The Gastonia
. _Oo^otod to tUa PrutoulluD ot Horn* and U* Inttimtt *« th County.
Vol. XIX._Gastonia, N. C.. April 21* 1898. __
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MAKING A BLUEJACKET.
How Uncle Sam Turn* Land,
lubbers Into Able Seamen.
OMLT THE BEST MSB PICKED OUT.
WhM Await, lb. PnXrl.it Who Oo.a «• a
Kaaraltlmg Oatiw to OCbr HI. MrriMa
Qu.llArallan. Which the H.u Wlia Man
far War—hip. Hwl nam
Within tbo next law month* about
3,000 man M ill dun the nary blue and
»igo irtlolee tu give their whole atten
tion for the next three yean to the
manning uf Uncle Ham'a lighting (hip*
Powibly the uambor may be iucreaaed
to 8,500. Ordinarily the annual appro
priation* allow Uio adding of only 1,600
nre doom to thx xavt—rxtuaxck to
BdOOU.ni MATY TAIlli.
(□an and boy* to our naval farcy aacb
yrar, bat tba $80,000,000 emergency
appropriation raakas tb* extra an II at
rarnt possible.
Heretofore recruiting for tbe United
But** navy ba* been dono oxoloaivoly
<« tb* raoalring ship*. Them are ata
tinned at tba nary yard* In Brooklyn,
Ob trie* town. Norfolk. Washington.
Philadelphia and Ban Frencisno Now,
however, the fresb water aailara arn to
be given a chance By a recent order
from the navy daportmeut nnvul racrult
Ing atotlona ara to b* established at va
rton* river and lake porta In tbs west
and south.
Although Unci* Bam la badly la need
at n>*n for tbe navy, ovao In tbaaa tlmea
when the ware of patriotism baa awoll
ed tbe number of appllcatlont to more
than ten time* the oanal rite, be la not
will lag to aooept anybody that oomes
along. Tbe nu wbo la under ft feet 4
may he a gnat deal braver and ranch
more patriotic than the balking big fal
low wbo atanda ft feet In hi* stocking
feat, bnt tb* llttl* man will ha rejected
and Uncle Sum will wall until the big
fallow make* up hla mind to aerv* bla
country at $10 a mouth.
No matter where be sign* articles,
tba naval recrnlt find* that tbe real door
to tba nary ia th* 1 in poring Bands atraa*
entrance to the Brooklyn navy yard, for
it la to that point that all uewly enlist
ed men are shipped. Bolero bo gate a
me** nom her on ooo of the Dew war
*hlp* be must Bnt taka a oourao of
training on (Job’s island, which I* a
part of th* Brooklyn navy yard. While
there be make* hit Lomu in tbe pictnr
aaqo* bulk of tis* old Vermont, which
for nearly a acme of year* bar dome
duty aa a training ship.
Tba man wbo aspire* to wear a bln*
shirt and draw govsrnniant pay aoon
discover* that Undo Bain la a critical
employer. Th* flrit representative of
tb* government whom all applicant
meet* after be has pasted tbe vigilant
marine doing wintry doty I* tba recruit
ing officer. This individual la apt to
bar* a keen eyo and a abnrp tongue,
and if tba patriot bus acquired tba lriaa
that be ia about to cooler » favor on bla
oountry ba aoon forgets it
Ha ia flrrt aalced to state hla age and
nationality. No nan who dooi uot to
dantaod and apeak tbe Bog Hah lan
guage can be enlisted, and preference la
given to I bom who can read nnd write
Thom wbo aro American uittmna by
birth or nntnral last loo or have deularwt
their Intentions of becoming dtixana 1
ara always dcairad rather than foreign
era Becently this bus been more strong
ly Instated a pun, and the man wbo have
I
. «&WA£D (QUAD nUIUAKl 01 Til* OOlt
Hove.
pan nallrtMl la tbo Utl two or thraa
oreolta barr* been almoat without mrcap
tion Amarlaan ol tiara*. Tboau aiaoef
tbaa who ara of farina birth ara rand
jy "north NWbjmt"—Korweylaiu,
HaalwnMlDuw.
