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well
established
cus-
tion
and
observance
depend
so
much
be found
from
England.
Rear
Admiral
Gerald
Hall,
R.N.,
Commander
W.
N.
T.
Beckett,
M.V.O.,
D.S.C.,
to date.
to
reproduce
from
All
Beckett,
Taintor and
people
who
have
actually
and
continuously
to
demonstrate
their
fitness
who have
neces-
sarily
to
know
much
of
anything,
except
to
most
a
work
for
the
highest
good
of
to
his
Son,
written
Proscribed 126
329
G.
Indiaman
107
The
distinct
loss
in
the
deeds
contained
of the
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
of
public
Ideals
play
a
prominent
a plea
for higher
existence
of
impress
customs
in
the
Foreign customs have a
usage as
of course
of
to
the
courageous
sword to
as a
the United
crippled
the
It NAVAL
Toulon
said
the
feat
tribute that
act,
main royal
The continuity
nations.
Such
erations,
it
[Nelsonian
tradition]
La
Tour
no
Captain
William
L.
Hern-
don,
when
he
realized
that
his
that
will
a
kinship
with
Nelson
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
stitutes the
The sea
daring
and
noble
acts
of
mankind.
sagas
to
the
most
recent
become
the
the
torpedoed
gunfire,
turned
towards
his
Flag
points
to
port.
(Towards
the
CHAPTER II
Xenophon
refers
in
his
Hellenica
to
certain
duties
of
the
ceremonies
by
way
was
considered
by
some
to
be
of
a
curious
breed.
Tlie
modern
sailor
is
considered
so
today
sailor
cannot
in
many
respects
be
compared
with
the
seaman
of
sail,
but
the
been
to
date
and
improvement
as
may
one
day
to himself;
especially, they
now
out-moded
theory
respective
Unknown
Sol-
this
salutation
the quarter-deck, it
junior
survival
negligence.
or
taking
it
royal
commendation
at
Osborne.
taught
for
can be
of
chivalry
symbolized
on
the
sword
by
to
kiss
the
sword
hilt
archers,
before Hitler's
regime was
as
a
friendly
gesture
by
Nicholas
II,
the
last
Czar
of
the
Russias,
and
flourishes
that
were
made
by
military
And this
so they heat their ordnance
with
taking.
He
utilized
these
honors
as
drills
and
directed
that
the
muskets
always
be
fired
a
man.
The
Turkish
Navy
fired
shotted
salutes
until
1910.
The
custom
Sover-
eigns
salute was
returned with
cheering
led
of
the
command.
He
was
received
by
Captain
read
by
cheer,
the
men
sounding
echo
and
pleasant
report
in
stranger usually sa-
waters he
colors
flying.
If
they
are
to
force
them
thereunto.
Tending
or
whistle
of
command,
in
addition
to
the
gold
whistle
of
honor.
. . . Upon
as we know it
as a
avast
heaving.
It is
a
severe
battle.
It
the
design
and
probably
the
idea
of
a
more
carpets and cushions, and
that
ceremonial,
sacred,
the nineteenth
British ships.
the vessel
the
ship's
Miss
girdle a
pigeons
when
the
ill-fated
airship
Akron
was
christened.
The
Japanese
were
the
first
to
use
baptised
the
ship
with
a
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
a
coin
a
very
old
superstition.
One
explanation,
death
all
men
are
equal.
Seniors
take
their
proper
the
the
one
which
con-
8/19/2019 Naval Customs, Traditions and Usage
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
that
report
It
has
ever
been
customary
for
all
officers
and
prevent the
they
foamed
and
hissed
past.
The
was
at
once
carried
interred in
the officers'
Crossing
the
Line
The
known
that
ceremonies
whether
or
not
ent time, it
grew
out
of
traditions
of
men
will
of
our
picturesque,
and
with
the
exception
Ireland
we
have
the
serious-minded
listener—
a
man
of
beach
the
penalty.
Registered:
Davy
Jones
Secretary
to
His
Majesty
Decorative
certificates
of
distinct
nautical
phraseology
are
presented
to
those
initiated.
thereto.
No
custom
of
the
sea
is
better
known,
for
to
qualify
as
heart
of
the
seamen
of
all
nations.
Captain
Hall,
known precedent,
done amid cheers,
spent
in
high
living
won,
Ohl
The
Bureau
of
at
military
to
waiting
placed upon
general.
NAVAL CUSTOMS.
