Word: boatswains
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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During the war he served for a time as boatswain on the U. S. S. Virginia, seeing foreign service in that capacity. On the return of the Virginia he was transferred to the First Naval District, where he acted as head swimming instructor. A resident of Brookline, Sutherland has long been a member of the Brookline Swimming Club...
...organization of the Naval Unit has been slightly changed since the beginning of the term. A. P. Becker, Chief Boatswain's Mate, has been appointed Regimental Commander; A. K. N. Jenson, Chief Quartermaster's Mate, has been put in command of the first plantoon; D. C. Clark, Chief Quartermaster's Mate in command of the second platoon; V. H. Ehler, Chief Quartermaster's Mate, is in command of the third platoon; J. Pokorny, Chief Gunner's Mate, is appointed commander of the fourth platoon...
...barren island in the South Atlantic. Robert Chilton, a rich stock broker, has been wrecked on its reefs while cruising in his yacht, the "Rover"; from all the ship's company, the only survivors were Barbara, Chilton's wife, whose father is a Gloucester fisherman, and Jabez, the boatswain. The action of the play is furnished by the struggle between the men for the possession of Barbara...