The San Francisco call., 1910-06-03
this SHAKEDOWN
PROVED SHAKEUP
That Was Why Naval Militia
Bandsmen Refused to Play
Aria ON the Dishes

The "shakedown' cruise given their
new ship. the Marblehead. by the ma
val militia from last Saturday to Mon
day night seems to have shaken up
more than it shook down. 1t shook
down the unprotesting machinery, but
shook up a generous number of torpid
livers and out of the bandsmen all no
next month.
The bandsmen are the dandies of the
ship, having nothing to do but watch
the others work, and from time to time
regale themselves with martial music
on the quarterback. But it is provided
that they must look after their own
quarters, which involves the cleaning
of their mess kit.
THAT CRUISE HOME DID 1T
All went smoothly on the Marble
head from the hour the anchor went
up in the Sausalito cove until it
dropped in the gentle swell of the
Santa Cruz bathing beach.
And then the band was the main at
traction in the Casino during Sunday
and in the morning parade on Memorial
day. But the cruise home was another
matter.
AS the Marblehead put out on Mon
day noon the northern breeze began to
stiffen. Short head seas and a heavy
ground swell caused the good ship to
plunge and roll in a most inconsider-
ate fashion.
The height of disgrace in Captain
Bauer's command is seasickness. the
traditional mark of the land lubber
None gave way to it as long as will
+i~rl,S
When dinner time came, 1t was the
privilege of the officers to plead duty
on deck or to explain that they were
saving their appetites for a rousing
meal ashore, while the enlisted mems
galley showed also a disastrous reduc-
tion of business.
During the long Monday afternoon
the bandsmen remained on deck AT
mess call they were still on deck But
when they were ordered to play the
national anthem for the lowering of
colors Bandmaster George Hollister
could not form the line on the qua rter-
deck before the sun had dropped Even
then there was a noticeable thinness in
the ranks.
OH, YOU BIG HORN.
The band was game. The bass tuba
players were more confident than the
others, for they had the room to con-
Ced1 Ilelr shame II Things went wrong.
But the clarionet men could get away
with no such dupficity Gameness won,
however, and the anthem went through
from "Oh, can you see" to the "land
of the brave
Meantime the band had been made
the victim of an unworthy trick by the
shellbackS of the crew. To save them
selves trouble, the real tars below
messed off the bands dishes and left
them unwashed. Yeoman Duffy, who
filed the post of steward for the men,
found the dirty dishes and protested to
Executive Kammerer. The executive
sent word to Leader Hollister for the
men to clean up the muss. Hollister is
not only an attorney in civil life, but
did service in the army as chief musi-
clan of the First California in the Phil
lipines. Believing his rights had been
Bauer. In this interval Duffy got after
ecutive's authority and made them go
finished by the time Hollister obtained
a hearing with Captain Bauer.
We'll, If it's cleaned up asked the
captain, what is the kick about?"
And Bandmaster Hollister said he
thought so himself. But it is now given
out that the band is not going on the
big cruise. Captain Bauer says the
men can't get away as a body, and Hol-
lister finds the same difficulty. But the
band itself was quite optimistic as to
the trip prior to the shake down"
cruise.