America's war for humanity related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty, and the glorious heroism of America's soldiers and sailors . h regulations, but he had a great way of ordering the release of men hehad to sentence to the brig before their sentences were half worked out. Dewey was the best liberty-granting skipper I was ever shipmates hated to keep quarantined men aboard when the good conduct men wereflocking off to the beach. One fine Christmas Day in Genoa harbor all themen entitled to shore liberty lined up at ten oclock in the morn
America's war for humanity related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty, and the glorious heroism of America's soldiers and sailors . h regulations, but he had a great way of ordering the release of men hehad to sentence to the brig before their sentences were half worked out. Dewey was the best liberty-granting skipper I was ever shipmates hated to keep quarantined men aboard when the good conduct men wereflocking off to the beach. One fine Christmas Day in Genoa harbor all themen entitled to shore liberty lined up at ten oclock in the morning toanswer muster before taking the running boats for the shore. There wereabout forty of us, myself among the number, who were quarantined aboardfor having raised Cain ashore in Nice a few weeks before. Our quaran-tine was for three mouths, and it wasnt half run out on this ChristmasDay. Dewey stood at the break of the poop, with his hands on his hips,watching the liberty party line up. Us fellows that couldnt go were standingaround the gangway, smoking our pipes, and looking pretty down in themouth, I guess. The big liberty party—there were a couple of hundred of 16. DEWEYS BREAKFAST. 243 them in the batch—finally got away, and the ship was practically deserted,except for us quarantined fellows. Dewey watched us for awhile out of thecorner of his eye. We were leaning over the side, watching the recedingrunning boats with the big liberty party. Dewey went up on the poop andwalked up and down, chewing his mustache, and every once in awhile shoot-ing a look at us men up forward. Finally, he walked down the poop ladderand straight forward to where we were grouped. You boys hop into your mustering clothes and go on off to the let you have a couple of the running boats when they return. Come backwith the other men when you get ready. Dont raise any more trouble ashorethan you can help. There wasnt a man in the gang of us that didnt want to hug littleDewey for that,
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