Word: boatswains
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...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...
...Boatswain, Charles Ayer Clough...
...class; the Commodore; one addicted to boating; the Captain a jolly blade; the Lieutenant and Midshipman fellows of the same description; the Chaplain the most profane; the Surgeon a dabbler in surgery, or in medicine or anything else; the Ensign the tallest member of the class; the Boatswain one most inclined to obscenity; the Drum-Major the most aristocratic, and his assistants, fellows of the same character. Oh! laziness! fulsere quondam candiditibi soles...
...formidable list was headed next to the "Lord High" by the Vice Admiral, distinguished as the poorest scholar; the Rear Admiral, the laziest man of the class; the Chaplain of the fleet, the most profane; the Ensign, the best story teller, and last, but not least, the Boatswain, the most obscene. When the senior parts were announced and the happy recipients of parts filed to the president to receive them, the navy formed the guard of honor and escorted them about the yard with a band and all the officers rigged out in full naval regalia. The members...