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ends of the ropes to the one ascending, and the crew is ordered to the aft deck, a certain 
then grasp him under the arms to help conscious start goes through its merc/or 
him up the ship ladder. Above on deck, at they know that something weighty \sto be 
the end of the ladder, stand two more sailors dealt with, and it is unheard of /in the 
as ladder men, who are ready to take the 
visiting officer’s coat or render any other 
service. If a commander comes on board 
a ship he is received by six ladder men, an 
admiral by eight. When the ruler of a 
country arrives he is received by only four 
ladder men, not sailors however, but officers 
in full uniform. The higher officers coming 
on board are further honored with the roll 
of the drum, whistles, and the presenting of 
arms. For a commander there is simply the 
presenting of muskets, for the beginning of 
which the boatswain’s mate of the guard 
gives two shrill whistles and two more at its 
conclusion. In honor of admirals, besides 
presenting arms and the whistles, there is 
the rolling of drums, which for a rear 
admiral is repeated twice, for a vice-admiral 
three times, and for a commanding admiral 
four times. The first roll must occur simul¬ 
taneously with the first whistle of tho^ 
boatswain’s mate, the second with the second 
whistle. / 
Marine etiquette requires, moreove/ that 
officers come on the ship over the starboard 
side. Only persons of higheryfank are 
allowed to pass over the starboard side 
especially of ships lying in harbor; sailors, 
merchants and other visitor/ have to go to 
the ladder on the larboard/side. The star¬ 
board side is especiallwdionored on board, 
and the aft deck is a saZred room. Marine 
etiquette requires that the officers belonging 
to the ship, even tln/commander, on entering 
the aft deck pay linage to this room by lay¬ 
ing the hand on/he cap. Under no circum¬ 
stances may /the crew venture into this 
room, except on duty, unless by command. 
As soon /s they have reached the upper 
deck they must show it honor by their bear¬ 
ing apd parade step. To the land-lubber 
this/obeisance to a certain room may appear 
somewhat ridiculous, but there is a grain of 
/ommon sense in this old custom. Who- 
/ ever enters the aft deck knows that he is under 
the ban of the strongest ship discipline. If 
annals of seafaring nations for the crew of a 
warship to mutiny while on the a/ deck. 
Even the boats of warships/which pass 
by a warship in harbor must proceed ac¬ 
cording to a certain etiqueZe. T he inter¬ 
national directions say that if by day, boats 
pass a warship on which there is a higher 
officer, they must pay him the honor of 
having the crew reZ on their oars for a 
moment, that is f/ stop rowing, and with 
oars raised out di the water to sit perfectly 
still while the/fficer or boat’s commander 
salutes and finally dips the boat flag. I he 
same honor is shown by the guard on the 
warship to a higher officer passing by as if 
he came aboard. If a rowboat meets an 
admi/al, it makes a halt, the crew rise 
from the benches and at the command, 
“yOars up!” they hold the oars perpen¬ 
dicularly, in much the same manner as the 
infantry present their muskets. Steamboats 
show honor by stopping, bringing to and 
dipping their flags; sailboats by letting 
down the sail half or wholly as well as 
lowering the flag. 
At evening the sailors at all the posts on 
the forecastle of the ship, that is at the prow 
and the manropes, call out to a passing 
ship, “ Boat ahoy ! ” The answers that are 
given are in every case determined by regu¬ 
lations. If the boat is not coming aboard 
it calls, “ Pass! ” and there is a certain 
answer to tell whether an officer is on board ; 
if there is no officer in the boat and it is to 
come aboard ; if the ruler of a country or a 
prince is in the boat; if it is an admiral or 
a commodore approaching; and if the com¬ 
mander of the ship in question is in the 
boat, the steersman calls the name of the 
ship, such as “Leipsic,” “Bismarck,” and 
so forth. 
This bare sketch of the outlines of inter¬ 
national marine etiquette will enable the 
reader to see that its ceremonials require 
much attention, much work, much wasting 
of powder, and consequently much expense. 
