From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Wed Dec 25 2002 - 06:22:48 PST
Hi Bones, thanks for the Christmas orders....it was neat. The boatswain's whistle made some tunes
that we old sailors will remember for a long time. We can all play them in our minds....snipes
don't ever play them....but I can a little. (I was an M.R.) We had a thing that maybe other
branches of the service didn't have....at least by the name we used, comshaw (sp?). It was by this
method that I came across one of the boatswain's pipes and still have it.. I think it only says
sterling silver on it....don't know who made them, does anyone on the board know? The guys that
used them always had a fancy thing that attached them around their neck. You could tell a specific
boatswain by the way he piped before you heard his voice over the 21mc. Thanks for the
memories....Fred
PS... A snipe was the engineering dept or black gang for those who don't know.
"Mr. Bones" wrote:
> <Boatswain's whistle over intercom>
>
> "Now hear this: Sweepers, sweepers, park your brooms...Make a clean
> getaway fore and aft....Secure all work, away all tools...Commence
> Christmas Routine...The revelling lamp is now lighted throughout all
> divisions. Now, sweepers"
>
> <Sirens and alarm bells, klaxons, etc.>
>
> "CQ! CQ! CQ! All hands man your Christmas Quarters, All hands man your
> Christmas Quarters, this is <not> a drill!
> "CQ! CQ! CQ!"
>
> "All hands, stand by for a message from the Captain...."
>
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> FROM: COMCIVMIDWESTCUCV: BONES, T., R.P.ADM, HAMILTON-JONES, K.D., DH3
> TO: ALL PERSONNEL
> DATE: 24DEC2ØØ2
> SUBJ: HOLIDAY
> TIME: 1346 ZULU
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> TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETINGS:
>
> <1>
> EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY BY ORDER OF THIS COMMAND YOU ARE HEREBY INSTRUCTED
> TO PROCEED TO YOUR PRE-DETERMINED GEOGRAPHICAL OBJECTIVE, AND HAVE A:
> HOLIDAY, RELIGIOUS, CHRISTMAS, MERRY, ONE EACH, TYPE III, CLASS II, NSN
> N/A.
>
> <1A>
> PERSONNEL UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH ITEM <1> AS DETAILED ABOVE FOR RELIGIOUS
> REASONS ARE HEREBY ALTERNATELY INSTRUCTED TO PROCEED TO YOUR
> PRE-DETERMINED GEOGRAPHICAL OBJECTIVE, AND HAVE A: HOLIDAY, RELIGIOUS,
> OTHER, HAPPY, (HANNUKAH, KWAANZA, IMBOLC, YULE, ETC. ), ONE EACH, TYPE
> II, CLASS II, NSN N/A AS REQUIRED BY SERVICE MEMBER’S FAITH TO
> ADEQUATELY EXPERIENCE AND ENJOY THE SEASONAL SPIRIT PREVALENT AT THIS
> TIME.
>
> <2>
> YOU ARE HEREBY FURTHER INSTRUCTED SUBSEQUENT TO THE TIMELY, EFFECTIVE,
> AND COMPLETE EXECUTION OF ITEMS <1> OR <1A> AS LISTED ABOVE TO PROCEED
> TO YOUR SECONDARY PRE-DETERMINED GEOGRAPHICAL OBJECTIVE, AND HAVE A:
> HOLIDAY, NON-DENOMINATIONAL, CELEBRATORY, YEAR, NEW, HAPPY, ONE EACH,
> TYPE I, CLASS III, NSN N/A.
>
> <3>
> ALL PERSONNEL ARE HEREBY CHARGED WITH THE COMPLETE, FAITHFUL, SAFE, AND
> TIMELY EXECUTION OF THESE ORDERS.
>
> <4> FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE ORDERS IN A TIMELY MANNER MAY RESULT IN
> PERSONNEL RECEIVING 1 (ONE) OR MORE LUMPS, COAL, ANTHRACITE, PUNITIVE,
> TYPE IIa, CLASS I IN THEIR STOCKINGS.
>
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> "That is all."
>
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