The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-30
Saturday Evening Post Department
~ who's Who and VIM

1A"h F8f.
phE4. Lord OF the Admiralty,
joey old top" they said, quite
caeual-liNy. who have YOU in mind
fer ctief OF the Bureau Of Naviga-
ton =.
"Aua what" asked Josephus. re-
Gently transferred from tripod to the
Navy Department trapeze-"and
what is the Bureau of Navigation2'
'fIah!" responded the Sailormen,
the sly and salty sailO$men. 1t is
merely one 81 you little bureaus, Of
no much consequence; but you've
got 10 have a head for it, of course
Now what do You say to Jimmie
Tor,sides? Pine chap, Jimmie; and
Will do You credit
"I1I see about it," replied jose
plus.
Curses said the sailormen, the
sly and salty sailormen, as they We're
p!ucd out OF the room by Civilian IL
"A. Banks. OF North Carolina, the
same being the private secretary
brought up By Josephus when he left
the Tarheel State to he the Old Tar
OF the Administration Anxious, 1t
seems to me-" comnuncd Josephus
with himself
In came a friend Of the ways Of
Washington.
What" asaed J%osephus, lis the
chief of the Bureau Of Navigation2'
you are an editor spoke tie
friend.
IL am. but what has that to do with.
IL"
~ seek q COMPARISON that will pcne-
tratc your editorial understanding. IN
naval terms YOU would be fosged.
Let me say then, that the chief of
the bureau of Navigation IS the q
aging editor of the Navy Depart
meLt"
Aha" exclaimed ~Josephus, which
is aa far as he allows himself to so
IN the way of exclamation. Aha.
Aha-ha-ha!'
Waereupou Josephus reached out
on the deck OF one of our dreadful
d-Feaauoughts and plucked therefrom
Nlc'9" Eluc. p made him chief of
the Bureau of Navigation-Nictor
Blue-does not that sound like a
name out of 81 book?-who, as it
CHANGED, was born in North Carolina
h!usclt,
Tarhccls NIi.
"Now," spoke Josephus, "by all the
tar on the tarry heels of the Tar
heelers, including the heels of nay.
celebrated and %conative son, Colonel
Tom Pence, let them try to put over
anything OF this North Carolina com
hinatlont'-which, in SOoth. il seem
has been reasonably hard to do, with
North Carolina represented in Jose
plus. in Banks and in Victor Blue
North Carolina on guard.
The Bureau of Navigation looks out
for the human equation in the navy.
1t has to do with the men who fight
and the men who stoke and the men
who tell the men how to fight and
how tu stoke Congress. Of course,
regulates the number of men thele
Shall he i'm the navy: but the Bureau
of NaNigation gets them, enlists them
regulates them, directs them, dis
Girf1Y4A. IhnDN nr1 &c tho hnC Of ~ r.
human. side.
Not only that-and when you reaC
this You will understand the concern
Of the sly and salty sailormen-tht
Bure"- Of Navigation exercises the
same functions toward the officers il
the navy. 1t commissions them, eX.
amincs them for promotion, assign.
then to stations and ships, and make.
them toe tn disciplinary mark as Sc
forth la the regulations, which. will
the approval of the Secretary of tn,
Nav * promulcates and enforces.
Victor Blues Exploits at Santiago.
~ man in the navy. from coal pass
CT go the main huff on the bridge, bu
has personal dealings with the Burea1
Of Navigation at one time or another
II l. the papa in-ordinary to the Who'll
outfit 1t directs their movement
u tells them n kind Of uniform
clothes they must wear. r.. per
chance. a f@ss.' n dressy man shout
get 70 h. chief Of the Bureau Of Navi
CATION he would have it in his powe
t. pat the whole corps of officers j
that arm of the service in debt to tn
tailorS.
This mater of clothes is an in
tensely vital problem. The expens
ot uniforms for an officer is so grea
that the older ones tell the ensign
and junior lieutenants to hold the
horse when they clamor to get mal
ricd and wait until they get to be CON
manderS before they hop into thu
delightful state. for fear some che
OF navigation will order a new cut
coat ahd put them on the rocks.
jHltGrfnS are necessary: and
take. large book issued by the NAY
Department. {, tell the officers in
hoT many and what kinds they mu
have. The change OF the stvle of
COLOR ON an officers coat is more vii
IL IEN liiicerS than The chnnmn e.