Aft«r tba world ba raamlt baa aatla
gori tba offlear apoa tha a bora point • bo
la axomlaed aa to hli kaowlodpo of tba
oant if mao trada raqnlrad at oblp
ononl Thla la to datarmbao wbal bla
tnatan rhall In. If bo la oraa II yaora
old and «■*»» I* »«•> h»« »«tn^n lodfa
of aaalife, be may be cnllttod ai a lands
man, Uie lowart rating, at the pay of
§10 a uiontb. If be ie an buambly die
ubarged er-»fpwitloe or If ho oao
prove that bo ku been it tea two year*
ho may be taken as an ordinary eeemaVi.
Tba ago for (hit rating la from 18 to 30
year*
To torero tbo nulhti.ient of noon bat
oonzjwteiit men In tbio broach tbo ap
’ plioant ii turned over tu (bo boatswain
tor examination ut to hit a MM tit*. Ho
mint uLow hltnmlf prodoloit in rooflag,
• toering, knotting and epllelng and la
variont other detaili ol the tillor'a
craft. Thlt, It will ho oheerved, u In
tbo uim of a rocrclt for the "ordinary
teaman" clam. If lie uipiru tu be a
"teaman," which Un higher rank, ha
moot bo between the ages of SI and 8B,
tuurt hevo bran at letta foor yearn at
•ea before the matt and mutt a still
more rigurou* examination lu teaman
•bip Ordinary arararn tro paid 910 a
month and acumen $34
un uis modern war venals tbe pon
tloo of tbe machinist ia a highly Impor
tant one, and la lunch better paid than
that of teaman Oundidatca lor thla de
partment moat undent tan <1 the luachln
lat'a trade thoroughly ua that la praotio
ad on land and moat know the nainat
and nsea of tbe vorloua porta of marine
engine* If a man baa had noaxperiance
In tbe engine rouros nt aea. lie la dilut
ed aa a muchlaiat at tbe ae>»o<l due*
pay (10 a month, and If he baa bad a
ycar'a training with inarlua angina* ba
la allgtbla to tbe brat clot* j*»y (dii
Whwi tiia recroitiug olhcer ie satisfied
•hat au applicant la lit tod fur a curtain
rating. Uo aeudabini uaincdbstaly to tb*
doctor, to he examined aa to ba pbycical
oondition. Many are rejected at tbit
rtage, for the naval surgeons ore strict.
In the long list of physical delicti, any
ona of which will disqualify a reorult, I
ara, boaidos variona chronic disaaasa,
deafness, poor tight, a marked impedi
ment of speech and unsound teeth.
Many recent applloaola have falls*! to
oome up to tbe standard iu tbit last par- I
tleolar. Tbo general development and
aouailtotlun aro alao taken Into consid
eration, only lntrlligeut men of robust
from a being desired for tbn servico. If
poised by tbs doctor, tbo recruit than
sign* an agreement So serve fur three
yoar*
At toon as tbay aro finally enrolled,
tb* recroits are supplied \ritb outfit* of
clothes, for wbicb they llirmsolvsB must
pay. Tbeir food la served out to tbesn iu
roguior rations, in tbe am* way a* if
i
nic smr /jmu.
uicy were at m. ilia pay, bia rood and
bia lodging are Uiu eiuolmnente wbloU
Jack rewires from tbe government. He
also bas irco medical attendance if he it
sink, bnt clothe* aud extras be must
boy oat of bit pay. i
He Is next soul to tbo Brooklyn nary
yard, where be may remain few weeks
or months. Tbe laugth of his stay there
depends upon the demand for man. In
tbe meantime 1m U trained. He spend*
several boors eneb day in various Mer
cian* which develop bia rnaaole* and
quicken his obderttaading. Ha laama
•o obey ordtrs aud appreciate beau* as
a staple article of <])»*.
