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Text Box: SKELETON CREW

While cruising near the coastline off Punta Arenas, Chile, the British sailing ship Johnson sighted what appeared to be a boat with sails floating in the wind. When British signals elicited no response, the craft was approached. The crew noticed that the ship's masts and sails were covered with some kind of green moss, and that the vessel seemed abandoned by its crew.

Upon boarding it, the skeleton of a man was discovered beneath the helm. The deck was decayed to such an extent, that it gave under the footsteps. Three more skeletons were found near a panel, ten were found in the crew's quarters, and six on the bridge.
Upon the ravanged prow of the vessel, the words, Marlborough Glasgow, could still be discerned.

The Marlborugh left Littleton, N.Z. in January 1890 with a cargo of wool and frozen mutton, and a crew of 23 men under Captain Hird. In April 1890 an unsuccessful search for the vessel was made. Nothing was ever found of them until 1913.

Taken from the Wellington, New Zealand Evening Post
November 13, 1913 and Agence Havas

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"I might be unpromotable. That doesn't mean I wasn't well- qualified for my job now," she said. "But I understand. I've had a great time in the Navy, and it's time for something different."
Anderson, who hopes to land a job locally in the communications field, said she would stay in the Navy if she could. She complimented the Navy on its programs to ease transition from the military to the civilian world.
But the manpower reductions have angered and frustrated some sailors who believe their time in the Navy is far from complete. Many sailors facing ouster said they did not want to comment publicly because they are appealing their case or fear retribution.
Owens, who works in public affairs for a recruiting command in Buffalo, N.Y., said he thinks the Navy is missing out when it gave him his walking papers.
"I'm 47," he said. "I'm not ready to retire."
Under the Navy's High-Tenure Program, Owens needed to advance to chief petty officer to stay. But as a military journalist, he said, the field is very competitive. "If I had more time, I know I could make it. I'm good at what I do."
This is not the first time Owens has faced a Navy cutback. In 1992, he was forced out during a reduction. By 1994, the Navy realized it had let too many people go and it brought Owens back in.
"I made the calculation to give up my civilian career for the Navy again," he said.
Owens said that, despite the drawdown, he is still committed to the Navy.
"It's been my life," he said. "I think I'd volunteer to help out if I have to go. I just don't want to leave it all behind."

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the Hunley."
Theories range from the sub taking on water and sinking, to it being struck by another vessel and losing its steering, to the crew running out of air.
Lasch's comments came as officials announced that the funeral for the sub's eight crewmen will be April 17 in Charleston's Magnolia Cemetery. As many as 20,000 people, including thousands of Civil War re-enactors, are expected to take part.
And, in unusually blunt language, a leading organizer of the Hunley effort said that if anyone has a problem with the planned Confederate burial, "tough."
"We have no apologies for who these people are," state Sen. Glenn McConnell, R-Charleston, the chairman of the state Hunley Commission, said at a news conference at Magnolia Cemetery. "If somebody doesn't like it, that's tough.
"I would think that anybody with good taste would not engage in any kind of disruption," he added.

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