Crusader,
for
the
large
shield
carried
to
the
This
arms,
salute.
Here
again
we
the Eastern
moon
changed
every
guns,
was
one
gun
for
a
July
4
at
the men
cartridges;
to
the
and smother
the fire
with wet
NAVAL CUSTOMS.
TRADITIONS. AND
a
up
gave a
Century
Diction
ary
hour
after
is sounded
on the
trumpet or
1846.
Commodore
Claxton
to
the
dead,
the
song
used
in
America,
to
articles that part of the code
that
was
embraced
were
adopted
by
Jersey
and
Delaware,
the Government
of the
five
com-
manders
of
set
forth
to
il-
lustrate
the
punishments
of
that
day.
Anyone
that
should
kill
another
and to
Oleron
VIII
and
his
queen
daughter
Elizabeth
that
the
Royal
Navy
was
shaped
as
an
administrative
entity
with
a
book
of
Orders
for
War.
be
ment
to
be
read
as
occasion
shall
serve.
On
Being
taken
of beer,
sharp
knife,
and
choose
to
the
Lord's
Prayer,
some
of
the
Punishments
uniform
throughout
the
inhuman practice of
gagged
and
his
tongue
scraped;
in
1644,
there
was
instinct
may
be
clearly
tried. The
or
not
being
a
court
England.
manual,
giving
to
any
officer
not
under
the
rank
source
of
military
law
of
the
given in
The
first
regular
naval
tribunal
was
instituted
by
the
leaders
1645.
They
hold
courts-martial.
The
first
any man by
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
new-born
Navy
in
and
seaboard
furthermore,
ments for
In
the
fourth
the
Commander-
in-Chief
of
the
Navy
in
order
to
the
trying
of
first
one
to tlieir
officers and
are placed
are
guilty
of
them,
be
lost
contained much
Navy.
proved
by
scant
outline
of
the
long
history
of
submission.
We
take
off
of
polished
life.
The
Lady's
Magazine
(1821)
2^.
flags,
any
foreign
ship
whatever;
nor
are
the
Deck
(1)
her
smartness
regarding
main
during
their
visit.
It
is
also
re-
served
for
the
families
circumstances
so
passing vessel
has definitely
(9)
be
Corps.
This
applies
also
to
(18)
Remember
that
coolness
and
quickness
States
history
and
its
recognized
place
in
the
eyes
members,
and
by
the
high
standards
of
those
who
direct
its
one-half years that the
in Chief,
on
individual
ships
have
detracted
for the
re-
quire
a
may not seem
for compli-
the port
side of
at
stations
for
colors.
(2)
detailed in the
86 NAVAL
visitor
of the
rules herein
be
omitted.
Battle
Flags
2815.
The
on board ships
staff.
(b)
At
the
mizzen
or
at
the
yardarm
to
denote
that
a
gen-
in session. It is
(b)
When
the
naval
board
the
purpose
of
indicating
the
presence
of
such
on
board
shall
be
displayed,
day
and
night,
shall
be
dis-
from the
hoist.
2824.
be
displayed
at
any foreign
lowered
until
clear
of
the
national
flag
commission
more
ships
of
the
Navy
are
together
at
ship
to
cease
being
fleet
guide.
be
displayed
loaned by
for
the
use
of
Geneva convention.
or
ships
boats belonging
entitled to fly
in
general
in
the
interest
must
rectangular
white
absent, a
guns shall
95
ensign
salute
shall
not
dent
of
of
July,
lowing
used in dress-
(2)
During
the
firing
on
deck
shall
end of
Attention
by
bugle.
Ruffles
and
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
rendered
con-
cerns
or ships
time,
or
of
precede
CHAPTER V
yourself
whether
everything
take their
place? Where
offered
by
the
present
age?
—Anthony
M.
Ludovici,
A
Defence
of
Aristocracy.
Let
public
these
sea-
gentlemen
be
preserved
through
us
of
today
to
sea-gentlemen
yet
unborn;
if
so
be
it
we
remain
determined
—Captain
(now
Admiral)
F.
B.
Upham,
U.
S.
Navy,
Them
Haly-Con
average
career
relations
with
World
are
different
man
NAVAL CUSTOMS.
accommodation
would
be
held
snugly
This
is
about fifteen
that the
receive
the
visitor.
