R.D Kirkpatrick 1965 Journal Equator Feb. feet on his dog and had to keep barking. 5 The Royal Judge was the Engineering (cont.) Officer. His clerk had no charges against me so they had me to slither under the low bench they were sitting on to the "Doctor" who used a satchup container to squirt some vile, hot, spicy stuff in my mouth. Then I had to kiss the Royal Baby which was the bare belly of a Bum covered with a 1/2" layer of black grease. From there I went into a big plastic swimming pool that was well supplied with garbage and sea water. A sailor hosed me off with seawater, I used a cloth to get the grease out of my eyes and my initiation was over. (The Court also had a Queen who was a sailor with a wig, makeup, brassiere, and grass skirt). First initiates could be labor on the late arrivals but I declined since I take no pleasure in plaguing people. It got progressively rougher as the enlisted men came thru since it gave the men a break from the monotonous shipboard routine. The sea was real rough all night.