Bnt even utter weeks of this sort of
thing be U still a laodmiuu. Hedoean’t
rat lire this, bowevat, odd a new ship
goes iuto commisrion and ba is told off
as on* of her crew. Than ba begins to
learn the iotrieetdee ut tbe trasiisM*. It
takes blue a week or more to laarn to
sleep comfortably is a batntoaok and
longer than that to com bio onl, trice
up bis hammock neatly and dress him
self within tbo limit of ten minates al
lowed from tbe time tbo brat Dotes of
reveille errand at day tweak.
niira no mi ing" ■*»a vM
•It ot making trooaer* that m around
tha 111 pa. aa doci of than Immd by tbo
navy department ever do. in the contra
of three year* be la a thorough ntaii-o*
trar'a man and la ready to Inn tha
act vice, wblob bo geuarally do** Wiry?
Wall, mainly baeoarn there la nothing
to look forward to. Thera la In our navy
akaolntaly un ohanoa at nil of promo
tion. Wo train oor naval officer* op aa
If they warn raperlor beluga to tlio inaa
they aro to oomuaaml. W■ fotter au offi
cial nilrtoeracy wblob pnearvaa lit llnoe
of oattaaa jnoloualv aa do tha Itrabmana.
A cockney boa driver baa nxtro obanoa
of baouming a peer of tbo realm than
baa au Amartrau aallor of attaining a
cotnmlnioo la tba navy.
There la uothiug uaw about tbla, for
tha *yatem upou wblob our navy It
uiauagcd boa crfUu bean orittetacd, bat
the men wbo*tgn article* do not al way*
tbnnngbly amlcrvtaad what aa I mpaae
alda gulf tbara la between tha anaumon
aallor ami graduate of the Naval acadr
aty who lira* In tha wardroom aft. lie
kuowa all about It whro be haaaerved for
thru* yaarv, aod If ha haa left a (park of
ambltkai U« geo* lulu tba merchant me
time earvlee. where there la alway* •
chance to rim, or char qnlm Uw aan mad
n«riwo»> a lavlwe" one* am
Vonv
I
HOW CANNONS ARE MADE
Building Peace Compellera an
Intricate Procesa.
UIOLB RAM'S BIO OUH PAOTOBIE8.
n» n>v nisei •( gadm wwim xn
Oe< la Os* TUoa. bo* Mad* L> a< Uu;
■ ilUiu-loaM IitaniUsi raaiarae ad
th* Work.
Whenever the distant growlingi of
th* dug a of war mutter through tba
madioua cf big headlines you aro aura
to reed that “tbs work on big gum for
hkUloahipt and ooart defenses la being
puthad along." Don't you bellora it
No ana aver undertook to rash work on
a big gun and made a race am uf it
Tho oourtiuoliun of a fort or a bat
tlaahip can be hurried by potting big
!
•HlUf fc|*0 OH A JACK XT.
torces or men to work, bet name of tbe
■tael monitor* which guard odr ootit
line was bora lo a burry, nor will any
of tbeir futuT* comrade* be rallied into
existence.
Ounmaking, when tbe gain weigh
tbouaaudaof toua, ia a deliberate art.
Wltb pondoroca dignity tbn bug* rlflaa
come into being, and all tbeir later
movements aro oorrcapoodlngly alow
until the tint* cornea far them to act In
real earnest tba supremo moment
when with a mighty roar, a treweudon*
belching of flame aud smoke, they burl
their gigantic mlasilea across uilles of
sm tu seek oat awl siok the audacious
invader.
Uncle Sam has two big ahopa where
be turns oot peace compeilars. One of
tboro la near Washington. where tbe
big goal for the nary are made. The
other ia at Waterrliet, N. Y., where
ere made tbo mammoth rifles, sings
gun*. roortaiH end other pieces of heavy
ordnance. It Is at Iho latter that the
biegest gon in the world, destined far
the defects* of New York harbor, la
now in course at couseructirm. There la
another arsenal at Watertown, Us«,
near Cambridge, aud there the new dis
appearing gnu onrringoa aud henry pro
jectiles aro made.
