A youthful man-o'-warsman, from the diary of an English lad ..who served in the British frigate Macedonian during her memorable action with the American frigate United States; who afterward deserted and entered the American Navy .. . (,/ J ) ADVENTURES OF REAR ADMIRALIVoiii the (liiiry .iikI i)rivatr neonsaid: Dont oIk-ct, (livils nil- jSS i)aij;i-s, IHIMP, U. S. N., s of ilu- Inic- Admiral who I from eliapter Atp. 5S: • One of theat Annapolis durin;^jaeks novitiate was a .ureatly be-loved man whose only fanll—sothe middies decla
A youthful man-o'-warsman, from the diary of an English lad ..who served in the British frigate Macedonian during her memorable action with the American frigate United States; who afterward deserted and entered the American Navy .. . (,/ J ) ADVENTURES OF REAR ADMIRALIVoiii the (liiiry .iikI i)rivatr neonsaid: Dont oIk-ct, (livils nil- jSS i)aij;i-s, IHIMP, U. S. N., s of ilu- Inic- Admiral who I from eliapter Atp. 5S: • One of theat Annapolis durin;^jaeks novitiate was a .ureatly be-loved man whose only fanll—sothe middies declared—was thatof stannnering when unusnallyexicited or nervous. One beau-tiful spring morning, when themiddies were drilling in in-fantry tacties under the care ofthis ofHcer. the youngsters weremarching toward the seawall andwere within a few feet of their commander en-deavored to give the order The middies heard the hiss-ing and spluttering noises be-hind them and knew perfectlywell what the instructor was try-ing to say bnt, in that spirit ofmischief so natural with boys,they marched right over the sea-wall and had waded into a con-siderable depth of water beforethe instructor finally gave ventto the word Halt!. MIDSIIIIMAN rillLII. I MOSES BROWN, CAPTAIN, U. S. N., Captain Rrown rendered conspicuous, though forgotten, service onthe ocean in the Revolution and the war against France ij mo,10 illustrations, index. 220 pages, $ Extract from the chapter A Prisoner of War. pp. Q3-Q5: Threedays after her capture of the George, the career of the privateer ((».-»i-eral Ariiold] was cut short, she being captured (June i, 1770) by the50-gun ship Exf^crimcnt, Captain Sir James Wallace. It is relate<i thatwhen Captain Brown gained the deck of the Hxpcrimcnt. Sir Jamesasked him if he was th< Captain of that rebel ship.* Brown replied: 205 BY EDGAR STANTON MACLAY I was very lately; you are now/ and offered to surrender his Wallace refused to receive
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