Show sailor boys in tho the navy BY BI A NAVAL edward kniatt enlisted ia the service on board the united states training ship sh M then lying in now new york harbor bar or ilia hia name nama was wa on atred in the log as having shipped as a third clasa boy at nine dollars end and fifty ceata ceuta pet per month to servo until twenty ono one after elnine the articles in the ilia offlie und and having had their obligation explained to him the officer struck a bell instantly a lad appeared at the window and saluted sainted tell doughty I 1 want to see sea him the boy started away on a ran and soon with another boy sho chort t and stout but bat with a manly int intelligent eldont look he his cap and stood with hands bandi at the side in a military and respectful attitude Doul ritty this id a now boy his name is ia knight haight I 1 turu turn him over to you take him to tho the ships writer and have him put on the and bill then to the mauter at arms arias lot for his bag and hammock mesa and outfit after that see eoa thit that he beta Is ime measured amed by the tailor and cropped by tho the barber then take him sal all about ike ship and explain things to him keep him out of mischief and allow alloa no skylarking do you yoa understand ay sy ay air that willbo will do then the boys thus dismissed went forward together it II was a boat about tea tan in ia the morning the great gun gon drill was waa over on the starboard aide a class clas sofa of n dozen youth were gathered around the submarine sub merine diving apparatus listening to instruction forward of 0 these a nother another class were wera busy with problems in navigation on the port side the a spaces spacer between the guns seemed algedi with boys bitting on benches beaches and divided into ace aaa eions each under the care of A school matter the lesson for the in I 1 geography and the now new boy noticed as he walked along that every facility fox for teaching was provid edwall maps dissected maps globes at lases and tables covered with molding sand baud they stopped at the scuttlebutt to get a drink of water and glanced up it at alie tb bulletin board whore where various I 1 I 1 orders were era placarded pla carded better keep your eye on those it if you yon want rent to keep off the report book doughty remarked to his companion rassing bassing down the forward hatchway to the berth deck they soon readied reached the ships writers office who anie quickly itly filled out ont a ticket for the young g recruit containing his hia name rate the part 0 of the ship to which he be was wa assigned his bis watch number number of division gun and mesa mass bud his ships hipo number the boy looked at it with a puzzled ai air oh come along and ill tell you jon a all I 1 about is said aid doughty you yon sea the ship is ii all divided up in order to carry on OB the work and you yon are put pat in mizzen top the captain of that part ol of the ship will tell you whit what to do then you yoa are in the port watch and thala lour loar number coall find posted up in one e of the bulkheads a watch bill robion look on that for your number and you ron will find opposite to 1 it I kit oat what you rou fire are to do in handling eill and so on 1 then them the he I 1 battery is divided divide J up op into so 10 many divisions with a lieutenant or some borne other officer floor of in charge and in each division thoro there are so BO many guns rod and you belong to the crew of ct gun u number eight when the drum lif beats t to 0 o quarters youre to fall in at that gun gon this Is ia the number of your mesa men 11 he ie continued pointing to a chest cheat fillod field with ai tin a utensils ili you yon uke take your soon a he here a the mesa gear and aad there bare Is ia a i winging table coall got to know all about it before long the master at arms amia was next sought bought and found pacing u ap P and down the berth deck dack lie ile was wai a muscular da man as lie bs needed to be ie being chief petty officer of the ship chip mud and charged with a all I 1 the police duties and regulations lations he scanned the now new t lay simply sharply and was apparently tails led fled with hla his looks tor for turning to a fresh white hammock containing a mattre blankets blanke tf ho he said eaid t this Is your hammock it is charged barged to you yoa on oa the co cc counts and stepping a few paben forward and touching A hook hack on one of ilia lie cros crois baams 11 this Is ia your billot you swing owing here mind ye je dont get allo d the first time aja got get ia here heie you n doughty bring that hammock liam mook jo lere er e find and show dhow this lid lad how to got get into IV doughty brought the hammock bm moki slung slang it and