The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-03-28

lhey are cold, grim, cruel lookin.
monsters in the very innocence O
their passiyity, and have the appear
ance OF being able to kick up ;
devil of a racket and cause consid
cradle annoyance if the men behinC
the guns took notion to cut loose
The submarines are slouchy bull
bous looking nondescripts, one bloat
ed and floating few feet above the
water with an elongated bow stretch.
ing outward and downward beyond
me reach of the eye. At the top OF
this inhuman destroyer, that does its
merciless work from beneath the sur
iace, is a small orifice, hardly large
enough to admit the passage of a man
of rat, through which the crew enters
INTO the bowels of the craft. AS its
name implies, the boat travels be-
Meath the water, and its part in the
past'me OF war is of the anarchistic
stripe as it ducks out of sight toward
the rnsuspecting enemy and applies
2 petard TO the bottom Of the craft it
goes forth to destroy. If everything
works as the scientific gentleman who
invented the submarine calculated it
should work, the vessel of the enemy
is lifted TO the snow line, and the sew
efM hundred people on board are
checked through to kingdom come
while the submarine fellows, if not
included in the holocaust, fit away
frightening to frenzy the innocent
fish by their boisterous haw haws.
IN mentioning these units that are
part and parcel OF the navy that is
constructed TO uphold the honor of
the Aag upon the sea, it is only fair
70 mention briefly the men who man
ipuateu the complicated mechanism
incorporated into the floating engines
cI war. The sailor is a picturesque
addition TO the scenery about Brem-
erton. He is always knocking around
Jhc yards, but owing to the character
o1 the proceedings on this particular
day there was more of him in evil
lence than usual. There are old sea
rdectfUn may p-rv---,.----- NV iuious
the latter very conspicuously predom-
mating, very much the same as to
their general ensemble, and are al
ways interesting to the landsman.
iney are a healthy, hardy, withal
Genial looking lot and look as though
they had inherited the indomitable
i1ca and tenacity of the race of old
salts that created so much calamity
il the English navy back about a CEN
Jury ago. The regulation uniform is
severity plain. The color is dark blue.
HE blouse has a wide collar, open at
the throat. The trousers are a strik-
ing production of sartorial art.
Around the thighs and that portion of
yle anatomy for which chairs were in
vented, the decoration of the lower ex-
thics is almost skin tight. From
uat above the knee the trousers be-
gin to flare out, ending in bell mouths
ut the shoes. The individual so en-
-oupassed is topped off with a jaunty
Found, 0at cloth cap, with the name
ui the ship upon which he serves let
tered on the narrow band. There is
the roll OF the bilow in his walk, and
taken altogether he is a jolly, pleas
ing looking individual, adding divers
ity to a gathering clothed in conven-
tional garb.
The higher officers, whose word and
viii are the law that brooks no in
iringemcnt when afloat, are also pict-
urcsque in uniform but of a pict-
tresHucsness that adds color
scheme 10 a crowd, and carries au-
thoriyy, importance and power to the
Dnd Of The laynan. The ones on eX-
'ihiti0n on this occasion to all appar-
a0eo we're worthy to command men
md ornament the vessels to which
they are attached Fine looking czars
of the quarter deck were they, bred
ir not born to the sea, manly in de-
r0rtment, possessing the same fear
'easness that backed Dewey's en-
france into Manila harbor, and sus-
tanned Bob Evans in his race around
the horn in time to throw the Oregon
irto the midst OF the rcd hell at San
tiago The American people have
reason to hold in high esteem the
personnel of our navy, from the ad-
uirals down through the list OF Of
icors TO the ordinary seamen. In the
nat they have played their part in
shedding luster upon the flag, and
If the necessity ever arises in the fu-