Tbe post at Waterrliet wat estab
lished iu 1807, and tbo irrorruUnn am
bra or* a tract of 47 acres. Jt was than
called Gibl'oo trillc. This unpoetio
name was changed to Waterrliet In 1817,
It la only wllblu reoeui yean Uiit
the government baa baou making any of
tba moat modern of tbo largo gun* a
board of officers, acting for tbo ordusnos
department at Wstbiugtou, was direct
ed by act of congress March 3, JK83, to
Inrostigst* and report on tbn needs of
this country for const defenses. Ia ac
cordance witb this act a report was sab
ui 11tod Job. 38, 1880, roaammending
that about 1,000 gnus be mounted for
irotectlcu at 87 points along tbs At
lantic and Pacific const* Tbe u*w build
ing la 1,000 fust long, wltb on average
width at nbrrat ISO fact. Tlve anneal
output is twenty 13 inch, fourtsaa 10
inch and twclva 8 inch gno*
Tba guns undo lu tba Wstarvlict fac
tory arc tba tmne in tboir emaotUI ooa
xrruno a run ocx.
—-—■ —VW in »«•
ropoaa finurln. Tb* forging! in
tauafffct to Ox ftrtorjr ikIj tor m,
•amIn* ckM; fro*., tlx Rotbletintn ml
MiitviU wartu In HcmjrylruU. Am
lOkD ataxl U awl mtdralr.
TH roM»x pr>» Al^rr* fox tlx *M
jcflMrwr* •
lo tbla—the old ono »ai cut and the
modern one la bails Tbe old gun was o
dngle piece at mmol. The mod ora gun
l( a mechanism. It may betakao apart.
Tba old ono waa staple and tba now eo*
1* complex. A naal cub*, forged, 410
inches long, with walla B Inches tUok
at on* and. weighing IB tool, ia the
bsai of a II Inch modem gnn. With
tbla aa a core there are pataroeod it 17
ether cylinders of a teal. Tha sdjuat
taenta era perfect, within a thousandth
af an lneb.
Whan tbla to be raauhee tba factory,
tba oar wblati bring* it ia m within
tb* building. and the first of the htg
maeblne* whtab ore to h«~»« It daring
it* difTorarit etagaa Ufl* it off and drops
it baatdo other to bee on the fleer of the
balldlog. This operation ia ptrformed
na easily and gently by tbs trend lug
cranot a* a uau might handle a throe
foot section of one Inch loud pipe.
Tbae are three of theoo oranes at Wa
terrllet—two of to tone each aod one of
110 bona. They are (imply great bridges
which span the building'! width and
ran 111 length on trucks not nnllh* oar
tracks on elevated trestles, ooesaoh aide
nf the factory. Tbo larger an* works by
claatriclty.
Ono of tha chlof objects fat building
«p n gun rather than mating it U that
it may hae* a greater strength than an
aqua! amount of cant or forged etael of
the aamo proportions. Another adran
tage Is that by making a gon in thin
layers the quality of the natal may be
known all tba way through—a thing
Impossible la thick casting*.
When tbs tuba ha* beau measured, It
It lifted by ono of tb* big rtaa** to a
latb* of muoater proportions *»d It la
"roogb bored," as it U oalted. This
prooeta requires aeraral day*, and whan
completed the crau* again come* and
lift* it to another lathe, where the
shrinkage surface for tha jacket la tam
ed. It Is then a height, smooth shining
cylinder. Ike jaakel is simply n steal
cylinder largo enough wbeu expanded
by beut to go over the tuba It Covers
tbo tub* far a little more thou ono-lblrd
it* length from sbe breech.
