The Wasp — 1914 — page 349: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains prose narrative rather than a cartoon. The text describes a naval officer named James who has been promoted and is now training ten new gun crews to match the standards of his original five crews. The passage emphasizes his harsh discipline—he "sweated his men like a slave-driver"—while noting he was generous with pay. The narrative culminates with a historical reference: on August 19, the French fleet was sighted off Santa Marta. The French ships are described as organized ("all aboard on the blue") while the English were "widely scattered." The French commander Du Casse apparently showed tactical patience, being "in no hurry to fight." This appears to be a serialized historical fiction rather than political satire.