then seizing the books on the beam midway mil way between me two ends of the hammock lifted himself I 1 an and dropped lightly into it with an ease w which eb quite lia his companion after one or two attempts however the new boy succeeded in u as well as aa his instructor the master alarms at aring next neit proceeded edoil to toach the boy how to laati ash his hia lammo ready for stowing and then I 1 from rom the paymaster thereat the rest of othla his on battit talt a motley collection la in eluding besides clothing A bur bar of soap a a scrubbing brush a shoo brush a comb a box of 0 blacking blacki cg but bat tons silk needles etc eta most of 0 these things after belog marked with the boys boya number dumber were neatly stored in a large black lag bag the check of we a riven hivon to the young recruit ra cruit with ali the in joDO auction tion to t taka like good care of it the boy was then taken to the ihlma barber who b quickly despoiled lim him of a illias surplus hair and then to the ships a tailor doughty WM was now called liway iway for a few moments and the now boy left to himself looked out oat at one of the open en ports and tried to realize where aph ho 0 was he ha seemed to be ba in a so many things bal bail been told him within tho the last conr so many lid had happened ile ho felt of hla his bead basil to sea i it aej hair bair was loft left looked at his bis now new uniform lingered fingered his bis knife lanyard one thing was sure no he daano was no longer an out ont sider aider ho he belonged to this bolia ship its he had louneil joice atho the navy whose glorious deeds an awl 1 history hail had grown familiar to him in many an hour hoar of rapturous reading soon he ha would know till all about tile guns and masts mast and sells sails and routine of ship ls life and his young heart fairly bounded with joyful an anticipation ion A all I 1 this ho however waver he kept to himself him hima gelf elf and when be doughty came cama back he in cairol with apparent and now what in am I 1 tb do first ob you must knock about abent and get used to things break in easy they wont put pat you into tho the regular drills drilla the first week we let a see lee you must meat turn out la in the morning w when hen all hinds hands are called lash your jour hammock and carry it to the nettings Bet net tings then you yon must scrub yourself in a backet ot of water after that the op esp tain taia of ct your part of the ship will give you to do until inspection at seven coven bells belle when wo all muster on the spar deck then Thea vago wo go to formation at eight hire prayers and march aroh to breakfast then comes I 1 olo cleaning aning 1 and quarters I 1 it at two bells bella after that therell bo be nothing special till hammocks are piped down at sunset unless they put you iota into one of the sections for I 1 setting ap ill I 1 II 11 be near yoa yea and post you yoa when the time comes B bat I 1 thought setting up was wail tor for a i sold soldier or and I 1 oama came here to be a jailor doughty looked at his companion with surprise A yes youve got to learn to be a bailor and to no mistake mii take bat theres lots lota more youve got to learn id like to know what you got to learn on board this ship why youve got to be a regular soldier and match in in battalion equal to the best beet of the now new york regiments youve got to study dannery and be ba an artille artillerist riat youve got g at to know how to U use be small arms they toach you here liow how to fence a and ila box and row and swim and dive in submarine aab marine armor besides regular school studios studies youve got to leara to make your own ol clothes othes andi and mend them and carub t them h am and take ake oara care of thema them too so BO that none are am stolen theres there no end to the drilling and teaching here the new boy opened his eyes in asis to 11 at this lengthy oat catalogue of duties and studies doughty daughty smiled I 1 and proposed that they should take a look through the ship As they walked sit together the now new corner comer inquired how many boys there werft wera on board and his friend leaving him for or a moment stepped down to the ships writers office and borrowed a printed statement of the enlisted me men a on board fit at the close of the last Iset week with their respective ratings you nee bee said doughty Dough ti running his finger down the list that we have now on board four hundred and fourteen boys and rome boma sixty biety and and forty marines then of the rest some fifty or niety are petty officers boatswains mates gun gunners mers mates quartermasters quarter masters cox coxswains swains machinists schoolmasters abool masters yeomen at sto awards waris and