▁pint ▁of ▁rum ▁for ▁every ▁rating ▁and ▁pet ty ▁officer ▁on ▁the ▁ship ▁aged ▁ 2 0 ▁or ▁more ▁and ▁not ▁under ▁pun ishment . ▁Two ▁mar ines ▁lifted ▁the ▁k eg ▁to ▁the ▁deck , ▁standing ▁guard ▁while ▁a ▁file ▁of ▁cook s ▁from ▁the ▁pet ty ▁officers ' ▁mess es ▁held ▁out ▁their ▁jug s . ▁The ▁ser ge ant ▁of ▁mar ines ▁pou red ▁the ▁r ation ▁under ▁direction ▁of ▁the ▁chief ▁ste ward , ▁who ▁announced ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁drink ing ▁men ▁present ▁in ▁each ▁pet ty ▁officer ' s ▁mess . ▁The ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁rum ▁was ▁mixed ▁in ▁a ▁tub ▁with ▁two ▁parts ▁water , ▁becoming ▁the ▁gro g ▁provided ▁to ▁the ▁ratings . ▁ ▁At ▁no on , ▁the ▁boats w ain ' s ▁mate ▁pip ed ▁" M uster ▁for ▁Rum ", ▁and ▁the ▁cook s ▁from ▁each ▁mess ▁presented ▁with ▁tin ▁bu ckets . ▁The ▁ser ge ant ▁of ▁mar ines ▁lad led ▁out ▁the ▁author ised ▁number ▁of ▁to ts ▁( half - p ints ) ▁super vised ▁by ▁the ▁pet ty ▁officer ▁of ▁the ▁day . ▁The ▁few ▁to ts ▁of ▁gro g ▁remaining ▁in ▁the ▁tub ▁(" pl ush ers "), ▁if ▁any , ▁were ▁pou red ▁into ▁the ▁dra ins ▁( sc upp ers ), ▁vis ibly ▁running ▁into ▁the ▁sea . ▁ ▁The ▁pet ty ▁officers ▁were ▁served ▁first , ▁and ▁entitled ▁to ▁take ▁their ▁rum ▁und il uted . ▁The ▁ratings ▁often ▁d rank ▁their ▁gro g ▁in