Show I ETIQUETTE ON BOARD WARSHIP Many Little Points Observed By n I Visiting Iandsman hlladelphla Times The may little points of etiquette observed bit board an American man ofwar are dfstf1 worth public interest in-terest From the moment an officer or man steps alOard until after hOhas left lIe musthsctve sqnveqtithial cero tuonlals 01 many kinds In thclirSi place in golrig aboard or I leaving tlialdpthestarboard gangway gang-way Is re3crcd for the use of the com mlsslomd officers and their visitors AU others must use the port gangway Upon stepping aboard the first thing to be done is to salute the deck by touh1ng or lifting the hat or cap This is meant as a mark of respect to the cOlors and Is acknowledged by the of Ilcer of the dek The quarter deck Is sacred to tho officers and the side of I It occupIed by the officer of the deck Is generally avoided even by them No enlisted man are permitted to so on the quarter deck sacept on duty One of the prettiest of naval ceremonIes cere-monies takes place when the colors are 1101lted 01 g a m and agaIn when they are lowered at sunset These two functions func-tions are accompanied by appropriate military musIc all hands officers as well as men who happen to be 9n deck at the timE standing up at attention at-tention facing aft and uncovered until un-til the colors reach the flagstaff head or are Ioned Into tIle arms of the quartermaster who receives them as L iic p2O maY be It is customary for officers always to relute the captain when passing him I but not to Sftlute each other on board ship when nieiy passing except when on dutEn official communlcatloq is toe to-e made The junloralwa salutes tj first the senior returning the salute 1 The men aliars salut an officer when I addressing or benS addressed by him Officers Mlan the grade commander command-er are alW2iya addresctl as plain Mr with the exception that the surgeons are called doctor In the familiar unofficial un-official intercourse the chief engineer z is adthessed as chief and the paymaster k pay-master 8S pay Usually the marine officer jocularly spoken to as major ma-jor ors colonel or-s r Commanders and captains are always called captain and commodores and admirals are addressed by their titles i but tbeqpznmanding officer of a yes eelhio matter what his rank Is always addressed by those underhlm as cat ca-t Many small cruisers and Jrpedo bo4sie comm rid d by lieutenants indneven by eriSfgns yet they arecatled I r j cit tn as long as they retain copt thaftd1 I Vnllk cJvfl life the nyyi t g rdjlt a RJ < a empilment to drop the7tMrf In J petHnal conversationbeteenome rs II I Ts4piIctIonofthat littleprefixlm J uwIdiuaHtYld Tank and alt or th rt el lbJttered bY the ele j t a atlon to equality made by a senior In II dropping It There arc certain interesting formal II Ities In entering < < leaving and sitting In the ships small boats Entrance goes according to rank junior first In eon formlty with the prInciple that the captain cap-tain Is always last to abandon his ship In sitting in the boat the senior sits farthest aft the others ranging themselves them-selves forward of him according to gradation of rank In leavIng the boat the senior goes first which suggests the I rule that In an attack on shore Or a boarding part the senior leads the Way waThere There are three principal ceremonies attending the official arrival on board or the departure from a ship of persons per-sons of rank On t is the piping over I the side consisting of thc attendance at the gangway of front two to eight side boys and the long 1tr1l1 piping I of the boatswain no the person honored hon-ored comes or goes over the side For I a commanding officer admiral or other high functionary the marine guard Is I paraded on the quarterdeck presenting arms with the field musIc giving the approprIate number of ruffles as the I functionary passes along the deck to or from the gangway This Is the see ond honor The third Is the firing of I gun salutes the number of guns depending de-pending upon the personal rank The president of the United States and members of the royal families receive twentyone guns the national salute which 15 the highest number officIally recognized Other omclals1recelve vary Ing numbers below this the following being example Admiral seventeen pn vice admiral fifteen rear ad inirai thirteen commodore eeven tioernors or states cabinet ministers diplomatic rcpresentathes generals or the army and consular officers are all entitled to gun Sillutes The salute is not fired until the ob Sect of them is In his bo t and pulls ahead of the ship when the first gun Is fired and his flag Is unfurled from them the-m sthead to be pulled down with the lest gun While the salute Is In prog res the visitors boat stops proceeding after the last gun It is a marked breach of courtesy to fire either more Ot lees guns than the person saluted Is entitled to and when such I done his representative prompt ly calls upon the saluting ship for an explanation and if this is not satfsfac tOry serious offense Is given There is ceremony even in marking the passage of time on board ship There Is a clock near the captains cabin which the captains orderly or-derly watcbes and each half hour he goes on deck and saluting reports to the officer of the deck the number or bells such as one bell air three bells sir and so on The officerre turns the orderly salute says Very good and then directs the messenger ioy to strike the proper number of bell bellBut But at 8 3 m noon anJup m there Is a mark difference These hours are reported t th officer fC the deck not as eight beJhr bag as 8 fti c I olbqk < K i 2 olbk The officer then tells the orderly to report the hour to the captain and the eight belLs arc not struck until the captain directs ft through the medium of the orderly the officer of the deck and the mereener No one ot board can see the captain In hIs qabIn wftlfout first sending In his namd by the latters orderly An officer of-ficer cannot see the captain on any ot ficlal bU8lneE3 oC ha own Initiative wlthoutstatlng it to and reCeiving permission per-missIon from the executlvqafiicer Enlisted En-listed men must obtain the further permission per-mission of the ofilccr of the deck before InterviewIng the executive ol11cer |