The Washington times., 1922-06-04

the Hartford has been on many q
cruise to the South Sea Islands
and has lived IN Australia and In
New Guinea
He prizes . quotation from an
English writer Of 1875. who. in
speaking Of naval officers and
ships, said:
"Ths British flas has been
tarnishsd. The Americans have
beat us on our own element Men
of!war have made way for steam
vessels, with q chimney for .
mast, and q column Of smoke for
q pennant. Naval officers com
mand them. with . thermometer
for q speaking trumpet; the cap
tain stands over the boiler and
directs the paddles The glory Of
the British navy evaporates in
steam or is condensed I'm . bucest.
and the safety Of a gallant crsv
lies In q valve. Oh! that should
live to see the day when . British
line Of battle was led BY the nose
Of q floating teakettls.~
The Spark was no floating tea
kettls." The old log states with
explicit care how the SAILS wers
raised and lowered. ~ on \ Sunday
afternoon, when e.. ~ =
'.At . In an studdins sails. At
sac In Royals. braiied up Trysail
o boarded the main Tach--At s:se
tackled ship to Nd q wa From
70 6 fresh brsesss. At 41s set ths
main Trysaii, sent down Royal
Yards 4 sent the hight Sails out Of
the Tops. Al $40 brsiled up the
Trysan & took in Top Gallant Sails.
At 6 tackled ship to Sd q wd-took
one reef more In the Topsails."
ACCENTED SONGS AIDED.
Mr.. MiIiner recalls many Of the
rhythmicai chanteys with which
the sailors Of his day kept the
time for the strong pun that raised
the sails. They borrowed words
and phrases from the cannibal
islands which they visited, and he
tells us that the accented beats OF
the songs showed when TO pull.
One such song told Of q sailor
who was captured on the csnnibel
islands and sentenced to be eaten.
but finally outwittsd the chief. In
jubfiation he ended his story:
The king. b. made . chief OF ma
They called me Ra-ro-ki-ro-kee
Ana ne Tot as thick as thiok could BE-
And svery night drank strons eisnee-
HonIo-tongo. hocha-poehe,
HinTri- -shingn. sochs-moeha,
Ali in the Tongo Is-landA
she had a feather through her NOSE.
When in the Tonga lands.
Hongo-tongo, hocha-pocha,
HinEri-shinyri, socha- moche.
Al In the Tonga Is--tands"
Another OF . different rhythm. +
but equally az enjoyable. runsi
."ws'r. thr.. Jolly sailor boys
And our hearts are tinsiinE with the
salt, salt wave. x
And the tumblfns and the tossing OF
oh. ma honey. With yesr poOkst fun
wm ron Trip Il trip u. t.tsn
On the anay. on the quayf~
from the early days Of me
stick and string vessels 10 the
modern floating machine shop
the fundamental idea back Of the
possession Of . navy has been
the establishment Of peace and
protection for esoperty ON the
ocean" Mr.. MiIiner reminds ua
FOUGHT PIRACY.
zone hundred years ago our
navy under Bainbridse freed the
world from the plumber and pi
rscy Of the Barbary powers. In
lsss Commodore John Dcwnes,
commanding the frisate Potomac.
taught thu Maiays. who had .
year previously taken possession
Of Q pepper ship ana murdered
and tortured her Grew at ouala
Battoo, that they must respect
the United States flag. whsn he
returned his report Of the event
TO the Secretary OF the Navy. the
commodore was nearly court
martialed for declaring war On
tn, savagesL-
IN 1885, eiehty-ssvcn years
ago. In the preface TO his volume
describing the ciroumnavigstion
OF the globe by the U. 6. Frigats,
J. N. Reynolds wrote;
I'VE have bean . commercial
people from the very germ Of our
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