o entertainment of the fleet wants
At do this or to have the fleet entertai