It
is
of
course
unwritten):
(i)
The
executive
olBcer
saw
to
with
for
not
only
do
played
in
the
when all
have known
him send,
the ship
in their
discipline, good feeling,
him in
Service, which
his compliments to a
or
commandant
witfiin
48
hours
after
joining.^
Service
duty but
the
senior
officer
visit. Always ask the executive (if the information
is not
if not
officers
of
his
mess.
The
Service
has
always
made
a
particular
The commanding officer and
eral observes the old custom. As a rule those of
about
the
same
time
and
grade
do
not
always
pay
bread
and
butter
calls,
but
dinners in
the
customs
and
best
usage
of
the
Navy.
Uniform
Regulations
The
Uniform
Regulations
therein
prescribe
all
corps, or
of the
Men
of
affairs,
men
of
letters,
acting
singly
to
address
a
letter
to
the
NAVAL CUSTOMS.
will
the
crew's
quar-
wise, it has
is quaintly
a door
night
to
the
toast
on
behalf
of
the toasts
I
have
utmost
brevity
is
indispensable.
Much
care
should
be
taken
in
prosperity
for
the
future.
To
a
toast
giving assurance
case
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
in
honor
of
foreign
to
break
needlessly
those
niceties
in
custom
and
usage
The Service has certain olden
usages
observance.
niceties
not
in
the
regulation
book,
Which is an
wrote:
skin deep
made an officer;
youth,
term
after
all.
A
proper
impression of the culture
people of
to respect the
not lean
next
cham-
ber.
The
surgeon
glanced
said
in
this
connection
over
a
hundred
and
value
their
own
true
dignity
of
character
so
much,
and
cautious
how
they
expose
fluenced
observe
an un-
young
officer
develops
a
NAVAL CUSTOMS.
TRADITIONS, AND
good
form
to
write
her
name
day life
and among
or
squadron
upon
to
denote
United
States.
Officers
are,
of
course,
call,
do not stand on the doubt but make the call. Cards
serve
a
use-
ful
purpose
ally, permitting
them to
called—
a
valuable
for
fu-
ture
social
events.
used
for
announcements
by
butlers
and
thereby
save
some
very
hu-
morous
mispronunciations
form,
inquire
as
broad
Formal
invitations
must
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
invitation.
In
large
affairs
a
card
should
piers
of
their
cities.
steward,
dered
and
then
arranged.
await a
cort
the
ladies
to
the
room
reserved
each
other
the
senior
lady
guest
(other
than
in
yield
his
seat.
the
French,
a
quietly in-
other:
this
adds
to
congeniality.
(4)
vites
(the
host)
the
longitudinal
sides
of
the
the
extending
the
invitation,
of
exceptionally
high
office
and
while
the
latter
sits
opposite.
The
commander
of
a
to
the
guests from the
outside. Those belonging
must not
to the
monopolize
the
conversation
with
might
bed
chamber,
is:
Teach
me
to
be
obedient
to
of good
political
leaders
who
had
trusted
him
with
many
confidences.
When
asked
who
was
the
greatest,
he
all
the
races
of
the
world
it
a
simple
matter
for
an
are hoisted in the
architecture,
and
letters
flags
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
TRADITIONS, AND
this connection and for those who are curious as to
the
earli-
est
arms
the
Dannebrog,
of
Denmark,
is
the
oldest
national
flag
of
a
flag per-
petuates the
combination
Saint Patrick.
tional
standards
of
the
NAVAL CUSTOMS.
For about seventy
universally
worn
by
the
soldiery
of
England.
In
the
and
flew
as
a closer
made
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
TRADITIONS, AND
the crosses
to
be
on
various
New
England
flags,
because
a
coiled
naval
vessels
until
and
Morgan's
Rifle
Corps
last battle
which
was
or why
as
well
as
appropriate
and
as
we
canism,
one
that
would
the
new
flag
was
adopted
now
Rome,
New
York,
is
the
oldest
contender
coat.
But
whether
A
good
part
of
one
canton
It is certainly a
and
six
red
the
Cincinnati
was
designed
each upper corner. All the stars are seven
pointed, with the point
some
description
of
Stars
and
Stripes
at
the
surrender
the
New
York
Times,
brings
official
promulgation.
We,
therefore,
white stars
France
both
at
Quiberon
and
at
Brest,
before
at
that
That
Jones's
flag
received
the
first
Union
the
salute
to
the
doubt-
ful
whether
Governor
Hop-
kins
glorious
tradition
for
a
sea
service
to
start
with.
Jones
in
his
report
eloquently
describes
the
sinking
of
his
vessel,
the
Bon
Homme
Richard,
after
those
of
his
crew
that
were
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
ship
as
their
Wendover
said.
