Sailor's Bourbon Rations T-Shirt

Not Available in Stores This t-shirt honors when sailors were given rations of liquor, be it rum or America's whiskey, bourbon. "On July 1, 1914, infamous buzzkill and then-Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels implemented General Order 99: “The use or introduction for drinking purposes of alcoholic liquors on board any naval vessel, or within any navy yard or station, is strictly prohibited, and commanding officers will be held directly responsible for the enforcement of this order.”  -- We Are Mighty, 2021 So very mean. As everyone knows, a jug of spirits has been a nautical necessity for ages. In Master and Commander, when the young sailors bring a wooden model of the Acheron, the adversary of the HMS Surprise, Gerald Butler's Captain Jack Aubrey says: "Capt. Jack Aubrey : Killick, an extra ration of rum for these men.Joseph Nagle, Carpenter's Mate : Thank you very much, sir.William Warley, Cpt. of Mizzentop : Thank you, sir.Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward : Which I was savin' for Sa