Word: regalia
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Dates: during 1884-1884
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...Boatswain, the most obscene. When the senior parts were announced and the happy recipients of parts filed to the president to receive them, the navy formed the guard of honor and escorted them about the yard with a band and all the officers rigged out in full naval regalia. The members of the club who had received parts were compelled to resign amid the most ludicrous ceremonies, and the unfortunate (?) ones stood up one after the other and addressed the crowd, while a man concealed by a cloak sat behind each one and made the appropriate gestures...