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A Sailor's Log
Water-Tender Frederick T. Wilson, USN, on Asiatic Station, 1899-1901
James Reckner
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A Sailor's Log
Water-Tender Frederick T. Wilson, USN, on Asiatic Station, 1899-1901
James Reckner
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Frederick T. Wilson was an engineer who carried the rank of first-class petty officer and served on one of the Navy's first modern battleships, the USS Oregon, at the turn of the twentieth century.
Wilson offers a rare uncensored picture of enlisted life, with descriptions of bar girls and waterfront establishments that catered to the needs of American bluejackets, as well as observations on world events during imperialism. Wilson also discusses one of the great yet largely ignored issues of the turn-of-the-century U.S. Navy—the failure of naval officers to provide the quality leadership necessary to ensure the operation of efficient, effective warships. A Sailor's Log is a detailed and insightful account of life in the Asiatic Fleet that enriches our understanding of U.S. Navy life a century ago.
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acting warrant machinists: and black gang, 114; and bolo-men, xxiii, 118, 130–32; and coal, 218–19; competence of, xxiii, 114, 123, 141; creation, xxiii, 115; criticism, xxiii; drunkenness, 66; in Kure, 139; relationship with crew, xxiv, 115, 118, 119, 123, 132, 175; seniority of, 373n18; Wilson and, 123, 127, 141, 161–62
Adams, Lt. Cdr. Charles A., 102, 138, 164–65, 187, 219, 259–60, 275, 368n14; abusive, 112, 119, 120–22, 138, 166–67, 273; attitudes, 142; and bag inspections, 180; as “Jack the Ripper,” xxv
Adamson, Archa A., 361n18
Aden (gulf), 19, 20
Admiral Chips (warrant carpenter), 139
African Americans, xiv–xv, 17, 59
Aguinaldo, Emilio, xxx, 21, 43, 94,
air bedding, 29
Akitisushima (Japanese cruiser), 368n25
Alaska, 330
Albany (protected cruiser), 361–62n1
alcohol: at sea, 88, 250–51; availability of, 23, 107, 220; shellac cocktail, 23; and Wilson, 88, 109
American businessmen (Philippines), 92
American (Manila newspaper), 85
American petty officers, 129
Amoy, China, 308
apprentices, 34
Arcadia bar-hotel (Shanghai), 209
Askold (Russian cruiser), 357
bad conduct discharge, 107
bag inspection, 11, 180
Baltimore (cruiser), 68
Barfleur, HMS, 270
barmaids, xiv, xix, xx, 23, 72–73, 75–76, 247, 288
bars: in Hong Kong, 283, 288; in Kulang Su, 309–10; in Kure, 143; in Manila, 90; in Nagasaki, xix, 68, 73, 76; in Seattle, 334; in Shanghai, 209, 226, 283; in Yokohama, 315
Bates, Angus G., 262–65, 376
battalion drills, 102
Bay of Waterfalls, 340
beach combers, 2...