New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1929, Page 8

§ i Fate arranged an enlistment for Spanish-American Army service, and after that a return home to earn more money, before Fried finally joined the Navy and was assigned to ship. His fists struck early, and savagely. He tells this story of his first experiences as a sailor. By CAPT. GEORGE FRIED (Copyright, 1929, Associated Press) CHAPTER 11 Johnny Fischer, my pal, and I were in New York for a while dig- ging trenches for a street car com- pany which was electrifying its system, eliminating the horse car. In our spare time we were always along the waterfront and once or twice were privileged to go aboard sailing ships to make a very care- ful inspection. This only made my yearning for the sea greater. One day we ventured aboard a rassenger ship. With muddy shoes we walked through the dining sa- loon just after white canvas run- ners had been laid. We had only gone a short distance when the nate shouted at us. We ran, and he followed. We dashed through companionways, up and down stair- W and ladders and finally lo- d the which we gangplank, #. .He called me a ‘rookie,’ an ins crossed, just out of the reach of | the mate. We concluded then and | there that we had better remain | away from ships for a while. The Spanish-American war be- | san about this time. We started | jor home, having developed muscu- | farly in the great city. Fellows| were enlisting. Here was an op- portunity, I thought, to get out into the world, and I enlisted in the Sec. | ond artillery, Company M, at Win- | throp, Mass. The artillery was not desired for some reason or other, | ind the result was that we hecame | un infantry regiment. However, we saw no service and returned to | 3 York the early summer o | 1899, To Havana and return was my | first experience at sea. The days| and nights on shipboard did not seem long enough, and while I was in Cuba I always longed for t time I would get back aboard a transport. Having had my first ex- perience with Tather Neptune, T wanted to get back to the sea, but when I returned home I found, fot financial reasons, that I had to go to work once again to get funds to resume my travels. Eight months later T started again with a come panion for N:w York to enlist in the Navy. I had decided that it must be the Navy. Much to my regret my new pal | cleared and failed to pass the physical exam ination, and he returned to Worces- ter, while 1 was assigned to the Hartford, Farragut's old flagship. which was then in Venezuelan wa- ters. I took ®assage on the old Buffalo and had my first real en- counter with Neptune's wrath. For | yut it often a day or so I was not quite sure that T used good judgment in en- listing in the Navy, but the weather the seas moderated, and I could once again enjoy life on the hounding main. In 1900, I started my real serv- ice with the Navy when I began swabbing decks, learning seaman ship and gunnery and various oth- er drills. Being a full fledged sail- or with a gob's uniform, the same one which had previously inspired me, 1 had plenty of confidence, and naturaily it wasn't long before 1 kad my first fight. One day while aboard the Buf- falo 1 was bathing myself in a lub of water on the deck when anather sailor pasfed and called me a rookie. That was an insult. All the boys watched and enjoyed the bout. was victorious, fortunatel and aft- erward learned that this fellow had only enlisted two weeks prior to ult ¥ challenged with my fists. . my entering the Navy. When we joined the Hartford ,we began to appreciate the lot of a sailor working under the most try- ing circumstances. 1In tropical wa- ters the heat was intense, and only once in a while were we cooled by an occasional rain storm. ing up and down the rigging caused | the skin on our feet to blis tor we were, after all, still rookie | Returning to the deck made mat- |lowing dircctors were elected: Emil : sed the |H. R. | tar between boards to become soft | Thomas A. James, Mrs. John Stryk- we er, Mrs. Lucia Barnes, Ralph Hall, e pain. s |Charles B, Pratt, Alfred Hicks, Frod ters worse, for the heat c: and sticky, so that wherever walked we suffered intel wounds. Many of the feet healed. Hartford Girl Got Well Quick pick as robust in our e ldren like the rich, fruity Syrup, and you ¢ physicians ind its overwhelming « of over four million i hows it gives satisfact compares with it trength to t continue to act nor » many imitations of C. 50 look for the on the carton to the genuine, ! HEREVER women world, they are in dai offending others at certa; ing this, they become u conscious. Catefree pleasures are i possible. Now, a discovery of Kot | 1| finally chief quartermaster. | ieet the times. Learn- Laboratorics makes worries of this