May 18, 1917. 
20 NORTH 
SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
MAKING A SAILOR 
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A SERIAL Story oF Actruat LIFE IN 
THE U.S. Navy As ToLp AT THE 
Boston Navy YArp. 
Synopsis of previous installments, 
Samuel Worthington and William Woods, 
two New Hampshire boys enlist in the 
Navy. Sam selects the regular battleship 
service while Bill enrolls in the reserves. 
The boys have just got aboard the Vir- 
ginia, which was the receiving ship at the 
Yard at the time of their enlistment. 
CHAPTER Iv. 
The mess tables resounded with the 
chatter of the boys. There was a 
hum of interesting conversation. 
Mess men were continually arriving 
with inviting things to eat, and to the 
hungry recruits, it seemed a feast. 
The boys had roast beef, potatoes, 
coffee, bread, and topped off: with 
some apple pie. It was a typical bat- 
tleship meal, and the men were friend- 
ly with the two strangers, making 
them feel quite at home. 
The excitement of the day’s jour- 
ney, the rapid change of environment, 
and the healthy appetites of the re- 
cruits, all contributed to making that 
meal probably the most notable one 
in the lives of the young men. At 
any rate, it passed with wonderful 
rapidity, but during it, both boys 
learned to feel more at ease in their 
new quarters. Everyone seemed 
smiling and happy, and several friend- 
ly remarks were passed by the other 
men in the mess. 
It was a good introduction into 
Navy life. The day’s work had been 
done, and there was nothing but the 
watches to be detailed, and the time 
for taking it easy aboard ship had ar- 
rived. 
In an incredible short space of time, 
the dishes were whisked away, and 
the ward room took on the appear- 
ance—in the minds of the boys—of a 
camp ground. Sam had no difficulty 
in finding Bill, although his uniform 
changed his appearance a great deal. 
“The boys tell me that I have got 
to go to Newport,” said Sam the mo- 
ment the boys got together. 
“T take it that I am going to stay 
right here,” replied Bill. 
“That is what I hear also,” 
Sam. 
“At any rate it is fine. I felt funny 
at first, but now everything seems 
just as if I had been around here for 
a long time,” said Bill. 
“Come and see where I am going 
to sleep tonight,” he continued, pull- 
ing his friend along by the arm. 
In the big room, marked off with 
said 
the different divisions, they turned 
into a section, and Bill pointed to his 
hammock, slung just as the Mate had 
done. 
Then the two boys went around the 
instructed it 
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quarters and stood looking with awe 
at the turrets and guns, while the 
other members of the big crew drift- 
ed about and around them. It seem- 
ed but a moment before a bugler 
sounded the turning-in call; but it 
was after nine o’clock, in reality, and 
both boys went to their hammocks 
for their first night’s sleep aboard 
ship. 
Long into the night, they could 
hear the tramp of the guards above 
them, and went to sleep finally to 
awake with the sun shining brightly. 
The boys, however, said it was quite 
cold outside. The returning watches 
had told of a, cold wind which had 
started in the night. 
That day witnessed the parting of 
the two comrades. There was a large 
squad of recruits for the regular ser- 
vice and the Captain decided that he 
would send them to Newport train- 
ing station without more delay. 
Bill hated to see his companion 
leaving. It was the worst feature of 
the whole experience. But, there was 
enough to do so he would soon cease 
to mind it, and with promises to get 
together as soon as possible, the boys 
started on their different careers in 
the Navy. 
The recruits with Sam among 
them, were soon out of sight. They 
marched to the railroad station in 
twos. 
MASS. 
Bill was in the starboard watch. 
He was told this by the mate in 
charge of his division, and also given 
instruction on what he was supposed 
to do. That day he joined the squad 
assigned to paint ship and worked for 
a couple of hours, when he was told 
the sharp whistle of the boatswain 
was a “pipe down” for no more duty. 
It was time to rest and he clambered 
below deck with the rest of his ship- 
mates. 
The boys explained the detail of 
the big guns, and in a whirl of excite- 
ment, he began to get into his sea- 
man’s routine. 
For the following days, the ship 
routine progressed with absorbing in- 
terest. Bill drilled with the new 
squad. He learned to take his place 
with the other men at the big gun to 
which he was assigned. Mornings he 
ran about the dock adjacent to the 
ship with the rest of the sailors for 
their hardening-up exercise. He 
learned to tie knots, and soon was as 
hard as flint. He was forced to stand 
straight. 
It was only eight days from the 
time that he arrived at the Yard be- 
fore he was instructed to report to 
the lieutenant in charge of the Motor 
boat patrol. 
(The next installment will tell how Bill 
participated in an exciting adventure 
afloat.) 
