Gurke (DD 783) - Naval Cruise Book

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v? The Laws Of The Navy Now these are the laws of the Navy, Unwritten and varied they be, And he that is wise will observe them, Going down in his ship to the sea, As naught may outrun the destroyer, Even so with the law and its grip, For the strength of the ship is the Service, And the strength ot the Service, the ship, Take heed what ye may say of your seniors, Be your words spoken softly or plain, Lest a bird of the air tell the matter, And so ye shall hear it again. lf ye labour from morn until even And meet with reproof for your toil, lt is well that the guns be humbled, The compressor must check the recoil. On the strength of one link in the cable, Dependeth the might of the chain. Who knows when thou mayes-t be tested? So live that thou bearest the strain! When the ship that is tired returneth, With the signs of the seashowiing plain, Men place her in dock for a season, And her speed she reneweth again. So shall thou, lest perchance thou grow weary ln the uttermost parts of the sea, Pray For leave, for the good of the Service, As much and as oft as may be. ' Count not upon certain promotion, But rather to gain it aspire, Through the sigh-line 'end on the target, There cometh, perchance, a miss-fire.