J. THORNE SMITH, Jr.

U.S.N.R.F.

WITH 31 ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK-AND-WHITE

RICHARD DORGAN ("Dick Dorgan") U.S.N.R.F.

NEW YORK

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1918, by

Reprinted from The Broadside A Journal for The Naval Reserve Force

DEDICATION
To my buddies, an unscrupulous, clamorous crew of pirates, as loyal and generous a lot as ever returned a borrowed dress jumper with dirty tapes; to numerous jimmy-legs and P.O.'s whose cantankerous tempers have furnished me with much material for this book; and also to a dog, an admirable dog whom I choose to call Mr. Fogerty, with apologies to this dog if in these pages his slave has unwittingly maligned his character or in any way cast suspicion upon his moral integrity.