The Submarine Boys and the Middies by Victor G. Durham
page 116 of 190 (61%)
page 116 of 190 (61%)
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CHAPTER XIII: READY FOR THE SEA CRUISE For the next ten days things moved along without much excitement for the submarine boys. During that time they had an average of four sections a day of cadet midshipmen to instruct in the workings of the Pollard type of submarine torpedo boat. During the last few days short cruises were taken on the Severn River, in order that the middies might practise at running the motors and handling the craft. At such times one squad of midshipmen would be on duty in the engine room, another in the conning tower and on the platform deck. Of course, when the midshipmen handled the âFarnum,â under command of a Navy officer, the submarine boys had but little more to do than to be on board. Certainly they were not overworked. Yet all three were doing fine work for their employers in making the Navy officers of the future like the Pollard type of craft. After waiting a few days Jack Benson reported to the Annapolis police his experience with the mulatto âguide.â The police thought they recognized the fellow, from the description, and did their best to find him. The mulatto, however, seemed to have disappeared from that part of the country. There came a Friday afternoon when, as the last detachment of middies filed over the side into the waiting cutter, Lieutenant Commander Mayhew |
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