. Lansdowne school and the world war. the S. S. Grovernor Dingley. Seaman Bonsai made about eight trips to Maine and in the vicinityof Boston-Marblehead, Charleston and Boston. Along the Maine coastthe ship docked at Boothbay Harbor, North Haven, Eastport, Eockland,Camden, Portland and Southport. He was next transferred to the S. Austin. Finally his passports were made out and he was recom-mended for a ship going to Eio Janeiro and Buenos Ayres. On the 13thof November they left Boston for Norfolk. There they did transportservice, taking troops from the S. S. President Grant and S. S.
. Lansdowne school and the world war. the S. S. Grovernor Dingley. Seaman Bonsai made about eight trips to Maine and in the vicinityof Boston-Marblehead, Charleston and Boston. Along the Maine coastthe ship docked at Boothbay Harbor, North Haven, Eastport, Eockland,Camden, Portland and Southport. He was next transferred to the S. Austin. Finally his passports were made out and he was recom-mended for a ship going to Eio Janeiro and Buenos Ayres. On the 13thof November they left Boston for Norfolk. There they did transportservice, taking troops from the S. S. President Grant and S. S. Thanksgiving they did some recruiting at the great factory atHopewell, Va., owned and operated by Du Ponts. On their return toNorfolk it was found that no ship would sail to South America for sometime, so he was made a first-class yeoman aboard the S. S. was then granted leave in order to be home for Christmas. This wasafterward made an indefinite furlough and his discharge was issuedFebruary 13, 1919. 135. I, Arthur Joseph OBhikn. tlilistcd in tlie Merchant ^Marine Serviceon the 1st of August, as a seaman, making my first trip down the coastfrom Philadelphia to Savannah. My experience in this new position wasindeed unusual. My duties were to wash the decks, shine the brass, helpto paint the ship, etc., all of which was hard at first, but the thoughtthat you were doing something to enable the combined efforts of theallied forces directly or indirectly to down the Prussian iron hand, nomatter how little or how great your task may have been, made it easilyaccomplished. As time passed, I, having been attentive to my duties, was successfulin l)eing promoted to a chief quartermaster, giving me a rating in theMerchant Marine Service as a junior officer. My duties here were thesteering of the vessel, standing a watch of four hours on and four hoursoff duty while at sea, and a twelve-hour watch when in dock. This, ofcourse, was a much more interesting positi
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