Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 195
axes litter the deck; every-thing is provided and ready as for action; whilethe captain, accompanied by the executive of-ficer (the first lieutenant), with an orderly bear-ing a lantern, makes a thorough inspection foreand aft and below, including the powder-divi-sion, magazines, and shell-rooms,… … DRUMMER, MARINE GUARD. tion, armed, silent, expectant,— and all in lessthan three minutes I Truly, then, can it be wondered that aftergenerations of such experiences in real war, weregret to give up the drum, at whose magictouch such changes can be wrought ? Couldthe beating of a gong (more…
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