Wass rnplgmeny “RICKS IN THE NAVY HOW THE MEN CONTRIVE TO PUNISH UNPOPULAR OFFICERS. Juck Tar Has Many Effective Ways oi Getting Full Revenge For His Grievances—~The Difference Between a “Lay Down" and a Mutiny, imerican men-o'-war's men don't mu- tiny these days. They know the pun- ishinent that would be meted out for that sort of thing, and their average of intelligence and of esprit de corps is jutinitely higher than that of fhe crews of the old time frigates who really did mutiny, much talked about the glories of the old navy by the ancient flat feet of the wooden navy, still in the A genuine mutiny on board any Kind of ship 1s a good deal Hie what General Sherman termed war, The entire British navy In every part of the world upon a preconcerted and passed around word once mutinled —it was In the latter part of the elght- eenth century—at a certain bour, There were doings then and afterward, The doings afterward arranged matters so that there has never been a genuine mutiny on board British man-o’'- war since. The yardarms were busy standing the strain of the swung men for long months after that mutiny, and ns is service one +H ners the But in the American ne world ove what they deo holding times do, on board their ship for t nmiske It m he cerned with their grievances, Such acts liked officers are not done in the navy today, but the bluejackets methods of their of at severe or lmperious officers awn ing down” it is an of a ship el lnab set standard In } work, and they know of of efficacious me : 's company cannot be punish- unch f 0 take ad vantage amount ship's company space of t In the nn ample, the erable for he is the man nething loafing on watches and unpleasant coaling terminable length o punish any wa have got it in In the la till the wan their assumes dircet command of the of coaling, ! wn the give an ex ; a ship's cor work « Wi - ' CUTE dis 1 ake © £1 nrocessl fr * ¥ w nen nng iv, but son can They shovel a i) how or an very little « to find its y over t} into the bunkers I'he the coal lighters pant an der the strain terrific, but t! Hof headwa; The dislike chafe and 1 under his breath, but this d coal Into the hunkers. Wh his report to “the old amount of 1 Lf } ie luejackets pe un ore Iq 1 the cot 1 a ved 1 onl th t comparison third the an the side durin ceding officer « ed to be pop ter of this sort alwa; ing officer to think! old enough tH be comn ean men-of-war have perience that it Is as « a dingey for a naval and hold the good w and that the usefulness on board of a ship of an officer who has sacrificed the confidence and good will of the men for'ard Is just as good as gone 3 And go It comes to pass that nowa days few officers of the United States navy fall to apprehend well It pays them to make themselves popular with the men for'ard. In the old navy it often happened that officers who had earned the ill will of the bluejackets actually feared to go for'ard at night after lights were out, and there was a reason. Such officers, taking the chance, would no foot under the fo'¢’sle, where, after lights out, there was only the dim [Hlumination of a single standing light, than they would have to dodge nll manner of missiles “soup and bully” cans, choeking blocks, mess gear, boots, anything and everything throwable that the sallors and marines, In and out of thelr ham- mocks, first laid their hands upon. On such an occasion the officer who was the target had but one thing to do, and that was to scoot aft as fast as his legs would carry him. He could make complaint to the commanding officer the next day If he were foolish, but he rarely secured the punishment of any men for'ard. The throwers couldn't be singled out. But there are modern occurrences in the American navy equally illuminat. ing. A deck officer who had gained the extreme {ll will of the men for'ard svas attached to a cruiser on the China station some years ago. He was a fine drillmaster, and it became his duty to take landing parties of the ship's company ashore at Chemulpo for drill instruction. When the men for'ard heard of this order the word “lay down” went around among all hands. It was a slouchily accoutered gang of 100 bluejackets that appeared on deck to compose the first landing party. There seemed nothing particularly the matter with the men’s military makeup except that there was a general look of slovenliness about them. Each man SEIS Ema dl ount that waa hoisted over g the watch of the pre ilar with the men the deck, who happen A mat 8 sets a command for men anders of Ameri. learned by ex vy as launching officer to acquire f enlisted men king who =, are how sooner set his but uad all of regulations,