Region of the South Seas

Domain of Neptunus Rex

Whereas, The good ship U.S.S. DREXLER (DD741), bound for the Equator on a secret mission, is about to enter our domain; and whereas the aforesaid ship carries a large and loathsome cargo of landlubbers, beach-combers, guardo-rats, sea-lawyers, lounge-lizzards, parlor-dunnigans, plow-deserters, park-bench warmers, chicken-chasers, hay-tossers, four-flushers, cross-word puxxle bugs, dance-hall sheiks, drug-store cowboys, asphalt arabe, and all other living creatures of the land, and last but not least, he-vamps, liberty-hounds, Brooklyn and Jersey Cabrilo's, masquerading as seamen, of which low scum you are a member, having never appeared before us, and

Whereas, THE ROYAL HIGH COURT of the RAGING MAIN will convene on board the good ship DREXLER, on the 2nd day of March 1945, at Longitude __________, and whereas, an inspection of our Royal Roster shows that it is high time your sad and wandering nautical soul appears before OUR presence; and

Be It Known, That we are hereby summon and command you F.J. Dubinskas now a Storekeeper Third Class, USN, to appear before the Royal High Court in Our Presence on the aforesaid date at such time as may best suit OUR pleasure.

You will accept most heartily and with good grace the pains and penalties of the awful tortures that will be inflicted upon you to determine your fitness to be one of our Trusty Shellbacks and answer to the following Charges:

CHARGE I:- In that you have hitherto willfully and maliciously failed to show reverence and allegiance to our Royal Person, and are therein and thereby a vile landlubber and pollywog.

CHARGE II:- In that you have sneaked across the line many times and failed to come before our Royal Court. Do not keep the ships stores open twenty-four hours a day.

Disobey this Summons Under Pain of Our Swift and Terrible Displeasures. Our Vigilance is Ever Wakeful, Our Vengeance is Just and Sure.