If a man volunteered for the Navy he would receive conduct money and two months' wages in advance, from which he was expected to buy clothes and a hammock, known as slops, from the Purser.
Ukuba indoda ithe yavolontiyela ukuba semkhosini wamanzi yayifumana imali kunye nomrholo wenyanga ezimbini ngaphambili, ekwakulindeleke ukuba izithengele ngayo impahla kunye nojingi wokulala, abazasiwa ngokuba zimpahla ezitshiphu, koonondyebo.