so 80 on in all illi the ships company number six BIZ hundred still and twenty two bud and that t take in the bo officers some soma of the petty off of loera floers wear near seek rack a oats coats bat most moat of them dress dresa like lika the C rew and wear badges ou their sleeves there are ara so many ot of them that I 1 cannot tell you about them now but soon learn see sea hero here said aej the now new boy impulsively pul and turning round to lace face tile bis companion will you yoa tell me why you dont talk as a other boys boyi talk why are ara you so particular in ia fotr bourla la your language well the truth is sid doughty frankly I 1 wati waa carefully oare tally trained at al home my father was i a clergyman oler grman and took great palms with me then too I 1 was a basics schoolboy toi for some years and almost as a jooa as 1 I 1 cime on bolted they made me ma a I 1 boy instructor prom from that moment the two boys boy became friendly and confidential knights father had bad aliu been a clergy man und anil the lads found they had much together in common you yoa must mast tell the chaplain who you are said bald doughty I 1 ile he is id one of tho the best of men and fat falot 01 sympathy yon yoa will come under tinder him la in it st adies adles lie iia has charge of the thou then ho he peaches every sunday banday and has a wile class sad and an iv euing service md iud he be la Is ia charge of the singing Bc sc hoil hoI and gives lectures leo tares wook nights ina la ItT onomy and other there he is ia now at the tha cabin door talking with tho the captain the boy looked ii gerly y nil and saw a delicately to formed rmel om in bilal for form no he wore wora thru strips of gold lace on tho the leoa leo 9 antl anil in his Jor strap a silver cross glittered 11 what church dors does be belong to 2 really Ra ally I 1 dont know theres therea nothing denominational about him seems to me I 1 leard beard some somebody loay say le ho was a baptist for convenience sako and in order to have a bar v vico co ho he uses on a pirt part of tho the form ho talk ranch much about creeds bat ho he hiis has it good deal to say bay about christ at this moment several ofil sera came up arom the wardroom and gathered ga therod la in n linot knot between two of tuo the guns guna talking tog together ethor in a very animated style upon some topia of cl interest that a good chanco chance for mo me to tell you yon about tho the cill said Doug lity YOU ace some BOBIO of them atheni have a gold star on their sleeves last above aboto the lace those are all iline officers and wont went through tle the naval academy Aca deray they graduate gr as midshipmen sad rod aro are then promoted right up the iho line as fast as those at tho the top lia dia ott fit or are touted ra tired prom from got get to la be ensigns en on signa filgas and then masters maa terp after that end bed era and commanders and cap captains ina I 1 and abd commodores and roar rear admirals they pi rd the military off olli loera cers in the service the captain is the highest in rick on en board this thia ship chip find and next to him is the executive adleor who is ia a lion iloa tenant commander find and who has the ahola charge ot of the ship under the Capt captian ial and then thea cornea comes the I 1 tor ter who is a lieutenant find and after lim him the watch who take the deck in succession 11 in the wardroom these all room on tho the starboard side ido and in no ao corrance corda cor dance aca with rank then CD the port side aide are arc the roams of the I 1 staff of floars oars the chief engineer who is ia in ia charge of the engines and ike are room the paymaster who issues provisions and clothing to the crew st stad and ad pays off the tb men end and oera til tho the surgeon burgeon who takes care ot of the tha nick the marine marina cm oer car in ia charge of the be guard and the chaplain besides Be these there are assistant tat surgeons burgeons and assistant all these staff dress in uniform und and have bara rank corresponding v witti atit the lioe officers loera eff they are till all rega barly commis in addition to the tha line 1100 and staff there here are four warrant os as the they are re called jhb boata wala gunner and carpenter these are not confirmed by the senate like the officers but receive warrants from the secretary of the nay navy their rooms are on the berth deck forward of the tha steerage and wardroom A bielo call followed follow oil by a general stir and movement mo vemont among tho the boys boya hindered farther conversation and doughty hastened haste sed forward with hla him friend to put pat him in his proper place in t tha he formation which preceded eded dinner lia companion |