That,
nate red
of
safe to
stars, one
the
British
Army
flagship,
H.M.S.
operations,
it
luded to
national an-
bombs
NAVAL CUSTOMS.
preserved
Fourth
Chorus
be
registered
prises
among
other
things,
The
flag,
coat
8,
1917,
39
Stat.
L.,
p.
900).
Fringed
flags
are
accorded our colors and
Gettysburg, at
world.
The
symbolism
of
but it
is assuredly
of
the
individual.
Most
highest
which are
by
world. Under
the conviction
that such
It
although
there
vicinity paid no
convened
at
from
staffs
with
the center
of the
peak.
When
flown
from
adjacent
staffs
the
latter position
a
staff
projecting
horizontally
or
at
an
angle
from
the
window
sill,
balcony,
or
front
of
building,
be
suspended
vertically
with
an east and west
lowering the Flag
indicated
by
attaching
two
streamers
of
clergyman.
The
Flag
institutional
3.
Do
not
above
the
parade
except
15.
Do
be
it
stands.
At the words to the Flag,
the
retaining this
*
history
the
amount
must
most unexpectedly to
and
leeward
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
was
hoisted.
On
10
March,
1804,
the
flag
of
the
United
States
was
raised
for
the
first
time
over
the
vast
fort.
planted a
soldier,
the
first
fatality
of
the
Civil
War.
and
deed
of
Lieutenant
driving back
vessels
Poles
On
9
May,
1926,
Lieutenant
Commander
Richard
Evelyn
Byrd,
U.
S.
Navy
(Retired),^
made
flag
weighted
with
a
Tennessee,
country,
a
worldwide
reputation.
—Roosevelt*
Men,
if
still
we
dare
to
argue
that
we're
just
present with
For
example,
the
great-
ness
of
the
Roman
were
fol-
the
men
is
a
refreshing
chapter
of
our
Great
Britain
a
subject
always
a
subject,
with
practice
in
the
NAVAL CUSTOMS.
you
mind
the
in
a
so
lightly.
The
small,
weak
service
knew
most
preceding
century.
East
India
their
youth
been
seamen.
In
general,
there
was
very
little
difference
alike
and
They had
begun to
be
unnecessary
a
Navy
Department
had
done
frigate
President.
before
ment,
we
might
return.
Frost,
in
We
Build
his
looked
most
of
what
they
had.
This
old Essex
was represented
her
igS NAVAL
CUSTOMS, TRADITIONS.
AND USAGE
Navy
a
high
mark
at
which
to
shoot.
do
country.
The
conclude
that
he
carried below
fire
faster
and
to
fight
the intense
killed
in
the
first
few
died
as
a
respect;
and
victory.
He
forced
the
British
to
engage
at
a
disadvantage
by
age
than
to
carry
always
in
our
memory
rough
white
made
on
oceans
and
there
is
been
ages
This
was
PART IV
THE SEA
uniform
to
know
terms
with
words
have
an
Eng-
lish
responsible for giving them the
English
the
ranean,
while
the
sailors
we
them aside as
from
which
not
only
William de Ley-
find in the time
land upon
15
November,
1776.
The
four
highest
naval
for
1841,
was that
accompanied
English and American articles
significance for
the
of
similar
He is
to be
May,
1916,
indi-
cating
the
fairway
are
marked
with
black
connected
odd
numbers
A
spar
buoy
moored
close
a
Army by
The
conditions in
the men.
This was
various
kinds
of
work
such
as
capstan
in
once paid
live
in
the
wardroom
until
the
ships messed
United
States
Navy
midshipmen.
In
the
early
days
Commission
Pennant.
The
pennon.
Edward,
the
Black
Prince,
after
battle
tore
the
tail
off
the
pennon
of
Lord
John
Chandos
may trace
Latin volume
dealing with
the
north
point
of
practically
all
compass
cards.
About
1295,
derivation
have
but
one
leg.
Besides
the
the
engagement
28
May,
1692,
that in
pillaging.
Cut
of
His
Jib.
In
or
none
at
all;
the
difficult
seam
to
pay
and
in
his
Whispers
from
The Theorike
late
early
date,
and
was
introduced
to
supplant
although
ribbon.
Executive
Officer.
The
second
Truxtun, writing in
difficult,
and
most
thankless
of the most
NAVAL CUSTOMS.
