Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1916-02-24
CURIOUS NAVAL PUNsHMENTs.
Ealing Tub Of Water With a Spoon
LsuohIro for -Four and q Half.

Laughing for -Four and 4 Half.
Naval officers do not always mete
out 10 the me1 the punishments laid
down in the Kings regulations. They
frequently adopt punishments OF their
eva invention which prove NEST ef-
fectiye in preventing the recurrence CT
osI2rses. IhA:e Dunishments are
often OF very curious and eyei ludl-
crou5 nature.
It is al everyday occurrence to sea
half q dozen sailors lined up on deck
facing the paint work, their hamnocks
on their shoulders and their faces pre-
sentirg q most woeful picture. E>or
this punish nent is not so trivial as
it appears, says London Tit-Bits. The
hammock is not very heavy. it is true,
but after an near or so it drag5 oI
ones shoulder like lead. Besides 1t
is far fro:n pleasant to stare nxeuly
at a square foJt OF gray painted wood
work iGr sixty minutes at a stretch.
Jack would much prefer to do few
days Ten A. ~ 10 have his leave
'jarbed."
Splitting upon the deck Of r1an-o'-
war is strictly prohibited. AS soon
is the bugler has sounded the stand
-asy" s2;ttoors are placed at Intervals
along the deck for the use Of the sail
crs, and VICE Letide the tar who ls-
rorcs me presence OF these tubs ana
cxEectoratss about the spotless deck.
On many vessels a wide belt is kept,
ard this the man who departs from the
regulations is compelled to wear upon
lis person, and is thus subjected to
the ridicule CT his shipmates. He IS
given al opportunity OF retrieving his
character, however. He is permitted
to walk the deck with the other men,
ard should he spot sailor commit
ling a like CffenEe he at once presents
him with the hated belt and the new
victim has to undergo similar ordeal.
Some officers ADOPT more drastle
measures. II Jack is detected exPec-
tUratn;g anywhere but in the recepta-
c!es provided a ''spIt-kit' is strapped
to his chest, and any man who cares
&c do so may make use Of this curious
walking receptacle. AS may be sup
posed. this hulnilia:iDg punishment ell
fectiyely prevents the man from Va
latirg the regulations.
We're a civilian given two large
wooden buckets, enc empty and the
other full OF water, and told to bale
the liuuid from the full tub into the
empty vessel with small spoon, lie
would consider the order to be that OF
q mailman. Or revival Ct ancient
larry lore. Vet this punishment has
en- several occasions been mcted Oft
10 refractory sea dogs" Nothing IS
more amusing than TO see weather.
beaten sailor carefully baling ont
s,,oonfrl after spoonful CT water, and
az carefully deposi&ing the fluid in
aJlarge bucket at his side.
~ punishment frequs~|EeImployec
y that of sctt:n2 tie deiaYltsr to
Akalk slowly backward -end = forward
sklong the deck, nursing in his arms
( 6-iach projcctile weighing a little
ever 100 pounds. After quarter OF
IN hour or so of this beneficial "cxcr-
ciss" the unhappy victim is glad to
drop the load and rub his aching limbs.
At the same time he probably makes
a solemn mental resolve never to re-
peat the offanse for which he has been
awarded" this dire penance.
An old naval captain-one OF the
old. old schcol-was at one time sadly
addicted to stammering. lie could
DOT utter simple sentence without
great amount of splutterirg and hest
tation. This was one day too much
for an intrepid sailcr, who was re-
ceiving an order from the captain IN
that officials usual hating manner,
ard he unfortunately burst into an IN
comfortable fit CT laughter. Capt.
- vas q disciple OF the homeopathic
system. Making Jack stand upon the
fore bridge, in full View OF the en-
tire shis's crew, the officer command
Cd his victim TO laugh continuously
for an hour and a half. This he was
compelled to do, though the pltiful
expression CT his weatherbeaten, sun
burnt visag2 denoted anything but
happy aad contented frame of mind.
W,histl:ng in forbidden paris OF
the ship has often Ecen punished in
similar manner. The offender has
been obliged to whistle his loudest'
under the eagle eye Of the commander,
until poor Jacks lips have become so
rarched and cracked that he could not
produce another note.