The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-09-22

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you receive the name of the watch
you belong to, which is port or star
board, you sew small piece of white
tape on your sleeve, left for port and
right for starboard and turn to and
do Uncle Sans bidding. Firemen
have red tape.
When in port all men that do not
belong to the engineering force are
up at five a. M, to scrub and wash
down decks, but you are allowed fif-
teen minutes for your Java and to
have a smoke. Otherwise you are
not allowed to smoke unless the
smoking lamp is lit, which is after
drill and working hours. Each man
in the seamen's branch has certain
part of the ship to keep clean, or he
has the Master of Arms { better known
as Jimmie Legs) on his trail and if
he neglects it too often you can see
him before the mast some afternoon
and the Captain laying down the law
to him giving him few hours extra
duty to do in his spare time, instead
OF sitting around swapping yarns,
reading or smoking. Or if one hap
pens to be handy man with the
needle he can make more than his
pay by tailoring.
There is barber on all ships and
he draws the lowest pay, but he
charges the crew very small sum
every month for his services, which
he is allowed to do. The shoemaker
works in his spare time doing repair
ing.
AT seven a. m., the boatswain's s
mate blows his whistle for breakfast
and names the clothes you are to don
for the day, white in summer and
blue in cool weather and winter, and
to be caught out of uniform at drill
or quarters means report and moth
ing but regulation clothes 90 with
dear Uncle.
Drill every week day from nine
until ten-thirty a. m., in port and at
sea and gun and powder instructions
five days week in the afternoon
from one until three; recreation till
five, then roll call and fifteen min
utes setting up exercise; supper at
six and your time is your own until
hammocks have to be siung at eight;
lights out at nine. Saturday after
moons are your own, provided you
have no extra duty to do there is
book kept to that effect, and just as
you are about to look over your dit
ty box (that is where small necessi-
ties are kept) or to haul over your
bag and do some repairing ON your
clothes, proud and bold Jimmie Legs
informs you how much time you owe
him and puts you to work somewhere
for few hours.
Every Sunday is general inspec-
ton, but no drill. And every first
Sunday i'll the month they have what
is known as general muster. Every
man who is not attending duty or
standing watch has to be in place to
answer to his name and rate. The
various officers in charge read the
laws to the men from the Blue Book
issued by the Navy Department.
Church services at sea are held at
ten a. m. every Sunday, but you are
not compelled to attend, and at the
different navy yards there is build
ing assigned for that purpose, which
is generally the library. Here is
where true friend of the boys in
blue gets praise from my pen, and it
is none other than Miss Helen Miller
Gould. If it were not for her efforts
and financial support the Naval
Branch of the Y. M. G. A. would
not be standing in Sand st. Brooklyn.
today and it is one of the largest Y. !
M. {. A. buildings in the world.
where for small fee Jack Tar can
while away his time when in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard instead of cross
ing the worldfamous bridge, where
someone is waiting with open hands
to rob him the first chance he or she |
gets, and that is done seven days in
every week, when the liberty party
gets shore leave until seven the next
New York is not the only city
where such things occur to poor
Jacks, but in every city where there
is navy yard. Now, | will ex-
plain why seventyfve per cent of
the men frequent places where one
knows in his own heart and soul
that once he lands in such a district
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