When the tube and tha jacket are
ready, tb* mast interest lug. the moat
doUeats and tba most significant of all
the processes comes naxt. This la tb*
oparatloo of “shrinking.” Tb* coat Is
to be bsated nutll It is large enough to
go on ov» the tube, sod then, cooling,
the tough bead of steel it to oontraut
with such Irresistible force that the
mighty steel cylinder will bsootupremed
023til iU bora khrioJci mxlor tba auur
xnooa preuuixi.
amm *.uw earner oi itJtXOTJ 11 101
■hriokaga pit It ia an exoavation 60
faat deep, with an exterior opening 40
fact long and 10 faat wide When they
began to oxcesata It at the WatarrUet
faotory, It wai found that eolld rock
lay nndernoalb the building tn more
than that depth. Tho pit 1* therefore
nothing tint an exoovatlon into solid
rook. Mo n-t«lntng walls were needed.
A fnrueoe oocapiraa portion of this pit.
in which the jackets sud hoops are
beatod. These is at the bottom mid
trellt uptrsrd some distance apparatus
by wbiuh mi of the ox® uer guns may
be balanoed ouni clamped immovable iu
a vertical position.
When the jacket i« pot on end has
cnoleil, the gnu is lift til from the pit
and carried clown tbo room to the lathe
The procea.es by which the tube was
prepared for the jacket aro repeated
with the different sets of boo pa. Flee
times the la Inch gnn makes tho jour
ney to the pit. Eoob time it oosnas oat
heavier by many tons than when it
went In, and each timo it assumes more
aud more tho appearance of n oamum.
losing its barnilcsa apptareuce as a cyl
inder of ttnol and looming np form Ida
hie. maseivo anil threatening.
AOACVAt. AT WATBUVUAT.
win iiti nanft «■» wru pn an
It goes to the boring lathe, after which
the breech thread is oat and tbe broeoh
screwed on. There la bat one Wop of es
sential ioipertanea ye* oioeeeuy—|c
nest be mode a rifled gnu. In incide
neit be aroored with a ipiral groove,
which will aet tbe ibot whirling whan
the time ocnum for it to speed on its da
•tractive errand. Again tbe gun la pot
Into a la tha Three day* are needed to
rifle it. Tbcmamlcend I* finished end its
■harp mige* are mnoothed and polished.
The brooch plate is Unbilled and tights are
pot on. Tbngnit la eretghed and marked.
IU logbook la packed away lor reference,
and auine On* day tha gnu will be taken
to Handy Hook to ba luwed. It ha* prob
ably barn oigbt or tea month* rinoe tbs
tnbo wan taken from tbe ear which
brought it, a steel forging, from Pann
tylvanU.
HI* wnaka la prantioally the inlaimam
of time for tbe making uf a modem
gaii, and to fluleh ooa wltbio that apaoe
ovarything wooltl bar* to go marv»l
oualy Mail. Tha “treatment” of tba
•teal woeld bare to ba a (ocoeaa at tbe
very flret attempt—something tba* does
uot oftea happen—and the flret testa
wonld here to show that the govern
meet standard had hren reached. Of.
fen*r than otherwise these resolte no
ceily bo olitniued throogb me eh trying
and the expenditure of tiie*. A batch of
gimt may tho* lake rnonU * In tha aaak
h>*. while good look may Mag It dowa
9 week*
None of the gnn* le neutod. They are
all niiiuleweil. end fne* the motaent tba
lobs Ik Tils'tv ad nnill tbe gan beoomre
aM Irrin for tits gevemmeat lie oaiaber
•tick* to it Homo)line* when a moaam
foi (hrlnkiug bee mkci pianr or a great
gun hue gene not to make it* way la the
wcrld I tie man who have done tbe mnM
work am II christen It after their own
faney, bat oAcial eagalaaasa of names
h«* never keen given.
Oiers Fv».rT.-wra
SOttNffTS OF THE SEA.
men who man torpioo math
TOAINED TO KILL AMI Ni
lag twin ItaUs-la War They An A»
aw Cereals t. Measees UmI (Mm
Per rateer. sad Clew.
N-. mailer hirw mooli ha dirpal^MM
hi At nlitdl the tnrpede boat La mod
MB naval warfare one thing is agraa*
apoii anaalmmuly—In pear, they eat
moat naeonfortahla cafe on which M
aarra ona’e ooantry.