TRADITIONS. AND
and
figureheads
crowned
their
harmony
of
design.
miral.
The
forerunner
of
the
rank
of
admiral
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
sail
boat
used
for
expedition,
gen-
of
the
captain
of
a
man-of-war,
is
not
the middle
galley. ^
For
grog
The
legislation
that
led
to
the
abolishment
ration
at
his
[the
seaman's]
first
turning
out.
vessel,
term
was
actually
was.
been
hours, and
top
row
of
is
made
a
the
ancients.
Our
naval
wholesome
thing
for
him
to
eat
his stomach
hauled
up.
To
haul
off
is
to
so
appropriations.
2
3.
It
deck
after
coffee
and
sugar
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
TRADITIONS. AND
In
sometimes
three,
severall
tymes,
one
after
the
other,
under
water
of
three
is
desirable.
Thus,
if
the
ship
goes
such
spaces
as
to
beat
the
ThermopylcE,
which
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
the
Vikings.
Viking
a lime.
secure
handle
used
for
melting
used
in
our
Service
from
as
are
good
seamen
. . .
American marine was formerly
surmounted
by
Marquis
de
supposed
a
hun-
dred
years
ago
indicate
of-
ficer,
was
not
or with
the war-
rant officers
of
the
six
years'
service
required
at
sea
had
midshipman
or
mate.
Often
position
accounts
this
fostering
care
was
capable
of
wide
interpretation.
This
apprenticeship
for
a
commission
is
set
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
TRADITIONS, AND
in
a
qualified
sense.
They
are
classed
as
being
of
the
line.
In
other
1819
to tie, to
of
between
nature
of
derived from the British
pass
to
lee-
ward
of
amon^t
term officer somewhat
cus-
tomary
for
all
weather
gangways
to
be
used
by
superiors.
Paying
Your
U.S.S.
Constellation
1829-31
wrote:
top.
This
they
you all
your
one who pays out money. The
term
burse
Henry
VI.
The
Navy
appointments
made
only
for
a
vessel's
cruise.
Their
of less than
to
take
was
enacted
that
of
the
The
Port. Larboard signified
NAVAL CUSTOMS.
TRADITIONS, AND
mathe-
date
middys on
Irrespective
were
assigned
to
spokes of
a wheel,
Anchor rope (small boats),
of
a
green
horn
at
sea,
whether
it
be
a
man
or
a
midshipman.
In
a
descrip-
and
im-
posing
upon
and the third
and
Four
Mainwaring
in
his
description
of
heaving
the
gallery
He
wrote
in
from
the
of
be he
An old ship bell
getting
loft.
Shipmates,
take
me
by
of
the
waist
word
Schipper,
which
means
captain.
Sky
Pilot.
The
chaplain
aboard
ship
is
called
the
padre
Mayd-
man,
in
1691.
The
word
the watch for
of
sail,
for
the
first
drink,
a
nooner.
Supercargo.
business
diplomats
who
handle
idea of
soon.
of fortune
Navy
before
1557.
May
not
buried
upon
the
insure a
shore burial.
a part of
is
on
the
wane,
though
most
a
considerable
number
of
the
type
sailors never
The design
varied from
Sometimes the
which
they
seamen of the
by
the
Alert
in
a
prolonged
gun
duel,
and
thus
ended
her
career
of
great
the
the expression
uable
articles
the
right
sleeve
of
the
topmen
all whose place
waister.
Weigh.
Anglo-Saxon
woeg.
To
lift
the
often
There
pension
of
£20
a
before
the
mast
No Man
Good. This
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
as
much
as
foul
applicable
to
gallant
sails
in
vessels
the
chanteyman
sang
A
A Sea Lieutenant
aloft,
he cry
tack: Were
he
has
little
more
everyone that has
prisoner, and
of the
lieutenant
was
later
promoted
at
the
age
of
twenty-four
to
captain.
NAVAL CUSTOMS.
commission and by
rate
of
a
sloop
of
Army.
Recruiting
the section are
so
hard
it
fell
one
Thus
we
British
warship
was the
was the
NAVAL CUSTOMS.
TRADITIONS, AND
Equipment,
and
Repair
was
law
5
July,
1862.
Lenthal
remained
Chief
standing
authorized
by
the
corps
Navy Board ;
to
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
in
collar
used for side paint-
this
gave
a
very
the
well-
known
checkered
broadside.
After
Trafalgar
and
universal
in
the
British
Navy.
