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Page 52
"During the daytime, from eight in the morning till eight in the
evening, the same routine will be observed To-morrow, at eight in the
morning, the first part of the port watch will take charge of the ship
till ten; the second part will be off duty, and the time will be their
own, to use as they think proper. At ten, the second part will be in
charge, and the first will have their own time till twelve. All the
starboard watch, during these four hours, will study and recite. In the
afternoon the same course will be pursued with the other watch. Do you
understand it?"
"Yes, sir," replied the boys.
"By this arrangement you will average three hours of duty every night.
To-night the port watch will be on deck two hours, and the starboard
watch, whose turn will come twice, four hours; but to-morrow night the
operation will be reversed, and the port will have the deck four hours,
and the starboard but two. Two copies of the watch bill will be posted
in the steerage, and one in the after cabin. Young gentlemen, I
recommend you to study it, until you are perfectly familiar with its
requirements."
"How is it with the officers, Mr. Lowington?" asked Paul Kendall, who
was generally the spokesman for his companions.
"The officers are divided into watches in precisely the same manner as
the crew. To the starboard watch belong the first and third lieutenant,
the second and fourth master, and the first and third midshipman, which
makes one officer of each grade for each quarter watch," replied Mr.
Lowington. "Their off-time and study-time correspond with those of the
crew."
It is quite possible that the officers and crew of the Young America
understood the complicated arrangement of the principal. If they did
not, they could refer to the posted document; and, as we cannot deprive
our readers of this privilege, we insert in full, the
WATCH BILL. FIRST DAY.
_First Watch, from 8 till 12 P.M._
From 8 till 10. 1st Lieut., 2d Master, 1st Mid. First Part of the
Starboard Watch.
From 10 till 12. 3d Lieut., 4th Master, 3d Mid. Second Part of the
Starboard Watch.
_Mid Watch, from 12 till 4 A.M._
From 12 till 2. 2d Lieut., 1st Master, 2d Mid. First Part of the
Port Watch.
From 2 till 4. 4th Lieut., 3d Master, 4th Mid. Second Part of the
Port Watch.
_Morning Watch, from 4 till 8 A.M._
From 4 till 6. 1st Lieut., 2d Master, 1st Mid. First Part of the
Starboard Watch.
From 6 till 8. 3d Lieut., 4th Master, 3d Mid. Second Part of the
Starboard Watch.
_Forenoon Watch, from 8 till 12 A.M._
From 8 till 10. 2d Lieut., 1st Master, 2d Mid. First Part of the
Port Watch. Second Part of Port Watch off Duty. All the Starboard
Watch study and recite till 12.
From 10 till 12. 4th Lieut., 3d Master, 4th Mid. Second Part of
Port Watch. First Part of Port Watch off Duty.
_Afternoon Watch, from 12 till 4 P.M._
From 12 till 2. 1st Lieut., 2d Master, 1st Mid. First Part of
Starboard Watch. Second Part of the Starboard Watch off Duty. All
the Port Watch study and recite till 4.
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