sort unnecessary. Each sanitary pad is scien ufically treated, by patented process* to cn!a!l odor The connection with sanitary The other fear—the feeling of being con- spicuous—is also climnared. Corners of the Kotex pad are scientifically rounded and tpered 50 as to leave no evidence of sanitary protection when worn. Yet every advantage remains \‘ You can so easily remove or adjust i | wrong, in For three or four months the Hartford, which I had learned to love and consider as my own ship, remained in the tropics. We lived on salt horse, hard tack and corned beef hash, a menu that was varied only on Sundays by the addition of plum duft. Plum duff is sort of plum pud- ding and 1is highly prized by the sailor, or was in those days. I re. member the old rule, “You must never steal a shipmate's plum duft in a squall” That would start many a fight. A man found guilty of taking his shipmate's most cov- eted tid-bit was ostracized wclally.l happened, as you can well imagine. Not for long. though. | 1 aiways found that the fellows in the Navy never held grudges very long. They were always ready to forgive their shipmates and would always uphold each other, right or arguments or fights against outsiders. T was on the Hartford five years, | and you can readily understand | that it meant home for me. On that ship 1 had alr the experience that prepared me for my later years at sea. 1 actually started to sea the early part of 1900 and the Hartford was my first school. On that ship 1 was a landsman, then, by study and hard work, be- ame an ordinary seaman, later a coxswain, then quartermaster and In five vears 1 progressed more than T could have dreamed of before when| I played on North Pond lake back home, for the reason that a salior | with that gob's wide trousers and, flat hat was what I hoped to be. I had no idea of the snappy uni- from of the chief quarter master | those days. An admiral's uniform would mean nothing to me after | received that commission, but I de- | cided to continue up the ladder. (Tomorrow: My First Big Storm) BARNESDALE STILL SEEKS FIRE HOUSE Community Has Not Abandoned Hope for Protection Approval of the city's reported; plan to institute condemnation pro- ceedings against the Sandberg’estare | for an outlet to the Burnesdale sew- er and plans to bring to bear what pressure is available to have the common council proceed with the construction of a west end fire sta- | tion, were two projects voted at the| annual meeting of the Barnesdale Community society last evening. I'red Radil of 22 May street was elected president succeeding Emil H. R. Vogel, who has held that po- sition for a number of years. Other officers were elected as follows: Vize president, Mrs, John Stryker; secre-| tary, Ralph Hall; treasurer, Mrs. Climb- | August Johnson, Owing to the fact that the soclety has incorporated it was necessary 1o elect u board of directors. The fol- Patrick Vogel, Ringrose, it was absolutely impossible to keep |Radil, Ernest R. Dechant, Mrs. Aug- ie tar from getting into the open |ust Johnson, Richard Pfieffer, |to the present title. The reliring secretary, Paul B. Barnes, reported that papers of in- corporation had been filed at the town clerk’s office, and that the of- ficial name of the organization now is “The Barnesdale Community So. ciety, Inc.” An anniversary banquet will be held March 19, when Rev. Dr, J. E. Klingberg will officially present to the corporation a plot of ground for the erection of a community house. Mrs. John Stryker is in charge of arrangements. The program will in- clude a speaker and music. A committee to draw up bylaws of the new incorporation was ap~ pointed, cansisting of Patrick Ring- rose, chairman; Paul B. Barnes, At- torney Elias Ringrese, Emil H. R. Vogel and Fred Radil. p Light in Dark Places The meeting discussed a number of civic improvements and one or two complaints, It was reported that nterest in improve- ments around his own property had been allowed to lapse and he pro- posed to sever his membership in the organization because he resent- ed the name being changed from the Wooster Street Community club A charge was made by a Barnes street young woman against the retiring secre- tary, Paul B. Barnes that he had used his influence to get lights on another street and not on Barnes street. It was reported that Barnes street residents must use automobile headlights to illuminate the« irk corners on their strect ror Barnes street will be requested, ' Although the entiu. . street over the trolley ciu si..ui is said to be almost impassable and & menace to automobile springs, it was generally understood that no street improvements could be asked for until the Barnesdale sewer is com- pleted. 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