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Once it meets that challenge, the result is
SUGGESTED READING
predictable—a ready force.
Administrative Procedures for Naval Reservists
on Inactive Duty, BUPERSINST 1001.39,
Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington,
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D.C., 1989.
Mack, W.P., and T.D. Paulsen, The Naval
Navy Fact File, 8Th Ed., Office of Information,
Officer’s Guide, 9th ed., Naval Institute Press,
Washington, D.C., 1988.
Annapolis, Md., 1983.
THE WORDS OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
“IDLE AS A PAINTED SHIP UPON A PAINTED
OCEAN” WELL DESCRIBE A SAILING SHIP’S SITUATION WHEN IT ENTERED THE HORSE LATI-
TUDES.
LOCATED NEAR THE WEST INDIES BETWEEN 30 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE,
THESE WATERS WERE NOTED FOR UNFAVORABLE WINDS THAT BECALMED CATTLE SHIPS HEAD-
ING FROM EUROPE TO AMERICA.
OFTEN SHIPS CARRYING HORSES WOULD HAVE TO CAST SEVERAL OVERBOARD TO CONSERVE
DRINKING WATER FOR THE REST AS THE SHIP RODE OUT THE UNFAVORABLE WINDS. BECAUSE
SO MANY HORSES AND OTHER CATTLE WERE TOSSED TO THE SEA, THE AREA CAME TO BE
KNOWN AS THE
“HORSE LATITUDES.”
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