Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 559
blue-jacket is thebest fed, uniformed, andmost contented of all thesailormen afloat on theSeven Seas. To cruisethe salt seas, drop an-chor now and then in aforeign port, and sand-wich in between therivalry of drills ashoreand afloat the contestsof water- and field-sports, is in itself at-tractive… … A HAPPY SHIP S GLEE CLUB. men in both study and recreation, is the aim ofour navy department in time of peace. The man-o-wars-manin our navy begins hisday with the buglessounding reveille at 5 :30in the morning, backedup by the shrill pipes ofthe bosuns mates andtheir hoarse shouts of:Up all…
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