BE WEED TliE SHIP Thousfbt He Was Eligible to Command a Cruiser. AN OLD TIME NAVAL PRANK.

TH# Shabby Tr.«h That Waa Playad Upon a Patriotic Greek Boilermaker b, SyrtCo* Uncle Sam'a Sailorc With Whom Ha Had Shipped. -A numle-r of jptirc ag» the i-nilaer an w hl.-b I «»«» aervlng abl|>|ml a V*'*-rrmaki-r while »e were on the McJI(err im-an >tntk>u." Raid a retired petty ..tt.. er of ibe aaVJ- "Our former l»Uerniuker’c lime ri|ilml while we were at liltiraltar. and aa be waa not In good |ib>aleal abai* be waan't re-enllatcd. ni look bla dine barge and returned So Ibe alil|i waa ahy a tiollennaker. a very tni|«irtaot and neeeaaarj- petty ..'i. er down below In, Ibe engtueer'e deturtment. and when the ahtp pulled Into Napk-i hartur the chief engineer went nabore to aee If he couldn’t' dig -There waa a elauae In the enllatment n-k-ubitloua iiennlttlng commanding odli-era to abip Decennary men on foreign atatlotia In abort handed emergencies. The chief engineer brought lack to the ship a Creek named Char lie Uaro. The man couldn't speak any Kngtlsh to s|>rnk of. hut be waa a go*id man at the bollenuaklng bowlncaa. and be waa duly shipped aboard of ua for three yewtw. He waa a wild, hairy looking lot. Maro was and be got a good deal of a laugh at the hands of the crew, especially the younger followm. from the time he Oral came over the aide. "Uaro thought that there wasn’t any other country on the map except Greece, and after be got bold of enough English to make himself understood be used to take some of the yonng apprentice boys op,«fito the eyes of the ship aud_JeU'<hem. with many gi-stlculatlons and furious words, of the different kinds of tar Greece could ku ick out of Turkey.The ship was around on the Pacific station when the war broke oot between Greece and Turkey. When the news of the outbreak of the war got to Uaro, our boilermaker, he nearly had heart disease and a whoblot of other sudden things from pure excitement He Just couldn’t hold himself In. be looked so tickled. “•Da Greek man wills him. him. him. da Turks man.’ was Charlie's Mato's way of patting It and he didn't see that the Turk hod a ghost of a •how. All bonds forward encoarnged him In the belief. They all nojulcsced In expressing the Iwtief to Uaro that Greece would simply eat Turkey up. Then a bo sun's mate who knew bow to crack the most Impossible Jokes with a face as solemn and wooden as an Indian's took Charlie In hand and told htih some things. lie told Maro that the rutted States was so much In sympathy with Greece In the straggle with Turkey that the nary department had decided to turn over all of the shljis of the American nary to Greek commanders. “ 'nctv's a big chance for you. Uaro.' the bo'sun's mate told Maro. ’Ton Just want to work your edge. Here you are already shlpjied on this cruiser, am' It's dollars to doughnuts that If you ask for the command of this ship In order to take her over to Greece mix It up with the Turks you'll get It bands down. Better t» It on.' That Idea Impressed Maro a heap. He asked the boson's mate whom he'd hare to apply to to get command of

the cruiser.

“•Why. to the of course.' was the reply. “Maro was tremendously important for a day or so while he let this huge Idea grow within him, and be bullied the men detailed to work with him down below In the boOer deal The bo'sun's mate kept working him up to It and finally Maro appeared on deek one morning togged out In his rery best mustering suit of Muelaeket clothes and went up to the officer of the deck and asked permission to see the commanding offlrer at the mast The officer of the deck was rather primal to see the man all done np In his mnsterlnr togs when all hands were at work: bnt as do when an enlisted man requests permission to see the commanding officer be sent word to the skipper, who soon emerged from his cabin and appeared

at the stick.'

“ "Wen. my msnT said the skipper to . Mo£Ol who stood holt upright aod .sa liited'wHJkBBourlsh. “ fbirer' slid Maro to the skipper. 1 har-s da honor to ber-a-by taka dt command of-a da ship.' “ 'HeyT said the commanding officer, putting bis band to bis ear and loo king as If be hadn't beard aright “ 'Da ship.' repeated Maro. ‘For-a dr naree of-a Hellas—da Greeka nazaa-l hs rn, dn honor to taka da rommatK* “All hands among the enlisted men were up on the to'gallant fo'e’ala tak Ing the thing In. and they broke Into.a roar that you could hare beard fire ble lengths’ distance Maro beard I! and. suspecting that bis confidence had been ^bused: gut red and flabbergasted He suddenly bolted for the engine room hatch and made hti and It took three marines aft to the sic* bay. where . at the skippers command, gare Maro a. ha If boar’s examination as to bla aai Ity. Maro w^game enough to decline to give the name of the enlisted who bad told him be was eligible for the command at the ship npoc Ha •tamed Into the ury of Greece the threshing he gar. that bo a he got bla -on the beach'

Notice si Rogiitntloo Notice Is hereby jrirso IW the Board of Hegiatry and Kfectioc la aod for tech sod rrrry rlrctton dlslrict or roting precinct in Cap* May County, will meet on Tt’KSDAY. SJCPTKMBKK 10, MOt. £ the plane war* the next ajectloa ler district Will be bald, at one o'clock In the afternoon, and remain In Sew nil nine o'clock In tb. erenlng. for

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of all the persona In lb.l. re-pnilre i Hon districts entltlrd u> ibe ricMs of trag* therein at lb« next election, or shall personally appear before tnrm that parpoas. or who shall he the soUdacUon of such Board'Of lire I and Klectloos to hare legally ruled In elsctloa district nl Ibe last precdtng i tion therein for member of tbs Gm.

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