Show 4 1 qz S e i i 7 k 1 1 3 3 a 11 j 11 I 1 ON A BIG I 1 POINTS TO BE BB OBSERVED BY A L LANDSMAN sacred berd but buk offia 9 allowed on it ceremony AtU the En entrants or azu of persons the many little points of etiquette observed red an ai board an american man of war are distinctly worthy of public Inte interest resL from the moment an officer or man steps aboard until after he has left he must observe conventional ceremonies of many kinds in the first place in going or leaving the ship the starboard gang ean was Is reserved for the use of the commissioned officers and their visitors all others must use the port part gangway upon stepping aboard the first thing to be done Is to salute the deck by ngor lifting the hat or cap this Is 13 meant as a mark of respect to the colors or andis and Is acknowledged by the tha officer of the deck the quarter deck is s sacred cr ed to the officers and the side bide of it mccu occupied pied by the officer of the deck Is generally avoided even by them no enlisted men are permitted to go on an the quarter deck except on duty oue one of the prettiest of naval ceremonies takes place when the colors are hoisted at 8 a m and again when they are am lowered at sunset these two functions are accompanied by appropriate military music all hands officers as a well as men who happen to be on deck at the time standing up at attention facing aft and uncovered until the colors reach the flagstaff head or are lowered into the arms of the quartermaster who receives them as the case may be it Is customary for officers always to salute the captain when passing mm him but not to salute each other on board ship when merely passing except L pt when on duty an official communication muni cation is to be made the junior always salutes first the senior returning the salute the men always salute an officer when addressing or being addressed by him officers below the grade of commander are always addressed as plain mr with the exception that the surgeons are called doctor in tho familiar unofficial intercourse the chief engineer is addressed as chief and the paymaster as pay usually the marine officer is jocularly spoken to as major or colonel commanders and captains are always called captains and commodores and admirals are addressed by their titles but the commanding boffl officer of a vessel no matter what hla his rank Is always addressed by those under him as captain many small vessels sels and torpedo boats are commanded by lieutenants and even by ensigns yet they are called captains as long as they retain command unlike civil life the navy regards it as a compliment to drop the mr 1 in personal conversation between officers the application of that little prefix implies wide disparity in rank and a junior thus feels flattered by the eleva elevation to equality made br 07 a senior in dropping it there are certain interesting formalities mali ties in entering leaving and sitting in the ships small boats entrance goes according to rank junior first in conformity with the principle that the captain is always last to abandon the ship in sitting in the boat the senior sits furthest aft the others ranging themselves forward of him according to graduation of rank in leaving the boat the senior goes first which suggests the rule that in an attack on shore or a boarding party parly the senior leads the way there are three principal ceremonies attending the official arrival on board or the departure from a ship of persons of rank one is the piping over the side consisting of the attendance at the gangway of from two to eight side boys and the long shrill piping of the boatswain as the person honored comes or goes over the side for a commanding officer admiral or other high functionary the marine guard Is paraded on an the quarterdeck quart erdeck presenting arms with the field music giving the appropriate number of ruffles raffles as the functionary passes along the deck to or from the gangway this is the honor the third Is the birin firing 9 of gun salutes the number of guns depending upon the personal rank the president of the united states and members of royal families receive 21 guns gums the national salute which la Is the highest number officially recognized other officers receive varying numbers below this the following being exi examples n admiral 17 suns guns vice admiral 16 rear admiral 13 comodore commodore it 11 governors of states cabinet ministers diplomatic representatives generals cene rals of the army and consulate officers are all entitled to gun salutes th the e salute is not fired until the object of it is in his boat and pulls ahead of the ship when the first gun is fired and lits his flag is unfurled from the masthead to be pulled down with the last gun while the sal uta is to in progress the visitors boat stops Proceed luc after the last laa gun it is a marked breach ot of courtesy to I 1 fire either more mor or less suns guns thin than the person saluted is entitled to an and d wien when such 1 is 1 done his hia representative t i ly calls apon te thes alutin nir aw snip I 1 tor or an explanation 10 r andoff and if this Is not satisfactory i I 1 serious offense I 1 is gevea lm there e aw ei n ony A 37 eit I 1 in marking the passage jot bif aime ow on board s a ship hl cra there is a tt i j iiii attali 2 cabit ck bit feath 1 calta ma 1 4 ai I 1 I 1 watches esz es Z and eat tach b our V oa 02 I 1 I 1 f 1 to Z fai t sz 1 i k J Z I 1 tep acteon ow f 6 50 ambe umbe I 1 1 V F w 16 t b 5 1 r I 1 C 1 ddn alt ID Z I 1 t ga P rg LT Z 1 lu kf e 4 T i I 1 the ord or derlys wIles salute im says very good and then directs the messenger 83 uger boy bor to strike the Ahe raper proper P i number of bells but at 8 a EL noon and 8 p m there is a marked difference these hours are reported to the officer of the deck not as eight bells but as eight the am officer or twelve then tens tells the orderly to re report port the hour to the captain and the eight bells we are not struck until the captain directs it through the medium of the orderly the officer of the deck and the messenger essen no one on board can see the captain in his cabla cabin without first sending in his name by the batters lat orderly an officer cannot see the captain on any official business of his own initiative without stating it to and receiving permission from the executive officer enlisted men must obtain the further permission mission of the officer of the deck before interviewing the executive officer philadelphia times |