bluejacket
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He, the most famed member of the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. Alexis Carrel, distinguishes himself from the others with a little white headpiece that looks like the hat of a U. S. bluejacket.
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Cumbersome, inefficient bookkeeping will be replaced by a simple pay-record card to be carried by the bluejacket wherever he goes.
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The bluejacket wondered what was wrong, why he had been called to the "nut factory."
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From a military standpoint this is not long enough to turn out a well-trained soldier or a bluejacket.
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The men of the Texas performed their part well; the Socapa battery was quickly silenced; but not quite soon enough to save the life of one brave bluejacket.
From The Boys of '98 by Otis, James