[…] to effect which they must beat to windward for several days, between the west end of Cuba and the south coast of East Florida, till they get as far to the eastward as the Pan of Matanzas, a mountain so called, just aback of the town of the same name, say thirty leagues to the east of the Havanna, opposite which the gulph stream turns to a due north direction, which had been before east, and runs three, four, and five knots an hour […]

The soldier learns informally in his basic military training experience to moonlight requisition or steal that which his unit needs.

Let the rope go, he says. With his other hand he reaches down and reeves the two turns from the stanchion.

The poet composed a ballad praising the heroic exploits of the fallen commander.