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Updated: May 27, 2025
There's many a man in this crew that would have done the same thing, at the risk of his own life. As for home an' friends, sir, I have none. But, cap'n, there's one favor I have thought of askin' you for. There's no gunner's-mate on board this vessel, an' I think I can take charge of the magazine don't you, sir?"
The former gunner's-mate had been discharged from the service nearly two months before, and this gave the old sailor a considerable amount of back pay.
A general order was then issued to the fleet for all launches to rendezvous under the Prince at seven o'clock on the following morning, armed with carronades and twelve rounds of ammunition for service; each launch to be commanded by a lieutenant, having an expert and trusty gunner's-mate and four quarter gunners, exclusive of the launch's crew.
Frank had delayed the appointment of a gunner's-mate, not because he did not need one, but because there were many good men among his crew, and he wished to give the appointment to the most deserving, and thus make promotion something worth working for.
At the taking of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 1862, the steamer Valley City was saved from blowing up by a gunner's-mate. This John Davis coolly sat on a powder-keg from which the top had been shot off, and was so found by an officer, who hastily censured him for his loafing "bumming" during recess.
But Frank, who could scarcely refrain from smiling at the man's earnest manner, turned to Archie and said: "Paymaster, please rate Thomas Willis on your books as gunner's-mate from the time the other mate was discharged." This was something more than the coxswain had expected.
"Yes, sir," said Tom, the gunner's-mate, who, in his eagerness to be the first to announce the approach of the rebels, had remained on deck during the whole night. "That's them, sir!" "Tell the officer of the deck to call all hands to quarters as quietly as possible," said Frank.
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