Tli. other day the Winslow was or*
hwf from Norfolk navy yard to Join
tba flotilla enlMag off Key Wort A
beery sea waa breaking mm afa« rnanhed
tba oapas, hot abo plaoklly .tuck bar
•cat Into it and Wrsed son lb ward with
hardly more than tba top of bar moke
ttack oat of water. If yoo know haw a
loot, narrow boat beharei in a am Way,
yoa can Imagine haw little comfort bar
crew bad dating tba trip.
Ho little la then to malm Ufa bearable
an tbeee torpedo boata that in tba Xag
liab nary they era obliged to pick man
for torpedo boat Berrios and give la
witad pay to tba entire craw and
aOoon of tbt flctiilft.
It it Impossible to .roid thledieeotn
fort. The torpedo boat* are oceiatraoted
primarily for epaad, and tbalr light,
oam. narrow beam and tballow draft,
while enabling them to make fair epaad
In oalra waatbar, raakaa them almost
nnlabahitable in bad wmlbar.
In a recent trip of a torpedo boat
aetum tba Atlantia It was foand in>
poaslhla for days at a tine to light a
In la tbt oook'e quarters Tba effleeo
Were so cramped la tbalr aabbu that
they were forced to aft with Ibair fart
propped apagataat tba Mdatof tba boat
Kerry one au board daring congb wrath- I
TO* TO*TtJ» DO AT WtHSLOW.
*r wii nurieu mm cut* to tide or tba
narrow steal to be until all wera a naaaa
of bruises and con tael on•. To cap tbulr
troubles they dept with tbo ooplaaaaat
knowledge that beneath then woe
atoned exploalvt* sufficient to blow
them beyond tbo cloud*.
The diaoamforte In dine at peace an
ted enough, bob in wartime* the tor
pedo boat* may wall be called the tee
lora bop* of tba fleet. Enough baa ben
aeen at (be dangan to abovr wbat amall
ohano* than la of the bOM'l crew living
through a torpado doaL Tba moat Mg- '
ioal event of recant naval.baulaa In I
which a torpedo beet took part occurred
an tbo night following the battle of the
Tain, whan tha Chinan ahtpa had
bought ib titer in a con ten lent bay, with
only a amall outlet to tbe eoa. Through
this opening a Jupauene torpedo boat
•tola during tbo Bight to tbe attack.
The commander of the Chinan vaaael
Ting-yuea and a number at his crew
were ou douk expecting aotno attack.
Whau signaled by other veaael* that the
torpedo boat hod boon righmd, tha
Ting-yuan began to An lu tbe dinotion
from wbeooe aha name. Tba awoke
froth the gnu* made It iuipoaalbio to no
tbe attacking boat, and tbe command
waa given to own* firing. TU* CUiaese
cmuuuudar out ilUoorcrod the taepedo
boat a boat half a mile distant, eomlng
at fall spaed toward tha *blp. The gan
crew immediately opened Are upon her
with all their reachioa and rapid An
gnus
Ilia Japan#*# —waaan. bowavar, la
diaabartiag bar torpedo. A dell, mailed
report aeeoasoad tbe tipkaiaa under
the qacrtera of tbe ablp Thai tea It waa
a bolt la bwr bottom that practically
wrecked tba chip. A11 bar cocupaurtnaote
were filled with water end tbe fire* *
tiagaltbed. A. tie weather we bitter
oold—80 degree* below aero—tbe ablp
bad to be ebaadoaad.
Tbe fete of tbe crew of tba torpado
boat wac adrapty appalling. Bbe waa
dtcconercd tbe following morning float
tag In tbe boy. Tbe Brat man who
boarded bar found whet are* left of tbe
crew from 1/ 'Hath oa her denim. The
Mgtaeer. ma AtQlot and firemen bed
been acaided to death Ibrougb tbe mt
tkig uf tbe eteam (tpar by one of tbe
aeaallar abot* from tba machine gaaa
They wac* all Uilow deoka. Tbe ehiaf
engineer wee found near the beech way
of the aagioa room, froeeo miff. It KM
arid not. bowaaar. that be bad died
froai lb* waMi ead bom*. Oal of the
rnCrt otew uf 14 i»*u eat aaa eeeeped.
do yoo for that tbeeo bornett at the
aaa do not hate tbtaga ell tbeir owe
way «*va lu war. l’bat they felly real
ise tide la abown by e recant routerk of
Liao tones# Oenumudar Klmhnll, who
hna oterga of the torpedo beat flotilla.
