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Show A SHIP IX ACTION. WHAT TAKES PLACE ON BOARD FIGHT. IN A Stirring? Scenes on Deck and Below On the Call to Quarters Every Man Moves to His Own Tost as by Clotkaork A Terrible Moment. Few people outside the naval service know just how a war vessel gjes Into a fight. To put a battleship like the Iowa or Indiana in thorough readiness for action ordinarily requires about two hours, though, of course, it car. be done In much less time in case of uigency. There is one thing that mnks it a comparatively simple and ordeily task. On board a fighting has a certain assigned post and a certain task laid out for him with which he is perfectly familiar. This nold3 true from the captain himself down to the little coolies who wait on table for the different messes. When the signal is sounded it brings every man to his place, and long fam'liarity makes the work, so Involved and complicated to the eyes of an outsider, a mere matter of routine. If a ship engages an enemy unexpectedly, so that there Is not the usual time for preparation, the call to quarters is sounded immediately and the men take their places in divisions. In this case each division attends to a part of the work of clearing the ship, but ordinarily the first signal is, Clear for action." At the boatswains whistle and the vei-bcommand the men move to their (In Command of Atlantic Squadron.) positions, those whose places are on deck forming in squads under the direction of the different officers. The captain takes his place on the bridge. Later, when the battle begins, he will go Into the protected conning tower, through the narrow slits of which he can watch everything that takes place on deck and the movements of the enemy as well. But for the present, while the preparations are being made, he must decide the general plan of action, how the guns are to be used, and the class and nature of projectile on which he will depend. filling the fire bu"kr;s urh which to put out a Llaze should cne L1 started The carpenter, under the vp aloft. direction of the nav g: tor, stes to the during the engagement . firmly iashel into place, where it wiil not interfere with the work. The toircen, who are removal of awning stanch. cits, hatch walls and every light object that is not essential to the management of the ship. The chronometers and other delicate instruments are carefully gathered up and laid away beow, to 6ave them from destruction by concussion. The torpedo division ges cut Its apparatus for sending torpedoes, and spreads the Intercepting nets over the ships officers move to their stations. If ship is a monitor the battle hatches clos.d, and the men at last hear final command for which they have been mu atiently waiting "Action! At that moment, the doers of the magazine are ooened, and the men who form the dfferent chains of scuttles begin to i ass the cartridge cases up to the deck. The delivery of ammunition is in charge cf the gunner. In modern naval fortunes the gunner la not, as many landlubbers suppose, the man who fires the cannon. He is a warrant officer, and his position Is a most responsible one in time of action, for he must see to the prompt and the the are the INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM. From St Lawrence Plaindealer, Canton, N. Y. To suffer for years with a prevailing painful ailment, which baffled skillful mediral treatment, yet which was cured by a simple household remedy, is the lot which befell Mrs. George L. Rogers, of West Main Street, Canton, N. Y. 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NEW STYLE DISAPPEARING sides, where they can be quickly lowered if need be. Below the activity is equally great. The engine fires are started up and steam is made as fast as possible, for a modern battleship is Intended to go into action under a full head of steam. The steam and bilge pumps are rigged and the magazine squads stands to Its post, but the magazines are not unlocked until the signal for action. The keys, however, are delivered to the of- fleers of the powder division by the captain at the first signal. When the ship is cleared the call to quarters is given and the men take their places In divisions. The gun squads stand to their guns and make them ready for use. The hatches, except those that will be used, are covered with gratings and tarpaulins, the carpenter collects his men and with the armorer . stands ready to repair any damage that may be made by the enemys fire or the recoil of the ships cannon. 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