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How many of you have been embarked?

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"Sweepers, Sweepers, man your brooms. Give the ship a clean sweep down
both fore and aft! Sweep down all lower decks, ladder wells and
passageways! Dump all garbage clear of the fantail! Sweepers."
"Sweepers, Sweepers, man your brooms. Give the ship a clean sweep down
both fore and aft! Sweep down all lower decks, ladder wells and passageways!

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Word Passed: Knock off ship's work. All hands shift into uniform of the
day. (word is repeated.)
Pipe: Word To Be Passed.
Word Passed: Attention on deck. Bugle: Attention.
Word Passed: Right hand salute. Bugle: One. Blast.
Word Passed: Two.
Bugle: Two Blasts.
Bugle: Carry On.

A continuous sequence, from Reveille to Taps, to help teach some of the
calls and commands on a typical day aboard ship.

"Sweepers" on the Pipe precedes the command to sweep down all decks.
Sweepers is also a shipboard signal for activity in the command
following it.
"Up all idlers," a get-up command to men who have stood the mid-watch
during the night. Usually given about one hour after Reveille.
"Turn to," the signal for work to begin.
"Honors" is used when military honors are in orde

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