Flogging In The Navy

-A rnrrcppondeiüin nlhirimg ro the RÓbject of "colliner" on board of U. S. vessel, snys - '1 hnve eerarèd Ihree yeors on board of a man war, and I nndirtake to say lliat the cokin, ns it is allowed, is onielly. I ho'vé peen o ld men wjtli grry liairs tied tip i)y order of nn upslart of a midshipman, nnd reccive twelve laslics with the bnlt. merely for an exlra lol of irrog. And t Ii is is not all; I havo scen eight men ñncrgéd witji a dozen Iashns oac'i, becanse onf oftheni answercd "hallo!"' instead of "ir," when spoken to. Ti:n was dono on board of the Ohio. Sir, F have Focn the blood run from the bncks iif thosc who have merplv j ceived the "irentle slaps'as some would'have i ir. I sny crnelty of tlm worst kind is j tised on board of the phips of war nf.er :hey i lpavo home, noiwith8(Ddiiior.ëorpe of theirofficers muy wöar the cloak cf rpjijrion.