Mount Vernon (AP 22) - Naval Cruise Book

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Adelaide, Ausiralia is abou+ -an hour's +rain ride up +he river from lhe por+. The frain, running from +he porl +o 'rhe cify, is pulled by an engine purchased from ihe s+al'esg 'rhe model was popular here in ihe eighleen hundreds, and 'rhe 'rrain ierks, and losses, and s'rops, if seems, every several hundred yards. Cu+ off from ihe resi' of Auslralia by a chain of mouniains, 'lihe ci+y is a quie+, overgrown couniry lown. Like all cilies of English design, ii' appears old and worn. Adelaide is noi' large, buf whaf if lacks in size, if makes up in fhe number of pubs. There were no acfivifies un1'il eve- ning, +hen, in +he blackouf, +he glow of cigareffes marked +he lines of people awai+ing enfrance +o +he +hea+res. ln +he blackoul' +he sound of foofsfeps was amplified. This sound rose in volume as fhe 1'hea'rres loosed 'rheir crowds onfo fhe s+ree'rs.

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, wyfdw W 'Sw N roll in! The Coasf Guardsmen became seasiclc when fhey saw his I ' d escorfs: Boden, Bufler, and fhe resf of fhe ships gunners mafes, an fhe sea rolled in. Eafing places and bars were found everywhere. ln facf, a marriage was performed in one of fhe bars, wifh fhe crew of fhe Mounf Vernon parficipafing. Those who felf foo crowded in fhe cify proper spread ouf over fhe bay area and in fhe fowns down fhe peninsula. Ships musf sail, however, and accomplish fheir missions. The Mounf Vernon was no excepfion. She leff San Francisco on various frips bound for Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne, Ausfraliag Auclcland and Welling- fon, New Zealand, Noumea, New Caledonia: Suva, Fiji, Milne Bay, New Guinea, Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: and Bombay, lndia. Even San Francisco could nof hold a froopship forever.

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xl CD Several dances were held for fhe en'rer+ainmen+ of fhe Yanks. The lasl nighl' in porl' a dance was scheduled, bu+ liberly was cancelled. There was a mass ship-jumping move, and by I900 The ship was deserfed. Working parfies on +he dock, under +he supervision of Dudley, suddenly had cargo ne+s filled wi+h sailors headed for 1'own. A+ +ha+ fime +he ship was in possession of oversized GJ. cans. One of +he men, in dress blues, secreled himself in rhe can, had a couple of fellows cover him wi+h newspapers, carry him +o +he dock, and ser +he can down behind some packing cases, where he climbed oul' and 'look off. Ofher men were able fo gel' off over fhe s+ern lines. Upon refurning, fhe boys solved +he problem of boarding lhe ship in an equally ingenious manner. Over in cargo neis +hey came. Some, borrowing leggings, +he long coals, and +he hals of +he Aussie soldiers Q. V'