10 THE ALUMNI JOURNAL 



LIFE IN THE U. S. NAVY ABOARD SEAGOING SHIPS. 



The crews usually consist of about loo to 800 men of the following: 

 Ordinary seamen, seamen, coxwains, boatswain's mates, quartermas- 

 ter's mates, gunner's mates, master at arms, engineer's force, cook's 

 yeomen, and hospital corps. Each of these have their various duties 

 to attend to. 



The bugle sounds at 5 A. M. (up all hammocks), meaning for 

 everyone to wake up. 



6 A. M. — Whistle sounded by boatswain, meaning scrub and wash 

 decks. 



7 A. M.— Bugle sounds mess call (breakfast). 8 A. M.— Light 

 smoking lamp ; nobody can smoke pipe, cigars, cigarettes, unless 

 smoking lamp is lit. 10 A. M. — Bugle sounds drill call, also sick call. 

 All those that are sick assemble in the sick quarters to see the doctor. 



The duties of the Hospital Corps aboard ship are as follows : The 

 Hospital Steward does all the clerical work and assists the doctor. 

 Hospital App. I St CI. does all the dispensary work, etc. Hospital 

 App. does cleaning up and assists the Hospital App. ist CI. At 12 

 noon bugle sounds mess call (dinner) ; i P. M. all the mail is called 

 off; 2 P. M., bugle souuds drill call; 4 P. M., bugle call for scrub 

 and wash clothes; 5 P. M., smoking lamp lit; 6 P. M., bugle sounds 

 mess call for supper; 7 P. M., bugle call for band to assemble for 

 concert; 9 P. M., bugle sounds taps, meaning go to sleep. 



The language used aboard ship has many slang words, such as 



(punk) meaning bread, (grease) meaning butter, (red lead) ketchup, 



(swab) mop, (galley) kitchen. Jacktar, Jackshite, or Jackie, meaning 



(sailor). I was taken up to the mast. (Taken up to the captain.) 



That fellow over there got three months and a bob out of a general, 



meaning he was court-martialed to three months' imprisonment and 



a dishonorable discharge, and many other slangy words too numerous 



to mention. 



Irving L. Herman, 



Hosp. App. ist CI., U. S. N. 



Class, '03, C. P. N. Y. 



TWO NEW ELEMENTS. 



Auer V. Welsbach announces (Brit. & Colon. Drugg., liv., p. 48) 

 having slipt Ytterbium into two elements. The one, which he calls 

 Aldebaranium (Ad.), has an atomic weight 172.90, and the other. 

 Cassiopeium, 174.23. Each forms one oxide only, a sesquioxide. With 

 colorless acids the salts are in all cases colorless. * 