"Row to kill and bow to die.’* my*
Irtraeauabt Kimball, "meet be Inara ad
la Urn trade of war. A knowledge of
the letter la ouaulilvred mere Important
| iben tin- farmer. Man are trained to
kin oilreal rely; they ore diariplleed to
die prnyrrly Tim men of the float Ue
know bow to bcooaaplhh the Ini park
of their trade, they ess be relied aa be
] da tb 1 iMre."
WHEN COLORS GO UP.
WHAT OOCURS WHIN A WARSHIP
OOU INTO OOMMISSION.
(a AN a. mm
A wanblp “pi
wban UMoOocra
pawmlca and nip i. nady far an.
nd Infixing 0<w aqJtafeiftSTMdlt
laa naw and important addition to tt.
naval foaea. June now, who wa annc
anirlag a aaw wanlilp way Sag or j
•*". *ba uaraaacay ta gaitn a new won
It anally aakaa plan at aat aary
yard, atom alwaya, la tan. altboagh
ta tbo oaaa of tba rauala boagbt fcam
fmlga aoaatrUa, anwa an aaat ta tba
porta wbat tba boat* an Jytaw aad
Sat tba official act ooanim. Oraarally,
baworar, a ably wbiob gaaa into am*
adaNn^b «lU>«r aaaw ablp which baa
lataTp for nonhSS ndwatab^S
1 ~lySy tWwmwy oaaataaa la tbo
Nadiag by tba atw affiacr
of bta otdtn or aathorlty tar nklag
abargaof tba ablp aad tba botattogaf tba
aattaaal aalora. Bata*tbaanattaanal*
ly not an - aaand
aat of
fall <* dig.
eUaglapta
qoamiaa.
a Slip, it ta oftaa tin praettaaTranll of
a rtcat pnaaotlon ad tbit la
adda lataraat to tba aJBalr. Many of bta
aobordliiatM^odtoOT^oo. bava xaoaivad
lor tba taaTtoaT aMuaOy1 toTwtth
tana tataraM oa tba tbip wbiob la ta ba
tatta bota* for yaw to oana aad taba a
b* thdr maauta Saab nu tantaliba
aaaw boy at mhooL
iw am mogte M aonu to mn
«ba mm, carnally in triple lonaattan,
<* the deck ataldaUpe The odoara we
ail wearing their drew mttmmand —
terplendaat la paid braid and trta bd
taaa Tbekigb odbeialtof theaevy who
are praaaat wear their rdiHiaaaa with
trariag oririeb plane. and walk aboat
aaatiff ae ramroda Ata reapeottal dte
tone tba invited gated, ear. baring
Md ibaaa the wieaa and wwrinejg
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VU w Mooiimioq, wuil nui 0+
rood mod kept lack by a Uueof haogfaly
mariuee an tba aolf inwllsri spectators,
ready to an bottle tbeir patriotism wbeo
tba tiraa arrive*.
Tba new oosnsaandlng edBeer opens
the proceedings by reading tba tnders
by which be is eoiboriwt to taka charge
ti the ship. This den., tba offlelal who
*■ eppnioled by the anay department ta
toataUy hand wa tba rvwel steps for
ward mad makes a little speech. He as
I pceew* tba hope tba* tba ship aad tba
mea who an abeat ta net bar may
bate all amts at goad fortune, perhaps
be adds a taw words at adatom, aad be
winds Bp by mi ling tbo oaptala that be
la new in efassga at tba Alp.
