Typhoid....hmm...hadn't thought of that...I was thinking of all the captain's reports in the Naval Chronicles from the "West Indies Station" and the deaths due to "Black Vomit" (Yellow Fever/Yellow Jack).
Typhoid was/is global in nature, yellow fever linked to certain geographic areas. And agreed, I think the “small beer,” “morning ale,” grog, rum for officers - it’s a wonder they could function, but presumably they were accustomed from childhood. The other thing that made me think of typhoid was that was one of the main reasons USNA had its own dairy farm, making milk, cream, ice cream, until 1998. Outstanding ice cream. Right up there with Penn State’s Creamery. Small dairies in cities in the 1800s-early 1900s were notorious for waterborne illness passed into their products, consistent with the lack of understanding of hygienic food handling. The Navy owns the land and leases it out. Rumor has it that certain USNA icons reside there.
"England expects every man to do his duty."-Admn. Nelson
My now Youngster had quite the reputation in his company for the amount of milk he drank as a Plebe. I will have to share that link with him.Typhoid was/is global in nature, yellow fever linked to certain geographic areas. And agreed, I think the “small beer,” “morning ale,” grog, rum for officers - it’s a wonder they could function, but presumably they were accustomed from childhood. The other thing that made me think of typhoid was that was one of the main reasons USNA had its own dairy farm, making milk, cream, ice cream, until 1998. Outstanding ice cream. Right up there with Penn State’s Creamery. Small dairies in cities in the 1800s-early 1900s were notorious for waterborne illness passed into their products, consistent with the lack of understanding of hygienic food handling. The Navy owns the land and leases it out. Rumor has it that certain USNA icons reside there.
For your Navy history trivia file:
Milk Carton from USNA Dairy Farm
Title: United States Naval Academy Dairy Farm Milk Carton Accession #: NHHC 1998-59-A Circa: 1998 Size: 3.75 x 3.75 x 9.75 Medium: Paper Location: Headquarters Artifact Collection, Naval History and Heritage Commandwww.history.navy.mil
I feel like we’re all at a bar here, telling stories and wandering most enjoyably off-topic.
Anybody got any new Space Force jokes yet? Every service has their own collection, so those do-they-even-have-a-family-nickname-yet spacers, spacies, whatever need to generate some tribal humor.
ROFLMAO
Well, yes, butter my butt and call me a biscuit if I don’t have a generous selection of cakes, pies, bar cookies and homemade ice cream bars on offer for a holiday event.
This is wrong... I see zero deviled eggs and no casserole of any variety.