It
general
color
had
a
most
practical
value
to
and a
Navy,
originally
as
the
Revenue
Marine,
wrote:
Having
fought
as
a
part
splendid
tradidons,
history,
*
necessary.
Suppression
Life
saving
and
assistance
are
of
tions
and successes
at shipwreck,
many of
can make them,
and strong in the
ships which
waves mountainous,
work of
and were
of
every
vessel
ordered
to
be
constructed
during
the
period
of
1794-98.
It
was
on
1
1
July,
1798,
that
John
work
of
the
Marine
Corps
by
three
has
War
Military
historians
the war.
APPENDIX B
one
addition to the calls
presidency.
It
is
therefore
the Secretary
the
ex-
ception
of
the
Secretary
Note
{e).
(50)
Consuls
General
of
Foreign
Powers.
(51)
Senior
Secretaries
assigned
a
precedence
accordance
drawing-room
of
the
President
in address,
in
Germany,
Belgium,
and
Italy.
the
alphabetical
pas
over
what may
according
or
is
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
in
Army,
Navy,
or
foreign
admirals and captains
APPENDIX C
preparation
than
a
knowl-
edge
informed
as
to
the
officials
present
visit,
or
at
highest
local
official
diplomatic
and
consular
representatives
of
the
United
States
in
consider
any
the
an
force
in
foreign
the
local
authorities
are
property,
done without
without
of the several
of
the
Department
of
State,
presence
reasons
'
Esprit
de
corps.
Greatness
is
reflected
water
to
the
dying
soldier
Point
course
requires
the
Army
is
identical
with
that
of
his
head-
paces
from
the
executes
about
left
breast.
Women
present
should
also
be
instructed
to
rise
and
face
the
flag.
(3)
offier
in
command
ren-
ders
or
enters
an
auto-
mobile
or
small
boat
approaching.
a vessel
from
a
boat,
from
a
gangway,
part
of
shall
be
of
the
deck
the quar-
ter-deck; it
and
the
gangwav
of
the
same
grade,
except
where
there
of
titles
and
address.
Navy,
in
order
to
indi-
which later
as
a
some
very
strict
laws
regarding
it.
These
laws
vary
at
different
never
attend
a
meal
mess arrives.
troop
eat
Christmas
that offered in
obligations
a
com-
pelling
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
TRADITIONS, AND
to
give
the
to
ladies.
the
President
proper
and
desirable
to
be
introduced
are
officer
shall
made
shall
be
a
in-
war.
Method
of
Exercise.
treaty
provisions,
where
the following pro-
charged
accompanied
on
board
by
not
more
than
boat's
crew.
first
in
record
at
a
reception
to
be
held
with
their
Officer.
Invitation
to
a
Luncheon
June
the
Monday,
June
twenty-fifth,
feront un
eux, le
votre
gracieuse
invitation
k
diner.
Veuillez
agreer,
chere
madame,
I'expression
neatly
on
man,
ushers,
and
and
to
be.
Sir,
Your
NAVAL CUSTOMS.
honorable
is
to
the
bureaus
of
Congress.
both
in
theory
and
practice
is
qualified
a
Ship
or
ministerial
should
escape
NAVAL CUSTOMS,
are nowise con-
be
cuff, silver
they
can
not meet with
example,
Gold
epaulettes
embroidered
on
the
Jones's
Manuscript,
in
Jones
marines,
variant
from
the
uniform
established
by
Congress—
Eccentricities
and
irregularities
acter,
the free
and inde-
at
a
Navy;
and
United
States
to
examine
on
February
21,
1849,
was
approved
copy
flag.
{b)
There
is
but
one
class
national ensign,
custom
and
As
naught
may
And
so
So
live
supply;
Place
tliy
hand
in
thy
pocket
and
gild
her.
a
smile.
And
when
thou
art
safe
Lest
That
shoal,
court
observe them.
.?
.
-*
*^
^
^^f
And
hoist
Philadelphia:
J.
1703.
A. H.,
Phrases
NAVAL CUSTOMS.
Britain and the
Flags
of
Royal
Navy
history and
Naval
Institute
Proceedings
a
titles of
duty
in
Washington,
308
Akron,
36,
198
Alfred,
159-60,
166
Anchors
Aweigh,
^Vords
and
music
of,
386
Anderson,
Robert,
183
Andrea
Doria,
165-66
Chaximont,
46
Cheering,
29,
106
Chesapeake,
11,
Orders
for
War,
62
Smartness
of
ships,
79-80

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