At theme words a waiting bwgter
blows a spirited call, the band. If than
U one, iCarts ig oa aatoa appropriate
air. and tba (tare and stripes an ran ap
la tba miwnsi peak. At tba wee time
tba ouloa Jack la broken oat at tba fan
brnok, and the captain’s pennant knial
ad from tba fan panic
Than tba captain la really in eean
maad. from that monaanl until be Id
nliaetd be la a mom ally napontlbla tar
blstblp. If na ran* agrownd. ooOldaa
with a mad eeow or la blown np Ip an
enemy, be la liable la be oaart ate
Malad.
witkla to lad tew wrrfc. tklataro
««*“ toaagfc at to
to«a Iataod awry yard as laaa toa
tear lias, to taaaala to ro iatooaai
■lninu kaUf to cralawa Mluuaapnlbi
aa4 Colombia, to ma KatoMte tut
to moalMR Miaatnaaomk.
Ot ton »«w wipa to KaTokto la
to awai Latamtla*. for to la to Inak
to* of to nary, tto la a kaarlly ay.
•ward Wlmlrtolr fatu, »Uk o —Irtii
Mrol prow cm Um yttudyal waapeo of
Ifm Xa modrra raaaal at tkla n-a
to aver ton uaaal la anlaat wutm,
aad. la tect. to KMaMIr U ibott to
uaty croft of kvrktadia to world. Tfco
Xatakdla aw to tdaaaf Admiral Du.
M AanoNM. bow ndnd, aad to kite
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vat
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win ana lean anvaity in laimlnp tfaia
Inoob of tba arnica tbnn tbaotbar.
bat aaea la ft ba will probably wUb
hJaiaalt well oat at it.
It b ootMDuoly known-g aUU
tazy aaa that by tba Uaaa aa Aanertana
artillery man la tba baary braaab baa
pat la a tbrra yaar ealktawt babat
pioked npoulym mattering at tbanaay
dntiae awl drllb lliat an inpoead apoa
bln aa tba baary aRilbey arrrion b aa
pnaeai argaataad. If — ‘‘1 ijnn
w«m> pnt ia eaa aaHatweae la tba baary
kmtflb fro old tato <■ i|i|g |g that
tanafe. tba baary artillery beta at tba
Oaitad Stain army wooid ba aa a an
with any ia tba world. Bat naa la tba
baary artllary barb a# hbjMilnt
getting eacwgb at H b am eabetneat,
•ad wbaa thoy eallat ■gab a gnat
anay at tbeau Join tba “dm^bbcgtr’la
tba iafmtry regiutrab te tba nbaet
tba aonpaiatiraly my “aaa
oaa gnu” doty tbareia.
Ia tba Am ybaa. tba Tiiltil
baary ■nllloryman baa gat to
aagoadaa latartryman aa tba
tba Infantry inlnnli lb
■H ■ at mat at infantry MU awl ft la a
too* that tba baary atallbry aoldbaa be
tba ngalar anuy baadb tt megl n
gahunawaU la inbintry T naailia aa
tba rigabr infantrynoa.
n mmm QH Biuaiai anui
u »> oh at Ik M| dv
JW Md to* on ■** drilled «)•
MWIIMlfcl. toTtokSto
■*n'« crew. Wat
*• ■>*■ ttod*rte*et wwy—to* et
Ik* sbd’i crew, end for tol* |
1* tolltfd i (tltolto
W ™J »»tow*M
Cinf *
jxwiuto, to* *M*t| at tote
«M drill. etM i* ik, *|| titot
plewert iiela ■■■ |*weM*d tm to* pec
pern to ik* United guim ttmp ie k*
■tow matte, to* a tow alt
I Cwlee* tk* Imty wlHtoy nato
t* fe* *nu tu * |M ttodladtw
tCMtod a* a eatotim etoMaa, to dm
•MM* tk.u* itettolMNtoMIn
W 4* ttmrn hi Ik* MOM *t * toM* S'
CM* tetUetotowt kotii* drill* to to* bto
CM* rear nikltr. If k* fca* to «C*r
tow kind mast * totnHe* we*e. k*
•M CM told *| (to lath** omoMI
*t Me cm drill, of H «M*oWfc
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