Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1929, Page 33

“My Thirty Years (Copyright, 1929, by Associated Press.) CHAPTER XI. T have been asked what part I have played in making rescues at sea as cap- tain of a vessel. My answer is that I do comparatively little when the whole job is considered. A ship is very much | like a big building that houses a large business organization of several hun- Gred men. Unless that organization | functions smoothly and has men of | ability in the ranks, it is doomed as a | commerciai failure. | A vessel is no different. The cap- | tain is, indeed, like the president of a big corporation. He cannot supervise | the work of every one in the organiza- tion. so0 he deals directly with the heads | of the departments, | One of my rules is to keep every one busy while on watch and to create the | impression that a certain amount of | work must be done in a given time This work must be done in ship shape I'm a young modern, just three; I'm wearing an ensemble, looking, gee! | we all assist one another. order and in seaman-like manner. Every man must be an example for the next on watch so that the master is surrounded by executives capable of doing things properly. So when I say I did comparatively little as my share of a rescue job, I mean that every man on the ship has a duty to perform and Quartermaster Laziest Man. It is not often that I come in direct | contact with many of the men em- | ployed on my ship, with the possible exception of those engaged in duties | on the bridge. The safe navigation of the vessel depends upon the men in this department, yet, strange to say, one, of the laziest men I believe I have ever encountered was a quartermaster on one of my ships. At the particular time I happened to see him at work he did not have enough energy to turn the wheel and keep the ship on the prescribed course. WE GO VISITING- feeling unmentionably smart YA N &K »§§ » I SRS >y « Z}/\\(« S half past good- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, He had no excuse to offer me for his laxity except that he was too tired. And I knew of no reason to be tired when the watch was four hours on and eight off. This man, new at the business of being a quartermaster, was, of course, disrated, for we have no place on shipboard for a lazy man. The men we meet at sea are no dif- ferent from those we find ashore. They have the'same characteristics, but are developed along different lines. Suc- cess or failure in life, whatever the vo- ca)tfion, depends solely on the man him- self. About a year ago a young man from an orphanage who had a desire to go to sea after a brief experience on a farm, came to me. He was 17 years old, good looking and smart. I signed him on as a seaman. He did not know it, but I was keeping my eye on him. He was ambitious. He was a big husky lad and took all jobs as they came. He was always in the company of sailors while off watch and ashore. He apparently enjoyed their companion- ship, and listened and kept his eyes | open. Soon he was ready for promo- | tion and by the end of the yearir—i Wwas a quartermaster. Now he is learn- ing navigation. I have seen men—coal passers, fire- men, oilers, deck hands—go up the ladder just as I have done and like | hundreds of other officers have done. Therefore, it is not as difficult to get a crew into shape today as in former years when men who worked on sail- ing ships did not have the same op- portunities to advance. Weeding Out of Crew. However, at the end of almost every men are discharged for incompetency. Some leave for other reasons, so there | is a constant weeding out and replace- ment process to keep a crew up to the maximum of efficiency. These changes are in the hands of the department heads and are seldom brought to the attention of the captain. Every ship has three departments— the deck, engineering and steward de- partments. Modern day machinery has become so complicated that the chief engineer now has as many responsibil- ities as the master. In the deck department rests the re- sponsibilities for the safe navigation of the vessel, for its safety equipment, and the radio room, where operators are constantly on watch while at sea. They are responsible also for the radio | compass and are called on to work this | instrument in conjunction with the cal- | culations of officers on the bridge. The largest group, from the stand- point of personnel, is the steward's de- partment, which #5 responsible for the feeding and general comfort and wel- | fare of the voyagers. The purser’s de- | partment is headed by the purser and his assistant, who act as paymasters | and do all the clerical work. (Tomorrow: “A Captain’s Troubles.”) THE JUVENILE SHOP SecondFoor D. ¢; FRIDAY, MARCH 8 1929 By the Associated Press. President Hoover has accepted the |Telief work in 1927, voyage of a transatlantic liner several | presidency of the American National S Red Cross, a post always held by the HOOVER HEADS RED CROSS | Netion's Chiet Executlve, & The ioo® with the Red Cross, having been the administrator of its Mississippi flood P IPE New Orleans boasts 6,300 cars. MIRACLE \ is coming to WASHINGTON Watch Papers for Opening Toar Hrcax Ce. F Street at Seventh . 4 500 Unbreakable Dolls at Yy to Y5 off s, Dolls...Dolls...all kinds of Dolls. Mama dolls. Baby dolls. Cute dolls. Talking dolls. 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