The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-05-18
he navy was requested to put

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should be only so far confined there
MS to make Il certain that he never
saw or heard of the country. We had
few long cruises then, and the navy
was very much out of favor; and as
almost all of this story is traditional,
as have explained, do not know GER
tainly what his first cruise was. But
the commander to whom he was in
tiusted-perhaps 1t was Tingey or
Shaw, though 1 think it was one of
The younger men-we are all old
enough nOw--regulated the etiquette
and the precautions Of the affair, ana
according to his scheme they were
carried out, 1 suppose, till Nolan died.
When l was second officer of the In
trepid some thirty years after, l saw
the original paper of instructions. l
have been sorry ever since that / did
not copy the whole of it. 1t ran, how
ever much in this way:
Washington" with the date, which
must have been late in 1900.
"Sir-You will receive from Lieu
tenant Neale the person of Phlllp No
Ian, late lieutenant in the United
States army.
This person on his trial by court
martial expressed with an oath the
wish that he might never hear Of the
United States again.
'The court sentenced him to have
his wish fulfilled.
'For the present, the execution of
the order is intrusted by the president
Of this department.
"YOu will take the prisoner on board
your ship, and keep him there with
such precautions as shall prevent his
escape.
"YOu will provide him with such
quarters, ratiOns, and clothing as
would be proper for an officer of his
late rank, If he were a passenger on
your vessel on the business of his gov
eminent.
"The gentlemen on board will make
any arrangements agreeable to them
selves regarding his society. He is to
he exposed to no indignity of any kind
nor is he ever unnecessarily to be res
minded that he is a prisoner.
"But under no circumstances II he
ever to hear of his country or I'd see
any Information regarding it; and you
will especially caution all the officers
under your command to take care that.
in the various indulgences which may
be granted, this rule, in which his pun
ishment is involved, shall not be
broken.
at IS the intention of the govern.
inent that he shall never again see
the country which he has disOwDed.
Before the end of your cruise you will
receive orders which will give effect
to this intention.
Respectfully yours,
wv SOUTHARD,
''for the Secretary of the Navy"
II I had only preserved the whole
of this paper, there would be no break
in the beginning of my sketch of this |
story. For Captain Shaw, if it was he,
handed it to his successor in the
charge, and he to his.
The rule adopted on board the ships |
on which have met "The Man without |
a Country" was, l think, transmitted |
from the beginning. Ne mess liked TO
have him permanently because his |
presence cut off all talk of home or of |
the prospect of return, of politics or
letters, of peace or of war-cut of |
more than half the talk men like to
have at sea. But it was always
thought too hard that he should never |
meet the rest of us, except to touch
hats, and we finally sank into one sys-
TEN. He was not permitted to talk |
with the men unless an officer was by. /
With officers he had unrestralned in
tercoWsc, as far as they aud he chose.
But he grew shy, though he had favor
ties: l was one. Then the captain
always asked him to dinner on Mon
day. Every mess in succession took
up the invitation in its turn. Accord
ing to the size of the ship, you had him
at your mess more or less often at
dinner. His breakfast he ate In his
own staterOOm, he always had a state
room, which was where n sentinel, or
somebody on the watch, could see the
door. And whatever else he ate or
drank he ate or drank alone. Some
times, when the marines or sailors had
any special Publication, they were per
mitted to invite "Plain-ButtOns," as
they called him. Then Nolan was sent
with some officer, and the men were
forbidden TO speak of home while he
was there. They called him "Plain-
because, while he always
chose to wear regulation army uni