| Show Marines and Bluejackets There ham i boon a good deal oC rule leading matter publlrhcd with rolertati i to tho alleged cat and dog life led by I i marines and sailors on hoard Amn can menofwar As a simile matter ot fact the sea soldiers and bluJoekh of Uncle Sam get on together exceed Ingly well There Is I not ontnth a much bickering between marin And bluejackets ns there Is I among the roll arm themselves A marine recruit just Assigned to a ship occasionally deielopq ymWIn ot the disease knon as duty Uruck which la I synon into with 0 romelou ness and thereby foollshly lOll the foundation ot years ot unpOPulontr hlmBelf by taking ahantage ot his gu I hority to make It lIB WRrm Bs PoAsIblo f rrs lIe c bluoJaeket called n re roll however Is I quick called < too n by the older men of the marine guard As a rule the marineland bjJackets abtirl t are on the most friendly terms Tter are few liberty parties of bluejackets bound for a good time ashore that Are not accompanied UY A favorite rra sea a orne 11 dier or two Invited alon op I In 1 sallorlllen get rid ot their lel money for out of his 13 a month the ond rpal marine doe not havp a large amount for shore hilarity The accusation has Occasionally beta made against American marines of ua nece sary severity In dealing vilth blue Jacket prisoners In the brig ever whom they have stood guard Careful Investigation has almost Invariably proved that the severity was ucIsary Some officers of tho line of He navy love frequently advocated the abolition ot the marine guard and bating the necessary guard duty aboard iroh of war such as tho watching rriooners placed In the hands of regularly detail ed bluejackets But It has often been found In the absence of matin guards on landing party duty ashore that i bluejacket put on guard with a cntlif ON er another hluoJacket 10 mud fun severe In his treatment at thelmair than a marine ever 14 t The mum this having been ascertained li IU there havo hen oOeral cases 10 rhtll the guarding hlucjocyct has I 1ld I the fractious prisoners head open alums cutlass |
